Starfox Adventures

Adventure game from Rareware. Played on Nintendo Gamecube.
An adventure game that's received very varied responses in the media. Some hailed it as the cube's best game when it was released while others branded it a mediocre disappointment. While I can see both points, I have to go with a more positive outlook.
Essentially a Zelda clone starring fox Mc Cloud of Starfox fame, you must explore dinosaur planet in order to.... actually I have no idea. The storyline's awful, who cares. The combat's slick but descends into repetitive button mashing and is very easy. It doesn't matter. because the game is fun to play, and beautiful to watch. The environments are absolutely gorgeous as well, making you want to explore them. There are the generic icey and firey areas, but they look so good... and some areas, like the moon-style terrain, are original as well as attractive.
The main downside is that annoying little turd Prince Tricky who follows you everywhere. Thankfully you can hit him with your stick. And thankfully the scarab loving shopkeeper's brilliance outweighs tricky's general rubbishness. If only you had scarab guy as your sidekick... shouting 'YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SCARABS' as he slaps opponents... aaah, to dream.
8/10