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Game entry

Conker's Bad Fur Day

2001 · Platformer, TPS, Action-adventure, Puzzle · Nintendo 64 · THQ

After 191 duels settled by the community, Conker's Bad Fur Day stands no. 269 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,780 ELO points and 75% of wins. Its most contested head-to-head pits it against Tomb Raider: 3 wins to 1 across 4 duels. Measured against its own family, it climbs to no. 11 out of 103 (2001).

World rank

no. 269

ELO score

1,780

Wins

75%

Duels played

191

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About Conker's Bad Fur Day

Humorous action-platformer that does away with the tedious item collection found in most games in the genre. Instead, BFD employs a combination of standard jump, run and explore mechanics and context-sensitive gags and actions. For instance, in the beginning of the game, by pressing the B button on the first pad he encounters, Conker drinks some Alka-Seltzer to wipe out his hangover, at which point players can proceed forward. Later on these pads are used to activate a slingshot and throwing knives; to turn Conker into an anvil and drop downward; to shoot automatic, double-handed guns; to activate a The Matrix-inspired slow-motion effect and flip through the air shooting enemies; and much, much more.

The community says

I only play in short bursts these days but every single time I load it up I remember why people still talk about this one twenty years later, the humor just…

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,780 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Conker's Bad Fur Day sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 266 Doom 3 1,780
  2. 267 Into the Breach 1,780
  3. 268 Animal Crossing: New Horizons 1,780
  4. 269 Conker's Bad Fur Day 1,780
  5. 270 Undertale 1,779
  6. 271 Mega Man 2 1,779
  7. 272 The Talos Principle 1,779

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The standing

Where Conker's Bad Fur Day ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Conker's Bad Fur Day stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 11 out of 103 (2001).

Where Conker's Bad Fur Day ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 269 5,110
Platformer 33 621
2000s 87 1,304
2001 11 103

The community

The debate

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  1. BossDragon2

    I only play in short bursts these days but every single time I load it up I remember why people still talk about this one twenty years later, the humor just hits different than anything else from that era.

    ChristineRunner

    pareil, la manette en main ça marche toujours aussi bien pour moi

    SilentKid2003

    Replying to ChristineRunner

    Pareil en somme, même si Portal 2 propose une maniabilité plus léchée à côté.

    ArcadeMaster

    Replying to SilentKid2003

    Yo también lo he ido dejando y retomando con los años, pero para mí eso no arregla los controles bruscos que siempre tuvo.

  2. PixelPilot62

    Not sure it deserves this spot honestly, when I put it next to Portal 2 the humor holds up way better than the actual level design does, and that gap bothers me more each time I replay it.

    Éric_2005

    Et pourtant même s'il ne grimpe pas des masses, moi je me souviens des soirées entières passées dessus quand j'étais ado, ça vaut plus que n'importe quel classement.

  3. thompson_raleigh

    I showed this to my kid expecting a quick laugh session, we ended up sticking with it far longer than planned.

    CosmoSniper3

    Did your kid actually get the humor or just enjoy the gameplay itself? I'm curious how it lands with someone discovering it fresh.

    GhostByte3

    Et je n'ai jamais eu d'enfant à qui le montrer, mais mon frère cadet a eu la même réaction devant moi il y a quelques années.

  4. NeonKnight12

    Il a un ton complètement différent des autres jeux de plateforme, ça ne plaira pas à tout le monde.

    mae14

    Different tone or not, it keeps winning duels and that says everything about its spot!

    ÁngelesSamurai

    A mí me pasó parecido, algunos amigos se reían mucho y otros se quedaban totalmente confundidos.

  5. AnaïsKid

    Ce qui me frappe encore c'est à quel point il ose des trucs que personne ne tentait à l'époque, entre l'humour très adulte et les mécaniques qui changent tout le temps. Il mérite clairement sa place.

    TurboByte47

    Face à des productions plus posées, il garde une identité qu'on ne retrouve nulle part ailleurs, et ça compte dans les duels.

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