I remember getting Star Fox Adventures for my Gamecube when I got it for Christmas and vividly remember playing it first out of my new games. Alot of people give it stick for straying too far away from the other Star Fox games but I thought the whole premise of you being on foot worked. It was a beautiful game for its time and was a decent length as well, which makes it harder for me to see why anyone could give this game as much stick as it gets.

The only thing i remember about this game was the graphics and how beautiful it looked, and also how i missed Star Fox 64.

Star Fox 64 (or Lylat Wars where I live :P ) was an amazing game and so was the Star Fox game before it on the SNES but I thought that this game was amazing. It did look beautiful though, I agree with you.

For the first few hours I did, but I think I either got stuck somewhere or got bored of it after that.

OH MAN thank you for reminding me about this game!!

I  remember finding this game quite difficult back in the day and I remember having to consult a guide to get through it. 

I am in the minority in that I preferred Starfox Assault to Starfox Adventures.

I am in the minority in that I preferred Starfox Assault to Starfox Adventures.

I liked it a lot. I seem to remember it being a bit frustrating sometimes but mostly having a blast with it.

Its a bad platformer. People didn't complain because it was a platformer so much as it was a shitty shitty platformer.

@craigbo180 said:

I am in the minority in that I preferred Starfox Assault to Starfox Adventures.

I never actually played this game! I have always wanted to. I'm guessing you saying this is that you'd recommend it? :P

Honestly, I'm a sucker for Zelda clones. I didn't love this game or anything, but I enjoyed what I played of it.

I like Starfox Adventures.  Never got around to finishing it, but that's true of many games that I played, but I really liked it. 
 
Ultimately the reason most people hated it was that they got this game instead of a regular Starfox game.  If it had been put out in addition to a regular update of the series it would have been much better received.  For context, imagine if they had never released Halo 2 or 3 on the Xbox 360 and instead only put out Halo Wars.  Yeah, that's basically what happened on the GameCube.

Yeah, I liked it, though I can't help but think I would've liked it more if it remained "Dinosaur Planet" for N64, it looked amazing. 
  

I would have thought the expectation of a Starfox game would have had much to do with the typical disdain for the game considering I'm sure most were aware at the time that the game wasn't even a Starfox game until Nintendo decided to insert the Starfox brand.

It was a great game.
Nice sense of wonder, only combat when the situation asked for it, lots of puzzles and clever use of mechanics.
The story was a lil lacking, but it was doable. 
 
The graphics were amazing indeed, Fox's fur and the water were great!

@ryanwho said:

Its a bad platformer. People didn't complain because it was a platformer so much as it was a shitty shitty platformer.

Star Fox Adventures isn't a platformer.

The game was fun, though the overdose of collectables that plagued Rare games of the era was a bit ridiculous. The biggest issue I had with the game was the story, which had some pretty gaping holes in it from trying to shoehorn certain things in, like Andross's appearance as the final boss. That being said, the game is entertaining enough that I can't really hate it for that. Though I do wish that it had more flying, it being a Star Fox game and all.

I actually enjoyed this game when it came out!