

Critics noted that the game featured a number of technical effects that were uncommon at the time, especially for a Nintendo 64 game, such as dynamic shadowing, colored lighting, large areas with a long draw distance, no distance fog, detailed facial animations, lip syncing, and individually rendered fingers on some characters.

Many publications and websites declared the graphics were the best on the Nintendo 64. On Metacritic, the game has an average score of 92 out of 100, which is considered "universal acclaim". Conker's Bad Fur Day received very positive reviews from video game critics.
