/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8285827

The most noticeable difference between the Donkey Kong Country 1 and DKC2 renders is the lack of a fur effect. Rare must have upgraded their SGI machines , or moved to newer models after the money they made from DKC1.

I like DKC1 more for it's simplicity and natural ambience, both wise and fischer's music fits the ambience extremely well. Shit like the snow level where the storm gets stronger the more you advance, the sunset at the jungle level with Manky Kongs or the rain stopping at the end of a level was just amazing for me.
While I get that just side-scroll levels can get boring real fast, that was never an issue for me, the game being so fast-paced makes it really fun to play, and I prefer linear levels over shit like the Squawks levels from 2 or those wind levels.
Also, getting rewarded with lives/bananas in bonus stages is helpful if you need to grind lives, in dkc2 those rooms more than bonus levels they feel like challenges areas for getting kremcoins.
If there's something I like more in 2, is how they hint you at where the bonuses are, both Cranky's advice and simple stuff like a banana in that bramble level.
That being said, i love all the DK games, even that shit wii bongo racer game.