/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4944950
>muh barebones
That was the beauty of it. It was a straightforward platformer that still incorporated plenty of new things, as well as things we had seen before in other platformers just in a new style. Like I already said, when replaying 3 the adventure game shit thats tacked on is a chore. It was really cool at first, and was cool on a playthrough years later. But these days when revisiting the game I just can't stand it. It's fluff and pointless. DKC2 and 1 are straightforward platformers that let you navigate the levels through a world map and for this alone they beat the pants of 3 even when not considering the fact that Diddy is faster and more fun to control than Kiddy.

>>4945783
>as good or better
Nah. The quality difference is pretty huge. DKC1 and 2 have a wonderful atmospheric soundtrack throughout the entire game, with some whimsical tunes and some 'badass' tunes littered throughout.

DKC3 is frankly all over the place, for every whimsical track there is a very serious track. For every atmospheric track there is a straight forward "catchy" track. This is obviously subjective in the end but to me, DKC2s and to a lesser extent 1's OST beat the living shit out of DKC3's.

>>3228416
>superior new characters like Diddy and Dixie
>conveniently forgetting Kiddy Kong

Look bub, you can have your opinion. I won't try to change it. Still, 3 would have been a lot better had it been Donkey/Dixie instead of Dixie/Kiddy. It's just how I and a lot of others seem to feel.

The music was good, but not as good. Level design was for the most part as good as 1 and 2's, but admittedly had weaker Squitter the Spider segments and the Parry the Parallel Bird segments weren't memorable or fun either.

I just can't understand what the point of the Parry levels are.

DKC3 just has a resounding feeling like they were just going through the motions and peaked at DKC2. It felt like a downward climb from that peak. I liked it, its still a good game, it just isn't as good and could have been better.

>>3062117

>Diddy
>Hot Head Bop
>Gusty Glade
>None
>Stronghold Showdown: K.Rool

DKC2 is the best Donkey Kong Country game. I like 1 and 3 a lot, but to me its the best. The atmosphere, music, level design, characters, settings, all of it is top notch.

You can tell DKC3 was sort of just made for the sake of it, whereas Rare put EVERYTHING they had into DKC2. Just one guy's opinion.