just fully completed the original trilogy, is this shit good?
Best DK game. Trananza is 2nd.
I didn't care for the new games, but the original trilogy ones are one of my favorite games ever.Probably mostly nostalgia, but the new ones were so different that they should've just made it into new series of donkey kong games imo instead of calling those donkey kong country
>>748987642Tropical Freeze shits on the original trilogy like you wouldn't believe.
>>748987642Monkey Feet
yes but you should play returns as well
This has some of the best level design in a 2D platformer and they brought back David Wise to do the music.
>>748987642Absolutely, up there with the snes trilogy, better than DKC3 even
>>748991391impossible lair was better and they also brought back david wise
Yeah, it's better than DKC1 and 3.
It sucks that Retro didn't make a third DK gameThey're also seemingly a revolving door of employees so the leadership behind their two games are long gone
>>748991909On one hand that already happened between Prime and DK and the games werent bad at all. On the other hand happened again between DK and Prime4 and Prime4 sucked ass.
Is the collection aspect similar to the snes games? I don’t want to just platform but I also don’t want to have to collect 4000 different things, 3-5 well hidden things per level was peak
>>748991736>impossible lair was betterIt really wasn't. The roll is jank, Laylee flying off is a shit gimmick, and 80% of the game is generic wooden towns or factories. The altered level gimmicks aren't even that interesting. It's just water levels or sticky floors.>and they also brought back david wiseAnd nothing comes close to Tropical Freeze, just like how Grant Kirkhope phoned in the first Yooka-Laylee.
>>748992109just the KONG letters and like 5 puzzle pieces per level. puzzle pieces unlock concept art, dioramas, and songs, but aren't required
>>748987642Yes. Both Returns and Tropical Freeze are good and worthy successors to the DKC trilogy. Tropical Freeze is definitely better, but Returns is still a solid game, and it's actually playable now that you can play it on Switch and not have to deal with the waggle
>>748992061Prime 4 is a well made, gorgeous looking game hampered by some retarded design decisions, from before they even took over. I think the current team CAN make a great Prime game.
>>748991736>impossible lair was betterThe only good level is the titular impossible lair and even then it's not the most difficult level of all time
bump
Do returns and tropical freeze run well on emulators?
>>748987642Yeah Returns and Tropical Freeze are both good, with TF rivaling DKC2 imo
>>748994745idk about TF, but Returns runs great in Dolphin, as you'd expect.
>>748994745I played Returns HD in ryujinx and ran pretty fine
>>748987642Hell no. Retro DKC has dogshit controls and physics. Glad their studio is in disrepair after the Prime 4 fiasco.
I like it but the art style takes a really big hit compared to the original trilogy. I don't normally do the soul vs soulless thing but...yeah. I find myself replaying DKC 1 & 2 a lot more often than the nu DK games.
>>748996873I like the weighty physics.
>>748992273I loved returns but going back and playjng it after playing TF is pretty rough. Even going back and playing DKC and playing DKC 2 is easier.
>>748997126I disagree. In fact, because of the shitty waggle in the original release, I skipped Returns completely and ended up playing Tropical Freeze first years later. It's only since the Switch re-release that I was able to play it now that it doesn't have the waggle. I thought it was fine. You can tell it's the "first game" so it's a bit more simple than Tropical Freeze, but it plays fine.
>>748994745Yes, use the Eden emulator. It has async shaders unlike Ryujinx, meaning no stutter.https://git.eden-emu.dev/eden-emu/eden/releases
>>748999413where do you usually get your switch roms? i don't see them on my normal sites
>>748987642Tropical Freeze is so good it killed 2D platformers as a genre for me. I don't enjoy anything since. I wish I was kidding. It even gets in the way of me enjoying action platformers. The game is so polished. It's as near perfection as a 2D platformer gets. That said, DKC2 had much better exploration and secrets. It was a game you could live in and I don't think Tropical Freeze is like that at all.
>>748987642Returns is rough, the boss battles are infuriating and the rocket barrel sequences are garbage. There is also the fact that it lacks the moody atmosphere of the originals in favor of a more generic cartoon style. Tropical freeze is a top 5 Wii U game though and should be played through by every 2d platformer enthusiast.
>>749000273For me the top 3 best 2D platformers are Tropical Freeze, Rayman Origins and Legends so I'm in a similar boat
>>748996917I love the original trilogy aesthetics, but shitting on DKCR is just dishonest
>>749000551I have trouble getting into Rayman. The visuals really bother me in a way that I've never felt before. I'm usually the kind of person that can play video games on a potato hooked up to a black and white television behind a shower curtain. But Rayman just turns me off.
>>749001226Just the new ones or does this also apply to the original trilogy?
Hell yeah, kicks ass. Takes a bit of getting used to coming straight from the Rare games but still a magnificent game.>>748991909I'll always regret that we couldn't get a great second trilogy...>>748992273I'd love to get Returns HD, especially after the patch that people say fixed it so it actually runs and looks really nice. But I can't justify 10 bucks more than I originally paid for the game about fifteen years ago. It really should've been 30 or 40 dollars.
could I comfortably rebind tropical freeze controls to a snes controller?
>>748992368>well made>here's your boss bro, have fun playing hopscotchIt's got worse gameplay than Other M.
>>749006768I think it may be possible. There's still the same run and jump buttons, but grabbing and throwing stuff is its own button. Biggest problem might be Kong Pow, it uses L+R together.
>>748987642It's adequate. DK controls like you're throwing around a sack of shit, riding Rambi the controls go full retard, the designs are soulless and the stages don't want you to enjoy the atmosphere because the level explodes and falls apart the second you stay still for a second.
i was just playing this today after not touching it for years and out of nowhere there is a thread. are you people fucking stalking me
>>749006768just started playing with the snes 'troller after fucking around with inputs, is DK supposed to take 2 years to turn around and are you supposed to have 0 control of your jump after leaving the ground or is the controller
it's pretty good on its own but it's not very evocative of the rare games. if you're expecting any sort of flourish that really nails the old games you'll be disappointed.
>>748987642Tropical freeze > 2 > 3/returns > 1 Tho I do have a massive soft spot for 3, idk the colors and levels do something tk my brain
any recompilation reviews and takes?
I tried the first two levels and I dont know if its what I want, the kong letters arent well hidden enough to be like the bonus barrels and the puzzle pieces are useless and there are too many
>>748991909They'll make a 3rd in time calm down.>>748992061>and Prime4 sucked ass.It's a damn fine game. just not truly amazing.
>you have to get everything in one run>also we've added 10 barrel section so you cant go back if you find out you've missed somethinggenuinely bad game design
>>748987642Yes, it's the best Dkc game easily. I say this as an oldfag who had dkc2 on release. Bananza is better albeit different
>>749011309>Bananza is better albeit differentI don't know if I'd call it better or worse, but I did put in over 70 hours so I guess I loved the absolute fuck out of it. Though I don't know if I want the DLC.
just got the K stage of world 1, why is there a 200 hour long stage with no checkpoints loldixie a cute
>>749011875There's one K-Stage in each of the worlds, and together they're supposed to be like the "secret, post game world." They're the hardest levels in the game, and yes, they're long and have no checkpoints. You might want to save those for last
>struggling on the first secret levelSad
first world cleared, im thinking its a good game, just not a good dkc game, feels like they've downgraded to dkc1 where the bonuses just arent fun to collect and dont even do anything, and the kongs should be locked to certain levels since it feels like the levels are designed for any kongs but also for no kongs (dkc2+3 did this by having animal barrels instead of animal pickups)>>749012537beat it with both kongs alive
>>749012624World 2 is where it finds its own voice, and world 3 is fucking fantastic, every single level. Don't miss the secret levels.
>>749012624What's DK doing with Diddy's gf?
>>748987642i hate the controls. It's garbage.DKC2 is stil the best.
>>749015819nigr
>>748987642It was reason to buy wiiu back in the day, yes it's fucking good.
>>748996917The whole semi-realistic thing Star Fox and OOT remakes have going would be really nice if they ever wanted to have something like the original DKC aesthetics again.
>>748991736>>impossible lair was betterHahahaha no.
Both DKCR and TF are amazing and shit on New Super Mario Bros. series and Super Mario Bros. Wonder like crazyYou might want to complete Donkey Kong Land games for shit and giggles while you're at it, they're not very long
>>748987642the controls are wack
