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Astro Bot Vs. Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze

Which is better?

  • Astro Bot

    Votes: 209 66.6%

  • Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze

    Votes: 105 33.4%
  • Total voters
    314
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Hemingwayoffbase

Member
For the last several years, DK Tropical Freeze has been my favorite platformer.

I know one is 2D and one is 3D, but in terms of pure enjoyment, which do you prefer?
 
Cakeboxer

Cakeboxer

Member
Haven't played any of those yet, but from Metacritic and Youtube i would say Astro Bots. It's 10 years younger and probably has newer ideas and mechanics in it and also has the advantage of 3D.
 
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Big Baller

Big Baller

Al Pachinko, Konami President
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nial

nial

Member
Kagoshima_Luke said:
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Hrk69 said:
Maybe I've not been here for long enough
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>nintendo has a year full of games made by third-party developers
OMG, they're literally ahead of everyone else, fr fr no cap.
>sony has a year full of games made by third-party developers
Sony is FUCKED. GAAS shit forever destroyed their entire pipeline and they have to make up for it with second-party garbage!
Kacho said:
No, the bulk of Nintendo fans migrated to REE, which then splinter into Famiboards
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The thing is that I wouldn't call NeoGAF a Nintendo *fan* forum, but rather surprisingly uninformed people that see everything Nintendo does through rose-tinted glasses. Case in point, what I stated above.
 
Cakeboxer

Cakeboxer

Member
nial said:
The thing is that I wouldn't call NeoGAF a Nintendo *fan* forum, but rather surprisingly uninformed people that see everything Nintendo does through rose-tinted glasses. Case in point, what I stated above.
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I'm not long enough here to judge, but Alarmo got pretty much trashed here and Nintendo always gets heat for suing others.
 
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LordOcidax

LordOcidax

Member
Lol, Tropical Freeze is on another level when it come to platform games, Astro Bot is a bunch on Nintendo mechanics put together (nothing wrong with that but is the truth)
 
nial

nial

Member
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze is my favorite Nintendo game, yet Astro Bot is still better.
But yeah, 2D vs. 3D. Super Mario Galaxy 2 would have been a better comparison.
 
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LMJ

LMJ

Member
Hrk69 said:
Totally unnecessary

We all know this PlayStation forum LOVES Astrobot.

Useless poll
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And yet during the MS Activision buyout we had folks shilling for MS and Xbox, during any Big N lawsuit thread we have folks shilling for Nintendo, oh and less we forget the PC master race shills always shitting on consoles lol

Almost as if this Gaming board for gaming discussion attracts a large swath of gaming "enthusiasts" from all over lol

Seriously where do you think this meme was born?
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but hey "guys Sony bias" right?
Cakeboxer said:
I'm not long enough here to judge, but Alarmo got pretty much trashed here and Nintendo always gets heat for suing others.
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Case in point, there are plenty in there who want that fancy alarm clock and defend it ;)
 
protonion

protonion

Member
Astrobot though I don't agree to compare a 2d and a 3d platformer.

Tropical Freeze wasn't even better than Returns.

The only debate is Astrobot vs Mario Galaxy 2 as the best 3d platformer of all time.
 
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ungalo

Member
DKCTF, easily.

DKCTF and Astro have the same sense of flow but DKCTF does it way better (granted, it's easier for a 2D game, but i'm still making the comparison because it's the choice of Astro to be constrained and thought out in this way) with a better sense of challenge. It's also a game that revolves around the companions ability as a plus but the core gameplay is really about the moveset of Donkey, and the hard mode show how well designed it is. In comparison Astro is prescribed, and revolves around a variety of fresh little mechanic.

Astro, like most Sony games, is really almost a sensory game. Put the comfort and the feeling of the player above anything else. And it's obviously also a blockbuster for the platforming genre.

But DKCTF is better designed, and has imo a better atmosphere/personality, with a killer OST.
 
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Ceadeus

Ceadeus

Member
I love both but, Astro Bot is so heavily inspired by the competition platformers, it's a game that wouldn't exist without previous Nintendo efforts. It's incredibly fun though!

Tropical Freeze is what happens when a talented studio modernize an established formula from a legendary series and perfectly brings it to a newer generation of gamer. DK is the OG. It's inventive, charming and timeless. Haunting music and joyful colours that guide the player in such an easy and pleasant way.
 
kevboard

kevboard

Member
Donkey Kong TF is a near perfect sequel with perfect controls, amazing flow, and has a perfect difficulty curve.

Astrobot is decent... and highly derivative. that's about it. a solid platformer.


and the fact that this poll is going the way it is is kinda sad tbh.
I feel like this is comparing Pizza Hut to a traditional family run Pizzaria.
 
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DaleinCalgary

DaleinCalgary

Member
kevboard said:
Donkey Kong TF is a near perfect sequel with perfect controls, amazing flow, and has a perfect difficulty curve.

Astrobot is decent... and highly derivative. that's about it. a solid platformer.


and the fact that this poll is going the way it is is kinda sad tbh.
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Why sad?
 
Buggy Loop

Buggy Loop

Member
nial said:
The thing is that I wouldn't call NeoGAF a Nintendo *fan* forum, but rather surprisingly uninformed people that see everything Nintendo does through rose-tinted glasses. Case in point, what I stated above.
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Holy shit

I've been on gaming-age since 99. Never been a Nintendo place, are you out of your fucking mind? Do I have to bring up the Switch announcement thread? Were you even born when this place had the meltdown of Zelda wind waker unveiling with the cel shading drama?
 
playbignbox

playbignbox

Member
Hrk69 said:
Totally unnecessary

We all know this PlayStation forum LOVES Astrobot.

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And it only gets better, I think last week there was a brilliant poll asking if the gameplay/combat in Sony's games were the best and there were still more than 30% of votes saying yes lol
 
nial

nial

Member
Buggy Loop said:
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Holy shit

I've been on gaming-age since 99. Never been a Nintendo place, are you out of your fucking mind? Do I have to bring up the Switch announcement thread? Were you even born when this place had the meltdown of Zelda wind waker unveiling with the cel shading drama?
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Pre-November 2017 NeoGAF may as well be a completely different forum.
But, people indeed used to be weird about them in the GCN and Wii U gens, just like most here are about Sony currently.
 
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