Donkey Kong Bananza Metacritic Prediction Thread

What will DK Bananza's Metacritic/Opencritic score be?

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LakeOf9

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We have already seen how overwhelmingly positive the reception to this game has been after the Direct, and with the last round of previews. With the game launching next week, maybe GAF wants to take a try at guessing what the aggregate score for it might be.

Some salient points:
  • Developed by the same development team as Super Mario Odyssey (97 OC, 97 MC)
    • This team has a great track record in general:
      • Super Mario Odyssey (2017): 97 MC, 97 OC
      • Super Mario 3D World (2013): 93 MC
      • Super Mario 3D Land (2011): 90 MC
      • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010): 97 MC
      • Super Mario Galaxy (2007): 97 MC
      • Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2004): 80 MC
      • Super Mario Sunshine (2002): 92 MC
  • The first new DK game in more than ten years, and the first new 3D DK game in more than 25 years
    • DK's track record on Meracritic has been spottier:
      • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze: 83 MC/86 MC (Wii U/NSW)
      • Donkey Kong Country Returns: 87 MC/83 MC/77 MC (Wii/3DS/NSW)
      • Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2004): 80 MC
      • Donkey Kong 64 (1999): 90 MC
    • Note that none of the above games (except Jungle Beat) were made by the same development team
  • Press previews are extremely positive, as are impressions to the last DK Direct
    • There are some points of criticism raised in previews, including camera, frame rate, and potential repetition with the destructibility centered gameplay loop
Alright, I think that's all the relevant points. What score are you predicting?
 
Baemono said:
90-94, would've been 97 if it was Mario
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Im thinking the same because monkey

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I'm a little but more pessimistic, and think it lands around 87.

I don't have any real reason for that - from what we've seen this game is super full of content and is breaking the Kong platformer mould.

But, I have doubts they won't dumb it down too much. The old DK games were quite challenging to gold / complete.

I'm also wondering how well the gameplay will evolve - we know about the smashing of the environment, but that one mechanic won't support a whole game - they must change things up as the game progresses.

Then again, odyssey team, so their track record should mean this is in the 90s.

Anyway I'm pre-ordered and my banana is ready.
 
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Regardless of what the meta critic score lands at, you gotta take off a minimum of 20 points of meta critic scores of Nintendo games to get the real score.

Mario odyssey had a meta of 97 but in reality, the game was at best an 80. It was good but nothing special. The same thing happened with BoTW but that was even worse. It was like a glorified tech demo. An empty boring open world game. A 6/10 and complete waste of money.

Donkey Kong from initial previews and gameplay looks to be an 8/10 game. The destruction is its best asset from what we've seen so far. Everything else is pretty mediocre.
 
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FalconPunch said:
Regardless of what the meta critic score lands at, you gotta take off a minimum of 20 points of meta critic scores of Nintendo games to get the real score.

Mario odyssey had a meta of 97 but in reality, the game was at best an 80. It was good but nothing special. The same thing happened with BoTW but that was even worse. It was like a glorified tech demo. An empty boring open world game. A 6/10 and complete waste of money.

Donkey Kong from initial previews and gameplay looks to be an 8/10 game. The destruction is its best asset from what we've seen so far. Everything else is pretty mediocre.
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The same media who's been shitting on Switch 2 since not getting review units? Copium
 
I put 95+. This is the first platformer I've wanted to play since like Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie.

I expect this game to show these astrobot fans what an actual good game looks like.

DK on chin incoming.
 
FalconPunch said:
Regardless of what the meta critic score lands at, you gotta take off a minimum of 20 points of meta critic scores of Nintendo games to get the real score.

Mario odyssey had a meta of 97 but in reality, the game was at best an 80. It was good but nothing special. The same thing happened with BoTW but that was even worse. It was like a glorified tech demo. An empty boring open world game. A 6/10 and complete waste of money.

Donkey Kong from initial previews and gameplay looks to be an 8/10 game. The destruction is its best asset from what we've seen so far. Everything else is pretty mediocre.
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But you cancelled your Switch 2 preorder uh? When all Nintendo scores are 20 points too much? With that kind of take you really went in and try to convince anyone on GAF you had a $499 Mario Kart bundle preordered.

ace ventura bullshit GIF


You guys are so fucking obvious with the bullshit.
 
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LakeOf9 said:
Are these Nintendo Reviews in the room with us right now?
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Don't bother

He "graduated" 🤡

But he's a huge fan the 'member berries game of playstation, Astrobot, the same astrobot devs who basically copied Nintendo platformers and thank them without naming them at the GOTY awards.
 
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My actual range is 87-91 but I voted 90-94 because I'm feeling positive about it. Adding young Pauline and making this like TLOU was a master stroke but it will all come down to how good the moment to moment gameplay is and I think it may be UNDER 3D Mario level so maybe an 89, 90, 91, that sort of range. It looks like a must play to me though so I have high hopes.
 
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Buggy Loop said:
But you cancelled your Switch 2 preorder uh? When all Nintendo scores are 20 points too much? With that kind of take you really went in and try to convince anyone on GAF you had a $499 Mario Kart bundle preordered.

ace ventura bullshit GIF


You guys are so fucking obvious with the bullshit.
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Are you intellectually disabled? Don't take this the wrong way, I'm just curious...
FalconPunch said:
To my haters @LordOcidax and @GigaBowser, never at me again
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Now my thoughts on the switch 2:

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Objectively, it will be a 78-84 game. But vidya gaem joornalists will give it 90+, because they'll get that game from their wives boyfriends.
 
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I put 95+, but I think the camera will drag it down. Also Pauline is going to stay female until the rest of the game, -10 pts.
 
Danjin44 said:
You are the one showing off you bought something you clearly hate, so people naturally gonna get curious and ask questions.
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Well if you were paying attention, you'll see that Buggy Loop called me out for cancelling a preorder. What you're doing is misconstruing valid criticism as hate. However, that's standard behavior for most nintendo fans.
 
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