Sgt.Pepper
Banned
I got the game! But I have to wake up early, so no DK for me yet. FUUUUUUUUUUUU
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Donkey Kong Country Returns |OT| Retro Studios Has Done It Again!
- Thread starter Tricky I Shadow
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I didn't have the game yet but I feel that rolling will be better with the nunchuk scheme.
In Mario, the spin feels right cause that's a more vertical move while like I said, in Donkey kong, that's more like bowling and DK going forward, so I hope the feeling is as great as I imagine.
In Mario, the spin feels right cause that's a more vertical move while like I said, in Donkey kong, that's more like bowling and DK going forward, so I hope the feeling is as great as I imagine.
It's not great. It's a pointless annoyance that could easily have been fixed by an option classic controller scheme. But then Nintendo couldn't brag about immersion or something. What else is new.daakusedo said:
Regardless, it's still absolutely worth playing right now. AND I'm already looking forward to playing an emulated hack that maps waggle to a button press.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Just got an email!
Subj: "Name, its on like Donkey Kong!"
Subj: "Name, its on like Donkey Kong!"
Why are you acting as if the different options are mutually exclusive? As if we can't have CC support unless the motion controls are then excluded? And don't be so damn sensitive.Lone_Prodigy said:
Fact is that the most intuitive control scheme would be with the CC (at least, for many of us) and there is no logical reason (that we have identified) that justifies its exclusion. Shake-to-roll is simply not as intuitive as a single button press would be.
Now Ima go play.
Incitemaybe
Member
No problems with shaking to roll here. Using nunchuck setup. I prefer motion control in my games, it feels right to me.
This game is fucking stout
This game is fucking stout
Unknown Soldier
Member
I don't understand the reasoning behind not supporting the classic and Gamecube controllers with a game like this.
After playing a few more hours, still loving it. Once again my main problems are in the motion sensing, more rolling when I want to pound. I know that all you have to do is let go of the analog, but sometimes you're moving quick and have to hit the ground really quickly in between, and when I go to switch I'll roll rather than ground pound.
That being said one of the things I don't like so far that everyone else has seemed to love has been the rocket barrels. Cool sequences I guess, but it feels unresponsive, which is what leads me to my next question. Does anybody else ever have problems with their wiimote? I've played my wii obviously I've had it since launch, and I noticed this in NSMB, but I'll push the a button and it'll respond about a second or 2 later. This is huge in this game where everything is about timing and precision. I've now tried three remotes and this continues to kill me in the game.
That being said one of the things I don't like so far that everyone else has seemed to love has been the rocket barrels. Cool sequences I guess, but it feels unresponsive, which is what leads me to my next question. Does anybody else ever have problems with their wiimote? I've played my wii obviously I've had it since launch, and I noticed this in NSMB, but I'll push the a button and it'll respond about a second or 2 later. This is huge in this game where everything is about timing and precision. I've now tried three remotes and this continues to kill me in the game.
1. it's more comfortable.
2. "shaking" isn't a difficult or innacurate action with the wiimote alone, but it's even less so with the nunchuk. Due to the separate controlers, you can shake without losing grip on either controller unlike if you were holding onto a singular controller with both hands.
2. "shaking" isn't a difficult or innacurate action with the wiimote alone, but it's even less so with the nunchuk. Due to the separate controlers, you can shake without losing grip on either controller unlike if you were holding onto a singular controller with both hands.
Kyleripman
Member
oracrest said:
Exactly this. I love playing with the sideways remote; feels natural.
I feel like the blow move is kinda pointless. Functionally, it's nearly identical to the ground pound in that it's mainly used to activate things. But it doesn't have the offensive abilities of the ground pound, except against a small handful of enemies.
So I dunno, I don't really even get why it's in the game.
So I dunno, I don't really even get why it's in the game.
JPBrowncoat
Member
Oh wow, I just checked the box and manual to see if it's true. Dunno how I missed that.Threi said:
I don't think the Wiimote shaking is quite as sensitive as NSMBWii, but it's pretty solid. I feel like I have to give it a harder jerk here to get a reaction.
I sure as hell hope I'm never going to be expected to do well on those time trials. The times for golds look brutal.
That's what she said.
I sure as hell hope I'm never going to be expected to do well on those time trials. The times for golds look brutal.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Threi said:
Ever since I played Twilight Princess, I realized that the nunchuk/wiimote combo was a really comfortable way to play even mostly traditional games, just 'cause the hands can droop casually and comfortably to either side. I think for games where you end up holding a direction on a stick for a long time, it's better. For stuff with lots of small, tense, precise movements, a pad or arcade style stick that keeps your hands together is probably best.
I wouldn't prefer playing NSMB with chukwiimote as you are really doing a lot of fiddly adjustments while playing the game. But DKC's levels are designed like flowing rivers that you navigate at speed - especially since Return's levels are designed with time trials explicitly in mind.
I'm three levels in and I'm having a great time so far. I'm a lil drunk so the game is probably harder than it should be (I did a couple of times on level one for instance) but fuck it, game is fun.
Playing it wiimote on side, not having any control problems. I do kind of agree with Kevincow that the donkey blow seems a bit useless in my limited time with it, but its not a big deal.
EDIT- I love DK's animations, goddamn.
Playing it wiimote on side, not having any control problems. I do kind of agree with Kevincow that the donkey blow seems a bit useless in my limited time with it, but its not a big deal.
EDIT- I love DK's animations, goddamn.
I think the CC would be perfectly comfortable for a sidescroller. But OK.Threi said:
Now you're comparing the wiimote+nunchuk to the wiimote held sideways. We're talking about the CC scheme where you'd press (or hold) a button instead of having to shake the controller.Threi said:
So yeah, I don't get why your opinion is so extreme, unless it's a defensive reaction to all the people calling for the option....?
And what about your post? Was his post a big enough deal that you had to actually address its value (and to himself)? Ridiculous.Willy 105 said:
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Lathentar said:
You are silly. There's virtually no difference between a NES and SNES controller besides a few buttons; all later gamepads even, begin to morph and bloat their shapes far away from the classic "Nintendo Paddles". And virtually everyone of age who played platformers back in the day thinks of SMB on the NES, with its single jump and single run button, as being the formative experience against which all platformers are compared; including those originating on consoles with two extra face buttons on their pads.
I bet you go to ren faires and tell the people dressed as elves that they're crazy because elves are not historically accurate!
I went to a ren faire yesterday and did no such thing!Kaijima said:You are silly. There's virtually no difference between a NES and SNES controller besides a few buttons; all later gamepads even, begin to morph and bloat their shapes far away from the classic "Nintendo Paddles". And virtually everyone of age who played platformers back in the day thinks of SMB on the NES, with its single jump and single run button, as being the formative experience against which all platformers are compared; including those originating on consoles with two extra face buttons on their pads.
I bet you go to ren faires and tell the people dressed as elves that they're crazy because elves are not historically accurate!
Unknown Soldier
Member
Kandinsky said:
Warren Spector hasn't made a good game in a decade now, and you trust in him? Really? REALLY? :lol
Epic Mickey will probably be around $10-15 after Christmas, so I'll pick it up around then. I'm not saying it's going to bomb, but they are going to print 50 million copies of it so there will be plenty for the after-Christmas clearance sales. Donkey Kong Country Returns on the other hand I will travel through time and purchase yesterday. Because I feel sad that I waited until today to buy it. If there's anyone you should trust these days, it's Retro Studios.
othersteve
Member
(major spoilers)
Also, the final boss is a
Just in case no one has said so yet,Kard8p3 said:
yes, yes it is.
Also, the final boss is a
furking ashpole
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Any score under a 9 is off base.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Just got this game and played through world one with my roommate; I'm using the W+N and he's using the Wiimote horizontally. It's my first DKC game unless you count DKL and DKL2 and I'm having lots of fun. And as a bonus, I'm finding that the game is definitely harder than expected. :lol
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
TheGreatMightyPoo said:
Id actually say under a 9.5! The only complaint that seems valid to me are the sometimes iffy motion controls.
I mean other than that, what else can you actually complain about? Its pretty much platforming perfection!
FunkyMunkey
Banned
Game on the way from gamefly .
.Socreges said:
You got it. The deeper we go into something, the less weird it is to talk about it, because the ice has been broken.
Which can be a problem when we are debating the merits of the move where Donkey Kong crouches to blow air into plants.
KevinCow said:
Bad =/= unnecessary
And it's all glass here, we replace panes daily.
miladesn said:
Before anyone complains, Gamespot gives 8.5 to every Wii game.
othersteve
Member
Well, I got mine last Wednesday so that I could write an [prepare for shameless promotion]absolutely fantastic review.[/prepare for shameless promotion]Oblivion said: