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Donkey Kong Country Returns |OT| Retro Studios Has Done It Again!
- Thread starter Tricky I Shadow
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Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
ShockingAlberto said:
In Soviet Willy, discussion arbitrates you.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Willy105 said:
Willy, I don't wanna sound like a jerk, but your tag is deserved.
Socreges said:I've noticed that normally the people with the really brutal tags are the ones that are also the most disciplined.
Willy can't deny reality, however.
Yeah, I dread the day that I get a tag that makes any amount of sense D: People like you... you're fine... few know what the fuck that rubbish is below your handle.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Some of the music later on in the game is rather stunning.
abstract alien
Member
I decided to try out the D-pad for whatever reason and holy shit...I've never had a game handle walking and running with a dpad the way this game does. The different intervals you can press a direction to have walk slowly, normally, and run is kind of mind fucking me right now. Its such a simple inclusion, but its one of those things you never thing of until it happens. Has any game done this before?
SuperAndroid17
Member
Really diggin the soundtrack
Is this a remix of any the songs used from DKC? or a original theme? sounds familiar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9z4rnwAzu0
Is this a remix of any the songs used from DKC? or a original theme? sounds familiar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9z4rnwAzu0
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Watching the introduction video, the audio that plays when the Tikis hypnotise is so Metroid Prime.
having played up to world 3...
i hate shaking to roll. mapping such an essential platforming maneuver being left to a laggy and vague motion seems like a bad idea.
there are parts where the level design feels like it's memorization based. it would take a few lives to feel out the situation and figure out what to do. like just after the checkpoint of the first minecart level: to jump or just drop down to the lower level. in dkc, there'd often be well placed bananas to give a hint at what to do.
i hate shaking to roll. mapping such an essential platforming maneuver being left to a laggy and vague motion seems like a bad idea.
there are parts where the level design feels like it's memorization based. it would take a few lives to feel out the situation and figure out what to do. like just after the checkpoint of the first minecart level: to jump or just drop down to the lower level. in dkc, there'd often be well placed bananas to give a hint at what to do.
_Alkaline_
Member
SuperAndroid17 said:Really diggin the soundtrack
Is this a remix of any the songs used from DKC? or a original theme? sounds familiar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9z4rnwAzu0
Don't think so, though it sounds a bit like Voices of the Temple.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
My goodness this game.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
ZeroRay said:
It's hard to say it gets better because it was never really unexciting but if anything, it gets better.
Chet Rippo
Member
Good God, I love just about every level in the Factory, definitely my favorite world so far. Music's great too!
Annoying Old Party Man
Member
I browsed through the first couple of levels late last night... god damn!
This feels so much like Donkey Kong Country, the DNA IS there. I thought Retro was a shadow of it's former shell but this plays, sounds and looks so awesome!
I'm still wondering why the company logo doesn't even appear at the beginning of the game...
This feels so much like Donkey Kong Country, the DNA IS there. I thought Retro was a shadow of it's former shell but this plays, sounds and looks so awesome!
I'm still wondering why the company logo doesn't even appear at the beginning of the game...
_Alkaline_
Member
Annoying Old Party Man said:
Do you see EAD TOKYO when you load up Mario Galaxy? No. It really doesn't mean anything, regardless of whether Retro have done it in the past.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
_Alkaline_ said:
I've pretty much seen the whole game through videos numerous times.
I don't need to play the game to know I'm right.
No......I am not joking.
ConradCervantes
Banned
Oh God, I had to quit playing just now. Crowded Caverns nearly gave me a rage-induced coronary.
BUT IT'S SO GODDAMN GOOD.
Is Retro up for Best Developer at VGAs?
BUT IT'S SO GODDAMN GOOD.
Is Retro up for Best Developer at VGAs?
Annoying Old Party Man
Member
_Alkaline_ said:
EAD Tokyo was never an official developer name for the studio. Retro Studios is the official name of the developer, not Nintendo. Just saying, I like to see logos before my Donkey Kong screen.
wackojackosnose
Member
We had this with Metroid: Other M where we only saw Team Ninja's logo right at the end credits. I thought it was quite odd not to show the developer of the game during boot up, especially since it's the norm to do so. It might be a new Nintendo policy regarding collaborations, which would be a sad thing if it really is.Annoying Old Party Man said:
I'm puzzled by the choice to not have the game automatically restart a time trial when you die. It takes you back to the start but with the clock still running. Why would I ever continue that? So then you have to pause and manually tell it to restart. It's just the sort of quirk that will make failing on time trials really damned annoying, especially after experiencing the instant replay of Super Meat Boy.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Retro wouldn't be a collaboration, though.wackojackosnose said:
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Retro is recognized on the screen that occurs when you click on the channel where the game is....the one before the official title screen.
Cosmonaut X
Member
AniHawk said:
Fixed ;-)
wackojackosnose
Member
Ignis Fatuus said:
Yeah, I know, my miswording sucks! I meant that it was just strange that the MOM doesn't show the developer of the game until the very end and it's also quite strange that DKCR also doesn't, regardless of the developer being a 1st or 3rd party.Kard8p3 said:
Cosmonaut X
Member
Annoying Old Party Man said:
They lost a few key leads, which prompted lots of doom & gloom about the team, but it seems that their departure was perhaps overblown. I don't know who stepped up internally to take over the positions vacant, but they certainly appear to have done a bang-up job here.
Holy Order Sol
Member
DR2K said:
Because clearly the issue can't be on your end.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Amir0x said:
I don't care about the scores, I was just making light of how good this game is and that anyone that plays is would likely laugh at it all.
Tons of games aren't this good.
By the way, it's a 10/10.
But who cares?????
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
TheGreatMightyPoo said:
Stormwatch
Member
The wait is killing me. Amazon didn't ship my game until yesterday, so I get it today. I don't get home from work until around midnight and then I'll probably stay up all night playing
Bleh. What the hell? That sounds awful?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDvKwSVuUGA
Much better. That's not just nostalgia talking either.
Cygnus X-1
Member
I really can't be used to that soundtrack you know. It's not growing in me a bit compared to the old ones. Yamamoto should have worked on SNES sound chip before starting composing emotionless tracks.
Eteric Rice
Member
OH FUCK SPIDERS!
I haven't heard the remix of that song in the new game yet, so I'm not sure where it's used, but the fact that it is supposed to be a remix at all is what bothers me. If it were just another original song, that would be fine, but the aquatic theme used in the original was quite memorable and there's no reason to reference it if you're going to miss the target.BowieZ said:
World 4-2 was awesome. Retro keep blowing me away with what they did. The old DKC games are nothing compared to this. I like what they did with the Temple & Forest music remixes. The only one i'm slightly disappointed with is Aquatic Ambience & something doesn't feel right about the "winning music" when you beat a bonus lvl.
So, question.
Besides graphics, besides music.
Is there anyone out there who didn't particularly like the original DKCs that thinks DKCR is awesome?
I'm not trying to imply "nostalgia" or anything like that here at all. But while I'm a fan of a number of styles of platformers, I did not care for the original DKCs for a variety of reasons... yet I'm open to the thought that Retro might have made something really special here, and I'd like to hear from anyone who maybe feels similarly.
Besides graphics, besides music.
Is there anyone out there who didn't particularly like the original DKCs that thinks DKCR is awesome?
I'm not trying to imply "nostalgia" or anything like that here at all. But while I'm a fan of a number of styles of platformers, I did not care for the original DKCs for a variety of reasons... yet I'm open to the thought that Retro might have made something really special here, and I'd like to hear from anyone who maybe feels similarly.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Shit, Willy got banned?!
Eteric Rice
Member
zigg said:
We need to force Amir0x to buy or rent the game. I think he'd like this one, personally.