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Boring and difficult(Review From Amazon) | General Comments:
I actually owned this game far longer than the 2 first SNES Donkey Kong Country games (a couple of years), but I was scared of trying them out because I never liked this game.
First of all, I was so dissapointed with the graphics. The SNES game had graphics that was way ahead of its time, instead of flat looking sprites the sprites looked like 3D characters. Very detailed backgrounds, areas and monsters. In this game, Donkey Kong completely lacks any fur details, he looks like he was painted in paint.
The camera system is awful and makes the game difficult. Imagine you just climbed a tree, the camera is showing you from the back. You jump onto a wine - WHOMP! - the camera changes the angle so you can't see the next vine because you are shown from the front, so you have to jump "blindly" and hope that you catch the next wine.
This camera problem is constant, and makes it difficult to do simple tasks
like killing monsters, just as you attack the camera spins around.
I remember years ago when I played the game with my family, there was a boss that the girl-monkey had to defeat. It was some jack-in-a-box and she is suppose to fly to different platforms. But when she flies, the camera spins around and you often end up dying because you miss the platform.
We were so frustrated with this boss we never were able to defeat it.
It surprises me that this game requires an expansion pack, I noticed severe slowness on the first boss. Everything moved in slow motion and made it almost impossible to defeat the boss.
Instead of the fun of jumping around, climbing stuff and getting help of your animal friends, jumping and rolling on enemies has been replaced with a smashing system. Donkey Kong is so slow he takes damage just TRYING to hit monsters.
The animal friends are gone, I know the Rhino was still there, but he wasn't there enough for me to remember it.
I also didn't like the gun weapons, it's almost impossible to aim!
There is some humor in this game, but not enough to make me want to complete this utterly boring game. Get the first SNES games and don't bother with this one. |
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DK64(Review From Amazon) | General Comments:
Overall, DK64 is a great game. It's a blast and will have you playing for hours on end. With different levels including Aztecs, Caverns, Castles, Forests, and of course, a jungle, and five different playable characters each with their own abilities and golden bananas (similar to stars in Super Mario 64) to collect, you would think Donkey Kong 64 would never get old. And it won't. For a while.
The plot goes something like this - King K. Rool has another scheme. He's taken all of Donkey Kong's precious golden bananas and kidnapped all his friends. You'll have to navigate through a series of levels, rescuing different characters in each of them, unlocking golden bananas as you go, to eventually reach the final stage. Each level has its own boss which are usually the best part of the level. To reach the boss, you'll have to collect a certain number of regular bananas (scattered throughout the level, different from golden bananas). A certain number of golden bananas unlocks a new level. If you ever want to complete the game, you'll have to rescue all of Donkey's companions. Diddy, Tiny, Lanky, and Chunky Kong all await you in the first three levels. Meanwhile, you buy instruments from Candy, potions from Cranky, and Weapons from Funky. All these can be upgraded. The things you buy, especially Cranky's potions, will give you abilities that are essential to collecting all the golden bananas. There are also various barrel mini games that you must complete in order to finally get the banana.
Donkey Kong has graphics and gameplay very similar to Banjo Kazooie/Tooie. So, those who liked those two games will love DK64. Also, fans of the Donkey Kong franchise will not be let down. Donkey Kong 64 is addictive and you'll always love exploring the new environments the game places you in. There's always aspects to the level that are unique and also crucial to getting golden bananas (For example, in the forest level, there is a giant clock that switches the game between day and night. Some bananas can only be reached at certain times of the day.). The degrees of difficulty for getting the bananas range from stupidly easy to impossible. Many, however, are just pure fun. Overall, DK64 is a very enjoyable game and good for all ages.
A certain degree of frustration does come with the game, however. Some golden bananas are impossible to get you do absolutely everything right. You'll do lots of falling and retrying (especially in the factory level) to reach some. Another irk is that you must get two coins in order to advance to the final boss stages. You must beat the original Donkey Kong and Jetpak. The problem is, no matter what, I could not beat the original Donkey Kong, which prevented me from beating the game. I spent so many wasted hours trying to beat that stupid game. Last, this game requires an expansion pack. Nowadays, expansion packs are hard to come by and cost about $20, which is probably five times more than the actual game will cost you.
Other than that, Donkey Kong 64 is great fun. Even if you don't manage to get through the whole game, it is a very worthwhile title and surely a great value, especially now. You won't be disappointed with Donkey Kong 64, unless of course you're currently enrolled in an anger management class. |
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Anonymous
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How is this supposed to be fun?(Review From Amazon) | General Comments:
What a weird game. I got this expecting the same type of thing that was going on in those great super nintendo games. But hey, if you like confusing and weird puzzles than you might enjoy this game. I suggest that you get it anyway but only to see how different it is than the dk country games. This is a puzzle level game, not a dk country game. I got bored and annoyed with it and stopped playing after having it for a few weeks.
These are my updated comments. Recently, I challenged my review above and my view of this game. I decided to learn how to get good at it, thus, leading to enjoyment of the game. I actually got hooked, playing it for over 80 hours so far. Point being, this game is not awful, it is, however, tricky. If you enjoy Glover or even if you somehow found a way to enjoy Mario 64, you will like this game. I would say that my new rating of fun would be 4 of 5 and my new overall would be 3 of 5. The overall is still low because of how frustrating this game is. |
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Anonymous
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Another Excellent Donkey Kong Game(Review From Amazon) | General Comments:
My mom bought this for me for my birthday when I was turning 10. It comes with the only Donkey Kong 64 which is probably the biggest platform game of Nintendo 64. It has great graphics and the music matches each world perfectly. I love how you have to use each of the 5 characters to beat the level instead of just picking your favorite. Each character brings different strengths to the table and have different weapons, moves, and instruments. The boss battles are clever and creative and the final battle against King K. Rool is one of the best in all of video games.
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