Sequel Showdown #2 - Donkey Kong Country

[AstralSoul | 517]

What is your favorite Donkey Kong Country game?

[BortLicensePlate | 652]

Well, I haven't put nearly enough time into this series. But I played a bit of DKC returns on 3DS and the game was really difficult, but also fantastic. I like hard as balls platformers but preferably not on a handheld, so I didn't stick with it

[AstralSoul | 517]

DKC is one of my absolute favorite series and without them I might not have been the gamer I am today as they were some of the most influential games on a gaming and personal level.

I love all of them but I go back and forth between 2&3 as my favorite. I know 3 gets a lot of flack for reusing the same old formula and for Kiddy Kong and less of an atmospheric tone but I genuinely love it.

But I see why 2 is often cited as the best. It did everything 1 did right and then some. The soundtrack alone is one of the best in all of gaming, in my opinion. The level design is near flawless in my opinion as well.

It's incredibly hard for me to choose between 2&3 as ive said but today I went with 3 because I replay it the most, I know it like the back of my hand, I love the level design and soundtrack, and I actually like Kiddy Kong. I know objectively 3 is probably the least best but this is a favorites poll so I went with it, even though 2 I equally as amazing to me.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,738]

All 5 are good.  I'll go with one of the SNES trilogy, but won't spoil which one.

I will say that for all of the acclaims about Tropical Freeze being the "best platformer ever," I preferred Rayman Legends.

[Gloves | 12,049]

2 is the best.

[Sumez | 3,076]

Can't really beat DKC2, but Tropical Freeze is damn close.

[TDIRunner | 2,819]

I've never played a DKC game that I didn't like, but none of the sequels caught me the way the original did.  

[Brickman | 4,117]

DKC 2 for me. Loved the levels, music and the combo of Diddy and Dixie was perfect.

I also only recently found out that it is read as Diddy’s Conquest, I was always reading it as Diddy Kong’s Quest haha.

[Webhead123 | 698]

The entire series is honestly among the best in the platforming genre.

Which is my favorite? Almost certainly DKC. Some of that is owed to nostalgia and familiarity but I think it is also the most solid in terms of accessibility and challenge.

Which is the "best"? Probably DKC2, even though I think not all of it gels together as well as some of the others.

Returns and Tropical Freeze are also both fantastic, although they feel different enough in control and rhythm from the earlier games that I can't say that I prefer them. They are very obviously their own kind of game...one that pays a loving homage to the original series. I can respect that.

Edited December 29, 2020 by Webhead123

[DarkTone | 991]

2 is probably my favourite snes game. And its my favourite console too. Beat 3 months ago and its so poor compared to the 1st 2. 

[DoctorEncore | 3,691]

I think Tropical Freeze is the best game in the series, but I have a lot of love for the original DKC. I'll have to think on it before I cast my vote.

[Dr. Morbis | 2,105]

Objectively speaking DKC 2 is certainly the best in almost every way, but the poll asks for "favorite" so I had to vote DKC 1. It's less of an adventure/exploration game and more of an "arcady" style run 'n gun, so I go back to it quite a bit and can play through it in a couple of hours.  I also really like being able to actually play as DK in a DK game.  Ergo, much like the Goldeneye games (Perfect Dark is "better" but Goldeneye has all the magic) DKC 2 is "better" but DKC 1 is the one for me...

[themisfit138 | 523]

DKC 2 is an overall better game then DKC. Better music, better levels, faster gameplay, and Dixie plays a rockin’ solo after each level. 

[ZeldaFreak | 3,684]

41 minutes ago, themisfit138 said:

and Dixie plays a rockin’ solo after each level. 

I also went with DKC2 as my favorite, but it was honestly kind of hard to pick. They're all 9 or 10/10 games of a similar caliber, none of them are even close to being outright bad.

Edited December 29, 2020 by ZeldaFreak

[twiztor | 859]

my vote goes to Returns, followed by the Original. i prefer to play as Donkey Kong, so 2 and 3 never really clicked for me.

[fox | 1,723]

2>1>3

[Sumez | 3,076]

2>TF>3>1

Didn't play Returns yet  

[rdrunner | 427]

Not voting.  I love all of these games for different reasons and am calling it a tie. 

[Hammerfestus | 4,003]

I’ve only played the first 3.  I like the original best.  So many of those levels are completely iconic for me.  That snow level with the incrementally worse weather?  Fuhget about it.

Edited December 30, 2020 by Hammerfestus

[RegularGuyGamer | 2,026]

I could never get into 2&3, but 1 loved the first one. That was my go to game on Friday nights as a kid. 

[MrPeaPod | 121]

DKC 3 has always been my favorite. It brings back the most memories

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,108]

3 hours ago, RegularGuyGamer said:

I could never get into 2&3, but 1 loved the first one. That was my go to game on Friday nights as a kid. 

Same here. 2 and 3 are good, but I always preferred the original.

[LeatherRebel5150 | 1,074]

I played 1+2 so much as a kid. I didn't even know about 3 until 2011-2012ish. But it became my favorite. I love the level design, the slight bit of "free roaming" allowing you to see the world in a more full way, the bird collecting and trade sequences as a little side thing to do. Everything was awesome to me. The one spot it lacks is music, its not bad but isn't in the same league as the first two

[Tanooki | 4,994]

Original, third, second, and well the other two...ehhh, no.  I have the WiiU/3DS one and those twits did the asinine 'nes hard' style with it and it's aggravating as hell but controls a little too loose for the abuse.

I still think the original had the best balance, but the third is far more along its lines than the second which just I found more obnoxious with the collect-a-thon toll booth garbage which was a huge put off.  Also on the whole, really sucks taking DK out of DKC, what a waste.

[a_profile_name | 230]

2 > 3 > 1 (never played the others)

Why does it seam like no one likes 3?