Thread 718885089

Finished DKC3 today

It wasn't that bad.

I don't care what people say, I like it.

And so the fuck what if it has gimmick levels? They're fun.

HOWEVER, I don't understand why they didn't just...put the fire out?

Every true DKC scholar knows that 2 > 3 > 1

Who was saw?

>>718885474
Truth. 1 is hard carried by its novelty. It's still a fun time but playing 2 and 3 and coming back to it after truly exposes how basic it actually is.

>>718885089 (OP)
I 100%'d it last year and it was definitely better than I remembered it, but it's still not as good as 1 or 2.

3 is my favourite in the series.

>>718885089 (OP)
of course not all three games are good some slightly better but still all are good

The pacific northwest feel DKC 3 had was so cozy

>>718885089 (OP)
you dont know the thrill I had getting this game when it came out. No one hated it. Just everyone was focused on the N64 that year. But enjoyed the hell out of it.

>>718885089 (OP)
DKC3 has always received more hate than it deserves simply because of Kiddy Kong, the overall "Canadian" aesthetic, and the fact that most people consider it the "worst" in the DKC trilogy. It may be the worst, but it's still a very good game and only speaks to the insanely high quality of the trilogy when even its worst game is still very good.

>>718885089 (OP)
3 is not as good as 2, but that doesn't mean it's bad.

>>718885942
I like 1 the best precisely because of its simplicity. But whatever, they're all good.

Driving the boat around the map is my cosiest childhood videogame memory

>>718886547
>simply because of Kiddy Kong
Which is crazy because in each game, NONE of the Kongs have an actual personality. All of their details are described with words in the instruction booklet, they aren't apparent in the games.
It's not like he's spouting catchphrases, all he does is cry when you lose, which shouldn't be happening anyways.

>>718885089 (OP)
It's good! Great music!
Just not as good as DKC1 and DKC2

It's good, it just feels a bit underwhelming when compared to the masterpiece that is 2. Some of the gimmciks are also really bad (the level where the controls are switched for example), and the music isn't as good as the previous games.

>>718885089 (OP)
Its an okay game, kind of forgettable

>>718886745
When you're a little kid you really dont want to play as a baby OR a little girl

Saying DKC3 sucks shit when cocksucking bramble-infested DKC2 exists will never not boggle my mind. DKC2 trannies are literally, legitimately insane, the BEST installment is 2? Throat a loaded shotgun and pull the trigger my man. We don't need your mental illness polluting the genepool.

>>718885089 (OP)
The idea of "DKC3 is le bad" is a relatively recent one. Nobody hated the game back when it came out, the only thing that impacted sales was the release of the N64 and the PS1 being out for 1 year by that time (Crash Bandicoot also came out).

>>718886902
DKC has had gimmicks since 1.

>>718886969
I liked dixie, I was mad we didn't get a new game of her and diddy

>>718886998
this. DKC3 being hated is purely a modern thing said by clout chasing youtubers. Game was fun.

>>718886745
I never understood why people hate Kiddy Kong. He's such a lovable little goober.

>>718886745
I like his eyebrow waggle

>>718887019
that wasn't the argument being made but w/e

>>718887115
My only problem with him is that hes redundant with DK. Why would you make a second big dumb gorilla when the main character kf the series was right there?

>>718885876
Probably one of K. Rool's robots. Dude is mechanizing the whole place.

>>718887091
Nope. It's always been disliked. The second I rented it as a kid I could tell something was wrong immediately. Ugly graphics, no music, animal burdens-I mean buddies, tedious levels, pointless overworld map -- it was all lousy as hell.

>>718887331
Because DK was captured...again. Not really cut out for the adventure and rescue gig.

>>718886998
I disliked it as a kid. DKC2 was my favorite game but I dropped DKC3 in the first world.

>>718887091
Nah, I've thought it was weaker since the 90s. It definitely lacks in level design and music. I've grown to like it more as an adult but it has always been inferior to its predecessors.

DKC3 gets more hate than it deserves but it's still not as good as 2/1 and Kiddy Kong is still a shit character design. He was never brought back for anything

>>718886987
Okay Jim calm down

>>718886547
It's bizarre people don't like playing Kiddy. He's essentially a better Donkey Kong, since he holds the barrel in front of him, like Diddy.

>>718887445
I think "Canada" as a setting for a DK game is something that's a lot harder to appreciate as a kid than the cool semi realistic locations of the first game and the super memorable environments from DKC2.

>>718887494
He sounds like a fag and his shit's all retarded

>>718887091
It was disliked originally, although simply for aesthetics, specifically the uglier kremlings, bees, and the baby themes. The biggest reasons it suffered is because it came after the sheer perfection that was DKC2 and released after the N64 was already out.

>>718887397
>It's always been disliked.
No it wasnt.

>>718886998
>>718887091
I didn't even know it existed until years later. Never saw it advertised anywhere and nobody I knew had it. So I thought cool, a whole new DKC game I haven't played before and ordered it from eBay in 2003 or something. And when I started playing I could immediately tell something was off. Especially the music, which was very disappointing, but the game just wasn't that fun to play like the first two.

>>718887331
Because the main character is Dixie this time around and DK would take the center stage.

>>718887428
>>718888127
The first two worlds are usually what filters people, they aren't necessarily great. Then it ramps up. The music later on is great.

>>718888248
>DK taking center stage in a DK game
Oh no, the horror

>>718888328
I beat the whole game and didn't really like it. The N64 being around didn't help though, I just wanted to get through with it already

>>718888328
I always thought the random ass snow level in the first world was really fucking weird

Cute monke

>>718888473
It wouldn't be Dixie's Double Trouble then.

>>718886987
the worst part about the modern state of /v/ is that people can post these things and they think it's funny

>>718887331
>>718888248
>>718888473
In hindsight, it is kind of weird that DK is only playable in one game in the DONKEY KONG Country trilogy

>>718888889
Somebody at Nintendo hates her, any time she gets into a spinoff game she's fucking garbage

>>718885089 (OP)
>wasting time with mediocre british computer games on the super nintendo when its library is absolutely filled with quality japanese titles.
Why?

>>718889420
That's retribution for her being by far the best option in the two mainline games she's playable in.

>>718885089 (OP)
DKC2>DKC1>DKC3
There, I just ended the thread

>>718887494
No one cares about gameplay differences, people don't like Kiddy Kong because of aesthetics. They don't want to play as a dumb looking baby.

>>718885089 (OP)
Yeah it's was alright
I think the problem is the game's worst levels are worst than the other two and Kiddie Kong soured a lot of people

>Feel like playing some DKC
>Accidentally plow through the whole trilogy

Every single time

>>718885089 (OP)
Never understood why it's hated. It's the weakest of the 3, but given the quality of the other two that still makes this a very good game.

>>718885089 (OP)
>It wasn't that bad.
What the fuck are you on about? DKC3 was always beloved, it's just the lesser touched game because of when it was released. It didn't have much hype since it was released around the same time as OoT and SM64. It even has a SM64 easter egg in it

You can see the roots of DK64 going off the rails with its collectibles in DKC3. DKC2 had just the right amount of secrets and collectibles, DKC3 was a step too far and DK64 jumped face first off the cliff entirely.

i wanna 102% dkc2 but having to nuthug a guide doesn't seem very fun

>>718890027
You can find almost all of the stuf in DKC2 just by exploring the levels thoroughly. The only really bullshit one I can remember was where you have to jump under the level to find a DK coin in one of the Gloomy Gultch levels.

>>718888248
DK and Dixie teaming up would be cute and ahead of its time.

>>718889939
DKC3 really only added Bear Coins and Banana Birds.
The Brothers Bear trading quest was just an extension of the bear coins. That's like docking points from OoT because it had eye drops and saws in your inventory in service of Biggoron.
And the Banana birds were always confined to the relatively small world map, with a single bird per individual world hub.
The cogs were simply end of level "rewards" from Krematoa, a plot device to fight the final boss.
The skis and patch from world bosses were again just plot devices in service of moving you to the next world. It's not really a collectible if it's mandetory to progress. It's just a reskinned key.

>DK Coins
>Bonus Coins
>Bear Coins
>Banana Birds
4 things you had to actively go out of your way to grab.
Overrated, just like the moaning and agonizing over DK64.

>>718890959
Bear coins are essentially a replacement for the banana coins in DKC2. So the only ACTUAL new collectible are the banana birds.
Goes to show how dumb the "too many collectibles" complaint is, because there's only one new over DKC2.

That lightning level was shit

>>718893485
Kid me handled it better than adult me.

>>718893485
one of the most fuck you levels

>>718889939
DKC2 was also a step too far. Rare, at the time, were genuinely fucking horribly addicted to the idea of collecting bullshit in all of their games all the way to end of the N64's generation. I have no patience for collect all the cum coins type of gameplay in a 2D platformer.

>>718886969
Fucking this. I didn’t even want to play as Diddy. The fucking sidekick!

>>718885089 (OP)
I think it’s the ideal follow-up to DKC2. There was no way it was going to match 2’s level of quality so it might as well go all-out with the gimmicks to distinguish itself and offer a different flavor. That’s how I like to see it anyway.

>>718885089 (OP)
I like it better than the other two because it's easier, but it's the kind of easier that's fun to play. 2 is still better in most aspects, however.

>>718893485
How do you get filtered this hard?

>>718885876
Art the Clown

>>718893485
The mechanic is neat and you can use it to your advantage to kill enemies, what's wrong?

Why didn't get we just get Donkey and Dixie? Why did they create some gay baby retard mongoloid kong

>>718898916
The last of us hadn't invent surrogate daughters yet.

A few years ago I went back and played through all 3, back to back. Even getting 102 and 103% on DKC2 and 3.

Honestly, I think they're all fantastic. I agree that 3 can be gimmicky at times, but there are also some really fun and creative parts, like the snowball fight for example. While I think 2 is the best, I would consider any ranking of the games valid.

The ending of 3 sums up the entire game
>K. Rool wanders around the overworld before the banana bird drops half an empty eggshell on him as opposed to an entire egg
The game is blatantly rushed, unfinished, and lacks polish

>>718893485
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>>718898191
It'd be fine if not for the bodies of water with floating barrels that can often lead to taking a nearly unavoidable hit.

>>718899067
Glad you like them, but are you "pro" enough to get 105%?

The only DKC3 level I don't like is Buzzer Barrage, it's way too fucking long and Quawks sucks ass (yes, I even like the lightning and inverted control levels).
Although if I had to pick a worst level from the trilogy, it would be Poison Pond from DKC1.

>>718886508
yeah if nothing else 3 had a really comfy and fun environment and overworld

>>718887091
why do people try and lie about shit like this and DK64?
it's okay to like the games then and now but you don't have to try and convince others it's just fucking youtubers when you can go back and see that they had dislike even then

>>718900337
You like the rocket level?

>>718903046
Kind of. It's too short for me to hate it. The second half being essentially trial-and-error is kind of bullshit though.

>>718885089 (OP)
The best part about this game was the world exploration. That was so cool

>>718885089 (OP)
It's objectively better than the first game regardless of your feelings about Kiddy Kong.

The artstyle is so bad, also the baby monkey is an ugly fuck, who the fuck wants to play as that asshole?
The music can be pretty good still. And mechanically its superior to 1. I still stand on 2 > 1 > 3, but 3 is good indeed

>>718899445
Just time your jumps

>>718900337
>>718903046
that level with inverted controls...

>>718885089 (OP)
>Female main character

How did Rare fuck up that bad?

It filtered millions…

>>718889043
I'm starting to wonder if it's some sort of psyop. Posts like that appear in all sorts of threads.

>>718890027
Do one pass without a guide, then go back to anything that you missed. The level flags tell you whether you missed bonus levels or the DK coin.

>>718890027
I did my first 102% by using Cranky's hints and just thoroughly exploring. I think there was only one bonus room I didn't find on my own and had to look it up.
>>718890128
>The only really bullshit one I can remember was where you have to jump under the level to find a DK coin in one of the Gloomy Gultch levels.
Cranky has a hint about that one. It's how I found it.

>>718893485
I replayed this game last week, and that's the main level that stood out to me as bad. Hard to say why exactly. Might just be that it forces you to slow down, whereas most of the other levels are designed to let you run through at max speed.

>>718904629
I had way more trouble with the slippery ground than the barrels in that world. And I'd beaten plenty of slippery ice worlds before playing that.

>>718885089 (OP)
It's a very good game.
I even like Kiddy. I don't understand all the hate.

>>718905667
The worst one is the waterfall barrel level.

So coins are just useless in DKC3? There's one bear you have to pay a few times and that's it.

>>718907729
Beyond the shell and the mirror, the generic use for them is Swanky Kong's minigames. So yes.

>>718908253
I didn't even notice Swanky's costs coins. Doesn't he always reward at least one coin no matter how poorly you do?

In 1 and 2 coins didn't save but here they do so they build up very quickly.

I liked the bears

>>718910408
They were kinda one-note. You visit each once to get a bird or item and that's it.

Where do you rank the OG trilogy with Returns and Tropical Freeze?