Cinemassacre: Sega Game Gear

[Kamahl]

Donkey Kong is ugly and boring.
Donkey Kong 2 is prettier and less boring.
Donkey Kong 3 is garbage.

[KimbleJustice]

I don't like the Donkey Kong Country games, want to fight about it? :P

Kidding aside, it's not because I think they're awful games or anything. There's a difference between not liking something and not respecting that it's a quality product and I do respect it. I just personally could never really get into any of them. I don't hate the games but what I see are decent platformers with an aesthetic that I don't enjoy where other people see legendary, super-amazingness. And I digress, I'm guilty of holding games on pedestals myself that other people don't see as very big deals.

Well, I quite like DKC 1 - I loved it a lot more when I was a kid. I doubt it would make my own SNES top 10, if I was to make one - there's plenty better games, but of course it's a diff'rent strokes thing . As far as the game's rep goes...where you go on the Internet factors into how you percieve it, I guess. A lot of the other forums I've posted on seemed to have pretty conflicting/negative views about the series, especially on DKC 1. DKC 2 generally got approved as the best one, and DKC 3 usually just got a swift booting if it was even mentioned at all (no one likes Kiddy Kong...)

(To clarify, "You are STUPID!" was a reference to the video behind the link - I don't think people who dislike DKC are stupid )

[MrMatthews]

God, did this latest video suck! Mike certainly has no idea what "obscure" means. And his observations and research on the games SUCK. "Slimer driving a car" in Rock'n Roll racing? This Slimer like figure is not a selectable driver/character! "A character that looks like Olaf from Lost Vikings"? That IS Olaf from Lost Vikings, you dolt! Blizzard also created that game! Also, you already run into oil slicks in world two, not three like he claims!

I almost switched off the video right after the #10 spot, because if the clip starts of that horrible already, there's nothing to be expected from the rest! And the rest wasn't really all that better. Does he even do research for his videos at all? Certainly doesn't seem like it.

What cracks me up is that if you read the comments for the videos, they're all positive, but many of them are offering words of encouragement, clearly implying that there are many negative comments that have mysteriously disappeared.

[Guntz]

Regardless of what the superior-thinking non-North American users here think, I think DKC2 and 3 are very good platformers. Never cared much for DKC1 though, it's the weakest in the series.

[j_factor]

Regardless of what the superior-thinking non-North American users here think, I think DKC2 and 3 are very good platformers. Never cared much for DKC1 though, it's the weakest in the series.

Agreed. DKC1 is just decent enough that I barely consider it worth playing. 2 and 3 are very good though. I also like 3 a little more than 2, but I think I'm the only person in the universe with that opinion.

[zetastrike]

Agreed. DKC1 is just decent enough that I barely consider it worth playing. 2 and 3 are very good though. I also like 3 a little more than 2, but I think I'm the only person in the universe with that opinion.

No you're not. I like DKC3 a lot more than 2. DKC2 has a lot of problems, for one a lot of the levels are poorly designed and not that fun to play, the music is really boring moreso than the other two, the difficulty hits the roof around the third world, the lost world is just not fun, and most of all the level environments themselves are just not appealing like they are in the other two games. Almost every level is very dark and bleak looking. I don't enjoy looking at them and running through them. DKC3 fixed all of these problems. One of the best improvements is making the DK coins a lot less of a pain to find. In the second one you had to search every nook of each level to find those stupid coins and I just gave up eventually. DKC3 is a lot less of a chore to play through.

[Obviously]

What cracks me up is that if you read the comments for the videos, they're all positive, but many of them are offering words of encouragement, clearly implying that there are many negative comments that have mysteriously disappeared.

This is the one thing that I really don't like about Mike. I can understand deleting personal attacks and crap like that but he removes any and all criticism. If he can't handle it he should stop putting himself out there.

[Guntz]

Agreed. DKC1 is just decent enough that I barely consider it worth playing. 2 and 3 are very good though. I also like 3 a little more than 2, but I think I'm the only person in the universe with that opinion.

3rd on the bandwagon here. I recognize DKC2 is a very well done game, but I liked 3 better as well. I liked the theme, characters, enemies, level design and secret areas more. I think a lot of the music in DKC3 rules, but that's just a personal preference. I like the bonus coin level theme more and the intro is full of win too.

[Joe Redifer]

He doesn't remove all criticism, he just doesn't let it get posted in the first place as the comments must first be approved. I made a comment suggesting that he cover the TurboGrafx-16 and if he had any questions on it, feel free to ask. I also said that he didn't have to approve the comment, I just wanted to make the suggestion because I know he would read the comment. He approved the comment.

[EddieJ1984]

He has a new vid up he "reviews" a few batman games.
http://cinemassacre.com/2012/07/19/m...-batman-games/

When reviewing batman the animated series for game boy, he says "just the fact they let you wall jump is surprising for a game boy title"

Yea, Batman: Return Of The Joker for game boy (which came out BEFORE batman tas) you can walljump.

Also the graphics dont look that horrible in the gbc game imo, I get that its based of animated batman.

[MrMatthews]

I can't... not... watch it...