Sonic 1-3 vs Donkey Kong Country 1-3

[KitsuneNight]

Ugh... I don't know... that's a hard one. I at least sort-of enjoyed Sonic Adventure back in 1999. Donkey Kong 64 was kind of painful for me.

I really dislike 3D platformers in general though.

you mean it was awfull
sonic adventure was at least playable if you ignore the assinine story the horrid voice acting and the insane camera
there was some measure fo fun to be had

dk64 is competently made but its just so bland and boring you cant be arsed to play it
everything is by rote everything is bland and expected
and there are a million and one things to collect to improve "replayability "

[Obviously]

Rare's collect-a-thon mentality is one of the big reasons I've never been a fan.

[KitsuneNight]

i always felt rare's output was rather over rated

[DarkDragon]

i always felt rare's output was rather over rated

It was during the NES and SNES era. They didnt step up their game until the N64.

[KitsuneNight]

even the n64 games are over rated to me
the only genuinley good rare game on the n64 for me is goldeneye

the rest ? not so much

[Cornelius Spunkwater]

Conker's Bad Fur Day, anyone? It's *quite* an excellent game.

[KitsuneNight]

mostly just unfunny satire and crude jokes

[Mzo]

Conker's Bad Fur Day, anyone? It's *quite* an excellent game.

It really was. It's easy to dismiss without playing it because of the perceived crass humor, but it's an excellent game that changes gears completely with new tasks and basically new rule sets to the world whenever there's even a hint of boredom on the horizon.

I'd say Banjo-Kazooie and Blast Corps still hold up today.

[KitsuneNight]

played it
didnt care for it or its supposed humor

[j_factor]

3-0 Sonic, easily. It's not that I dislike the DKC games, Sonic's just better. Now, if you compared them to the most contemporary Sonic games at the time of release? Well, DKC < Sonic 3 and/or S&K for sure. But I'd definitely put DKC2 over Knuckles Chaotix and DKC3 over Sonic 3D Blast.

And DK64 is garbage, IMO. I honestly can't even see how it's considered a good game at all.

Rare is very hit or miss for me, N64 or otherwise. I feel like a lot of their N64 games were given extra credit for whatever reason, perhaps the general lack of releases for the system. I actually think they're pretty much only overrated from DKC on through the N64 lifespan. Games like Battlemaniacs and Snake Rattle n Roll were not especially highly rated (and rightly so).

[Guntz]

Sonic 1 puts me to sleep and has some pretty bad level themes. Marble Zone gets my vote for the worst second stage in the history of games. DKC isn't great, but it's at least better than Sonic 1.

Sonic 2 and DKC2... Man, tough choice, both are excellent games. I guess DKC2 has more playability, but Sonic 2 has a 2 player mode.

DKC3 and Sonic 3... Hmm, since Sonic 3 is without Knuckles in this thread, I give the vote to DKC3, absolutely excellent game, my favorite of the trilogy, though I do concur DKC2 is amazing.

I played DK64, I thought it was very fun. 55 hours later and I beat it, with everything collected. I wouldn't want to do it again anytime soon, but it was memorable.

I also tried Sonic Adventure 1, that game is horribly unpolished and terrible in many ways. Sonic Adventure 2 is much better.

[Cornelius Spunkwater]

played it
didnt care for it or its supposed humor

[KitsuneNight]

^ thats right
and anybody caught laughing will be shot !!

[Cornelius Spunkwater]

Sonic 1 puts me to sleep and has some pretty bad level themes. Marble Zone gets my vote for the worst second stage in the history of games. DKC isn't great, but it's at least better than Sonic 1.

Sonic 2 and DKC2... Man, tough choice, both are excellent games. I guess DKC2 has more playability, but Sonic 2 has a 2 player mode.

DKC3 and Sonic 3... Hmm, since Sonic 3 is without Knuckles in this thread, I give the vote to DKC3, absolutely excellent game, my favorite of the trilogy, though I do concur DKC2 is amazing.

I played DK64, I thought it was very fun. 55 hours later and I beat it, with everything collected. I wouldn't want to do it again anytime soon, but it was memorable.

I also tried Sonic Adventure 1, that game is horribly unpolished and terrible in many ways. Sonic Adventure 2 is much better.

I like this post.

The DK games are very good games, but the way Sega-16ers talk, you'd think they're some of the worst shit ever to make it to cartridge.

[KitsuneNight]

^i dont like platformers
i dont like ...that monkey

so i am already biased against it

objectivley dkc 1 is just plain boring its by rote and has nothing going for it other then its pretty graphics

i cant comment on 2 and 3 i never played them nor do i want to