Sonic 1-3 vs Donkey Kong Country 1-3

[Cornelius Spunkwater]

You don't like platformers? So you don't like Sonic then?

[KitsuneNight]

not much no
i find the sonic games grossly overhyped

but i will play the first two mostly for nostalgia's sake
i never had 3 or & knuckles untill recently so i have no attachment to those

i did like sonic adventure in 2000 but it doesnt hold up very well any more

if i am playing a platformer its usually one of the orginal spyro games on the ps 1 or alice madness retuns

[Gogogadget]

I'm sure we can all at least agree Donkey Kong 64 is better than any 3D Sonic effort.

Crash Bandicoot >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Donkey Kong 64 > Sonic Adventure

Well thats simply not true. DKC is like an unfinished game and the sequels are more like DKC on steroids and took everything to a whole new level. More levels, more enemies, more stuff to do.

Eh, they just don't move the formula enough. Sonic 2 is like the development team played Sonic 1, made a list of everything that went wrong and fixed it.

DKC2 and DKC3 are good games but they are just... more of DKC, really, I guess I just didn't need any more DKC in my life?

It may be nostalgia too as I first played DKC as a kid and DKC2 and DKC3 as an adult.

[DJ_Convoy]

I like DKC, but find the other two to be pretty much more of the same, with less appealing characters. Sonic is good, Sonic 2 is great, and three is just kind of there.

[Obviously]

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

Sometimes I feel like everyone played a different Sonic Adventure 2 than I did. Was it a million times better on Gamecube or something? Because I absolutely abhor that game.

[Bottino]

Ah yes, the internet hate on the Sonic Adventure games makes itself present again.

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.

Ha, look who's talking.

[Obviously]

Ah yes, the internet hate on the Sonic Adventure games makes itself present again.

Hey that's not entirely true, I enjoyed the first one.

[Gogogadget]

Ah yes, the internet hate on the Sonic Adventure games makes itself present again.

Fishing simulator.

[profholt82]

OP, I don't understand the comparison at all. Sonic was Sega's answer to Mario. Nintendo didn't even reboot Donkey Kong until around the Sonic 3 release. This thread makes no logical sense to me. Sure the games were both platformers, but other than that I don't see the comparison.

Are you conceding that Sonic can't compete with Mario, so you are comparing his games to those of Nintendo's 2nd tier platformer series instead?

[Cornelius Spunkwater]

Ha, look who's talking.

I'm not sure I follow you.

[KitsuneNight]

Fishing simulator.

zelda oot

[j_factor]

Sometimes I feel like everyone played a different Sonic Adventure 2 than I did. Was it a million times better on Gamecube or something? Because I absolutely abhor that game.

Hey that's not entirely true, I enjoyed the first one.

I honestly don't understand how you can enjoy SA1 and hate the second one. In my mind, SA2 was better than the first in every way. You're not alone in your opinion, I just don't get it. Did you really miss the adventure areas or something? Because personally, I found them tedious and was glad to see them gone.

[Cornelius Spunkwater]

zelda oot

Zelda OoT is a terrific game.

[KitsuneNight]

Zelda OoT is a terrific game.

it is
with a tedious fishing section

[Obviously]

I certainly didn't miss the adventure areas in SA1. I think my biggest gripe was the way the level progression was handled, forcing me to play one of Sonic's friends when I didn't feel like it instead of separating them into their own campaigns.

I also think the novelty of 3D Sonic probably wore off by the second game. While I have fond memories of playing through the first one, they're probably just baseless nostalgia. By the time the second game came along I was less impressed since it offered me more of the same though in my mind handled it worse. I also didn't find the story quite as endearing.

Other than that I can't objectively say why I prefer Sonic Adventure to Sonic Adventure 2 but it never clicked with me. To be fair I'd probably have a difficult time playing through either of them these days though.