Federico Porcel I love Sonic, but it isn’t one of the greatest platformers. I love the controls snd physics, but there are some design flaws. Most notably the placement of hazards.
DKC2 was always my favorite in the series when growing up. I really appreciate your input as to why it does things more successfully than its more popular predecessor.
One gripe that I personally have about DKC goes more into detail with one of PM’s point: The hit boxes. More specifically,Donkey Kong’s character design vs. Diddy Kong’s character design. When DK picks up a barrel, he raises it over his head, leaving an open spot for enemies to attack him front on. However, Diddy’s character holds the barrel right in front of him, protecting his front. Not only is the way each character holds the barrel different, but their throwing capabilities as well. (DK = throws at an arch vs Diddy = throws in the direct front). The two contrasting positions of where the barrel is (in my eyes) makes the gameplay more strategic in DKC. Keep up the good work, PM. Your videos are very well detailed and the delivery of your ideas are objective👍🏽
That really has nothing to do with faulty hit boxes though. Like you said, it's a matter of strategy. If there actually WAS a problem with the hit boxes, then Diddy would still be able to get hit even IF he were holding a barrel in front of him and an enemy ran into him head-on. Same with Donkey Kong holding the barrel over his head and an enemy landing on top of him.
I don't think the differences when picknig up barrels is not really a problem but a way of adding variety on gameplay Anyway, it happens the same thing in its sequels, being Dixie the one that holds barrels on top of herself and Kiddy the one that holds them frontwards.
Excellent video. Definitely one of my favourite games of all time. Glad to see it is still getting props, especially as the series has faced a lot of criticism over the years.
I don't necessarily agree that "bigger is better," but I do think that a sequel should bring more quality than the first game delivers and potentially do more than what was done with the first game, and I'm glad to say that DKC2, from my viewpoint, just does that. It gives just about everything a player could ever want out of a sequel like this and leaves a hugely positive impact as a result.
This was a great mini-documentary! You captured the points well. Could you do a video on DKC3 and aesthetics next? That game certainly pushed SNES graphics to its limit. It's my favorite.
I completely agree with you. Of the all the Donkey Kong games, Diddy's Kong Quest is by far my favorite. It is the perfect example of a successful sequel: refining what was already good in the first game, and fixing the issues.
Played DKC2 when I was 5 or so, and not much of it as the game belonged to my older cousins, iirc. Including this video, I've heard a lot of praise for the game. Good work.
I'm a very long time fan of the series and this is really some spot on analysis in my opinion. I really believe that the reason why many people view the DKC series as overrated and not on the same level as other legendary platforming series like Castlevania, Mega Man, and that one with the little red guy is because the first DKC is the most famous game in the series and the one most people were exposed to first. Now, I don't dislike DKC, not at all, I think it's quite a good game, but I would agree that it's a bit underdeveloped and is, at its core, a fairly generic platformer with really, really great presentation elements like graphics, music, environments, etc. DKC2 truly drove the series to absurd new heights by combining everything that was good about DKC and ratcheting up the level design to like ten times what was on display in the first game. It achieved DKC1's full potential, and then some. I believe that if more people were introduced to the series through DKC2, they would view it with the reverence it truly deserves.
My parents purchased a snes for me back in 1995 when I was 12 years old. It was a bundle with Killer Instinct, one of my all time favourites. I also got DK2 with it - undoubtedly the best game I ever played. Everything about it is perfect. From its gameplay to the awesome soundtrack, thank you David Wise. Today I am 34 years old with a whole bunch of consoles, but I still have my snes. I still play it to this day. DK2 is still at the top of the list. A memory that will never fade. I reckon when I'm 80 years old, if you plug in a snes and stick in DK2 I'll still finish it with 102% complete 😉
I love this series you got going on with DKC. It reminds me of other's first looks at games or series they've never tried before, but I absolutely LOVE how objective you are with your analysis. You pay mind that something is beloved but you're not shy to point out its flaws. I think that is important in critique and it becomes incredibly reward for someone like me to watch as you get why DKC2 is the best. Great vid, my dude.
DKC2 definitely took the best elements of the first one and did them better. The Kremcoins and DK coins were a nice addition too, adding something else to shoot for before they started going insane with collectibles. Also, every mention of hitbox detection and stuff is accompanied by a clip of the Kongs running or jumping directly in to an enemy. No "hey, I jumped on top of that guy, why did I take damage?", just jumping face first directly in to one.
I'm interested to hear what you think of DKC3. It's my favorite of the bunch but it's definitely the black sheep of the series. I agree with your take on DKC2 almost entirely, but even if I didn't you argued it damn well. Great stuff!
Has this ever happened to you? You search TH-cam for someone who did a let's play of the GBA version of DKC2 and DKC3 and you find a guy who did do that, you subscribe and then that same guy completely rebrands his channel into a commentary channel and unlists all of his old videos a few weeks after you subscribed, you continue watching his videos as they come out and a few years later you find the same guy leaving a comment on a DKC2 video you're watching, bringing it all full circle? That's what just happened to me.
Oh yeah... that WAS one of the first things I watched there... seem to remember commenting about the Kremling death sound being much less satisfying or something like that...
I didn't give a shit about DK3 .. They packed too much in to it. And a lot of a Rare team had already moved on to work N64 games. DK3 snes was not the Rare that I was liking in 1 and 2.. IMO
Okay before I say anything content-wise, your audio mixing for this video is absolutely fabulous. Perfect balance struck here and hit the mood just right at all times. As the audio is such a big component of DKC, just wanna say, nailed that. And then... yeah I pretty much agree entirely. It's hard for me to say, having grown up with the entire trilogy and having DKC2 be the high bar I compare all 2D platformers to for basically my entire life. What I appreciate about DKC2 most is its balance between cautious play and frenetic play. In an initial playthrough, with everything new and highly dangerous, DKC2 often allows for players to survey the challenge ahead. Levels like Toxic Tower, where this isn't possible, tend to be remembered as some of the more challenging, and the Zingers in barrel blast sections often seem cruel in placement. Dixie is the answer to this, giving the player hesitation and even the ability to take back a bad jump. However, on a repeat playthrough, you can mow through enemies with DKC2's momentum mechanics. One enemy will often lead right into another, keeping Diddy's momentum going fantastically. Zinger traps often only require about half of a second of hesitation at most between when you first see them and when you can first get past them. Everything about the game is such a wonderful marriage of skill combined with learning whilst still being difficult. I guess that's what I like most about DKC2's evolution. In DKC, Diddy was just objectively better in 95% of situations and DK had some funny animations. DKC2 had two distinct playstyles cut from the exact same cloth, both equally valid to a player. It's the platformer that feels the absolute best to play, in my experience, and I'll always treasure it for that.
Man I love this game. My sister and I play this almost every year 😃 2 was always my favorite of the 3 games. The music was catchy, the game’s mechanics were amazing and fun, the secrets were awesome! The graphics were beautiful like the first game including the backgrounds.
0:38 & 1:58 - Dude, don't blame your lack of skills on the collision detection. Name ONE platformer where the player kills the enemy by running into him (assuming said player doesn't have some sort of temporary invincibility), because that's exactly what you did. I've been playing the DKC series for a loooong time. Never had any gripes with collision detection or hit boxes, so don't act like they're objective flaws in the first DKC game.
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Very good look at my favorite DKC game. If you've not had a really good chance to just sit back and enjoy the music I highly recommend it, seriously one of the best game soundtracks ever made.
The best part is the naturalistic levels of the 1st can teach you how to play before the 2nd amps up the complexity (and then the 3rd takes things too far but that's it's own thing).
I agree with all your points on DKC2, but your criticisms of DKC1 I think are skewed. The game was really the first of its kind with pre-rendered graphics and still is a technical marvel. Sure it has its shortcomings, but I think your criticisms are taking the game out of its original context. It's a tough thing to balance, but that's just how I feel. Either way, great video!
you forgot the music tho. can't agree more for the other parts, DKC2 is most likely the best sequel to an already groundbreaking game in gaming history, and definitely the best 2D platformer across any system of all time.
Best platform game ever, may even be the best game ever. I love this game so much. I had it at launch and still to this day I'm impressed with it. Surprised you didn't mention the music, David wise is a musical genius. The music easily is as good as the game itself.
I've never played DKC 1 or 2, but its so interesting to watch things like this and get the full context first. From what I can tell it's definitely the case that Rare was figuring things out in DKC 1, but really just let themselves have fun with DKC 2. If this was a game nowadays, I feel like both games would be in one, but DKC 1 would be the early access version and DKC 2 would be the patched version with extra/remixed levels. If the Switch ever gets the Virtual Console I'll need to check both out haha. Well done man!! Really enjoyed it
Agree 100% that dkc2 is superior in every way to 1. But at the same time, this was in the 90s, where innovative level design wasnt that far ahead. Its only real competitor was super mario world maybe? Dkc spearheaded level design at its time. So in that regard, i cut dkc1 some slack
So much here, and all of it is part of why I hold THIS game as my favorite "nostalgia title", even though I owned both DKC1 and SMW a year prior. When I look at what sort of gamer I am and ask myself "why", so many times the answer is "because that's what DKC2 did"... Although, at the same time, having played that AFTER DKC1's excellence also taught me "it can always be improved", so... there's that, too.
i don't know if the clips being shown each time you brought up DKC1's collision detection issue, but it looks like you just suck at the game dude you walk into each one of those enemies very visibly not above them. ESPECIALLY at 2:18. That was not a hit-box issue, you very clearly made contact with the front of the beetle. I think you are just throwing out phrases you hear other game reviewers use to sound like you know what your talking about. You also neglected the soundtrack entirely despite USING IT IN YOUR VIDEO?!?! Long time fans of the game acknowledge the soundtrack as being incredible. Half hour long versions of these tunes are all over youtube, even being recommended right now to me, that have over 200k views. And about it, you.said.nothing. Maybe you are not big into music at all, but if you want to do game reviews you need to acknowledge that the soundtrack is an integral aesthetic. If you bothered to read this far id like you to know your review wasn't all bad. You make relevant comparisons between the first and the sequel most of which i agree with. But you do repeat yourself A LOT and your topic coverage is very sporadic.
Honestly, I'm a huge music fan. I've made some videos about my favorite albums of each year, in fact. As many people have already noted, yes, I did not talk about the soundtrack, but I wanted to focus on the game's design over anything else in this video. Though I will say that, due to the feedback I've received regarding the music, I'm very much tempted to make a video solely about the DKC2 soundtrack. I think if I do end up covering music in singular videos, that'll be a top-tier pick to cover. And yes, I read this all the way through. Take care and thanks for the feedback.
Honestly I don't see how people prefer dkc 1 to the platforming masterpiece that is dkc 2 unless they have super duper nostalgia googles or have a hard on for donkey kong
I played this game as a little shitkid at 6 years of age and i still play it (and DKC1) and i NEVER noticed any issues with hitboxes and truly wonder why everyone is bitching about this. Whenever you brought up hitboxes in the video, the "examples" shown on screen are hopefully not what you mean because that was simply trash play and not hitbox issues.
I'm playing Donkey Kong Country 2 on android, I finished it on GBA when I was 8 years old, honestly when I was a kid I thought I sucked so bad but damn, now I see that it's a challenging game and pardon me but some of the levels are plain bullshit, but it's still my favorite on the trilogy thanks to many memorable levels and soundtrack. Also very good video man, subscribed.
I'm very curious on how much you will like DKC3. It has less focus on forward momentum but the reward system and exploration elements are better than those in DKC2. DKC2 definitely has the best balance between forward momentum and exploration. However, if exploration and collecting are more your thing, DKC3 is the way to go
Great video. I love your voice. It's a pitty that Im not an native English speaker, so my channel is in Spanish. I would have loved to do a collab with you.
@@PostMesmeric Thanks in advance. That metal sound when Megaman gets hit in the first installment is so appealing. Pity they changed it in the sequels. Probably to save memory space and basic performance?
If you weren't around in 1994 to see this game when it first came out, you won't understand! The game is a masterpiece, the 1st and 2nd. The 3rd sucked.
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I like your video, but I disagree with some of your thoughts about these games. I feel DKC2 is a game that tries hard to be like the original, but cooler, yet it fails really bad on basic things. There are a bunch of new ridiculous ideas implemented in this game. Some bosses don't make sense, the quality of the renders is way inferior compared to the first title and the stages don't even seem to belong to the same world we experienced before. Also, there are many stages that are just boring to play: boring looking, boring hard and boring long. In my opinion, It's just bad design!
The music inthis game. THE MUSIC!
It's fantastic, some of the best I've heard. David Wise is a master of percussion in music. His themes have such grooves and waves to them.
DKC2 is one of the best platformers ever made.
DKC2 is the best game ever made period.
Agreed! Best Donkey Kong game of all time!
No tropical freeze is better
Best platformer
@@AXAXAXAYt both are the best platformers.
The pinnacle of 2D platformers. Nothing has ever topped it for me
Let's Play Retro Games! This game,Sonic 3 and Knuckles and Super Mario World are the golden triforce of 16-bit platformers
DKC2, Yoshi's Island, SMW, SM3DW (I know it's 3D but it plays more like a 3D sidescroller if that makes sense) are all up there.
Federico Porcel DKC2, Super Mario Bros 3 and Yoshi's Island are golden trifoce of platformers.
Tropical Freeze comes close for me
Federico Porcel I love Sonic, but it isn’t one of the greatest platformers. I love the controls snd physics, but there are some design flaws. Most notably the placement of hazards.
You made a video specifically about the greatness about DKC2, but you didn't talk about the *soundtrack???!?!!?!??!?!*
I am disappoint....
I wanted to focus more on the game design in the video, but trust me, I really love DKC2's soundtrack too!
7F0X7 agreed I still bump David wise
DKC2 was always my favorite in the series when growing up. I really appreciate your input as to why it does things more successfully than its more popular predecessor.
Talks about Hitbox problems - Shows clips of running mindlessly into foes.
What?
maybe he should have shown castle crush hitbox glitches :P
He's a sonic player, speed over precision.
One gripe that I personally have about DKC goes more into detail with one of PM’s point: The hit boxes. More specifically,Donkey Kong’s character design vs. Diddy Kong’s character design. When DK picks up a barrel, he raises it over his head, leaving an open spot for enemies to attack him front on. However, Diddy’s character holds the barrel right in front of him, protecting his front. Not only is the way each character holds the barrel different, but their throwing capabilities as well. (DK = throws at an arch vs Diddy = throws in the direct front). The two contrasting positions of where the barrel is (in my eyes) makes the gameplay more strategic in DKC.
Keep up the good work, PM. Your videos are very well detailed and the delivery of your ideas are objective👍🏽
That really has nothing to do with faulty hit boxes though. Like you said, it's a matter of strategy.
If there actually WAS a problem with the hit boxes, then Diddy would still be able to get hit even IF he were holding a barrel in front of him and an enemy ran into him head-on. Same with Donkey Kong holding the barrel over his head and an enemy landing on top of him.
I don't think the differences when picknig up barrels is not really a problem but a way of adding variety on gameplay Anyway, it happens the same thing in its sequels, being Dixie the one that holds barrels on top of herself and Kiddy the one that holds them frontwards.
DKC2 IS MY CHILDHOOD, I love this game!
SAME HERE!!! this is arguably the best platformer that was ever created in the 16 bit era. DKC 2 is a Legend!
Excellent video. Definitely one of my favourite games of all time. Glad to see it is still getting props, especially as the series has faced a lot of criticism over the years.
I don't necessarily agree that "bigger is better," but I do think that a sequel should bring more quality than the first game delivers and potentially do more than what was done with the first game, and I'm glad to say that DKC2, from my viewpoint, just does that. It gives just about everything a player could ever want out of a sequel like this and leaves a hugely positive impact as a result.
Even the music was masterful!
This was a great mini-documentary! You captured the points well. Could you do a video on DKC3 and aesthetics next? That game certainly pushed SNES graphics to its limit. It's my favorite.
Now you have to play DKC 3.
I completely agree with you. Of the all the Donkey Kong games, Diddy's Kong Quest is by far my favorite. It is the perfect example of a successful sequel: refining what was already good in the first game, and fixing the issues.
So, I guess we'll be covering DKC3 next year? Should be fun.
Perhaps... ;)
Played DKC2 when I was 5 or so, and not much of it as the game belonged to my older cousins, iirc. Including this video, I've heard a lot of praise for the game. Good work.
I'm a very long time fan of the series and this is really some spot on analysis in my opinion. I really believe that the reason why many people view the DKC series as overrated and not on the same level as other legendary platforming series like Castlevania, Mega Man, and that one with the little red guy is because the first DKC is the most famous game in the series and the one most people were exposed to first.
Now, I don't dislike DKC, not at all, I think it's quite a good game, but I would agree that it's a bit underdeveloped and is, at its core, a fairly generic platformer with really, really great presentation elements like graphics, music, environments, etc. DKC2 truly drove the series to absurd new heights by combining everything that was good about DKC and ratcheting up the level design to like ten times what was on display in the first game. It achieved DKC1's full potential, and then some. I believe that if more people were introduced to the series through DKC2, they would view it with the reverence it truly deserves.
My parents purchased a snes for me back in 1995 when I was 12 years old. It was a bundle with Killer Instinct, one of my all time favourites. I also got DK2 with it - undoubtedly the best game I ever played. Everything about it is perfect. From its gameplay to the awesome soundtrack, thank you David Wise. Today I am 34 years old with a whole bunch of consoles, but I still have my snes. I still play it to this day. DK2 is still at the top of the list. A memory that will never fade. I reckon when I'm 80 years old, if you plug in a snes and stick in DK2 I'll still finish it with 102% complete 😉
agreed on just about everything, dkc2 is a textbook example of a good sequel.
I love this series you got going on with DKC. It reminds me of other's first looks at games or series they've never tried before, but I absolutely LOVE how objective you are with your analysis. You pay mind that something is beloved but you're not shy to point out its flaws. I think that is important in critique and it becomes incredibly reward for someone like me to watch as you get why DKC2 is the best. Great vid, my dude.
ALSO, I was so happy you used one of my all time favorite covers of Jib Jig! That was so unexpected
This game is a masterpiece. Hey, new to the channel, great work man love the video!
Very interesting and nicely worded analysis of one of my favourite games. I have to say, I checked out your other vids and I subbed.
Man I loved this game so much I didnt think it would top dkc but it blew me away.
That´s ´´All Aboard the Glitter Express!´´ from OC ReMix I hear!
dk2, one of the best games ever.
DKC2 definitely took the best elements of the first one and did them better. The Kremcoins and DK coins were a nice addition too, adding something else to shoot for before they started going insane with collectibles.
Also, every mention of hitbox detection and stuff is accompanied by a clip of the Kongs running or jumping directly in to an enemy. No "hey, I jumped on top of that guy, why did I take damage?", just jumping face first directly in to one.
I love the aesthetic of this game, I think it about constantly
Ah the memories! Im loving this!
I'm interested to hear what you think of DKC3. It's my favorite of the bunch but it's definitely the black sheep of the series. I agree with your take on DKC2 almost entirely, but even if I didn't you argued it damn well. Great stuff!
Has this ever happened to you? You search TH-cam for someone who did a let's play of the GBA version of DKC2 and DKC3 and you find a guy who did do that, you subscribe and then that same guy completely rebrands his channel into a commentary channel and unlists all of his old videos a few weeks after you subscribed, you continue watching his videos as they come out and a few years later you find the same guy leaving a comment on a DKC2 video you're watching, bringing it all full circle? That's what just happened to me.
Love it. Also by the way, you can still watch all the LP vids, there's a video on my channel that links to everything :)
Oh yeah... that WAS one of the first things I watched there... seem to remember commenting about the Kremling death sound being much less satisfying or something like that...
You know DKC3 is the best! good to see that game getting some love
I didn't give a shit about DK3 .. They packed too much in to it. And a lot of a Rare team had already moved on to work N64 games. DK3 snes was not the Rare that I was liking in 1 and 2.. IMO
Okay before I say anything content-wise, your audio mixing for this video is absolutely fabulous. Perfect balance struck here and hit the mood just right at all times. As the audio is such a big component of DKC, just wanna say, nailed that.
And then... yeah I pretty much agree entirely. It's hard for me to say, having grown up with the entire trilogy and having DKC2 be the high bar I compare all 2D platformers to for basically my entire life. What I appreciate about DKC2 most is its balance between cautious play and frenetic play. In an initial playthrough, with everything new and highly dangerous, DKC2 often allows for players to survey the challenge ahead. Levels like Toxic Tower, where this isn't possible, tend to be remembered as some of the more challenging, and the Zingers in barrel blast sections often seem cruel in placement. Dixie is the answer to this, giving the player hesitation and even the ability to take back a bad jump. However, on a repeat playthrough, you can mow through enemies with DKC2's momentum mechanics. One enemy will often lead right into another, keeping Diddy's momentum going fantastically. Zinger traps often only require about half of a second of hesitation at most between when you first see them and when you can first get past them. Everything about the game is such a wonderful marriage of skill combined with learning whilst still being difficult.
I guess that's what I like most about DKC2's evolution. In DKC, Diddy was just objectively better in 95% of situations and DK had some funny animations. DKC2 had two distinct playstyles cut from the exact same cloth, both equally valid to a player. It's the platformer that feels the absolute best to play, in my experience, and I'll always treasure it for that.
Man I love this game. My sister and I play this almost every year 😃 2 was always my favorite of the 3 games. The music was catchy, the game’s mechanics were amazing and fun, the secrets were awesome! The graphics were beautiful like the first game including the backgrounds.
I can't believe it's been 22 years.
awesome review. I agree 100%
0:38 & 1:58 - Dude, don't blame your lack of skills on the collision detection. Name ONE platformer where the player kills the enemy by running into him (assuming said player doesn't have some sort of temporary invincibility), because that's exactly what you did.
I've been playing the DKC series for a loooong time. Never had any gripes with collision detection or hit boxes, so don't act like they're objective flaws in the first DKC game.
I'll agree with you about the somewhat generic linear design on most of the levels though.
How is it possible i never encountered this channel until now?!
Great informative video's made with expertise and quality.
You sir deserve way more subscribers...
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Wait, wait, wait...
Not a *single* word about the music?!
The number one thing the game is most remembered for? 🤨
Very good look at my favorite DKC game. If you've not had a really good chance to just sit back and enjoy the music I highly recommend it, seriously one of the best game soundtracks ever made.
The best part is the naturalistic levels of the 1st can teach you how to play before the 2nd amps up the complexity (and then the 3rd takes things too far but that's it's own thing).
Amazing analysis!
I agree with all your points on DKC2, but your criticisms of DKC1 I think are skewed. The game was really the first of its kind with pre-rendered graphics and still is a technical marvel. Sure it has its shortcomings, but I think your criticisms are taking the game out of its original context. It's a tough thing to balance, but that's just how I feel. Either way, great video!
That's basically what he said. The graphics were cool, but the actual game wasn't a masterpiece...
you forgot the music tho.
can't agree more for the other parts, DKC2 is most likely the best sequel to an already groundbreaking game in gaming history, and definitely the best 2D platformer across any system of all time.
Best platform game ever, may even be the best game ever. I love this game so much. I had it at launch and still to this day I'm impressed with it. Surprised you didn't mention the music, David wise is a musical genius. The music easily is as good as the game itself.
Nice video! Thx
Not gonna lie, this is definitely the best out of the entire trilogy. I probably should revisit these games again and see why.
My favourite game of all time. Nothing comes close.
I've never played DKC 1 or 2, but its so interesting to watch things like this and get the full context first. From what I can tell it's definitely the case that Rare was figuring things out in DKC 1, but really just let themselves have fun with DKC 2. If this was a game nowadays, I feel like both games would be in one, but DKC 1 would be the early access version and DKC 2 would be the patched version with extra/remixed levels. If the Switch ever gets the Virtual Console I'll need to check both out haha. Well done man!! Really enjoyed it
Constructive criticism PostMesmeric: Many points in the video I wasn't sure if that was the end or not....
Otherwise, good video!
Here’s an idea for DKC3: “DKC3 and level design”
I never knew the reason why It's Diddy's Kong Quest and not Diddy Kong's Quest.
DKC2 is prob the hardest one of the series, imo
Instead of Mario Maker now we need Donkey Kong Country Creator.
Great video, do your opinion of part 3 next!
Two to three (if you have a lot of ideas) games per generation is good enough.
Agree 100% that dkc2 is superior in every way to 1. But at the same time, this was in the 90s, where innovative level design wasnt that far ahead. Its only real competitor was super mario world maybe? Dkc spearheaded level design at its time. So in that regard, i cut dkc1 some slack
Still the best platformer of all time.
This is the first game that I ever played and yes it's the greatest game of all time :D
So much here, and all of it is part of why I hold THIS game as my favorite "nostalgia title", even though I owned both DKC1 and SMW a year prior. When I look at what sort of gamer I am and ask myself "why", so many times the answer is "because that's what DKC2 did"... Although, at the same time, having played that AFTER DKC1's excellence also taught me "it can always be improved", so... there's that, too.
i don't know if the clips being shown each time you brought up DKC1's collision detection issue, but it looks like you just suck at the game dude you walk into each one of those enemies very visibly not above them. ESPECIALLY at 2:18. That was not a hit-box issue, you very clearly made contact with the front of the beetle. I think you are just throwing out phrases you hear other game reviewers use to sound like you know what your talking about. You also neglected the soundtrack entirely despite USING IT IN YOUR VIDEO?!?! Long time fans of the game acknowledge the soundtrack as being incredible. Half hour long versions of these tunes are all over youtube, even being recommended right now to me, that have over 200k views. And about it, you.said.nothing. Maybe you are not big into music at all, but if you want to do game reviews you need to acknowledge that the soundtrack is an integral aesthetic. If you bothered to read this far id like you to know your review wasn't all bad. You make relevant comparisons between the first and the sequel most of which i agree with. But you do repeat yourself A LOT and your topic coverage is very sporadic.
Honestly, I'm a huge music fan. I've made some videos about my favorite albums of each year, in fact. As many people have already noted, yes, I did not talk about the soundtrack, but I wanted to focus on the game's design over anything else in this video. Though I will say that, due to the feedback I've received regarding the music, I'm very much tempted to make a video solely about the DKC2 soundtrack. I think if I do end up covering music in singular videos, that'll be a top-tier pick to cover. And yes, I read this all the way through. Take care and thanks for the feedback.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the soundtrack. How it fits the atmosphere and personality of the level.
DKC 2 was my favorite until Tropical Freeze came out in 2014. Please tell me you will continue the series and review the later titles?
I'll consider digging into the Returns series down the line. Still lots to figure out before that happens, though.
Honestly I don't see how people prefer dkc 1 to the platforming masterpiece that is dkc 2 unless they have super duper nostalgia googles or have a hard on for donkey kong
3:30 song watch?v=VjO2g8nQShU
I played this game as a little shitkid at 6 years of age and i still play it (and DKC1) and i NEVER noticed any issues with hitboxes and truly wonder why everyone is bitching about this.
Whenever you brought up hitboxes in the video, the "examples" shown on screen are hopefully not what you mean because that was simply trash play and not hitbox issues.
Have you played Tropical Freeze by any chance?
I have. Enjoyed it quite a lot, actually.
Where'd you get the cover of Jib Jig you used in the video? It's quite nice
OC Remix
Its a fun gam
I'm playing Donkey Kong Country 2 on android, I finished it on GBA when I was 8 years old, honestly when I was a kid I thought I sucked so bad but damn, now I see that it's a challenging game and pardon me but some of the levels are plain bullshit, but it's still my favorite on the trilogy thanks to many memorable levels and soundtrack.
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That clip of Slime Climb made me shudder involuntarily...
But that's one of the "trollish" levels he mentioned, I do believe.
I'm very curious on how much you will like DKC3. It has less focus on forward momentum but the reward system and exploration elements are better than those in DKC2. DKC2 definitely has the best balance between forward momentum and exploration. However, if exploration and collecting are more your thing, DKC3 is the way to go
DKC2 is the best DK game.
Great video. I love your voice. It's a pitty that Im not an native English speaker, so my channel is in Spanish. I would have loved to do a collab with you.
Next: Mega Man 1 vs 2?
Anything's possible.
@@PostMesmeric Thanks in advance. That metal sound when Megaman gets hit in the first installment is so appealing. Pity they changed it in the sequels. Probably to save memory space and basic performance?
You need at least 10x the subscribers that you have. I feel like I'll be getting to say "I was subscribed since >3000, I'm so cool" pretty soon.
Wait you never played it!?
Nope. Haven't played it until having it recommended to me very recently, then to capture footage for this video.
No, DKC 1 has its advantages over 2 either.
If you weren't around in 1994 to see this game when it first came out, you won't understand! The game is a masterpiece, the 1st and 2nd. The 3rd sucked.
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you take yourself way to seriously
You take me way too seriously. I enjoy listening to him and so do a lot of other people.
I like your video, but I disagree with some of your thoughts about these games.
I feel DKC2 is a game that tries hard to be like the original, but cooler, yet it fails really bad on basic things.
There are a bunch of new ridiculous ideas implemented in this game. Some bosses don't make sense, the quality of the renders is way inferior compared to the first title and the stages don't even seem to belong to the same world we experienced before. Also, there are many stages that are just boring to play: boring looking, boring hard and boring long. In my opinion, It's just bad design!