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Donkey Kong Country Returns
Donkey Kong Country Returns

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I don't have any complex opinions about this one, it's just simple fun. it's just solid and enjoyable. amazing music, enjoyable gameplay, and a decent story (for modern sonic standards a fantastic story) with dialogue that's actually good.

it has its flaws, and it's not always the most polished thing, but I don't really care. it's fun.

the game also has combat now, which, once again, is just fun. it's not super complex, but it's fun. yeah that's just my opinion on this game. it's fun. I can really feel for hardcore sonic fans that they finally have a good sonic game again.

also, like I briefly mentioned earlier but I just wanna give a special mention: the music is really really good.

pretty great, but it's no dark souls 3 or elden ring. I feel like that comparison is going to anger some people, but eh.

but before I start: whatever you do don't make a dex build, please don't play dex. I ignored the warnings, I shouldn't have ignored them, I should have just listened. you get like 4 viable options for weapons and it's a pain to grind upgrade materials.
DON'T PLAY DEX, THIS IS COMING FROM A DEX FAN

moving on.

the level design is where most of the difficulty lies for this one, the bosses are quite easy. which is fine of course, but it does kinda change the main focus compared to later games.

as for the quality of the level design, I'd say it's overall good, although the game does kinda suffer at times from a lack of checkpoints or shortcuts. the first level impressed me with its shortcuts, and by putting the boss right at the start and making the whole level about unlocking it.... but then a lot of the remaining game kindoff forgets what shortcuts are. I'm fine with them doing shortcuts in favour of checkpoints, but they should actually stick to that.

one thing I do like is the level themes: it's a lot of themes you don't really see back in later games, or atleast not done as well.
shrine of storms for example is this game's catacombs level, and it's much more unique and interesting than what later games do. same with tower of latria, being a dungeon level. the second half of tower of latria is also just really really cool and messed up.
stonefang tunnel is also something you don't really see much in later games, and when you do it's not as extensive as this.
valley of defilement is your usual poison swamp inhabited by poor people though, except this time, it's actually as bad as they say.

difficulty-wise, this game is fairly easy compared to later games. all of the bosses were very easy for me, but they were still enjoyable. the levels were also easier than later games, though they could still be tricky at times. difficulty isn't everything of course, just thought I'd mention.

I played the remake, but I'll give my impressions on both soundtracks:
remake: good, albeit a bit generic. some music fits better, some fits worse, some about equally well.
original: just not really my thing. I have a hard time really hearing the creepiness or negativity some have described, and it just kinda sounds awkward and so bad it's good to me. sorry. armoured spider and phalanx are a jam though.

I didn't expect to get nearly 40 hours out of this lol.

I had always seen celeste as a short game before playing it. like, one that you pick up for a challenge, and then put down after a few hours.

but then I found out I had to do some of the side content to play chapter 8. okay, I'll do that I thought. it took me a while, it was tough, but I really loved the challenging B-sides, and my enjoyment of the game grew.

after beating chapter 8, I went on to chapter 9. I expected to beat that, and be done with the game. then I found out I had to seemingly do every B-side, and then some.

so I started finishing all of them, and I liked the game more and more. I then heard that chapter 9 was apparently harder than the C-sides (which I didn't even know existed), and that they really prepare you for chapter 9. so, I knew at that point that I was gonna be doing those too.

when I first picked up this game, I never expected to do all of the side content. I thought that those would be too hard for me. but this game naturally encouraged me to do all of the side content, and that's very cool.