On paper, I can't bring myself to hate "Donkey Kong County, but Banjo Kazooie instead"...in execution? Well...those people that say that they kind of went a bit overboard with it kind of have something there...they put a bit TOO much stuff in this game, and it really was to its detriment at the end of the day
Don't get me wrong, a lot of the stuff that people love about the N64 Rare era is still here, but, like, having to essentially play the game 5 different times just to collect everything? Yeah...not their greatest look
Having said that, however, there DOES exist a ROM hack that solves a lot of these problems, where you're allowed to switch between the Kongs whenever you want to, and if I were to recommend someone play this game now, that's the version I'd point them toward
Don't get me wrong, a lot of the stuff that people love about the N64 Rare era is still here, but, like, having to essentially play the game 5 different times just to collect everything? Yeah...not their greatest look
Having said that, however, there DOES exist a ROM hack that solves a lot of these problems, where you're allowed to switch between the Kongs whenever you want to, and if I were to recommend someone play this game now, that's the version I'd point them toward