I've been borrowing a copy of DKCR from a friend of mine for some time now and I've been doing a sort of "co-op" playthrough of the game with my younger brother. We're currently in world 5. Since we don't have a Wii, we've been playing it on our Wii U. As a huge DKC fan, I felt like I owed it to myself to try out the new games made by Retro.
I can definitely understand when people say this is a great game because it really is impressively well made. The presentation and art style is well done. The level design is very creative. The soundtrack may not live up to other games in the series, but I really like the various nostalgic remixes of DKC1 tracks and even the new tracks aren't bad. The Tikis are a bit lame compared to the Kremlings, but oh well. Whatever. I'll take them. I can at least respect Retro for trying to come up with their own thing. The graphics are a bit dated now, but I imagine they were impressive for the Wii when the game came out. The game is a competent platformer for sure. I'm not sure if it's better than the old ones as many people like to claim, but it definitely stands on its own as a good game.
Now the controls, on the other hand, are......not great. I'm not sure what the consensus on the controls is exactly, but I've definitely seen certain criticism thrown at some aspects of the controls, so I feel like I can't be the only one to have problems with this. You can't exactly play the game with the Wii U gamepad, so you have to use a Wiimote. Maybe the problem is that we're using a Rock Candy Wiimote? It's the only one we have.........We also don't have one of those Classic Pro controllers or whatever, so we're sort of limited by our options.
Maybe it's our fault for not having other options, but I'm not sure if we're using the wrong controller, or if we just suck. Because our experience with the controls hasn't been going well. Using a Wiimote is just very stiff and awkward for a DKC game. I've seen people complain about little things like shaking to roll or blow, but those aren't even that big of a deal. It's just the overall feel that's bothering us and certain levels are a bit hard to play due to these controls. Maybe we just totally suck with Wiimotes, I dunno.
What's the consensus on the controls? Are we doing something wrong? Should we try to find a better controller? Do the Rock Candy Wiimotes make a big difference? What do you guys use to normally play? Sorry if we're just being extremely stupid or something, but I'm just not sure if it's the game or if it's us. It's an otherwise very enjoyable and well made game. I just wish the game didn't control so weirdly.
I can definitely understand when people say this is a great game because it really is impressively well made. The presentation and art style is well done. The level design is very creative. The soundtrack may not live up to other games in the series, but I really like the various nostalgic remixes of DKC1 tracks and even the new tracks aren't bad. The Tikis are a bit lame compared to the Kremlings, but oh well. Whatever. I'll take them. I can at least respect Retro for trying to come up with their own thing. The graphics are a bit dated now, but I imagine they were impressive for the Wii when the game came out. The game is a competent platformer for sure. I'm not sure if it's better than the old ones as many people like to claim, but it definitely stands on its own as a good game.
Now the controls, on the other hand, are......not great. I'm not sure what the consensus on the controls is exactly, but I've definitely seen certain criticism thrown at some aspects of the controls, so I feel like I can't be the only one to have problems with this. You can't exactly play the game with the Wii U gamepad, so you have to use a Wiimote. Maybe the problem is that we're using a Rock Candy Wiimote? It's the only one we have.........We also don't have one of those Classic Pro controllers or whatever, so we're sort of limited by our options.
Maybe it's our fault for not having other options, but I'm not sure if we're using the wrong controller, or if we just suck. Because our experience with the controls hasn't been going well. Using a Wiimote is just very stiff and awkward for a DKC game. I've seen people complain about little things like shaking to roll or blow, but those aren't even that big of a deal. It's just the overall feel that's bothering us and certain levels are a bit hard to play due to these controls. Maybe we just totally suck with Wiimotes, I dunno.
What's the consensus on the controls? Are we doing something wrong? Should we try to find a better controller? Do the Rock Candy Wiimotes make a big difference? What do you guys use to normally play? Sorry if we're just being extremely stupid or something, but I'm just not sure if it's the game or if it's us. It's an otherwise very enjoyable and well made game. I just wish the game didn't control so weirdly.
