I have great memories of DK64. The theming stays unbeaten on its genre to this day thanks to the lightnings and cinematic. Kirkhope did a memorable OST that stays with you for decades (as this guy always does, tbh).
I managed to finish the game as a kid and it felt like an achievement to me. I was never bothered by the collectathon aspect. I just liked to replay same levels multiple times with different kongs.
But maybe as a kid I wasn’t playing for hours and I remember that for me the timespan to finish games such as DK64, Banjo-K/T or Mario 64 was accounted in _years_. Every completion of one of those games was a little event in my life.
In this context, DK64 was a perfect shot for me : nearly infinite adventure before fighting against King K.Rool in a memorable boss fight with the inimitable style of Rareware boss fights (I have fond memories of beating Gruntilda - and its skeleton).
I miss rareware.
I’d love to see a new DK with the « darker and stranger » theme of DK64 .
I managed to finish the game as a kid and it felt like an achievement to me. I was never bothered by the collectathon aspect. I just liked to replay same levels multiple times with different kongs.
But maybe as a kid I wasn’t playing for hours and I remember that for me the timespan to finish games such as DK64, Banjo-K/T or Mario 64 was accounted in _years_. Every completion of one of those games was a little event in my life.
In this context, DK64 was a perfect shot for me : nearly infinite adventure before fighting against King K.Rool in a memorable boss fight with the inimitable style of Rareware boss fights (I have fond memories of beating Gruntilda - and its skeleton).
I miss rareware.
I’d love to see a new DK with the « darker and stranger » theme of DK64 .