I only played the first DKC from Rare, so to me Retro’s games are easily my favorites. I remember feeling the hitboxes in the original seemed a bit off sometimes and the controls of the new games are very refined imo.
I make game analyses on youtube:
FFVI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSO6n8kNCwk
Shadow of the Colossus: https://youtu.be/9kDBFGw6SXQ
Silent Hill 2: https://youtu.be/BwISCik3Njc
BotW: https://youtu.be/4auqRSAWYKU