Retro Studios and Naughty Dogs

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Soleron said:

the2real4mafol said:

Soleron said:

archbrix said:
Both are stellar developers known for really pushing hardware and making great games.

Metroid Prime 3 and DKCR didn't push the hardware, and metascores of 87 and 90 are not stellar.

Let's face it, they're known for ONE game - Metroid Prime - which was both stellar and pushed the hardware. Most key staff had left after Prime or Prime 2. They're living on a memory.

Since when is 87 or 90 a bad score? Also, Donkey Kong is a brilliant franchise, second only to Mario (which DK started as well)

What did Retro actually DO with DKCR? Took the game as is from SNES, put a 'NSMB' coat of graphics on it that frankly anyone could, and came up with some good level design for it. That doesn't show the team is capable of really standing out. They could have got Artoon to do it and it would have been basically the same.

Donkey Kong Country was already a good game but didn't have a properly release for over 15 years, so why would they need to do anything but improve the graphics? It's no different to Mario really is it, both games have really stayed the same the whole time, they have just added some new stuff as they go along. Why mess with a perfect formula?