I just read the Gamespot review and it was garbage. I have no problem with a low score if there are legitimate reasons to back it up, but the guy just trashed the game because he sucked at it.
"Donkey Kong doesn't quite land with the firm-footedness you'd expect from a Nintendo platforming mascot."
Really. DKC games have always had a slippery feel to them. That is what makes them Donkey Kong and not Mario,Kirby, or Metroid. So basically the guy took off points because he wants DK to be like every other platformer.
"It's all a bit stop and start. Platforms and enemies are laid out in odd ways, making it difficult to establish the sort of smooth, free-flowing rhythm that makes the best 2D platformers such a blast. For instance, you might be leaping across a level, picking up a good rhythm between jumps, before being stopped by a set of collapsing stone walls. In a good platformer like Tropical Freeze's predecessor, those walls would be timed to fall in rhythm with previous jumps and obstacles, letting you zip past them quickly, and make you feel like a platforming pro. But here, no matter how you approach those walls, you're stopped dead in your tracks, making you lose your rhythm."
Serious this whole paragraph is what is wrong with video games now. The guy is complaining because instead of being able to hold the run button and then right on the d-pad and just run through the level like a game designed for a 7 year old, you actually have to stop and avoid obstacles and make sure to jump on bad guys. I would love to see this guy review Mega Man, Mega Man X, Prinny, Contra, Dark Souls, or any game for that matter that is not just a speed run fest. All of this just reaffirms my belief that gamers who call Nintendo games kiddie games, just suck at them, so to cover that up they just say "Well it's meant for kids."
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