A lot of people seem to call Retro the new Rare now after D.K.C.R but are they really as good as Rare was?

I didn't like the Metroid Primes and I haven't played D.K.C.R yet but as of now Rare is and was way better than Retro.

I loved Prime and Prime 2, but Prime 3 and DKCR felt like average games anyone could have made. So Rare's still better, until Retro gets back to making a game of the former's quality again.

Even just on production values (graphics and music), Retro never matched Prime 1. You'd think with the Wii's processing power they could make it look better at least.

Damned I thought this was a discussion about  Rare (hard to find) games VS retro (nostalgia) games..

Before I enter in rage mode, I ask you to delete that part. Please.

Retro gets a tad to much praise. Its easy to take a already established IP and add to it

Lets see how they fair with a original IP

Jeez, how many threads are you making today?

Rare haven't made anything that tops Metroid Prime, in my opinion. It's exactly what Rol said; what Retro did with Prime is comparable to what EAD achieved with Super Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time. That's a trio of some of the finest games ever made.

That's rather insulting for Rareware to be compared to Retro.

This post is going to be long, but whatever...

I finished DKCR a few weeks ago and I must say it's been a while since a game made me laugh this much! Every level always had it's cool part, or very stressful ones (those damn checkpoints that never come after you've collect 3 Kong letters, etc.). And those minecart levels, man, some of them were insane with all the stuff going on in the background!

I'm glad to see there are still developers like Retro that know what makes a game. The game wasn't that hard, but I know that some people might have trouble in certain parts. They made a real true old school game and I hope it'll become a classic like the old ones.

Personally, I feel like this is the best Donkey Kong Country. In the old ones, every time they introduced a new enemy they spammed it to no end in every other level after that. Most of the levels were so similar... If you want my humble opinion, Rare are the overrated devs and they deserve what they're getting being with Microsoft and all.

Let Retro work on an original IP and they'll still make anything better than whatever Rare could accomplish. I'm THAT serious.

rare from snes and n64 days for me.