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Which is better?

Retro Studios 174 56.86%
 
Monolith Soft 132 43.14%
 
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Clyde32 on 25 August 2014
DevilRising said:
DK was good, just a bit too "hard on purpose" (aka hard in totally fucked ways) for my taste. The MP trilogy was great, mainly 1 and 3, but I am in no rush whatsoever to see a 4, unlike so many other gamers (apparently). I want to see them make something different, something fresh.

Monolith is awesome, but if you just take them by what they've made since Nintendo owned them, they've made 2 games with a third on the way. Xenoblade was good, just not my cup of tea gameplay wise, and "X" looks even better, but probably still not my preferred style.


So I'd probably have to pick Retro. I just want to see them do something NOT DK or Metroid. They're not the "DK & Metroid" studio, and Nintendo needs to let them/encourage them to do other stuff. Hell, even an original IP perhaps.


They've made more than that...



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Clyde32 on 25 August 2014
Zackasaurus-rex said:
Monolith Soft are better than Retro were in their prime... And Retro today are awful. All of their talented devs left to work in other studios.


Have you even played their two recent games? If you still say that then you just need to wait until they make another adventure game.



Clyde32 on 25 August 2014
OttoniBastos said:
- Monolith made the best jrpg of last generation and has a very good portifolio pre-nintendo era.

- Retro is a not that great version of rare.


Retro is very great. When comparing the two developers, DKC:TF is on par with DKC2. 



Clyde32 on 25 August 2014
freebs2 said:
Retro, Monolith is not even close, while Xenoblade is really good they are only capable to make 1 kind of game and they release one once every 5 years. Retro is superior both tecnically, artistically and from a game design prespective. Metorid Prime was stellar and also unique, DKCR and TF are the best platform series since the Snes and Mega Drive era.


Something tells me you haven't done research...



Clyde32 on 25 August 2014
WhiteEaglePL said:
I have to go to Monolith. Great amazing games too, but they just do a lot more than Retro.


So you've played some games by Monolith then?



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sc94597 on 25 August 2014

Retro, although I find the Xeno, meta-series to be one of my favorites, and Xenoblade was one of the best RPGs of last generation.



ExplodingBlock on 25 August 2014
VanceIX said:
ExplodingBlock said:
VanceIX said:
Retro, at their best (Metroid Prime series). DK, not so much.


You didn't like the DK Retro games?

I mean I really didn't like the motion controls in the Wii version of DKCR but hey that is why the 3D version exists 

I liked them, but they don't compare to Xenoblade Saga. Metroid Prime/2/3 are the true masterpieces that Retro has, but their recent games don't match up to Monolith Soft's recent titles.

Ok I see



Cheebee on 25 August 2014

Retro seems to be able to offer more variety. Monolith's games are excellent, but the Metroid Prime games are on another level, imo. And their DKC games are lip-smackingly terrific, on all aspects. It seems (to me), Retro's games are more polished.



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Arfen on 25 August 2014

Both are great but I would love to see Retro doing their own stuff, original games, not just new entries of Nintendo franchises



The_Sony_Girl1 on 25 August 2014

I really like Monolith Soft because of the Xeno series.



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