Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!

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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by Tomous » Tue May 19, 2020 2:51 pm

Banjo's character, plot and levels have much more personality than SM64's, that's what edges it for me.

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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by Balladeer » Tue May 19, 2020 3:15 pm

Ah, this is one of those things where I can’t possibly come down on either side! Mario 64 was my first home console game and I have so much love for it, and on an ‘impact’ analysis it’s an easy winner; but Tom is right that it has much less character (and looks worse) than B-K. It was also easier, so I’m skewed against B-K because it was too hard when I was that age.

I suspect what might determine ‘the winner’ now is whether I find B-K’s camera as unwieldy as I did Mario’s last time I picked up 64. Bastard thing. I wanted to stove Lakitu’s head in with his own camera by the end of it.

Anyway, we can all agree they’re both better than DK64, right? :shifty:

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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by Jenuall » Tue May 19, 2020 3:20 pm

DK64 is just another drab entry in Rare's slide from being a quality developer to the one that farted out Grabbed by the Ghoulies just a few years later.

I generally dislike the "character" of BK and the way it makes story more of a thing than Mario 64. Mario gives you just enough to structure the game and says "go have fun with our fantastic worlds, controls and mechanics". Banjo is much more on the nose and I personally cannot stand all the strawberry floating grunts and squawks from the characters every 5 minutes. I also think that Banjo controls far worse than Mario which is a big drawback for a game where movement is so integral to the experience.

It does look and sound fantastic though, there's no denying that.

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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by Tomous » Tue May 19, 2020 3:25 pm

DK64 was when Rare jumped the 3D platformer shark.


Absolutely criminal we haven't had another 3D DK adventure, although I'd quite happily take Retro finishing their 2D trilogy.

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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by OrangeRKN » Tue May 19, 2020 3:33 pm

Jenuall wrote:I personally cannot stand all the strawberry floating grunts and squawks from the characters every 5 minutes


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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by Jenuall » Tue May 19, 2020 3:38 pm

OrangeRKN wrote:
Jenuall wrote:I personally cannot stand all the strawberry floating grunts and squawks from the characters every 5 minutes


Jen strikes again

What a monster


Oh Uh UhUh Ow Oh Uhh OhOh Uh Oh Oooh Uh Oooh Oh UH!


That's me telling you to get strawberry floated in Banjo speak FYI. ;)

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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by Balladeer » Tue May 19, 2020 3:43 pm

Tomous wrote:DK64 was when Rare jumped the 3D platformer shark.


Absolutely criminal we haven't had another 3D DK adventure, although I'd quite happily take Retro finishing their 2D trilogy.

They have to finish MP4 first. :capnscotty:

But yes, I’d love a new 3D DK game. Or indeed a new 3D Wario, or Kirby, or Yoshi game. I can’t be the only one who thinks that Kirby would be great fun to manoeuvre around 3D environments? I guess his games don’t get the budget that would be required for that though. :|

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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by Tomous » Tue May 19, 2020 3:44 pm

Balladeer wrote:
Tomous wrote:DK64 was when Rare jumped the 3D platformer shark.


Absolutely criminal we haven't had another 3D DK adventure, although I'd quite happily take Retro finishing their 2D trilogy.

They have to finish MP4 first. :capnscotty:

But yes, I’d love a new 3D DK game. Or indeed a new 3D Wario, or Kirby, or Yoshi game. I can’t be the only one who thinks that Kirby would be great fun to manoeuvre around 3D environments? I guess his games don’t get the budget that would be required for that though. :|



Oh, more than happy for them to finish MP4 first, I just wish they'd done DKCR3 after TF as opposed to whatever cancelled projects happened.

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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by OrangeRKN » Tue May 19, 2020 3:50 pm

Balladeer wrote:I can’t be the only one who thinks that Kirby would be great fun to manoeuvre around 3D environments?


All I can imagine is katamari

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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by Pedz » Tue May 19, 2020 3:58 pm

Not a massive fan of either but I prefer SM64.

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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by Captain Kinopio » Tue May 19, 2020 4:20 pm

Tomous wrote:
Balladeer wrote:
Tomous wrote:DK64 was when Rare jumped the 3D platformer shark.


Absolutely criminal we haven't had another 3D DK adventure, although I'd quite happily take Retro finishing their 2D trilogy.

They have to finish MP4 first. :capnscotty:

But yes, I’d love a new 3D DK game. Or indeed a new 3D Wario, or Kirby, or Yoshi game. I can’t be the only one who thinks that Kirby would be great fun to manoeuvre around 3D environments? I guess his games don’t get the budget that would be required for that though. :|



Oh, more than happy for them to finish MP4 first, I just wish they'd done DKCR3 after TF as opposed to whatever cancelled projects happened.


I think everyone would take anything from Retro at this point. It’s well over 6 years since their last game and let’s face it MP4 is at least another 2 years away. 7 / 8 years without a release from a major studio is unprecedented surely? I can’t believe more hasn’t leaked about what’s gone on there. It’s not even like any of their games are huge sellers. Though I guess given Nintendo has been funding them all this time with no output they’re reluctant to bite the hand that feeds.

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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by Drumstick » Tue May 19, 2020 5:31 pm

DK64 > B-K > B-T > SM64

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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by Carlos » Tue May 19, 2020 5:57 pm

Replaying a few older titles on lockdown has upended my list a little bit. Some of them just aren't as good as I remember.

1. Secret of Mana (SNES)
2. Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii)
3. SSX3 (GameCube)
4. WipEout Pure (PSP)
5. Okami HD (PS3)
6. Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast)
7. Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Master System)
8. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)
9. Perfect Dark (N64)
10. Final Fantasy VIII (PS1)
11. Fable 2 (360)
12. Locoroco (PSP)
13. Phantasy Star Online (GameCube)
14. Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
15: Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3)
16: Forza Horizon 1 (360)
17. Pokemon Go (iOS)
18. Zillion (Master System)
19. Soleil (Mega Drive)
20. Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS3)

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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by Corazon de Leon » Tue May 19, 2020 11:00 pm

Jenuall wrote:DK64 is just another drab entry in Rare's slide from being a quality developer to the one that farted out Grabbed by the Ghoulies just a few years later.

I generally dislike the "character" of BK and the way it makes story more of a thing than Mario 64. Mario gives you just enough to structure the game and says "go have fun with our fantastic worlds, controls and mechanics". Banjo is much more on the nose and I personally cannot stand all the strawberry floating grunts and squawks from the characters every 5 minutes. I also think that Banjo controls far worse than Mario which is a big drawback for a game where movement is so integral to the experience.

It does look and sound fantastic though, there's no denying that.


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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by Jenuall » Tue May 19, 2020 11:03 pm

Corazon de Leon wrote:
Jenuall wrote:DK64 is just another drab entry in Rare's slide from being a quality developer to the one that farted out Grabbed by the Ghoulies just a few years later.

I generally dislike the "character" of BK and the way it makes story more of a thing than Mario 64. Mario gives you just enough to structure the game and says "go have fun with our fantastic worlds, controls and mechanics". Banjo is much more on the nose and I personally cannot stand all the strawberry floating grunts and squawks from the characters every 5 minutes. I also think that Banjo controls far worse than Mario which is a big drawback for a game where movement is so integral to the experience.

It does look and sound fantastic though, there's no denying that.


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Fine, I take it back.

It doesn't look or sound fantastic either. ;)

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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by Mafro » Tue May 19, 2020 11:19 pm

The DK rap was strawberry floating quality.

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PostHindsight is always 20:20!
by rinks » Tue May 19, 2020 11:35 pm

Looking back, it's still a bit fuzzy.

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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by That » Tue May 19, 2020 11:37 pm

Nobody laugh at that please. It'll only encourage him.

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PostRe: Your Top 20 games of all time, in 2020! Hindsight is 20:20!
by Knoyleo » Wed May 20, 2020 12:03 pm

Did somebody mention Missile Command?

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