dkc3 for the first time! usual savestate stuff as the other dkcs. its been a pretty nice first impression so far, though the sfx feels way wayyy less impactful compared to dkc2 (squawks flapping in particular was hit with this the hardest) but we do got some pretty great music so far! but then i got to arich and hte level before that and now im just upset. this frickin guy is just making me reconsider how bad king zing really was compared to that
like ok. i coudnt even figure out how to hurt him once because the game made no indication of that. i looked it up on mario wiki and it STILL took a while to figure out after that you can just hold a barrel with dixie while he falls down on you and itll work (but too bad if youre usin kiddy i guess........)
and even after figuring THAT out the fight is still unreasonably hard and guess what i didnt even beat it i put it off until tomorrow! though my switch also went low on charge so theres that. but yeah arich is terrible and has no rights and like. unlike king zing he comes at the end of Literally The Second World!!!! This is terrible and it doesnt help i had to deal with a level before that that also stunk ^)#(%)^9%)$ SCREW you arich
on the other hand the more expanded partner mechanics and animal buddy mechanics are pretty neat and the map is pretty interetsing with those apparent pepperoni secrets
... im not sure what to think of it this 2 worlds in. cant call it much of an improvement over dkc2 tbh
update to not double post: stopped at barbos. sometimes you get just bangers of a level like low g labyrinth, krevice kreepers and krack shot kroc, and then sometimes the game decides to throw crap like buzzer barrage and kongfused cliffs at you and its just an absolute pain! buzzer barrage dragged on WAYYYYYYY too long
me on discord said:
ok i hate kopters now
im gonna weep why does the level suddenly start requiring insane precision for trying to carry barrels WHILE not breaking it on anyhing or smacking into any kopters on the way
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ok never mind i found a dk barrel sometime after that
please god no more kopters
please just end the level
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ok thel evel im playing is buzzer barrage so SCREW buzzer barrage
im so tired theres like no end to this gdo dam level
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im gonna weep why is it not endinggggg
oh thank god now it is
GOD DANiT I DIED TO AK OPTER I HATE THIS LEVEL
and see it also decides to just throw a kopter at you at the very end with no warning so you die, and kongfused cliffs just sucks and it had even more kopters to deal with :/ and barbos, while it actually has pretty varied attacks, is also so tiringggggg you only get one chance at a hit the entire fight and the third phase stops being varied and just spams spikes at you. no fun! yeahhh i can tell the sharp drop in quality halfway in
however. krevice kreepers was surprisingly just really fun for like no reason, and krack shot kroc was a great test for doing stuff fast as squitter and reacting quickly, doin everything on the fly!