Allan Holdsworth said:
2 > 3 > 1
1 is good, but pretty standard fare compared to 2/3.
Now if you ask me about the Land games, I honestly couldn't rank them. I played them one after the other one summer a few years ago, and don't remember much :lol
Yeah I left those out on purpose, I think I had the 3rd and all I remember is that it seems to have levels/themes from all across the board and really weird enemies like flying pigs added in.
For my own pics; I agree with the general sentiment that;
2 > 3 > 1
I think all of them had their own advantages and disadvantages, but in general 2 is easily the best in a lot of areas;
1: simplest of them all, what I love most about this one is how many of the areas and enemies feel so "natural", most of the enemies were slightly cartoony looking versions of real animals and most areas felt like a place you could imagine running into in-real-life.
2. I feel like DKC 2 is the clear winner cause it wins so hard on so many levels, music-wise it still has a solid 1st place on my list out of all video games I know, and the number 2 place is far off and heavily contested; The level themes are less "natural" than DKC but in their own way still very strong, especially when you combine them with the oh so good musical themes; Next to this we have the fact that this game really felt the longest and hardest out of all three of them, I might be wrong about this, but DKC2's difficulty level seems to have it's own tier high above the other two.
3. DKC3 is like that odd sequal that would probably be the horrid downfall of any other series, except it's still awesome just like the other two; Although it's hard to live up to the amazing game that is DKC2, it still beat the first game fairly easily in terms of level-design and stuff like the fun world map; My only "complaint" about DKC3 is the rather strong turn it made towards very cartoony-looking animals (zingers got replaced by robobees, clownfish and a lot of other rather odd looking guys); But it also works in it's own way, as each game kinda follows it's own themes in terms of what enemies look like in general.
All in all I can say that all three games are extremely solid, and I can only hope that this Wii version will be solid enough to fit in with it's amazing predecessors.
Personally I do hope that they try to stick as true to the original series as possible on the subjects that matter most; like gameplay, level design and stuff; But I can tell from the footage so far that it really does feel like the classics in a lot of ways already, I'm excited.
