poster for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Genre: Platformer

I've played the main story 1 time and given it an average score of 2 (out of 4).

Created by potrace 1.11, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2013 Deku Deals
2024-02-16 8h 0m First Time

Though hailed as both one of the best modern platformers and a very hard game, I think this lives up to neither title. The platforming wasn't very compelling, the collectibles useless, the difficulty was sporadic (but mostly not bad) and the bosses were miserable. The game feels unfocused and uninspired. I simply don't understand the praise it gets. Each world had ~1 level I thought was neat and fun. The rest were mostly exercises in pointless frustration.

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