Donkey Kong 64

Too much. Too many characters, each with too many moves. Too many big, oversized maps with too many different kinds of collectibles. Too much backtracking, wandering those empty-feeling maps over and over with each and every one of those characters to scrounge after all those little collectibles. More really is less sometimes.

Too many bananas

The absolute nadir of collectathon games. Oh you thought you could collect that banana? Think again asshole, that blue banana can only be picked up by Sperg Kong.

I have a soft spot in my heart for this one - but to coin a Cranky Kong phrase, it was Too Big for Its Britches, which is both a positive and a negative. It was remarkable how much gameplay you could actually fit into this; but this made it tedious and slow, and interest would often grind to a halt. I spent too much time playing the arcade Donkey Kong within this Donkey Kong, which is a great example of just how overstuffed it was.

Even as a nine year old I knew this game was convoluted as shit. Lanky Kong is my spirit animal though

Ok game. They changed this to a 3D scroll er. At the time this was the first game I have played using the expansion pak. This game requires the expansion pak. So if you do buy this game now and you don't have a an expansion pak..... Then don't buy it. Don't like the huge 3D World with Donkey.

I HATED this

This game gets a silly amount of disrespect. Compared to 3D collectathons at the time, this was so much bigger and more varied and intricate than anything else. With several expansive worlds and a fairly easy way to switch between characters, there is a lot to collect, but it's fun... so why is that a bad thing?

Donkey Kong did not entertain as much as the Mario franchise, and I hated the side characters.

It's just a boring mess with an awesome theme song. It isn't nearly good enough as a platformer and the collection elements are not nearly as good as others like Banjo. The overworld designs are pretty bland and uninteresting as well.