Talk:Donkey Kong II: Jumpman's Revenge/@comment-25021327-20150629215852

I pretty much enjoyed reading this one. The bulk of it was fun, and showed a real interest in the Donkey Kong games by the author. The descriptions in this felt well done and attentive to detail. I could imagine most of what was being described even though it has been many years since I played the original Donkey Kong.

The in-game story felt kind of interesting and cryptic while it was unfolding, and I liked that. I would have liked a little more information about the "cut-scenes" though. I was trying to imagine them, but I couldn;t quite envision them in my head from what was described. I wasn't sure if what the narrator was seeing was still images, scenes acted out with game sprites, or some kind of period appropriate animation.

As I got to the end of this story, I couldn't help but feel a little let down. The explanation of the story of Dirk, Paul and Christine felt really strange to me. This line " she was the daughter of a man who bullied her in her childhood"   didn;t really make sense to me. I may be reading it wrong, or it may be a typo, but I can't quite figure it out.

Paul dressing up as a ninja with his friends seems really strange and random to me, as well as Paul 'disappearing' and being 'replaced' with the red ninja. And Dirk didn't know who it was? Did he not know that Paul would sometimes dress like a ninja with his friends? I don't mean to be harsh or anything, but the whole story felt really odd and kind of nonsensicle at the end. Like the events of the game were thought out, then the author tried to shoehorn a real life story around them. I also don;t see how the game could have been reprogrammed to 'confess.'

In any case, aside from those things, I did like reading this. It had me interested, felt well paced, and like I said, the descriptions of the gameplay were good. I'm glad I took some time to check this one out.