Yes, Rare games are very much overrated. The entire Nintendo 64 library is overrated come to think of it. This is the generation of games that have aged the least well in my view - with Ocarina of Time being a big exception to that.
Let's get back to the topic, which is Rare. I've said all this before and I'll say it again. Banjo Kazooie - good game, but overrated. Suffers with all the camera and control issues that plague 3D platformers of that generation and I'd rather play Rayman 2 for sure. Goldeneye, classic and genre-defining. It has been bettered time and time again since. DKC games are great, but inferior to the Nintendo developed platformers on this platform - namely Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island.
Rare (in their recognised good days) were very much of that time period. Of course people who have nostalgic memories with those games see them in very good light, and they were groundbreaking games for their time. Nonetheless, from the perspective of someone who didn't own a Nintendo 64 until 5 years ago, the games are not that great.
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