Would Rare have been better off with Nintendo?

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Goatseye said:

curl-6 said:

Pretty much, yeah.

About the only legacy of Rare's former greatness that remains in Adventures is it's admittedly spectacular graphics. So their tech guys were still at the top of their field, (as further evidenced by Conker Live and Reloaded on Xbox) but their game design had fallen off a cliff in terms of quality.

 

Not to mention butchering Banjo-Kazooie with the abomination that was Nuts 'n' Bolts. :(

Nuts and Bolts is a fine vehicle patformer game. Rare made great IPs under MS, such as Viva Pinata, Kinect Sport, Kameo and Sea of Thieves is looking to be another one.

Gaming has changed a lot since the 4th & 5th gen, Rare had to readjust according to their circumstances.

I found Nuts 'n' Bolts a freaking nightmare, the physics system was way too pedantic, turning simple tasks into an annoying and fiddly affair. Viva Pinata and Kameo were okay to me, though thoroughly unremarkable. I haven't played their Kinect games, but I don't need to in order to know I'll dislike them. And the less said about Perfect Dark Zero the better.