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forest-spirit on 27 July 2010
myths n legends said:
forest-spirit said:
Severance said:

isn't the key guys behind rare still with nintendo ? so doesn't that mean that this RARE is just a name? so why not do a fansite for the real guys?


I know about Free Radical consisting of former Rare staff, but that's about all I know...


what happened to time splitters 4? i realize they were bought out but werent they still making it?


I don't think we will ever see Timesplitters 4...sadly.



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Bladeforce on 27 July 2010

The orginal guys that made rare what they were are still with nintendo after jumping ship from microsoft and getting the money and running. Screw microsoft they said on the way out...

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Euphoria14 on 27 July 2010

A Bad Clown said:

Clearly they have not played Viva Pinata! Seedos must be the most insane character Rare's ever made!

 

What, does quoting now work now? -_-

 

Anyways, after reading this post I realized that a Kinect vrsion of VP might actually work quite well.

 

I also thought about how they should make another Kameo.



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forest-spirit on 27 July 2010

Making Kameo and Viva Pinata for Kinect doesn't sound like a bad idea at all! That's what Rare should've been doing instead of making sports games...



Mr Khan on 27 July 2010

The main problem is Microsoft is forcing Rare to be the counter-Nintendo, and not really letting them create. This Kinect stuff is rather sad-looking.

 

There were still glimmers of the creative Rare this generation, mostly from Viva Pinata, but that's about it.



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MonstaMack on 27 July 2010

Viva Pinata was damn good, though I know the creators of that are no longer with rare.

The new Banjo is supposed to be decent, and Rare has done a lot for the new dashboard - mainly in avatars.

 

Otherwise yeah it was one big waste of cash wad from MS so far, they should have bought Bioware when they had the chance.



It's just that simple.

O-D-C on 27 July 2010
Mr Khan said:

The main problem is Microsoft is forcing Rare to be the counter-Nintendo, and not really letting them create. This Kinect stuff is rather sad-looking.

 

There were still glimmers of the creative Rare this generation, mostly from Viva Pinata, but that's about it.

No, the main problem is everyone who made Rare what it was on the late 90's left the company after the buyout.



Mr Khan on 27 July 2010
O-D-C said:
Mr Khan said:

The main problem is Microsoft is forcing Rare to be the counter-Nintendo, and not really letting them create. This Kinect stuff is rather sad-looking.

 

There were still glimmers of the creative Rare this generation, mostly from Viva Pinata, but that's about it.

No, the main problem is everyone who made Rare what it was on the late 90's left the company after the buyout.


w00t. I was hoping someone would quote me soon so i could see what the new quote alert looked like.

 

Thanks.



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Mr. Fister on 27 July 2010
Mr Khan said:
O-D-C said:
Mr Khan said:

The main problem is Microsoft is forcing Rare to be the counter-Nintendo, and not really letting them create. This Kinect stuff is rather sad-looking.

 

There were still glimmers of the creative Rare this generation, mostly from Viva Pinata, but that's about it.

No, the main problem is everyone who made Rare what it was on the late 90's left the company after the buyout.


w00t. I was hoping someone would quote me soon so i could see what the new quote alert looked like.

 

Thanks.

They have one of those now?

 

Oh! Oh! Quote me so I can see, too!



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themanwithnoname on 27 July 2010
MonstaMack said:

Viva Pinata was damn good, though I know the creators of that are no longer with rare.

The new Banjo is supposed to be decent, and Rare has done a lot for the new dashboard - mainly in avatars.

 

Otherwise yeah it was one big waste of cash wad from MS so far, they should have bought Bioware when they had the chance.


If they had to pay what EA paid for BioWare, no they shouldn't have. I love BioWare, I really do, but they aren't worth nearly the amount of money EA paid for them.



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