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illdill1987 on 20 September 2016
Machiavellian said:
illdill1987 said:

Well it doesn't interest me in the slightest and it's not like a typical rare game. Maybe it's not fair for me to call it garbage but it just doesn't look like a RareWare game to me.

Why does Sea of Thieves  not look like a Rareware game.  What is a typical Rare game because studios do change and grow and they really should not be stagnant.  Personally I would not want to be reduced to only just do platformers or only do just Fist person shooters.  I would like for studios to express their creative talent as broad as their ability to make a high quality product.  How is it that people can congratulate developers when they expand into new territory and then in the same breath want them to keep doing the same old stuff.

A trypical Rare game to me is a platformer with good graphics and music and a lot of humor in it. Or Goldeneye. Anything they did outside of those were just mediocre games. A company should stick to what they are good at. Killer Instinct was also good my bad.



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KLXVER on 20 September 2016
Vini256 said:
We just need the IP's really, buy those and then buy Playtonic. Problem solved =P

Just Conker, Banjo and Battletoads would be enough.



Machiavellian on 20 September 2016
illdill1987 said:
Machiavellian said:

Why does Sea of Thieves  not look like a Rareware game.  What is a typical Rare game because studios do change and grow and they really should not be stagnant.  Personally I would not want to be reduced to only just do platformers or only do just Fist person shooters.  I would like for studios to express their creative talent as broad as their ability to make a high quality product.  How is it that people can congratulate developers when they expand into new territory and then in the same breath want them to keep doing the same old stuff.

A trypical Rare game to me is a platformer with good graphics and music and a lot of humor in it. Or Goldeneye. Anything they did outside of those were just mediocre games. A company should stick to what they are good at. Killer Instinct was also good my bad.

So you did not like Viva Pinata.  I happen to think both games were really strong games and totally different from their previous work.  Either way, I always believe no developer should be held to just do one thing because their audience believe it to be so.  Would Godeneye or Perfect dark have been made if Rare only stuck to platformers.



Goatseye on 20 September 2016

Nintendo should trade games they don't use or treat like garbage with MS.
Starting with Metroid franchise.
Btw, how many people in Playtonic designed or made big iconic Rare games?
Hint: Banjo creator is still at Rare.



KLXVER on 20 September 2016
SpokenTruth said:
Goatseye said:
Nintendo should trade games they don't use or treat like garbage with MS.
Starting with Metroid franchise.
Btw, how many people in Playtonic designed or made big iconic Rare games?
Hint: Banjo creator is still at Rare.

Chris Sutherland:
Leader programmer for DKC 1 and 2, Battletoads, KI2 and the voice of Banjo and others.

Steve Mayles:
Character designer, animator and art director for Banjo and DKC series.

Steven Hurst:
Background and environment art for Banjo and DKC series.

Kevin Bayliss:
Designer and character animator for KI series; art and character design for DKC, Battletoads and Diddy Kong Racing; Lead artist for Star Fox Adventures; voice artist for many Rare games.

Mark Stevenson:
Design, programming, animation and art for several Rare series.

Dave Ross:
Enivornment, animation and modeling for Conker's Bad fur Day.

Grant Kirkhope:
Composer for Goldeneye, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo, Perfect Dark....

David Wise:
Composer for Battletoads, DKC, Diddy Kong Racing, Star Fox Adventures....

Phil Tossell:
Lead engineer for Star Fox Adventures

 

That good enough for you?

David Wise and Grant Kirkhope are a part of Playtonic?



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Platina on 20 September 2016

Wouldn't be a good idea

If they want the old devs back, then getting Playtonic would be a good idea



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Veknoid_Outcast on 20 September 2016
BasilZero said:

I rather have Playtonic be a third party ;(

Rareware is a lost cause at this point.

Nintendo should buy the rights to Banjo Kazooie though or better yet - Playtonic should!

I agree with Baz. Playtonic should retain its independence. Rare can stay with Microsoft and create new properties. Someone who knows how to make a 3D platformer (Nintendo) should buy Banjo and make Banjo-Threeie so I can die happy.



TheLastStarFighter on 20 September 2016
SpokenTruth said:
Goatseye said:
Nintendo should trade games they don't use or treat like garbage with MS.
Starting with Metroid franchise.
Btw, how many people in Playtonic designed or made big iconic Rare games?
Hint: Banjo creator is still at Rare.

Chris Sutherland:
Leader programmer for DKC 1 and 2, Battletoads, KI2 and the voice of Banjo and others.

Steve Mayles:
Character designer, animator and art director for Banjo and DKC series.

Steven Hurst:
Background and environment art for Banjo and DKC series.

Kevin Bayliss:
Designer and character animator for KI series; art and character design for DKC, Battletoads and Diddy Kong Racing; Lead artist for Star Fox Adventures; voice artist for many Rare games.

Mark Stevenson:
Design, programming, animation and art for several Rare series.

Dave Ross:
Enivornment, animation and modeling for Conker's Bad fur Day.

Grant Kirkhope:
Composer for Goldeneye, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo, Perfect Dark....

David Wise:
Composer for Battletoads, DKC, Diddy Kong Racing, Star Fox Adventures....

Phil Tossell:
Lead engineer for Star Fox Adventures

 

That good enough for you?

I didn't bother checking on the others, but David Wise most certainly resigned on 30 October 2009.  That's a long time ago.  I suspect most other talent is gone to by now.



Goatseye on 20 September 2016
SpokenTruth said:
Goatseye said:
Nintendo should trade games they don't use or treat like garbage with MS.
Starting with Metroid franchise.
Btw, how many people in Playtonic designed or made big iconic Rare games?
Hint: Banjo creator is still at Rare.

Chris Sutherland:
Leader programmer for DKC 1 and 2, Battletoads, KI2 and the voice of Banjo and others.

Steve Mayles:
Character designer, animator and art director for Banjo and DKC series.

Steven Hurst:
Background and environment art for Banjo and DKC series.

Kevin Bayliss:
Designer and character animator for KI series; art and character design for DKC, Battletoads and Diddy Kong Racing; Lead artist for Star Fox Adventures; voice artist for many Rare games.

Mark Stevenson:
Design, programming, animation and art for several Rare series.

Dave Ross:
Enivornment, animation and modeling for Conker's Bad fur Day.

Grant Kirkhope:
Composer for Goldeneye, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo, Perfect Dark....

David Wise:
Composer for Battletoads, DKC, Diddy Kong Racing, Star Fox Adventures....

Phil Tossell:
Lead engineer for Star Fox Adventures

 

That good enough for you?

Not really, Rare's biggest creative director is still in the company. Gregg Mayles, who created Banjo, Diddy Kong, Battletoads, and most Rare games after MS purchased Rare.

That's a good group of folks though. 



Drakrami on 20 September 2016

I love the naivety of this post where people actually think Rare is the same company just like 15 years ago.