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Burgles on 11 July 2008

It never crossed my mind until...About half an hour ago when I read one of those "Top 100 over-rated games" things...

Anyway, I noticed RARE had quite a few games on the list (virtually every game they've made to be honest)...I did some more searching and found another list with most their games on again...

Hmmm....

These were the games...

Donkey Kong Country 1\2\3 (2\3 basically a rehash of 1)

Banjo Kazooie\Donkey Kong 64 (Mario 64 collectathon clones)

Perfect Dark\Golden Eye (They're the same game basically...Appaling blurry graphics, the pioneer in console deathmatch tomfoolery...but does that make them good?...I got hooked on smoking but that isn't quality)

Killer Instinct (This really was rubbish, characters were all bland, ridiculous combo system...just a bland fighter  with no soul really. Do you remember "Primal Rage"?)

Kameo (Pretty dull if you ask me, nice graphics though...Definately shows strong signs of being one of those launch titles everyone thinks is great on release...Then years later they realise it was actually mediocre and generic)

 

This isn't my opinion, well a couple of lines are. I've elaborated the point a little, can't find the source now...But really, I'm just curious what you guys think. I'm inclined to agree that a lot of them really are over hyped over rate titles that on release got much more credit than they deserved...

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they are "rubbish". I really enjoyed DKC 1 on the SNES years ago...But maybe I enjoyed it because everyone else did? I was only 12-13 I think at the time maybe a little younger so...

Opionions?



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Naum on 11 July 2008

The original Rare team were great.


alot of them have left Rare long ago.

 

DK 1,2,3 were good games as well as golden eye 64, well that one was great.

 



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Zucas on 11 July 2008

I stopped reading after you started talking about G007 and PD which its obvious you have no idea about haha.



Strategyking92 on 11 July 2008

a link would be nice, you know.



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Neos on 11 July 2008
Burgles said:

It never crossed my mind until...About half an hour ago when I read one of those "Top 100 over-rated games" things...

Anyway, I noticed RARE had quite a few games on the list (virtually every game they've made to be honest)...I did some more searching and found another list with most their games on again...

Hmmm....

These were the games...

Donkey Kong Country 123 (23 basically a rehash of 1)

Banjo KazooieDonkey Kong 64 (Mario 64 collectathon clones)

Perfect DarkGolden Eye (They're the same game basically...Appaling blurry graphics, the pioneer in console deathmatch tomfoolery...but does that make them good?...I got hooked on smoking but that isn't quality)

Killer Instinct (This really was rubbish, characters were all bland, ridiculous combo system...just a bland fighter  with no soul really. Do you remember "Primal Rage"?)

Kameo (Pretty dull if you ask me, nice graphics though...Definately shows strong signs of being one of those launch titles everyone thinks is great on release...Then years later they realise it was actually mediocre and generic)

 

This isn't my opinion, well a couple of lines are. I've elaborated the point a little, can't find the source now...But really, I'm just curious what you guys think. I'm inclined to agree that a lot of them really are over hyped over rate titles that on release got much more credit than they deserved...

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they are "rubbish". I really enjoyed DKC 1 on the SNES years ago...But maybe I enjoyed it because everyone else did? I was only 12-13 I think at the time maybe a little younger so...

Opionions?

i stopped reading there. Silly person.

 



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salaminizer on 11 July 2008

I stopped at "Donkey Kong Country 1\2\3 (2\3 basically a rehash of 1)"



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kirby007 on 11 July 2008

the banjo games were great just like goldeneye and pd but those people left



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DMeisterJ on 11 July 2008

Well, tbh, Goldeneye007 does not hold up to today's standards as a FPS.

The game hasn't aged well at all. I was playing it on my friends N64, and it was downright archaic.



Mifely on 11 July 2008

Lots of the games you have listed are... downright awesome.

In addition, Starfox: Adventures (for the GC) isn't up there, and it was one of the best action adventure games of the last generation, IMO. Its great to this day on the Wii (it even supports 16:9 progressive scan).



dawve24 on 11 July 2008

Are we just talking about Rare or are we also talking about some of the classics they released as Ultimate Play the Game.