Rate the Game: Week 170
 

How do you do, fellow TPWWers? Welcome to the month of love! We're going to spread so much of it all over this place! Or maybe not. I guess it all depends on what's on tap for this week, our 170th edition! Last week's Doom 2 had a strong case to make for receiving some love from us, but how much did it get overall? Did it bring the noise?

<select><option selected="">Rate the Game Results

<option>1. Super Mario World (4.81)
<option>2. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (4.8)</option>
<option>3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (4.8)</option>
<option>4. Hitman: Codename 47 (4.75)</option>
<option>5. Mass Effect (4.75)</option>
<option>6. Goldeneye 007 (4.72)</option>
<option>7. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4.7)</option>
<option>8. Silent Hill 2 (4.66)</option>
<option>9. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (4.61)</option>
<option>10. Mike Tyson's Punchout! (4.6)</option>
<option>11. Super Mario Bros. 2 (4.5)</option>
<option>12. Portal (4.5)</option>
<option>13. Red Dead Redemption (4.5)</option>
<option>14. Chrono Trigger (4.5)</option>
<option>15. Final Fantasy 3 (4.5)</option>
<option>16. Silent Hill 3 (4.5)</option>
<option>17. Mega Man 2 (4.44)</option>
<option>18. Donkey Kong Country (4.44)</option>
<option>19. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (4.44)</option>
<option>20. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)</option>
<option>21. God of War (4.4)</option>
<option>22. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (4.4)</option>
<option>23. Mega Man X (4.36)</option>
<option>24. Metal Gear Solid (4.33)</option>
<option>25. Batman: Arkham City (4.33)</option>
<option>26. BioShock (4.33)</option>
<option>27. Ōkami (4.33)</option>
<option>28. Perfect Dark (4.3)</option>
<option>29. Shadow of the Colossus (4.28)</option>
<option>30. The Last of Us (4.28)</option>
<option>31. Mega Man 3 (4.16)</option>
<option>32. Super Castlevania 4 (4.16)</option>
<option>33. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (4.16)</option>
<option>34. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)</option>
<option>35. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)</option>
<option>36. Resident Evil 2 (4.14)</option>
<option>37. Mario Party (4.125)</option>
<option>38. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)</option>
<option>39. Super Mario 64 (4.07)</option>
<option>40. Grand Theft Auto 3 (4.06)</option>
<option>41. The Legend of Zelda (4.06)</option>
<option>42. NBA Jam (4.05)</option>
<option>43. Super Mario Kart (4.0)</option>
<option>44. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (4.0)</option>
<option>45. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (4.0)</option>
<option>46. Super Smash Bros. (4.0)</option>
<option>47. Doom 2 (4.0)</option>
<option>48. Super Metroid (4.0)</option>
<option>49. Star Fox 64 (4.0)</option>
<option>50. The Simpsons (4.0)</option>
<option>51. Resident Evil 4 (4.0)</option>
<option>52. StarCraft (4.0)</option>
<option>53. EarthBound (4.0)</option>
<option>54. Fallout 3 (4.0)</option>
<option>55. Mirror's Edge (4.0)</option>
<option>56. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (4.0)</option>
<option>57. Donkey Kong Country 2 (4.0)</option>
<option>58. X-Men Legends (4.0)</option>
<option>59. Banjo-Kazooie (4.0)</option>
<option>60. Dishonored (4.0)</option>
<option>61. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)</option>
<option>62. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (3.92)</option>
<option>63. Mega Man (3.89)</option>
<option>64. Castlevania (3.86)</option>
<option>65. Contra (3.86)</option>
<option>66. Devil May Cry (3.86)</option>
<option>67. Half-Life 2 (3.85)</option>
<option>68. Half-Life (3.83)
<option>69. Final Fantasy 8 (3.83)</option>
<option>70. Infamous (3.83)</option>
<option>71. SimCity 2000 (3.8)</option>
<option>72. Final Fight (3.8)</option>
<option>73. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)</option>
<option>74. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)</option>
<option>75. Double Dragon (3.75)</option>
<option>76. Tomb Raider (2013) (3.75)</option>
<option>77. Max Payne (3.75)</option>
<option>78. Fallout 4 (3.75)</option>
<option>79. Tetris (3.69)</option>
<option>80. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)</option>
<option>81. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (3.66)</option>
<option>82. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (3.66)</option>
<option>83. Alan Wake (3.66)</option>
<option>84. Diablo (3.66)</option>
<option>85. Xenoblade Chronicles (3.66)</option>
<option>86. F.E.A.R. (3.66)</option>
<option>87. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (3.66)</option>
<option>88. Mortal Kombat (3.65)</option>
<option>89. Doom (3.625)</option>
<option>90. StarFox (3.61)</option>
<option>91. X-Men (3.6)</option>
<option>92. Resident Evil (3.58)</option>
<option>93. Kirby's Adventure (3.57)</option>
<option>94. Daytona USA (3.5)</option>
<option>95. Ninja Gaiden (3.5)</option>
<option>96. Samurai Shodown (3.5)</option>
<option>97. Burnout Paradise (3.5)</option>
<option>98. Thief: The Dark Project (3.5)</option>
<option>99. Dark Souls (3.5)</option>
<option>100. Shinobi (3.5)</option>
<option>101. Unreal Tournament (3.5)</option>
<option>102. Battletoads (3.42)</option>
<option>103. Fatal Fury (3.4)</option>
<option>104. Dead Space (3.4)</option>
<option>105. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)</option>
<option>106. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)</option>
<option>107. Donkey Kong (3.33)</option>
<option>108. Crash Bandicoot (3.33)</option>
<option>109. Mortal Kombat (2011) (3.33)</option>
<option>110. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (3.33)</option>
<option>111. Wolfenstein 3D (3.33)</option>
<option>112. FarCry 3 (3.33)</option>
<option>113. Dead Island (3.33)</option>
<option>114. Left 4 Dead (3.33)</option>
<option>115. Nights Into Dreams (3.33)</option>
<option>116. Condemned: Criminal Origins (3.33)</option>
<option>117. Gauntlet Legends (3.28)
<option>118. Gears of War (3.27)</option>
<option>119. Tekken Tag Tournament (3.25)</option>
<option>120. Borderlands (3.22)</option>
<option>121. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (3.22)</option>
<option>122. Duke Nukem 3D (3.2)</option>
<option>123. Darkstalkers (3.2)</option>
<option>124. Quake (3.2)</option>
<option>125. Halo 3 (3.16)</option>
<option>126. SoulCalibur (3.16)</option>
<option>127. Pac-Man (3.125)</option>
<option>128. Killer Instinct (3.11)</option>
<option>129. Virtua Fighter (3.09)</option>
<option>130. Rock Band (3.09)</option>
<option>131. Earthworm Jim (3.0)</option>
<option>132. Metroid (3.0)</option>
<option>133. Time Crisis (3.0)</option>
<option>134. Tekken (3.0)</option>
<option>135. Halo 2 (3.0)</option>
<option>136. Syphon Filter (3.0)</option>
<option>137. Gex (3.0)</option>
<option>138. Destiny (3.0)</option>
<option>139. The Secret of Monkey Island (3.0)</option>
<option>140. Army of Two (3.0)</option>
<option>141. Sonic Adventure (3.0)</option>
<option>142. Shenmue (3.0)</option>
<option>143. Guitar Hero (2.875)</option>
<option>144. Ecco the Dolphin (2.85)</option>
<option>145. Streets of Rage (2.84)</option>
<option>146. Altered Beast (2.8)</option>
<option>147. Bayonetta (2.75)</option>
<option>148. Command & Conquer (2.75)</option>
<option>149. ToeJam & Earl (2.75)</option>
<option>150. Jet Set Radio (2.75)</option>
<option>151. Assassin's Creed (2.71)</option>
<option>152. Gauntlet (2.71)</option>
<option>153. Street Fighter Alpha (2.71)</option>
<option>154. Dead Rising (2.71)</option>
<option>155. Bionic Commando (2.66)</option>
<option>156. Saints Row (2.66)</option>
<option>157. The Sims (2.6)</option>
<option>158. Killer Instinct 2 (2.6)</option>
<option>159. Eternal Champions (2.6)</option>
<option>160. Silent Hill (2.6)</option>
<option>161. Tomb Raider (2.55)</option>
<option>162. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)</option>
<option>163. Twisted Metal (2.42)</option
<option>164. Crackdown (2.42)</option>
<option>165. Golden Axe (2.33)</option>
<option>166. Gran Turismo (2.3)</option>
<option>167. The Secret of Mana (2.2)</option>
<option>168. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)</option>
<option>169. Panzer Dragoon (1.5)</option></select>


Doom 2 surpasses the original game on our leaderboard with a solid 4.0 average, giving it the number 47 spot. What can I say? Doom was a hot commodity back in the mid-90s and it evidently had enough under the hood to get some decent praise here amongst us.

Now onto what's in store for us this time around. Are we getting some more FPS goodness? Maybe another classic arcade gem? What do you have for us, bowl?

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Ah-ha. Well, it looks like we're back to racing, but not just any run-of-the-mill racing. Anyone can hop on a powerful vehicle and burn rubber, but how about riding a motorcycle and trying not get your head bashed in by someone's club? Get ready to feel the pain of the road. It's Road Rash! Does this game provide enough thrills to get the blood pumping and all that good stuff? What say you? Let's do the rating thing, if not here then on the other boards. Until next week!

The 1st one I played was 3. Still remember the code to start with the superbike and 250k cash

15S9 PU03

Never played it

Loved the genesis version and the 64 version would rate both 5.

Phew, good to know I'm not looking at a redo this week.

It felt like you couldn't open up a gaming magazine in the mid-nineties and not see this bad boy advertised.

Awesome game. Only ever played the 64 version, and it was amazing. When I was a kid, I was awesome at it. I remember having to progress and unlock the faster bikes and more weapons. And the multiplayer was off the charts great. They had the regular races, but also those arenas where the goal was just to beat the shit out of each other. I still remember the sport bikes and the cruisers, and the neon outfits the sports riders wore.

I tried to play it again years later and was absolute garbage at it and was like, "how on earth did I even play this???"

5/5, 10/10, great game.

5 sir. Im felling OUTSHINED OUTSHINED OUTSHINED

In 1998 my grandmother took me and my older brother to the video game store and we each got to pick out a game. We had a ps1. My brother got Final Fantasy 7 and I got Road Rash

5. Fuckin love it

Fuck yeah, you got the better deal. :cool:

But for real, I didn't have a PS1, I only had a 64, and the 64 version had 4 player split screen and that was lit. Also looking online, PS1 and 64 versions look like almost completely different games. Wild.