Rate the Game: Week 70 [Archive]

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M-A-G

08-03-2021, 04:24 AM

Welcome one and all to another Tuesday morning. This certainly can only mean one thing and that one thing is kicking off another week of Rate the Game! We've actually got a couple of milestones here. The most obvious one being that this is the seventieth edition of this little party. The other is linked to the results of last week's game, Donkey Kong Country 2. Whatever could it be? Well let's take a look at the goods....

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

<option>1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (4.8)</option>
<option>2. Hitman: Codename 47 (4.75)</option>
<option>3. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4.7)</option>
<option>4. Chrono Trigger (4.5)</option>
<option>5. (TIE) Mega Man 2, Donkey Kong Country (4.44)</option>
<option>7. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)</option>
<option>8. God of War (4.4)</option>
<option>9. Metal Gear Solid (4.33)</option>
<option>10. (TIE) Shadow of the Colossus, The Last of Us (4.28)</option>
<option>12. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)</option>
<option>13. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)</option>
<option>14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)</option>
<option>15. Super Mario 64 (4.07)</option>
<option>16. (TIE) Grand Theft Auto 3, The Legend of Zelda (4.06)</option>
<option>18. NBA Jam (4.05)</option>
<option>19. (6-WAY TIE) Super Mario Kart, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Super Metroid, The Simpsons, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Donkey Kong Country 2 (4.0)</option>
<option>25. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)</option>
<option>26. Mega Man (3.89)</option>
<option>27. Half-Life (3.83)</option>
<option>28. (3-WAY TIE) Contra, Castlevania, Devil May Cry (3.86)</option>
<option>31. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)</option>
<option>32. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)</option>
<option>33. Tetris (3.69)</option>
<option>34. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)</option>
<option>35. (TIE) Diablo, F.E.A.R. (3.66)</option>
<option>37. Mortal Kombat (3.65)</option>
<option>38. StarFox (3.61)</option>
<option>39. Doom (3.625)</option>
<option>40. Resident Evil (3.58)</option>
<option>41. Ninja Gaiden (3.5)</option>
<option>42. Dead Space (3.4)</option>
<option>43. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)</option>
<option>44. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)</option>
<option>45. (3-WAY TIE) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Crash Bandicoot (3.33)</option>
<option>48. Gears of War (3.27)</option>
<option>49. (TIE) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Borderlands (3.22)</option>
<option>51. Quake (3.2)</option>
<option>52. Pac-Man (3.125)</option>
<option>53. Killer Instinct (3.11)</option>
<option>54. (TIE) Virtua Fighter, Rock Band (3.09)</option>
<option>56. (4-WAY TIE) Time Crisis, Tekken, Earthworm Jim, Metroid (3.0)</option>
<option>60. Guitar Hero (2.875)</option>
<option>61. Streets of Rage (2.84)</option>
<option>62. Dead Rising (2.71) </option>
<option>63. (TIE) Silent Hill, The Sims (2.6)</option>
<option>65. Tomb Raider (2.55)</option>
<option>66. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)</option>
<option>67. Twisted Metal (2.42)</option>
<option>68. Gran Turismo (2.3)</option>
<option>69. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)</option>
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It's a veritable orgy going on in that number 19 spot as Donkey Kong Country 2, with it's average 4.0 rating, helps create the first ever six-way tie! Good Lord, how many more games are we going to fit in that group? Is this week's game going to be one of them? Time to see what it is. Bring on the bowl....

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After a fun little detour in the platformer genre we're back to the comforting atmosphere of survival horror and gunplay. This week we tackle the title credited with changing up the franchise, Resident Evil 4! It got a lot of praise when it first came out and changed up the formula but how much love do you think it deserves? Is it a worthy installment to the Resident Evil legacy or does it earn your ire and venom? Let's all vote and rate and discuss and share as inch ever closer to the end of this ride. Until next week....

Curtis

08-03-2021, 09:27 PM

Solid 4 in my opinion. Incredibly fun game with good characters, atmosphere and game mechanics.
My problem is that the latter portion once you get out of the village gets a little stale, but the fun factor of the gameplay outweighs that.
I think it could have been a MUCH better game if they actually made it more of a Resident Evil game instead of what they did and where the Resident Evil series started to go south. Like I've often said, Resident Evil 4 is an outstanding fantastic game, but a poor Resident Evil.

Really wish Capcom would finish the original Resident Evil 4, now referred to by fans as Resident Evil 3.5. The game was apparently almost done but Capcom got spooked by poor sales of ReMake and decided to go with a new direction for Resident Evil.

Still a great game, could've been so much more however.

M-A-G

08-03-2021, 09:35 PM

Never heard of that Resident Evil 3.5 thing. I imagine the gameplay was more similar to the classic entries?

Curtis

08-03-2021, 09:41 PM

Lock Jaw

08-03-2021, 10:24 PM

Never played it.

M-A-G

08-04-2021, 03:40 AM

The great Ashley debate...

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DAMN iNATOR

08-05-2021, 12:53 AM

Never played it.

Same here.

Curtis

08-05-2021, 07:11 PM

M-A-G

08-05-2021, 10:46 PM

When it comes to franchises and deciding which games to pick from their library I always try to pick the ones that are the most well-known. The first is always a no-brainer because it's what kickstarts the whole thing, obviously, but as far as other titles it's about narrowing down the ones that got the most buzz. Resident Evil 4 was probably the most high-profile one in that period leading up to Resident Evil 6 so I felt like it should be part of the new pool. I had a friend who played it religiously when it released on the Wii and was all about it even though he'd never played a Resident Evil game prior or since, come to think of it. I know he owned Resident Evil 5 but I don't think he ever touched it.

M-A-G

08-05-2021, 10:52 PM

Oh, and before I forget I might as well lock in my 4 vote for this one. As awesome as a Jill and Claire sandwich would be, this one doesn't quite reach near perfection. I do have to credit it, though, for switching things up in a series that was quite entrenched in the survival horror gameplay style of old. Did it end up being for the better? Hard to really say but unlike when its fellow rival franchise, Silent Hill, changed things up after The Room, Resident Evil 4 actually produced a quality experience and kept things true to the lore while expanding upon it. Mixed bag but still top notch in my book.

DAMN iNATOR

08-07-2021, 11:09 PM

Destor

08-08-2021, 03:00 PM

RE4 may have screwed the pooch by departing from the survival horror genre that later nearly killed the franchise but RE4 was still a very great game. story was great for the time. set pieces were the best the medium had ever seen. tons of content. it was a goat tier game when it released, it pushed the industry forward. 5.

Ruien

08-08-2021, 04:02 PM

Really wish there was a 4.5 vote option. RE4 is such an amazing game but it isn't perfect. Can't justify a 5 but I would give it a 4.75 with ease.

DAMN iNATOR

08-08-2021, 07:09 PM

I am surprised so many people haven't played it.
Like am I in some sort of other dimension, lmao. I can understand if it was Code Veronica or Zero or one of the older games, but Resi 4 is the most known/loved of the franchise...

One of my friend's co-workers was obsessed with the GameCube version, which was the first console I ever owned new my entire life - I had bought Genesis, N64, Saturn and Dreamcast all long after their lifetimes - anyway...yeah. He would talk it up to me all the time, but I just wasn't interested.

M-A-G

08-08-2021, 09:57 PM

Releasing it for the Gamecube primarily seemed like an odd decision at the time but I can absolutely understand why looking back. That thing needed all the help it could get.

Destor

08-08-2021, 10:00 PM

GameCube also didnt have load time which was built into the game

Big Vic

08-09-2021, 08:54 AM

Releasing it for the Gamecube primarily seemed like an odd decision at the time but I can absolutely understand why looking back. That thing needed all the help it could get.

How come it needed help and how did the Gamecube help it?

M-A-G

08-09-2021, 09:00 AM

No, no, the Gamecube needed the help. It was a fine system but competing with the PlayStation 2 was rough. Getting an exclusive like Resident Evil 4 seemed like a good idea to give it a boost.

Savio

08-09-2021, 04:49 PM

Oh yeah, it was exclusive for like a year right?

M-A-G

08-09-2021, 06:11 PM

Oh yeah, it was exclusive for like a year right?

Almost. The Gamecube got it in January of 2005. The PlayStation 2 got it in October the same year.

DAMN iNATOR

08-13-2021, 11:56 PM

No, no, the Gamecube needed the help. It was a fine system but competing with the PlayStation 2 was rough. Getting an exclusive like Resident Evil 4 seemed like a good idea to give it a boost.

Hey now, the original XBox was no slouch either.

M-A-G

08-14-2021, 01:09 AM

Hey now, the original XBox was no slouch either.

This is indeed true. It just seemed like the Gamecube had to fight a lot harder for the market share.

DAMN iNATOR

08-17-2021, 11:52 AM

This is indeed true. It just seemed like the Gamecube had to fight a lot harder for the market share.

Yeah, you're right but nonetheless I picked one up at launch nearly 20 years ago. Got it with NBA Courtside 2002 , my first introduction to the series. Sucks that Left Field shut down shortly thereafter, because I remember a bunch of hype being built up for a sequel.