Rate the Game: Week 94 (TAKE TWO! THE REDO!)

[M-A-G]

OK, so sadly just like with American McGee's Alice a few weeks ago, last week's Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes wasn't as much of a hit with the TPWW Universe. Namely, we only had one person slapping it with a rating while a bunch of us hadn't touched it. That's another mistake on my part unfortunately. This means that it's going to have to be discarded and thus cannot earn a place on our leaderboard. Sorry, Fignuts. On the bright side, no editing for me. Here are the current standings in case you need a reminder....

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<option>1. (TIE) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (4.8)</option>
<option>3. Hitman: Codename 47 (4.75)</option>
<option>4. Goldeneye 007 (4.72)</option>
<option>5. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4.7)</option>
<option>6. Silent Hill 2 (4.66)
<option>7. (3-WAY TIE) Chrono Trigger, Portal, Red Dead Redemption (4.5)</option>
<option>10. (TIE) Mega Man 2, Donkey Kong Country (4.44)</option>
<option>12. Mega Man X (4.36)</option>
<option>13. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)</option>
<option>14. God of War (4.4)</option>
<option>15. (TIE) Metal Gear Solid, BioShock (4.33)</option>
<option>17. Perfect Dark (4.3)</option>
<option>18. (TIE) Shadow of the Colossus, The Last of Us (4.28)</option>
<option>20. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)</option>
<option>21. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)</option>
<option>22. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)</option>
<option>23. Super Mario 64 (4.07)</option>
<option>24. (TIE) Grand Theft Auto 3, The Legend of Zelda (4.06)</option>
<option>26. NBA Jam (4.05)</option>
<option>27. (8-WAY TIE) Super Mario Kart, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Super Metroid, The Simpsons, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Donkey Kong Country 2, Resident Evil 4, Super Smash Bros. (4.0)</option>
<option>35. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)</option>
<option>36. Mega Man (3.89)</option>
<option>37. (3-WAY TIE) Contra, Castlevania, Devil May Cry (3.86)</option>
<option>40. Half-Life 2 (3.85)</option>
<option>41. Half-Life (3.83)</option>
<option>42. (TIE) SimCity 2000, Final Fight (3.8)</option>
<option>44. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)</option>
<option>45. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)</option>
<option>46. (TIE) Double Dragon, Max Payne (3.75)</option>
<option>48. Tetris (3.69)</option>
<option>49. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)</option>
<option>50. (TIE) Diablo, F.E.A.R. (3.66)</option>
<option>52. Mortal Kombat (3.65)</option>
<option>53. Doom (3.625)</option>
<option>54. StarFox (3.61)</option>
<option>55. Resident Evil (3.58)</option>
<option>56. (TIE) Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi (3.5)</option>
<option>58. Dead Space (3.4)</option>
<option>59. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)</option>
<option>60. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)</option>
<option>61. (5-WAY TIE) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Crash Bandicoot, Wolfenstein 3D, Left 4 Dead (3.33)</option>
<option>66. Gears of War (3.27)</option>
<option>67. (TIE) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Borderlands (3.22)</option>
<option>69. (3-WAY TIE) Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, Darkstalkers (3.2)</option>
<option>72. Pac-Man (3.125)</option>
<option>73. Killer Instinct (3.11)</option>
<option>74. (TIE) Virtua Fighter, Rock Band (3.09)</option>
<option>76. (4-WAY TIE) Time Crisis, Tekken, Earthworm Jim, Metroid (3.0)</option>
<option>80. Guitar Hero (2.875)</option>
<option>81. Streets of Rage (2.84)</option>
<option>82. Altered Beast (2.8)</option>
<option>83. (3-WAY TIE) Dead Rising, Gauntlet, Assassin's Creed (2.71) </option>
<option>86. (TIE) Silent Hill, The Sims (2.6)</option>
<option>88. Tomb Raider (2.55)</option>
<option>89. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)</option>
<option>90. (TIE) Twisted Metal, Crackdown (2.42)</option>
<option>92. Gran Turismo (2.3)</option>
<option>93. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)</option>
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What this also means is that we need a new 94 for this sucker. On top of that, since we've had two editions of Rate the Game where we haven't been able to progress naturally, I made the decision to tackle TWO games this time around. Look for Rate the Game: Week 95 on the forums and be sure to rate that game over there, too. We're getting ahead of ourselves, though. Let's go to the bowl and see what replaces Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes as our 94th game...

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Back to some hack-'n-slash action from Sega with one of the most low-key sexual main characters ever in the gaming industry. It's Bayonetta! Did this witch work her magic on you or was it nothing but cheap parlor tricks? Let's do this sucker and hopefully we don't end up with another title that joins the Honorable Mentions pile. It's all up to you. Rate and discuss and share in good health and all that. Don't forget about the other Rate the Game!

[Big Vic]

Actually did play about 30 minutes of this but I just wasn't that interested.

[ClockShot]

Never played.

[drave]

Nope. Seemed to be more about her taking off her clothes than anything else. I still gave it a shot, but it didn't hold my interest

[M-A-G]

Seemed to be more about her taking off her clothes than anything else.

You say that like it's a bad thing...:shifty:

[Sepholio]

Never played it. Seemed like Devil May Cry with a hairy girl. I'll stick with Dante when I want to play some nonsensical over the top fever dream.

[Lock Jaw]

Never played it.

[M-A-G]

I remember this one being a rental from Gamefly, if I'm not mistaken. I figured why not. I was on a spree of gameplaying back then and it at least looked cool. The gameplay kept my interest, but it was frustrating at a lot of points. God forbid you're not perfect all the fucking time in battle. The biggest problem for me was not wrapping my head around the story. OK, there are witches and there's a dude that helps them kill angels and there's another dude that's trying to track down witches and there's a girl that looks like Bayonetta and might be her or her daughter or whatever? I didn't really get it and none of the characters really inspired me to try to get it. I know they did the sequel but there wasn't a lot here to get me to want to see what happened next in this world. Plus, it's on the Wii U and to hell with that.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Gave it a 4 because as a new IP, it provided fun in ways that a lot of other games of the time weren't doing. It had interesting combat and gameplay, the mechanics seemed pretty unique, as did the weapons and I really liked the visuals, too. Also pretty graphically stunning for it's time too.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Nope. Seemed to be more about her taking off her clothes than anything else. I still gave it a shot, but it didn't hold my interest

LOL, What? No. Her hair served as her clothing and she could use it as a weapon of sorts at certain points. Don't get me wrong, there's definitely some borderline nudity but nothing that would move the needle from M into the forbidden AO zone.

[drave]

Bro, what was the identifier used for high combos? And in the first game, what was the hardest difficulty opened only AFTER you beat it on hard?




Climax and non-stop climax, respectively. It unlock a weapon called "pillow talk".


It's all there. Never said they were trying to push into A or AO - that'd be silly wouldn't it. Just didn't hold my interest.

[M-A-G]

Bro, what was the identifier used for high combos? And in the first game, what was the hardest difficulty opened only AFTER you beat it on hard?




Climax and non-stop climax, respectively.



I thought it was something like Uber Witch or Umbra Witch. It's been a while since I played it.

[Big Vic]

Non-climax, climax, Pegging, Hot Carl, and then Pillow Talk.

[M-A-G]

I play most of my games on the Pegging setting.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Bro, what was the identifier used for high combos? And in the first game, what was the hardest difficulty opened only AFTER you beat it on hard?




Climax and non-stop climax, respectively. It unlock a weapon called "pillow talk".


It's all there. Never said they were trying to push into A or AO - that'd be silly wouldn't it. Just didn't hold my interest.

I honestly didn't even remember any of that shit. For as fun as I remember it being, there's very little in the way of details I remember. Kinda why I wish these polls had ½ point options. This would probably have gotten a 3½ from me if so.

[M-A-G]

So evidently, they are making a third game for this series and it's going to be for the Switch. I didn't even get around to the second. What the hell, Nintendo?