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M-A-G
02-22-2022, 08:14 AM
Happy 2/22/22 to everyone! Yeah, I'm using mm/dd/yy format. Who cares? That's not what's important. What's important is that you're here and you're here for the 98th edition of Rate the Game! It's the final one of February and we're no doubt looking forward to some better weather in the next month. I'm just thankful we didn't suffer from another Queen Elsa scenario like last year. I'm also thankful for everyone participating in last week's affair as we looked back on the Nintendo 64's Banjo-Kazooie! How'd it stack up overall? Let's look at the leaderboard....

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

<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. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)</option>
<option>13. God of War (4.4)</option>
<option>14. Mega Man X (4.36)</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. (9-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., Banjo-Kazooie (4.0)</option>
<option>36. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)</option>
<option>37. Mega Man (3.89)</option>
<option>38. (3-WAY TIE) Contra, Castlevania, Devil May Cry (3.86)</option>
<option>41. Half-Life 2 (3.85)</option>
<option>42. Half-Life (3.83)</option>
<option>43. (TIE) SimCity 2000, Final Fight (3.8)</option>
<option>45. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)</option>
<option>46. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)</option>
<option>47. (TIE) Double Dragon, Max Payne (3.75)</option>
<option>49. Tetris (3.69)</option>
<option>50. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)</option>
<option>51. (TIE) Diablo, F.E.A.R. (3.66)</option>
<option>53. Mortal Kombat (3.65)</option>
<option>54. Doom (3.625)</option>
<option>55. StarFox (3.61)</option>
<option>56. Resident Evil (3.58)</option>
<option>57. (TIE) Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi (3.5)</option>
<option>59. Dead Space (3.4)</option>
<option>60. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)</option>
<option>61. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)</option>
<option>62. (5-WAY TIE) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Crash Bandicoot, Wolfenstein 3D, Left 4 Dead (3.33)</option>
<option>67. Gears of War (3.27)</option>
<option>68. (TIE) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Borderlands (3.22)</option>
<option>70. (3-WAY TIE) Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, Darkstalkers (3.2)</option>
<option>73. SoulCalibur (3.16)</option>
<option>74. Pac-Man (3.125)</option>
<option>75. Killer Instinct (3.11)</option>
<option>76. (TIE) Virtua Fighter, Rock Band (3.09)</option>
<option>78. (5-WAY TIE) Time Crisis, Tekken, Earthworm Jim, Metroid, Halo 2 (3.0)</option>
<option>83. Guitar Hero (2.875)</option>
<option>84. Streets of Rage (2.84)</option>
<option>85. Altered Beast (2.8)</option>
<option>86. Bayonetta (2.75)</option>
<option>87. (3-WAY TIE) Dead Rising, Gauntlet, Assassin's Creed (2.71) </option>
<option>90. (TIE) Silent Hill, The Sims (2.6)</option>
<option>92. Tomb Raider (2.55)</option>
<option>93. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)</option>
<option>94. (TIE) Twisted Metal, Crackdown (2.42)</option>
<option>96. Gran Turismo (2.3)</option>
<option>97. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)</option>
</select>

Fortunately, I didn't have to do a lot of math when calculating the average as Banjo-Kazooie drew solid fours across the board with the people who played it. I don't think that's ever happened with any of the other games. Well it's got some company in that orgy going on in the number 27 slot. Why not throw in a bear and bird on top of that?

Well now we get into what are we going to throw on top of this for this week? Let's dig up number 98, shall we?

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Nailed it. I got this whole "pulling out" thing down to a science. On tap for this week is the Super Nintendo RPG EarthBound! Or for you Japanese connoisseurs, Mother 2, the sequel to Mother, if you're not sure what we're talking about. This game has developed quite a following in the past few years but the question is how does it fare with you? Are you part of the pack that has put this game up to sacred cow status? We've got the poll and the forum to express ourselves here so let's dig in. Stay warm and stay safe. Until next week!
ClockShot
02-22-2022, 09:02 AM
Never played.
Lock Jaw
02-22-2022, 10:40 AM
I have played it, and I love it. Love the style, and super fun. 5 from me easily.
drave
02-22-2022, 11:02 AM
Not played.


You know what though? I have a WEIRD hankerin for some SNES Brainlord. That was a really good game.
Big Vic
02-22-2022, 11:33 AM
Played later in life, never really hooked me but I did appreciate the humor in the game.
M-A-G
02-22-2022, 02:16 PM
It wouldn't shock me if there ends up being a high number of people who haven't touched this game. It didn't sell well upon release over here and physical copies are an arm and a leg to buy nowadays. It did get released virtually, though, recently and it just dropped on the Switch's online service earlier this month if anyone's got a hankering to give it a whirl.
OssMan
02-22-2022, 04:20 PM
1 of the best games ever.....
weather vane
02-22-2022, 06:32 PM
Easy 5.
Destor
02-22-2022, 07:25 PM
the only reason i dont give this a 5 is because how the damage works. i get what they were going for by giving you time to react while the health rolls down. they wanted to add a real time factor for stess and engagement. but i like my turn based games to give me time with no stress. really puts me off. amaizngly written game though. among the best scripts ever perhaps.
M-A-G
02-22-2022, 09:26 PM
One of my favorite episodes. It reminded me of the ads for the game in my issues of GamePro. The smells on those scratch-and-sniff things actually lasted a good while.

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Lock Jaw
02-23-2022, 12:57 AM
the only reason i dont give this a 5 is because how the damage works. i get what they were going for by giving you time to react while the health rolls down. they wanted to add a real time factor for stess and engagement. but i like my turn based games to give me time with no stress. really puts me off. amaizngly written game though. among the best scripts ever perhaps.

I loved the rolling damage thing... was unique
DAMN iNATOR
02-23-2022, 03:55 AM
I have played it, and I love it. Love the style, and super fun. 5 from me easily.

Well, that was anti-climactic.
DAMN iNATOR
02-23-2022, 03:55 AM
Also, never played it.
DAMN iNATOR
02-23-2022, 03:56 AM
One of my favorite episodes. It reminded me of the ads for the game in my issues of GamePro. The smells on those scratch-and-sniff things actually lasted a good while.

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Hard to believe he just did his 200th episode. A 3 part one where he literally goes over every single LJN game.
M-A-G
02-23-2022, 06:58 AM
Well, that was anti-climactic.

CONFIRMED: DAMN iNATOR wanted to climax with Lock Jaw.
M-A-G
02-23-2022, 07:01 AM
Hard to believe he just did his 200th episode. A 3 part one where he literally goes over every single LJN game.

Saw all of that. I get what he was trying to say with it in that LJN was in a rough spot with some of these games, but still, fuck them for making my childhood a whole lot more miserable. :nono:
Destor
02-23-2022, 07:23 AM
I loved the rolling damage thing... was uniquedef a ton of people whod agree with you on that. for me it ruins the combat
Sepholio
02-23-2022, 12:58 PM
For someone who has played a bazillion RPGs I somehow never got around to this one.
M-A-G
02-23-2022, 09:13 PM
Week 100 less than two weeks away. Where does the time go? :o
Destor
02-23-2022, 09:17 PM
to the past
M-A-G
02-24-2022, 01:17 AM
To play the shitty games that suck ass?
Destor
02-24-2022, 06:40 AM
id rather have a buffalo take a diarrhea dump in my ear
DAMN iNATOR
02-24-2022, 07:34 PM
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OssMan
02-27-2022, 03:46 PM
I enjoyed the rolling damage in Earthbound and Mother 3, it made the battle feel really urgent if your party took mortal damage and you couldn't revive them, like you had to just spam attacks as fast as you could while ignoring taking care of your party to the extend that you could as a last ditch effort to finish off the battle. It made it pretty exciting
Destor
02-27-2022, 03:53 PM
that's exactly what theyre were going for and i think they achieved it. it just so happens thats the exact opposite of what i want from a turn based game. im playing them deliberately to avoid urgency.
OssMan
02-27-2022, 08:08 PM
No one escapes his destiny my friend
M-A-G
02-28-2022, 03:35 AM
https://i.imgur.com/vg0ZkAm.jpeg
M-A-G
02-28-2022, 08:14 PM
Found my old issue of GamePro that had the infamous stink ad and the review on top of it.

https://i.imgur.com/XJ6imrA.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/BeGcgaJ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/6urEuwF.jpg

It sounded like fun even though RPGs weren't really my thing.
drave
03-01-2022, 08:21 AM
miss gamepro :(


and EGM :(
DAMN iNATOR
03-01-2022, 06:02 PM
miss gamepro :(


and EGM :(

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