Rate the Game: Week 122

[M-A-G]

Well, if it isn't another Tuesday morning with my favorite weekly activity. Rate the Game is in its 122nd week and it's sure to be a good one, I think. The bowl has to have some good shit remaining. Last week, we dealt with yet another game that didn't have much appeal across the TPWW Universe and it looked like I was all alone in my enjoyment with Thief: The Dark Project. Thankfully, we ended up being spared having to do another round of Week 121 and I was not alone after all. Ultimately, what does the leaderboard have to say about all this?

<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. Portal (4.5)</option>
<option>10. Red Dead Redemption (4.5)</option>
<option>11. Chrono Trigger (4.5)</option>
<option>12. Final Fantasy 3 (4.5)</option>
<option>13. Silent Hill 3 (4.5)</option>
<option>14. Mega Man 2 (4.44)</option>
<option>15. Donkey Kong Country (4.44)</option>
<option>16. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (4.44)</option>
<option>17. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)</option>
<option>18. God of War (4.4)</option>
<option>19. Mega Man X (4.36)</option>
<option>20. Metal Gear Solid (4.33)</option>
<option>21. BioShock (4.33)</option>
<option>22. Perfect Dark (4.3)</option>
<option>23. Shadow of the Colossus (4.28)</option>
<option>24. The Last of Us (4.28)</option>
<option>25. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)</option>
<option>26. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)</option>
<option>27. Resident Evil 2 (4.14)</option>
<option>28. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)</option>
<option>29. Super Mario 64 (4.07)</option>
<option>30. Grand Theft Auto 3 (4.06)</option>
<option>31. The Legend of Zelda (4.06)</option>
<option>32. NBA Jam (4.05)</option>
<option>33. Super Mario Kart (4.0)</option>
<option>34. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (4.0)</option>
<option>35. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (4.0)</option>
<option>36. Super Smash Bros. (4.0)</option>
<option>37. Super Metroid (4.0)</option>
<option>38. The Simpsons (4.0)</option>
<option>39. Resident Evil 4 (4.0)</option>
<option>40. EarthBound (4.0)</option>
<option>41. Fallout 3 (4.0)</option>
<option>42. Mirror's Edge (4.0)</option>
<option>43. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (4.0)</option>
<option>44. Donkey Kong Country 2 (4.0)</option>
<option>45. Banjo-Kazooie (4.0)</option>
<option>46. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)</option>
<option>47. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (3.92)</option>
<option>48. Mega Man (3.89)</option>
<option>49. Castlevania (3.86)</option>
<option>50. Contra (3.86)</option>
<option>51. Devil May Cry (3.86)</option>
<option>52. Half-Life 2 (3.85)</option>
<option>53. Half-Life (3.83)
<option>54. Infamous (3.83)</option>
<option>55. SimCity 2000 (3.8)</option>
<option>56. Final Fight (3.8)</option>
<option>57. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)</option>
<option>58. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)</option>
<option>59. Double Dragon (3.75)</option>
<option>60. Max Payne (3.75)</option>
<option>61. Tetris (3.69)</option>
<option>62. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)</option>
<option>63. Alan Wake (3.66)</option>
<option>64. Diablo (3.66)</option>
<option>65. F.E.A.R. (3.66)</option>
<option>66. Mortal Kombat (3.65)</option>
<option>67. Doom (3.625)</option>
<option>68. StarFox (3.61)</option>
<option>69. Resident Evil (3.58)</option>
<option>70. Kirby's Adventure (3.57)</option>
<option>71. Ninja Gaiden (3.5)</option>
<option>72. Burnout Paradise (3.5)</option>
<option>73. Thief: The Dark Project (3.5)</option>
<option>74. Dark Souls (3.5)</option>
<option>75. Shinobi (3.5)</option>
<option>76. Dead Space (3.4)</option>
<option>77. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)</option>
<option>78. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)</option>
<option>79. Crash Bandicoot (3.33)</option>
<option>80. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (3.33)</option>
<option>81. Wolfenstein 3D (3.33)</option>
<option>82. Dead Island (3.33)</option>
<option>83. Left 4 Dead (3.33)</option>
<option>84. Condemned: Criminal Origins (3.33)</option>
<option>85. Gauntlet Legends (3.28)
<option>86. Gears of War (3.27)</option>
<option>87. Borderlands (3.22)</option>
<option>88. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (3.22)</option>
<option>89. Duke Nukem 3D (3.2)</option>
<option>90. Darkstalkers (3.2)</option>
<option>91. Quake (3.2)</option>
<option>92. SoulCalibur (3.16)</option>
<option>93. Pac-Man (3.125)</option>
<option>94. Killer Instinct (3.11)</option>
<option>95. Virtua Fighter (3.09)</option>
<option>96. Rock Band (3.09)</option>
<option>97. Earthworm Jim (3.0)</option>
<option>98. Metroid (3.0)</option>
<option>99. Time Crisis (3.0)</option>
<option>100. Tekken (3.0)</option>
<option>101. Halo 2 (3.0)</option>
<option>102. Destiny (3.0)</option>
<option>103. The Secret of Monkey Island (3.0)</option>
<option>104. Shenmue (3.0)</option>
<option>105. Guitar Hero (2.875)</option>
<option>106. Streets of Rage (2.84)</option>
<option>107. Altered Beast (2.8)</option>
<option>108. Bayonetta (2.75)</option>
<option>109. Assassin's Creed (2.71)</option>
<option>110. Gauntlet (2.71)</option>
<option>111. Dead Rising (2/71)</option>
<option>112. Saints Row (2.66)</option>
<option>113. The Sims (2.6)</option>
<option>114. Silent Hill (2.6)</option>
<option>115. Tomb Raider (2.55)</option>
<option>116. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)</option>
<option>117. Twisted Metal (2.42)</option
<option>118. Crackdown (2.42)</option>
<option>119. Golden Axe (2.33)</option>
<option>120. Gran Turismo (2.3)</option>
<option>121. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)</option>
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Garrett and his first game sneak their way into the thick of things on the lower end with a 3.5 average. He gets lost among the crowd, but, hey, he's used to that. Plus, he's got sneaky ninjas with whom he can keep company.


Well, Thief: The Dark Project fails to become an elite title, sadly. There must be something left that can claim a top spot, no? What do you say, bowl?

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The bowl says it's sick of this shit. I'm probably just hearing things. Anyway, here's our lovely game to rate for Week 122 of this dog-and-pony show. It's the return of Sega's star mascot, now on the state-of-the-art (at the time) machine known as the Dreamcast. It's Sonic Adventure! For a while prior to this title, and after to be honest, the Blue Blur had a bit of a rough time. But does this entry reflect well on Sonic? We got rating to do, boys and girls. Tap that poll and we'll see you next week. And then there were three.

[drave]

Never had a Dreamcast.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Haven’t played it.

[M-A-G]

God, damn it. Please let this be a week where we have some people coming in late to salvage it because I haven't played it, either. I wanted to, though, as it looked like just the thing Sonic needed after getting fucked over on the Saturn. The problem is I wasn't enthusiastic about investing in a Dreamcast. I saw the writing on the wall after too many things had gone sour for Sega post-Genesis and the Nintendo 64 was occupying my free time like nobody's business. Shame because the Dreamcast was an excellent system in and of itself.

[Destor]

I kinda fucking loved it and i honestly cant justify it. Both adventure games. Love em

[M-A-G]

Never had a Dreamcast.

I'm guessing you didn't mean to hit that 1 in the poll?

[Lock Jaw]

Never played it.

I think. I might have briefly at my friend's house who was the one "Sega guy" and who went hard into Sega over Nintendo, had a Dreamcast and everything..... can't remember ever playing Sonic on it, though.

[drave]

I'm guessing you didn't mean to hit that 1 in the poll?




No, it was intentional solely because of the vote description.

[Sepholio]

I have never even touched a dreamcast outside of the store displays back in the day. I did play a few minutes of this game on one, but not enough to give it a score.

[Big Vic]

I tried it out but always thought sonic should be 2d.

[M-A-G]

I think they overthought things when it came to doing a Sonic game for the Saturn. I don't see why they couldn't have done something like Bug or Clockwork Knight. I don't think Sonic can only be 2D but it would've been something to help tide the fans over.