Rate the Game: Week 132

[M-A-G]

Oof, boy howdy, did this slip my mind or what? Got my mind on another project and we're also worrying about these thunderstorms. But never fear! Lateness aside, we shall be getting down to business with Rate the Game: Week 132!!! It's been some rough sailing with a selection of games that haven't really set the board on fire. The Secret of Mana from last week is looking like it's not going to fare any better. Let's have a look....

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<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. Super Mario Bros. 2 (4.5)</option>
<option>10. Portal (4.5)</option>
<option>11. Red Dead Redemption (4.5)</option>
<option>12. Chrono Trigger (4.5)</option>
<option>13. Final Fantasy 3 (4.5)</option>
<option>14. Silent Hill 3 (4.5)</option>
<option>15. Mega Man 2 (4.44)</option>
<option>16. Donkey Kong Country (4.44)</option>
<option>17. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (4.44)</option>
<option>18. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)</option>
<option>19. God of War (4.4)</option>
<option>20. Mega Man X (4.36)</option>
<option>21. Metal Gear Solid (4.33)</option>
<option>22. BioShock (4.33)</option>
<option>23. Perfect Dark (4.3)</option>
<option>24. Shadow of the Colossus (4.28)</option>
<option>25. The Last of Us (4.28)</option>
<option>26. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)</option>
<option>27. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)</option>
<option>28. Resident Evil 2 (4.14)</option>
<option>29. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)</option>
<option>30. Super Mario 64 (4.07)</option>
<option>31. Grand Theft Auto 3 (4.06)</option>
<option>32. The Legend of Zelda (4.06)</option>
<option>33. NBA Jam (4.05)</option>
<option>34. Super Mario Kart (4.0)</option>
<option>35. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (4.0)</option>
<option>36. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (4.0)</option>
<option>37. Super Smash Bros. (4.0)</option>
<option>38. Super Metroid (4.0)</option>
<option>39. The Simpsons (4.0)</option>
<option>40. Resident Evil 4 (4.0)</option>
<option>41. EarthBound (4.0)</option>
<option>42. Fallout 3 (4.0)</option>
<option>43. Mirror's Edge (4.0)</option>
<option>44. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (4.0)</option>
<option>45. Donkey Kong Country 2 (4.0)</option>
<option>46. Banjo-Kazooie (4.0)</option>
<option>47. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)</option>
<option>48. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (3.92)</option>
<option>49. Mega Man (3.89)</option>
<option>50. Castlevania (3.86)</option>
<option>51. Contra (3.86)</option>
<option>52. Devil May Cry (3.86)</option>
<option>53. Half-Life 2 (3.85)</option>
<option>54. Half-Life (3.83)
<option>55. Final Fantasy 8 (3.83)</option>
<option>56. Infamous (3.83)</option>
<option>57. SimCity 2000 (3.8)</option>
<option>58. Final Fight (3.8)</option>
<option>59. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)</option>
<option>60. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)</option>
<option>61. Double Dragon (3.75)</option>
<option>62. Max Payne (3.75)</option>
<option>63. Tetris (3.69)</option>
<option>64. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)</option>
<option>65. Alan Wake (3.66)</option>
<option>66. Diablo (3.66)</option>
<option>67. Xenoblade Chronicles (3.66)</option>
<option>68. F.E.A.R. (3.66)</option>
<option>69. Mortal Kombat (3.65)</option>
<option>70. Doom (3.625)</option>
<option>71. StarFox (3.61)</option>
<option>72. Resident Evil (3.58)</option>
<option>73. Kirby's Adventure (3.57)</option>
<option>74. Ninja Gaiden (3.5)</option>
<option>75. Burnout Paradise (3.5)</option>
<option>76. Thief: The Dark Project (3.5)</option>
<option>77. Dark Souls (3.5)</option>
<option>78. Shinobi (3.5)</option>
<option>79. Dead Space (3.4)</option>
<option>80. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)</option>
<option>81. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)</option>
<option>82. Crash Bandicoot (3.33)</option>
<option>83. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (3.33)</option>
<option>84. Wolfenstein 3D (3.33)</option>
<option>85. Dead Island (3.33)</option>
<option>86. Left 4 Dead (3.33)</option>
<option>87. Nights Into Dreams (3.33)</option>
<option>88. Condemned: Criminal Origins (3.33)</option>
<option>89. Gauntlet Legends (3.28)
<option>90. Gears of War (3.27)</option>
<option>91. Borderlands (3.22)</option>
<option>92. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (3.22)</option>
<option>93. Duke Nukem 3D (3.2)</option>
<option>94. Darkstalkers (3.2)</option>
<option>95. Quake (3.2)</option>
<option>96. SoulCalibur (3.16)</option>
<option>97. Pac-Man (3.125)</option>
<option>98. Killer Instinct (3.11)</option>
<option>99. Virtua Fighter (3.09)</option>
<option>100. Rock Band (3.09)</option>
<option>101. Earthworm Jim (3.0)</option>
<option>102. Metroid (3.0)</option>
<option>103. Time Crisis (3.0)</option>
<option>104. Tekken (3.0)</option>
<option>105. Halo 2 (3.0)</option>
<option>106. Destiny (3.0)</option>
<option>107. The Secret of Monkey Island (3.0)</option>
<option>108. Sonic Adventure (3.0)</option>
<option>109. Shenmue (3.0)</option>
<option>110. Guitar Hero (2.875)</option>
<option>111. Ecco the Dolphin (2.85)</option>
<option>112. Streets of Rage (2.84)</option>
<option>113. Altered Beast (2.8)</option>
<option>114. Bayonetta (2.75)</option>
<option>115. ToeJam & Earl (2.75)</option>
<option>116. Assassin's Creed (2.71)</option>
<option>117. Gauntlet (2.71)</option>
<option>118. Dead Rising (2.71)</option>
<option>119. Bionic Commando (2.66)</option>
<option>120. Saints Row (2.66)</option>
<option>121. The Sims (2.6)</option>
<option>122. Killer Instinct 2 (2.6)</option>
<option>123. Silent Hill (2.6)</option>
<option>124. Tomb Raider (2.55)</option>
<option>125. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)</option>
<option>126. Twisted Metal (2.42)</option
<option>127. Crackdown (2.42)</option>
<option>128. Golden Axe (2.33)</option>
<option>129. Gran Turismo (2.3)</option>
<option>130. The Secret of Mana (2.2)</option>
<option>131. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)</option>
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With an overall score of 2.2, The Secret of Mana comes oh-so close to unseating Ghosts n' Goblins from its position as the lowest scored game of the pack.

We must press on, however, in our quest to find the cream of the crop of the gaming world. Can we break this streak of games that have been below average? Speak to us, bowl!

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Well, look at that. This week we go back to the arcades with one the biggest staples of said establishments. It's yet another take on the beat-'em'up genre from Konami, the Marvel mutant coin-guzzler, X-Men! Whether it's the 4-player version or the fully loaded 6-player machine, this game needs your take on it and your rating! How was this excursion from the merry mutants? Let's do that rating thing and we'll see you next week.




Sorry for the delay. :o

[ClockShot]

Never played this.

[Emperor Smeat]

Voted "never played it" mainly because I only ever played it once or twice at most and not enough to form any real opinion over it.

I think I never managed to get past the 2nd level and the combine play time would have been minuscule compared to other arcade games I've played both in arcades and console ports.

[Lock Jaw]

I vaguely remember liking it and being excited when I had the chance to play it

[Destor]

If this were the Sega title by the same game id give it a 4 but since i can only barely remeber this game im not going to rate it

[Big Vic]

One of my favs in the arcade.

[Fignuts]

4

Remember beating this with a friend on my birthday. Spent 20 bucks in quarters to do it.

Totally worth it. All time great in the beat em up genre.

[Big Vic]

I would only go to the arcade for birthday parties, had "free" tokens for your entire stay there. Beat the simpsons game there with a friend.

[M-A-G]

If this were the Sega title by the same game id give it a 4 but since i can only barely remeber this game im not going to rate it

Both Sega X-Men titles were fucking great. The graphics alone were worth the price of admission. Mutant Apocalypse on the SNES was also great but I'd have to play them again to pick a favorite.

[M-A-G]

4

Remember beating this with a friend on my birthday. Spent 20 bucks in quarters to do it.

Totally worth it. All time great in the beat em up genre.

I remember a field trip in middle school that we took that somehow ended up with us eating at a Peter Piper's and I just dumped every quarter into this machine. There were some other patrons not part of our class that were on the same machine and we beat that fucker. Easily one of my favorite gaming moments from my childhood because I never the opportunity to accomplish that before.

The line-up that you got in the game always perplexed me because I was familiar with the roster from the animated series. It wasn't until years later when I found out that the game was supposed to go hand in hand with the original pitch for the X-Men show. The "Pryde of the X-Men" pilot cleared up a lot. But even then, that was an odd thing to put together considering the state of the X-Men in the comics at the time.

[Fignuts]

I'm glad they did though. It's the only represtation in games I can think of for the classic claremont x-men.

[M-A-G]

It's one of the really few games where you can play as Dazzler, although I'm sure someone's modded her into one of the Legends games. I know she's an NPC in one of the versions of the second game. I included her in my roster for a third game because it's been overdue.

It's still a toss up between Colossus and Nightcrawler as to had the better power.

[M-A-G]

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAR!!!

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I swear I can hear this image perfectly in my head.