Rate the Game: Week 136

[M-A-G]

Not proud of getting a late start to this but what can I do? Hike up your britches, y'all, because it's time for another week of this party. 10 weeks have passed since we've restarted this series and we're still on the hunt for more treasures worthy of elite status. Last week's Majora's Mask had a shot, but its final fate isn't so grand. Observe...


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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. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (3.66)</option>
<option>66. Alan Wake (3.66)</option>
<option>67. Diablo (3.66)</option>
<option>68. Xenoblade Chronicles (3.66)</option>
<option>69. F.E.A.R. (3.66)</option>
<option>70. Mortal Kombat (3.65)</option>
<option>71. Doom (3.625)</option>
<option>72. StarFox (3.61)</option>
<option>73. X-Men (3.6)</option>
<option>74. Resident Evil (3.58)</option>
<option>75. Kirby's Adventure (3.57)</option>
<option>76. Daytona USA (3.5)</option>
<option>77. Ninja Gaiden (3.5)</option>
<option>78. Burnout Paradise (3.5)</option>
<option>79. Thief: The Dark Project (3.5)</option>
<option>80. Dark Souls (3.5)</option>
<option>81. Shinobi (3.5)</option>
<option>82. Dead Space (3.4)</option>
<option>83. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)</option>
<option>84. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)</option>
<option>85. Crash Bandicoot (3.33)</option>
<option>86. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (3.33)</option>
<option>87. Wolfenstein 3D (3.33)</option>
<option>88. Dead Island (3.33)</option>
<option>89. Left 4 Dead (3.33)</option>
<option>90. Nights Into Dreams (3.33)</option>
<option>91. Condemned: Criminal Origins (3.33)</option>
<option>92. Gauntlet Legends (3.28)
<option>93. Gears of War (3.27)</option>
<option>94. Borderlands (3.22)</option>
<option>95. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (3.22)</option>
<option>96. Duke Nukem 3D (3.2)</option>
<option>97. Darkstalkers (3.2)</option>
<option>98. Quake (3.2)</option>
<option>99. SoulCalibur (3.16)</option>
<option>100. Pac-Man (3.125)</option>
<option>101. Killer Instinct (3.11)</option>
<option>102. Virtua Fighter (3.09)</option>
<option>103. Rock Band (3.09)</option>
<option>104. Earthworm Jim (3.0)</option>
<option>105. Metroid (3.0)</option>
<option>106. Time Crisis (3.0)</option>
<option>107. Tekken (3.0)</option>
<option>108. Halo 2 (3.0)</option>
<option>109. Gex (3.0)</option>
<option>110. Destiny (3.0)</option>
<option>111. The Secret of Monkey Island (3.0)</option>
<option>112. Sonic Adventure (3.0)</option>
<option>113. Shenmue (3.0)</option>
<option>114. Guitar Hero (2.875)</option>
<option>115. Ecco the Dolphin (2.85)</option>
<option>116. Streets of Rage (2.84)</option>
<option>117. Altered Beast (2.8)</option>
<option>118. Bayonetta (2.75)</option>
<option>119. ToeJam & Earl (2.75)</option>
<option>120. Assassin's Creed (2.71)</option>
<option>121. Gauntlet (2.71)</option>
<option>122. Dead Rising (2.71)</option>
<option>123. Bionic Commando (2.66)</option>
<option>124. Saints Row (2.66)</option>
<option>125. The Sims (2.6)</option>
<option>126. Killer Instinct 2 (2.6)</option>
<option>127. Silent Hill (2.6)</option>
<option>128. Tomb Raider (2.55)</option>
<option>129. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)</option>
<option>130. Twisted Metal (2.42)</option
<option>131. Crackdown (2.42)</option>
<option>132. Golden Axe (2.33)</option>
<option>133. Gran Turismo (2.3)</option>
<option>134. The Secret of Mana (2.2)</option>
<option>135. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)</option>
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By landing on the number 65 spot, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask fares much better than most of the other games in recent editions, but it ultimately ends up as the lowest-scored game in the Legend of Zelda series...for now. I mean, there's no way there are any Zelda games that are so universally reviled and are infamous for their poor quality...on the CD-i, right? :shifty:

Anyway, it's time for the ritual of the bowl. There has to be a legendary game still waiting to be plucked from its bowels, no? Let's give it a whirl...

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Here we go. Capcom gets another turn at the barrel, but it's a different franchise than what they've got on our board so far. Not another fighting game or survival horror, it's...well, it's different. Grab your Celestial Brush because it's time to tackle Ōkami on the Playstation 2! The sun goddess Amaterasu made a splash with this entry into the video game world, but how big was it? Does this doggy have bite? Let's see what the good people of TPWW have to say about it all. Until next week!

[Lock Jaw]

Never played it.

[screech]

Never played this one

[DAMN iNATOR]

5/5. Underrated and overlooked PS2 classic. Also, OT, but the nerd in me loves that M-A-G went the extra mile to produce the ‘Ō’ character. 🤓

[M-A-G]

I've said it before, but we strive for accuracy here on Rate the Game. You've got umlauts in your title? I will make sure those little dots are kept intact!

[Fignuts]

Always wanted to play it, but just never got around to it.

[Destor]

Okami was outstanding...until the back 2rd of the game. Unfortunately it becomes very grindy especially if youre a completionist and it hugely impacts how i feel about the game


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[Emperor Smeat]

Never played it but it was one of those games that I had been interested in potentially playing but never went through in doing so for some reason.

[M-A-G]

If nothing else, how cool was it that you could play as Amaterasu in Marvel vs. Capcom 3? LOL @ Felicia calling her a puppy.

[Emperor Smeat]

Speaking of fighting games, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom ends up being the most playing experience I've ever had with Okami by association since the final boss of TvC is Yami from Okami.

Also one of the cheapest final bosses in a fighting game I've ever played against due him having multiple forms and some really cheap big health bar depleting attacks.

[M-A-G]

His boss fight isn't that much different in the actual game. It's like 4 phases or so and he takes your abilities away.

[Emperor Smeat]

If I remember correctly, I pretty much started cheesing the final boss fights in TvC after a while to help unlock everyone's endings faster than normally.

Would have one of the fighters be Ryu or someone who could spam projectile style attacks to whittle down Yami's health bar and then let that person purposely die right before the finishing blow so that the other person comes in with a full health bar and a bunch of specials stored up and then beat Yami with that person for the cheap ending unlock for their story.

[M-A-G]

Personally, I just love it when these Japanese companies put a lot of their folklore and culture into some of their games. It's a fun way to learn about stuff like that. Ōkami is, of course, littered with it, but then you've got stuff like the beetle hunting in Super Mario RPG or the various robot designs in Mega Man games. The Silent Hill games are also loaded with it. They're like little Easter eggs.

[drave]

Okami is a Palamute skin in Monster Hunter Rise. that's the extent of my exposure. it's a very cool skin.