Rate the Game: Week 110
 

Damn. Week 110 already. You ready to dive into this bad boy? I sure am. It's one of my favorite things to do in the week. We've got business that needs attending so attending to the business we shall do. How did last week's Silent Hill 3 come out? Not a lot of game time among the TPWW Universe, which is kind of a running trend with that franchise. I wonder why I even bothered putting them into the pile. Anyway, cue the leaderboard....

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<option>1. (TIE) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (4.8)</option>
<option>3. (TIE) Hitman: Codename 47, Mass Effect (4.75)</option>
<option>5. Goldeneye 007 (4.72)</option>
<option>6. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4.7)</option>
<option>7. Silent Hill 2 (4.66)
<option>8. (4-WAY TIE) Chrono Trigger, Portal, Red Dead Redemption, Silent Hill 3 (4.5)</option>
<option>12. (3-WAY TIE) Mega Man 2, Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (4.44)</option>
<option>15. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)</option>
<option>16. God of War (4.4)</option>
<option>17. Mega Man X (4.36)</option>
<option>18. (TIE) Metal Gear Solid, BioShock (4.33)</option>
<option>20. Perfect Dark (4.3)</option>
<option>21. (TIE) Shadow of the Colossus, The Last of Us (4.28)</option>
<option>23. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)</option>
<option>24. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)</option>
<option>25. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)</option>
<option>26. Super Mario 64 (4.07)</option>
<option>27. (TIE) Grand Theft Auto 3, The Legend of Zelda (4.06)</option>
<option>29. NBA Jam (4.05)</option>
<option>30. (13-WAY TIE) Super Mario Kart (4.0)</option>
<option>- Sonic the Hedgehog 2</option>
<option>- Super Metroid</option>
<option>- The Simpsons</option>
<option>- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night</option>
<option>- Donkey Kong Country 2</option>
<option>- Resident Evil 4</option>
<option>- Super Smash Bros.</option>
<option>- Banjo-Kazooie</option>
<option>- EarthBound</option>
<option>- Fallout 3</option>
<option>- Mirror's Edge</option>
<option>- Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3</option>
<option>43. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)</option>
<option>44. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (3.92)</option>
<option>45. Mega Man (3.89)</option>
<option>46. (3-WAY TIE) Contra, Castlevania, Devil May Cry (3.86)</option>
<option>49. Half-Life 2 (3.85)</option>
<option>50. (TIE) Half-Life, Infamous (3.83)</option>
<option>52. (TIE) SimCity 2000, Final Fight (3.8)</option>
<option>54. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)</option>
<option>55. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)</option>
<option>56. (TIE) Double Dragon, Max Payne (3.75)</option>
<option>58. Tetris (3.69)</option>
<option>59. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)</option>
<option>60. (3-WAY TIE) Diablo, F.E.A.R., Alan Wake (3.66)</option>
<option>63. Mortal Kombat (3.65)</option>
<option>64. Doom (3.625)</option>
<option>65. StarFox (3.61)</option>
<option>66. Resident Evil (3.58)</option>
<option>67. (3-WAY TIE) Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi, Burnout Paradise (3.5)</option>
<option>70. Dead Space (3.4)</option>
<option>71. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)</option>
<option>72. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)</option>
<option>73. (6-WAY TIE) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Crash Bandicoot, Wolfenstein 3D, Left 4 Dead, Dead Island (3.33)</option>
<option>79. Gears of War (3.27)</option>
<option>80. (TIE) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Borderlands (3.22)</option>
<option>82. (3-WAY TIE) Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, Darkstalkers (3.2)</option>
<option>85. SoulCalibur (3.16)</option>
<option>86. Pac-Man (3.125)</option>
<option>87. Killer Instinct (3.11)</option>
<option>88. (TIE) Virtua Fighter, Rock Band (3.09)</option>
<option>90. (5-WAY TIE) Time Crisis, Tekken, Earthworm Jim, Metroid, Halo 2 (3.0)</option>
<option>95. Guitar Hero (2.875)</option>
<option>96. Streets of Rage (2.84)</option>
<option>97. Altered Beast (2.8)</option>
<option>98. Bayonetta (2.75)</option>
<option>99. (3-WAY TIE) Dead Rising, Gauntlet, Assassin's Creed (2.71) </option>
<option>102. (TIE) Silent Hill, The Sims (2.6)</option>
<option>104. Tomb Raider (2.55)</option>
<option>105. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)</option>
<option>106. (TIE) Twisted Metal, Crackdown (2.42)</option>
<option>108. Gran Turismo (2.3)</option>
<option>109. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)</option>
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So it earns itself a nice hefty 4.5 average but I'm thinking of revoking it due to only 2 people playing it and handing it a score. I'll leave it up for now unless I've got a good amount of people pressuring me to take it out of contention. Maybe I can alter the requirements to having at least 3 people scoring on a game. If it's not a bother, well it can stay up. Something for you to ponder over, I suppose.

But that's not all you'll need to ponder this week. The bowl is here and ready to give us this week's game! What are we working with this time around?

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The bowl has spoken! This week we take a gander at some GTA-esque shenanigans as our 110th game is Saints Row! How does this wacky romp pay off for you, if at all? It kicked off a pretty well sustained franchise but does it have the chops to rank as one of the best? Let's do this shit as we look to next week and start the countdown to the final 15! Until next week!

Take it downnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Didn't hit it's stride until it's sequels, 2.

Never played it.

This.

Also cosigning this.

3. I didn't find it offensively bad and I feel there's enough mindless fun to be had to warrant that rating.

i think this game demonstrated that clone =/= bad and fpr that alone it deserves a lot of recognition

It might not have been the first to do that (see: Driver), but it was among that group, so yeah.

Freckle Bitches

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Driver was one of those games I always saw being featured in magazines. Never got around to it but that people still remember it, I imagine it was a good title.

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"Clone" being used as a derogatory term in gaming has never really sit well with me. You can't copyright game mechanics/concepts so you can't blame other developers from wanting to take a stab at something. It's a question of do they put enough of a unique spin on things and does it play well. "Doom clone" and "Tomb Raider clone" were the two biggest terms always being thrown out but those games were good so I wouldn't see the problem in another game playing just like them. If the "clone" failed miserably, that'd be one thing, but a lot of genres wouldn't be where they are today without trying new things with one basic concept.

Driver was a great game, until the last cheating ass level.

The PS1 titles definitely were. All the ones after that are kind of a mixed bag, though.

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Oof, see I didn't even know they made a franchise out of it.

Yep, Driver 1 and 2 were on PS1, then there was Driv3r (yes, that's how they spelled Driver 3) and Driver: Parallel Lines (PL was also on Nintendo Wii) on PS2 and XBOX, Driver ’76 on PSP and Driver: San Francisco on PS3, Wii and 360.

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Someone get on a Driver '76 and Fallout '76 crossover right now!!!

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LOL, this one was looking to swoop in and take that last place spot from Ghosts n' Goblins. Guess it resonated well enough with some of y'all. I never gave it a whirl, even though The Diva would rant and rave about it. I think this was the game. This one had the Fart in a Jar, right?

I think that was #3