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You want a Rate the Game? You got a Rate the Game! Where is the Nacho Man? That punk can't even get in the building!

Woah, got mixed up there for a second. It's really early. The good news there is that I can get this edition of Rate the Game cranked out in good time! Quickly, though, let's take a look at last week's Xenoblade Chronicles and see how it fares. It's time to do that leaderboard thing:


Rate the Game Results

1. Super Mario World (4.81)
2. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (4.8)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (4.8)
4. Hitman: Codename 47 (4.75)
5. Mass Effect (4.75)
6. Goldeneye 007 (4.72)
7. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4.7)
8. Silent Hill 2 (4.66)
9. Super Mario Bros. 2 (4.5)
10. Portal (4.5)
11. Red Dead Redemption (4.5)
12. Chrono Trigger (4.5)
13. Final Fantasy 3 (4.5)
14. Silent Hill 3 (4.5)
15. Mega Man 2 (4.44)
16. Donkey Kong Country (4.44)
17. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (4.44)
18. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)
19. God of War (4.4)
20. Mega Man X (4.36)
21. Metal Gear Solid (4.33)
22. BioShock (4.33)
23. Perfect Dark (4.3)
24. Shadow of the Colossus (4.28)
25. The Last of Us (4.28)
26. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)
27. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)
28. Resident Evil 2 (4.14)
29. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)
30. Super Mario 64 (4.07)
31. Grand Theft Auto 3 (4.06)
32. The Legend of Zelda (4.06)
33. NBA Jam (4.05)
34. Super Mario Kart (4.0)
35. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (4.0)
36. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (4.0)
37. Super Smash Bros. (4.0)
38. Super Metroid (4.0)
39. The Simpsons (4.0)
40. Resident Evil 4 (4.0)
41. EarthBound (4.0)
42. Fallout 3 (4.0)
43. Mirror's Edge (4.0)
44. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (4.0)
45. Donkey Kong Country 2 (4.0)
46. Banjo-Kazooie (4.0)
47. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)
48. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (3.92)
49. Mega Man (3.89)
50. Castlevania (3.86)
51. Contra (3.86)
52. Devil May Cry (3.86)
53. Half-Life 2 (3.85)
54. Half-Life (3.83)
55. Final Fantasy 8 (3.83)
56. Infamous (3.83)
57. SimCity 2000 (3.8)
58. Final Fight (3.8)
59. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)
60. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)
61. Double Dragon (3.75)
62. Max Payne (3.75)
63. Tetris (3.69)
64. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)
65. Alan Wake (3.66)
66. Diablo (3.66)
67. Xenoblade Chronicles (3.66)
68. F.E.A.R. (3.66)
69. Mortal Kombat (3.65)
70. Doom (3.625)
71. StarFox (3.61)
72. Resident Evil (3.58)
73. Kirby's Adventure (3.57)
74. Ninja Gaiden (3.5)
75. Burnout Paradise (3.5)
76. Thief: The Dark Project (3.5)
77. Dark Souls (3.5)
78. Shinobi (3.5)
79. Dead Space (3.4)
80. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)
81. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)
82. Crash Bandicoot (3.33)
83. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (3.33)
84. Wolfenstein 3D (3.33)
85. Dead Island (3.33)
86. Left 4 Dead (3.33)
87. Nights Into Dreams (3.33)
88. Condemned: Criminal Origins (3.33)
89. Gauntlet Legends (3.28)
90. Gears of War (3.27)
91. Borderlands (3.22)
92. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (3.22)
93. Duke Nukem 3D (3.2)
94. Darkstalkers (3.2)
95. Quake (3.2)
96. SoulCalibur (3.16)
97. Pac-Man (3.125)
98. Killer Instinct (3.11)
99. Virtua Fighter (3.09)
100. Rock Band (3.09)
101. Earthworm Jim (3.0)
102. Metroid (3.0)
103. Time Crisis (3.0)
104. Tekken (3.0)
105. Halo 2 (3.0)
106. Destiny (3.0)
107. The Secret of Monkey Island (3.0)
108. Sonic Adventure (3.0)
109. Shenmue (3.0)
110. Guitar Hero (2.875)
111. Ecco the Dolphin (2.85)
112. Streets of Rage (2.84)
113. Altered Beast (2.8)
114. Bayonetta (2.75)
115. Assassin's Creed (2.71)
116. Gauntlet (2.71)
117. Dead Rising (2/71)
118. Saints Row (2.66)
119. The Sims (2.6)
120. Silent Hill (2.6)
121. Tomb Raider (2.55)
122. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)
123. Twisted Metal (2.42) 124. Crackdown (2.42)
125. Golden Axe (2.33)
126. Gran Turismo (2.3)
127. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)



Ugh, editing this thing is really going to be a chore as we march on. Nevertheless, Xenoblade Chronicles is another title that can't come close to the upper elite levels of our leaderboard and doesn't break 4.0. It's 3.66 average earns it a place with F.E.A.R., Diablo, and Alan Wake. An odd cadre of games to say the least.

But now we press on! It's week 128 of this sucker and we've got some more bowl action to get to! Give us the goods, oh, exalted one!



There we have it. Who's in the mood for some brawling? Some killer brawling? Some brawling that feeds into some kind of instinct inside you? A "killer instinct", if you will? Well, you're in luck! This week we take a look at the sequel to Rare's original surprise arcade hit, Killer Instinct 2!!! Did it fare better than its predecessor? Or do you think all the Killer Instinct games are rubbish? The forum is yours. Let's do the rating thing and discuss. Until next week!