Rate the Game: Week 153

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Well, things are finally starting to get a bit chillier, at least over here. That means we're in full swing with the spooky season. It'll soon be the time for the tricks and/or treats. We have a plethora of the latter here on Rate the Game and I hope to bring you even more. Let's look at last week's entry, Unreal Tournament and where it ends up on our leaderboard...

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. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (4.61)
10. Super Mario Bros. 2 (4.5)
11. Portal (4.5)
12. Red Dead Redemption (4.5)
13. Chrono Trigger (4.5)
14. Final Fantasy 3 (4.5)
15. Silent Hill 3 (4.5)
16. Mega Man 2 (4.44)
17. Donkey Kong Country (4.44)
18. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (4.44)
19. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)
20. God of War (4.4)
21. Mega Man X (4.36)
22. Metal Gear Solid (4.33)
23. BioShock (4.33)
24. Ōkami (4.33)
25. Perfect Dark (4.3)
26. Shadow of the Colossus (4.28)
27. The Last of Us (4.28)
28. Super Castlevania 4 (4.16)
29. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (4.16)
30. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)
31. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)
32. Resident Evil 2 (4.14)
33. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)
34. Super Mario 64 (4.07)
35. Grand Theft Auto 3 (4.06)
36. The Legend of Zelda (4.06)
37. NBA Jam (4.05)
38. Super Mario Kart (4.0)
39. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (4.0)
40. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (4.0)
41. Super Smash Bros. (4.0)
42. Super Metroid (4.0)
43. Star Fox 64 (4.0)
44. The Simpsons (4.0)
45. Resident Evil 4 (4.0)
46. EarthBound (4.0)
47. Fallout 3 (4.0)
48. Mirror's Edge (4.0)
49. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (4.0)
50. Donkey Kong Country 2 (4.0)
51. X-Men Legends (4.0)
52. Banjo-Kazooie (4.0)
53. Dishonored (4.0)
54. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)
55. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (3.92)
56. Mega Man (3.89)
57. Castlevania (3.86)
58. Contra (3.86)
59. Devil May Cry (3.86)
60. Half-Life 2 (3.85)
61. Half-Life (3.83)
62. Final Fantasy 8 (3.83)
63. Infamous (3.83)
64. SimCity 2000 (3.8)
65. Final Fight (3.8)
66. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)
67. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)
68. Double Dragon (3.75)
69. Tomb Raider (2013) (3.75)
70. Max Payne (3.75)
71. Fallout 4 (3.75)
72. Tetris (3.69)
73. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)
74. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (3.66)
75. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (3.66)
76. Alan Wake (3.66)
77. Diablo (3.66)
78. Xenoblade Chronicles (3.66)
79. F.E.A.R. (3.66)
80. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (3.66)
81. Mortal Kombat (3.65)
82. Doom (3.625)
83. StarFox (3.61)
84. X-Men (3.6)
85. Resident Evil (3.58)
86. Kirby's Adventure (3.57)
87. Daytona USA (3.5)
88. Ninja Gaiden (3.5)
89. Burnout Paradise (3.5)
90. Thief: The Dark Project (3.5)
91. Dark Souls (3.5)
92. Shinobi (3.5)
93. Unreal Tournament (3.5)
94. Dead Space (3.4)
95. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)
96. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)
97. Crash Bandicoot (3.33)
98. Mortal Kombat (2011) (3.33)
99. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (3.33)
100. Wolfenstein 3D (3.33)
101. Dead Island (3.33)
102. Left 4 Dead (3.33)
103. Nights Into Dreams (3.33)
104. Condemned: Criminal Origins (3.33)
105. Gauntlet Legends (3.28)
106. Gears of War (3.27)
107. Borderlands (3.22)
108. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (3.22)
109. Duke Nukem 3D (3.2)
110. Darkstalkers (3.2)
111. Quake (3.2)
112. SoulCalibur (3.16)
113. Pac-Man (3.125)
114. Killer Instinct (3.11)
115. Virtua Fighter (3.09)
116. Rock Band (3.09)
117. Earthworm Jim (3.0)
118. Metroid (3.0)
119. Time Crisis (3.0)
120. Tekken (3.0)
121. Halo 2 (3.0)
122. Syphon Filter (3.0)
123. Gex (3.0)
124. Destiny (3.0)
125. The Secret of Monkey Island (3.0)
126. Army of Two (3.0)
127. Sonic Adventure (3.0)
128. Shenmue (3.0)
129. Guitar Hero (2.875)
130. Ecco the Dolphin (2.85)
131. Streets of Rage (2.84)
132. Altered Beast (2.8)
133. Bayonetta (2.75)
134. Command & Conquer (2.75)
135. ToeJam & Earl (2.75)
136. Jet Set Radio (2.75)
137. Assassin's Creed (2.71)
138. Gauntlet (2.71)
139. Dead Rising (2.71)
140. Bionic Commando (2.66)
141. Saints Row (2.66)
142. The Sims (2.6)
143. Killer Instinct 2 (2.6)
144. Silent Hill (2.6)
145. Tomb Raider (2.55)
146. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)
147. Twisted Metal (2.42) 148. Crackdown (2.42)
149. Golden Axe (2.33)
150. Gran Turismo (2.3)
151. The Secret of Mana (2.2)
152. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)


Not a lot of playtime for Unreal Tournament, but to those who did manage to spend some time with it, it doesn't look like they regretted it. A 3.5 overall score is enough to earn it the number 93 spot on the list, where it enjoys some company with Ninja Gaiden and Dark Souls. Man, I'll tell you what would really be scary: some sadist combining those two games into one unholy abomination of ass-pounding difficulty.

*shudder* Never mind that. Let's get our minds off of that thought and proceed forward. It's time for round 153 of this business! We go to the bowl and pray for the best....





Let's hear it for the bowl. It does such good work on this shindig. Well, this week it's time to sharpen up our quarter-circle motions and two-in-ones. We travel back to the past, even more so than usual, of the Street Fighter saga as we take a look at the in-between-quel (?) that Capcom dropped on us after it apparently got tired of updating Street Fighter 2. It's your favorite knuckle dusting characters in a new (sort of) light in Street Fighter Alpha! This baby emerged in 1995 and began its own series of fighting, but was it a good start? Does it hold a candle to what Street Fighter 2 brought to the table? Let's hear what you have to say as the month of October marches on. Until next week!