***REDO!!!: Rate the Game: Week 198***

[M-A-G]

Fuck my life, I was hoping I'd be able to bring this to a conclusion this week. Unfortunately, out of the three titles we tackled last week, one just had to be an outlier. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy didn't garner enough votes to be considered for our leaderboard. It can't even make our Honorable Mentions list. We all know what that means, right? Yup, I have to do a replacement. Lucky me. Maybe we'll have better luck this time around and next week can be our actual grand finale with our 200th game. Of course, this also means that there are still two games fortunate enough to earn spots on our leaderboard as Kingdom Hearts and Luigi's Mansion join the fold with solid 4.5 and 4.0 scores, respectively.



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. WWF No Mercy (4.77)

5. Super Mario Galaxy (4.75)

6. Hitman: Codename 47 (4.75)

7. Mass Effect (4.75)

8. Goldeneye 007 (4.72)

9. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4.7)

10. Silent Hill 2 (4.66)

11. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (4.61)

12. Mike Tyson's Punchout! (4.6)

13. Mario Kart 64 (4.55)

14. Super Mario Bros. 2 (4.5)

15. Portal (4.5)

16. Kingdom Hearts (4.5)

17. Red Dead Redemption (4.5)

18. Road Rash (4.5)

19. Chrono Trigger (4.5)

20. Final Fantasy 3 (4.5)

21. Silent Hill 3 (4.5)

22. Mega Man 2 (4.44)

23. Donkey Kong Country (4.44)

24. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (4.44)

25. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)

26. God of War (4.4)

27. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (4.4)

28. Mega Man X (4.36)

29. Metal Gear Solid (4.33)

30. Batman: Arkham City (4.33)

31. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (4.33)

32. BioShock (4.33)

33. Ōkami (4.33)

34. Perfect Dark (4.3)

35. Shadow of the Colossus (4.28)

36. The Last of Us (4.28)

37. F-Zero (4.25)

38. Portal 2 (4.25)

39. Doom (2016) (4.25)

40. Mega Man 3 (4.16)

41. Super Castlevania 4 (4.16)

42. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (4.16)

43. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)

44. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)

45. Resident Evil 2 (4.14)

46. Mario Party (4.125)

47. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)

48. Super Mario 64 (4.07)

49. Grand Theft Auto 3 (4.06)

50. The Legend of Zelda (4.06)

51. NBA Jam (4.05)

52. Super Mario Kart (4.0)

53. Pokémon (4.0)

54. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (4.0)

55. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (4.0)

56. Super Smash Bros. (4.0)

57. World of Warcraft (4.0)

58. Luigi's Mansion (4.0)

59. Doom 2 (4.0)

60. Super Metroid (4.0)

61. Star Fox 64 (4.0)

62. The Simpsons (4.0)

63. Resident Evil 4 (4.0)

64. StarCraft (4.0)

65. EarthBound (4.0)

66. Fallout 3 (4.0)

67. Mirror's Edge (4.0)

68. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (4.0)

69. Donkey Kong Country 2 (4.0)

70. X-Men Legends (4.0)

71. Darksiders (4.0)

72. Banjo-Kazooie (4.0)

73. Dishonored (4.0)

74. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)

75. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (3.92)

76. Mega Man (3.89)

77. Castlevania (3.86)

78. Contra (3.86)

79. Devil May Cry (3.86)

80. Half-Life 2 (3.85)

81. Half-Life (3.83)

82. Final Fantasy 8 (3.83)

83. Infamous (3.83)

84. SimCity 2000 (3.8)

85. Final Fight (3.8)

86. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)

87. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)

88. Double Dragon (3.75)

89. Tomb Raider (2013) (3.75)

90. Max Payne (3.75)

91. Fallout 4 (3.75)

92. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (3.71)

93. Tetris (3.69)

94. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)

95. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (3.66)

96. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (3.66)

97. Alan Wake (3.66)

98. Diablo (3.66)

99. Xenoblade Chronicles (3.66)

100. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (3.66)

101. F.E.A.R. (3.66)

102. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (3.66)

103. Mortal Kombat (3.65)

104. Doom (3.625)

105. StarFox (3.61)

106. Spyro the Dragon (3.6)

107. X-Men (3.6)

108. Resident Evil (3.58)

109. Kirby's Adventure (3.57)

110. Daytona USA (3.5)

111. Metroid Prime (3.5)

112. Ninja Gaiden (3.5)

113. Samurai Shodown (3.5)

114. Burnout Paradise (3.5)

115. Thief: The Dark Project (3.5)

116. Dark Souls (3.5)

117. Ms. Pac-Man (3.5)

118. Shinobi (3.5)

119. Unreal Tournament (3.5)

120. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (3.42)

121. Battletoads (3.42)

122. Heavy Rain (3.42)

123. Fatal Fury (3.4)

124. Overwatch (3.4)

125. Dead Space (3.4)

126. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)

127. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)

128. Donkey Kong (3.33)

129. Crash Bandicoot (3.33)

130. Grand Theft Auto 4 (3.33)

131. Mortal Kombat (2011) (3.33)

132. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (3.33)

133. Wolfenstein 3D (3.33)

134. Dead or Alive (3.33)

135. FarCry 3 (3.33)

136. R-Type (3.33)

137. Dead Island (3.33)

138. Left 4 Dead (3.33)

139. Nights Into Dreams (3.33)

140. Condemned: Criminal Origins (3.33)

141. Lemmings (3.28)

142. Gauntlet Legends (3.28)

143. Gears of War (3.27)

144. Tekken Tag Tournament (3.25)

145. Borderlands (3.22)

146. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (3.22)

147. Duke Nukem 3D (3.2)

148. Darkstalkers (3.2)

149. Quake (3.2)

150. Halo 3 (3.16)

151. SoulCalibur (3.16)

152. Pac-Man (3.125)

153. Killer Instinct (3.11)

154. Virtua Fighter (3.09)

155. Rock Band (3.09)

156. Earthworm Jim (3.0)

157. Metroid (3.0)

158. Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (3.0)

159. Kid Icarus (3.0)

160. Time Crisis (3.0)

161. Tekken (3.0)

162. Halo 2 (3.0)

163. Syphon Filter (3.0)

164. Gex (3.0)

165. Destiny (3.0)

166. The Secret of Monkey Island (3.0)

167. Army of Two (3.0)

168. Sonic Adventure (3.0)

169. Shenmue (3.0)

170. Guitar Hero (2.875)

171. Ecco the Dolphin (2.85)

172. Streets of Rage (2.84)

173. Altered Beast (2.8)

174. Bayonetta (2.75)

175. Command & Conquer (2.75)

176. Among Us (2.75)

177. ToeJam & Earl (2.75)

178. Jet Set Radio (2.75)

179. Assassin's Creed (2.71)

180. Gauntlet (2.71)

181. Street Fighter Alpha (2.71)

182. Dead Rising (2.71)

183. Frogger (2.7)

184. Bionic Commando (2.66)

185. Saints Row (2.66)

186. The Sims (2.6)

187. Killer Instinct 2 (2.6)

188. Eternal Champions (2.6)

189. Silent Hill (2.6)

190. Tomb Raider (2.55)

191. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)

192. Twisted Metal (2.42)

193. Crackdown (2.42)

194. Golden Axe (2.33)

195. Gran Turismo (2.3)

196. The Secret of Mana (2.2)

197. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)

198. Panzer Dragoon (1.5)


But it's time for the moment of truth. We're down to (hopefully) two games and we're up for picking a replacement game for Week 198. Let's see what we've got.

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Alright, what's the situation? Well, it's time for another journey to the mean streets of Capcom's flagship fighting game franchise. During the nineties, it seemed like Capcom just couldn't bring itself to count to three. Fortunately, they got things in gear with a third Resident Evil game, a third Street Fighter Alpha game, and this week's entry. It's the much-anticipated follow-up to the fighting game phenomenon that was Street Fighter 2...STREET FIGHTER 3! A new art style combined with new mechanics and a near total overhaul of its roster was what this game offered us as a follow-up to all of the iterations of its predecessor. What was the result? Does it have the chops to cut it in the ring? Let's take a deep dive into this baby and hash it out and, hopefully, we can wrap this up next week. Until then....!

[drave]

It was "eh". Nothing to write home about, but it was aight. If this were EX plus Alpha, 5 all day.

[OssMan]

What happened to the drop down bar sir

[Lock Jaw]

I initially thought that I must have played this... but I don't think I have.

[Emperor Smeat]

Played maybe a handful of matches at most but not enough to give any real rating.

If this was Third Strike, then that would be a different case since I've played a ton of it.