Rate the Game: Week 61

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How's it hanging, boys and girls? Ready for another week of this shindig? We've surpassed the 60th week which is truly a milestone...somewhat. Last week's Condemned: Criminal Origins wasn't exactly one of the more popular titles amongst the TPWW community as I would have thought as there was a surprisingly large number of people who hadn't played it. Fortunately, I wasn't entirely alone when it came to people who had played it and so we still can figure out where it ranks amongst the rest of the pack as we determine it's average rating. The leaderboard is prepped and ready to receive another entry. And away we go...

Rate the Game Results

1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (4.8)
2. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4.7)
3. Chrono Trigger (4.5)
4. (TIE) Mega Man 2 (4.44), Donkey Kong Country (4.44)
6. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)
7. Metal Gear Solid (4.33)
8. Shadow of the Colossus (4.28)
9. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)
10. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)
11. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)
12. Super Mario 64 (4.07)
13. (TIE) Grand Theft Auto 3 (4.06), The Legend of Zelda (4.06)
15. NBA Jam (4.05)
16. (THREE-WAY TIE) Super Mario Kart (4.0), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (4.0), Super Metroid (4.0)
19. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)
20. Mega Man (3.89)
21. Half-Life (3.83)
22. (THREE-WAY TIE) Contra (3.8), Castlevania (3.8), Devil May Cry (3.86)
25. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)
26. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)
27. Tetris (3.69)
28. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)
29. Diablo (3.66)
30. Mortal Kombat (3.65)
31. StarFox (3.61)
32. Doom (3.625)
33. Resident Evil (3.58)
34. Ninja Gaiden (3.5)
35. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)
36. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)
37. (TIE) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (3.33), Condemned: Criminal Origins (3.33)
39. Gears of War (3.27)
40. (TIE) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (3.22), Borderlands (3.22)
42. Quake (3.2)
43. Pac-Man (3.125)
44. Killer Instinct (3.11)
45. Virtua Fighter (3.09)
46. (FOUR-WAY TIE) Time Crisis (3.0), Tekken (3.0), Earthworm Jim (3.0), Metroid (3.0)
50. Crash Bandicoot (2.9)
51. Guitar Hero (2.875)
52. Streets of Rage (2.84)
53. Dead Rising (2.71)
54. (TIE) Silent Hill (2.6), The Sims (2.6)
56. Tomb Raider (2.55)
57. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)
58. Twisted Metal (2.42)
59. Gran Turismo (2.3)
60. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)


Well, as it stands the few people who did play it and rate it helped Condemned: Criminal Origins secure the number 37 spot and place it alongside Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. If that's not the biggest contrast between use of first-person perspective in terms of gaming, I don't know what is. I mean, there's porn obviously but that's a whole other issue. An issue we don't have time to tackle as we've got to move on to another game! Let's dive in and see what's on tap for this week....

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Well, I would imagine this game touched the lives of more of you than the last one. This week, our game to rate is the Konami arcade quarter-munching beat-'em-up based on another popular franchise, The Simpsons. How does this '90s staple of arcades and Chuck E. Cheese's nationwide stack up? What fond memories, if any, do you have of it? Is it indeed a classic? Rate and vote and discuss and rant and all of that good stuff. Until next week!