Rate the Game: Week 96

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Who's ready for another week of this sucker?!? I sure am! We ran into a few bumps in the road but thankfully we were able to get things sorted out and back on track with last week's games as we can finally add some more titles to our list. We judged Bayonetta and SoulCalibur and now it's time to see where they end up. Leaderboard, it gives me great pleasure to update you...

Rate the Game Results

1. (TIE) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (4.8)
3. Hitman: Codename 47 (4.75)
4. Goldeneye 007 (4.72)
5. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4.7)
6. Silent Hill 2 (4.66)
7. (3-WAY TIE) Chrono Trigger, Portal, Red Dead Redemption (4.5)
10. (TIE) Mega Man 2, Donkey Kong Country (4.44)
12. Mega Man X (4.36)
13. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)
14. God of War (4.4)
15. (TIE) Metal Gear Solid, BioShock (4.33)
17. Perfect Dark (4.3)
18. (TIE) Shadow of the Colossus, The Last of Us (4.28)
20. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)
21. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)
22. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)
23. Super Mario 64 (4.07)
24. (TIE) Grand Theft Auto 3, The Legend of Zelda (4.06)
26. NBA Jam (4.05)
27. (8-WAY TIE) Super Mario Kart, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Super Metroid, The Simpsons, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Donkey Kong Country 2, Resident Evil 4, Super Smash Bros. (4.0)
35. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)
36. Mega Man (3.89)
37. (3-WAY TIE) Contra, Castlevania, Devil May Cry (3.86)
40. Half-Life 2 (3.85)
41. Half-Life (3.83)
42. (TIE) SimCity 2000, Final Fight (3.8)
44. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)
45. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)
46. (TIE) Double Dragon, Max Payne (3.75)
48. Tetris (3.69)
49. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)
50. (TIE) Diablo, F.E.A.R. (3.66)
52. Mortal Kombat (3.65)
53. Doom (3.625)
54. StarFox (3.61)
55. Resident Evil (3.58)
56. (TIE) Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi (3.5)
58. Dead Space (3.4)
59. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)
60. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)
61. (5-WAY TIE) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Crash Bandicoot, Wolfenstein 3D, Left 4 Dead (3.33)
66. Gears of War (3.27)
67. (TIE) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Borderlands (3.22)
69. (3-WAY TIE) Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, Darkstalkers (3.2)
72. SoulCalibur (3.16)
73. Pac-Man (3.125)
74. Killer Instinct (3.11)
75. (TIE) Virtua Fighter, Rock Band (3.09)
77. (4-WAY TIE) Time Crisis, Tekken, Earthworm Jim, Metroid (3.0)
81. Guitar Hero (2.875)
82. Streets of Rage (2.84)
83. Altered Beast (2.8)
84. Bayonetta (2.75)
85. (3-WAY TIE) Dead Rising, Gauntlet, Assassin's Creed (2.71)
88. (TIE) Silent Hill, The Sims (2.6)
90. Tomb Raider (2.55)
91. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)
92. (TIE) Twisted Metal, Crackdown (2.42)
94. Gran Turismo (2.3)
95. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)


Well, unfortunately both games fall towards the lower end of things as SoulCalibur takes the 72nd slot with a 3.16 average and Bayonetta ends up at 84 with a 2.75. Good efforts from both parties but the elite spots stay safely guarded...for now.

Now we go to the bowl so that it may cough up a new title for this week. Can it overcome the fate of last week's games? Can it even make it onto the board? Let's see what's on tap for this week....

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And just like that we're back to the FPS genre. This week we take a look at one of the biggest sequels to one of the biggest franchise-starters in gaming history. The sage of Master Chief continues in this entry; it's Halo 2 on the Xbox! The original game has been sitting at the bottom of our leaderboard for quite some time but how does its follow-up fare? Does it have enough going for it that it can shoot its way up to the top or does it deserve to join its predecessor in the bowels where it currently sits? What do you all think? Let's whip out our energy swords and take a stab at this bad boy. Until next week!