30th August 2009, 1:11 PM
It's certainly an interesting discussion. I think SFA was the first Rare game I could honestly say I found disappointing. Some got annoyed with Banjo, and others with DK64. I remember a number annoyed with the last minute "Oh yeah, find EVERY SINGLE TEDDY BEAR" quest in Jet Force Gemini.
I can see that, though personally I'm a collection freak myself.
<img src="http://penny-arcade.smugmug.com/photos/215185867_9NNwj-L-2.jpg">
(Side note: I personally don't like the new look of Penny Arcade's site. The old one had character, this one looks like every other site out there.)
Anyway, as they started making games for MS for some reason they never really quite got up to where they were. I liked PD0, but to be totally honest I haven't played that game nearly as much as I ever played the first PD, or GE for that matter (both completely demolished in terms of pretty much every danged thing to complete there is). Viva Pinata is pretty good though. I found it addictive enough, though Rare is as guilty as so many others of really pathetic "DC". Banjo Nuts and Bolts is the first game in a while that really drew out that "gotta do absolutely everything in this game" feeling.
I can see that, though personally I'm a collection freak myself.
<img src="http://penny-arcade.smugmug.com/photos/215185867_9NNwj-L-2.jpg">
(Side note: I personally don't like the new look of Penny Arcade's site. The old one had character, this one looks like every other site out there.)
Anyway, as they started making games for MS for some reason they never really quite got up to where they were. I liked PD0, but to be totally honest I haven't played that game nearly as much as I ever played the first PD, or GE for that matter (both completely demolished in terms of pretty much every danged thing to complete there is). Viva Pinata is pretty good though. I found it addictive enough, though Rare is as guilty as so many others of really pathetic "DC". Banjo Nuts and Bolts is the first game in a while that really drew out that "gotta do absolutely everything in this game" feeling.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)