16th March 2004, 3:54 PM
Remember Rare?
If I say Banjo~Kazooie do you suddenly remember a particular world or puzzle? Or maybe a piece of music? What about Blast Corps or Jet Force Gemini? Do your palms sweat when you hear "Silver Coin Challenge"? Do the words Slayer, Laptop Sentry Gun or Cloaking Device make you remember the retinas in your eyeballs burning in to the screen as you played for days on end?
I sure do. In fact, while I was at a used game store I found a horribly neglected cart of Diddy Kong Racing which I immeadiately bought. I'm in Future Fun Land right now and getting ready to beat it so I can do the Adventure 2 Mirror Mode. And suddenly as I crossed the finishing line with 8 silver coins on Darkmoon Caverns it dawned on me.
Grabbed by the Ghoulies should be out now... for the XBox. Now, I dont have an XBox but if there's one thing that will get me to buy one it's a Rare game. So I looked it up for some reviews or info and yeah it's been out for a while... and it bombed. It bombed so bad that you can buy it new for 20 bucks. This is devastating news to me. The reviews, while ranted off by people who's only concern in video games is how much violence or realism the game generates, all said the same thing: It's not up to Rare's standards.
We all know Rare. Rare's standards have always been perfection. I cant believe they would release a game that isn't perfect. It's true that people who are avid XBox followers are pretty mindless people. They want games that either give that 10 minute quick fix or the unending stat-building games. There are no games on XBox that will give you bruises on your hands... a must for any good game. I understand all of this, so it doesn't surpirse me that a game developed by Rare didn't sell well if it's unrealistic or more old school. In Rare games, the most violence you'll see is when you stand up, announce to the entire world that you hate them and throw the controller straight in to the ground... at which point you immeadiately pick it up to try again. If the controller is broken, it's Rare's fault, and you quickly run out the door searching for one faster than a crackhead with a paycheck.
And now this.. Not up to Rare's standards? Is this a sign of Rare's true fall in the industry? Has anyone here played Grabbed by the Ghoulies? If so, post your thoughts on it. On a Nintendo note, has anyone here played the GBA B~K or Sabrewulf games? I refuse to believe that Rare would release a so-called bad game for any system. Even Donkey Kong 64 was gold compared to most of the krap out there.
If I say Banjo~Kazooie do you suddenly remember a particular world or puzzle? Or maybe a piece of music? What about Blast Corps or Jet Force Gemini? Do your palms sweat when you hear "Silver Coin Challenge"? Do the words Slayer, Laptop Sentry Gun or Cloaking Device make you remember the retinas in your eyeballs burning in to the screen as you played for days on end?
I sure do. In fact, while I was at a used game store I found a horribly neglected cart of Diddy Kong Racing which I immeadiately bought. I'm in Future Fun Land right now and getting ready to beat it so I can do the Adventure 2 Mirror Mode. And suddenly as I crossed the finishing line with 8 silver coins on Darkmoon Caverns it dawned on me.
Grabbed by the Ghoulies should be out now... for the XBox. Now, I dont have an XBox but if there's one thing that will get me to buy one it's a Rare game. So I looked it up for some reviews or info and yeah it's been out for a while... and it bombed. It bombed so bad that you can buy it new for 20 bucks. This is devastating news to me. The reviews, while ranted off by people who's only concern in video games is how much violence or realism the game generates, all said the same thing: It's not up to Rare's standards.
We all know Rare. Rare's standards have always been perfection. I cant believe they would release a game that isn't perfect. It's true that people who are avid XBox followers are pretty mindless people. They want games that either give that 10 minute quick fix or the unending stat-building games. There are no games on XBox that will give you bruises on your hands... a must for any good game. I understand all of this, so it doesn't surpirse me that a game developed by Rare didn't sell well if it's unrealistic or more old school. In Rare games, the most violence you'll see is when you stand up, announce to the entire world that you hate them and throw the controller straight in to the ground... at which point you immeadiately pick it up to try again. If the controller is broken, it's Rare's fault, and you quickly run out the door searching for one faster than a crackhead with a paycheck.
And now this.. Not up to Rare's standards? Is this a sign of Rare's true fall in the industry? Has anyone here played Grabbed by the Ghoulies? If so, post your thoughts on it. On a Nintendo note, has anyone here played the GBA B~K or Sabrewulf games? I refuse to believe that Rare would release a so-called bad game for any system. Even Donkey Kong 64 was gold compared to most of the krap out there.