RARE!!!!!! Has proven to be one HECK of an aqusition for MS. MS you ROCK!!!!!!

PDZ 9.0 AAA launch game great game great graphics great coop and online play for a launch game.

PDZ 2 is on it's way and It will most defiantly bring the name back to true glory.

Kameo 8.7 AA Great game with great graphics for an early launch game.

Viva Pinata 1 8.3 2 8.5 Both have been great games and a good new franchise.

Banjo Nuts & Bolts 8.5 AA Taken chances took the franchise in a new direction and it has payed off great game with SPECTACULAR GRAPHICS. Oh and only $39.99 and a free copy of Banjo Kazooie in HD:shock:. Yeah don't get any better. Thanks Rare!!!

With speculation of a new Killer Instinct. WOW yeah and among others and this is even referenced in Banjo.

Bottum line is MS is kicking *** and taking names. And only a true blind fanboy would turn there nose to MS and Rare. By the way the new Live update is PHENOMINAL only haters would say other wise.

Rare is BACK and guess what MS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Them.

kameo and viva pinata are incredible games, Perfect dark was ...ok

banjo... never been a big fan of banjo

a killer instinct 3 would be awesome though, or at least port killer instinct 1 and 2 over to the market place the arcade versions preferrably

RARE never went anywhere. They were always good and always will be until they totally f'up. I hope KI3 comes out next year

*crosses finger*

RARE never went anywhere. They were always good and always will be until they totally f'up. I hope KI3 comes out next year

*crosses finger*

sargentbotk

it might have been a good acquisition but now compare MIcrosoft Rare to Nintendo Rare Nintendo put out: Killer Instinct Donkey Kong Banjo Kazooie Perfect Dark Golden Eye Star Fox Diddy Kong Racing Conker's Bad Fur Day Jet Force Gemini Viva Pinata Battle Toads Blast Corpsspectravoid

what are those games doing there? battletoads was created before RARE belonged to nintendo and Viva pinata was created after rare was bought by microsoft

I dont think this thread would hold much ground with most people......Banjo didnt do well at alot of sites, PDZ was an awful game and would probably get a 6.5 if it was released right now. I'll give you Viva Pinata and Kameo thoughUptown

Now GS overrates games:? As we know GS is as harsh as it gets for reviews.

Giant Bomb gave it a 5 stars

IGN. Gave it a 8.3

It's a great game PERIOD

[QUOTE="spectravoid"]it might have been a good acquisition but now compare MIcrosoft Rare to Nintendo Rare Nintendo put out: Killer Instinct Donkey Kong Banjo Kazooie Perfect Dark Golden Eye Star Fox Diddy Kong Racing Conker's Bad Fur Day Jet Force Gemini Viva Pinata Battle Toads Blast Corpsst1ka

what are those games doing there?

[QUOTE="st1ka"]

[QUOTE="spectravoid"]it might have been a good acquisition but now compare MIcrosoft Rare to Nintendo Rare Nintendo put out: Killer Instinct Donkey Kong Banjo Kazooie Perfect Dark Golden Eye Star Fox Diddy Kong Racing Conker's Bad Fur Day Jet Force Gemini Viva Pinata Battle Toads Blast Corpsspectravoid

what are those games doing there?

battletoads was created before nintendo bought rare

Viva pinata DS was created after microsoft bought rare

Also Banjo Kazooie was guaranteed at least a B score just for being called Banjo Kazooie It just like how Zelda is always guaranteed AAspectravoid

All I know when I first played the demo I was like Meh.

Then I played it again and really tried a few things and it clicked in my head. I said WOW this game is shweeeettttt. Best $39.99 you can spend on any system right now and with the alltime great classis included. It's a BARN BURNER BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yet even the worst pre-MS RARE title was much better then the best MS RARE title, Banjo might be an 8.5 for the standards of today, but its about a 5.5/10 compared to the originals.110million

[QUOTE="110million"]Yet even the worst pre-MS RARE title was much better then the best MS RARE title, Banjo might be an 8.5 for the standards of today, but its about a 5.5/10 compared to the originals.Aljosa23

The new banjo sucks. It looks great, its really funny but the gameplay is just plain bad imo. Put it away after 2 hours of playing. So boring.

 But that doesn't matter as long as it gets a good score it seems.

[QUOTE="Uptown"]I dont think this thread would hold much ground with most people......Banjo didnt do well at alot of sites, PDZ was an awful game and would probably get a 6.5 if it was released right now. I'll give you Viva Pinata and Kameo thoughSlappy_Pappy09

Now GS overrates games:? As we know GS is as harsh as it gets for reviews.

Giant Bomb gave it a 5 stars

IGN. Gave it a 8.3

It's a great game PERIOD

Shouldn't it be called PD2, Since it was PD0 and PD1 was on the N64?gameofthering

Here are my scores:

Perfect Dark Zero-7.0(how did it get a 9.0 on here again)

Kamoe-7.5

Viva Pinata-8.0

Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise-8.0

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts N Bolts-Haven't played it yet, but it's a love/hate game.

So Rare with Nintendo>Rare with Microsoft. Rare has yet to make a game as good as the original Perfect Dark. 

[QUOTE="Slappy_Pappy09"]

[QUOTE="Uptown"]I dont think this thread would hold much ground with most people......Banjo didnt do well at alot of sites, PDZ was an awful game and would probably get a 6.5 if it was released right now. I'll give you Viva Pinata and Kameo thoughskektek

Now GS overrates games:? As we know GS is as harsh as it gets for reviews.

Giant Bomb gave it a 5 stars

IGN. Gave it a 8.3

It's a great game PERIOD

so...why does Fable2, Mass Effect, Gears2, etc have better scores on gamerankings and metacritic?

[QUOTE="110million"]Yet even the worst pre-MS RARE title was much better then the best MS RARE title, Banjo might be an 8.5 for the standards of today, but its about a 5.5/10 compared to the originals.Aljosa23

can't wait for grabbed by the ghoulies 2WAIW

You're right, but they're wayy too overpaid imho. They're not the same anymore. Today's Bungie is equivalent to Rare for Nintendo back in N64 days. Now a days, they're just sitting in the back. Their perfect dark zero wasn't that great either, I asssumed that it would be Goldeneye 3, but they did a lot of things wrong imho. Multiplayer is trash too, don't go there. Their pinata game is one of the dumbest games imho. What else did they make?

Summary: Rare sucks.

[QUOTE="WAIW"]can't wait for grabbed by the ghoulies 2mitu123

I was, just playing fun at TC for ignoring it.

[QUOTE="mitu123"][QUOTE="WAIW"]can't wait for grabbed by the ghoulies 2WAIW

I was, just playing fun at TC for ignoring it.

what this thread needs is:

STIKA'S LIST OF RARE DOES NOT SUCK

Scores from ALL RARE games from the SNES to the xbox 360 (using game rankings)

16- bit era:

Battle toads (SNES) : 78%

Battle toads (gen) : 72%

Battletoads and double dragon: (snes) : 59%

Battletoads and double dragon (gen): 65%

Battle toads (GB) : 77.7%

Battle toads and double dragon (GB): 65%

Battletoads in ragnarock's world (GB) : 75%

Donkey kong land (GB) : 71%

Donkey Kong land 2 (gb) : 79%

Donkey kong land 3 ( 82%)

Killer instinct (GB) :25%

Killer instinct (SNES): (80%)

The amazing spider-man (73%)

Beetlejuice (GB): 55%

Fortress of fear (GB): 20%

Sneaky snakes (GB) 53%

Championship-pro-am (Gen): 80%

Donkey kong country (SNES): 92%

Donkey kong country 2 (SNES): 92%

Donkey kong countru 3 (snes): 85%

Average score: 69%

N64 era:

Perfect Dark (N 64): 95%

Perfect Dark (GBC): 66%

Donkey kong country (GBC): 90%

Conker's pocket tales (GBC): 55%

mickey's speedway USA (GBC): 81%

Mickey's speedway USA (N64): 68%

Donkey Kong 64 (N64): 88%

Banjo-Kazooeie (N64): 92%

Banjo-Tooie (N64): 90%

Blast corps (N64): 89%

Conker's bad fur day (N64): 89%

Diddy Kong Racing (N64): 89%

Golden eye 007 (N64): 95%

Jet Force Gemini (N54): 80%

Killer Instinct Gold (N64): 74%

Total average score: 82.7%

Gamecube-Xbox era:

Starfox Adventures (GC) : 80%

Banjo Pilot (GBA): 66%

Banjo Kazooeie: Grunty's revenge (GBA): 73%

SabreWulf (GBA): 74%

Donkey Kong Contry (GBA): 78%

It''s Mr. Pants (GBA): 76%

Donkey Kong country 2 (GBA): 81%

Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA): 75.1%

Conker: Live and Reloaded (xbox): 79%

Grabbed by the Ghoulies (xbox) 70%

total Score: 75.2

Current Gen

Perfect Dark Zero (xbox 360): 81%

Viva Pinata (X360): 85%

viva Pinata 2 (X360): 83%

Viva pinata (PC): 79%

Viva Pinata (DS): 83%

Jet Pac: Refueled: (X360): 73%

Kameo (X360): 81%

Banjo 3: 78%

Average Score: 80.4%

Final Score:

1º N64 RARE: 82.7%

2º Current RARE: 80.4%

3º Last gen RARE: 75.2%

4º 16-Bit RARE: 69%

St1ka just owned everyone...:shock:Aljosa23

what this thread needs is:

STIKA'S LIST OF RARE DOES NOT SUCK

Scores from ALL RARE games from the SNES to the xbox 360 (using game rankings)

16- bit era:

Battle toads (SNES) : 78%

Battle toads (gen) : 72%

Battletoads and double dragon: (snes) : 59%

Battletoads and double dragon (gen): 65%

Battle toads (GB) : 77.7%

Battle toads and double dragon (GB): 65%

Battletoads in ragnarock's world (GB) : 75%

Donkey kong land (GB) : 71%

Donkey Kong land 2 (gb) : 79%

Donkey kong land 3 ( 82%)

Killer instinct (GB) :25%

Killer instinct (SNES): (80%)

The amazing spider-man (73%)

Beetlejuice (GB): 55%

Fortress of fear (GB): 20%

Sneaky snakes (GB) 53%

Championship-pro-am (Gen): 80%

Donkey kong country (SNES): 92%

Donkey kong country 2 (SNES): 92%

Donkey kong countru 3 (snes): 85%

Average score: 69%

N64 era:

Perfect Dark (N 64): 95%

Perfect Dark (GBC): 66%

Donkey kong country (GBC): 90%

Conker's pocket tales (GBC): 55%

mickey's speedway USA (GBC): 81%

Mickey's speedway USA (N64): 68%

Donkey Kong 64 (N64): 88%

Banjo-Kazooeie (N64): 92%

Banjo-Tooie (N64): 90%

Blast corps (N64): 89%

Conker's bad fur day (N64): 89%

Diddy Kong Racing (N64): 89%

Golden eye 007 (N64): 95%

Jet Force Gemini (N54): 80%

Killer Instinct Gold (N64): 74%

Total average score: 82.7%

Gamecube-Xbox era:

Starfox Adventures (GC) : 80%

Banjo Pilot (GBA): 66%

Banjo Kazooeie: Grunty's revenge (GBA): 73%

SabreWulf (GBA): 74%

Donkey Kong Contry (GBA): 78%

It''s Mr. Pants (GBA): 76%

Donkey Kong country 2 (GBA): 81%

Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA): 75.1%

Conker: Live and Reloaded (xbox): 79%

Grabbed by the Ghoulies (xbox) 70%

total Score: 75.2

Current Gen

Perfect Dark Zero (xbox 360): 81%

Viva Pinata (X360): 85%

viva Pinata 2 (X360): 83%

Viva pinata (PC): 79%

Viva Pinata (DS): 83%

Jet Pac: Refueled: (X360): 73%

Kameo (X360): 81%

Banjo 3: 78%

Average Score: 80.4%

Final Score:

1º N64 RARE: 82.7%

2º Current RARE: 80.4%

3º Last gen RARE: 75.2%

4º 16-Bit RARE: 69%

st1ka

Color me not impressed, no puns intented or maybe it was, RARE's current titles do not impress me. They need to bring back KI, and Conker, and if they do bring these titles forth, hopefully they don't change the formula like they did with Banjo N&B.

I dont think this thread would hold much ground with most people......Banjo didnt do well at alot of sites, PDZ was an awful game and would probably get a 6.5 if it was released right now. I'll give you Viva Pinata and Kameo thoughUptown

Resistence 1 is a load of trash as well but it doesn't stop people wetting themselves over it and claling it great, it's not. It's rubbish but it's a launch title so it's ok to be rubbish. 

Kameo was highly underrated and a fantastic game, im not a big fan of the Viva PInata games, but Kameo was very very good!

Also PDZ was fun (Not great) and the new Banjoo is ALOT of fun.

Rare is still a very good company imo.

they're good at making AA games, that's for sure. :D