So, anyone still have hope for Rare?

We all know Rare for their work on the SNES and N64. Many claimed that the N64 era was the Golden Age for Rare (with games like Perfect Dark, Banjo-Tooie, Goldeneye, etc). Then in 2002, Rare became a First-Party developer for Microsoft.

Many would agree that Rare has hit hard times while working for Microsoft's Xbox and Xbox 360.

So I'm going to ask everyone here this: Do you still have hope for Rare.

a. Yes.

b. No.

c. Maybe.

IMO, maybe. Because the Viva Pinata games (on the 360) were awesome, but I kinda lost a bit of hope for them with Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts (still a decent game though).

Discuss.

All hope is lost , Microsoft probably has them on NATAL projects.

As long as they don't take something that works magnificiently (Banjo Kazooie), and try to fix it (Nuts & Bolts) then I'm ok.

Nuts & Bolts is the only Banjo game I can't get into. Let's just hope they don't do a spin-off of Conker in the near future :(

Banjo kazooie, Banjo Tooie im having great fun with these XBLA releases.

and i've played nuts and bolts at a friends house and its awesome im gonna pick it up soon.

As long as they don't take something that works magnificiently (Banjo Kazooie), and try to fix it (Nuts & Bolts) then I'm ok.

Nuts & Bolts is the only Banjo game I can't get into. Let's just hope they don't do a spin-off of Conker in the near future :(

treedoor

C - Maybe

Banjo kazooie, Banjo Tooie im having great fun with these XBLA releases.

and i've played nuts and bolts at a friends house and its awesome im gonna pick it up soon.

WilliamRLBaker

Viva Pinata, Kameo, and the new Banjo game are all awesome.

Viva Pinata, Kameo, and the new Banjo game are all awesome.

millwrought

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Banjo kazooie, Banjo Tooie im having great fun with these XBLA releases.

and i've played nuts and bolts at a friends house and its awesome im gonna pick it up soon.

gmc2u_64

I lost all respect/hope for rare after they made me wait 8 years for a sequel to my favorite game franchise as a child, then mess it all up. Horribly. I mean really. "Guys its been eight years since Banjo Tooie, waddaya say we release a awesome teaser showing off the new graphics. But where going to let the excitment soak in until we tell them we made it a car game'.

That went well.

Ive never been more dissapointed in a game company.

maybe i liked banjo and kameo alot

The only 2 Rare games I liked not on the snes was Goldeneye and Kameo. I've always felt they were middling with occasional standouts for the past 15 years.

a definetly

I dont know why people are saying that there gmames are not good the only 2 games from them that i have not liked since there move to Microsoft ahs been Ghoulies and Trouble In Paradise, games like Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero, Nuts and Bolts, and the original Viva Pinata are all fabulous games.

B

They have betrayed my trust, but i hope they redeem their franchises and make another awesome platformer.

Maybe

They have betrayed my trust, but i hope they redeem their franchises and make another awesome platformer.

Maybe

Irick_cb

[QUOTE="millwrought"]

Viva Pinata, Kameo, and the new Banjo game are all awesome.

gmc2u_64

I never lost hope.

Wha? They're a solid AA developer...DonPerian

Isn't that the point? Under Nintendo they were considered a AAA developer.

[QUOTE="DonPerian"]Wha? They're a solid AA developer...Captain-Pants

Isn't that the point? Under Nintendo they were considered a AAA developer.

[QUOTE="DonPerian"]Wha? They're a solid AA developer...Captain-Pants

Isn't that the point? Under Nintendo they were considered a AAA developer.

Yep because Star Fox Adventures was a AAA title.

I've lost pretty much all hope for them. Nuts and Bolts was hardly Banjo, and most of their recent games have either been uninteresting or just flat out lame.Tikicobra

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Wha? They're a solid AA developer...DonPerian

Isn't that the point? Under Nintendo they were considered a AAA developer.

Yep because Star Fox Adventures was a AAA title.

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[QUOTE="DonPerian"]Wha? They're a solid AA developer...millwrought

Isn't that the point? Under Nintendo they were considered a AAA developer.

Yep because Star Fox Adventures was a AAA title.

Yep because 1 game proves you are right!

[QUOTE="millwrought"]

[QUOTE="Captain-Pants"]

Isn't that the point? Under Nintendo they were considered a AAA developer.

Captain-Pants

Yep because Star Fox Adventures was a AAA title.

Yep because 1 game proves you are right!

[QUOTE="Captain-Pants"]

[QUOTE="millwrought"]

Yep because Star Fox Adventures was a AAA title.

kolkov01

Yep because 1 game proves you are right!

What games have they released with Microsoft that are universally considered AAA? Compare that to when they were with Nintendo, and then tell me what the difference is.

[QUOTE="kolkov01"][QUOTE="Captain-Pants"]

Yep because 1 game proves you are right!

What games have they released with Microsoft that are universally considered AAA? Compare that to when they were with Nintendo, and then tell me what the difference is.

[QUOTE="kolkov01"][QUOTE="Captain-Pants"]

Yep because 1 game proves you are right!

Captain-Pants

What games have they released with Microsoft that are universally considered AAA? Compare that to when they were with Nintendo, and then tell me what the difference is.

Consider how far back that was though, games were simplier and it was easy to create something innovative and special, but the market is croweded and it's harder to do something different.

Also their style of game isn't really liked anymore by gamers.

[QUOTE="kolkov01"][QUOTE="Captain-Pants"]

Yep because 1 game proves you are right!

Captain-Pants

What games have they released with Microsoft that are universally considered AAA? Compare that to when they were with Nintendo, and then tell me what the difference is.

i say yes, i still think all the majority of rares games are awesome. i never could get into the banjo games but i like viva pinata, perfect dark, and i played kameo and liked it so ill be picking that up soon..

so myanswer is yes...

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[QUOTE="kolkov01"] Perfect dark for the gameboy color Mickey's speedway USA Killer Instinct Gold Conker's pocket tales blast corps Jet Force Gemini all of these games are from the N64 era. All of the scored AA or lessmillwrought

What games have they released with Microsoft that are universally considered AAA? Compare that to when they were with Nintendo, and then tell me what the difference is.

Consider how far back that was though, games were simplier and it was easy to create something innovative and special, but the market is croweded and it's harder to do something different.

Also their style of game isn't really liked anymore by gamers.

Games were easier to create but that doesn't mean good games were easier to create.

[QUOTE="millwrought"]

[QUOTE="Captain-Pants"]

What games have they released with Microsoft that are universally considered AAA? Compare that to when they were with Nintendo, and then tell me what the difference is.

Captain-Pants

Consider how far back that was though, games were simplier and it was easy to create something innovative and special, but the market is croweded and it's harder to do something different.

Also their style of game isn't really liked anymore by gamers.

Games were easier to create but that doesn't mean good games were easier to create.

Maybe not, but also consider that most of the top ranks left when Microsoft bought Rare the top ranks left, so Rare has had some issues with that, they've talked about it when Peter became in-charge of Microsoft Game Studios Europe.

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[QUOTE="millwrought"]

Yep because Star Fox Adventures was a AAA title.

kolkov01

Yep because 1 game proves you are right!

Banjo Kazooie

Banjo Tooie

Perfect Dark

Goldeneye

DOnkey Kong Country

Donkey Kong Country 2

Donkey Kong Country 3

even more recently Perfect Dark Zero

the list goes on...

Rare are fine. They're just as good as ever. Maybe MS could give them more freedom, but that's nto there fault. They're still talented devs with or without the Stampers.

Kameo was great. Viva pinata is one of my favorite games this gen.

b. no

I was never a big fan of their company and games to begin with.

[QUOTE="kolkov01"][QUOTE="Captain-Pants"]

Yep because 1 game proves you are right!

Captain-Pants

What games have they released with Microsoft that are universally considered AAA? Compare that to when they were with Nintendo, and then tell me what the difference is.

[QUOTE="Captain-Pants"]

[QUOTE="kolkov01"] Perfect dark for the gameboy color Mickey's speedway USA Killer Instinct Gold Conker's pocket tales blast corps Jet Force Gemini all of these games are from the N64 era. All of the scored AA or lessnintendoboy16

What games have they released with Microsoft that are universally considered AAA? Compare that to when they were with Nintendo, and then tell me what the difference is.

and it deserves less than a god damn B >.>

Not I. It just so happens that I beat StarFox Adventures just today and I can see why Nintendo sold them.

I think Rare needs to hire more talented people, look at Guerrilla Games, KZ1 flopped and KZ2 lived up to the hype because of more people, it's pretty obvious. It's sad that their best game this gen is a updated port of Perfect Dark.

I think Rare needs to hire more talented people, look at Guerrilla Games, KZ1 flopped and KZ2 lived up to the hype because of more people, it's pretty obvious. It's sad that their best game this gen is a updated port of Perfect Dark.

mitu123