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Rarely impressive anymore

2:47 PM on 09.27.2006   |   Fronz


banner2 For me, Rareware is turning into that grandma plagued with Alzheimer's -- she used to give me tons of ice cream and some sweet birthday presents and now all she does is call the house 20 times a day. Rare. Please stop sucking, don't make us send you to a home, PLEASE take your pills. Back in the day every Rare game was gold, some literally even -- Goldeneye, Donkey Kongs, Perfect Dark, and one of my favorites -- Banjo Kazooie. Banjo Tooie was one of my absolute favotire Nintendo 64 games, and we've all known Rare would return to the series eventually. Well that time is apparently X06. 1UP reports that "Microsoft and Rare announced the series would be returning on Xbox 360 with new next-gen visuals and presentation as well as their sharp wit and hilarious sense of humor." Rare, you took seven years to make Kameo -- one of the biggest 360 launch letdowns considering it could have been THEE best (check the back of your Nintendo Gamecube console boxes if you still, or ever did, have one -- you'll see one of the best renders Kameo ever could offer, yet we didn't get the game 'til years later on a next gen console). If you can spend seven years on a game that is just "OK," then how can we trust that the next Banjo Kazooie will be worth the money? Because it's a fan favorite series, and you'd never mess that up? Nope, screw Perfect Dark Zero too. Say what you will about its single player, but the multiplayer is nothing compared to what Rare used to be capable of. All that you have left is Viva Pinata -- if that tanks then I'm guessing Threejo Kazooie will take at least 5 years to make, and by then I might actually have gotten a PS3 and would rather just trust whatever Ratchet and Daxter title pops up. I swear, Rare, this is truly your last chance. If the next Banjo Kazooie game blows, I'll never buy one of your games again.







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electroplankton's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2006 14:26
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CHEERS TO THAT! Where the hell is my Donkey Kong racing game????
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