Rate the Game: Week 57
 

Hey, y'all! Enjoying Star Wars Day? I'm not. Because it's not Star Wars Day. It's my day! And I'm going to enjoy it because it's my day. First I have to perform my civic duty by hosting this little shindig. Guitar Hero was our last game and it's certainly one of the most memorable games in recent history. How does it fare when it's average is added to the leaderboard?

<select><option selected="">Rate the Game Results

<option>1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (4.8)</option>
<option>2. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4.7)</option>
<option>3. Chrono Trigger (4.5)</option>
<option>4. (TIE) Mega Man 2 (4.44), Donkey Kong Country (4.44)</option>
<option>6. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)</option>
<option>7. Metal Gear Solid (4.33)</option>
<option>8. Shadow of the Colossus (4.28)</option>
<option>9. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)</option>
<option>10. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)</option>
<option>11. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)</option>
<option>12. Super Mario 64 (4.07)</option>
<option>13. (TIE) Grand Theft Auto 3 (4.06), The Legend of Zelda (4.06)</option>
<option>15. (FOUR-WAY TIE) NBA Jam (4.0), Super Mario Kart (4.0), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (4.0), Super Metroid (4.0)</option>
<option>19. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)</option>
<option>20. Mega Man (3.89)</option>
<option>21. Half-Life (3.83)</option>
<option>22. (THREE-WAY TIE) Contra (3.8), Castlevania (3.8), Devil May Cry (3.8)</option>
<option>25. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)</option
<option>26. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.7)</option>
<option>27. Tetris (3.69)</option>
<option>28. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)</option>
<option>29. Diablo (3.66)</option>
<option>30. StarFox (3.61)</option>
<option>31. (TIE) Doom (3.6), Mortal Kombat (3.6)</option>
<option>33. Resident Evil (3.58)</option>
<option>34. (TIE) Killer Instinct (3.5), Ninja Gaiden (3.5)</option>
<option>36. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)</option>
<option>37. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)</option>
<option>38. Gears of War (3.27)</option>
<option>39. Quake (3.2)</option>
<option>40. Pac-Man (3.125)
<option>41. Virtua Fighter (3.09)
<option>42. (FOUR-WAY TIE) Time Crisis (3.0), Tekken (3.0), Earthworm Jim (3.0), Metroid (3.0</option>
<option>46. Crash Bandicoot (2.9)</option>
<option>47. Guitar Hero (2.875)</option>
<option>48. Streets of Rage (2.8)</option>
<option>49. Dead Rising (2.71) </option>
<option>50.(TIE) Silent Hill (2.6), The Sims (2.6)</option>
<option>52. (TIE) Tomb Raider (2.5), Halo (2.5)</option>
<option>54. Twisted Metal (2.42)</option>
<option>55. Gran Turismo (2.3)</option>
<option>56. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)</option>
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Hmmm, well I suppose the orange button was too much of a hurdle for some people. Guitar Hero lands on the lower end of the spectrum with an average of 2.875. You know what it needed? More cowbell. You know what we need right now, though? A new game! Let's go to the .gif!

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And we're back to more PlayStation icons as your game to rate this week is Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, the first entry of Nathan Drake's series on the PlayStation 3. Was there gold to be found in this adventure? Did it earn its status as one of gaming's top franchise starters? Take the poll and discuss and share! May the fo...oh, right. Fuck that shit.

In the Xbox camp - never played it.




That said, it seemed kinda like another Tomb Raider, and the last few Tomb Raiders have been very good.

Well Uncharted came out before the 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider so it could be argued that Square Enix borrowed some of Uncharted's elements. But Lara did come before Nathan in the overall scheme of things so what do I know? The kicker would be if they did a crossover and ended up married.

HA! That'd actually be very cool.

From the mind of Amy Henning. One of the all time greats in gaming. This franchise really put the hammer down on reasons why to own a Playstation with exclusives like these.

Great story, graphics, plot, etc. Easily a 4.5 from me. Loses half a point because the gunplay was god awful. And, they never really improved on it as the series went on. But, since we don't do half points here, I'll round it down to 4.

Did it though? I know I never played it, but it never really made me say "Man, I want new hardware just for that game. I dunno.

Yeah. I think most if not all the games in the series were highly rated by critics. A couple of have even take home Game of the Year awards.

Critics, pffft

Guess what else took a lot of awards?




Cyberpunk

4. I really enjoyed it, but the "mutated humans" bit knocks it down a peg (I'm probably in the minority there).

I will say also that the 2013 Tomb Raider feels like a better version of Uncharted.

1 is very meh. 2 was a GotY quality title and 4 is just as good. 3 is solid. bu since this is about no.1 i give it a 2.

Pretty much mediocre. Story is nothing beyond entitled guy kills people to steal treasure, the game pushes you forward pretty quick, the visuals are decent. The later games in the series are fine, but this one goes into the bin

3

Needed more polish in some areas, but overall it was still a fun playthrough. Really excellent voice work, especially for the time.

And I most certainly don't have a 96-page <s>fan fiction</s> treatment that details how such an encounter would go down and what mechanics would be featured and what Lara would be wearing. Nope. No siree, Bob....:shifty:

Seeing as I never owned a PlayStation 3 I wasn't able to be there for the series from the beginning but one of my closest friends was and still is in love with it and would recommend it to me. I finally got the collection on my PlayStation 4 and I have to say I'm quite impressed with it. It doesn't always hit bullseyes when it comes to combat but it's a neat adventure and Nathan himself is a great protagonist. I don't know when I'll get around to the sequels but for now I can safely call the original a 4.

the other games are leagues betrer so youll enjoy them a great deal