RARE
(Posted 2007-07-05 22:57:26 by basscomm)

There was a time when Rare made some pretty good games. Their N64 years
were stellar. _Goldeneye_ was by all accounts phenomenal, though I
personally couldn't get into it, same with _Perfect Dark_, for that matter.
I would, however, end up whiling away far too many hours with _Killer
Instinct Gold_, _Banjo Kazooie_, _Banjo Tooie_, _Diddy Kong Racing_,
_Donkey Kong 64_, and _Conker's Bad Fur Day_ (by the time I decided I
wanted to have a go with _Blast Corps_ and _Jet Force Gemini_ they were
nowhere to be found).

Now that they exclusively develop and publish their console titles for
their XBox systems, I'll admit that I haven't really kept up on their
latest offerings. Mostly because I still don't own an XBox or a 360. Their
latest offering, _Viva Piñata_ seems like it would be a decent game to try
and recapture some of the successes of the Nintendo 64 heyday.

Eric-Jon Rössel Waugh over at Game Career Guide has a rather in-depth piece
examining the game and focusing on the failures he sees. It's a fairly
interesting read.
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"The most galling thing is that Viva Piñata is, at its heart, a good game:
a charming, memorable concept, held down by a trunk full of the most inane
problems. Result: playing the game, I feel like something innocent has had
the life choked out of it. By accident, just because of poor judgment by
people who should know better. As she said, it makes me sad."
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Hit the link for the full article.

Link! [
http://www.gamecareerguide.com/features/379/crime_of_a_mch_nation_the_.php
] (Game Career Guide)

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