Rate the Game: Week 130
 

That's right, it's Rate the Game, in its 130th incarnation! What are you going to do about it? Well, for starters, we can take a look at last week's Bionic Commmando. Certainly it had the tools to dominate our leaderboard, no? It's a Capcom classic, isn't it? What does the board have to say about it?


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

<option>1. Super Mario World (4.81)
<option>2. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (4.8)</option>
<option>3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (4.8)</option>
<option>4. Hitman: Codename 47 (4.75)</option>
<option>5. Mass Effect (4.75)</option>
<option>6. Goldeneye 007 (4.72)</option>
<option>7. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4.7)</option>
<option>8. Silent Hill 2 (4.66)</option>
<option>9. Super Mario Bros. 2 (4.5)</option>
<option>10. Portal (4.5)</option>
<option>11. Red Dead Redemption (4.5)</option>
<option>12. Chrono Trigger (4.5)</option>
<option>13. Final Fantasy 3 (4.5)</option>
<option>14. Silent Hill 3 (4.5)</option>
<option>15. Mega Man 2 (4.44)</option>
<option>16. Donkey Kong Country (4.44)</option>
<option>17. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (4.44)</option>
<option>18. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)</option>
<option>19. God of War (4.4)</option>
<option>20. Mega Man X (4.36)</option>
<option>21. Metal Gear Solid (4.33)</option>
<option>22. BioShock (4.33)</option>
<option>23. Perfect Dark (4.3)</option>
<option>24. Shadow of the Colossus (4.28)</option>
<option>25. The Last of Us (4.28)</option>
<option>26. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)</option>
<option>27. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)</option>
<option>28. Resident Evil 2 (4.14)</option>
<option>29. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)</option>
<option>30. Super Mario 64 (4.07)</option>
<option>31. Grand Theft Auto 3 (4.06)</option>
<option>32. The Legend of Zelda (4.06)</option>
<option>33. NBA Jam (4.05)</option>
<option>34. Super Mario Kart (4.0)</option>
<option>35. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (4.0)</option>
<option>36. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (4.0)</option>
<option>37. Super Smash Bros. (4.0)</option>
<option>38. Super Metroid (4.0)</option>
<option>39. The Simpsons (4.0)</option>
<option>40. Resident Evil 4 (4.0)</option>
<option>41. EarthBound (4.0)</option>
<option>42. Fallout 3 (4.0)</option>
<option>43. Mirror's Edge (4.0)</option>
<option>44. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (4.0)</option>
<option>45. Donkey Kong Country 2 (4.0)</option>
<option>46. Banjo-Kazooie (4.0)</option>
<option>47. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)</option>
<option>48. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (3.92)</option>
<option>49. Mega Man (3.89)</option>
<option>50. Castlevania (3.86)</option>
<option>51. Contra (3.86)</option>
<option>52. Devil May Cry (3.86)</option>
<option>53. Half-Life 2 (3.85)</option>
<option>54. Half-Life (3.83)
<option>55. Final Fantasy 8 (3.83)</option>
<option>56. Infamous (3.83)</option>
<option>57. SimCity 2000 (3.8)</option>
<option>58. Final Fight (3.8)</option>
<option>59. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)</option>
<option>60. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)</option>
<option>61. Double Dragon (3.75)</option>
<option>62. Max Payne (3.75)</option>
<option>63. Tetris (3.69)</option>
<option>64. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)</option>
<option>65. Alan Wake (3.66)</option>
<option>66. Diablo (3.66)</option>
<option>67. Xenoblade Chronicles (3.66)</option>
<option>68. F.E.A.R. (3.66)</option>
<option>69. Mortal Kombat (3.65)</option>
<option>70. Doom (3.625)</option>
<option>71. StarFox (3.61)</option>
<option>72. Resident Evil (3.58)</option>
<option>73. Kirby's Adventure (3.57)</option>
<option>74. Ninja Gaiden (3.5)</option>
<option>75. Burnout Paradise (3.5)</option>
<option>76. Thief: The Dark Project (3.5)</option>
<option>77. Dark Souls (3.5)</option>
<option>78. Shinobi (3.5)</option>
<option>79. Dead Space (3.4)</option>
<option>80. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)</option>
<option>81. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)</option>
<option>82. Crash Bandicoot (3.33)</option>
<option>83. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (3.33)</option>
<option>84. Wolfenstein 3D (3.33)</option>
<option>85. Dead Island (3.33)</option>
<option>86. Left 4 Dead (3.33)</option>
<option>87. Nights Into Dreams (3.33)</option>
<option>88. Condemned: Criminal Origins (3.33)</option>
<option>89. Gauntlet Legends (3.28)
<option>90. Gears of War (3.27)</option>
<option>91. Borderlands (3.22)</option>
<option>92. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (3.22)</option>
<option>93. Duke Nukem 3D (3.2)</option>
<option>94. Darkstalkers (3.2)</option>
<option>95. Quake (3.2)</option>
<option>96. SoulCalibur (3.16)</option>
<option>97. Pac-Man (3.125)</option>
<option>98. Killer Instinct (3.11)</option>
<option>99. Virtua Fighter (3.09)</option>
<option>100. Rock Band (3.09)</option>
<option>101. Earthworm Jim (3.0)</option>
<option>102. Metroid (3.0)</option>
<option>103. Time Crisis (3.0)</option>
<option>104. Tekken (3.0)</option>
<option>105. Halo 2 (3.0)</option>
<option>106. Destiny (3.0)</option>
<option>107. The Secret of Monkey Island (3.0)</option>
<option>108. Sonic Adventure (3.0)</option>
<option>109. Shenmue (3.0)</option>
<option>110. Guitar Hero (2.875)</option>
<option>111. Ecco the Dolphin (2.85)</option>
<option>112. Streets of Rage (2.84)</option>
<option>113. Altered Beast (2.8)</option>
<option>114. Bayonetta (2.75)</option>
<option>115. Assassin's Creed (2.71)</option>
<option>116. Gauntlet (2.71)</option>
<option>117. Dead Rising (2.71)</option>
<option>118. Bionic Commando (2.66)</option>
<option>119. Saints Row (2.66)</option>
<option>120. The Sims (2.6)</option>
<option>121. Killer Instinct 2 (2.6)</option>
<option>122. Silent Hill (2.6)</option>
<option>123. Tomb Raider (2.55)</option>
<option>124. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)</option>
<option>125. Twisted Metal (2.42)</option
<option>126. Crackdown (2.42)</option>
<option>127. Golden Axe (2.33)</option>
<option>128. Gran Turismo (2.3)</option>
<option>129. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)</option>
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Oof, our most recent outings have been struggling to find a title worthy of belonging to the upper crust and Bionic Commando is, sadly, no different. It occupies the lower end of our list with a rough 2.66 overall score. On the bright side, it's not the lowest ranked Capcom game as Ghosts n' Goblins has that slot locked up pretty well.

Can things change with this week's entry? Only one way to find out...
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And there we have it. It's time to dust off the old Genesis once again as we examine one of the mainstays of Sega's line-up, ToeJam and Earl! Does this funky duo have enough jelly to be one of our top rated titles or is it doomed to suffer along with the dredges of the bottom of the leaderboard? Let's do that rating thing we do and have at it! Until next week....

Never played it

Wanted to like it but I remember getting lost.

Depending on where the ship parts get dropped, this could be a quick game or take forever.

It's a good buddy game with all the stuff in it. From Secret Santa to Mailbox Monsters. All the weird presents. And the levels. I always dreaded landing on the sand level because Sand Sharks were all over the place and were a pain in the ass.

I'll give it a 3.

Never played it.

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See, this is always a possible issue with RGN, depending on the parameters. Book of Memories suffered BIG TIME because of poorly generated level design, where important rooms would sometimes spawn towards the end where they're not needed anymore.