Rate the Game: Week 151

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Good morning, everyone. We're just about set to close out September and bring on a new month. Maybe this time around, the bowl will be a bit more generous during October and give us some quality horror titles. Actually, I think I might have already blown the load in that department. Oh, well. We'll just have to wait and see. Nevertheless, we did tackle some horror last week, in a sense, as we looked back on Konami's Super Castlevania 4. Does it have enough to be considered one of the best of the series, if not THE best? How does it fare in comparison to the rest of the leaderboard? Behold, my fellow TPWWers....

Rate the Game Results

1. Super Mario World (4.81)
2. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (4.8)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (4.8)
4. Hitman: Codename 47 (4.75)
5. Mass Effect (4.75)
6. Goldeneye 007 (4.72)
7. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4.7)
8. Silent Hill 2 (4.66)
9. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (4.61)
10. Super Mario Bros. 2 (4.5)
11. Portal (4.5)
12. Red Dead Redemption (4.5)
13. Chrono Trigger (4.5)
14. Final Fantasy 3 (4.5)
15. Silent Hill 3 (4.5)
16. Mega Man 2 (4.44)
17. Donkey Kong Country (4.44)
18. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (4.44)
19. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)
20. God of War (4.4)
21. Mega Man X (4.36)
22. Metal Gear Solid (4.33)
23. BioShock (4.33)
24. Ōkami (4.33)
25. Perfect Dark (4.3)
26. Shadow of the Colossus (4.28)
27. The Last of Us (4.28)
28. Super Castlevania 4 (4.16)
29. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (4.16)
30. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)
31. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)
32. Resident Evil 2 (4.14)
33. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)
34. Super Mario 64 (4.07)
35. Grand Theft Auto 3 (4.06)
36. The Legend of Zelda (4.06)
37. NBA Jam (4.05)
38. Super Mario Kart (4.0)
39. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (4.0)
40. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (4.0)
41. Super Smash Bros. (4.0)
42. Super Metroid (4.0)
43. Star Fox 64 (4.0)
44. The Simpsons (4.0)
45. Resident Evil 4 (4.0)
46. EarthBound (4.0)
47. Fallout 3 (4.0)
48. Mirror's Edge (4.0)
49. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (4.0)
50. Donkey Kong Country 2 (4.0)
51. X-Men Legends (4.0)
52. Banjo-Kazooie (4.0)
53. Dishonored (4.0)
54. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)
55. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (3.92)
56. Mega Man (3.89)
57. Castlevania (3.86)
58. Contra (3.86)
59. Devil May Cry (3.86)
60. Half-Life 2 (3.85)
61. Half-Life (3.83)
62. Final Fantasy 8 (3.83)
63. Infamous (3.83)
64. SimCity 2000 (3.8)
65. Final Fight (3.8)
66. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)
67. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)
68. Double Dragon (3.75)
69. Tomb Raider (2013) (3.75)
70. Max Payne (3.75)
71. Fallout 4 (3.75)
72. Tetris (3.69)
73. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)
74. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (3.66)
75. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (3.66)
76. Alan Wake (3.66)
77. Diablo (3.66)
78. Xenoblade Chronicles (3.66)
79. F.E.A.R. (3.66)
80. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (3.66)
81. Mortal Kombat (3.65)
82. Doom (3.625)
83. StarFox (3.61)
84. X-Men (3.6)
85. Resident Evil (3.58)
86. Kirby's Adventure (3.57)
87. Daytona USA (3.5)
88. Ninja Gaiden (3.5)
89. Burnout Paradise (3.5)
90. Thief: The Dark Project (3.5)
91. Dark Souls (3.5)
92. Shinobi (3.5)
93. Dead Space (3.4)
94. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)
95. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)
96. Crash Bandicoot (3.33)
97. Mortal Kombat (2011) (3.33)
98. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (3.33)
99. Wolfenstein 3D (3.33)
100. Dead Island (3.33)
101. Left 4 Dead (3.33)
102. Nights Into Dreams (3.33)
103. Condemned: Criminal Origins (3.33)
104. Gauntlet Legends (3.28)
105. Gears of War (3.27)
106. Borderlands (3.22)
107. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (3.22)
108. Duke Nukem 3D (3.2)
109. Darkstalkers (3.2)
110. Quake (3.2)
111. SoulCalibur (3.16)
112. Pac-Man (3.125)
113. Killer Instinct (3.11)
114. Virtua Fighter (3.09)
115. Rock Band (3.09)
116. Earthworm Jim (3.0)
117. Metroid (3.0)
118. Time Crisis (3.0)
119. Tekken (3.0)
120. Halo 2 (3.0)
121. Syphon Filter (3.0)
122. Gex (3.0)
123. Destiny (3.0)
124. The Secret of Monkey Island (3.0)
125. Army of Two (3.0)
126. Sonic Adventure (3.0)
127. Shenmue (3.0)
128. Guitar Hero (2.875)
129. Ecco the Dolphin (2.85)
130. Streets of Rage (2.84)
131. Altered Beast (2.8)
132. Bayonetta (2.75)
133. Command & Conquer (2.75)
134. ToeJam & Earl (2.75)
135. Assassin's Creed (2.71)
136. Gauntlet (2.71)
137. Dead Rising (2.71)
138. Bionic Commando (2.66)
139. Saints Row (2.66)
140. The Sims (2.6)
141. Killer Instinct 2 (2.6)
142. Silent Hill (2.6)
143. Tomb Raider (2.55)
144. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)
145. Twisted Metal (2.42) 146. Crackdown (2.42)
147. Golden Axe (2.33)
148. Gran Turismo (2.3)
149. The Secret of Mana (2.2)
150. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)

Super Castlevania 4 ends up being a bit rude, knocking Uncharted 2: Among Thieves from its previous position and taking it over for itself, as it enjoys a very respectable 4.16 overall score. That's going to be enough to make it our highest-ranked Castlevania game so far.

We've had ourselves a pretty good run of quality games these past few weeks. It'd be a shame for it to end now, but ultimately it's going to come down to you and your opinions, despite what the bowl has in store for us this week. Speaking of which, what's next for us?





Here we go. It's time to dust off that Dreamcast again as we go poking around the house of Sega looking through its treasure trove. Let's lace up those blades and rattle those spray cans and piss off the establishment. It's Jet Set Radio! Is there enough substance and style here to warrant praise? Or should it be forgotten amongst Sega's library? Let's hear what you have to say, folks. Until next week!