**RATE THE GAME: Week 127**

[M-A-G]

Good morning, y'all. Yes, we're getting back into the habit of doing this motherfucker. Could I have been a bit earlier? Probably, but good things come to those who wait, no? Speaking of good things, was last week's Final Fantasy 8 chock full of enough enjoyability to warrant being called worthy of joining our elite crew? Let's go to the numbers!


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


Well, there you have it. With a 3.83 final score, Final Fantasy 8 can't top Final Fantasy 7 in the rankings nor does it come close to Final Fantasy 3(6) and it lands itself in the number 55 spot on our leaderboard.

The legacy of Rate the Game MUST CONTINUE, however, and that's exactly what we're going to do now. BRING OUT THE BOWL!!!



Now would you take a look at that? This week we're dealing with more RPG excitement as well as the first ever title on the Wii (at the time). It's Xenoblade Chronicles! Can this entry fare better than other RPGs on our list? Let's swing around our Wii Remotes and ponder this question by taking the poll and talking things out on the forum. Until next week!