Rate the Game: Week 139

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Good morning and a Happy Independence Day to all as we here in America make merry over this July 4th! One of our most important, beloved, and fundamental rights that all of us should enjoy and exercise is our right to freedom of expression. Like, say, giving our opinion and thoughts on various video games on a weekly forum thread that is open to said opinion and thoughts! Even if you're a non-American, Rate the Game welcomes your input and invites you to participate in this shindig. Last week's Army of Two needs to be added to the leaderboard in its appropriate place based on all the ratings it got. How does it come out after being put the ringer? Observe!


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


A score of 3.0 lands it at the number 114 on our list of ever-increasing games. What will it take to crack the top ten if at all?

Well, it's time to turn to the bowl to see if we can answer that question. It's time to draw our 139th game for this party and see what we all think of it. Let's do this....



Phew, we got this sucker back to horizontal. Now we're in business! This week we're taking a look at the first entry into Marvel's line of action RPG titles with its colorful cast of characters, this one focusing on our favorite band of merry mutants! It's Ravensoft's 2004 take on the X-Men...um...X-Men Legends! The game did what it could to bring the world of the X-Men to life with a different format than beat-'em-ups and fighters. The question is how well did it come out? Does this game get a passing grade in your eyes. It's time to exercise that freedom of expression and rate this sucker. Let's hear what you think and we'll see you next week!