Rate the Game: Week 137

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Yay, I get an early jump on this fucker. What is up, everyone? Hopefully you're all staying cool in spite of the heat. You know what's really cool? Rate the Game! Here it is in its 137th week and it's ready to deliver some more goodness. Here's something else that's cool. Our glorious leaderboard! It's here to show us just how cool last week's Ōkami is. How much bite did Amaterasu's first outing have?

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. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (3.33)
88. Wolfenstein 3D (3.33)
89. Dead Island (3.33)
90. Left 4 Dead (3.33)
91. Nights Into Dreams (3.33)
92. Condemned: Criminal Origins (3.33)
93. Gauntlet Legends (3.28)
94. Gears of War (3.27)
95. Borderlands (3.22)
96. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (3.22)
97. Duke Nukem 3D (3.2)
98. Darkstalkers (3.2)
99. Quake (3.2)
100. SoulCalibur (3.16)
101. Pac-Man (3.125)
102. Killer Instinct (3.11)
103. Virtua Fighter (3.09)
104. Rock Band (3.09)
105. Earthworm Jim (3.0)
106. Metroid (3.0)
107. Time Crisis (3.0)
108. Tekken (3.0)
109. Halo 2 (3.0)
110. Gex (3.0)
111. Destiny (3.0)
112. The Secret of Monkey Island (3.0)
113. Sonic Adventure (3.0)
114. Shenmue (3.0)
115. Guitar Hero (2.875)
116. Ecco the Dolphin (2.85)
117. Streets of Rage (2.84)
118. Altered Beast (2.8)
119. Bayonetta (2.75)
120. ToeJam & Earl (2.75)
121. Assassin's Creed (2.71)
122. Gauntlet (2.71)
123. Dead Rising (2.71)
124. Bionic Commando (2.66)
125. Saints Row (2.66)
126. The Sims (2.6)
127. Killer Instinct 2 (2.6)
128. Silent Hill (2.6)
129. Tomb Raider (2.55)
130. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)
131. Twisted Metal (2.42) 132. Crackdown (2.42)
133. Golden Axe (2.33)
134. Gran Turismo (2.3)
135. The Secret of Mana (2.2)
136. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)



Not bad at all. Landing at number 23, Ōkami manages to escape the fate of so many games we've had in recent weeks and break into that above 4.0 rating. It's still not an elite title, but it makes a strong statement nonetheless.

Can any other game make a similarly strong statement, if not stronger? What's the bowl got for us this week?



Here we go. This week we're going back to the past by examining a game that...takes us back to the past. It's one of the more well known reboots in gaming, NetherRealm Studios' 2011 relaunch of the Mortal Kombat franchise...Mortal Kombat. You can call it Mortal Kombat 9 or whatever, but for the purposes of this shindig, I will be referring to it as Mortal Kombat (2011). The original 3 games are already up on the list, but does this one game that tackles the entirety of those 3 games have enough to supersede them all? How does this entry fare with you all? Let's do the rating thing and we'll see how things go. Until next week!