I was really expecting the gors post to contain everyone's favorite rare character design joke.
As it is for me, Star Fox Adventures is the only rareware game I've fully played. I have a bit of a love/hate for it, as the first 30% or so is actually pretty alright(and it introduced krystal lol), but then the rest of the game is so obviously rushed and just gets more and more bare as you progress.
Meanwhile, while I've popped Banjo Kazooie into an emu a couple times, I just couldn't get into it. I found the level designs to be too unfocused and a bit too much hide-n-seek with all the collectibles.
Of course, it's not like I dislike collectibles (Wario World is practically my favorite game after all), but the way they handled it was probably too ... much? Though, maybe what I dislike is actually the unfocused nonlinear stage designs; I disliked Super Mario 64, too, and it has a somewhat similar structure.
Also tried Donkey Kong Country a little. It feels like... a really bad fan game platformer, with its super slippery physics and kinda generic sound design. The graphics also really didn't age well.
And in the end, I kinda feel as though that's exactly what rare was well-known for: lackluster clones of popular games with flashy graphics (for the time).
Maybe I could give their older games another chance. Or maybe I could avoid them and spend more time on other games I'm more likely to enjoy. In the end, that's my take on Rare.
edit: lol from that video, Blast Corps sounds interesting at least.
As it is for me, Star Fox Adventures is the only rareware game I've fully played. I have a bit of a love/hate for it, as the first 30% or so is actually pretty alright(and it introduced krystal lol), but then the rest of the game is so obviously rushed and just gets more and more bare as you progress.
Meanwhile, while I've popped Banjo Kazooie into an emu a couple times, I just couldn't get into it. I found the level designs to be too unfocused and a bit too much hide-n-seek with all the collectibles.
Of course, it's not like I dislike collectibles (Wario World is practically my favorite game after all), but the way they handled it was probably too ... much? Though, maybe what I dislike is actually the unfocused nonlinear stage designs; I disliked Super Mario 64, too, and it has a somewhat similar structure.
Also tried Donkey Kong Country a little. It feels like... a really bad fan game platformer, with its super slippery physics and kinda generic sound design. The graphics also really didn't age well.
And in the end, I kinda feel as though that's exactly what rare was well-known for: lackluster clones of popular games with flashy graphics (for the time).
Maybe I could give their older games another chance. Or maybe I could avoid them and spend more time on other games I'm more likely to enjoy. In the end, that's my take on Rare.
edit: lol from that video, Blast Corps sounds interesting at least.