Rare: Our future products will "surprise" people

The Matrix - 402 days 23 hours ago

Yeah and note that "surprise" isn't always a POSITIVE verb.

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Rock Bottom - 402 days 22 hours ago

Let's just hope Rare's future products doesn't "surprise" as much as Banjo Kazooie: nuts and bolt did.

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Time Lord - 403 days ago

Totally agree, everytime I open N4G, its about Rare this rare that.

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Montrealien - 402 days 23 hours ago

I agree that they have not released many grade A games in the last few years, but they have been fairly productive in the last 5 years considering they released 16 games. 16 games! lol Thats more the Bungie, Naughty Dog, Insomiac, and Guerilla combined.

oh, and over 90 games in their 25 years, they deserve a little respect, and praise, even though hating is in these days.

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Jdoki - 402 days 21 hours ago

@Montrealien

16 games, that's surprising actually. When thinking of Rare I normally think of one game in a blue moon!!

I agree Rare deserve respect, and they deserve a place in the annals of gaming history.

But unfortunately in this business a developer is only as good as their last game...

I say, to each his/her own, so if people liked Nuts and Bolts, then fair enough. I played the demo and really couldn't see the appeal. I'll still rent it, as I think the concept is good even if the execution is average.

Unfortunately for me, Rare have lost the plot and are no longer a AAA developer. In fact I think Nintendo must have laughed all the way to the bank when they offloaded Rare to MS.

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Montrealien - 402 days 23 hours ago

they are a freaking games company, not a damn religion.

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Sitdown - 402 days 21 hours ago

but the whole Rare to "rear" thing is not working out....this is your second time posting it, and it still is not clever. Perhaps you would be better off by saying that Rare is living up to their title...in that great games for them has become all but Rare. But Rare to "rear"?...come on, surely you can do better.

@Montrealien
Your statement is true....and also humorous.

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bomboclaat_gamer - 402 days 19 hours ago

it seems as if i have a stalker. i didnt ask for ur comment

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Sitdown - 402 days 12 hours ago

have to be a stalker to recognize the same tired comment. Hmmm, you mean we are suppose to wait on requests or permission in order to comment on somebody's post....I think I missed that in the rules section.

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Emmo - 402 days 23 hours ago

My bet is still that Rare is working on games for a motion controller.

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Montrealien - 402 days 23 hours ago

Some form of battletoads remake would be be full of win!

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gumgum99 - 402 days 23 hours ago

I don't know where you're getting the "anti" part from, but Rare has stumbled here and there, admititly, and while Banjo have been a decent success, Rare still needs more "oomph" to get back to the days of nintendo.

But im sure you didn't know that. take off the blindfold, bladestar.

you'll never be able to play VP like that ^_^

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Counter_ACT - 402 days 22 hours ago

It's nothing to do with Xbox, it's probably the fact that they are taking a dump on old classics like perfect dark and banjo.

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Jdoki - 402 days 22 hours ago

Oh come on Bladestar, take off those Xbox tinted glassses for a second!

Rare are/were one of my favourite developers. Their output as 'Ultimate Play the Game' on the Speccy was amazing; their output on SNES and N64 was legendary. Blast Corps is still one of my all time fave games.

But their star has falled in recent times, and it obvious to all but the most blinded fanboys. The stuff they are producing now is nothing more than solid or average compared to their glory days.

This has nothing to do with people being anti-MS or anti-Xbox and everything to do with a developer who is underperforming.

Most rational people WANT Rare to return to the good ol' days. You only need to look at how many people want an update to BattleToads and KI to see that people are willing Rare to return to the top.

But if Kameo, PDZ, Pinata and Banjo are anything to go by it's not going to happen any time soon, and the golden era of Rare could be long gone, sadly.

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kewlkat007 - 402 days 21 hours ago

When RARE tries something different or New so don't wanna give it the time or day...

If they remake old games that flop, then we are back at square 1"RARE should be moving with the times.

As you know Gaming have changed since SNE/N64 days. We don't expect those Devs to put out the same type of game.

If RARE was to bring out all these old-school games(REMAKES, REHASHES, SPIN-OFFS), regardless, The question is would yo go out and buy the Xbox 360?, I bet you most wouldn't, unless your into the Xbox 360.

Those holding on to RARE glory days probably have no interest in the Platform they make games for. In the end, it doesn't even matter.

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Jdoki - 402 days 20 hours ago

Not so KewlKat...

I would love to see Rare back at the top.

I don't want rehashes and remakes. I want good games.

In my opinion Banjo is, and should always be, a traditional platform game. There's more than enough room on the 360 for a good 3D platformer. Shoehorning Banjo in to Nuts and Bolts was not a good idea.

I thought Kameo was a solid game with masses of potential despite it's turbulent development. However have we seen a sequel?

Blast Corps could be a seriously amazing game on the 360. On the N64 it had all the ingredients of a phenomenal series which would have benefited from more powerful physics and effects that modern consoles can give.

The bottom line, regardless of what I've written above, is that if Rare came out with AAA games then it wouldn't matter. They defined genres on N64 with titles like Banjo Kazooie, Blast Corps, Jet Force Gemini etc etc and etc! They _could_ do the same on 360, but maybe the magic has gone.

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Jdoki - 402 days 21 hours ago

Yeah, that was a surprise I could have lived with out!

In the case of Banjo I have a feeling that Microsoft may have done something similar to Rare as Nintendo did with the whole Star Fox Adventures saga.

IIRC Nintendo 'suggested' (forced?) Rare to change their Dinosaur themed adventure game in to a Star Fox game.

I have a feeling Rare may well have been working on a new IP with Nuts and Bolts, and Microsoft may well have 'suggested' they tie it to an established IP. Or maybe Rare just wasn't confident enough of having Nuts and Bolts stand on it's own, so decided to crowbar Banjo in to it.

Whatever, it didn't work on any level. Banjo needed to stay as a proper platformer and Nuts and Bolts could have worked as a new IP!

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Montrealien - 402 days 23 hours ago

so what you are saying is that you where not expecting the high failure rate because MS only realeases high quality hardware right?

hence, you where suprised?

What suprises me is how may twirps make one account after the other on this site, humanity suprises and saddens me all the time on this site.

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Montrealien - 402 days 23 hours ago

do you have it? Have you played it? It`s actually a pretty good game.

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alberto31 - 402 days 22 hours ago

"...Do you have it?"
Who do you think I am? A guy like you? When I say THEY DISAPPOINTED ME WHITH THIS STUPID VERSION OF BANJOO IS BECAUSE I PLAYED IT! Do you think I'm some stupid teen fanboy that says stupid things about games I didn't play? You're wrong mister!....And yes the game sucks, and IS NOT ONLY ME THAT SAY THAT!...

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Montrealien - 402 days 22 hours ago

(Do you think I'm some stupid teen fanboy)

You don`t come off as one at all.

/on topic

fair enough though, you don`t like it, you are not the only one who doesn`t and feel the need to remind me, I can respect that. I do on the other hand like it, and like you, I can easily say that I am not the only one.

on a side note:

It always amazes me how easy it is to spot the mutliple account trolls. ;D

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Magic_The_Celt - 402 days 18 hours ago

your stupid beyond words, now L4D is goty 08? yah well at least goty 08 wont go to a 360 exlusive then eh haha

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snoopgg - 402 days 11 hours ago

to win game of the year. The textures are bland and very underwhelming. Also it is a very short game, kinda like Heavenly Sword which looked so much better.

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