panasonic234901d ago

RARE most talented developers left Rare before MS brought them.

NYC_Gamer4901d ago

yeah many of them are still with Nintendo

Bereaver4901d ago

I was about to say the same thing.

The company itself changed as soon as it started taking money.

toaster4901d ago

RARE died after Viva Pinata.

BrianB4901d ago

actually most of them went and formed Free Radical creator of the TimeSplitter Series, and Haze but that game sucked hard and left the company defunct, untill Crytek purchased them and changed the name to Crytek UK

OneSneakyMofo4901d ago (Edited 4901d ago )

R.I.P. Rare; your Battletoads kicked my ass.

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Blaze9294901d ago

most of the key people who made Rare, "Rare" - left. Simple as that. People say all the time, "oh, a few people leaving shouldve effect the entire company" - wrong.

Like Itagki leaving Team Ninja, you will see. If Kojima left Kojima Productions, you'd see. Same goes for Rare with Martin Hollis, David Doak, Tim and Chris Stamper, etc.

People blaming Microsoft are just fooling themselves.

Nitrowolf24901d ago (Edited 4901d ago )

I can understand this, but the question is, would they have left later if they stuck with Nintendo? I mean MS buying could have made them leave, who knows, but it would seem like that if they left before the buyout

@Below
Yeah Wiki says that Tim and Chris left to pursue other opportunities, Martin left to join Free Radical and help produce some games, and David Doak went on to help with Gamecube development later founding his own company. IDK it just seems that they left for other reason then. Also looking at history of Rare they seem to have left the company well before MS actually bought all the shares.

Count4901d ago

That's the thing.

People are speculating and acting like their speculation is a fact.

RockmanII74901d ago

I hope your wrong, or else Megaman Legends 3 will probably suck (Keiji Inafune, creator of Megaman, left Capcom earlier this year).

shoddy4901d ago

MS bought them then they disappear.

Killler Insticnt and Donkey Kong Country are awesome quality games.

gamerdude1324901d ago

Before you people start accusing Microsoft for it (they've done a lot of wrong, but just finish reading), know that the developers left RARE and went to none other than Free Radical and created the true spiritual successors to GoldenEye and Perfect Dark: TimeSplitters. They now work under CryTek as CryTek UK.

shoddy4901d ago

Parfect Dark is a long time ago. I wonder what they have next?

Black-Helghast4901d ago

Dude Killer Insticnt is my favorite fighting game! I wish they made another one.. :(

Shepherd 2144901d ago

Some developers make the transition to newer generations better than others.

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Shok4901d ago (Edited 4901d ago )

Microsoft is what happened.

Pehdahosman4901d ago

Kameo was the last true rare classic it was also my GOTY 05. I hope rare gets back on their feet and makes a new killer instinct,a new Kameo and a new conker those will help rare get back to their 1990s glory if those don't work than Rare is a lost cause.

Moonboots4901d ago

Kameo was a great! Your comment sums up my thoughts on Rare as well.

cb4g4901d ago

I always passed up on Kameo, now I regret it! Was it really that good? I've heard mixed reviews.

A true Conker game would be nice!

Pehdahosman4900d ago

yes dude try out its that awesome Kameo its great.but its short good thing its only 5$ =)

jdnorthwest4901d ago

Change happens. Turn over and the merging of development teams should be a good thing. However the market is looking for the familiar, and people enjoy playing the same thing time and time again.

Lirky4901d ago

Well rareware rare were bought by microsoft to develope games exclusively for microsoft so their microsofts first party studio.

But rare did not realease any games of lately that were like mascot type games. Unless they are waiting for E3 11' to show some new games.

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The 7 Best Rare Games: A Pioneering Legacy

Rare has had an astonishing journey since being founded in 1985. But of the 125 titles released to date, which are the 7 best Rare games?

darthv7234d ago

I was always a fan of Cobra Triangle.

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Perfect Dark Zero - Unique Ideas, Flawed Execution

Perfect Dark Zero launched alongside the Xbox 360 back in 2005, to much criticism. 18 years later, is it worth another look?

x_xavier_x151d ago

Perfect Dark Zero was the first game that I purchased for my XBOX 360. I still have the game in my collection. I think I played it for about 45 minutes in total over the past 18 years. It's a really bad game, and I was so disappointed when I first fired it up almost 20 years ago.

zacly151d ago

I had fun with the mutiplayer. Didnt feel like Perfect Dark, but still had some fun with it

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Gaming Franchises Deserving Of A Return

Bobby says, "Many video game franchises have come and gone, but what ones should return?"

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Terry_B256d ago

Art of Fighting
Bloody Roar
Clay Fighter
Darkstalkers
Ehrgeiz
Final Fight
..and so on ;)

FinalBoss256d ago

Art of Fighting...We are going to have a Fatal Fury, we can have hope for this one too :)

Number1TailzFan256d ago

I only had the CD version of Final Fight but yeah great game, great music. Challenging too.

The Desert/Jungle Strike games need to return too.

Asplundh256d ago (Edited 256d ago )

I remember playing Clay Fighters a lot, honestly it wasn't great and it got worse with each sequel.

Snookies12256d ago

Bushido Blade needs to be on that list of fighters!

Terry_B256d ago

I agree, but Bloody Roar is higher in my priority lol..due to that already super fun indie fighting game hellish Quart which is still on early access

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FinalBoss256d ago

Onimusha and Legacy of Kain! Excellent choice.
I would add Shenmue indeed.

gold_drake256d ago

breath of fire

shadow hearts / koudelka
dot hack series.

and many more u cant think of right now haha

FinalFantasyFanatic256d ago

Maybe Shadow Hearts/Koudelka can make a return now that Penny Blood is in the works (worked for 100 Heroes/Suikoden).

I'd really like them to do a Dot Hack compilation/quadrillion pack, and having Breath of Fire return would be good too, it didn't deserve to go out with a whimper (I'm talking about that mobile game they made for it).

gold_drake256d ago (Edited 256d ago )

haha you dont need to clarify your points, i know xD

i know theres a .hack project on the way, but no one really knows what it is. from qhat ive just read, the vice Pres. of CC2 wants a remake of the four games, but Bandai holds the licensing and hasnt given the greenlight for it.

and yehz bof didnt deserve the the ceap games at the end

RaidenBlack256d ago

Quake (not including the re-releases)
F.E.A.R
TimeSplitters
Hexen
Brothers in Arms
Bad Company
Resistance
Legacy of Kain
Midnight Club
Burnout
... many more

porkChop256d ago

The Legend of Dragoon
Infamous
Heretic/Hexen
Sleeping Dogs
Midnight Club
Scarface
Lost Odyssey
Syphon Filter
Red Faction
Snatcher

shinoff2183256d ago

Porkchop you probably know already but did you know they worked on a scarface 2.

porkChop255d ago

Yeah I've seen footage of it. Activision cancelled it after they bought Sierra. I still think that's crazy. Scarface was successful enough that Sierra planned on making Scarface 2, 3, 4, etc. It's wild that Activision would just cancel it like that.

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