Rare Grabs Ghoulies For Microsoft, Gets Mixed Results

Thanks to 1UP for their review of Rare's first Xbox title, Grabbed By The Ghoulies, which has just shipped to stores following the company's acquisition by Microsoft last year. The reviewer is lukewarm at best on this swiftly-developed title, arguing it "...really is nothing but monster-punching and room-advancing", and lamenting that "...most of all, the game's short. Really short." While a recent hands-on preview at TotalVideoGames was much more positive, suggesting that "as far as we're concerned the criticism of 'Grabbed by the Ghoulies' has been a little harsh", IGN Xbox have now weighed in with a similarly ambivalent review, praising "some really great presentation", but ultimately suggesting "there aren't any landmark moments or climaxes to diversify the gameplay in any significant matter." So, which forthcoming Rare titles are you looking forward to?

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Re:Rarely Compelling

[Mike Mentalist]

We all know that no matter how good a console FPS is, they pale in comparison to FPS on PCs.

They certainly do not. If the game is designed around a control pad then it is fine.


While Starfox Adventures (Nintendo GameCube) is one of the most fantastic looking games, the gameplay is uninspired and the story is dull. The game has no soul. Color me jade, Rare does not impress me.

For me, the games that Rare put out were the best for the system.
Goldeneye and Perfect Dark were fantastic, I preferred Banjo Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64 to Mario 64, Diddy Kong Racing had a much better single player than Mario Kart and Jet Force Gemini was sublime stuff.