The fact that Rare used to be one of the best games developers back in the 90's and that now they are nothing special is quite saddening. The best era was the N64 for Rare, they had the time from Ninty to make games great because Ninty were patient enough with them. We had games like Banjo Kazooie, Perfect Dark and Jet Set Gemini.
And now, we have Rare being a company that attempted to be great again. With games like Kameo, Viva Pinata and PD Zero. Unfortunetly, even with a revival of Banjo Kazooie, it wasn't meant to be. And now, we have Rare being a game maker who have to do what MS say and making games for Kinect. It's sad, i know.