Never really rated Rare to be honest... i'd have to say the only two games they made that i ever liked were of course, goldeneye and perfect dark... anything else they made like, donkey kong country, diddy kong racing, conkers quest etc.. were a load of bull!
Oh by the way.. the guys and gals who made Goldeneye have all since left to form the majority of the team that make the timesplitters games.
However, i must concede that the latest pictures of Perfect dark look promising... fingers crossed.