Gaming 2004....

[krondike]

What game are the best that's ever been released 2004? Not gonna start a voiting becuase I might miss some game, but I can list a few games that's I know if might not be the best of my opinion but do have lots of fans and in there perspective they might think it is the best!

(I haven't played all!)


Doom 3 - finaly ships, after delays! (PC)

Half Life 2 - finaly ships, after a doubtfull "stolen" source code, and many delays. (PC)

Halo 2 - ships as expected. And didn't dissapoint the fans... (Xbox)

Rome: Total War - Finaly see the day light! As there where no official release date, the developers only said, we publish the game when we think it's finnish, kind of cold cool thught of them (PC)

GTA: San Andreas - get's in time. As always this might be the game of the year. Everyone love's it! And Rockstar have done it again! No delays from them... no no! (PS2)

Battlefield Vietnam - Bases on the same old Battlefield 1942 graphic engine . Kind of old..... (PC)

Fable - Most dissapointed game of the year on Xbox? (Xbox)

Football Manager 2005 - They change publisher to Sega from Eidos and they got it even bether than last Championchip Series. (PC)

Flatout - The best car game of the year? (PC)

"EA Sports" 2005 - A new game every year from EA, note that NHL season is cancel this year 04/05... (all)

Ghost Recon 2 - Don't know what to say...supprised that it's released so early? (all)

Sims 2 - Most overrated game ever? - (PC)

Far Cry - Well it's hard to compete in this genre becuase Doom 3 and Half Life 2.....VS Far Cry....hmmm gues whos wins? (PC)

Chronicles of Rid**** - It's Swedish! And it's having an own developed Graphic Engine to.... - (PC and Xbox)

Need for speed underground 2 - about 2 years from there first title...can this game be a release just to make money for EA Games? (ALL?)

Burn out 3 - EA games buyed up the title and did a god job? (PS2)

Söldner - Secret Wars - One of MANY titles from German. (PC)

Sacred - German - Did this release in 2004? (PC)

Settlers 5 - German - Changed the game totaly can that be a winning concept? Note: Release in 2005 in US. (PC)

Gangland - The years shortest game? Note: In Sweden it's called Family Wars why? It's not a big company that's made gangland....are it gonna be buyed up by Elecetronic Arts in 2005? (PC)

Axis and allies - Well it was about time that they upgraded the game...but why did they change the game concept? Why do they always make "warcraft" thing of a border game..... (PC)

--->Pirates!<--- - My favorite - Have Sid Mier's Done it again, to make the award winning cult game Pirates to a new modern version of it and not lost a singel fan and status of the original game? (PC)

Unreal Tournament 2004 - Empire's favorite - The best Multi Player Online Game 2004? (PC)
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Protections:
Starforce - Most hated Game protection ever in 2004?

In 2004 Macromedia change there SafeDisc protection from 3.2 to without announcement version 4. But still is the most beaten protection of all time!

SecuROM - Didn't do mutch.....

Valve - Valves protection it's one of the best....but didn't took to long before Vengance to beat them.. but just look at there release and you might see how a great job valve and vengance have done. Both to encrypt and decrypt the protection..

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More to come in this list?

[JoyBoy]

I was thinking of starting a similar thread, asking members what their overall game of the year was. The only good titles I have played this year are Half-Life 2, GTA: San Andreas and Burnout 3. Burnout 3 is my overall game of the year, its got something that only a few games ever have. Cant explain it, but Burnout 3 has it. Never even played the the first 2 games. Biggest piece of crap of the year was DOOM 3. Nuff said.

Looking to the future, I'm excited about Gran Turismo 4

[Eagle]

most disappointing: Medal of Honor - Pacific Assault

best multiplayergame: Söldner - Secret Wars (I know it was extremly buggy and unstable, but current patch version just rocks)

[Magnetic]

need for speed underground 2
was my crapgame of the year- they should have called it need for speed underground 2005

best game, well i think it´s warhammer 40k dawn of war and of course my all time favorite ENEMY TERRITORY( i know it´s no 2004 game, but i had to say it )

[Grumpy]

Hmm for me Im going with Farcry as the best and Shellshock Nam 67 as the most disapointing. HL2 was right up there too tho!
And I also thought Medal of Honor-Pacific Assault was fairly good too which brings me to ask you Eagle "why didnt you like it?" Im just curious to hear your reason.

[EMPiRE]

Don't forget UT2004, for me definately the best action MP game available (as I am still playing it today)