Best Games 2004 -upcoming-

[Milkman 1]

Not a good gaming year for the PC at all, I only bought Half-Life 2 which was IMO way overhyped. Far Cry was maybe the best FPS of the year, fun and relatively free which makes it at least a bit innovative.

Half-Life 2 didn't have any advertising, so I have no idea where you got the idea that is was "overhyped."

Want something thats overhyped, and terrible? (Campaign bleh) Try Halo 2. I mean, they had trailers for it in the movies, how much more hyped can you get?

[jakerod 254]

I think Halo 2 was overhyped. All in all I think the campaign for the first one was a lot better. It isn't even that great of a game if I had a choice between a million copes if halo 2 to 1 copy of ofp i would take ofp... or take the millions of halo 2s sell them buy ofp and a new computer, but that would be illegal i think.

*runs realizing Halo 2 is not the topic*

[red oct 2]

i thought Halo 2 was cool. or at least it was way better than the first one. but i'll agree that there seems to be more crappy games comming out such as this one:

http://pc.ign.com/articles/582/582748p1.html

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

can anyone tell me which games I should delete from the list?

[Showtek 0]

can anyone tell me which games I should delete from the list?

Hitman 2 and MOH Pacific Assault. Hitman 2 is nice but Hitman 3 is much better IMO.

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

can anyone tell me which games I should delete from the list?

Hitman 2 and MOH Pacific Assault. Hitman 2 is nice but Hitman 3 is much better IMO.

Medal of Honour Pacific Assault? I realy liked that game and it realy big multiplayer fun!

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

I am gonna delete

Battle for Middleearth

Vampire 2

Warhammer 40k

Sacred

Burnout 3

Battlefield Vietnam

Dark Age of Camelot

Tribes: Vengeance

Unreal Tournament 2004

Painkiller

Splinter Cell - Pandora Tomorrow 93%

X2

Richard Burns Ralley

Thief (??)

Spellforce (??)

Pirates (just released here)

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this leaves us with:

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Chronicles of the Riddick

Medal of Honour Pacific Assault

Rome Total War

Hitman 3

Panzers

Warhammer 40k

Sims 2

Joint Operations

Far Cry

Doom3

Battlefield Vietnam

Star Wars Battlefront

Splinter Cell - Pandora Tomorrow 93%

Richard Burns Ralley

Pro Evolution soccer

Thief 3

any complaints? 6 more need to be deleted.

[mr burns 132]

you kicked pirates & sacred but keep the sims2 and BF:Vietnam ?    

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

Chronicles of the Riddick

Medal of Honour Pacific Assault

Rome Total War

Hitman 3

Panzers

Warhammer 40k

Joint Operations

Far Cry

Doom3

Star Wars Battlefront

Splinter Cell - Pandora Tomorrow 93%

Richard Burns Ralley

Pro Evolution soccer

Thief 3

Sacred

Pirates

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Pirates was published in December... I dont think that is time enough for all of us to judge it properly. I can add it if you want but then again we need to throw some other ones

[Madus_Maximus 0]

MOH PA is pretty visuals and poor repetetive gameplay like all of the other MOH series games. It was acceptable about 3 years ago but these days games are more complex and it just doesn't cut it any more in my opinion. Also they seemed to have got lazy on the faces side of things. All the Japanese blokes look the same as do all the Americans. The only difference is clothing and maybe facial hair on some. MASSIVELY overhyped, like 99.99% of EA games.

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

MOH PA is pretty visuals and poor repetetive gameplay like all of the other MOH series games. It was acceptable about 3 years ago but these days games are more complex and it just doesn't cut it any more in my opinion. Also they seemed to have got lazy on the faces side of things. All the Japanese blokes look the same as do all the Americans. The only difference is clothing and maybe facial hair on some. MASSIVELY overhyped, like 99.99% of EA games.

I fully disagree...  

[mr burns 132]

MOH PA is pretty visuals and poor repetetive gameplay like all of the other MOH series games. It was acceptable about 3 years ago but these days games are more complex and it just doesn't cut it any more in my opinion. Also they seemed to have got lazy on the faces side of things. All the Japanese blokes look the same as do all the Americans. The only difference is clothing and maybe facial hair on some. MASSIVELY overhyped, like 99.99% of EA games.

I fully disagree...  

i also dislike mopa, can´t understand how you get so much fun out of it..but that´s a matter of taste  

edit: the best MOH game was allied assault imho, nothing beats the air insertion from the 1st level !

for the list i would cut doom3 out since almost all members here have the same negative opinion about it

btw: i dont really have to see pirates on the list but regarding it´s enormous reputation which it carries since c64 days it´d  be a sin not to mention it  

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

MOHPA has limitations.. but the athmosphere (if your computer can do full settings) is realy movie-like and they were able to export it into Multiplayer too!

I intend to delete

Warhammer 40k

Thief 3

Splinter Cell Pandora

Star Wars Battlefront

Chronicles of the Riddick

Joint Operations

What do you think.. this would leave us with

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Medal of Honour Pacific Assault

Rome Total War

Hitman 3

Panzers

Far Cry

Richard Burns Ralley

Pro Evolution soccer

Sacred

Pirates

Half Life 2

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[Akira 0]

I would defintely keep Pirates as I've been playing it since it came out.

Why Star Wars Battlefront? It introduced nothing new but a Star Wars setting for the Battlefield 1942 style game...ah..nevermind ya deleted it.

Looks like a good list to me.

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

whats the thrill in pirates?

[Akira 0]

whats the thrill in pirates?

If its not something you are into then little I would say would sway you. If you like the original Pirates! Gold then you will love the new Pirates.

It's open-ended with a broad "storyline" you can take your time to follow. The graphics are nice, combat is fun, and there are a variety of routes you can take.

Right now I'm an English captain sailing in a stolen French ship-of-the-line (48-gun frigate). I've captured most of the outlying French islands (all except Martinique) and Tortuga and Port-au-Paix....before I realized that the English and French weren't at war...not at war until I started taking their settlements that is. I've amassed about 2000+ acres on St. Kitts.

[mr burns 132]

sailing in a stolen French ship-of-the-line (48-gun frigate).

word !! that´s my fav too

although i haven´t played for a while because i switched to a too high difficulty by mistake, now my crew always runs away after only 130 days.. not very encouraging for me but ill take it as a challenge

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

I thought about buying the game that is gonna win tomorrow poll! why not? in the end it is an OFP-FAN gamers award

[xawery 0]

My vote goes to Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. A sleeper hit, if you ask me. The pc version is truly amazing. While I understand that Vin Diesel-action may not be everyone's cup of tea (nor is it mine, normally), this game is so immersive and cinematic that I can only compare it to System Shock 2, excitement-wise. The gameplay is completely different of course, but you know what I mean.

The combination of stealth, over-the-top action, very different settings, great voice-acting (go to www.imdb.com and take a look at who's contributed!) and the very cool commentary mode make this my favourite game of 2004.

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

great.. I deleted that one from the list ... please choose one that could be deleted instead!

[mr burns 132]

sacred maybe, you and me seem to be the only ones who know it

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

guess so.. it has a great german community but that was about it. And after the last patch I can no longer enter buildings!  

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Medal of Honour Pacific Assault

Rome Total War

Hitman 3

Panzers

Far Cry

Richard Burns Ralley

Pro Evolution soccer

Chronicles of the Riddick

Pirates

Half Life 2

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[Heatseeker 0]

Hitman 3 , i mean im a fan of the character but the Glacier engine looks way outdated, the weapons were poor and they ported a whole bunch of old levels into the new game, cinematics are poor and some of the old a.i. bugs were still present, cant believe you let this budget one in .

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

-can be locked -

[Ex-RoNiN 0]

And its this one that gets locked