What's gonna be hot in 2004?
 

Alright guys, I know this sounds like a pretty generic thread, or maybe a blanket thread that's just gonna be either shut down or ignored and dropped to the deeper parts of the gaming section, but I really want to know what you guys think will be the hot shit for gaming this year.

Any platform will do, I just want some opinions for what everybody is getting hyped for.

I must say I'm pretty excited about Söldner, Operation Flashpoint was one of my all time favorites, as well as BF1942, it looks like it could make a great combination.

Speaking of BF1942, I'm also anxious to play Battlefield Vietnam. Once again, I really enjoy the original BF1942, and to have them refine the gameplay, add choppers of their own, and other new content, I'm all for it.

Longer down the list is of course Doom 3 and Half-Life 2. But I'm not holding my breath :)

On the Xbox:

Halo2- THE hit of the year
Fable- supposed to be awesome
Ninja Gaiden- return of platforming goodness

While I do agree Ninja Gaiden will be awesome, it's not exactly the return of platforming goodness. Two of the best platformers "of all time" (stated by many publications) were released last year.

I do however think Ninja Gaiden is gonna rock

UT 2004, love the demo

We'd be lucky if Doom III, Half- Life 2 and Halo 2 make the 2004 deadline. I'm thinking Q2 or Q3 200...9?

UT2004
Doom 3
Half-Life 2
Ninja Gaiden
Halo 2
FarCry
Stalker: Oblivion Lost (or whatever it's called now)
Battlefield Vietnam
Full Spectrum Warrior
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snaker Eater

Lotsa goodies!

And last but not least, Daikatana 2...

Halo 2. And that is all that matters. :)

But yeah, what mr deflok said...

great responses, guys. Looks like we've all got something to be excited about this year.

I wanna add MGS:TTS and MGS3: Snakeeater to the list, just because they look to be really awesome.

Harvset Moon: A Wondeful Life

I have been anticipating this game ever since it was announced 1 year ago.

Duke Nukem Forever....oh....wait....:D

Final Fantasy XI :D

What about World of Warcraft!!!

Yeap Diergray hit it on the nose. World of Warcraft,

And ut2k4

World of warcraft will react havoc amongst the masses.

its looking to be a true genre breaking title and achieve what the sims online and
swg wear meant to do, bringing in the casual player to monthly paid subscription based gaming model of mmorpgs.

awww tokaok you're getting me all excited

Im looking forward to the new Final Fantasy, and the new Madden

Add me to the list of people who suffering sleepless nights of anticipation for Halo 2. :(

That new Empires game for PC
It looks AMAZING

Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)
MGS: Twin Snakes (GC)
MGS: SnakeEater (PS2)
Halo 2 (Xbox)
Fable (Xbox)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow (PC)
Far Cry (PC)
Black and White 2 (PC)
Doom 3 (PC)
Hitman 3 : Contracts (PS2)
HL2 (PC)
Unreal 2004 (PC)
Grand Theft Auto Next (PS2)
Virtua Fighter 5 (PS2)
DRIV3R (Xbox)
To mention a few. ;)

Isn't the PSP supposed to be released this year?

And what about that Nintendo portable with two screens?

my thoughts exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

City of Heros. Nuff Said!

All of the games above plus:

Starcraft: Ghost (GCN, PS2, XBOX)
Mechassault 2 (XBOX) Should rival Halo 2 as the premiere Xbox 3rd generation Live game.

I can finally see the light for PC games again, after a couple of really terrible years on PC we are finally going to have a good reason to upgrade our systems other than to play the lastest FPS.

MGS 3 hope they don't do the raiden thing again :mad:

FF12, GT4, Halo 2, Kingdom Hearts 2, and Residet Evil 4. :D

I still don't think Doom3 will get released any time near the Half Life 2 release. They know there will be too much competition, so I think they'll push it back so that they're the only game (so to speak) in town. (which means we may never see the game....crap!)

I concur. :)

World of Warcraft, nuff said.

Gran Turismo 4... I've restarted Gran Turismo 3 in anticipation :P

wow...

Gran Turismo 4, Halo2 and the prospect of another GTA is making me sweat!!!

WoW, EQ II, Doom III, HL2, Battlefield Vietnam, and maybe Star Wars: Republic Commando if they don't mess it up.

You have got to be kidding me.
How did that peice of shit ever get a sequal.

Gonna be a ditto head here:
Halo 2
MGS3
GT4 (and GTA4!) yay GT!

What I want this year
 

PC
-UT2k4
-BF Vietnam
-Half Life 2
-Doom3
-Farcry(Maybe)

PS2
-Front Mission 4

Xbox
-Ninja Gaiden
-Guilty Gear X2 Reload

Gamecube
-MGS: Twin Snakes

I'm definitely mainly hyped about Fable. I've been waiting to play it as soon I heard about. The other games I can't wait for are Halo2 and HL2.

Battlefield Vietnam - March 16. I'm flippin excited.
MGS:TTS - March 10 (when i'm picking it up). Jesus.

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Pikmin 2, bitches =D

Haha, yeah I was kidding, BUT John Romero just hooked up with Midway to produce "Higher quality games for next generation hardware."

He also just got engaged to a Russian mail-order bride who's 40 (exaggeration) years younger than him.

The only games that matter are the sequels to the ones that have mattered in the past.
EX:
Half-Life 2
Halo2
UT 2004
Ninja Gaiden
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
GT 4
This is the only exception for me this year - FABLE. Believe it. Anyone with an XBOX must pick this game up. All of you who are still holding off and relying on your PS2 trust me. This is going to be a huge game.