bltzkriegmcanon

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.

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Mephex

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

mr sticky

On the Xbox:

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

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Redjake

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

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Wyodiver33

UT 2004, love the demo

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ironchefkorea

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?

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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...

Stare At The Sun

Halo 2. And that is all that matters.

But yeah, what mr deflok said...

bltzkriegmcanon

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.

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What do you say to one last showdown?
- Ocelot, Metal Gear Solid 3

The password is "Who are the Patriots?" and "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo." "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo." Gotcha.
- The Colonel and Snake, Metal Gear Solid 3

SonicRL

Harvset Moon: A Wondeful Life

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

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opackfan

Duke Nukem Forever....oh....wait....

Nancy

Final Fantasy XI

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I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.

diergray

What about World of Warcraft!!!

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Cardinal Syn

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

And ut2k4

tokaok

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.

skier

awww tokaok you're getting me all excited

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Strange Famous

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

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iNk

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

White Cluster

That new Empires game for PC
It looks AMAZING

Omar12

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.

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BigGov

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

And what about that Nintendo portable with two screens?

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Redjake

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

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dragonhawk

City of Heros. Nuff Said!

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Buk

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.

Infernal

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

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

jujueye

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!)

Panopticon

I concur.

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Plan9Senior

World of Warcraft, nuff said.

Dassin

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

bundy

wow...

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

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norky

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

charlesesl

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

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Date the Banana

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

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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

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gamerguy

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.

bltzkriegmcanon

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

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What do you say to one last showdown?
- Ocelot, Metal Gear Solid 3

The password is "Who are the Patriots?" and "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo." "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo." Gotcha.
- The Colonel and Snake, Metal Gear Solid 3

Church

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

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Tholo

Pikmin 2, bitches =D

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Mr.Deflok

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.

sinjien

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.