Ace_O_Spades

Haha I know it was a hyperbole... it was just such a fun post to do

I got to go research crappy games!

YAY!

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whocarz

My game of the year is definately Rome: Total War. I've given it a little break to play Half-life 2 and Pirates!, but once I'm finished with them, I'll go right back to playing the shit out of that bitch. Best multiplayer game is Call of Duty: United Offensive.

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Metal Gear Solid 3 and Red Dead Revolver. No lasers, mutants or super powers. I think its cool to see games like this.

bigd999

Without a doubt Halflife 2. The physics engine alone is so revolutionary it blows all competition away by itself. On top of that it was a great game to play from start to finish.

Man/Amazing

Half-Life 2 has my vote.

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Esco

Half-Life 2 gets my vote as well.

cyrnel

I had more fun with an old $9 sale copy of Max Payne Rise & Fall than HL2.

WoW
FarCry
CoD United
Good LAN times with America's Army
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Max Payne Rise & Fall
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HL2 - Watch for cheap 2nd hand copies after Christmas

biznatch

1. GTA: SA...planes rocked!!!!!!!everything rocked!!!
2. FarCry: bootyful game...ragdoll physics....
3. HL 2: should go as second but only played it for one hour...so it'll go up in my list when i own it.

Spartak

GTA:SA

Without a doubt.

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blahblah454

HL2 is defanitly awesome, but as my computer sucks and cant run it that well I play it for short burts at a time. But it still gets my win!

And Im dying to play WoW, the only thing is that whole pay-to-play. On a side note, if people hack your accounts in WoW what happens? you get your stuff back or is it shit-outta-luck for you? Because if I pay even 10cents a month on a game and I loose my character cause some dipshit out there is too lazy to make his own I am going to be very cheesed.

whocarz

I wish it were 10 cents, more like 15 dollars.

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mr sticky

Ninja Gaiden was my favorite this year. Just incredible.

Halo 2- since it took away the feeling of precision that made the first one so damn good, I give that the biggest disappointment of the year.

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Halo 2.

Second runner up - Ninja Gaiden

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Mephisto2

Lots of votes for WOW. Maybe I should check it out.

Mr Mephisto

cockmonger

Half-Life 2...way more groundbreaking than any of those other games

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Lasereth

I haven't had a chance to play HL2, KOTOR 2, R&C 3, or even my beloved Metroid Prime 2 yet. So they would probably be on my list if I had played them.

Console

1. Halo 2
2. GTA: San Andreas
3. MGS 3
4. Burnout 3
5. Ninja Gaiden

PC

1. World of Warcraft
2. Battlefield Vietnam
3. Doom 3

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Viros

1. World of Warcraft
2. Madden 2005
3. Halo 2
4. Metroid prime 2
5. Beyond Good and Evil


Best games I have gotten this year, though I still havent picked up Kotor 2yet.

thecoldone33

I really dont think that i eencountered a game this year that blew me away this year. This being said here are my picks for games that i simply enjoyed the most.

Console.
1. Halo 2 ( live play being most of the reason for this)
2. Burnout 3 ( great game but in my opinion multiplayer dissapointed)
3. Ninja Gaiden ( all around good game but not as good as the ones above)


PC. (not a very big Pc gamer other than FPS so with that in mind...)
1. Half-Life 2
2. UT2004
3. Far-Cry

The Magic

World of Warcraft gets my vote hands down.

Mantus

World of Warcraft.

Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War

powerclown

1 - Half Life 2
2 - Far Cry
3 - Thief: Dark Shadows
4 - Painkiller
5 - The Suffering
5.5 - Manhunt

Rdr4evr

Wow, The Suffering made your list. By any chance have you beaten the game with all three endings? I ask because I have only completed it on the good ending and would like to veiw the other two endings as well, but I just don't have the patience to beat the game two more times. Is it worth it Powerclown? And if so, do you know of any websites which post game endings by any chance?

sinjien

Hey Mr. Mephisto...if youre into mmo's and EQ2 dissappointed you (even if it didnt or u didnt touch it) WOW is definitely the game to begin this holiday season. Man, i love gaming during the college break!!!

guthmund

I only spent a little time with a pal's copy of Ninja Gaiden. I liked what I saw, but I can't include it. Likewise with Metroid Prime 2, which I haven't picked up at all.

All that being said....

1 - Splinter Cel: Pandora Tomorrow (Just a fantastic game on so many different levels)
2 - Halo 2 (Nice progression from the first game and although a bit short still pretty solid)
3 - Kotor 2: The Sith Lords (Not as good as the first and lots of unfinished stuff, but overall a pretty good play)
4 - Paper Mario 2 (cutesy, but a fine way to kill some time )

I should be getting my hands on Ratchet and Clank 3 over the holidays. I mention this because I had such a good time with 1 & 2. I expect Up your arsenal to be just as good as the first two and based on that assumption, it would probably make my list.

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eviL

hmm, i would stick to far cry because i love that small islands

Halx

what? No Leisure Suit Larry? Or am I the only one brave enough to admit that I actually played it?

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Coppertop

Well, after all the reviews said it was shit...

I admit, I was looking forward to it, after having loved the first ones. But a shitty game is still a shitty game. But unfortunately I cannot afford to buy any game I want. I go on solid review scores or friend recommendations before buying. This latest incarnation of LSL had neither. Maybe when it's priced at $10 or less I'll try it.

Justsomeguy

Halo 2 on multiplayer alone

followed by:
Metroid 2
GTA:San Andreas
Paper Mario

Also, everyone that voted an mmorpg should be disregarded

aberkok

I pick Half-life 2. I thought it pushed the level of immersion in games to a whole new, umm...leve. Yay for gravity. Too bad it didn't have the same enemy AI as Farcry. Then I would have raved way more. I'm sure a game that combines both the physics of HL2 with the AI of Farcry will blindside us sometime in 2005.

Half-life 2 also gets my vote because they, unlike Farcry and Doom3, didn't forget about the little guy with the mid-range system. It runs great on my Athlon 2600XP/ Ati Radeon 9200.

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Bratwurst

1) HL2
2) Sid Meier's Pirates
3) Doom 3

Ten

I would have to say Halo 2. But KotOR 2 was amazing.

BigGov

I played it Hal, I just found it very repetitive after a short while. The same games over and over and over and over.

My Game of the Year for 2004, FIFA 2005.

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cataklysm

Half-Life 2!

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kifferfong

Sid Meier's Pirates!

And it's gonna get better, with the mods and all.

El Kaz

Everquest II, definitely.
*Eyes the WoW crowd* I feel alone

bonehed1

I have to agree here.....WoW hands down with Pirates and HL2 right on its butt

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Bratwurst

Are there mods out now for Pirates?

qtpye4u84

HL2 was fun, I liked it, so one vote. I have to stick to PS2, socom 2.

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DownwardSpiral

Metal Gear Solid 3 for me. Such a great game, gives me the feeling I had when I played the first Metal Gear Solid for the first time. X Men Legends gets my Runner-Up vote for the simple fact that I found it so damn fun to play, lol.

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LLL2

1.half-life
2.far cry


They just Added new types of stuff in their FPS.How many times can we see the same game just different name and guns.Those 2 did a really good job on bringing something new to the table.