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Gazing Back and Looking Ahead in Gaming 28

Posted by Zonk from the me,-i'm-waiting-for-kingdom-hearts-2 dept.
To finish up the season of "Best of the Year" pieces we have IGN's Best of 2004, where they take a look at the games across several different categories. At the same time Gamespot is offering a Most Anticipated of 2005 feature, games that their editorial staff are looking forward to for the coming year. From the article: "Though the release slate may lack some of the sizzling franchises that were refreshed just months ago, it's quite clear that there's no lack of promising or exciting games on the horizon."
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  • Only in the game media could you have 15 people all choose games they are looking forward to and have none of them be the same.

    Also, wasn't Nokia dropping support for the NGage? There were quite a few NGage games listed.

  • The games... (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 17, 2005 @10:15AM (#11385314)
    Yuck! Two games per page, and a gazillion pages. For those who don't want to suffer carpal tunnel syndrome from all the clicking, here's the list:

    01. Daikatana 2
    02. Duke Nukem Forever
    03. Duke Nukem: Magna Cum Laude
    04. The Duke Nukem and Daikatana Joke Making Game
    05. Where's Wally?
    06. The Adventures of a Slashdot Addict
    07. Starwars Milkman Challenge
    08. EA Sports Franchise Simulator
    09. Sequel II: The Sequel
    10. Sequel III: The Prequel
    11. I Could Go On Forever, But I'll Stop Now

  • Can someone explain the anticipation for KH2? (Score:1, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Am I the only person who loves the FF franchise, likes a good portion of the Disney franchise and loathed Kingdom Hearts?

    I really don't get it. Everything about the game was miserable - so-so story (even by computer RPG standards), rotten camera controls, tedious combat, obnoxious dialogue, unfun mini-games, and awful misuse of some of the best loved Disney and FF characters.

    I mean I understand that some people like game types and games that I don't care for - but this is a genuinely bad game.

    • You are not alone. I have always loved Squaresoft games. I always liked Disney. Granted they never produced anything on par with Tom and Jerry, but still, a powerhouse of great characters and ideas.

      From go, I though Kingdom Hearts was a bad idea. I found it used for cheap and tried it anyway. It was so much worse than I ever expected, I found it really disturbing. Goofy and Donald killing monsters - it's just not right! Given that it was a PS2 game, the 3-D engine was really choppy and poor-looking.
  • Duke Nukem Forever ofcourse
  • KOTOR2 for the PC - I just finished it on the Xbox. While it's technically more of the same, that's far from a bad thing. Kudos to Obsidian for getting it right.

    Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich. The first one was a blast, and they promise more goodness this time around (blow apart buildings, more interactivity with the environment, new powers). The first good superhero game in a while. No, it's not just like CoH.

    They Came From Hollywood - play a Science Fiction B-Movie Monster. Play as a giant spider!
    • They Came From Hollywood - play a Science Fiction B-Movie Monster. Play as a giant spider! An alien brain! Destroy destroy destroy! Should be simple and fun. (Also worth reading their site - it's got a good sense of humor about it)

      Is it just me or does that sound an awful lot like I Was An Atomic Mutant (ValuSoft)?
  • Most ads displayed by never displaying more than one thing on a page at a time.
  • Really, the most interesting things you can say about the top games of the year is bitching that it has 1 game per page. I guess it would suck that if you are on dial up...but instead of wasting space with your whining, why don't you say what games were the beiggest to you for 2004. I enjoy reading these even if they are just glorified advertisements, because it might show a game that looks interesting. I will go look at some independant reviews and may find a great game I missed.

    Anyways, here is my
  • Amazing. On the Overall Awards, it got a runner-up for best use of sound. On the PC Games Awards it got runner up for best graphics. That's all folks. I can understand Doom 3 taking some heat for the actual gameplay, but I thought both the sound and graphics were very impressive. The story wasn't half-bad either.

    I haven't played Half-life 2 yet, but I thought the prevailing attitude was that the graphics on Doom 3 were far superior. What's the deal? This must be Mel Gibson's favorite game or somethi
    • I haven't played Half-life 2 yet

      just in case you're curious, everyone stopped reading your post at that point.
      • You're right. I should have either lied and said I had played it, or moved that bit to the very end. I've read lots of comparative artices for what that's worth. Does Halflife 2 have anything on par with the Lighting effects in Doom 3? How about the disolving skin and brains popping out effect? Is the sound as surrounding?

        I don't want to start the Half Life Vs. Doom war. I just can't help but notice extreme snubbing going on when I see it. The story of Id software almost plays out like the cheesy mo
  • It's redundant, but I believe it's important to stress this matter.

    I've only recently hopped back on the gaming wagon. However, from the limited number of games I've played recently (HL2, Doom3 and Far Cry), I can say that, far and away Doom3 makes the best use of sound and graphics.

    It's so effective, it's downright creepy at times!
    The 5.1 sound is terrific, and the graphics are absolutely superb, and most definitely better than what HL2 has put together, with the notable exception of HL2's facial featur

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