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sparkyclarky

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By far Rome: Total War. I bought it the day it came out (very rare for me to immediately pick up a game like that). I played it for about 2 weeks, and then I stopped cold turkey. The reason being that I realized it was seriously addicting, and had the potential to completely screw up my semester. I can stop playing a game like HL2 or CS when I want, but I would be playing Rome for 4+ hours at a time, something which is very dangerous in college. That game is amazing in almost every conceivable way, and I look forward to the day that I can pick it up again without worrrying about school suffering:)
 
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torpid

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I would like to say half life 2, but I still have not completed the game and am playing WoW exclusively. Half life 2 is more innovative, rarely too frustrating, and had at least 10-15 "coooolll." moments so far, but in the end, if I'm choosing to play another game over it, that game I guess wins.

WoW is by contrast not terribly innovative, doesn't have too many "cooooolllll" moments, but just does everything right that other games did wrong (so far).
 
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trek

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I would have to say Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. Despite the bugs in it I honestly had more fun playing it than Far Cry, Doom 3, and Half-Life 2.

Far Cry is my second pick mainly because it did almost as much as Half-Life 2, and came out first. Also for me, Far Cry came out of nowhere, I hadn't heard anything about it and then all of a sudden there it was. I was anticipating Half-Life 2 since I first heard about it and I started playing it as soon as it was released on steam. All it was, was Half-Life with physics! and graphics! yay...maybe after the story is completed I'll appreciate it more. Finally Doom 3 was...meh, Doom. 3!

Onto Bloodlines...Starting last week I have finished this game twice already, and I am preparing for the third run through as a different clan. The re-playability is amazing, all the NPCs respond differently to different characters/stats and all the lines are voiced over by professionals. Again, quality/quantity of voice acting is amazing.

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Bloodlines: The sounds/music from the game really sets the mood as well. There was one level at a haunted hotel that was really creepy. It genuinely scared me...The second time I played through the game I actually took off my headphones for parts of the hotel :p
After a patch this game could be nearly perfect to me. There were far too many typos in the subtitles, and the memory leak is annoying if you play for awhile at a time. Those are the only two things that really stood out to me.

After finishing Far Cry and Bloodlines, I felt very satisfied, like it was worth my time to finish the games. That feeling just wasn't there with Doom 3 and Half-Life 2.

Hopefully someone comes up with a mod for Half-Life 2 that surpasses CS in popularity so CS can finally be put to bed.
 
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Malak

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Originally posted by: Fern
I voted for Far Cry. Never seen anything as graphically beautiful, also good physics and non-linear gameplay allowing for various strategy/tactics.

Haven't played HL2, but if it's like the original I won't vote for it for GOTY.
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I didn't like HL1, but I love HL2. Maybe you should try it. I only saw Farcry once, but it was on someone's POS for a rig so probably not high settings. But HL2 is BEAUTIFUL. Just look at hi-res screenshots, I've seen some that look even better than how it looks on my screen.

I put Painkiller up there, yeah it's a mindless shooter but I liked the environment, music, weapons and artwork (buildings & bosses).
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I wouldn't vote for it only because single player is repetitive. It's a good repetitive, but it's still not anything special, not worth any awards. The bosses and the environment was really cool though, and the stake gun makes me think we need a top guns of all time poll now :p

From what I hear, Chronicles of Riddick may be worth voting. But I haven't gotten it YET. Looking forward to it.
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I've heard nothing but good reviews. I just won't play it though, it looks like Doom 3 with a different theme. I hated Doom 3, I hate the engine, and I wouldn't be able to sit through the game no matter how good it is.
 
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bunker

Lifer
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Honestly it's a toss up between WoW and HL2 for me...I voted WoW cuz I have a feeling it's need some help in the poll. :)
 
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Sunner

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Hmmm...deciding between Dawn of War and Far Cry.
I guess they could share the honor, considering they're completely different games, DoW is awesome in multiplayer but very lacking in singleplayer, while Far Cry is the exact opposite.
 
Malak

Malak

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Originally posted by: tfinch2
Where is Need for Speed Underground 2?
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Yeah I already pointed out that NFSU2 is probably a much better pick than burnout 3. This isn't the spiketv game awards afterall.
 
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bay

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HL2 gets the nod imo not only because it is an awesome game but because what it and the source engine bring to online gaming. They did it 6 years ago w/ HL1 and counterstrike, then came dod. Now there is HL2, CS:S, and DoD:S is on its way. I've been playing CS/DoD constantly since 2000 (honestly it's really the only thing besides the basics that I install on my computers). HL2 and the source engine are going to usher in ANOTHER era of absolutly superb online gaming.
 
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jrphoenix

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I was going back and forth between HL2 & Rome Total War. HL2 is just awesome... but, it gave me motion sickness during the airboat portion :p

Rome Total War is great and the replay on it is nearly endless... for that reason I vote for RTW!
 
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apoppin

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letsee . . . . Thief - Deadly Shadows just edged out HL2 as GoTY for '04, IMO.

. . . Doom iii should TOP the list of the WORST games of the decade (century) :p
:roll:
 
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Patt

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I'd have to say HL2 ... the story left a bit to be desired, but the immersiveness (if that is even a word) was tough to top.

Doom III was brilliant, at the technical side of things. Gameplay = 0 :( We'll just have to pin our hopes on Q4.
 
Malak

Malak

Lifer
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Rate the game, not the engine. Although I wouldn't rate the doom3 engine high either. The lighting sucked.
 
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helman

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Nov 25, 2004
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FarCry all the way baby.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is almost there, but way too buggy (took me hours of replay just so I could finish it). As much as HL2 is conserned, its a good game, but it brought nothing exactly new in compare to the original - and the ending sucks!!! YOu do get to play CSS though :)
 
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MetalMat

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Originally posted by: apoppin
letsee . . . . Thief - Deadly Shadows just edged out HL2 as GoTY for '04, IMO.

. . . Doom iii should TOP the list of the WORST games of the decade (century) :p
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Man I like the thief genre, but I think the 3rd one was the worst of the three. I was playing it recently, then got sucked into Vampire: Bloodlines.

They should have kept thief:Deadly shadows in first person and Vampire: Bloodlines in third person, no switching from one to the other.
 
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