manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Every year comes with great games, this is expected. There are stand out years, but I don't see that year as one of the relevant ones. Sorry if I am ignorant to you.
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2004 gaming wise gets ignored way too often
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This is a real edgy way to say you don't like Half-Life 2. It's still the best year in games regardless.
Motherfucking Ninja Gaiden and WoW in the same year. You can't beat that.
Byron Bluth
Banned
You missed the most important thing.
STEAM
Half Life 2 ushered in pre-loads, 3am unlocks and all that stuff for the first time for a big huge game release.
STEAM
Half Life 2 ushered in pre-loads, 3am unlocks and all that stuff for the first time for a big huge game release.
Moon_frogger
Member
Doesn't even touch 98. It was a good year though. Definitely a good year.
Well, Steam in the early years wasn't renowned. It was disliked as a slightly dysfunctional client.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
I liked HL2, but it's a disappointing game after the hype and HL1. Learn to read. Disappointing is not the same as bad.
What the fuck did you say?
RadioHeadAche
Member
I know Silent Hill 4: The Room gets a lot of hate for changing so much, but I still enjoy it. It definitely has its share of problems, though.
Hellshingu
Member
To me it was the best year in terms of games I actually put a lot of time in and was hyped for. Most of these games on that list I will still fire up to this day just to play them again, even if only for a few hours. I bought and played every single game on your list including others as well. Riddick was/is one of my favorite games and was a pleasant surprise.
Half Life 2/ Doom 3/ MGS3/ Ninja Gaiden were some of my most anticipated games of all time that actually delivered (Doom 3 with mods eclipsed the original personally).
Half Life 2/ Doom 3/ MGS3/ Ninja Gaiden were some of my most anticipated games of all time that actually delivered (Doom 3 with mods eclipsed the original personally).
Papacheeks
Banned
I feel that whole generation is overlooked, and in all honesty with the doom and gloomers like Michael Pachter who think the end is near, that the answers to developer/publisher problems lay within.
Games were simpler but made close to the same way, some of the engines and technology for building games became more complex. But fundamentals of game design, never changed.
Which is why some of those titles like Half-life 2 are timeless. Kind of wish with all the stupid online only shit, and customer extortion, we could just hit reset and go back where games were games.
I miss the days of Seeing Grand Theft Auto, next to single player RE4, or Onimusha game.
Games were simpler but made close to the same way, some of the engines and technology for building games became more complex. But fundamentals of game design, never changed.
Which is why some of those titles like Half-life 2 are timeless. Kind of wish with all the stupid online only shit, and customer extortion, we could just hit reset and go back where games were games.
I miss the days of Seeing Grand Theft Auto, next to single player RE4, or Onimusha game.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
2004 had San Andreas. It certainly isn't ignored by me.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Especially that game. I played it this year in fact, after all the people saying it was the pinnacle of Mario rpgs. Man, what a disappointment. The battle system is bad due to the ridiculous short times to defend our super guard, and the quest system is the worst I've ever seen in an RPG. Traveling anywhere is a core.
Dialogue was good and the game was fine, but this has nothing against the Mario and Luigi series.
Welfare
Member
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
hmmm? I thought 2004 was commonly considered one of the best or at the very least an excellent year for gaming.
Do you even like games? ye gods
(sighs)
(starts playing HL2 again for the billionth time because its that damn good)
The shit I put up with.
PhineBuyM3
Member
Halo 2 was the only game out of that list I remember being excited for and disappointed by when I actually played it, so I'll continue to pretend 2004 never happened.
chicagocubsfan
Member
I consider MGS4 and Peace Walker to be great. So MGS3 is not the last great MGS game.
RedRooster
Member
Dang Battlefront, I remember hooking up that Kai whatever program to pretend to play online I think. The thought of a current gen only Battlefront with Frostbite makes me so very giddy.
Da fuck, what makes Rome Total War garbage? Rachet and Clank? You must have some fucked quality standards to call a lot of things on the list garbage.
Do you mainly play first person shooters and not much else?
A little shocked that anyone could downplay 2004.
The first three games on there are pretty big. Hit games that reached out into general pop culture (Halo and GTA) or helped usher in the biggest digital games store on the planet (Half-Life 2). And all of those were highly regarded critically.
Then there's World of Warcraft, without question the biggest MMO of all time and one of the most culturally significant games ever.
And that's not even mentioning lesser known cult games like Vampire The Masquerade - Bloodlines. Absolutely insane year.
The first three games on there are pretty big. Hit games that reached out into general pop culture (Halo and GTA) or helped usher in the biggest digital games store on the planet (Half-Life 2). And all of those were highly regarded critically.
Then there's World of Warcraft, without question the biggest MMO of all time and one of the most culturally significant games ever.
And that's not even mentioning lesser known cult games like Vampire The Masquerade - Bloodlines. Absolutely insane year.
Host Samurai
Member
I've always said 2004 was the best year. Way better than overrated 2007. RE4 came out right after 2004 too.
I thought that was the catch all period (more or less) for the "golden age" of gaming.
Stormhammer
Member
bruh
FFXI: Chains of Promathia
FFXI: Chains of Promathia
Dictator93
Member
1998, 2004, 2007
All glory years of gaming.
All glory years of gaming.
Ol No Bones
Banned
Big year for the Xbox.
Captainbojanglesiii
Banned
I disagree, the most overlooked year is 2011. 2004 gets mentioned constantly. Here is some of 2011:
LittleBigPlanet 2
Mass Effect 2
Dead Space 2
Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Bulletstorm
Killzone 3
Radiant Historia
Crysis 2
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
Portal 2
Terrria
The Witcher 2
Infamous 2
Bastion
Catherine
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Gears of War 3
Dark Souls
Batman: Arkham City
Payday
Kirby's Return to Dreamland
Forza Motorsport 4
Battlefield 3
Sonic Generations
Uncharted 3
Skyrim
Super Mario 3D Land
Assassin's Creed Revelations
Rayman Origins
Saints Row The Third
Minecraft
TLoZ: Skyward Sword
Mario Kart 7
LittleBigPlanet 2
Mass Effect 2
Dead Space 2
Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Bulletstorm
Killzone 3
Radiant Historia
Crysis 2
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
Portal 2
Terrria
The Witcher 2
Infamous 2
Bastion
Catherine
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Gears of War 3
Dark Souls
Batman: Arkham City
Payday
Kirby's Return to Dreamland
Forza Motorsport 4
Battlefield 3
Sonic Generations
Uncharted 3
Skyrim
Super Mario 3D Land
Assassin's Creed Revelations
Rayman Origins
Saints Row The Third
Minecraft
TLoZ: Skyward Sword
Mario Kart 7
Why would you bold the worst game on the list?
oh god I'll never hear the end of it
it's actually not though
