Shacknews GOTY Poll 2004

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• great game. [distant] Number 2 behind half-life2. : johnny rotten
• i chose it over HL2. : paganritual
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  Yeah shouldn't even be on the list.. ok I guess it can be. but it was no Doom 3 or HL2. : dilutedq
  • I liked it more than HL2, personally. : timmie
• It was good until you started fighting monsters. That is, monsters being able to hit you when they shoul... : Spike Spiegel
• I liked HL2 more, but it was a not too distant second for me. Any other year Farcry would've been a shoe... : Vorlonesque

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  <opinion>Burnout 3 is no Game of the Year</opinion> : paganritual
  • I appreciate the opinion tags :) I would never have thought to consider a racing game as GOTY, but Bu... : Serpico74
• Yeah, I remember 1998 very fondly. As the 90's drew to a close the PC gaming industry changed a bit, I'd ... : SpaecKow
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  Was that the Quake2/Half-Life year? : Tissen
  • And the Unreal, Starcraft, Thief and so forth year... man the good times sure did roll back then. I miss ... : SpaecKow
  • Actually Q2 was 1997 (released), but they finished it in '98 (point-release) so you could call it a 98 ga... : Vorlonesque
• why isn't farcry on GOTY list? :-( : Yabrodan
• Or Halo2 dude : bagelcc
• Yeah, I've thought the same thing before. This reminds me of 1998! '98 was my first year of college and... : Vorlonesque

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• IAWTP : megarust32
• I also agree. I went back and replayed Thief3 after I got through HL2. It holds up well. Would have got m... : willy359

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• Im actually surprised its on this list. This game isnt very popular at all. (18,000 copies sold? Nov 14 r... : XerXes

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  or DOOM 3 for that matter. : systatic
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    I can't believe they didn't add Doom 3 to the GOTY list! What a shame! : slip42o
    • IAWTP WTF Mate? : zen2k

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  The only fault in Katamari Damacy is that it's too short. Sure, the replay value is pretty nice once you ... : rorshack
  • I think it's fine for a $20 game : MrLonghair
• Actually, I can. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas was a better game than Katamari Damacy this year. S... : freshview

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• I voted Riddick also for single player, but Halo2 for online. : R.Cade

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• None for SMT:N, none for Katamari Damacy... =( : genom

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• IAWTP. the hurricane packs added onto an already excellent game. Can't wait for a sequel or some spin-... : GrimmyD
• I was dissapointed with Halo 2 but Ninja Gaiden blew me away. : Haku-Jin
• NG kind of pissed me off because of the lack of save points. There was way too much die-reload-die-reloa... : Torgo
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  I guess I should have played NG. If you want to just go action, from what I have seen, I could see why t... : rosewood
  • It's the ultimate action game. You should at least rent it. : Haku-Jin
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  otogi 2 is that good? wow. i havent played much of it yet at all but i bought it cause i assumed it was g... : paganritual
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    Well, Otogi 2 gives me the same level of action that a game like Ninja Gaiden does, but Otogi 2 has a lev... : haiku
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      I think I'd have to agree. NG is a superlative game, but it's also pretty kitschy and arcadey (in a very ... : Borzoi
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        does Otogi 2 ever not make you orgasm? ;) : paganritual
        • Nope :P You've gotta break out #2- It's way more unbelievable than the first one. : Borzoi
• NG has probably ruined action games for me because no other game will come close to hot wet ninja perfect... : genjuro
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  i went for Riddick on best action. The other games were awesome, but for some reason I couldnt put Riddic... : emocore
  • same here : X-GOUKI
  • I thought riddick was a more complete, creative and consistent experience than either Halo 2 or NG. NG... : seven
  • Same way I swung. : Rauol Duke
• I enjoyed the hell out of ninja gaiden. Definitevly my favorite 3rd person action game of all time (yes e... : Silent Wolf
• I liked Halo 2, I loved Ninja Gaiden, but Chronicles of Riddick was simply amazing. : Carfaz11
• I beat Halo 2 and havn't touched it since. I've played through NG 3 times already and am still working o... : vashts
• I wish I had the same love for NG as some shackers do, but it let me down in a few areas. The story is h : maddy

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• that's what i'm saying : Kiai
• yeah that sucks... i enjoyed HL2 immensely, but its like saying that HL2 already won the best PC action c... : kill9

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• That's a big 10-4 on T:V. : Haku-Jin
• I voted for T:V to show it some love. Cuz I've barely touched UT2k4 since it came out and I love UT2k4. : mc-fine
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  Is it easy enough to find servers with lots of players for T:V? Everytime I look at Gamespy I'm incredib... : PenicillinX57
  • its low but theres always a full server with some action going. A good number of custom maps are starting... : mc-fine
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    Hopefully all the griefing maggots have given up and now it's just a core of dedicated players remaining. : jrock
    • heheheh let it all out :D : mc-fine

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• and why isn't the Pontiac GTO listed under Best Racing game? Roy Jones Jr. is gonna have to choke some bi... : snuff

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• I'm up for WoW also. : hobosapien

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• You must've looked at some obscure dictionary. It should be San Andreas. : kruel

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• Completely agreed : fluke
• oh yeah! put away doom3 crap and replace it with riddick or painkiller, plz. : SlamDunk

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  IAWTP. Anyone who disagrees is gonna have an elephant break through their wall. : raija
  • bring on the elephants! :) : jayares

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• I agree. Single player RPGs are very different from MMORPGs. Offtopic, I hate MMORPGs because I can't... : terath
• I also agree. : Mondo

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  It's kind of hard to categorize it I guess, which is why they should give it it's own category: AWESOME : SenorSpine
  • Need a "HARRR" category. : cr00kedview

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  Filtering out multiple votes from the same IP? : Fred Garvin
  • well besides that, a lot of people have dynamic ip's or can ip spoof. I know it's silly to do that for a... : tunis5000

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• I didn't vote for it. : DraconianDevil
• I think it will win overall Goty. : stgdz
• I did! Although now I've finished HL2 a couple of times, Halo 2 has become very seductive again. Saucy... : thaperfectdrug
• I voted for it as it is a very very good game. Half-Life 2 surpassed my expectations. To be honest, I di... : The Wizard
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  I actually enjoyed FarCry more. : terath
  • I agree, actually. I can't put my finger on it, but HL2 just wasn't as good. To tell the honest truth, ... : timmie
  • i totally loved HL2, but i definitely preferred Far Cry as the single player game. if nothing else, HL2 w : paganritual
• HL2. My expectations were sky high and valve did not disappoint : johnny rotten
• I went with WoW for GOTY, but I definately placed HL2 at the top of its catagory. Awesome game and defin... : Tripps
• I hope so. : digweed014
• Hopefully not. : dilutedq
• Best FPS this year? Yes. Best game? Well, taking in all the consoles, all the genres and all the titl... : SpaecKow

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• S I G N E D seriously, since I have bought Half Life 2 and Halo 2, let's check the hour count: Hal... : moonbreaker
• me too. there weren't any GOTY nominations that were worthy : kbnerd

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• super mutant turtles 3? : derean
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  As always we have picked a few games out of the many released in each genre, so if your favorite game isn : mc-fine
  • Yes but SMT has been on the other GOTY lists... : dmiller
• Yup, Shadowhearts: Covenant is a fine game but SMT:N is so much deeper it isn't even funny. : Borzoi

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• yes u r : Sniper21

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  VOTE FOR GAMESPOT!!! gamerz luvs the g-spot : thaperfectdrug
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    a real gamer could never find it. : thekidd
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      damnit, I can never get it right is it loaded yet? oh shi, by popup blocker broke is the font al : thekidd
      • wow that's almost as bad as that one "star wars parody" post someone made a few months ago : PUPSTAHS
• So you mean we won't be able to tell just by the ads on the shack who is going to win? : hbalce1