[silent_jonny]

Games are probably on your Christmas list--either for yourself or for someone else--so I thought you might find the above list useful.

My Best & Worst List

The best game I played this year:
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (this is the best game I've ever played--period)

The worst game I played this year:
Syphon Filter: Omega Strain (completely pointless sequel with terrible graphics and horrible mechanics)

The most surprisingly good game I played this year:
Red Dead Revolver

The most disappointing game I played this year:
Call of Duty: Finest Hour (a strictly by-the-numbers shooter, no where near as exciting as the hype led me to believe)

[swilhelm73]

Most Despicable Product Placement?

What kind of category is that?

And what's with the uber-PC War of the Year?

[Dan from Michigan]

Best Voice Acting Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)

LOL.
"Are you a profession moron, or just a gifted amateur?!"
"What kind of license you got - a fishin' license?"

BTW - The new Leisure Suit Larry is for Playstation 2? Alright! It won't run on my dinosaur PC.

[Strategerist]

Rome: Total War is freakin' awesome.

[Steel Wolf]

I'm a huge City of Heroes fan. I mean, you can make your own superhero! I've wasted so many hours battling evil it's silly. That's a game I may literally never get tired of.

Biggest disappointment: Knights of the Old Republic II. I loved KOTOR so much I was probably setting myself up, but jeez. All kinds of interesting story lines that went NOWHERE. It's like they just ran out of time and stopped making the game. I was willing to overlook a lot, too, but this was simply too much.

[COEXERJ145]

Funny, of all the games listed, the only one I have and played is Call of Duty: United Offensive.

[Future Snake Eater]

I can see them putting down "Doom 3" as one of the year's biggest disappointments, but they didn't even list it in the "best graphics" category? Come on now...give credit where credit is due!

[KoRn]

Jump To Lightspeed was a great expansion to Star Wars Galaxies, but since the original game was so broke, boring, I'll stop now. It just couldn't succeed. :-(

[Libloather]

Still the best -

[rb22982]

Go World of Warcraft =)

[Shooter 2.5]

I have played Halo 2, HalfLife 2 and Doom 3. It's not that I think Halo 2 is the best game out there but the people lined up to buy it at Midnight should speak for itself.

[Psycho_Bunny]

I had the same experience with MOH: Pacific Assault - that game seriously sucks.  I uninstalled it about a fourth of the way through.

I'm surprised D3 didn't make the lists more:  it was stellar.  I hadn't been freaked-out by a game in a long time.

HL2 is waaaaayyyy over rated.  And WTF is up with the ending?  Just when you reach the point that you expect you're going to be transported to another dimension BAM!  The game's over.  It's like the coders just gave up and called it quits.

And don't even get me started on Steam for HL2....IF I HAVE TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET TO AUTHENTICATE MY COPY OF THE GAME EVERY FREAKIN' TIME I PLAY IT THEN WHY DO I HAVE TO INSERT THE PLAY DISK?  ONE OR THE OTHER, A$$HOLES - NOT BOTH!!!!!!

ARG!

BF: Vietnam was sweet but there are serious problems with the connect net-code......which really surprised me.

Riddick for PC was good.....but not THAT good.

I just picked up Battle for Middle-Earth yesterday.....so far it's pretty impressive.

[July 4th]

Gran Turismo 4 may be a disappointing delay, but the previews for it look outstanding. I've never seen a racing game with such realistic (and actual) local scenery.

GTA - San Andreas looks good as well, but I think I'll wait until the price drops a little on that one.

[Poser]

Have you played the Riddick thing? I've only got a PC and I like strategy and 1st person shooters.

[Cobra64]

Who cares? Is this the sand-box era here?

[SolitaryMan]

I wish the old Front Page Sports Football was still around. Too much arcade stuff for me.

[Clypp]

Best Game of the year(that I have played):
Rome:Total War.
Simply the best strategy, heck, ONLY strategy RTS since...the last Total War game. Shame it's fraught with bugs. The patch will hopefully clear things up when it is released mid-January.

[jb6]

How about Postal 3, as if the first two were not bad enough.

[jb6]

I'm surprised Call of Duty didn't make the list, it was an excellent game, hands down. I was so in it, even with my infantry training it got me sucked in totally.

[finnman69]

anyone played Half Life 2 yet?

[JohnBDay]

The best game I played this year: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (this is the best game I've ever played--period)

That alert sound just might be the most spine-chilling sound I have ever heard.