Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "rms" Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Year in Review: 2004 Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:04:39 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <71reviptvf8gora0j92u5lilvemmac1s9q@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:04:41 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4cc9bf59de2690ccf3e74f2005959e61"; logging-data="1000098"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+xWh/ycJV9/k0SSHqNfbhOmTiy0vwBxGs=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:ekqcI1OXjSE+EPbJ7OKoweTsRWY= X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <71reviptvf8gora0j92u5lilvemmac1s9q@4ax.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V16.4.3528.331 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 16.4.3528.331 X-Priority: 3 Bytes: 2667 X-Original-Lines: 2 >* Doom 3 My favorite of the franchise. Treat it as a survival horror game: No UI, hardest difficulty, original version (not BFG) and a tiny mod to enable projectile dynamic lighting (I believe I still have this file around) and you're good to go. >* Viet Cong: Purple Rain Unbelievably good. Unmatched player stance and weapon handling options, wonderful AI, etc. I played the Defend The Hill level so many times just to glory in it. Not sure if I still have the disc around, alas. Tried to play the sequel but had stutter/pausing issues that I couldn't resolve and gave up. >* Farcry >"Farcry" was a fun game and a great technology demo. FC2 was more my jam, FC1 was decent. >* Thief Deadly Shadows >designed for console rather than any serious flaws in its implementation. console level size and controller limitations killed this and DX:IW > * Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena When VinDiesel was on, he was great; his voice acting, the atmosphere and menace in this title really stood out. I also played it through again with Developer Commentary on, which was great. If you happened to snag the GoG version before it was delisted, it includes the DC. > * Syberia 2 I've said this before: All the cutscenes in the game are available from the menu, and make a great story just by themselves watched in a row. I enjoyed this game quite a bit for it's resolution of the search for the mammoths rms