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Subject: Re: Year in Review: 2004
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>* 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