Your favourite First person shooter this year

NuTz · Nov 21, 2004, 12:10 AM

another hl2 here, enjoyed the others as well!

edperks · Nov 21, 2004, 12:55 AM

I voted for DOOM 3, I like HL2 alot but the whole steam thing and the fact of the disapointing end the game had. You think they could of came up with some sort of better ending, and I never had a prob with the graphics in Doom 3 and it was ment to played on Nvidia. I did have numerious probs with the charters and water in HL2 and it was meant to be played on ATI which I have.

Caze · Nov 21, 2004, 01:23 AM

Half-Life 2 all the way! Didn't really like FarCry and Doom 3.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Nov 21, 2004, 02:37 AM

Doom III suxors, far cry is no compition

Necrosis · Nov 21, 2004, 02:58 AM

Kinda late but I'm surprised Painkiller wasn't on the list.

It was pretty close between Far Cry and HL2 with me as well. However, HL2 won simply because it plays better.

swatX · Nov 21, 2004, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

Doom III suxors, far cry is no compition

psht! fanboy

anyways... hl2 is a great game but valve still could have improved the game after all they had many delays and tons of time..

Mocca · Nov 21, 2004, 10:13 AM

Voted HL2, though the ending was... somewhat disappointing.
My second choice would've been Far Cry.

Warpy · Nov 21, 2004, 01:14 PM

I voted Far Cry, For it's time the game blew me away in terms of AI, graphics and the world size. Half Life 2 is also excellent.

Far Cry was way ahead of it's time

CDsDontBurn · Nov 21, 2004, 06:21 PM

i voted HL2. but i think it's unfair to vote for HL2 when that's the most recent game most of us are playing. people (in general) vote for the most recent thing that they've come across because it's the freshest thing in their mind.

germanjulian · Nov 21, 2004, 09:32 PM

well i just completed hl2 and dam it was good fun and hard and great gameplay blah blah.
and i like the water effect more then farcry.

anyway zardon can you ban me for 8 months please. I need to work more on uni work and not chat here

dam last year. no more games for me (except the good old counter strike 1.6)

BlueMak · Nov 22, 2004, 06:57 AM

I tried to install the demo for Far Cry and never managed to do so. Thus I did not vote for it.
I installed the demo for DoomIII, I did manage to install it but the game was running at about 1 frame per 20 seconds. Thus I did not vote for it.
I want very much to play HL2 since I believe it is a probably a great game, but I refuse to join the steam program. Thus I did not vote for it.
For the other two I have only played the demo of CoD expansion pack and though it was nice and worked great on my laptop, the game I found too restricting. It was giving you instructions every few seconds where to go and if you did not follow them to the letter you got killed. I did not like or vote it for that.
the Medal of Honour game, I have only played the demo of the first game and though it was fun I did not buy it. Or of course this expansion pack. Thus I did not vote for it.
Painkiller (the demo at least) was great and could compete with the above, but even if you did put it up there I wouldn't vote for it since I did not buy/support it for the copy protection it uses. No program including game will ever tell me what other software I can have installed. BTW, I do not have any of the non compliant programs, it is a matter of principle.

Currently re playing No one lives for ever 2.

quakerjtf · Nov 22, 2004, 07:15 AM

HL2 BY WAY THE HELL FAR. far cry and doom3 tie since they were ok.

BurL · Nov 22, 2004, 01:58 PM

HL2, It's just better.

Al_Vampyre · Nov 22, 2004, 02:55 PM

I voted for FarCry but only because I'm too skint to buy HL2 just now so I don't know much about it....

rjpogi · Nov 22, 2004, 05:59 PM

H-L 2 is something and maybe the best but still.......
Farcry redefines FPS shooter and introduce a lot of things to the genre

mkk · Nov 22, 2004, 06:02 PM

It's Far Cry for me because it came as a surprise, has the slightly more impressive engine, a fairly fresh multiplayer experience and does not come with the chain-and-ball named Steam. I'm still enjoying HL2 a lot and its pure singleplayer gameplay enjoyment is the highest, while Doom 3 is behind on all points except maybe adrenaline.

rushko · Nov 23, 2004, 12:13 AM

1. Hl2
2. Far Cry

bake15 · Nov 23, 2004, 12:27 AM

Voted HL2

if it was vote game of the year i would choose nfsu 2

IamLakota · Nov 23, 2004, 10:49 AM

Well you guys forgot one VM:Bloodlines,so I had to vote for Farcry,any company who requires you to connect to the net to activate a game won't get my money or a vote.Doom3 would be my third choice.

rushko · Nov 23, 2004, 05:42 PM

I'm votin for the game itself, not for the company, but anyway u're right bout steam and annoyin activation and etc.

ericdrum · Nov 23, 2004, 10:49 PM

HL2 is a fantastic game and I voted for it as my favorite fps of the year. I'm one of the few who is not bothered by Steam at all. Then again I don't get too bothered by much at all anyway. Between HL2, CS:S and the mod community for HL2, it will defintely be the most solid gaming investment of the year.

MythicaL · Nov 23, 2004, 10:53 PM

Best one GIVEN I guess would be HL2, although I haven't tried MOH:PA yet

Sargentwhitey · Nov 24, 2004, 12:45 AM

Although I have only really played three of them.. I also want to play Doom 3 again.. but i cant find the cd's

voted HL2 btw

Son_of_Thunder · Nov 24, 2004, 08:37 AM

i honestly really like steam. other than the buggy friends list i don't see anything wrong w/ it. easy to use interface, skinnable, and nice game browser/downloader.

anyways, i liked farcry up to the point when the gigantic beasts that took 100 shots showed up. i love HL2, i love ravenholm...so yah, hl2 got my vote.

Falstaff · Nov 25, 2004, 06:27 PM

My son kicks my ass on all of them, so I am not voting...LOL

kalx · Nov 26, 2004, 11:24 AM

i`m voting Halflife2 , because it plainly just rocks , and the steam distribution is excelent news for gamers , cos it means cheaper games ( not having to pay that distributor TAX ) and enables ppl in parts of the world without stores that sell retail copies of the games to purchase them online.

yes i`m sure it sucks having to login and not being able to cheat the system and play the game for free but hey i`m happy and so are the millions of others who have played hl2.

BlueMak · Nov 26, 2004, 02:20 PM

kalx are you kidding? It is NOT going to mean cheaper games for now or the future. The companies have used the piracy card as an excuse for more expensive games since the world was spinning. Mark my words, Valve is not going to start releasing games at lower prices than it would if there was no Steam. ALSO, if you notice, many people are against steam not because of difficulty to cheat or play the game for free. Not everyone is out there to steal games. I am against piracy, but also against Steam.
IMO if you want to see a good digital destribution way then check totalgaming.net You can buy their games, download them, copy them to cds if you want, and no need to A) tell the company when you want to play SINGLE player their game, B) to contact them again if you want to reinstall the game that you have copied to the cd. Plus all the other "usual" goodies like if you lose the cd or the downloaded files you can easily just re download the games without any extra charge etc. I am not against digital selling of games or copyrights, but I am against this total lack of privacy that Steam has plus the stupidity of what happens if you either have no internet connection in the future (broken lines, moved house etc) or if Valve goes belly up.

kalx · Nov 26, 2004, 02:41 PM

half life2 was 28 pounds , doom3 was 44 seems cheaper to me.

i have no problem using steam to play hl2 , its not an issue i find worth worrying about.
There are more important arguments to life than worrying about a handy app to keep all your valve games uptodate.

Protest about starforce 3 not steam , that is something that really causes problems for gamers.

kalx · Nov 26, 2004, 02:43 PM

also there is a backup function that records the games data to cds or dvds for backup purposes , seems to give more than it costs in my opinion the future is bright.

knuth · Nov 26, 2004, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueMak

It is NOT going to mean cheaper games for now or the future.

Time will tell, i think they will not necessarily because piracy has dropped, but because they have one hell of a huge profit margin with Steam sales apposed to retail offerings. It's a given the pricing will drop. Just as people are quick to say lower pricing is the best way to lower piracy, lower Steam prices the best way to lure prospective buyers from retail offerings.

Nov 21, 2004, 12:10 AM	#31
NuTz DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Herts UK Posts: 56 Rep Power: 0	another hl2 here, enjoyed the others as well! __________________ [color=blue][/color]

Nov 21, 2004, 01:23 AM	#33
Caze HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 48 Rep Power: 0	Half-Life 2 all the way! Didn't really like FarCry and Doom 3. __________________ Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P Intel Q6600 @ 3.2Ghz 4x1GB Mushkin PC2-6400 Asus Radeon HD4850 SoundBlaster X-Fi ExtremeMusic Samsung F1 1TB + 2x Samsung Spinpoint P120 250GB ...

Nov 21, 2004, 02:37 AM	#34
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Doom III suxors, far cry is no compition __________________

Nov 21, 2004, 10:13 AM	#37
Mocca Somewhere in time Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Denmark Posts: 133 Rep Power: 0	Voted HL2, though the ending was... somewhat disappointing. My second choice would've been Far Cry. __________________ AMD64 3800+ Dualcore Asus A8N-E Nforce4 Ultra Chipset 2048MB Kingston HyperX Dualchan pc3200 Ram Asus 7800GTX PCI-E 16x Graphicscard

Nov 21, 2004, 01:14 PM	#38
Warpy DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,761 Rep Power: 0	I voted Far Cry, For it's time the game blew me away in terms of AI, graphics and the world size. Half Life 2 is also excellent. Far Cry was way ahead of it's time __________________ The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

Nov 21, 2004, 12:55 AM	#32
edperks HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 780 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I voted for DOOM 3, I like HL2 alot but the whole steam thing and the fact of the disapointing end the game had. You think they could of came up with some sort of better ending, and I never had a prob with the graphics in Doom 3 and it was ment to played on Nvidia. I did have numerious probs with the charters and water in HL2 and it was meant to be played on ATI which I have.

Nov 21, 2004, 02:58 AM	#35
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 129 System Specs	Kinda late but I'm surprised Painkiller wasn't on the list. It was pretty close between Far Cry and HL2 with me as well. However, HL2 won simply because it plays better.

Nov 21, 2004, 06:21 PM	#39
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	i voted HL2. but i think it's unfair to vote for HL2 when that's the most recent game most of us are playing. people (in general) vote for the most recent thing that they've come across because it's the freshest thing in their mind. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Nov 21, 2004, 09:32 PM	#40
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	well i just completed hl2 and dam it was good fun and hard and great gameplay blah blah. and i like the water effect more then farcry. anyway zardon can you ban me for 8 months please. I need to work more on uni work and not chat here dam last year. no more games for me (except the good old counter strike 1.6) __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\

Nov 22, 2004, 06:57 AM	#41
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,248 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	I tried to install the demo for Far Cry and never managed to do so. Thus I did not vote for it. I installed the demo for DoomIII, I did manage to install it but the game was running at about 1 frame per 20 seconds. Thus I did not vote for it. I want very much to play HL2 since I believe it is a probably a great game, but I refuse to join the steam program. Thus I did not vote for it. For the other two I have only played the demo of CoD expansion pack and though it was nice and worked great on my laptop, the game I found too restricting. It was giving you instructions every few seconds where to go and if you did not follow them to the letter you got killed. I did not like or vote it for that. the Medal of Honour game, I have only played the demo of the first game and though it was fun I did not buy it. Or of course this expansion pack. Thus I did not vote for it. Painkiller (the demo at least) was great and could compete with the above, but even if you did put it up there I wouldn't vote for it since I did not buy/support it for the copy protection it uses. No program including game will ever tell me what other software I can have installed. BTW, I do not have any of the non compliant programs, it is a matter of principle. Currently re playing No one lives for ever 2. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Nov 22, 2004, 07:15 AM	#42
quakerjtf DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 376 Rep Power: 0	HL2 BY WAY THE HELL FAR. far cry and doom3 tie since they were ok. __________________ http://www.amd.com

Nov 22, 2004, 01:58 PM	#43
BurL Liver SUCKS!!!! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 228 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	HL2, It's just better. __________________ If I had a bean burrito I would smash it all over my chest.

Nov 22, 2004, 02:55 PM	#44
Al_Vampyre HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,532 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	I voted for FarCry but only because I'm too skint to buy HL2 just now so I don't know much about it.... __________________ "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad" - Brian O'Driscoll - Ireland Rugby Team 2009 Grand Slam winning Captain.

Nov 22, 2004, 05:59 PM	#45
rjpogi DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Seoul-Tokyo Connection Posts: 235 Rep Power: 0	H-L 2 is something and maybe the best but still....... Farcry redefines FPS shooter and introduce a lot of things to the genre __________________ AMD 64 +3000 Venice 2 Infineon 1 gig PC2700 333Mhz DDRAM ECS Elite nForce3a Mobo Seagate Barracuda 120GB HD SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS Inno3D Geforce 6600 AGP

Nov 22, 2004, 06:02 PM	#46
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,383 Rep Power: 120 System Specs	It's Far Cry for me because it came as a surprise, has the slightly more impressive engine, a fairly fresh multiplayer experience and does not come with the chain-and-ball named Steam. I'm still enjoying HL2 a lot and its pure singleplayer gameplay enjoyment is the highest, while Doom 3 is behind on all points except maybe adrenaline.

Nov 23, 2004, 12:13 AM	#47
rushko DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Serbia Posts: 54 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	1. Hl2 2. Far Cry __________________

Nov 23, 2004, 12:27 AM	#48
bake15 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wigan,UK Posts: 582 Rep Power: 0	Voted HL2 if it was vote game of the year i would choose nfsu 2

Nov 23, 2004, 10:49 AM	#49
IamLakota HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Viriginia Posts: 552 Rep Power: 0	Well you guys forgot one VM:Bloodlines,so I had to vote for Farcry,any company who requires you to connect to the net to activate a game won't get my money or a vote.Doom3 would be my third choice. __________________ Harley Davidson: If You Have To Ask You Wouldn't Understand!!! System Specs: Mobo:Asus P6T Deluxe V2,intel i7 920,2x BFG GTX 250 oc in SLI,Corsair 6gigs tri channel pc12800CL8 2xWD Velociraptor's 2x74gig WD Raptor , X-Fi Fatal1ty Titainium,HANNS-G HG281HD 1080p 28" monitor,Coolermaster HAF/922,PC-PWR&Cooling Sliencer 750,CoolerMaster V8 HSF

Nov 23, 2004, 05:42 PM	#50
rushko DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Serbia Posts: 54 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I'm votin for the game itself, not for the company, but anyway u're right bout steam and annoyin activation and etc. __________________

Nov 23, 2004, 10:49 PM	#51
ericdrum DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The SLC Posts: 149 Rep Power: 0	HL2 is a fantastic game and I voted for it as my favorite fps of the year. I'm one of the few who is not bothered by Steam at all. Then again I don't get too bothered by much at all anyway. Between HL2, CS:S and the mod community for HL2, it will defintely be the most solid gaming investment of the year. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3500+ MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum nForce3 Ultra 2 gig Corsair XMS 3200 eVGA 6800 GT SB Audigy2 w/ KX Project Drivers 2-80 gig Western Digital SATA 7200 RAID 0 200 GB Seagate Barricuda 7200 for Storage Ultra Xconnect 500W Power Supply Windows XP SP2 Antec P160W case

Nov 23, 2004, 10:53 PM	#52
MythicaL I like computers. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In front of a monitor Posts: 3,399 Rep Power: 87 System Specs	Best one GIVEN I guess would be HL2, although I haven't tried MOH:PA yet __________________ Always knew I didn't belong in this world. I wasn't made for this. But I'll never forget those who betrayed me, and those who never failed my trust.

Nov 24, 2004, 12:45 AM	#53
Sargentwhitey Has a JOB.. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,473 Rep Power: 0	Although I have only really played three of them.. I also want to play Doom 3 again.. but i cant find the cd's voted HL2 btw __________________ Mobile:Intel Celeron M 1.5GHz, 40GB WD, 1GB PC24000, Intel Mediocre Graphics 2, SB Audigy 2 Notebook

Nov 24, 2004, 08:37 AM	#54
Son_of_Thunder HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 1,441 Rep Power: 50 System Specs	i honestly really like steam. other than the buggy friends list i don't see anything wrong w/ it. easy to use interface, skinnable, and nice game browser/downloader. anyways, i liked farcry up to the point when the gigantic beasts that took 100 shots showed up. i love HL2, i love ravenholm...so yah, hl2 got my vote. __________________

Nov 25, 2004, 06:27 PM	#55
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,047 Rep Power: 206	My son kicks my ass on all of them, so I am not voting...LOL

Nov 26, 2004, 11:24 AM	#56
kalx DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Evil Mountain Lair Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	i`m voting Halflife2 , because it plainly just rocks , and the steam distribution is excelent news for gamers , cos it means cheaper games ( not having to pay that distributor TAX ) and enables ppl in parts of the world without stores that sell retail copies of the games to purchase them online. yes i`m sure it sucks having to login and not being able to cheat the system and play the game for free but hey i`m happy and so are the millions of others who have played hl2. __________________ ---------------------------------------------------> AMD FX51 / 2x OCZ 400 mhz 512MB DDR /ATi Radeon X800pro /19 inch DVI - - - - - - ---------------------------------------------------->

Nov 26, 2004, 02:20 PM	#57
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,248 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	kalx are you kidding? It is NOT going to mean cheaper games for now or the future. The companies have used the piracy card as an excuse for more expensive games since the world was spinning. Mark my words, Valve is not going to start releasing games at lower prices than it would if there was no Steam. ALSO, if you notice, many people are against steam not because of difficulty to cheat or play the game for free. Not everyone is out there to steal games. I am against piracy, but also against Steam. IMO if you want to see a good digital destribution way then check totalgaming.net You can buy their games, download them, copy them to cds if you want, and no need to A) tell the company when you want to play SINGLE player their game, B) to contact them again if you want to reinstall the game that you have copied to the cd. Plus all the other "usual" goodies like if you lose the cd or the downloaded files you can easily just re download the games without any extra charge etc. I am not against digital selling of games or copyrights, but I am against this total lack of privacy that Steam has plus the stupidity of what happens if you either have no internet connection in the future (broken lines, moved house etc) or if Valve goes belly up. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Nov 26, 2004, 02:41 PM	#58
kalx DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Evil Mountain Lair Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	half life2 was 28 pounds , doom3 was 44 seems cheaper to me. i have no problem using steam to play hl2 , its not an issue i find worth worrying about. There are more important arguments to life than worrying about a handy app to keep all your valve games uptodate. Protest about starforce 3 not steam , that is something that really causes problems for gamers. __________________ ---------------------------------------------------> AMD FX51 / 2x OCZ 400 mhz 512MB DDR /ATi Radeon X800pro /19 inch DVI - - - - - - ---------------------------------------------------->

Nov 26, 2004, 02:43 PM	#59
kalx DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Evil Mountain Lair Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	also there is a backup function that records the games data to cds or dvds for backup purposes , seems to give more than it costs in my opinion the future is bright. __________________ ---------------------------------------------------> AMD FX51 / 2x OCZ 400 mhz 512MB DDR /ATi Radeon X800pro /19 inch DVI - - - - - - ---------------------------------------------------->