Your favourite First person shooter this year

BlueMak · Nov 26, 2004, 06:52 PM

When people keep buying something that is high priced, IT IS NOT going to be a smart, logical move to lower the price. When there is high demand and only one source of the product, there is no way in hell they will lower the price.

I have heard about the dvd/cd backup you can do with steam. My question is, can you do that, then format the drive, buy a new pc etc, then install the game and play single player game without connecting to the internet? Without telling the mighty brother that you have installed the game and want to play single player? The answer as far as I know is NO. Anyway we are going in circles here. My original reply to your message (kalx) was just because I felt offended by the "only pirates don't want steam" type of attitude. Let's end this.

Gizmo[5h1t3] · Nov 27, 2004, 01:08 PM

im sure the original thread was "Your favourite First person shooter this year"

didnt think that price would come into it to be honest.

if i want to play a game enuff, and the difference in price was as small as it is between the top 3 or 4....it wouldnt matter.....

after all...it the game that counts in this thread, not the price.
just cant understand how these threads always degenerate into arguments, and drift off topic.

Vehicon · Nov 28, 2004, 03:08 AM

HL2 baby!! Farcry was kewl too but HL2 has more spice!

Mr. D · Nov 29, 2004, 07:09 AM

Half-Life 2 > Far Cry > Doom 3

mwalker52 · Nov 29, 2004, 11:04 AM

I love having pet Lion Ants. HL2 is great! Good Job Valve!

~~REGENERAT1ON~~ · Nov 29, 2004, 11:06 AM

HL2 4 ever

mtjz33 · Dec 1, 2004, 04:38 AM

If i can,i vote all 5 games.Sorry my ENG.

Dyre Straits · Dec 3, 2004, 03:47 AM

I still haven't finished HL2, but I've made it quite a ways into the game. (Alyx and I have just arrived after spending a week in the transporter.)

Based on what I've experienced so far, FAR CRY would rate slightly above HL2 for a couple of reasons:

1. FAR CRY is just so much better in the way you can go just about anywhere on the map without boundaries. There are so many ways you can complete the objective and not be confined to some linear approach.

2. FAR CRY doesn't require all the restrictions of STEAM just to be able to play it....PERIOD! Had I known beforehand the trouble I'd have with STEAM, I'd likely have waited quite some time before buying HL2. That said, I'm kind of glad I didn't wait because the game is really, really GOOD! I've enjoyed it along with the few frustrating parts, but, mostly it's been a lot of fun.

Chubby_C · Dec 4, 2004, 04:07 AM

I am voting for HL2, it was between that and FarCry for me, granted I didn't play D3, but I've seen a few people play and it and wasn't impressed. HL2 just grabbed my attention more.

makih · Dec 5, 2004, 07:54 PM

Doom3 had nice engine, farcry too, but HL2 had imo best story and I liked the first hl back then. So hl2 was my n.1 before the release.

ronnn · Dec 10, 2004, 10:40 AM

I am having a hard time deciding between far cry and half life 2. They are both great games.

Doom 3 is another story (or lack there of).

TJ- · Dec 10, 2004, 11:48 AM

far cry all the way

~~squall Leonhart~~ · Dec 11, 2004, 11:50 AM

Doom3

awesome visual at medium quality

just wait till we get cards that are really capable of ultra

EDERPOTTER · Dec 13, 2004, 12:39 AM

i voted half life 2 the graphics r incredible the water in the game looks just perfect but they forgot painkiller...

Shadow Lady · Dec 13, 2004, 12:55 AM

seems like MOH no one liked, well, i never liked MOH in the first place anyway

StuBee · Dec 13, 2004, 02:38 PM

short and sweet, HL2 for me

~~squall Leonhart~~ · Dec 13, 2004, 02:45 PM

play em all and love em all

love all the games you play.. it makes it more fun that way... no im not gay..... i made a rhyme yay

hey..... (WTF)

CDsDontBurn · Dec 13, 2004, 03:58 PM

if this same question were to be asked 6 months from now, i bet it would be a little more evened out between all the games, simply because people would have already finished playing all the games by then.

~~squall Leonhart~~ · Dec 13, 2004, 04:12 PM

hahahahhaa

not me... i don't get games that often

Pluvious · Dec 13, 2004, 06:51 PM

These polls should be swapped out every 1-2 weeks.

studbagel9 · Dec 13, 2004, 08:13 PM

Gotta give it to HL2. Farcry was probably second this year, I found that game really difficult though on medium and hard settings. Like, impossibly hard. For the record, my all-time favorites: Deus Ex, System Shock 2

Enyan · Dec 14, 2004, 05:22 PM

I'm voting HL2 for the great AI, graphics and gameplay
Farcry gets my second vote... love that game too

zerodamage · Dec 18, 2004, 03:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EcPercy

I voted farcry. I am sticking with my initial decision not to ever play HL2. I will not be supporting valve.

wow. your loss.

Yard Waste · Dec 18, 2004, 04:05 PM

I loved FarCry and Hl2. I gave my vote to FRYCRY because the SP game was longer (by a big magin)-more bang for my bucks. If HL2 was cheaper it would have won here. But it was too expensive for such a short game. Too many loads for HL2 which slowed the flow. FarCry came with MP instead aof relying on CS for its MP play. And the FARCRY doesn't use STEAM.

HL 2 will win, because of the hype and the fans though.

Gaijin · Dec 19, 2004, 04:06 PM

Gave my vote for Far Cry as it was a superb game with great gfx, ai and environment when it came out... Also it provided more bang for the buck than HL2 which was a too short and felt more like a technology demo through out the game. Doom3 was good fun also and gets 3rd place behind HL2, and Painkiller which aint on the list gets 4th place for being the best no-brainer "if it moves, kill it" game of the year.

Zardon · Dec 19, 2004, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yard Waste

I loved FarCry and Hl2. I gave my vote to FRYCRY because the SP game was longer (by a big magin)-more bang for my bucks. If HL2 was cheaper it would have won here. But it was too expensive for such a short game. Too many loads for HL2 which slowed the flow. FarCry came with MP instead aof relying on CS for its MP play. And the FARCRY doesn't use STEAM.

HL 2 will win, because of the hype and the fans though.

You make some good points actually.

jasonbourne · Dec 19, 2004, 04:42 PM

i haven't finished hl2 yet but at least for me doom 3 is the best first person shooter game ever !!

Wells · Dec 20, 2004, 02:23 AM

hl2 hands down by far the best

Nov 26, 2004, 06:52 PM	#61
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,248 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	When people keep buying something that is high priced, IT IS NOT going to be a smart, logical move to lower the price. When there is high demand and only one source of the product, there is no way in hell they will lower the price. I have heard about the dvd/cd backup you can do with steam. My question is, can you do that, then format the drive, buy a new pc etc, then install the game and play single player game without connecting to the internet? Without telling the mighty brother that you have installed the game and want to play single player? The answer as far as I know is NO. Anyway we are going in circles here. My original reply to your message (kalx) was just because I felt offended by the "only pirates don't want steam" type of attitude. Let's end this. __________________ 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 27, 2004, 01:08 PM	#62
Gizmo[5h1t3] DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rochdale MCR England Posts: 176 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	im sure the original thread was "Your favourite First person shooter this year" didnt think that price would come into it to be honest. if i want to play a game enuff, and the difference in price was as small as it is between the top 3 or 4....it wouldnt matter..... after all...it the game that counts in this thread, not the price. just cant understand how these threads always degenerate into arguments, and drift off topic. __________________

Nov 28, 2004, 03:08 AM	#63
Vehicon The Cable Guy Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA IL. Posts: 466 Rep Power: 60 System Specs	HL2 baby!! Farcry was kewl too but HL2 has more spice! __________________

Nov 29, 2004, 07:09 AM	#64
Mr. D DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: The Other side of Divinity Posts: 29 Rep Power: 0	Half-Life 2 > Far Cry > Doom 3 __________________ Case: Antec Performance Plus 1080AMG Motherboard: Chaintech VNF3-250 Processor: AMD 64 3000+ Hard Drive: 80GB Seagate SATA 7200RPM Memory: 1GB (2x512MB) Mushkin DDR400 Video Card: Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Music: [color=Blue]Norther, Children of Bodom, Einherjer, Windir, Wintersun, Finntroll, Symphony X, Moonsorrow, Ensiferum, and Vintersorg[/color]

Dec 10, 2004, 11:48 AM	#72
TJ- DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Infinity Posts: 3,679 Rep Power: 0	far cry all the way __________________ new sig comming soon

Nov 29, 2004, 11:04 AM	#65
mwalker52 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 43 Rep Power: 0	I love having pet Lion Ants. HL2 is great! Good Job Valve!

Nov 29, 2004, 11:06 AM	#66
~~REGENERAT1ON~~ NGO Crew Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 409 Rep Power: 0	HL2 4 ever

Dec 1, 2004, 04:38 AM	#67
mtjz33 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	If i can,i vote all 5 games.Sorry my ENG.

Dec 4, 2004, 04:07 AM	#69
Chubby_C Working away at ATI Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 251 Rep Power: 0	I am voting for HL2, it was between that and FarCry for me, granted I didn't play D3, but I've seen a few people play and it and wasn't impressed. HL2 just grabbed my attention more.

Dec 5, 2004, 07:54 PM	#70
makih HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 78 Rep Power: 51 System Specs	Doom3 had nice engine, farcry too, but HL2 had imo best story and I liked the first hl back then. So hl2 was my n.1 before the release.

Dec 10, 2004, 10:40 AM	#71
ronnn DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 617 Rep Power: 0	I am having a hard time deciding between far cry and half life 2. They are both great games. Doom 3 is another story (or lack there of).

Dec 11, 2004, 11:50 AM	#73
~~squall Leonhart~~ The Gunblade Master Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: um.... here Posts: 938 Rep Power: 0	Doom3 awesome visual at medium quality just wait till we get cards that are really capable of ultra

Dec 13, 2004, 12:39 AM	#74
EDERPOTTER DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: BRAZIL Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	i voted half life 2 the graphics r incredible the water in the game looks just perfect but they forgot painkiller... __________________ WOT R U LOOKING AT?...,PENTIUM4 2.40 GHZ,512MB RAM,XFXGEFORCEFX5200 256MB RAM.ASUS P4S800D.

Dec 13, 2004, 12:55 AM	#75
Shadow Lady Avril Fan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere in colombia, okok, bogotá city :p Posts: 1,262 Rep Power: 0	seems like MOH no one liked, well, i never liked MOH in the first place anyway __________________ Oblivion ftw

Dec 13, 2004, 02:38 PM	#76
StuBee lurker Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Under a small box in the corner Posts: 337 Rep Power: 66 System Specs	short and sweet, HL2 for me __________________ <-- Gaming in system specs Consoles: Xbox 360 (old white stylee thing), PS3. Storage - Qnap TS-210 - Great wee thing Laptops:- 2.2Ghz, 4Gb Macbook & 2.0Ghz i7 (Sandy bridge), 4Gb, 256Mb gfx, Hi-res screen Macbook Pro

Dec 13, 2004, 02:45 PM	#77
~~squall Leonhart~~ The Gunblade Master Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: um.... here Posts: 938 Rep Power: 0	play em all and love em all love all the games you play.. it makes it more fun that way... no im not gay..... i made a rhyme yay hey..... (WTF)

Dec 13, 2004, 03:58 PM	#78
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	if this same question were to be asked 6 months from now, i bet it would be a little more evened out between all the games, simply because people would have already finished playing all the games by then. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Dec 13, 2004, 04:12 PM	#79
~~squall Leonhart~~ The Gunblade Master Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: um.... here Posts: 938 Rep Power: 0	hahahahhaa not me... i don't get games that often

Dec 13, 2004, 06:51 PM	#80
Pluvious Elisha = hottie Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: USA CA. SF Bay Area Posts: 1,318 Rep Power: 56	These polls should be swapped out every 1-2 weeks. __________________

Dec 13, 2004, 08:13 PM	#81
studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Gotta give it to HL2. Farcry was probably second this year, I found that game really difficult though on medium and hard settings. Like, impossibly hard. For the record, my all-time favorites: Deus Ex, System Shock 2 __________________

Dec 14, 2004, 05:22 PM	#82
Enyan Proud ATI user Join Date: May 2003 Location: behind my computer! duh Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	I'm voting HL2 for the great AI, graphics and gameplay Farcry gets my second vote... love that game too

Dec 18, 2004, 04:05 PM	#84
Yard Waste Lost In Space Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 216 Rep Power: 0	I loved FarCry and Hl2. I gave my vote to FRYCRY because the SP game was longer (by a big magin)-more bang for my bucks. If HL2 was cheaper it would have won here. But it was too expensive for such a short game. Too many loads for HL2 which slowed the flow. FarCry came with MP instead aof relying on CS for its MP play. And the FARCRY doesn't use STEAM. HL 2 will win, because of the hype and the fans though.

Dec 19, 2004, 04:06 PM	#85
Gaijin DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Finland, Europe Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Gave my vote for Far Cry as it was a superb game with great gfx, ai and environment when it came out... Also it provided more bang for the buck than HL2 which was a too short and felt more like a technology demo through out the game. Doom3 was good fun also and gets 3rd place behind HL2, and Painkiller which aint on the list gets 4th place for being the best no-brainer "if it moves, kill it" game of the year. __________________ [COLOR=DeepSkyBlue]In Vino Veritas ... [/COLOR]

Dec 19, 2004, 04:42 PM	#87
jasonbourne DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: great yarmouth uk Posts: 1,082 Rep Power: 0	i haven't finished hl2 yet but at least for me doom 3 is the best first person shooter game ever !! __________________ http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...asonBourne.jpg

Dec 20, 2004, 02:23 AM	#88
Wells DH addict Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Mtl.qc.ca Posts: 120 Rep Power: 0	hl2 hands down by far the best