What was your favorite game of 2004?

Any platform, any genre!

Tie Between Pokémon LeafGreen, Halo 2, Half-Life 2, Star Wars Battlefront and Dawn of War

wow, I just took a look at some of the games and there are some seriously good ones: obviously, halo2. great campaign and I will never understand the ridiculous negatives people attributed to it. for me, Riddick and I couldn't wait to by Athena. burnout 3, lol, what a fun game. my family still plays it together and is the only sport-type game I own. fable was ok, but, attempted some great things. oh man, I see that doom3 is on this list, too?! i'm still waiting to buy the bfg edition. half-life 2. kotor2. and, for me, pop:warrior within is one of those pure underrated games. people literally complained about the music and different tone of the setting, lol. the game combat was much better and the game was a much more mature and sophisticated game.

all I can say is wow, what a year in gaming. I regularly replay all of the games I listed. we're talking about some of the best games ever and so is this the best year of gaming in history? i'd love to see some other lists to compare it with.

A fantastic year, my choice would be World of Warcraft

One of the highest scoring games is half life 2 which came out in 2004, this is out of all platforms too. The game is just amazing :D

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/year/xbox?sort=desc&view=condensed&year_selected=2004

Either Doom 3 or Need for speed underground 2.

These games are the ones I remember from 2004:

Half-Life 2
Vampire: the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Far Cry
Chronicles Of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay

I would say World of Warcraft but technically that came out in 2005 for us Europeans! :P

UT2004 without a doubt.

3 of my favorite games of all time are from that year : Half Life 2 , GTA san andreas , Halo 2 .

What a strange question.

10years ago i think my favorite game was Black&White and wow.

I don't even know off the top of my head. I didn't play a whole lot of games then. GTA San Andreas was either 2004 or 2005, so I would definitely say that if it was 2004. Otherwise I'll go with whatever Pokemon game came out that year.

@kingcrimson24:

lol, san andreas came out that year, too? far cry and WoW?

Have to say it's a tie between Kotor 2 and WoW

Burnout 3. Masterpiece.

Halo 2

yes San Andreas came out on October 2004 on PS2 , and in June 2005 for xbox

Easily Pikmin 2. That game is legendary in my eyes.

So many amazing games that year, just wow! I'd have to say Ninja Gaiden. Notable mention Halo2 mp, Half-life 2, MGS3. When will we get a year as good as 2004 gaming wise. sigh.

GTA: San Andreas, the grandaddy of greatness.

• Halo 2
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Half Life 2

Ubisoft Pacific Fighters

Halo 2

The one and only Half-Life 2.

Wow, that's a tough one. It's either Ninja Gaiden or Far Cry for me. I'd probably go with Ninja Gaiden.

@Jacanuk: Define Strange!

These were great.

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay

Why 2004? why not 2008 or 10 or 1992 ?

Just a strange question to ask "what's your favorite game in 04" out of the blue.

@Jacanuk: Haha, I'm just asking people what they think. Maybe 2004 is my favorite year? A lot of great games did come out that year which have shaped the games that we are playing nowadays.

Wierd question, but:

Without a doubt.

@ZZoMBiE13 said:

San Andreas was the game that made me love open world action games and the GTA series.

@speedfreak48t5p: I was on board from GTA 3. But San Andreas is the one I consider the gold standard of the open-world sandbox games. The only one that comes close is Saints Row 2, and I'd still put San Andreas higher on the list of all time best.

Paper Mario: TTYD
Metroid Prime 2
Prince of Persia Warrior Within
Ratchet and Clank Up your arsenal

I think that's a fairly decent list of my favorite from that year.

wow man is that even a question.....Halo 2 of course

Half Life 2 .

Burnout 3: Takedown. Still the best racing game ever made.

Many of my all time favorite games came out in 03 and 04. What was it about that time? Maybe that's when developers had had enough time to fully utilize the capabilities of gen 6 systems.

I agree with most of the games people have already listed and will add:

DefJam: Fight for NY

Mario Power Tennis

Katamari Damacy

Alien Hominid

Metroid: Zero Mission

Warioware: Twisted

Half life 2, GTA: SA, halo 2 and doom 3 2004 was an amazing year for games.

GTA San Andreas, invested so much time into that game!