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Gaming Gaffes of 2004

Posted by Zonk on from the just-makes-ya-wanna-spit dept.

jvm writes "It's about time for the "Best Games of 2004" articles to flood the web, and in preparation Curmudgeon Gamer has assembled Gaming Gaffes of 2004 (alternate link), a followup to our 2003 edition. This year we point to the the EA_spouse blog, the Driv3r review scandal, Sony's hardware missteps, and seven other less than impressive moments from the past year."

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  1. STEAM by satanami69 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How about the Steam update from two days ago that disabled logins from Linux/Cedega users?

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  2. Re:The biggest gaffe of 2004.... by UWC · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Probably so it could, you know, survive with the ever-increasing production costs of a single game.

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  3. Doom 3 sucked! by supabeast! · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nice to see another person pointing out that Doom 3 was a hit sleeper -- it was a huge hit that put us all to sleep. Too bad he didn't also point out all the shining reviews given to id Software's latest over-hyped tech demo.

    And on the topic of FPS games with issues, how could he have forgotten all of the copyright stupidity surrounding Half-Life 2, the game that required online authentication, the CD/DVD to be in the drive, and to top it off, the authentication servers weren't built to handle the number of games that actually shipped at launch! Now THAT is a fiasco!

  4. It's still 2004... by hal2814 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...so I'm going to have to vote for the NFL and NFLPA giving Madden an exclusive license. I don't think that gaffe will be realized this year, but it will in years to come.

  5. How about the fact... by Alkaiser · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That it's still 2004 and there's a X of 2004 List already coming out.

    If you want to make a list that truly encompasses the Best/Worst of a Year, wait until the following year.

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  6. Deus Ex Invisible War by CryptoKiller · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A stunning first game and a buggy, glitchy, bastardized, neutered sequel.

    Please someone let Warren Spector make the Deus Ex sequel he actually wished to make!

    Stop ruining potentially good games to make them run on consoles...

    1. Re:Deus Ex Invisible War by Txiasaeia · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Metroid Prime 1 & 2 proved that console shooters *work* (this coming from a PC gamer since Wolfenstein and Blake Stone 3D ;) ), but Deus Ex 2 is an atrocity. If he let Retro handle Deus Ex 3, I'm sure it would be *much* better.

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  7. Re:No DDR for Gamecube by Headcase88 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, the only reason I bought a PS2 was so I could play DDR. No joke.

    I haven't played Donkey Konga yet. I don't think any rental store bothers with special controller games.

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  8. Re:#3 on the list... by SetupWeasel · · Score: 4, Informative

    Sony promised customers and Square that they would support the HDD with a "Virtual Jukebox" at the very least. You know... so people wouldn't spend the extra $50 for the PS2 version for nothing. Sony didn't make any games for it, didn't keep any of their promises for it, and decided it wasn't worth supporting.

    Square stepped up to the plate for the HDD. Sony kicked them in the nuts and ran away. That's enough to make a "gaffe of 2004" without even considering the consumer.

    If you ever wonder why Square can't seem to complete Final Fantasy XII and are buddies with Nintendo again, this may be the reason, at least in part.