Posts Tagged ‘2004’

#610 Rome: Total War

Posted: 12th February 2015 by Jeroen in Games
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402nd played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: The Creative Assembly Publisher: Activision Wow, has it already been 250 games since we played Medieval: Total War? I suppose it’s what you’d expect, considering that there are still two more coming up (Medieval: Total War II and Empire: Total War), but […]

379th played so far Genre: Role-Playing Platform: PC/Xbox Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Obsidian Entertainment Publisher: LucasArts It’s been a while since we played Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Since then, after it got to the top of the queue, I finished the game and thought it was time to try the sequel. […]

#582 Counter-Strike: Source

Posted: 26th September 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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366th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Valve Corporation Publisher: Valve Corporation As much as war is a big, easy setting to go to for many shooters, from Call of Duty to Metal Gear Solid and Halo, these days terrorism seems a bigger concern in our world. As […]

#622 Spider-Man 2

Posted: 8th August 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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354th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Various Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Treyarch Publisher: Activision This is a game I’ve been looking forward to playing for quite a while. When playing and discussing Prototype and Infamous, their free running mechanics came up and Spider-Man 2 was a game Peter often cited as the original […]

#603 The Sims 2

Posted: 4th August 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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353rd played so far Genre: Life Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Maxis Publisher: Electronic Arts Peter loves The Sims series. We discussed that, partially, in the first entry. For that reason, today he’ll be able to discuss the game far better than I could. I can not begin to fathom how much […]

#580 Cave Story

Posted: 6th April 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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320th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Studio Pixel Publisher: Studio Pixel Following our recent few familiar games, today we move on to a smaller indie game. Cave Story feels like an unexpected entry on the list. Not a game I had heard of before the blog, it appears […]

283rd played so far Genre: Action Platform: Game Boy Advance Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Nintendo SPD/Intelligent Systems Publisher: Nintendo Holding the cartridge for this game now, it’s clear why we had to import this from the US. Bigger than a normal GBA cartridge, the game has a chunky extension at one end that contains […]

#587 Everquest 2

Posted: 26th May 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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242nd played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Sony Online Entertainment Publisher: Sony Online Entertainment Sequels are fairly common in videogames – if a formula works, why not tweak it and try again? As a lot of engine work and assets can be reused, it can even be cheaper, or […]

239th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: PS2/Gamecube/Xbox Year of Release: 2004 Developer: AKI Corporation, EA Canada Publisher: Electronic Arts It’s official, the drought of fighting games is now over. 50 games since we last covered one (Splatterhouse) and finally we doing our next one as part of X-Fest. The main reason for this is […]

#608 Ridge Racer

Posted: 28th April 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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235th played so far Genre: Driving Platform: PSP Year of Release:ย  2004 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco There’s several games in this series, with two others sharing the title, and one (the 1993 edition) being on the list for future play as well. I guess that means it’s a notable, good racing game, but I’ll be […]