Game of the Year for 2003/Good & Bad

[Growltigger]

Loser, I bought Mediaval when I had my old machine (a 500Hz Celeron with about 4GB of hard drive and a really lousy voodoo graphics card). The game was appalling.

Then tried it on my new machine (3GB Hz 120GB hard drive with a Radeon Pro) and oh lordy, it is really someone rather special indeed oh yes oh yes indeedy. Damn I love it.

[oleg]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
You can't really compare a free download to a purchased expansion... expansions are supposed to add new hard-code features, not just changed data sets.

I disagree. What if Aaron decided to hide data files inside the .exe file like other dudes do ? Than the SAME change will be regarded as a "new hard-code feature, not just changed data sets".

It is a testimony to the MM greatness and a shame on the major games developers that incrediably radical game play change can be so easily ridiculed by you !

[DavidG]

Best Game of the year:

F1 2003. (F1 racing game for PS2 by Sony)
(maybe that is, if I could play it)

Worst marketing descision of the year:

Sony's descission not to release game in North America and their exclusive deal with the FIA meaning no one else can make an F1 PS2 game either.

[Loser]

Medieval Total War runs great on my machine, a 2.4 GHz P4 with a mid-grade GeForce4, it just took up a lot of space that I needed for other things. I'm sure I'll put it back on when I get a new, larger SCSI hard drive.

[gregebowman]

My favorite game of the 2003 was definitely GalCiv. I didn't buy that many games Last year to have a dis-favorite game, although it sounded like MOO3 wins hands down from just about everybody.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by oleg:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
You can't really compare a free download to a purchased expansion... expansions are supposed to add new hard-code features, not just changed data sets.

I disagree. What if Aaron decided to hide data files inside the .exe file like other dudes do ? Than the SAME change will be regarded as a "new hard-code feature, not just changed data sets".

It is a testimony to the MM greatness and a shame on the major games developers that incrediably radical game play change can be so easily ridiculed by you !

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Umm... there was not even a trace of any form of ridicule in my post. Not sure where you got that from... Aaron has included changes to the data sets in patches. That is what patches are for. The point of an expansion is to expand the game in ways that can only be done by the developer. Of course, when you have games that are unmoddable, changes to the data sets are hidden as just being that, and so they often get marketed as expansions, but most expansions still have some hard-code changes. And, naturally, changes to the data sets are perfectly reasonable (and expected) in expansions, as long as the entirety of the expansion is not something that could be achieved through modding alone.

[President_Elect_Shang]

Best:
If we are including downloads than it would have to be the Star Trek Mod, I had gotten pretty bored of SE4G then I downloaded and played the most wonderful mod I have ever set hands on. For those who don’t think it should count than I would have put my vote on GT3 for the PS2. I know it is an old game but I just picked it up (for my son no less) and have not been able to get it out of my hands since then (January). I would even drive (pun intended) my wife nuts staying up till the wee hours just to complete one more series. I love that game, sigh.

Worst:
Sorry to say it but it would have to be StarFury, I have not purchased the full game because, despite a heroic attempt by Aaron neither one of use can get the game to run on my machine. It is the only program I have ever had this problem with. I have even gone so far as to send him very detailed specs on my machine, searched the forum for StarFury advice, I even downloaded and installed a test patch Aaron sent to me via email, no luck.