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[Buggy Loop]

Quite insane how 2025 is 2004 redux

Should be an amazing year if not plagued by delays, GTA 6 especially which I doubt won’t be delayed.

 

[adamsapple]

GTA 6 might cause some other games to delay.

 

[LectureMaster]

The only one that's not a redux.

 

[darrylgorn]

So.. both sub par years..

 

[LordOfChaos]

Kinda crazy how they first promised MP4 during the Switch's early life. Even since the apology and reboot it's been a minute. Most definitely going to be a showcase title for Switch 2 at this point, similar to BoTW being delayed to launch with the Switch.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

San Andreas, Metal Gear Solid 3, and Doom 3 were awesome. Doom 3 is still my favorite doom.

Hopefully a new Resident Evil game next year since there were two Resident Evil games on 2004.

 

[Kacho]

The only one that's not a redux.

 

[Buggy Loop]

The only one that's not a redux.

It’s fable, I don’t expect realism nor seriousness

In fact, I said it before, but the main character would look like this

And it would not even affect my hype. In fact if we have a character creator, just watch me make this.

 

[adamsapple]

So.. both sub par years..

 

[TintoConCasera]

So.. both sub par years..

Being a contrarian isn't as cool as you think.

 

[VolticArchangel]

Nice catch, OP.

 

[kiphalfton]

Each of those games from 2004 are probably going to be better than their 2025 counterparts.

So, seems like they did more of a 180.

 

[Windle Poons]

Cannot fucking WAIT for the Fable release...

The days of being who you wanted to be, a boy or a girl, kicking chickens and shooting gargoyles that took the piss out of you to that monstrosity.

 

[Tomofdahook17]

Quite insane how 2025 is 2004 redux

Should be an amazing year if not plagued by delays, GTA 6 especially which I doubt won’t be delayed.

If that's the case then I can't wait for the 2007-2011 Redux

 

[Damigos]

The only one that's not a redux.

 

[Icymanipulator]

Imagine MH Wilds will consume all my time.

 

[Sooner]

Not that shocking seeing as 95% of AAA games are sequels or spin-offs.

 

[FoxMcChief]

The only one that's not a redux.

She’s just a butter face. Could be worse, she could be bald, muscular and annoying.

Masks were created for a reason.

 

[Sooner]

The only one that's not a redux.

We went from uncommon good-looking females to unrealistically hideous women.

Congrats blue-haired freaks. You win. We're leaving in your utopia.

 

[ssringo]

I wouldn't call that year "sub par" (really dumb comment) but none of the games listed as the start of this 'circle' really did it for me back in 2004. There was so much goodness released that year and for me that was Zero Mission, World of Warcraft, Chronicles of Riddick, Half Life 2, Halo 2 and Paper Mario among others.

Though I'm a bit more on board with the upcoming releases of *most* of those games.

 

[Laptop1991]

Can't have 2004 without Half Life 2, so we need Half Life 3 on that list then!!, yeah not happening lol.

 

[N0S]

OP GAY AS FUCK

 

[Fahdis]

The only one that's not a redux.

That's a man.

 

[rofif]

coincidence and sequels.
anecdotal
ignoring all the other games that we don't know will come out too

 

[Buggy Loop]

OP GAY AS FUCK

 

[Sub_Level]

I loved MGS3 og 2004 release, played it in 8th grade a half dozen times, but it did not reach classic status overnight. Lots of casuals did not like the overhead camera and it sold like half of what MGS2 did.

The big dogs of 2004 were San Andreas, Halo 2, and Half-Life 2. Quality or personal preferences aside, there is an argument that Halo 2 can be considered the first traditional AAA blockbuster. That thing was massive.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

 

[Radical_3d]

Quite insane how 2025 is 2004 redux

Should be an amazing year if not plagued by delays, GTA 6 especially which I doubt won’t be delayed.

I’m tired, boss.

 

[Buggy Loop]

I’m tired, boss.

Really? Looks like an amazing year

Metroid Prime 4, imagine that. Doom Dark ages looks like a return to 2016 epicness, GTA 6.. I mean cmon, Florida man, that’s got to be peak GTA humour. Fable looks mind blowing and MGS 3 looks to be aiming to beat Silent Hill 2 as the best remake. Monster Hunter, surely that’s not something to spit on?

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Metroid Prime 4, Metal Gear, and Doom for me. The others... not so much. MP4 is definitely top of that list - I really hope the Switch 2 is up to the task of running it properly.

 

[Radical_3d]

Really?

Really. Letting my disdain for GTA aside let me tell you out of my head how many new fresh games I remember from the HD generation:

-Bioshock.
-Mass Effect.
-Lost Planet.
-Crackdown.
-Gears of War.
-MotorStorm.
-Heavenly Sword.
-Uncharted.
-Dead Space.
-Mirror’s Edge.
-Portal.

Yeah, some where better than the others but none of them were a sequel. PS4 onwards has been a dark age for the triple A industry with no one willing to take any risks. And don’t tell me to play indies. I want it all like it’s 2008: innovation and production values.

 

[Danjin44]

Imagine MH Wilds will consume all my time.

Same, I spend unhealthy amount of time on MH and never get bored.

 

[Imtjnotu]

So.. both sub par years..

 

[StreetsofBeige]

The only one that's not a redux.

Would you like 1 or 2 beef kabobs with your dinner platter?

 

[The Cockatrice]

Outside of Wilds, none of the others have release dates and chances are most of them especially Fable and GTA won't release next year.

 

[Diddy X]

LOL at people treating GTA VI like it's just another AAA game. It's the biggest game in the history of gaming. They've studied every possibility, and it will launch exactly as planned. There's a ton of money at stake, you have to understand that.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Really. Letting my disdain for GTA aside let me tell you out of my head how many new fresh games I remember from the HD generation:

-Bioshock.
-Mass Effect.
-Lost Planet.
-Crackdown.
-Gears of War.
-MotorStorm.
-Heavenly Sword.
-Uncharted.
-Dead Space.
-Mirror’s Edge.
-Portal.

Yeah, some where better than the others but none of them were a sequel. PS4 onwards has been a dark age for the triple A industry with no one willing to take any risks. And don’t tell me to play indies. I want it all like it’s 2008: innovation and production values.

Sequels and new franchises are good

Some of my all time favorite games are sequels

Super Metroid
System Shock 2
Half-Life 2
Portal 2
DMC 3
Silent Hill 2 & 3
Resident Evil 4
Elder Scrolls
Final Fantasy XII
Fallout New Vegas
Witcher 2 & 3
etc.

2025 has PLENTY of new franchises,
Avowed
The first berserker Khazan
Judas
Clair Obscur
Hell is Us
Replaced
Mecha Break
Marvel 1943



Seems like everyone is eating well

 

[Fbh]

Well since we are at it can someone please bring back Battle for Middle earth instead of making a bunch of crappy Girlboss LOTR shows and anime?

 

[nial]

I know Metal Gear Solid Delta fits better (same company, same series, literally the same game), but I like to think on Death Stranding 2 as 2025's Kojima game in relation to 2004's Metal Gear Solid 3.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Also

Another 2004 - 2025

But that sequel is a huge ? to even know if we wanted that sequel

 

[darrylgorn]

Of those the games listed, yes they were sub par.

But I just searched Half Life 2 and it was released in 2004, so I'll let this one slide.

 

[nial]

So.. both sub par years..

Based on the games listed, maybe. When did people stop hating Doom 3? The first Monster Hunter wasn't anything special, either (same could be said for Fable as a whole, tbh).

 

[Hohenheim]

So.. both sub par years..

Ouch, I just cut myself on your sharp, edgy comment.
So edgy.

 

[Alexios]

Based on the games listed, maybe. When did people stop hating Doom 3? The first Monster Hunter wasn't anything special, either (same could be said for Fable as a whole, tbh).

Wut, of course Monster Hunter was special, kickstarted the whole online RPGing deal for consoles alongside Phantasy Star Online and FFXI. It wasn't a crazy success, but the later PSP port was, then 2's port sold double and so on, until it became a Japanese staple and the last couple gens a ww one.

 

[nial]

Wut, of course Monster Hunter was special, kickstarted the whole online ARPGing deal for consoles alongside Phantasy Star Online. It's true it wasn't a crazy success, but the later PSP port was, then 2's port sold double and so on, until it became a Japanese staple and the last couple gens a ww one.

I guess I'm just one of those who saw it as a bigger deal on PSP and Wii.

 

[noob smokes]

So.. both sub par years