@@lukehahn4784 After 4th attempt I got rid of the game. Also GTA 4 had far better driving physics and damage modeling than 5. Felt like a down grade to me.
I agree, the greatest game ever. I remember playing GTA 4 thinking "So can I work out? Can I ride a bike? No? Can I wield a katana? No? How about using multiple hand to hand disciplines? No?" It seemed like such a huge step backwards. All of the other GTA games after SA seems like they took themselves way too seriously.
@@theoneandonly25 all true but it wasn't fun. It wasn't a bad game. I'm sure many other GTA players welcomed the switch to a more grounded realistic approach but I play games to experience something I can't do in real life like drive tanks and supercars not to play darts and go bowling. I liked Niko, the story, and the setting and graphics were incredible but I only played that game once but all the other GTA's before I played multiple times.
Ye I remember how back in summer of 2004 my local gaming magazine made this extra number from E3 2004 because there were so many games to cover and I was just overwhelmed by the amount of great games coming. Obviously some of them were 2005 titles, but either way the flood of great games in 2004 alone was overwhelming and thats why it still is BY FAR to me the best year in gaming of all time.
From Halo to GTA, during those days, CZcams wasn't even a thing. I really want to go back to those days. You spend your childhood wanting to grow up, while you spend your adulthood wanting to go back.
San Andreas is actually the reason i started playing guitar, when i was a kid! Radio X was on, "Welcome To The Jungle" started playing and i was blown away by a relentless, grooving, raw sound, which introduced me to the man in leather pants, sunglasses, cigarette in mouth and tophat on head.... Slash!! 16 years after, im still playing guitar and trying to get better. I was making good money, playing solo gigs and such, but since C19 hit, i cant make money of music anymore. So that sucks big time... But im still grateful that i have guitar in my life and its all thanks to San Andreas! Thank You, Rockstar Games! Thank You, San Andreas! Thank You, Radio X! And Thank You, Slash!
Well 2004 was indeed hell of a year for the gamers. Here's additional four titles worth mentioning: - KotOR2:SL - Def Jam FFNY - Doom 3 - PoP Warrior Within
Unbelievable no ones talk about Ninja Gaiden. A truly masterpiece. To this day I haven't seen any game that comes close in terms of fighting mechanics.
@Tibovl There is a game called Dangerous Driving from a short while ago that has Burnout style gameplay. I think it may even be developed by some people from the Burnout franchise. There's also Dangerous Driving 2 on the way which seems closer to Burnout Paradise as it's open world.
@Bonsai I'd say Wreckfest is more like Destruction Derby gameplay than Burnout gameplay. Wreckfest doesn't have high speed street racing, takedowns or those junctions where you caused as much chaos as possible for points that made Burnout what it is. Wreckfest is great though. :-)
@@Hassan06675 I always loved the ridiculousness of Saints Row butt 4 took things too far and it started getting boring after one point. The whole matrix thing in 4 made the game bad.
Dude my neighbors met on WoW and they’ve been married 10 years now and still play it together to this day, when they told me that I was like well fuck that’s dope ha crazy but pretty cool
" next one is a big one/we have a big one/this is a big one...." something tells me that 2004 was a big year for games. best gta came out the that's for damn sure
@@smok3y420 Can you still get hold of the first 2 games on PC now? I ask because I had those games when they ported it to SEGA MegaDrive. Alas, (unlike my SNES) it is no longer with me.
Can't believe they missed that one. Personally, ever since I played that game, PoP WW became my gold standard when it comes to video games. It introduced parkour before it became a thing and the combat, oh man, the combat is superb!
2004 was the best gaming year of my life. Never seen this many amazing games released back to back since. A time when picking game of the year was the hardest choice.
@@stagnantlasagna you sure cause last time I checked Jak trilogy plus jak x Sly trilogy Ratchet and clank trilogy Kingdom hearts 1 and 2 Maximo 1 and 2 Ape escape 2 and 3 Tekken tag, 4 and 5 Soul caliber 3 Virtual fighter 4 evolution God of war 1 and 2 Shadow of the colossus Genji dawn of the samurai Way of the samurai 1 and 2 Onimusha 2,3 and 4 Shadow of Rome Shinobi Mark of kri and rise of kasi Dark cloud 1 and 2 Rouge galaxy Resident evil out break 1 and 2 God hand Grand turismo 3 and 4 Are all exclusives And not to mention Final fantasy 10 and 12 Metal gear solid 3 subsistence Devil may cry trilogy We’re all ps2 exclusive until they got remasters
For sure. If they had about another year to work on it, it probably would be the best game of the next 15 years. I mean to me it I'd obviously but imagine if they did everything they planned on San Andreas
Greatest era in video games period. There were so many others that you didn't mention... Def Jam Fight for NY, Paper Mario 1000 yr, Ace Combat 5, Ninja Gaiden (XB), Ratchet and Clank Up your Arsenal, Gran Turismo 4, Jak 3, Doom 3, Metroid Prime 2, best year ever, best generation ever
2004 and 2007 are the best years in gaming history. Those years immediately come to mind when the convo comes up. funny how specific this video is to actual conversations I've had between friends! Cheers
2004 is still by far, FAR the best year of ALL time in gaming! Try to argue me with that, if you were around to play games back then, you know this is a fact, not a matter of opinion! :D Aside from these 10 games there were also: -Doom 3 -Far Cry -WH 40k: Dawn of War -Jak 3 -Ratchet & Clank 3 -Sly 2 -Metroid Prime 2 -Pikmin 2 -Thief: Deadly Shadows -Kotor II -Ninja Gaiden just to name some games that came to my mind from that year
Memorable gaming years for me, that I remember vividly was 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019. Maybe 2021 (with Battlefield 6, Halo Infinite and more to come). Yeah, I don't know why every 3 years I remember vividly those years.
@@fica1137 Well I think console games were lot better in 2004 than back then, so thats why I dont rate those years nearly as high as 2004 or some other years from past 2 decades.
@@zeliph Ye I agree that 2007 and 2010 especially were great years as well, I actually rank then 2nd and 3rd best years after 2004. I have to say from recent years I can judge much at all due to lack of time to play newer games and having such big backlog of older games im mainly focused on. But still when I look at how many biggest games of its generation/biggest games of all time were released in 2004 and look the years after in my opinion it cant really be rivaled. Especially because PC lost its place as platform that many big games would be exclusively developed for.
I absolutely loved playing Burnout 3: Takedown as a kid. I also played a bit of Need For Speed: Underground 2 but I couldn't figure out how to play the game well so I gave up quickly.
Oh man I remember it and absolutely loved it! First played it on a demo disc at a friend's house during a sleepover when I was a kid. The demo was the opening of the game. It scared the HELL out of me and I thought it was so cool. The sequel was good too, but not as good as the first. Imo
@@Leeanardis The developers went bankrupt in 2010. The game was released by Midway games, which have also gone bankrupt. So it is highly unlikely we will see another one, ever. ☹
I finished playing all Half Life from the first to Episode Two a few days only . God if i played it when i was a child i would have been just blown away by the story and graphics especially Half life 2 . This is one of the greatest games of all times clearly . And still an amazing game to be played in 2020
Howre you going to talk about San andreas' radio stations and not talk about radio x? Cult of personality, guns and roses, rage against the machine Soundgarden, Alice in chains, OZZY!!!
Me and my sister are playing through Shadow Hearts Covenant. We just finished the first disc today. Easily one of the best RPGs ever made. The transformations, the story, the battle mechanics: everything about it is memorable and fun to play through. Once you learn how to navigate it, you'll be surprised how rapidly you gain skills and abilities to completely decimate everything in your path. Played it with my brother around the time it came out and it still holds up today.
I never thought about it, but 2004 was really the last year of true innovation in the gaming industry. Graphics have improved since then, but we have yet to get anything that is a true unique experience since the standards of 2004. The argument now is what year had the best rehashes of old ideas because no one is coming out with any new ones.
Oh my god!!! Thats one of the best videos I've seen in awhile! You nailed it with the games I'm sure there are more we both missed. I played every single game here except vampire and Riddick I absolutely love your game list!!
2004 was a crazy year for me. My father died in 2004 I was 3 years old and I still remember him and fell the pain from time to time. My father was a gamer and he introduced to me super Mario and the PlayStation 1, he didn’t get to play the PlayStation 2.
So was Ratchet and Clank Up your Arsenal (going commando too in an earlier year) and he skipped those too, smh. 6th gen was amazing can't list everything
one of the best & greatest years ever! people are so focused on making so called futuristic buggy "not fun" kinda stuff, a game can have dated graphics but can also be the most fun you will ever have in your life. This whole period of gaming is a testament to that
I miss my family on Sims 2 sooo bad, we had our first girl ever born into the family. It was the first time I ever had twins in any of the other families I created, I found a tip on how to get them, I didn't think it would work but it did. (Sighs) I miss my Sims... 😞
Honorable mentions for me atleast : Far Cry (1) Doom 3 Need for Speed: Underground 2 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth Rome: Total War (1) Honestly 2004 is like one of the best game years for me. Seems like some chip upgrade or programing language caused this video game revolution aswell as devs giving a damn about their product back in the day.
Even if they're just honorable mentions, I'm really glad you mentioned Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines and NFS Underground 2, I loved the HELL out of those games, and even now I still play VTMB and am looking forward to the next one.
This is definitely the best year gaming has ever seen. I'm not saying any one of these games is the absolute best game of all time, but the sheer amount of absolute fucking classics that came out in 2004, no other year has come anywhere close to this.
2004 just might be my favorite year in gaming and I've been playing since 1991 with the SNES..I can't fault this list for the most part but one glaring omission is Ratchet&Clank Up Your Arsenal..that game is truly a masterpiece and the fact that insomniac was able to release Ratchet & Clank year after year from 02-05 made it even more impressive because All of them were great but up your arsenal was and still is the best ratchet & clank imo
You definitely weren't a Nintendo fan back in 2004, they had some of my favorite games ever that year. Your list is totally fine though. I agree with a good chunk of it. I always felt that 2004 was a year to remember. Tons of great games, movies, music, TV, and so much more. A top ten list just isn't enough to do it justice.
2004 was a crazy year for games. It was ridiculous.
Let us know your favorite!
Halo no doubt
Doom 3
Best gaming year ever
Def Jam-Fight for New York is one of them.
Half Life 2 was my game of 2004. even though I was like 3 years old when it happened.
Far Cry 1, CS Source, Doom 3, Painkiller, Rome Total War, Sid Meier's Pirates, Gradius 5, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 ... It was a good year :)
Rome Total War! Love that game.
Nfs Underground 2 :D
Man, Painkiller was my jam! Hope they make a new game
Not just a "good year", the BEST year ever in gaming if you ask me!
And don’t forget Half Life 2 and GTA SA
Basically my rating of this year (2004): _“Rise and shine, C.J.”_
comment of the day
But C.J. Forgot to follow the train
Escape from Butcher Bay, actually had the same line.
@@lukehahn4784 After 4th attempt I got rid of the game. Also GTA 4 had far better driving physics and damage modeling than 5. Felt like a down grade to me.
All we had to do was to follow the damn train, Freeman!
GTA: San Andreas is my favorite GTA. It holds a special place in my heart -and soul. Even the soundtrack.
Definitely. Favorite game ever
I agree, the greatest game ever. I remember playing GTA 4 thinking "So can I work out? Can I ride a bike? No? Can I wield a katana? No? How about using multiple hand to hand disciplines? No?" It seemed like such a huge step backwards. All of the other GTA games after SA seems like they took themselves way too seriously.
ohhh yes i remember the hype "Wrong Side of the Tracks" Mission, my music that time was Hold the Line by Toto
Mcgriffin67 But hey atleast the story in IV was better and had a much better protagonist. IV is still a worthy successor imo.
@@theoneandonly25 all true but it wasn't fun. It wasn't a bad game. I'm sure many other GTA players welcomed the switch to a more grounded realistic approach but I play games to experience something I can't do in real life like drive tanks and supercars not to play darts and go bowling. I liked Niko, the story, and the setting and graphics were incredible but I only played that game once but all the other GTA's before I played multiple times.
Still to this day, I feel like 2004 was the one of the best years for gaming. This list proves it
nfs underground 2: "am I a joke to you?"
Exactly.
Was it 2004🙄🙄🙄
@@santhoshkumar2270 yeah it was bro
but NFS u1 was little bit better
@@denizon5859 i actually agree. somehow it is better. I remember the drag racing to be muuuuch better than NFSU2. and other aspects
MGS 3 in one long sitting... ah the memories of a wasted summer of youth. Worth it though
How is it a waste, what else would you have done?
Tell me, how many tears did you shed after finishing the campaign?
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time
i played through it 8 times haha
@@Upamanyu2000 The ending broke me:(
i remember reading game informer mags and being excited for ever single one of these games ... still chasing that high
Same here I still remember the preview on Halo 2 in GI.
Ye I remember how back in summer of 2004 my local gaming magazine made this extra number from E3 2004 because there were so many games to cover and I was just overwhelmed by the amount of great games coming. Obviously some of them were 2005 titles, but either way the flood of great games in 2004 alone was overwhelming and thats why it still is BY FAR to me the best year in gaming of all time.
Just take some heroin and you’ll be chasing a high forever. I promise you the high will be even more intense.
OK Aaron Kyro
lmao same, those were the days
From Halo to GTA, during those days, CZcams wasn't even a thing. I really want to go back to those days.
You spend your childhood wanting to grow up, while you spend your adulthood wanting to go back.
Just Some Guy without a Mustache hello there how are u
Just Some Guy without a Mustache how do u comment on everything
Whoah finally I agree with you instead of saying: I see you a lot these days
Ok now screw you guys I'm going home
Then that would mean your channel wouldn't exist but if that's what you want then so be it.
@@ronnyrrr932 everyone has seen him we get it but what's wrong with commenting in every video you watch
Replaying half life 2 today and it is JAW DROPPING how well it holds up. Gorgeous game and still plays so well!
Best game half life 2
Half-life 2 is a masterpiece
My GOTY for 2004 and one of the best games of all time . 😍😍 11/10 .
For those who don't own it yet. It's currently on sale on Steam for less than €1.
GTA San Andreas best game of that time it is even now
You are wrong. Mafia 1 is better
San Andreas is the greatest game of all time. GTA 5 with all of its graphics and processing power still wasn't as groundbreaking as SA.
@@Mcgriffin67 straight facts man 👑👑👑
GTA San Andreas was the best game from 2004 no games beats it sorry
@Sniper Gaming of course half life 2 the best game ever made
Half Life 2, Far Cry, Painkiller, Doom 3, CS Source, Snake Eater, San Andreas, Sid Meier's Pirates, Civilization 4, Thief 3, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tommorow, Hitman Contracts, NFS Underground 2, Burnout 3, Flatout, Vampire The Masquerade, Chronicles of Riddick... It was insane
Dragon Quest VIII?
Gran Turismo 4 and Prince of Persia: Warrior Within.
What a year . They were all perfect games!
Hitman Contracts is so good. And wow, Civ IV is really that old?!
Sid Meires Pirates oof I just downloaded that too legit like last week. Hands down one of the best ones out there.
San Andreas is actually the reason i started playing guitar, when i was a kid!
Radio X was on, "Welcome To The Jungle" started playing and i was blown away by a relentless, grooving, raw sound, which introduced me to the man in leather pants, sunglasses, cigarette in mouth and tophat on head.... Slash!!
16 years after, im still playing guitar and trying to get better. I was making good money, playing solo gigs and such, but since C19 hit, i cant make money of music anymore. So that sucks big time...
But im still grateful that i have guitar in my life and its all thanks to San Andreas!
Thank You, Rockstar Games!
Thank You, San Andreas!
Thank You, Radio X!
And Thank You, Slash!
SA was the reason why I started smoking crack.
@@Spot-0n stop it. Get some help.
Davie504 also
Wunkada.
Wunkada.
Wunkada, Wunkada, Wunkada, Wunkada.
Wunka-wunka
Wunkada, Wunkada, Wunkada, Wunkada.
Wunka-wunka
(The vocal tabs for the guitar intro.)
Hell yea, my dude, keep rocking
Well 2004 was indeed hell of a year for the gamers. Here's additional four titles worth mentioning:
- KotOR2:SL
- Def Jam FFNY
- Doom 3
- PoP Warrior Within
Unbelievable no ones talk about Ninja Gaiden. A truly masterpiece. To this day I haven't seen any game that comes close in terms of fighting mechanics.
Sith Lords!!!!
I think DOOM 3 would have been better off marketing was, if they made as a spin off or the likes of that.
FfNY was my jaaam, I'm still waiting for a modern port or just a RE release
Why wasn’t kotor here?
So, nobody's gonna talk about Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, my favorite.
Same bro
compared to what on the list, warrior within doesn't hold up
@@sanmiai111 savage
sad
Def Jam: Fight for NY definitely deserves to be on this list!!!
Yessss the best fighting game ever and it was released in 2004
Oh yes
Criminal omission 💔
Damn right
I have FFNY on PS2, top 10 favorite game ever
I miss the burnout series. That shit was so much fun to play with friends. Really wish that this style of game would come back.
Yeah and takedown was the best. I think it was the last split screen multiplayer too..?
@@OlivierBL No, there's burnout Revenge and Dominator, I think they have it too
@Tibovl There is a game called Dangerous Driving from a short while ago that has Burnout style gameplay. I think it may even be developed by some people from the Burnout franchise. There's also Dangerous Driving 2 on the way which seems closer to Burnout Paradise as it's open world.
Wreckfest
@Bonsai I'd say Wreckfest is more like Destruction Derby gameplay than Burnout gameplay. Wreckfest doesn't have high speed street racing, takedowns or those junctions where you caused as much chaos as possible for points that made Burnout what it is. Wreckfest is great though. :-)
Damn why can’t we go back to times like this when games were complete
Very true
Amen. When games have no day-one "DLC"s, while "Expansion Packs" are literally that: expansions to complete games.
Bruh fable was literally rushed and was rereleased as the lost chapters
Also no micro-transaction or pay to win, ahh these were the days.
Ashwath yeah I got the lost chapters and was surprised whenever I got a longer ending
Gordon Freeman: "Ah shit, here we go again."
Gman: "Always a bustah..."
Busta straight busta
I was named CJ
Now my classmates say whenever I fail at something
"JUST FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN CJ"
Me: Why am I named CJ
Who wouldn't take the chance to say that?
At least your class has some gamers. My classmates play pubg mobile 🤣
@@jagdeepsingh9515 mine play minecraft
dont be ashamed from it, just laugh with them! keeping distance for yourself its best way to deal with jokes like this.
LMAO
Gta 2004: grove st vs ballers
Gta 2020: green aliens vs purple aliens
Isn't that saints row?
2008: Third street saints vs the Ronins
2013Superpowered Saints Vs aliens
@@Hassan06675 Definitely take the 2008 one.
@@Hassan06675 I always loved the ridiculousness of Saints Row butt 4 took things too far and it started getting boring after one point. The whole matrix thing in 4 made the game bad.
@@Slade69 Yeah
I hope the next game is like The old saints row games
it's families, not grove street, and it's ballas, not ballers
Who still got PS2 until 2020 and still playing it!
MGS 3
GTA SA
SPLINTER CELL
NFS
I still play underground 2 and dbz infinite world on my ps2
I still have my PS2 and my OG Xbox and a lot of these games!
Mine broke along time ago.
But I use PC emulation to play my favorite old games. With graphics upgrades and stuff.
I still have a Ps2 but I don't have a controller for it so for now it is useless
i recently got most of the guitar hero games for ps2
Me: *sees gta san andreas featured*
Me: Ah shit, here we go again.
*launches san andreas*
2020 and i still have GTA:SA on my PC.
so much fun with mods in it.
Aye same here hahahha
Dude my neighbors met on WoW and they’ve been married 10 years now and still play it together to this day, when they told me that I was like well fuck that’s dope ha crazy but pretty cool
Do they happen to live in Nebraska? Lol
Aahh early 2000's the time when developer passionate about making their games
" next one is a big one/we have a big one/this is a big one...." something tells me that 2004 was a big year for games.
best gta came out the that's for damn sure
Shega69 You are right man San Andreas is no doubt the best GTA so far
Midgeti nah gta 4
Seriously GTA:SA is such an incredible game, and the multiplayer mod, SAMP, was something I spent thousands of hours on.
@@kanebarry2820 GTA IV is very good but optimised so bad it hurts to play it....
Shega69
"best gta came out the that's for damn sure"
I don't think so.
Road Rash is also the game which no one ever dare to forget :)
I still have the original pc game lol.
@@smok3y420 me too! But I guess it was pirated, because the music is only present in one map.
As you wait for your parts to arrive You lose all the qualifications for this Level.
@@smok3y420
Can you still get hold of the first 2 games on PC now?
I ask because I had those games when they ported it to SEGA MegaDrive. Alas, (unlike my SNES) it is no longer with me.
OMG YES! Windows XP And Road Rash. Seems like A Life Time Ago. Kicking the other Bikers and all of it was Amazing!
Prince of Persia warrior within also released in 2004
Can't believe they missed that one. Personally, ever since I played that game, PoP WW became my gold standard when it comes to video games. It introduced parkour before it became a thing and the combat, oh man, the combat is superb!
Pop ww is so underrated
underrated and the most visually pleasing game of 2004 here
@@NayamAmarshe agree I completed this 20 times this is my favorite pop game
Well maybe because they played the sands of time a year earlier in 2003 which already reintroduced the pop games and had better reviews overall.
Gameranx, if possible, please make this into a 20 episode series where you talk about top 10 games from 2000-2020.
It is a series they have made videos fr 2000 to 2003 already
“Home sweet home... least it was before I fucked everything up” .... instant flashbacks bro
No it's "Grove Street home"
Sly 2: Band of Thieves. My favorite video game of all time!
Great game. This era was truly unique and I miss it
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Great combat, awesome soundtrack 10/10
And running from Dahaka... definitely my favourite PoP. F*ck Ubisoft for milking Assassins Creed instead of making new Prince of Persia.
Damn the nostalgia......one of my favourite games of all time
2004 was the best gaming year of my life. Never seen this many amazing games released back to back since. A time when picking game of the year was the hardest choice.
ye if you ask me 2004 STILL is the best year ever in gaming. So many of the most important/greatest games of the decade were released back then.
"GTA San Andreas got me into hip hop" is the whitest thing I've ever heard.
I once heard a person say “Macklemore is the bomb.”
Dj hero got me into hip hop
Ikr
Well the dudes white so I mean
true lol and also childish
"All we had to do was follow the damn train CJ"
Aww I miss those days..
POINTBREAK 125 hated that mission
I was 11 during this game and could not beat that mission....still one of the best games I ever played
And to this day ps2 is still has the best library compared to current gen for all consoles.
Nah that's Gamecube
@@stagnantlasagna you sure cause last time I checked
Jak trilogy plus jak x
Sly trilogy
Ratchet and clank trilogy
Kingdom hearts 1 and 2
Maximo 1 and 2
Ape escape 2 and 3
Tekken tag, 4 and 5
Soul caliber 3
Virtual fighter 4 evolution
God of war 1 and 2
Shadow of the colossus
Genji dawn of the samurai
Way of the samurai 1 and 2
Onimusha 2,3 and 4
Shadow of Rome
Shinobi
Mark of kri and rise of kasi
Dark cloud 1 and 2
Rouge galaxy
Resident evil out break 1 and 2
God hand
Grand turismo 3 and 4
Are all exclusives
And not to mention
Final fantasy 10 and 12
Metal gear solid 3 subsistence
Devil may cry trilogy
We’re all ps2 exclusive until they got remasters
@@stagnantlasagna lol
current gen games can be just as good as the gamecube/ps2 ara but not nearly as many can be that good
@@stagnantlasagna gamecube is such an amazing console even though I have started playing ps4 deep down I will always be a nintendo fan
San Andreas was the greatest game in 2004, no doubt.
For sure. If they had about another year to work on it, it probably would be the best game of the next 15 years. I mean to me it I'd obviously but imagine if they did everything they planned on San Andreas
It's really no contest. That game is legendary!
@@isaacster5027
Yeah. I agree. GTA IV would be a competition though in the GTA series.
YUSS
Yessir
Greatest era in video games period. There were so many others that you didn't mention...
Def Jam Fight for NY, Paper Mario 1000 yr, Ace Combat 5, Ninja Gaiden (XB), Ratchet and Clank Up your Arsenal, Gran Turismo 4, Jak 3, Doom 3, Metroid Prime 2, best year ever, best generation ever
Ratchet & Clank 3, Sly 2, Jak 3, Viewtiful Joe 2. It was a good year for platformer style games as well.
GTA: SA and Halo 2 some of the best 2004 games
ikr
I've heard for years that Halo 2 was the best of the best. I didn't know it was that old haha.
Damn! I forgot how loaded 2004 was. I played almost all of these and man....... I didn't realize it all came out in the same year.
GTA San Andreas was amazing that’s my favorite GTA game ever period I Love everything from cheats to story
I bet you never tried racking up criminal rating.
The *BURNOUT* series will always be one of my favorite racing games. 😎❤️🔥
burnout revenge 4 LIEFFFF
2004 and 2007 are the best years in gaming history. Those years immediately come to mind when the convo comes up. funny how specific this video is to actual conversations I've had between friends! Cheers
50cent bulletproof is one to talk about
The real OG of that year!
love how eminem was in it and was a undercover cop. amazing game to play if your bored.
That came out in 2005 not 04
Dr Dre selling guns out his van. How times change eh.
@@silas.anderson wait eminem was on it? I played it and didn't notice???? What was I doing with my life
2004 is still by far, FAR the best year of ALL time in gaming! Try to argue me with that, if you were around to play games back then, you know this is a fact, not a matter of opinion! :D
Aside from these 10 games there were also:
-Doom 3
-Far Cry
-WH 40k: Dawn of War
-Jak 3
-Ratchet & Clank 3
-Sly 2
-Metroid Prime 2
-Pikmin 2
-Thief: Deadly Shadows
-Kotor II
-Ninja Gaiden
just to name some games that came to my mind from that year
Hitman contracts.
1998, 1999
Memorable gaming years for me, that I remember vividly was 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019. Maybe 2021 (with Battlefield 6, Halo Infinite and more to come).
Yeah, I don't know why every 3 years I remember vividly those years.
@@fica1137 Well I think console games were lot better in 2004 than back then, so thats why I dont rate those years nearly as high as 2004 or some other years from past 2 decades.
@@zeliph Ye I agree that 2007 and 2010 especially were great years as well, I actually rank then 2nd and 3rd best years after 2004. I have to say from recent years I can judge much at all due to lack of time to play newer games and having such big backlog of older games im mainly focused on. But still when I look at how many biggest games of its generation/biggest games of all time were released in 2004 and look the years after in my opinion it cant really be rivaled. Especially because PC lost its place as platform that many big games would be exclusively developed for.
I absolutely loved playing Burnout 3: Takedown as a kid.
I also played a bit of Need For Speed: Underground 2 but I couldn't figure out how to play the game well so I gave up quickly.
It's been ages since I heard that snake eater song, had to find it and listen the whole song. It still gives me goose bumps 😊
Best boss fight ever
Prince of Persia Warrior Within is what you have forgotten
There was so many great games came out in 2004. Thief 3: The Deadly shadows & Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow are also some of the best.
10:33 K-DST radio all the way..Gotta love the classics.
But basically every radio station was pure gold on that game.
Who remembers “The Suffering” for PS2
And XBOX?
I remember the PC version, as i only played it a few days ago in 4K. 😎
Oh man I remember it and absolutely loved it! First played it on a demo disc at a friend's house during a sleepover when I was a kid. The demo was the opening of the game. It scared the HELL out of me and I thought it was so cool. The sequel was good too, but not as good as the first. Imo
If it’s not here, the not Gameranx
@@Leeanardis The developers went bankrupt in 2010. The game was released by Midway games, which have also gone bankrupt. So it is highly unlikely we will see another one, ever. ☹
I finished playing all Half Life from the first to Episode Two a few days only . God if i played it when i was a child i would have been just blown away by the story and graphics especially Half life 2 . This is one of the greatest games of all times clearly . And still an amazing game to be played in 2020
Haven’t heard of any one these, I’m a time traveler from 1992
That was a good year
@@jeremyblackwater439 I am amazed at the internet
@@zuokia yeah...don’t let it suck you in though.
Do u ride a delorean?
Howre you going to talk about San andreas' radio stations and not talk about radio x? Cult of personality, guns and roses, rage against the machine Soundgarden, Alice in chains, OZZY!!!
This is exactly what I was going to say.
And k'dst - k'rose for me
Turns out the sound track is so good it appeals to all preferences
Alex Martinez CSR was the shit too
Gardening with Maurice. Voiced by Andy Dick. Kifflom
@@tinatpasselepoivre literally my go to radio stations and i just restarted on ps4 pro
Surprised that Doom 3 didn't even get an honorable mention...
Gavwav
What you saying, he forgot far cry 1!
what about LEGO Star wars
@@flippinfudgeyt That was 2005
This reminded me of how good of a game year 2004 was. Snake eater and Half-Life 2 alone makes it one of the best, if not the best in my opinion.
2004 was indeed a fantastic year for gaming. This and 2011 are stuck in my mind as the two best in my gaming life
"Sims 2 went on to have 8 expansions."
2004 me: No way. 8 expansions?!?
2020 me: Meh, only 8 expansions.
Such nostalgia feeling that pure feeling of love with the graphics characters eyes
I love San Andreas gta all the way. I still played ps2 console 2020❤️❤️❤️
Yesss period
Yea homie , GTA da 4 Lyfe
Damn u r lucky my ps2 broke, I miss my ps2😭
Pikachu likes Gambling thanks
This is probably the best channel for gaming tips and stuff.
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door is my all time favorite game from 2004! Jak 3, ratchet and clank 3 and Metroid Prime 2 also really comes close
Me and my sister are playing through Shadow Hearts Covenant. We just finished the first disc today. Easily one of the best RPGs ever made. The transformations, the story, the battle mechanics: everything about it is memorable and fun to play through. Once you learn how to navigate it, you'll be surprised how rapidly you gain skills and abilities to completely decimate everything in your path. Played it with my brother around the time it came out and it still holds up today.
I never thought about it, but 2004 was really the last year of true innovation in the gaming industry. Graphics have improved since then, but we have yet to get anything that is a true unique experience since the standards of 2004. The argument now is what year had the best rehashes of old ideas because no one is coming out with any new ones.
What ?lol
I'd argue 2007 was.
Being born in 96, this is what's up.
Damn, those games are just as old as me
WouterPlays older for me
Babies lol
These games are older than me
Shut up kiddo you making me feel old.
I feel so old now holy shit😂
GTA SA, Def Jam Fight For NY, Need For Speed Underground 2 were some of the best games that came in 2004
Oh my god!!! Thats one of the best videos I've seen in awhile! You nailed it with the games I'm sure there are more we both missed. I played every single game here except vampire and Riddick I absolutely love your game list!!
Just to mention, Metroid Zero Mission and Metroid 2 Echoes. What can I do, I owned a GBA and a GameCube :)
Me seeing GTA San Andreas
Me: Ah shit here we go again
The whole gaming world demands an MGS 3 remake
No, mgs1
Mg snakes revenge and metal gear remake first
Remember the rumors about Sony trying to convince Konami to give them the rights? This could mean something if they are true...
In 2004 I was playing Command and Conquer Generals, NFS Underground 2, Lineage 2 and Heroes IV
2004 was a crazy year for me. My father died in 2004 I was 3 years old and I still remember him and fell the pain from time to time. My father was a gamer and he introduced to me super Mario and the PlayStation 1, he didn’t get to play the PlayStation 2.
I loved burnout 3, then one day the disk didn't work and I couldn't play it 😭😭
Jak and Daxter continues to be disgustingly underrated. Come on, Jak 3 is easily one of the best games of the 2000s.
So was Ratchet and Clank Up your Arsenal (going commando too in an earlier year) and he skipped those too, smh. 6th gen was amazing can't list everything
“I’ll Take A Number 9”
-Big Smoke
-Big Smoke
-A number 9 large...
Warrior within was the best game for that Era, mechanics, combat, story everything was top notch
one of the best & greatest years ever!
people are so focused on making so called futuristic buggy "not fun" kinda stuff, a game can have dated graphics but can also be the most fun you will ever have in your life.
This whole period of gaming is a testament to that
2007 was also an amazing year: Halo 3, BioShock, COD 4: Modern Warfare, Super Mario Galaxy, Uncharted 1, Crysis, Portal, Mass Effect...
i was wondering why the comments section wasnt loading up
Yeah wtf
I miss my family on Sims 2 sooo bad, we had our first girl ever born into the family. It was the first time I ever had twins in any of the other families I created, I found a tip on how to get them, I didn't think it would work but it did. (Sighs) I miss my Sims... 😞
Still playing gta san andreas
But i have a problem, sometimes the mouse doesnt work at all, i cannot turn around or use it to fire
I face this problem too. Didn't find a proper solution. It got fixed by switching tabs until the mouse starts working
Just Go fast in the menu and out, do this as Long as it takes it always worked
i solved it by going to menu and shaking my mouse while resume and voila!
note: still keep doing this because this is the only way i know how to fix
Just rapidly pausing the game. I recommend you installing Silent Patch so this doesn't happen to you again.
Thanks guys
A personal favorite of mine from that year has to be Hitman: Contracts. Such an underrated game. And it perfectly set up Blood Money.
Yo, you forgot DOOM 3 - What an awesome game too!
- Silent hill 4: The Room
- And way too many GBA games...
True! Gran Turismo 4 also..
2004 was a good year for gaming one gem ppl glide over is The Suffering one of the best horror games
Yes! I bought a copy back in 2018 when I bought a slim and it still holds up till this day, my favorite horror game ever
Personally, I would add Silent Hill 4 and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines to the list.
Honorable mentions for me atleast :
Far Cry (1)
Doom 3
Need for Speed: Underground 2
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
Rome: Total War (1)
Honestly 2004 is like one of the best game years for me. Seems like some chip upgrade or programing language caused this video game revolution aswell as devs giving a damn about their product back in the day.
Even if they're just honorable mentions, I'm really glad you mentioned Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines and NFS Underground 2, I loved the HELL out of those games, and even now I still play VTMB and am looking forward to the next one.
2004 was a good year in general for us kids back then . 🥺😭
This GENERATION SUCKS!!! 🤮🤮
I just KNEW san Andreas would be on this list
It's the GOAT
Just like you Jake 💕
Burnout 3 Takedown
*"We are the lazy generation!"*
This is definitely the best year gaming has ever seen. I'm not saying any one of these games is the absolute best game of all time, but the sheer amount of absolute fucking classics that came out in 2004, no other year has come anywhere close to this.
2004 just might be my favorite year in gaming and I've been playing since 1991 with the SNES..I can't fault this list for the most part but one glaring omission is Ratchet&Clank Up Your Arsenal..that game is truly a masterpiece and the fact that insomniac was able to release Ratchet & Clank year after year from 02-05 made it even more impressive because All of them were great but up your arsenal was and still is the best ratchet & clank imo
"WoW still seems like it's new!" lmao
6:20 my friend met his wife on wow, still together 10 years later
And what the hell about COUNTER STRIKE SOURCE? that game marked that starring of competitive multiplayer games
Really was an amazing year!!. San Andreas, Halo 2, Fable and Half Life 2 blew my socks off!!!!. Incredible!!.
You definitely weren't a Nintendo fan back in 2004, they had some of my favorite games ever that year.
Your list is totally fine though. I agree with a good chunk of it. I always felt that 2004 was a year to remember. Tons of great games, movies, music, TV, and so much more. A top ten list just isn't enough to do it justice.
Fable is lit man all 3 was amazing man
The 3rd game didn't live up to its predecessors
@@yasinbello8781 that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the game.
Yeah it wasn't as great as the other two but still, it was a good game