BitPunch writes - APB recently shut down after its servers were only online for a couple of months. With the short life span of many online games, it's becoming far too easy for gamers to "miss the boat." Once gone, these games can never be played again.
With similar shutdowns of the servers for Halo 2 and a fistful of EA titles, many of our favorite games are simply going too soon.
Eight seminal games were released on the gaming market between October 26 and November 23, 2004. Twenty years later, here's Wccftech's retrospective.
You're not gonna include Ratchet and Clank Up Your Arsenal or Jak 3 on that list? Just change it to Fall 2004 Releases and include the masterpiece that is Sly 2.
Unexpected characters, infamous cliffhangers, and an E3 demo that time forgot.
My favourite of the series... I have only played 3 though
Never a big fan of the original but number two blew me away with it's scale, the bit at the beginning when you're driving a tank across this giant bridge whilst shooting down flying enemies lives in my head. Always rocked the double needler
as much as I liked it, it was one of the first game endings where I went "you gotta be f'ing kidding me!"
I still remember the gameplay reveal during E3 2003.. Man, the graphics was like a major upgrade from Halo 1 and it blew everybody's mind. It looked miles ahead of anything on PlayStation 2 and the score was epic! When it launched, Halo 2 was worthy of every bit of hype it generated.
This in my opinion is one of the best Halo games (Alongside 1 and Reach). It introduced the prophets, you could play an elite which was awesome, dual handling SMG, amazing graphics for its time on original Xbox and so many more.
The city levels had flat textures and streaming issues but the assault on the Temple with the ODST team was an unforgettable experience. I still remember how detailed the buildings covered with moss and grass were like and the water element in the temples was perfectly utilized.
Replayed this gem on MCC and had a blast.
Remember the days of four-player couch co-op? The Wealth of Geeks team certainly does. This list brings us back to the golden years of the original Xbox with the best four-player games that were available.
This isn't a surprise.
Wow yeah, I think it would have to be up to the users to contribute to a user owned server. Like FUG on TF2. $$ though.
Seems like a lot of great games are coming and going, or dying out. If only more people knew about some of the titles out there - better marketing, perhaps?
There should be community support or dedicated servers or host server abilities for some of these game to continue life down the road. Does anyone remember the game Shogo? Well let's say 10 to 20 of you folks out there remember that game, and suddenly want to pop online and play it. You install it, you look for whatever the newest patch is, and then you pop online and create a room, MAYBE you'll get some folks to play with you.
As for console games, the whole 'server' thing is stupid. You should be able to connect and play any game that has MP. IDIOTS who pay for XBL should have that ability to play every game that is XBL MP aware. Not just titles that are 'current'.