| Zkuq said: World of Warcraft probably wins it for the impact, I like Doom 3 but not enough for GotY, I've enjoyed Rome: Total War a notable bit, Metal Gear Solid 3 is a great game in a series I like a lot, but ultimately Half-Life 2 gets my vote. Of all the candidates, it has stood the test of time the best in my opinion (although graphically Doom 3 still beats it by a fair margin). |
Doom 3 looks fantastic, great use of the flash light and interactive screens! Rendering the screens separately instead of just a bitmap made a huge difference.
Character models weren't so good though and the game slowed down to a crawl in the last act. I had to finish the game on easy as the fps would tank into the lower tens. So I replayed it a few years later on a new GPU able to power through the demanding final act.
HL2 had no performance issues apart from overloading the container while swinging it around with the crane. I played with that for a long time, filling up the shipping container with all kinds of stuff, then swing it around with the crane and watch stuff fly out lol. I don't remember what its purpose was, but it was a lot of fun! Same as filling up chimneys in houses with everything around then chuck a grenade into it. Fun physics.
HL2 looked great as well, reflections, shadows, lighting and character models were ahead of the curve.
Doom 3 had the cleaner image overall, HL2 pushed more boundaries in rendering tech.
Both could use some RTX love, oh already being worked on for HL2
Doom 3 has some reshade mods, not looking anywhere near as good as HL2 RTX (also upgraded textures and models)
