what a question
Damn difficult to predict which one will be the best game..
I've read about all games, and here's my opinion;
Unreal II: looks to be great!
LIke the new models and environments and the fact that unreal II will work with opengl instead of direct3D. Very good move.
Love the new aspect of facial animation. Very pleased to see a feature like that implemented.
New unreal II test levels (saw a couple of screenshots in an article) appear to be even bigger than unreals' massive levels (sunspire, spirevillage, bluff eversmoking etc etc etc) and afcourse ut's huge levels.
ONe thing i like about unreal series, the big open levels. Quake is cool ok, but the levels are most of the time, well.. claustrophobic.
Unreal tends to follow the doom trend(ho boy) and i like it.
Unreal is also very mystique, well.. people that worked on the unreal series prove to be very imaginative. LIke that. Think that unreal II will also be very.. impressive. Music sure as hell won't fail.
unreal and UT series rules! (at the moment i'm listening to Hub5 from unreal. Wargate is pretty good too.)
Doom 3:
I don't know. This is gonna be one though puppy to judge. Original Doom was sorry IS great, 'cause of the unique fast paced gameplay and the zillion monsters at one time (hell revealed: + 6.000 monsters in 32 levels. You gotta like that)
Ok the new DOOM should be a new generation style of game, but i'd hate to see it turn out to be a half life game you know?
DOOM III has to be fresh, new but also it needs to harbor the feeling of the old doom; many monsters, great weapon balance, and fast gameplay. And please, no "bot like monsters from hell". Imagine that? a cyberdemon strafing around ya?
I can't wait until ID will release the DOOM test, this year don't know when. It will reveal much. Wether that's a good or bad thing, well.. we'll see. They'd better work their fucking butts off!
Half life II. I hope dm will be better. Half life dm is slow. Tried everything. Dm is slow. I get bored after 5 minutes.
Should it envolve gordon freeman once more? Don't think so. Again, instead of a sequel, something refreshing and original would be great.
(one thing i really missed in half life was the lack of women. Only one model in standard hl.. the "sniper babe".. hm..:I
Return to wolfenstein: !!!!!!! i can't wait to see that one. Played this puppy back in 1993. I remember walking through those linear, horizontal levels, shooting dozens of stupid nazis fullbright levels, loved the "sprites" used.
Read many articles about RTCW. Looks great. How many pictures did they take with a digital camera? Forgot the number. Just look at the models and textures and features. This one is a winner!
But i guess somehow they all are.
I'm sure Unreal II and RTCW won't fail. Not to sure about DOOM III. Have to wait and see (and hope). Hl II don't know. Fans will like it.