Games.ARS have posted a review of gaming in 2004. Covering both PC based games as well as console games, they have listed the following games as their top 10 of 2004:

1. Burnout 3: Takedown
   
2. Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
   
3. Far Cry
   
4. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
   
5. Half Life 2
   
6. Rome: Total War
   
7. Sid Meier’s Pirates!
   
8. Silent Storm
   
9. Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War
   
10. World of Warcraft
    

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sif, HL2 is #1

accept no substitutes....

how the hell did riddick and far cry get ahead of it?!?!!?

GTA:SA for me, fkn biznesss game, love it

Burnout 3 easily kicks HL2. Dunno about riddick getting no.2 though - I couldn't really get into it...

no doom3 either

sif barbie pony game aint up there!

d3 sucked

I didn't think burnout 3 was that great....

that list needs reversing

Needs cueclub added.

Best game ever.

If you guys actually read the link the author states that it is in no particular order, aside from being alphabetical.

ok glad we cleared that up....