I think Stalker will be one of the best games of 2004 the idea of a persistent enviroment that alters over time is a breakthrough in terms of enviroment interaction, lets just hope they have a good physics model in place too.

Doom 3 was far too retro, gaming has moved on since the days of 486's. Perhaps ID would be better concentrating on developing next gen graphic engines and leasing them out to more creative development teams. Oh and isn't the flash light weapon switch the most annoying idea ever? oh and don't even mention the soul cube wtf??

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Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

Friedrich Nietzsche