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Quote[/b] (Copperhead @ April 24 2004,17:49)]What looks like it could be a very inventive game is Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl.

The makers have said that they are working on a completely artificial world for the player to participate in. I think it said in a review that nothing is hardcoded. When playing the beta PC Zone did the same thing three times, the first two times when they attacked a small group of men the men reacted in completely different ways and then the third time the group of men wasn't even there showing the unpredicatability of the game.

It is also meant to be extremely open ended, about 8 possible endings I think. I think this looks set to be a classic game, not sure when it will be out though so I don't know whether it falls into the category of 2004 games or 2005 onwards.

This along with R:TW and HL2 and Doom3 ought to make for a good year.
I was going to mention Stalker. Just making your own way in a post apocalyptic landscape sounds fantastic.