Ranking the Best Video Games of 2004

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games.

It's 2004! Spider-Man 2 is in theaters, Nintendo just launched the DS, and Janet Jackson's nipple is the highlight of the Super Bowl halftime show. Also there were good video games! Join us for an always contentious discussion narrowing down to our collective top five video games from 2004. Drop you faves in the comments below!

Games Discussed: Alien Hominid, Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django, Burnout 3: Takedown, Call of Duty: Finest Hour, Counter-Strike: Source, Donkey Konga, Driver 3, Fable, Far Cry, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Halo 2, Hitman: Contracts, Jak 3, Katamari Damacy, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Ninja Gaiden, Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Phantom Dust, Pikmin 2, Pokemon Emerald, Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green, Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Shadow Hearts: Covenant, Silent Hill 4: The Room, Sly 2: Band of Thieves, Spider-Man 2, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, Star Wars Battlefront, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords, Tales of Symphonia, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age, Tony Hawk's Underground 2, Viewtiful Joe 2, World of Warcraft

CHAPTERS

(00:00:00) Welcome to Party Select
(00:05:57) Honorable Mentions
(00:08:06) The Long List
(01:00:01) The Short List
(01:24:50) The Top 5
(01:47:45) Join Our Party!

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