Aw man, Black, that takes me back. Does anybody else remember how the original Xbox was able to rip and store music from CDs? For whatever reason, Black allowed you to play your own music in game, and so my brother and I both have fond memories of blasting dudes with Glocks and Uzis to 50 Cent and pre-Relapse Eminem. Pure, concentrated aughts right there

Wow I can't believe they made games political even back then.

I'd say that goes to Haze

No cover screams 00s to me like Need for Speed Most Wanted:

https://images.pcgamingwiki.com/1/16/Need_for_Speed_Most_Wanted_cover.jpg

Literally from 2005

I thought that game was pretty fun

This game was the Xbox sunsetter and was the first I can’t remember to feature world destruction. But then the 360 dropped and this wasn’t ported and a small portion of the world was sad

Having one save point per level in a fps is one way to increase difficulty

DudeBro McManPain dragging a weapon while surrounded by desolation was only a few years after that, wasn't it?