HF Retro Game of the Year - 2001 - GTA III Wins!

[syz]

Shout outs to the 3 people who voted for the actual best shooter that came out this year, Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

 

[NyQuil]

Shout outs to the 3 people who voted for the actual best shooter that came out this year, Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

Woo!

 

[Common Sense]

I'm surprised MGS2 isn't getting votes. I always thought of that game as one of those landmark games in gaming history.

 

[aleshemsky83]

I'm surprised MGS2 isn't getting votes. I always thought of that game as one of those landmark games in gaming history.

The visuals still look fantastic. It didn't push polygon counts but the visual style was just so smart and clean.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

The visuals still look fantastic. It didn't push polygon counts but the visual style was just so smart and clean.

I played it for the first time last year and the game still holds up really well. And while I'm not big on stories in video games at all, the story in MGS2 is phenomenal.

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

Shout outs to the 3 people who voted for the actual best shooter that came out this year, Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

Almost as if video games are subjective.

Coming down to the wire with GTA 3 and Halo. GTA 3 is the most deserving of the franchise given how it was the first to nail the 3D sandbox open world genre.

 

[Common Sense]

Just do a runoff poll here.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Shout outs to the 3 people who voted for the actual best shooter that came out this year, Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

14 year-old me definitely wished that were true, but that game was forgotten by me within a month despite absurd hype (W3D was my first PC game, so you could call this the first nostalgia play in my life).

 

[syz]

14 year-old me definitely wished that were true, but that game was forgotten by me within a month despite absurd hype (W3D was my first PC game, so you could call this the first nostalgia play in my life).

It had a great competitive scene for about a year, though I remember it dying down quite a bit after the first CAL-i season.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

I'm surprised MGS2 isn't getting votes. I always thought of that game as one of those landmark games in gaming history.

I think the game's lack of content and play-ability to really be considered a "Game of the Year". I absolutely loved MGS2, the storyline was great, I loved the Illuminati parallel and how Snake and Otacon fit into the game. However, even a mediocre player can complete the game in ~3 hours, and the replayability is kind of lacking.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Am glad GTA III won this

 

[Big Z Man 1990]

Melee was my first ever Gamecube game. #BringPichuBack

 

[Big McLargehuge]

It had a great competitive scene for about a year, though I remember it dying down quite a bit after the first CAL-i season.

You lost me at competitive scene, which explains that.

 

[SniperHF]

Seems like GTA III has it, though there's still about 10 min left. Last time we had a poll this close I said within 1 vote we'd have a tie breaker.

Also FWIW my vote would be for III in a 1 on 1 matchup.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Dang, I'll have to settle with my 1b winning.


It makes me oddly happy to see FFX get fewer votes than a game I knew absolutely nothing about.

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

I assume 2000 is going to come down to Diablo II and Counterstrike

 

[NyQuil]

I assume 2000 is going to come down to Diablo II and Counterstrike

I think Diablo II will get it in a landslide.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

"Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2" or "Driver 2" would probably be my year 2000 votes.

 

[Osprey]

Some candidates on the PC side for 2000:

Diablo II
Counter-Strike
Shogun: Total War
Baldur's Gate II
Icewind Dale
Aliens vs Predator
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

 

[NyQuil]

Some candidates on the PC side for 2000:

Diablo II
Counter-Strike
Shogun: Total War
Baldur's Gate II
Icewind Dale
Aliens vs Predator
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

Some good candidates in there.

I'd probably have to go with BG2 although I expect Diablo II to win.

 

[SniperHF]

Baldur's Gate II is objectively better than Diablo II in almost every way as a game. But I'm almost certainly voting for D2 over it. The battle.net experience, especially before Blizzard starting mucking with things after 1.09 and all the item sale sites and stuff, was glorious.

 

[Bjorn Le]

I might have played more D2 than BG2, but BG2 is quite possibly the best RPG ever made. Have to vote for it.

 

[SniperHF]

Preliminary lists, submit thy thoughts:

Locks?

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

Chrono Cross

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

Counter-Strike

Deus Ex

Diablo II

Marvel Vs Capcom 2

Perfect Dark

Skies of Arcadia

The Legend of Zeld: Majora's Mask

The Sims

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

BG II, DII, and Deus Ex in one year ain't fair


Possibles:

Banjo-Tooie

Descent 3

Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance

Sacrifice

The Longest Journey

Thief II: The Metal Age

WWF No Mercy

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

You'd have to *really* talk me into it:

Aliens Vs Predator

Icewind Dale

Spyro: Year of the Dragon

Timesplitters

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Other ideas welcome.

 

[Mount Suribachi]

Preliminary lists, submit thy thoughts:

Locks?

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

Chrono Cross

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

Counter-Strike

Deus Ex

Diablo II

Marvel Vs Capcom 2

Perfect Dark

Skies of Arcadia

The Legend of Zeld: Majora's Mask

The Sims

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

BG II, DII, and Deus Ex in one year ain't fair


Possibles:

Banjo-Tooie

Descent 3

Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance

Sacrifice

The Longest Journey

Thief II: The Metal Age

WWF No Mercy

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

You'd have to *really* talk me into it:

Aliens Vs Predator

Icewind Dale

Spyro: Year of the Dragon

Timesplitters

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Other ideas welcome.

Shogun: Total War simply must, MUST be on that list. A truly revolutionary game, the one that launched the franchise, and still considered my many vets to have the best balanced, most strategic battles.

Also, I believe Counter-strike doesn't belong on that list. First, it was originally released in 1999. Secondly it was a mod, not a game in its own right. Being generous you could call it an Expansion when Valve subsequently released it, but I thought we excluded expansions from this list? Third, Half-Life will win easily for 1998.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

2000 may be my hardest decision yet: Grandia II or Skies of Arcadia.

MvC2, THPS2, & Red Alert 2 were huge for me, too.

The Dreamcast f***ing killed it in 2000 after one of the best launches ever...sigh. Shenmue was like the 9th best Dreamcast game that year...