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

[BigBadBruins7708]

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.

do mods count? If so, then Day of Defeat.

full games, you missed Perfect Dark

 

[Pilky01]

Majora's Mask
WWF: No Mercy
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Jet Set Radio
Metropolis Street Racer
NBA & NFL 2K1

World Series Baseball 2K1 got really bad review scores but I f***ING LOVED IT! I played so much of it. The graphics of it just absolutely blew me away.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

also Virtua Tennis needs to be on the 2000 voting list.

 

[NyQuil]

What a year for gaming.

 

[SniperHF]

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.

Will anybody vote for it though?

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.

Half Life won't win 98.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Counter Strike HAS to win the next one. The turning point in online games and one of the most addicting games of all time.

 

[Osprey]

Preliminary lists, submit thy thoughts:

I'm surprised that I forgot Deus Ex, The Sims and The Longest Journey. BTW, though I did mention Red Alert 2, I wouldn't consider it a lock. It might be one of the first to bump off of the list in favor of something else.

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.

Counter-Strike was released as a retail, standalone game in 2000.

 

[The Nuge]

do mods count? If so, then Day of Defeat.

full games, you missed Perfect Dark

It’s the 8th one in Sniper’s “locks”.

I was going to throw Dark Cloud out there, but that was only in Japan. It’s yet another awesome 2001 game.

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

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.

Good list and I agree with what you've included as locks.
Other potential games might include Escape From Monkey Island, SSX, Phantasy Star Online, and Paper Mario.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Half Life won't win 98.

So...were there any good games released in 1998?

*runs*

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Screw all of you for not voting for Runescape...

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

So...where there any good games released in 1998?

*runs*

Glover

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

So...where there any good games released in 1998?

*runs*

"We...can't...shake these TIEs!"

 

[SniperHF]

Grandia II

Anyone else second this? Looking at starting the next poll soon. Dunno crap about JRPGs so ....
Does Chrono Cross need to stay on the list?

 

[Ceremony]

Midnight Club

 

[Bocephus86]

Was 2000 when they released Counter Strike 1.6? I never really knew the difference from 1.5 but 1.5 must have been the pure "mod" version, with 1.6 the standalone?

Some really great games in there... a real struggle for me between a few of them.

 

[The Noot]

Bummed I missed this one. Just leaving this here retroactively

 

[Xelebes]

I didn't vote because I missed the opportunity but I am surprised. I didn't play a single game from this list so I probably wouldn't have voted anyways.