Game of the Year

[Kyriakos]

For 1994, of the ones already mentioned, Warcraft: Of Orcs and Humans (aka Warcraft I ) would be my choice.

I will check the wiki list for all the 1994 games and return to post any more if i find something of interest to me

 

[Rub'Rum]

Edit: Ah it's a release combining 5 and 6. Nice.

Nah, it's Might and Magic 5 "plus". They added stuff (well, Might and Magic 4 I believe, I never played 4 alone!) to Might and Magic 5, pretty much doubling it. It became "World of Xeen", a game even better than just 5, and which is basically 4 + 5 + more stuff.

Might and Magic 6 is its own game, probably my favorite in the series. It came later.

 

[Kyriakos]

Hm, some other 1994 games of possible note:

(list of the ones i do not care about much, or never played, but are famous/celebrated) :

Sensible soccer (aka Sensible world of soccer)

Theme Park

Little Big Adventure

Sid Meier's Colonization

(list of the ones i really like)

Beneath a Steel sky

(other)

Heart of the Alien (supposed to be Another World II, never played it and it seems to have been a failure)

Panzer General (never played it)

Nominate: Beneath a Steel Sky

I will vote later, probably for Warcraft I

(list found at http://www.unikgamer.com/tops/top-games-of-1994-53.html ).

 

[coanda]

Anyone actually tried System Shock? I know it was a '94 release, and I played System Shock 2 which was great, but I never actually played the first.

 

[Mitchum]

Warcraft for me.

 

[KMRblue1027]

I'm going with UFO: Enemy Unknown on this one. SC2K and FFVI are kinda tied for 2nd.

 

[Loppan Torkel]

Stalling? There was never an official end date. It was supposed to be 1 week for nomination/discussion, 1 week for votes with fridays as cutoff but it takes so long to get votes I've been leaving it open until people are fed up or clearly not adding votes. But since you insisted... Doom wins by 1!

It was just a joke lol. ..but yea, I thought it was time to move on.


Not sure about 1994 yet. Tie Fighter was great, but I still didn't play it that much.

I'm not sure if it should be noted but in this time I didn't have many games that were of the original kind.

 

[Thorgalaeg]

No one single game which i really liked this year, maybe TIE fighter or Warcraft but i will vote the latter since it is the one i am most familiar with and it is the first one of an important saga.
I will also nominate a game i particularly liked even if it was not very appreciated back then: Ultima VIII: Pagan, maybe because i didnt played the previous ones. So:

nomination=Ultima VIII Pagan
vote=Warcraft I

 

[civvver]

I should disclose I actually played the collectors cd rom version of tie fighter, not the original 1994 release. I think they are the same though, just ones on a cd instead of a billion 3.5 diskettes.

I haven't played system shock. Not a huge fps fan. I also never played original warcraft so I'd feel weird voting for it. I didn't get into that til warcraft 3 and wow (starcraft was amazing though).

 

[de Maistre]

vote=Final Fantasy VI

 

[Kyriakos]

Nominate= Secret of Mana

Vote= Secret of Mana

 

[Red Key]

Nominate= Secret of Mana
Vote= Secret of Mana

Secret of Mana was released in 1993 and we already included it in that year. Shouldn't be included in 1994 votes.

 

[Kyriakos]

Hm, it was released in the west in 1994. Why have it included as a 1993 game in our own poll when obviously none of us would have even seen it at 1993?

 

[coanda]

"Year of first release" is best for comparing to other games in terms of innovation and technology, because that's when the developers had it ready for the public. It's also best for an internet forum which might well actually have a few people who aren't in the western hemisphere. Finally, it provides a clear, simple, and consistent answer to what release dates should be chosen.

 

[Kyriakos]

Let us leave the decision to the OP then

besides, you are just parts of the anti-secretofmana conspiracy

 

[coanda]

he's on to us... run for the hills!

 

[Rub'Rum]

Vote=Earthbound

I yield to my feelings instead of what I'd call "the best game" in a more objective manner, probably

 

[BSPollux]

The only two possible choices are Doom II and Panzer General. Both are milestones of human evolution, like the ability to control fire, or the invention od the printing press. So its hard to decide for one of them.

Doom II it is!

 

[da dick]

too many good options for 1994. think i'll have to abstain.

 

[coanda]

Vote = X-Com UFO Defense

If you haven't played this game, go play it now. It aged quite well; I missed it first time around but tried it in 2008 and ended up playing it in every spare moment for the next week. Turn-based tactical combat at its finest, paired with an entertaining albeit somewhat easier global strategy layer.