Game of the Year
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I vote baldurs gate 2. It is, by a clear margin, the best rpg I have ever played. Better even than mass effect 2 and dragon age, and they were two very good games. I think it's in the top 5 of all time on meta critic too. So it must be good.
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Ok BG2 it is. On to 2001 then.
It looks like a lean year but there's a couple big ones for me, Stronghold and Civ3. I see some notable names on wikipedia that I haven't played, Runescape, Phantasy Star Online, Black & White, Paper Mario, Dark Age of Camelot, Halo. Xbox and gamecube both released that year, that's pretty notable though outside game of the year talk.
Halo is probably the biggest game since it started a whole franchise, and civ3 is probably my least favorite civ game (4 is far and away my favorite, 2 and 5 are distant second, 3 and 1 are a notch below that), but I'm still voting civ3 since I'm familiar with it and don't feel right voting for a game I never played.
It looks like a lean year but there's a couple big ones for me, Stronghold and Civ3. I see some notable names on wikipedia that I haven't played, Runescape, Phantasy Star Online, Black & White, Paper Mario, Dark Age of Camelot, Halo. Xbox and gamecube both released that year, that's pretty notable though outside game of the year talk.
Halo is probably the biggest game since it started a whole franchise, and civ3 is probably my least favorite civ game (4 is far and away my favorite, 2 and 5 are distant second, 3 and 1 are a notch below that), but I'm still voting civ3 since I'm familiar with it and don't feel right voting for a game I never played.
Whilst I did play a bit of Civ III (although my computer wasn't really powerful enough to play it), the definitive game of 2001 for me was Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
Made by Troika Games (the company set up by staff who worked on the classic Fallout), it was an isometric party-based fantasy RPG, set in a world where the Industrial Revolution had recently hit hard, much to the disgust of the magical races, given that the laws of magic and physics actively interfered with each other.
It featured various non-combat skills, point-based magic and even the ability to construct technological marvels simply out of the rubbish you could find in dustbins along the way. It's available now from GoG and I still have it installed.
Made by Troika Games (the company set up by staff who worked on the classic Fallout), it was an isometric party-based fantasy RPG, set in a world where the Industrial Revolution had recently hit hard, much to the disgust of the magical races, given that the laws of magic and physics actively interfered with each other.
It featured various non-combat skills, point-based magic and even the ability to construct technological marvels simply out of the rubbish you could find in dustbins along the way. It's available now from GoG and I still have it installed.
There were some good ones in 2001, but not as strong a year as many others. For me the highlights were civ III, Doom, Unreal Tournament, Baldurs Gate 2 throne of Bhaal & Black and White.
My vote, however, goes to unreal tournament. I probably have put more hours into that than any other game on the list. And it was the first dedicated multiplayer online shooter that has of course spawned all the numerous sequels. And its map design was excellent. Perhaps the greatest being Facing Worlds. Which is now a kind of stereotype for capture the flag games.
My vote, however, goes to unreal tournament. I probably have put more hours into that than any other game on the list. And it was the first dedicated multiplayer online shooter that has of course spawned all the numerous sequels. And its map design was excellent. Perhaps the greatest being Facing Worlds. Which is now a kind of stereotype for capture the flag games.
Well, yes, Throne of Bhaal came out then, but we can hardly allow BG II to win twice back to back.
Hence why i voted unreal tournament. If i could only take one to a desert island though it would probably be throne of bhaal.
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Glancing through the list, there are some actual strong contenders (that aren't "Let's give it to Baldur's Gate II again", although that's a strong contender alright). Not all games I've played, but all games that are very notable - SSB: Melee, GTA III are two big names.
But sticking to games I've played, my *favorite* games from the one that were released that year (and again, excluding Throne of Bhaal, because otherwise that would be the clear winner), would have to be Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader.
But sticking to games I've played, my *favorite* games from the one that were released that year (and again, excluding Throne of Bhaal, because otherwise that would be the clear winner), would have to be Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader.
sophie
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Really?
Over:
Paper Mario
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Black & White
Red Faction
Advance Wars
Kessen II
Ico
GTA III
Civ III
Empire Earth
MGS 2: Sons of Liberty
Halo: CE
Super Smash Bros Melee
Pikmin
?
Over:
Paper Mario
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Black & White
Red Faction
Advance Wars
Kessen II
Ico
GTA III
Civ III
Empire Earth
MGS 2: Sons of Liberty
Halo: CE
Super Smash Bros Melee
Pikmin
?
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Has to be Black & White for me, with Civ III close behind.
Evie
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Owen - IF I were into the GTA or SSB-style games I would probably vote for Melee or GTA III, But I'm not, and ultimately, I'm going to vote for the game I enjoyed the most that year, not the game I heard the most good about. (provided there is a game for that year I have enjoyed).
Most of your list...just didn't grab my attention. Not my genre, or not the right style for me. Civ III is the major exception, and I would vote for a game I didn't play over that one. It completely failed to live up to its own predecessor until at least two expansions in (and even then the argument for II still being the better game is strong), and was generally a major disappointment that became an okay-ish game once Conquests came out. Really the only good thing I can say about Civ III is that if it had been good, I might not have discovered the (far superior) Paradox games.
Most of your list...just didn't grab my attention. Not my genre, or not the right style for me. Civ III is the major exception, and I would vote for a game I didn't play over that one. It completely failed to live up to its own predecessor until at least two expansions in (and even then the argument for II still being the better game is strong), and was generally a major disappointment that became an okay-ish game once Conquests came out. Really the only good thing I can say about Civ III is that if it had been good, I might not have discovered the (far superior) Paradox games.
sophie
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Personally it's got to be Halo, with Ico, Pikmin, and MGS2 as runners-up.
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