Game of the year 1998?

[octavius]

In another forum I read there is poll which declares a GOTY and a Runner Up for each year from 1990 to 2010.
But I would like to know how The Codex would vote in such a poll, and which community how has the best (IMO) taste, so please vote.
1998 was a good year for gaming, so let's try that year.

My own votes for 1998:

GOTY: Thief: The Dark Project
Runner Up: Half-Life

A good reference site: http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/1998/

 

[Grunker]

i dun get it were do i go to vote

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Vote with your dollars. Give me your money.

 

[Ermm]

Anyone knows the ''official'' GOTY from the likes of ''Ign'' and ''Gamespot''?

 

[Phage]

This is far better reference...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1998_video_games


That year is kind of lackluster, tbh. I guess out of that list I'd have to vote for Banjo Kazooie and give mention to Half-Life.

 

[Grunker]

Baldur's Gate was Game of the Year on Computer Games Online, Computer Games Magazine, GameCenter, Games Domain, IGN and Vault Network.

Dunno about the others.

 

[Phage]

Anyone knows the ''official'' GOTY from the likes of ''Ign'' and ''Gamespot''?

Probably Ocarina of Time or Half-Life.

 

[Angelo85]

All I can say is that I must have looked like this in 1998:

 

[octavius]

i dun get it were do i go to vote

Just write what you think was the best and second best game in 1998, like I did.

This is far better reference...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1998_video_games

I disagree. On Mobygames you can sort by platform. In 1998 only I only played Windows games.

 

[Ulminati]

Grim Fandango

Tough choice though. 1998 is widely regarded as the best year in gaming before the Great Decline by gamers over the age of 20.

 

[covr]

Get Medieval

 

[kris]

Starcraft

 

[MetalCraze]

Battlezone, Thief

Actually looking through that category on wiki it looks like 1998 wasn't really full on great games compared to '97 and '99

 

[Burning Bridges]

Grand Prix Legends

 

[Drog Black Tooth]

It's really telling that nobody mentioned Fallout 2 yet.

 

[Mortmal]

Yep its telling, people are not too fond of rpgs on this forum .But the mentioned titles are very good games. 1998 was an excellent year.

 

[Destroid]

Many excellent games that year. Starseige: Tribes is the one for me.

 

[Phage]

It's really telling that nobody mentioned Fallout 2 yet.

It's really telling that game is a piece of shit compared to its masterpiece predecessor.

 

[Vibalist]

Grim Fandango.

 

[Grunker]

Oh, yeah, I haven't voted. Baldur's Gate, most def.

 

[Jasede]

Thief, of course.

 

[PrzeSzkoda]

Grim Fandango and Thief.

Fallout 2 gets an honorable mention but I wouldn't say it tops the above. It's, well, the sequel to Fallout with more random kewl stuff plus a hanful of UI and mechanical improvements, a derpy story and botched atmosphere of the first game (I mean, tribals, really? WTF). Baldur's Gate scores second place in honorable mentions because I had tons of fun with it back in the day, killing monsters and creating powerbuilds in wacky AD&D2nd Ed.

 

[Renegen]

Half Life if it came out in 1998, I played that game more than any other game in history. Its community was also epic, so many phases, so many fads, so many mods and personalities. Just an amazing reward for a $50 purchase.

edit: holy crap 1998 was a good year for gaming.

I also remember that Jedi Knight : Dark Forces 2 was the 1998 game of the year for quite a lot of publications. That was another nice game, the first game that I played with 3D acceleration.

 

[Melcar]

Oh man, '98. Such a wonderful time.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Oh man, '98. Such a wonderful time.