Best Game of 1998

[InflatableBuddha]

IMO, the best year for gaming. So many classics.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Counter-Strike? HL came out in 1997 if I'm not mistaken, but CS debuted 98. I swear, that game ruled us till 2004 before Source really took it on.

Edit:I take that back. Now that I count school years, 1998 was not the right year. HL was end of 98 and CS was '99. So I take HL in that case.

Starcraft at a close 2nd. I never got into it as much as I should have. I didn't really get into it until the 2000s when I was bored of CS. It really took off for me in like 2004-2005. By then gaming on a 24" with SC1 felt REALLY weird. Try that with a 27" which I did a few months back before SC2 came on beta.

 

[gaidensensei]

Category?

FPS:
CS was ok but I don't think it REALLY took off until late 00/01, when the big wave came in.
'98 was beta 4 or something, those days where it was p90 spam.

Strategy:
Starcraft?

 

[InflatableBuddha]

LOL...I was still editing the poll. Have at it!

Narrowed it down to Grim Fandango, Half Life, and Ocarina of Time, and voted Ocarina.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Easy. Panzer Dragoon Saga.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_Dragoon_Saga

 

[KeithTalent]

Half Life by a long shot. Have not played most of that other stuff.

KT

 

[dennilfloss]

This. I still play it at least once a year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Might_and_Magic_VI:_The_Mandate_of_Heaven

 

[thegimp03]

I hadn't really gotten into PC games at that point so have to say it was Zelda OT. I don't even think we bought our first home computer until '97 or so when we got a 75 MHz HP. By '98, that was outdated and not really able to play most computer games that were coming out, and I was still perfectly content with N64 games like Goldeneye, Starfox, and Zelda.

 

[palswim]

I'm always quite a few years behind on games. I didn't play much Half-Life in 1998, but starting around 2000, I played like crazy. Most recently, I played Grim Fandango (again).

 

[waffleironhead]

This. I still play it at least once a year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Might_and_Magic_VI:_The_Mandate_of_Heaven

:thumbsup: thats a good one. I doubt I will ever play it again though.


my vote goes to baldurs gate.

 

[BoomerD]

Half Life by a long shot. Have not played most of that other stuff.

KT

Agreed.

At first, I was thinking Quake II or Unreal, but then I remembered they came out in 97 or so, not 98.

 

[skim milk]

Half Life

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Yea unfortunately Unreal was 97 and UT was 1999. Both games were awesome though.

 

[spaceman]

ocarina of time for sure

 

[bommy261]

HL, played a few of them.. HL was amazing back in the day.. hell it still is

 

[ChaoZ]

MGS came out at the same year as Starcraft? I really thought Starcraft was older than that.

 

[JoPh]

chess

 

[Skitzer]

Unreal, Heretic II, Motocross Madness, Need for Speed III, Tribes,NAM.

 

[AceGoober]

Grim Fandango with Half-life in a hair width 2nd.

 

[techforums]

heretic 2, battlezone

 

[TheVrolok]

Of that list? It's close, but HL.

 

[Dirigible]

Wow. There were good games in '98! Grim Fandango, HL and Starcraft are my top three on that list. Ima vote Starcraft.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Heh disappointed MGS only has 2 votes (1 of them mine)

HL is overrated, its just a solid FPS, pretty much like Halo... I cant think of anything that really makes it stand out from other FPS... I can think of 3 FPS release in 98-99 right now that are way better than HL:

Thief
System Shock 2
Deus Ex

Gameplay wise they are all alot more varied and interesting (specially Thief being a really unique stealth based game)

 

[nakedfrog]

chess

That came out before 1998, noob

 

[nakedfrog]

Wow. There were good games in '98! Grim Fandango, HL and Starcraft are my top three on that list. Ima vote Starcraft.

You actually played it?