the best year of gaming post 3DFX-era

[Piotrsama]

Impossible to choose for me, as there were great games in all of those years.

 

[Firsttime]

'98 no question for me. So many genre defining games. Grim Fandango, Starcraft, and Half Life alone make it my favorite year.

 

[drebo]

1997 because of Ultima Online (even though I didn't start playing until 1998).

 

[IndyColtsFan]

This. I can't possibly separate those years. They were absolutely epic.

I absolutely, 100% agree with this statement.

 

[9mak9]

There are so many good games even during the 95-97 timeframe. It was just an epic time for PC gamers.

http://games.toptenreviews.com/list_ranking_pc_1995.htm

 

[clamum]

Awesome frickin time for PC gaming for sure. I picked 2000.

 

[AdamK47]

GLQuake
VQuake

 

[veri745]

I chose 1998, but my most played games of all time were definitely from 2000: D2 and Counter Strike.

 

[nickbits]

what year did farmville come out?

 

[Alienwho]

I also can't separate 1998-2000. That whole era just meshes so well together. The fact that I was in high school and had no worries or responsibilities and that my city was introducing a dirt cheap high speed WAN that networked the entire city together to make multiplayer gaming with my friends so easy was icing on the cake.

Games not mentioned that I associate with that time, but may have come a few years later:
Rune(you know, the viking game). My friends and I multiplayed this game way to much. This was released in 2000
Clive Barkers Undying (2001)
Jedi Knight(1995-2003

 

[crisium]

1998. Battlezone is an overlooked game that's truly one of the best PC games ever. And then StarCraft and Half-Life round it off to make it an unbeatable year.

 

[Borealis7]

looks like 1998 is winning. i dont have the time now (at work) but i'll put up a list of 2007-8-9 for comparison. this should be interesting.

 

[DominionSeraph]

No way to choose.

 

[Ben90]

lol, I had to go 2000.

Came to AT after a session of CS:S, and even as we speak my D2 bot is running strong

 

[Qbah]

1999 for me - Heroes 3, System Shock 2 and Freespace 2 were absolutely amazing games. I'm pretty sure Heroes 3 is the game I spent the most time with, ever. I remember my Pentium 100 was having problems playing it with music on (it was in mp3). Had to disable music and it would run fine. Ohh the fun times

M&M VII, MW3 and AvP get a memorable mention too

 

[damocles]

I went with 1999 because it also had Everquest. Deux Ex has held up so well (IMO)

 

[exar333]

1998 for me. Although Quake 2 was launched in 12/97, I think of it more as a 1998 staple. Best FPS ever IMHO.

 

[darkxshade]

I don't get why 2000 didn't get the most votes... the poll is for the best year of gaming... 2000 would include all of the games made in the previous 2 years.

 

[CraigRT]

Tie between 98 and 99. I played more of the titles from 98 but Quake III Arena from 99 is bar none my most played game ever. I used to come home from high school and "practice" for hours for clan matches. I logged a retarded amount of hours in that game.

 

[Martimus]

My favorite era for nolstalgia purposes was '92/'93:

- X-Wing
- Wolfenstein 3D
- Doom
- Syndicate
- Myst
- Day of the Tentacle 2
- Star Control 2
- Sim City 2000

That's a little bit old school, but of the bolded titles I don't even know which game I wasted the most time in other than it was hundreds of hours for each. It's true that none of them are really that great today, but I would love to see both a Syndicate and X-Wing/Tie-Fighter remake using 2010 technology. How could Syndicate 2010 not sell a bazillion copies?

I have to agree with this. I loved all those games (except DotT and SC2, since I didn't play them.) I played through Syndicate more times than I can remember. I can't for the life of me understand why there hasn't been even a clone of that great game, let alone a real sequel. (Ok, there was a sequel, and I played that too, but only one!)

 

[ShawnD1]

what year did farmville come out?

quote for ban.

My best year was 2001. Counter-Strike was fully developed, the community was huge, and I ran a server for it. Good times!

 

[TXAngel08]

1998 - Half-Life

This game changed FPS forever... Gave them a story, high production values. It instantly made all the older FPS games outdated overnight. I tried to finish Half-Life 2, I really did. I've tried several times now, never had been interested enough to finished it. Shame.

1999 - Homeworld

Still been nothing like it, great game, great story, easy to play... I played it again a few years ago, still loved every minute of it. Homeworld 2 was technically superior, but with a so-so story.

2000 - Half-Life: Counter-Strike

Damm this game sucked up a lot of hours of play. First game to really get me into on-line play. Last year tried playing it again, found it to be shallow and boring. Interesting how times change your view.

 

[happy medium]

1998.. Battlezone was one of the best multiplayer games I ever played on my 56k flex modem

 

[spacelord]

Doom, Quake, Descent and Warcraft all at work via the Lan during lunches.. good times for sure! It was a decent sized corporation too. now, they would have a fit if we were playing games on the LAN at lunch.

 

[Xed]

1999 - Everquest.