Board 8 > Isn't 1998 generally considered the best year in gaming anyway?

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Necrospike
05/10/17 1:07:44 PM
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In no particular order;

Baldur's Gate
Half Life
Grim Fandango
Banjo Kazooie
Ocarina of Time
Metal Gear Solid
Resident Evil 2
Crash Bandicoot 3
Fallout 2
Thief
Unreal
Xenogears
Sonic Adventure
Spyro the Dragon
Starcraft
Parasite Eve
Turok 2

and of course GEX ENTER THE GECKO xD

Last one's a joke obviously ;) as much as I love Danny John-Jules it is NOT tail time
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GranzonEx
05/10/17 1:09:32 PM
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ya go my aya brea
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Metal_DK
05/10/17 1:09:41 PM
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it is, and ive been saying for about a decade now.

1998
2001
1995
1994
1997
2000
2004
1999
1991
1987

Gaming has been shit since 2007 especially
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CaptainOfCrush
05/10/17 1:11:16 PM
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I would say the "general" consensus is between 1998 and 2001, but 98 has more games that are straight up iconic.

OoT
Pokemon R/B
Half-Life
Starcraft
MGS

Any of those could "carry" an average gaming year in terms of importance.
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Necrospike
05/10/17 1:15:00 PM
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CaptainOfCrush posted...
I would say the "general" consensus is between 1998 and 2001, but 98 has more games that are straight up iconic.

OoT
Pokemon R/B
Half-Life
Starcraft
MGS

Any of those could "carry" an average gaming year in terms of importance.



Cannot believe i forgot about pokemon r/b....
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MK_God
05/10/17 1:15:57 PM
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Yeah everyone already knows it'll win. Also most older years that go against anything past 2005 will win. Gamefaqs loves the old days.
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Metal_DK
05/10/17 1:16:28 PM
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You also forgot the first retail released game to see insane prices: Panzer Dragoon Saga. Was a $300 game back in the early 00s. Even before Earthbound mania took off tbh.
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Necrospike
05/10/17 1:16:29 PM
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Metal_DK posted...
it is, and ive been saying for about a decade now.

1998
2001
1995
1994
1997
2000
2004
1999
1991
1987

Gaming has been shit since 2007 especially



Yeah. I had high hopes for Torment: Tides of Numenera. But lo and behold they, um, "post-2007-ified" it. :(
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Steiner
05/10/17 1:17:55 PM
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Necrospike posted...
But lo and behold they, um, "post-2007-ified" it. :(


this was a direct result of the Casual Revolution of 2007
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VeryInsane
05/10/17 1:18:37 PM
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Metal_DK posted...
You also forgot the first retail released game to see insane prices: Panzer Dragoon Saga. Was a $300 game back in the early 00s. Even before Earthbound mania took off tbh.


It's even in the freaking picture!

Seems cool but lolSaturn
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Metal_DK
05/10/17 1:18:37 PM
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Planescape Torment is an amazing game too...still play it every so often. Part of that 1999 epic year for PC gaming.
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Necrospike
05/10/17 1:48:50 PM
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Metal_DK posted...
Planescape Torment is an amazing game too...still play it every so often. Part of that 1999 epic year for PC gaming.



Yeah its amazing. You seen the Enhanced Edition? Soothed the pain from ToN a little
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squexa
05/10/17 2:08:17 PM
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Yes, not even close. Literally every genre you can think of has a groundbreaking genre defining game.
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Metal_DK
05/10/17 2:31:35 PM
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Im aware of the enhanced edition. Havent played it much but i wanna get into it. Ive played some Baldur's Gate enhanced and liked it so ya Planescape enhanced is on my list too
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Alanna82
05/10/17 3:46:51 PM
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1998 is stacked! I saw the Rattata in the picture and voted for it without realizing OOT and Metal Gear Solid were there too.
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MZero11
05/10/17 3:56:19 PM
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Not the best, but maybe the most influential. When I look at the games from '98 I see a lot of games that were amazing when they came out but have been surpassed by their successors (especially Pokemon, Red and Blue are painful to play now)
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Metal_DK
05/10/17 4:05:33 PM
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Most influential are obviously 1985 and 2007
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VeryInsane
05/10/17 4:07:53 PM
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Metal DK I am sorry to disappoint but I thought 2007 was a great year for games
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redrocket_pub
05/10/17 4:10:31 PM
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You also forgot Final Fantasy Tactics!
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XphoenixedgeX
05/10/17 4:17:14 PM
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I don't think people realize how strong 2001 was. Yes, 1998 was great.
However, 2001 was as great if not better. Look at these:

Grand Theft Auto III
Devil May Cry
Silent Hill 2
Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3
Halo : Combat Evolved
Metal Gear Solid 2
Conkers Bad Fur day
Final Fantasy X
Ico
Super Smash Bros Melee
Twisted Metal: Black
Gran Turismo 3
Soul Reaver 2
Paper Mario
Max Payne
Golden Sun
Shenmue II

1998 is not a shoe in. At all.
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owyn_merrilin
05/10/17 4:22:49 PM
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Metal_DK posted...
You also forgot the first retail released game to see insane prices: Panzer Dragoon Saga. Was a $300 game back in the early 00s. Even before Earthbound mania took off tbh.


What about Radiant Silvergun? I remember that one being the posterchild for ridiculously expensive games at one point. Thought it was before PDS shot up.
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Metal_DK
05/10/17 5:53:47 PM
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I definitely hype up 2001 plenty as well. Fall/Winter 2001 (basically when MGS2, Halo, Melee released through FFX) was probably better than Fall 1998. Its just 1998 as a whole was insane.
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Metal_DK
05/10/17 5:54:34 PM
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owyn_merrilin posted...
Metal_DK posted...
You also forgot the first retail released game to see insane prices: Panzer Dragoon Saga. Was a $300 game back in the early 00s. Even before Earthbound mania took off tbh.


What about Radiant Silvergun? I remember that one being the posterchild for ridiculously expensive games at one point. Thought it was before PDS shot up.


You might be right. Radiant Silvergun is a very early insane priced game. I coulda sworn it was around 2003/2004, but i might be wrong on that. PDS was like 99/00/01. I remember just like 1-2 years after PDS was released it was already seeing $100ish. By 2002/2003 it was close to $250 $300. But ya Radiant Silvergun is definitely an early riser in price too.
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lordjers
05/11/17 3:46:33 AM
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It's a great year for sure but there's not enough 2D or platformers for me to consider it my favorite.
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kukukupo
05/11/17 7:35:20 AM
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Not my favorite for sure. Too much 3D.

Best year was probably 87 or 91.
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Necrospike
05/12/17 12:14:23 PM
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kukukupo posted...
Not my favorite for sure. Too much 3D.

Best year was probably 87 or 91.


Abe's Exoddus and (maybe, im not too sure) heart of darkness?
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ftatman
05/12/17 12:21:46 PM
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EmDubyaSee
05/12/17 12:26:09 PM
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ftatman posted...
2001 wrecks it!

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/year/all/filtered?year_selected=2001

1998 is good. 2001 is better.



No. 98 Has at least 2, maybe 3-4 games better than anything in 2001. That's not a slight to 01, it's just a listing of how unreal amazing that 98 is. Having the best game ever, and then starting like 5 different huge iconic franchises
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Giant2005
05/12/17 12:28:15 PM
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What about '92? It bascially redefined/created most genres of gaming with the likes of Ultima vii, Dune 2, Mario Kart, Wolfenstein 3d, Virtua Racing, Alone in the Dark.
92 is responsible for the RPG, Stretegy, Racing, FPS, and Horror genres. And those genres basically cover all of modern gaming. Then again by that same logic you could blame '92 for the state of modern gaming.
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EmDubyaSee
05/12/17 12:45:01 PM
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Giant2005 posted...
What about '92? It bascially redefined/created most genres of gaming with the likes of Ultima vii, Dune 2, Mario Kart, Wolfenstein 3d, Virtua Racing, Alone in the Dark.
92 is responsible for the RPG, Stretegy, Racing, FPS, and Horror genres. And those genres basically cover all of modern gaming. Then again by that same logic you could blame '92 for the state of modern gaming.



The Legend of Zelda definitely came out in 1987
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Giant2005
05/12/17 12:54:54 PM
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EmDubyaSee posted...
Giant2005 posted...
What about '92? It bascially redefined/created most genres of gaming with the likes of Ultima vii, Dune 2, Mario Kart, Wolfenstein 3d, Virtua Racing, Alone in the Dark.
92 is responsible for the RPG, Stretegy, Racing, FPS, and Horror genres. And those genres basically cover all of modern gaming. Then again by that same logic you could blame '92 for the state of modern gaming.



The Legend of Zelda definitely came out in 1987

Obviously I wasn't claiming Ultima VII created the RPG genre considering it isn't even the first of its own series, but it sure redefined it. It was the game that brought immersion to the industry, with its NPC schedules and such. It was so far ahead of the industry that it took 25 years for other games to catch up and start doing similar things.
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TheRock1525
05/12/17 12:56:39 PM
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I thought Sonic Adventure was 1999.
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kevwaffles
05/12/17 12:57:55 PM
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Hell, Castlevania 2 technically has NPC schedules.
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swordz9
05/12/17 1:00:12 PM
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For most it probably is. For this site definitely. Not even close for me though there are some games from it I like. I feel like gaming has mostly only improved over time. Sure there are some snags like locked content behind DLC and whatnot, but gaming has only really gotten better in nearly every way to me.
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lordjers
05/12/17 1:37:36 PM
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kukukupo posted...
Not my favorite for sure. Too much 3D.

Best year was probably 87 or 91.


Sweet spot definitely lies somewhere between 87-96.
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MZero11
05/12/17 7:52:35 PM
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EmDubyaSee posted...

No. 98 Has at least 2, maybe 3-4 games better than anything in 2001. That's not a slight to 01, it's just a listing of how unreal amazing that 98 is. Having the best game ever, and then starting like 5 different huge iconic franchises


Yes 2001 has the best game ever, this is true
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Justin2Krelian
05/12/17 8:29:33 PM
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Necrospike posted...
Metal_DK posted...
it is, and ive been saying for about a decade now.

1998
2001
1995
1994
1997
2000
2004
1999
1991
1987

Gaming has been shit since 2007 especially



Yeah. I had high hopes for Torment: Tides of Numenera. But lo and behold they, um, "post-2007-ified" it. :(


Witcher 3?
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