98 has some of my favorite games to ever come out, like:
- Marvel vs. Capcom
- 1080 Snowboarding
- NFS3 Hot Pursuit
- Tekken 3
- Starcraft + Brood wars
- Commandos
- Fifa 99
- Pokemon
- Fallout 2
- Half Life
- Ocarina of Time
- Baldur’s Gate
And many more
2000 had Diablo 2, so, 2000
Fallout 2 was 1998 as well. I loved that game, and I bought Louie Armstrong greatest hits because the song in the opening credits was great.
I can’t say if it was the best year as I haven’t looked through every year, but 2011 was a pretty strong year that sticks out in my mind
Some notable titles (for me) were skyrim, portal 2, LA Noir, ocarina of time 3D, star fox 3D(do these two count? They were technically remakes for the 3DS), skyward sword, Dark souls.
Other titles that might be notable (there might be more that I don’t list, I’m just skimming quickly) Amnesia, battlefield 3, COD MW3, Catherine, Crysis 2, dead space 2, gears of War 3, hatoful boyfriend, little big planet 2, Mario kart 7, mortal kombat (2011), no more room in hell, red orchestra 2, saints row 3, SMT devil survivor 2, tekken tag tournament 2, terraria, track mania 2.
Again there might be some i missed(especially playstation releases, I think i maybe missed a resistance game or something) but those were some notable ones I saw.
Tekken 3 was good evolution of tekken games, big deal and very fun to play. I think 1998 is a console gaming year, cd-base, while still PC system have to deal with hardware improve.
It blows my mind how many iconic games came out that year, looking at that list… Also Sonic Adventure, Goldeneye and Ocarina of Time all came out in the same year??
It reminds me of how Weird Al’s wonderful movie UHF didn’t do great in theaters, being released in the summer of 1989. That meant it was competing against the following blockbusters:
- Ghostbusters II
- Back to the Future Part II
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
- Lethal Weapon 2
- Batman
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Not to mention Metal Gear Solid, Spyro the Dragon, Turok 2, and Gex: Enter the Gecko
