Was 1998 the best year of gaming the world has seen?

[thetonestarr]

SickleSigh said:

thetonestarr said:

Sharky54 said:
2009 is clearly the best year as far as FPS gaming goes. But 1998 was the golden year for everything gaming related.

 

No, 1997 was the year for the console FPS.

 

Goldeneye was first FPS for a console I got into. Only used to play PC fps before, I miss Doom and Duke Nukem.

It was the first console FPS that millions of players got into. It's the game that proved that the console FPS is a working and thoroughly enjoyable idea.

And I find it absolutely hilarious that the four-player splitscreen mode was added in late in development as an "afterthought". Man that's crazy.