1995, Game of the Year

[Mnementh]

SvennoJ said:

Mnementh said:

I never actually played Full Throttle, it is in my backlog. And if you look in my TOP 50 you see that Star Wars and Jagged Alliance rank higher than Descent, although Descent also charted. Worms missed my TOP 50, it is currently at 79. So yeah, all four games are really high in my books and it was a difficult choice, but I gave it to Jagged Alliance, because you missed it in your listings.

These threads made me realize how niche strategy games always were, and how popular jrpgs are/were. Of course strategy games never really caught on on consoles, just not suited to a controller. I've never been a big fan of JRPGs, did enjoy some of the Final Fantasy games, couldn't get into Xenogears, Persona, Dragon Quest. Only Ni No Kuni clicked thanks to Ghibli being involved.

I missed Jagged Alliance at the time, loos like a great game!

Yeah, UFO (X-COM) only got two votes in 1994, despite being a breakthrough gaming experience. Jagged Alliance might not be as good taken from a purely turn-based tactics look, but it has the unique way that each mercenary has personality given through the voicelines. The soldiers in in UFO are professionals and would never bring their personal grievances to the battlefield, but the mercenaries happily do so. So yeah, I recommend trying it, last I checked it ran fine in DosBox and should be available on GOG. The only bullshit thing is the cover, it is hard to judge from the top view which tree (or bush, the bushes are apparently made of steel) will eat up your bullets on the way to the intended target. That can be annoying. Other than that great game.