1999, (Runoff) Game of the Year

[Kyuu]

1995-2005 is the golden age of gaming. I didn't expect this year to sort of be even more packed than 1999.

I would have voted for either Chrono Cross or Crash Team Racing (which is the only game I ever played that I considered "flawless"), but since they're not in the main poll, I'm torn between Silent Hill, FF8, and Shenmue.

I'll go ahead and give it to FF8 which was my first full RPG and a mindblowing experience. People often like to shit on in, and I can too, but instead I'm going to praise it for the sick atompshere and music. It and FF4 had the creepiest atmopsheres in the series.