2000, Game of the Year

[SvennoJ]

2000, a year of sequels mostly, great sequels with Diablo 2, Baldur's Gate 2, Driver 2, Thief 2, Red Alert 2, yet also some originals like No One Lives Forever

That really makes me wonder why we never got Austin Powers based fps/tps games. It kinda felt humor was becoming unpopular in 'serious' games. Fun game.

Another one I really enjoyed was Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force


Icewind Dale was great as well. However I never finished it as I was mostly playing Everquest


But I have to recognize the huge success The Sims has become which was already instantly addictive in the first iteration

It's the Seinfeld of gaming, a game about everyday life. Why is this fun, yet "The franchise has sold nearly 200 million copies worldwide, and it is one of the best-selling video game series of all time." "The Sims 4 has been commercially successful, topping the all-format video game chart in 2014, and has received over 70 million players worldwide as of 2023, making it the most popular game in the franchise"

My wife and I made ourselves in game (The Sims 2) to see what our babies could look like with the genetics simulation. Our real life babies turned out better :) My wife didn't want to play anymore after our first born electrocuted himself while changing a light bulb. The game has some evil streaks as well... Annoying neighbor? Lure them into the pool and remove the ladder or lock them in a room by removing the door. The sims is as much a murder simulator as CoD lol. Maybe even more since it's virtual murder in the first degree :p