2001, Game of the Year (Runoff)

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Cyran said:

I realize I voted for other and not posted my vote.

I really did not play many games this year. When I looked through the list the game I remember enjoying most is Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.

I do want to bring up RuneScape, I never played it my self so hard for me to vote for it but there are still millions of people playing RuneScape Classic today 22 years later so as for impact this game probably deserve it.

That one is a pure gold, expanding on Fallout 1 mechanisms. IMO, the thing that got it remaining niche is the world itself - Steampunk mixed with magic is not everyone's cup of tea, and a lot of people like their fantasy being classic medieval.