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Runoff 2001, Game of the Year

Final Fantasy X 10 18.87%
 
Grand Theft Auto III 11 20.75%
 
Super Smash Bros Melee 12 22.64%
 
Halo: Combat Evolved 15 28.30%
 
Civilization III 5 9.43%
 
Total:53
brute on 30 October 2023

What an amazing year for gaming.
Very hard choice but I went with Halo for all the memorable co-op playthroughs.



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Cyran on 30 October 2023

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.



The_Liquid_Laser on 31 October 2023

As expected, this poll is going to get a runoff. Not only are there a lot of "Other" votes, but the top 4 games in the poll are very close to one another. Give me several minutes and I'll reset the poll and include games that got votes from the comments.



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The_Liquid_Laser on 31 October 2023

Ok, the poll has been reset. The voting will end on Tuesday, Oct 31 at 11:59 PM EST.



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HoloDust on 31 October 2023
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.



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Darashiva on 31 October 2023

Same choice as with the first round, Final Fantasy X.



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Dreamcaster999 on 31 October 2023

Come on, Final Fantasy X gang! Rise up!



Chrkeller on 31 October 2023

Personal opinion, Smash shouldn't win over halo.



Bofferbrauer2 on 31 October 2023

3 of my top 6 in the runoff, but none of my top 2... I'll go Civ III this time around.



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Cyran on 31 October 2023
HoloDust said:
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.

I personally always enjoyed steampunk fantasy but when it come to western RPGs you probably right.  With JRPG I feel the mix of tech and magic is more commonly accepted just look at a number of final fantasy games.

It too bad Troika Games did not have more success.  Arcanum, Temple of elemental evil and especially Vampire: The Masquerade-Bloodlines (possibly my 2004 game of the year.  Not looked at list of options yet to know for sure) was all great games.

On a side note Timothy Cain (creator of fallout and cofounder of Troika Games) youtube channel have some great insights on game design and his experiences creating fallout and other games he created/worked on.  https://www.youtube.com/@CainOnGames/videos