Name a better gaming year than 1997.

1998

>>58994
2001 was better.

2004

>Rome Total War
>World of Warcraft
>Half Life 2
>Vampire: The Masquerade
>Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
>Dawn of War
>Lord of the Rings: BFME
>Garrysmod
>The Sims 2

Christ, how could so much talent fit into one year?

>worst game from the original crash trilogy
>mediocre castlevania
>literally who
>oddworld was never good
>subpar nintendo racing game
>ff7 honestly is an amazing game, best in the series, and marked the breakout of jrpgs to the mainstream
>mediocre goldeneye game that is only praised so much because of nostalgia
>the first resident evil was just okay
>parappa the rapper is admittedly a good game, coming from someone whos only played the demo
>gran turismo was nowhere near as good as the 2nd one
>on rails nintendo shooter that is only praised because of nostalgia
>another subpar nintendo racing game only praised because of nostalgia, but unlike mk64 this one is actually horrible
>literally who bethesda game
>the original grand theft auto is god awful, the first good gta was 3
>tomb raider 2 is the worst in the series
>literally, who? that looks like some sort of educational 90s pc game for kids
>not a single age of empires game was ever good


>literally only 2 good games
>le best year in gaming

>>59286
>>worst game from the original crash trilogy
>worse than 3
I can get liking 3's gimmick levels, but as a platformer 2 is much better