Shacknews GOTY 2001

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• Agreed, it was one of the most innovative games I've played, extremly immersive. Civ 3 is good, but due ... : belzebutt
• agreed. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• woot! : Dread Pirate Roberts
• I voted for it. : {Venger}
• Hear, hear! : Dimmona
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  sorry, i didn't even consider that piece of crap : cigam
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    but you went with Tribes2 as BEST game? hmmmm strange opinion there : Dread Pirate Roberts
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      I went with Tribes 2 as well. OpFlash is good and I almost voted for it, but Tribes 2 is the best mu... : seemlar
      • I've had more FUN with tribes 1 than with OPFP so far, to be honest. But I never tried out Tribes2 unfor... : {Venger}
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      tribes 2 sucked it hard. watching 50 bucks burn is proboly more entertaining : burningpantsman
      • go play checkers : cigam
• me to. even though i don't play it much, and has Some Issues with multiplayer. it's the best effort push... : BadRespawn
• Bah, never ever heard much about it and when I asked some friends, they said they tried it on a LAN once... : jrock
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  I may have voted for this too, but there are control issues to be dealt with. The tank controls were ter... : x-eyd|mary
  • the tank controls were, indeed, teh suk. Never got around to the helicopter controls but I hear they we... : johnny rotten
  • The more complex vehicle controls were a little odd, but the player controls were perfect. And once I... : seemlar
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  that game had some of the worst controls..... : Turd Ferguson
  • it was the best of controls, it was the worst of controls... : johnny rotten
• got my vote too. i hope it wins at least one GOTY somewhere. Excellent game. : snuff

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  yea i didnt like it at all for the PC i thought they turned it into a giant arcade game with the whol... : -=kodiak=-
  • Never played the PC version. But with xbox and PS2 you can tweak the game soo much. The way it comes... : ratman

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• Halo isn't that obvious with GTA 3 around. Both are great games.. : dadda2000
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  Neither is Max. it was an amazing game, but Wolf, in my oppinion, redefined a first person shooter. Take... : dafragsta
  • heh, sorry are you REALLY trying to tell us that Return to Castle Wolfenstein is an innovative game?... : grendel
  • Wolf redefined the FPS? PUHLEEEEEEEEEZ! : seemlar
  • BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *breathe* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... : ZeBFFd00d
  • That's sarcasm, right? : cigam
  • and 10 parts crap. the single player was utter poo.. it redefined nothing. : Brandino
• You obviously haven't played Grand Theft Auto 3 or Advance Wars (which isn't on the poll). And Ma... : Serpico74
• No they don't sell out Xboxes. : anonsanonomous

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  Make sure you get to the final "special" mission in OPFlash. Without spoiling it, it's so cool, it makes... : belzebutt
  • WHAT?! SECRET LEVEL?!? TELL ME!!1 : anonsanonomous
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  Why the fuck would you buy 2 of the same thing. : Chrono Trigga
  • Rich momma's boy? : belzebutt
  • Maybe he wanted it for some co-op with a buddy? : project13

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  I don't understand what went wrong there, all they had to do was take Tribes 1 and improve it a bit. Ins... : belzebutt
  • check your shackmsgs you ninny! : johnny rotten
• agreed. I voted for Max Payne too, just got done playing through it on the second difficulty level again... : primate13

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  No Silent Hill 2 for PS2? before the introduction of the pseudo console that is the xbox, the vas... : emacs
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    Plus why put up the ps2 version of silent hill 2 when the xbox version is better. heh put that in green... : Bob Jones
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      You've been smoking some bad granola... it's the same... unless all the reviews and even the publisher h... : Zoesch
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        Actually the xbox version has a level edition to it and a graphics overhaul. Seems only right that if y... : Bob Jones
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          Fair enough : Zoesch
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            Fuck you, you can't just agree with me bitch : Bob Jones
            • we must continue our eternal argument! : Bob Jones
      • It has slightly (nothing major) better graphics, and a sub scenario about Maria. : Stormrider

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• smoke the crack do we? : elementZen

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• fuck yeah, these games come and go but nethack has always stayed on top. Too many people are graphics w... : Bob Jones
• i would have voted for nethack. that game is pure gameplay. : corey

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• bah the game sucks, get over it hippie : Bob Jones

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  Welcome to Shacknews.com! heh : Chrono Trigga
  • yeah i was going to say thats a minority here on the SHACK. : jedi_27
• What do you call Aarkanoidox? err... Anachronox : dafragsta
• they can't even spell RPG. :) : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  No RPG out is worth game of the year. Period. : Ulkesh
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    I'm a big rpg fan, but I think I'd have to agree with you. I loved the hell out of BG2:ToB but I wouldn... : johnny rotten
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      You really need to play Arcanum. I wasn't much impressed by the demo either, but it's nothing on the ga... : Vantage
      • Remember when I said that about Daikatana. lol : Sylvanus
  • wizardry 8? : Bob Jones
• True True : Nation
• no good rpgs came out : burningpantsman
• I don't know how good Diablo2 LOD was compared to the other games on the list except for RTCW because th... : glshemp

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  I STLL CANT PASS THAT FUCKING GOD DAMN 3RD MISSION IN GOATSE RECON!! FUCK FUCK FUCK MOTHER FUCK FUCK FUC... : tomservo
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    its easy, just shoot the terrorists : ninjase.cx!!!!
    • >:( : tomservo
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    Uh...dude, that mission is mad easy. I'll try to beat it tonight and send you a replay. What skill lev... : Poor Yurik
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      um, the one that is not Veteran. :D (the one below it, whatever it is) it seems easy but one of t... : tomservo
      • You are attacking the tanks WAAAAAAAAAY too late if the UN guys are dying. Get above and to the sides o... : Poor Yurik

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  and just put a sticker on the old box that says "GOTY", leave everything else the same. At least some c... : moshman
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    exactly! and that way you can jack up the price from $4.99 back up to 49.99!! ME == MAXIMUM CEO : ninjase.cx!!!!
    • they could put press reviews on the box too... "This game is the biggest...I've ever seen." etc. : veggie

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• LINK!!! : virus
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  I played the demo. Not too much fun. GR is better. : Fred Garvin
  • If you like the demo you'll LOVE the game. Be advised, the engine has glitches, but the whole scope of t... : belzebutt
• It takes a while to get into, I can't guarantee you won't give up before you get to the point where you ... : {Venger}

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• more varied opinion than just one reviewer in a magazine? : fatgraham

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• Good choice... even though Max Payne was a great game, I don't think a game that lacks either single or ... : jrock

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  *thumbs up* : cigam
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    * the ass * : Dread Pirate Roberts
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      of your mom : joejoe55
      • Sideways... : jrock

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• Depends where you live. Some places yes, most no. : DapperDan
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  Toys-r-Us usually has the most units and accessories in stock (at least locally) : Dread Pirate Roberts
  • im in Los Angeles, but haven't looked since I just figured they were sold out. : veggie
• I bought mine yesterday. CompUSA had a special drop shipment of 30 per store for a Sunday ad. First co... : vital3d
• compusa has tons : but why
• that's what I did. Impulse buying. At my friends play Halo, said I want an xbox and bought it from some ... : burningpantsman
• At my local Target and Best Buy, there's 8 4-foot high stacks of X-Boxes. :P : wild falcon

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  You'll change your vote xmas then ;) : SatansFist
  • That's what I voted... Max Payne for the PC hands down the best FPS/TPS this year... and GTA3 is the bes... : Zoesch

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  SO is OFP really so good? I hear a lot of talk about it now, but it seemed relatively unnoticed around t... : jrock
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    It's really that good. It was noticed in certain circles. Didn't get that much press but those who playe... : belzebutt
    • I voted it GOTY :-) : Dimmona
  • I think it looks like crap and it is boring as hell. Run run run ... shoot a little brown pixel. run run... : cigam
• Black&White ?!?! : TreMetal
• Black and White? get this man a doctor : spector
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  Oh yea you forgot RTCW (unless you don't like that one) : spector
  • I don't have it yet. I liked B&W, if only for a few weeks. : nomaad
• take off Black and White please : cigam

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• I got the same message :( : TheOccifer
• I used your ID .. I hope you don't mind. (you should really use something besides "password") ;) : Dread Pirate Roberts

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  Yeah right... try GOTY 2005 : freshview
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    NO DAMNIT. 2002. : skynet
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      Well... keep hope alive, I suppose. : freshview
      • There is hope! *SCREEEEEACH* : skynet
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  you mean that piece of crap with 10-poly models, trying to be diablo and RTS at the same time but failing... : Lara Croft
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    It's pretty much proven that less advanced graphics = bigger user base = better sales Look at Counte... : {Venger}
    • Dude you totally missed the biggest one: STARCRAFT. : SatansFist
  • youll be the one crying like a little bitch when it flys off the shelves faster than dialblo 2 did di... : -=kodiak=-
• DUKE NUKEM FOREVAR!! : Brandino

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• That's right. It should be changed. : {Venger}
• eh, its not like the graphics changed much : ninjase.cx!!!!

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  I would hope so : MrShmoo
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    would vote for it this year. : Nation
    • ust off the demo : Nation

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  http://www.shacknews.com/funk.y?id=2535669 : nomaad
  • I always do! :D : TERATOGEN

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• Don't worry, it will! : project13

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• once DAOC gets some high lvl content : telex

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• and Empire Earth and Arcanum and Black&White and Myth 3? : Vantage
• bargin bin of Fry's : redfive
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  MMORPG's aren't games they are social chat rooms and places where grown men can hone thier virtual armor... : Chrono Trigga
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    Hmm.. Never played one obviously. : Tripps
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      Actually i bought DAoC the day it came out but i didnt re-new after the month was over. : Chrono Trigga
      • To each his own. : skynet