2001 PC Game Releases

If you are a Red Alert 2 nut then Yuri's Revenge was one hell of an add on

if you aren't then well it means dick

PC Games of the year, as far as I'm concerned:
Tribes 2
Max Payne
Codename: Outbreak
Op Flash
Ghost Recon

other games that I played heavily this year:
Daggerfall
Trespasser
Incubation

I almost bought Steal Beasts, but I couldn't find it at any store.

Wizardry 8

I dunno, I thought it was a pretty good year for pc gaming.

this year I bought:
black & white (why, god, why?)
tribes 2 (still underrated by most IMO)
max payne (great game the first time around, sadly not much replay value)
serious sam (a merely good instead of great game, but it was 20 bucks.)
operation flashpoint (pretty damn good, I wish the vehicle controls weren't so wacky though)
il-2 sturmovik (excellent, anyone who is remotely interested in flight sims or the eastern front in WWII should give the demo a try.)
MSFS 2k2 (pretty good)
DAOC (great at first, but I am getting sick of it and I think I chose the wrong class to play.)
empire earth (great, but like, the single player element is practically non-existant)
ghost recon (pretty cool, I've yet to really try any multi though... and of course the AI is somewhat brain dead like any red storm game.)
tropico (great game, I had to buy another copy for my dad)

(and a bunch of bargain games that came out in years past)

sure, there were no blow me away games, but overall I'd say it was a pretty good year. I'd say it was a arguably better year for PC gaming than console gaming, as GTA 3 was the only real game that rose up to its hype (and overcame it, even) Perhaps halo, though I haven't played much of that... and maybe rogue leader, if you're a SW nut.

I have only one of those>>>>RTCW which in mho is the best one.

How come Medal of Honor is on the list? The game isn't out until Jan 22 of 2002...

I thought it was a pretty good year...better than last year IMHO (I guess last year was good if you are a big time realism buff). AvP2 I enjoyed, and I'm really liking RTCW...SeriousSam was a hoot (lousy netcode killed it though). Red Faction was pretty cool I thought; and if your a realism person I guess OpFP was good (didn't like it personally, but I'm not a realism guy). I thought Tribes2 was nice, the bugs when it first came out hurt it a lot, along with its performance...but I didn't encounter too many bugs and found it to be one of the few games that actually does focus on REAL teamplay rather than sorta teamplay. The only other game to really leave me with the impression that it intentionally fosters some real teamplay is RTCW (note: I'm not a CS fan ;P). Overall it was not a bad year...there wasn't one individual game that blew everything away (as someone mentioned), but those games are usually a little overhyped (IMHO), or aren't really my style (I need to try DeusEx though...I keep meaning to pick it up and then forget...it's cheap so I think I will). Overall, my favorites this year were AvP2 and RTCW :).

hmmm

Clive Barker's Undying - seen someone play it
Serious Sam - seen someone play it
Black&White - screens only
TRIBES2 - seen someone play it
WWII Online - screens only
Dune: Emperor - nothing at all
Anarchy Online - screens only
Max Payne - seen someone play it
Diablo2: LoD - seen someone play it
Red Faction - nothing at all
Dark age of Camelot - nothing at all
Operation Flashpoint - seen someone play it
Return To Wolfenstein - played the demo !!
Civilization 3 - nothing at all
Aliens vs Predator2 - nothing at all
Ghost Recon - nothing at all
Medal of Honor - played the demo !!

uuuuugh, black and white :/

What about Harry Potter's Deer Huntin' Hot Date?

Other fun games I enjoyed

Startopia
Conquest Frontier Wars
Commandos 2: Men of COurage
Stronghold
Battle Realms

I don't know that it was a bad year. The only difference between an ok and a great year can be a single game (Half life, Deus Ex etc.), and just because we didnt have one of them doesn't mean there weren't a few pretty cool games (OpFlash, Undying, Max Payne, AvP2) that made it a good year and worth being a gamer. :)

I still can't believe you didn't make the Civ3 Gone gold a major news item :(

Even though the year has been kind of slow, I think I've enjoyed the releases of this one the most in a long time. Probably just me seeing the better side of life, but still.

Yes! LOL!

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Yep..... I guess

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