We're setting a new benchmark here as 2000 enters its 11th round, the games keep coming - but will the votes?
Which of the above games are amongst the best of 2000 and why?
Which of the above games are amongst the best of 2000 and why?
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30Swing Away Golf0%0Sydney 20000%0Syphon Filter 20%2Tachyon: The Fringe0%0Tales of Eternia0%1Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon0%0Tang Tang0%0Tarzan0%0Taz Express0%0Team Buddies0%0Tempest 30000%2Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins0%2Tenshi no Present: Marl Okoku Monogatari0%0Terminus0%0Terracon0%0Test Drive 20010%0Test Drive Cycles0%0Tetris: The Grand Master0%2Thandor: The Invasion0%0Theocracy0%0Thief II0%1This is Football 20%0Tigger's Honey Hunt0%0Timeline0%0TimeSplitters0%5TOCA World Touring Cars0%0Tokyo Majin Gakuen: Fuju Horoku0%0Tokyo Xtreme Racer 20%3Tom and Jerry in Fists of Fury0%0Tom and Jerry in House Trap0%0Tomb Raider GB0%0Tomb Raider V: Chronicles0%0Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 20%6Top Gear Hyper Bike0%0Top Gear: Dare Devil0%0Traffic Giants0%0Tread Marks0%0Triangle Heart0%0Triple Play 20010%0Turnabout0%0Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion0%0Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion GB0%0Tux Racer0%0Tweety's High-Flying Adventure0%0Twilight Syndrome0%0Tyco R/C: Assault with a Battery0%0Tzar: The Burden of the Crown0%0UEFA Dream Soccer0%0UEFA Euro 20000%0Ultimate Fighting Championship0%0Ultimate Pinball0%0Undercover AD2025 Kei0%0Unison: Rebels of Rhythm & Dance0%0Urban Terror0%0Vagrant Story0%3Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption0%1Vegas Games 20000%0Victorious Boxers: Ippo's Road to Glory0%0Vietnam: Black Ops0%0Virtua Athlete 2K0%2 -
Oooh, finally three great ones there for me from this year.
Syphon Filter 2 (and its whole series) is dismissed by some as a weaker, western Metal Gear Solid, and in many ways it is. But as the game is over-the-shoulder third-person, I've always found that a bit reductionist, and of the series, the second game is the best (one of the PSP games was also up there). It's kinda interesting; something I learned years ago is that many people thought this series became Splinter Cell, due to them having many similarities and due to Syphon Filter coming to a close around the time Splinter Cell took off. And whereas MGS at the time felt like you were playing a good-bad action movie, like The Rock, Syphon Filter felt more like you were playing a bad-good action movie, like Mission Impossible 2 or Face/Off.
Plus, it has a banger of an opening theme
So good that they made it for the first game, and just used it in the subsequent games without changes.
Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2, sure I don't need to qualify that here. Admittedly very similar to the first one, just better in most ways.
Finally, Vagrant Story. I both love and hate this game. I've gotten ~15 hours into it twice, and started numerous other times over the years, and yet I've never finished it. I really need to; like this is something which still bugs me many years later but I would assert that Vagrant Story is one of, if not the, best looking games on the PS1.
To qualify that a bit, I mean it because the game is entirely 3D. No CGI cutscenes (apart from a little one on the title screen); like Metal Gear Solid, everything is done in real-time, in the engine - and honestly, the game represents many peaks for the PS1. Character models being ruthlessly efficient in their design, with distinct silhouettes sharp, clean lines with low-res textures that still convey who they are. Environments with baked-in lighting that just look great; some areas are bathed in this afternoon-sun look which is pretty incredible for the PS1. Even things like the VFX look great. -
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Thief II starts off great but it lets itself down as you progress the story.
THPS 2 just builds on the first game in every way. The demo alone kept me entertained for hours.Comment
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How can people not be voting for Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption? It's the greatest Vampire game ever made
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Never made it far enough into Vagrant Story to really give it its dues, but Tony Hawk 2? Come on. That's one hell of a game.Comment
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