List of 1999 playstation 2 video games1/17/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The licensing challenges, car tuning, and endurance races enveloped me for hours.Įven though the Nintendo 64 was my main gaming system, Gran Turismo 2 was a powerful reason to dust off my PlayStation when I wasn’t playing JRPGs. I don’t think that I have ever poured more time into a racing title than I did into this one. Gran Turismo 2 was my personal favorite game of 1999. Disappointing numbers for a classic that has often been compared with Deux Ex. Perhaps, this is why gamers did not truly appreciate the title, as it sold about 58,000 copies within a year of its release. Many critics consider the game to have been well ahead of its time when it first launched. SystemShock 2 is regarded as one of the most influential games within the first-person shooting genre. Critics praised the game for its engaging storytelling, sound design, and groundbreaking gameplay within the first-person shooter genre. The player can develop skills such as hacking and psionic powers. System Shock 2 was a story driven action-rpg with first-person combat and exploration. System Shock 2 was one of the best games of 1999 on PC. Is System Shock 2 a better Cyberpunk game than Cyberpunk 2077? In a historical sense the answer is undoubtedly, yes. At this time, the PC platform had plenty of better-looking games. The only downsides to Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri were its above average, but uninspiring visuals. Some even considered the game to be vastly superior to the Civilization games even though the game never managed to reach the popularity of its spiritual predecessors. Alpha Centauri only managed to move 288,000 copies by 2000.Ĭritics praised the game’s deep storyline and incredible writing. Alpha Centauri is considered a spiritual sequel to the Civilization series and takes place in a science fiction setting.ĭespite the game’s critical acclaim, and near endless replay-ability, the game sold far less copies than the Civilization games. In some ways, 1999 was a golden year for strategy games on PC. It would go on to win Gamespot’s strategy game of the year award in 1999, and it is still regarded as one of the best strategy games of all time. Critics loved the improvements that the game made over its predecessor and claimed that the game introduced many elements to the genre itself.Įven though Age of Empires II offered tons of features and elements, the game’s controls were simple and intuitive. Age of Empires II was a significant commercial success. Within two months of its release, the game sold about 2 million copies. Age of Empires II offered 13 playable civilizations, replay-ability with 3 different historical campaigns, and plenty of single player modes and multiplayer features. The PC’s real time strategy reign continued in 1999. Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (PC) – 91.81 With over 2.2 million units sold, CTR was also a very good commercial success on Sony’s freshman system. Others felt that the game brought little new to the table, but that didn’t stop the game from achieving universal acclaim. ![]() Critics mostly loved Crash Team Racing with many calling it a great Mario Kart clone. Naughty Dog had to utilize all of its technically wizardry to create large levels and vibrant graphics in order to compete with Nintendo’s best games within the genre. It did a stellar job in providing a solid single player experience, but most importantly was an amazing 4 player split screen racing game on the PlayStation. Crash Team Racing would be PlayStation’s true answer to Mario Kart. The Cart based racer spawned quite a few clones, most prominent of all was Rare’s Diddy Kong Racing. NFL 2K (Dreamcast) – 91.53Įverybody knows Mario Kart. One of these games even had 36 reviews that were considered in its final average score. PC’s Championship Manager 3 scored an average of 94 which would have put it at the #2 spot on the list, but I felt that it was unfair to rank it as it only had 5 reviews while other games on the list had over 10 reviews each. Two other important misses are Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. Important games like Final Fantasy VIII and Sonic Adventure did not make the cut even though both titles were huge hits at the time. As always, the rankings are solely based on the ’s listings. Today, we bid farewell to arguably gaming’s most important decade as there hasn’t been a transition in the medium as important as the jump from two dimensions to full blown 3-D since. After 1998’s historically great (arguably the greatest) year, 1999 was a bit of a letdown. With today’s coverage we close the book on ’s best games of the 1990s decade. All great things must come to an end, and the 1990s met such a fate. ![]()
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