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Neither side could agree whether StarCraft’s unit balance and unit-grouping limitations were masterful or “StarCrap.” Still, more than a few others argued that 1997’s Total Annihilation was a better entry. By then, at least one user was bold enough to declare StarCraft “the best RTS game ever,” and they were joined by others who were already charmed by what both it and its Brood War expansion brought to the RTS table. Though StarCraft gets the honors for 1998, readers didn't really come to Ars to discuss it -or, really, any RTS-until the following year. This happened in the face of incredible levels of strategy-gaming scrutiny, both as a highly anticipated hit from the beloved Blizzard and as a salvo in that era’s increasingly crowded tactical-military fray. What’s more, Blizzard turned this game from a sci-fi reskin of WarCraft II into a three-faction explosion of RTS brilliance.
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Whereas the 486 and Pentium systems of the world were primed to crank one game’s 2D, 480p brilliance upon first boot: StarCraft.
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In 1998, not every PC gamer had a Voodoo card ready to unlock its full potential (and people were still using Ars' forums to determine the game's system requirements in 2001). You may still argue that the no-brainer choice is 1998's Half-Life, but we picked another game for a few reasons. The result was a year full of 3D action and adventure games that anyone around Ars could argue was the PC game of 1998, both in terms of immediate sales and lifetime accolades.
As DirectX tools matured, dedicated video cards became more attractive to purchase.
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Windows 95 (and, soon, W98) had solidified its dominance as a gaming platform. But don't fret-console games will emerge before long.)Įven with that restriction, the choice is still difficult. (Please let this ruling serve as a stern reminder that this is not a certifiable “best game of every year” list. But if we’re being true to Ars Technica’s founding vision as a destination for PC enthusiasts, then the year’s best console games- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Metal Gear Solid, etc.-are disqualified by default. We begin this list with an absolute beast of a year in terms of viable game-of-the-year contenders.
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"Reliving The Rush" is an official three-part series about the original 1998 version of StarCraft, and how it was later given a 4K-friendly coat of paint without touching its underlying code. Thus, let's go back to 1998, the year was officially registered in late December, and leap from forum post to forum post for the next ten years in this Ars Gaming Week retrospective. The result is a pretty solid list of must-play video games from around the turn of the century, though this list combines some unsurprising trends with a few surprise blips along the way. I soon found that it was more important to look at the games that enjoyed both instant and lasting acclaim from our picky and obsessive regulars. I went into this project of sorting our game-review history with a list of personal favorites that I thought might be borne out by at least some of our readers.
It's interesting, then, to examine the concept of history's "best Ars games" through the unique prism of forum-driven hindsight. Ars authors' biggest posts could drive commentary, but more often than not, the most bustling threads were the ones started by readers themselves. In our first ten years of existence, games coverage often blended into a format that revolved around our emphasis on busy, passionate forum posts.
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