Heroes 3 and Online Frags - 10 Best Games of 1999
There may have been fewer games in 1999 starting cult series popular for decades to come, but there was certainly no shortage of timeless hits. Here's our subjective retro list of the top 10 games of 1999.
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- Heroes 3 and Online Frags - 10 Best Games of 1999
- Heroes 3
- Quake 3 Arena
- Unreal Tournament
- Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
- Silent Hill
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
- Aliens vs Predator
- Driver
- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Unreal Tournament
- Release date: November 22 (US), December 3 (EU)
- Developer: Epic Games / Digital Extremes
- Genre: online shooter
- Platforms: PC Windows, Linux
. Quake and Unreal went head to head in the duel for the title of the best first-person shooter and the game with the best graphics. First, with the second installment of Quake and the first Unreal, where the focus was still on the single-player campaign, but in subsequent installments both titles focused on the online modes. Epic felt so comfortable with the genre that they continued to develop their Unreal Tournaments, while id Software returned to the story with the fourth Quake.
Which of these productions was better at that time? Everyone who played then probably has their own opinion on the matter, and that's where we should leave it. Enough to say that Unreal Tournament has garnered a tremendous amount of praise and for many is one of the best games of all time. Critics praised the graphics, excellent level designs, and good weapon balance. The gameplay provided plenty of opportunities for team cooperation, and for stubborn loners, there were quite challenging bots. Perhaps surprisingly, the soundtrack has been criticized - here Unreal gave way to Quake. Nevertheless, the game won several Game of the Year and Action Game of the Year titles. For the fans of fragging, those were the golden times!
