1997 pc game of the year

Ultimately, the game sold 7 million to 8 million copies, making it one of the best-selling Tomb Raider games of the franchise. The third game in the Star Wars: X-Wing series, this Microsoft Windows PC title focused on creating a fun multiplayer experience -- and it excelled in that regard. Sadly, though, the single-player experience was a disappointing cutscene- and narrative-free joke. Story-driven campaigns were added in 's well-received Balance of Power expansion.

But the addition of 3D terrain, the need to delicately balance scarce resources, and the wealth of units to choose from each with their own disadvantages all gave the game a level of complexity that had yet to be matched in the genre.

This notoriously ultraviolent top-down shooter -- the story of a rampaging man who apparently suffers from mental illness -- encourages you to murder as many hostiles and civilians as you can.

As a result, the game was banned in several countries. Uwe Boll's silver-screen adaptation of Postal, meanwhile, wasn't just one of the worst video game movies ever made -- it's one of the worst movies ever, full stop. Image credit: SquareSoft. Image credit: Capcom. Image credit: Nintendo.

The game sold 3. Image credit: Sony Computer Entertainment. Image credit: Microsoft. With just under 10 million copies sold, it's the second-best-selling N64 game of all time.

Image credit: Interplay Entertainment. Image credit: Sega. Image credit: GT Interactive. Image credit: Acclaim Entertainment. Image credit: Electronic Arts. Votes: 9, T Adventure, Drama, Fantasy. In the city of Sigil, the only place from which all realities of the Planescape universe can be reached, an immortal amnesiac, the Nameless One, must uncover his past, the mystery of his immortality as well as who's trying to kill him.

Stars: Michael T. M Action, Adventure, Drama. In a dark cyberpunk future where poverty, disease, oppression and terrorism are widespread, J. Denton, a new cybernetically-enhanced special agent, finds evidence of a massive conspiracy when his brother, also an agent, goes rogue. M Action, Crime, Drama. A troubled NYPD cop is framed for murder and finds himself being hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation. Votes: 14, A young bank robber escapes from police custody and works his way up through the mafia ladder of crime-ridden Liberty City, USA.

Votes: 15, A republic soldier, training to become a Jedi Knight, is given the task of halting the conquest of Darth Malak by discovering the location of a weapon known as the Star Forge.

Votes: 8, Freeman is taken out of stasis by his "employer" to help rid the planet of invading aliens forces known as the Combine that entered through the portals he helped create. M Action, Crime. A family tragedy prompts gangster Carl "CJ" Johnson to return home, only to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which he must regain control of the streets before it gets even worse.

Votes: 38, Marvel Comics' greatest superheroes must band together to uncover the mystery behind Doctor Doom's blatant attack on S. M Action, Adventure, Horror. In , a lone survivor of a plane crash named Jack discovers an abandoned underwater utopia, only to find out that the mystery behind its creation is much more sinister than he first believed.

Votes: 18, In a technologically advanced future, an elite human soldier takes command of a prototype star ship and works to defend the galaxy from danger. Votes: 17, T Action, Crime, Fantasy. You control Batman as he fights to subdue The Joker and his fellow inmates when they seize control of the Asylum on Arkham Island. Effectively it meant immortality, and the Core decreed the process mandatory for all citizens in order to ensure their safety.

However, there were many citizens unwilling to toss aside their bodies so casually, many indeed who regarded patterning as an atrocity. They fled to the outer edges of the galaxy, forming a resistance movement that became known as the Arm.

War began, though it was never officially declared by either side. The Arm developed high-powered combat suits for its armies, while the Core transferred the minds of its soldiers directly into similarly deadly machines.

The Core duplicated its finest warriors thousands of times over. The Arm countered with a massive cloning program. The war raged on for more than 4, years, consuming the resources of an entire galaxy and leaving it a scorched wasteland.

Enter a deceptively beautiful world torn apart by age-old conflicts You must search. You must explore. You must summon every spark of intellect and intuition. Only then will you learn the truth and this troubled land and its inhabitants. You must let Riven become your world - before an entire world is lost. Age of Empires is an epic real-time strategy game spanning 10, years, in which players are the guiding spirit in the evolution of small stone age tribes.

Starting with minimal resources, players are challenged to build their tribes into great civilizations. Gamers can choose from one of several ways to win the game, including: world domination by conquering enemy civilizations, exploration of the known world and economic victory through the accumulation of wealth. Age of Empires was developed by Ensemble Studios and features the expertise of Bruce Shelley, co-designer of the hit strategy game "Civilization.

You'll battle cultists, gargoyles, zombies, hellhounds, and an unholy host of other terrors in your quest to stop Tchernobog. You must not only defeat the Cabal--you must scour its dread name from human memory. If that means eradicating everyone and everything the Cabal has ever tainted, so be it.

Of course, you'll first have to make your way through fortresses, castles, mines, mansions, and estates guarded and kept by Tchernobog's malevolent servants. Fortunately, it is wits that make the hero, and although you're in serious danger of losing yours, you've got enough left to improvise some pretty effective tools of destruction.

Aerosol hairspray can be frightening enough on its own, but apply it to a lighter flame and you've got an instant flamethrower kids, don't try this at home! Likewise, a flare gun can brighten your prospects considerably against even the grimmest odds, which is to say nothing for shotguns, Tommy guns, and dynamite. Who knows, you may even find that there are some spirits on your side when you find yourself clutching a voodoo doll. Assume the role of Robert Cath, an American who recieves a mysterious dispatch from a friend to meet him on the Orient Express.

However, once you get there you discover that things aren't quite as they should be!