I just realised now that 1997 will also run through August. Well, in that case I'd like to also sign up for STAR WARS: Shadows of the Empire.

So I just finished STAR WARS: Shadows of the Empire, and I'm still not sure how I feel about it.

It's was my first time playing it but, IMO, the game has aged well, especially in the controlls department. So here are my negatives about this game:


Played it with mouse+keyboard and it was painful. I can use W and S keys to move forward and backwards respectively. However, moving the mouse up and down does the same. I lost count of how many times I died because I just wanted to look other way with the mouse, so that I could shoot an enemy, but accidentally moved the mouse up/down a bit and fell of a cliff.

Then, there's the fact that the game has limited lives. You start with 4 and each chapter has a certain number of challenges points that you can either get by completing certain tasks or by picking up the collectibles. If you get enough challenge points you get more lives. If you lose all lives during a chapter you have to play it from the beginning. That's an old game alright, but I'm just not used to this anymore.

And last, the game is really short and the story is not cohesive.

However, besides all this, I find myself not hating this game. I can say that I had fun and I'm glad that I played this classic. It's weird because the negatives outweight the positives.

So with this, I think that's all for me from 1997.

Sorry, I'm late, but – congratulations!
Added to OP.

Thank you :)
Oh but don't forget that I also completed Quake II :)

Shouldn't the '98 one have started by now, actually?

hangs his head in shame

Since this was a two month period, I was telling myself I'll have a lot of time to play later and put it off time after time. And suddenly September started. ;F

Got distracted (first with the Olympic Games, than with other stuff) and so I've only played the first four levels of Outlaws + Handful of Missions. Have to say that I like it though. I'm very bad at FPS games, but this one I can play (on lowest difficulty of course) and it's quite enjoyable.

So even when the time travelers go on to the next year, I will stay in 1997 and complete this game.

Yeah, I'm afraid I won't be going to play Betrayal at Antara soon either...actually started it, but it looked somewhat complicated (even if it's similar to Betrayal at Krondor which I have played), and right now I can't muster the effort for that..sorry!
I hope this series of threads hasn't completely died due to lack of interest though, still a very nice idea.

Fixed, señor. Forgive me.

Yes, it should! I guess it's time to ask someone for help. Perhaps someone would like to start a new thread? I will provide a list of titles for 1998 and all the necessary know-how :)

Thanks!! Check your chat.
I hope it means that our Time Travels are coming back (soon™)! :)

Grand Theft Auto is a big omission from this list!

Seven Kingdoms too.

You're right – thank you. GTA1 – that was a game I spent a lot of time in :D

But Seven Kingdoms seem to be from 1999.

The original game seems to have been from '97. '98 for Ancient Adversaries, '99 for Seven Kingdoms 2.

OK, if you say so. Added, thanks! (: