Best Games of 1998
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimeThe template for 3D adventure design, and still the measuring stick everything else gets held against.Read the review
Half-LifeThe shooter that deleted the cutscene and never gave the camera back.
Tekken 3The best fighting game of the PlayStation era, and it wasn't close.
Suikoden IIOne hundred and eight recruitable characters and a war story about a friendship that cannot survive it.
StarCraftThree utterly different armies, one perfect balance, and the birth of esports.
Metal Gear SolidThe moment games discovered they could be directed, not just designed.
Resident Evil 2 (1998)Survival horror perfected on two discs, one police station, and never enough bullets.
Crash Bandicoot 3: WarpedThe victory lap, and the only Crash where the vehicle levels are nearly as good as the running.
Spyro the DragonA gentle collectathon built on a rendering trick that let a PlayStation draw further than it was supposed to.
SoulcaliburThe rare port that surpassed its arcade parent and launched a console looking flawless.