Reader's Choice:
Action Game of the Year

Half-Life
Publisher: Sierra Studios
Developer: Valve Software

"Half-Life combines all the best elements that we could expect from first person games in the past, and adds a few key innovations which take this genre to the next level. Fans and non-fans of first person games alike, Half-Life should not be missed by anyone."
- Mark Marshall, GameSpot Player Review

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Runner-up
Thief: The Dark Project
Publisher: Eidos Interactive
Developer: Looking Glass

"Thief is a must-have for any gamer who enjoys escaping to a fantastic fantasy realm, or just knocking some dumb guard upside his skull from behind with a blunt object and dragging his bloody, unconscious body into the shadows to avoid detection (all after looting it for goodies of course)."
- Orion Kellogg, GameSpot Player Review

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The Top Five:

55%
Half-Life

11%
Thief: The Dark Project

9%
Unreal

7%
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six

4%
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

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