Best 1997 Video Games
The list below shows ratings based on thousands of reviews taken from many different websites like Metacritic, Steam, Gamespot, Amazon, Game Critics and much more I have then averaged out the overall score for each game released in 1997 according to Wikipedia.
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- DirectorMartin HollisStarsKevin BaylissKen LobbScott HochbergJames Bond must track down agent-turned-terrorist Alec Trevelyan to stop the launch of a powerful satellite. Play the game that set the stage for the First-person shooter genre on the console.
- DirectorToru HagiharaStarsRobert BelgradeRamsay ScottKimberly ForsytheIn 1797, Shaft manages to regain power through a curse placed on Richter Belmont. Four years later, Dracula's son Alucard awakens from his eternal slumber, intent on destroying his evil father once and for all.
- DirectorsKatsuhiro HaradaMasahiro KimotoStarsIsshin ChibaAlex EasleyBanjô Ginga19 years after the second King of Iron Fist Tournament, Heihachi Mishima hosts the third Tournament to attract Toshin, a God who killed the mother of his grandson, Jin Kazama.
- DirectorsYoshinori KitaseYasushi MatsumuraMasato YagiA former soldier from an evil company joins a mercenary clan to fight the company he once served.
- DirectorsJonathan AckleyLarry AhernStarsDominic ArmatoAlexandra BoydEarl BoenAfter unwittingly turning his true love Elaine into solid gold with a cursed engagement ring, Guybrush Threepwood must find a map, a ship and a crew, sail to Blood Island and track down an uncursed diamond ring to reverse the curse.
- DirectorKazunori YamauchiGran Turismo is a sim racing video game that emulates the appearance and performance of a large selection of vehicles, nearly all of which are licensed reproductions of real-world automobiles.
- DirectorFeargus UrquhartStarsCharlie AdlerRichard Dean AndersonJeff BennettAfter being sent by the overseer of his vault to search for a new water purifying chip, the player discovers the horrors of post apocalyptic America, and the threat of the Master's Army.
- DirectorChristopher BaileyTetrisphere adds a new dimension to the classic Tetris gameplay. As usual, you drop pieces into the playing field to eliminate the blocks and clear the field. This time, however, the playing field is a sphere, and you must turn the sphere around to find a place to drop the pieces, and eventually get to the core to win. As you clear the field, certain moves may reveal magic items to help get to the core (rockets, dynamite, etc.).
- StarsJohn Patrick LowrieChris TaylorIn the distant future, humanity rules the Milky Way with help from AIs, known as the Core. They prospered in peace, however, things changed when the Core tried to enforce a "patterning" process, forcefully uploading minds to a machine.
- DirectorTakao ShimizuStarsDaisuke GôriKyôko TongûTomohisa AsôMad scientist Andross arises as the emperor of Venom and declares war on the entire Lylat System, starting with Corneria. General Pepper sends in the Star Fox team to protect the key planets of the Lylat System and stop Dr. Andross.
- StarsGeoffrey Charlton-PerrinJeff MorrowIt is the 17th year of war between the Free Cities of the North and the Undead. Humanity is hanging on by a thread as they fight a desperate battle to push back the armies of the dead and their dread masters, The Fallen Lords.
- DirectorScott EwersStarsJason CourtAngela HarryChristopher NeameYou play as Kyle Katarn, a mercenary whose skills progress into becoming a Jedi knight, to stop a team of dark Jedis from taking the valley of the Jedi's power.
- DirectorLorne LanningStarsJosh GabrielLorne LanningAfter Abe, a Mudokon slave worker born into captivity finds out the horrible truth that the food products being created in the factory he works in are made out of Mudokon, he sets out to save the other Mudokon's and tries to escape.
- StarsKentarô ItôRyôtarô OkiayuRyûzaburô ÔtomoA Reploid Army declares war on the human race after being labeled as Mavericks, so X and Zero fight their way to stop this uprising and discover who is behind this.
- DirectorHideki KonnoStarsAsako HaruhanaTomoko MarunoCharles MartinetNintendo 64 entry of the "Mario Kart" franchise that introduces, among other things, 3D graphics, 4-player mode and two new playable characters: Wario and Donkey Kong. In addition to the three Grand Prix classes, Mirror Mode is introduced.
- StarsJeff OsterhageRichard MollJohn de LancieFormer marshal James Anderson is living a quiet life with his wife and young daughter when a railroad baron's thugs kill his wife and kidnap his daughter to force him to sell his farm. He sets out to track down his daughter and the baron whatever the cost.
- StarsIsaac MarshallHelen CoombsMichael KelbaughSome defective nuclear missiles starts to leak on it's way to a a safe detonation site, the damaged carrier locked on to the most direct route. The player has to clear a path to help the carrier arrive using several vehicles and robots.
- DirectorLee SchunemanStarsKevin BaylissJohnni ChristensenEveline NovakovicTimber the Tiger comes to Timber's Island for a pleasant vacation. But when the evil space pig, Wizpig, takes over the Island and attempts to kidnap the cuddly cub, Diddy Kong and his friends try to get rid of Wizpig for once and for all.
- DirectorYoshinori KawanoStarsCorey SevierMayumi TanakaTracy RyanTaking place on a flooded Earth, the Digger Mega Man Volnutt and his friend, the Spotter Roll Caskett, are searching high-tech underground ruins for quantum refractors.
- StarsStephan WeyteJace HallBetrayed by the evil deity that he served in life (and death), Caleb rises from the grave seeking vengeance and answers.
- DirectorJordan MechnerStarsDavid SvenssonDunya DjordjevicKarl-Heinz Teuber1914: Innocent fugitive Robert Cath boards the Orient Express three days before the outbreak of WW1 and must stay alive until "the end of the line".
- StarsRichard RidingsDene CarterAs the Dungeon Keeper, your mission is to rule over the darkest dungeons of Britannia and, whenever necessary, to get rid of any annoying knight or adventurer who comes for your treasure.
- StarCarly Staehlin-TaylorA single marine crash lands on an alien planet. You mission is to destroy the bio-mechanical enemy and the big gun.