2002, best year for games since 1998?

When I place my faith in the church of gaming, one of my core beliefs was that 1998 was the best year for games ever. I'm not a platform fanboy, I'm a 1998 fanboy. Metal Gear Solid, OoT, Rouge Squadron, Hot Shots Golf, F Zero X, Gran Turismo, FFT, Xenogears, Banjo Kazooie,Tekken 3, Crash warped (two titles that may be laughed at now,but were very respected at the time and still hold gameplay wise. There were tons of others too but that should give you a good Idea of what was going on at the time.

This year is fantastic and I think It may nudge out 98 whne it's all said and done. Eternal Darkness, Gran Theft Auto Vice City, SMS, SMB2, SFA, MP, MF, CHoD, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Splinter Cell, virtua figher 4, Hot Shots Golf 3, Socom, Gun Valkyrie, mech [s]commander[/s] assault, unreal tournament. There are so many others and in volume 02 has a huge advantage in that it has 3 viable platforms vs 2 for 98.

What do you think 2002 or 1998 or even another year?

One thing is for certian, I think we can all thank the gaming gods that 2002 is going to be one of the best, if not the best gaming year ever.