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It’s draft revenge time! Who can pick the 10 best games released during the years 2000-2005? Vote for the winner @backpagepod on Twitter in the pinned tweet. We’ll update this episode description when a winner has been declared.

This week’s music is from the Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 soundtrack by Frank Klepacki.

Rules

  • Any DLCs/expansions are included with those games, provided they released before the end of 2005.

The Categories

  • FPS 1
  • FPS 2
  • 4X game, God game or Sim
  • Online game
  • Strategy
  • RPG
  • Immersive Sim
  • 90%+ from PC Gamer
  • Wild Card
  • Free Pick

Draft Order

Player Category Pick
Samuel FPS 1 Half-Life 2
Matthew RPG Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn + Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
Matthew Free Pick Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Samuel Strategy Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 + Command & Conquer: Yuri’s Revenge
Samuel Immersive Sim Deus Ex
Matthew FPS 1 F.E.A.R.
Matthew 90%+ from PC Gamer Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Disqualified)
Samuel FPS 2 Call of Duty 2
Samuel RPG Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Matthew 4X game, God game or Sim Black & White
Matthew Online game Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Samuel Free Pick Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War + Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Winter Assault
Samuel Online game Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Matthew Strategy Freedom Force
Matthew Immersive Sim Thief II: The Metal Age
Samuel Wild Card Anachronox
Samuel 4X game, God game or Sim RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
Matthew FPS 2 No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.’s Way
Matthew Wild Card Uplink
Samuel 90%+ from PC Gamer Max Payne

Picks

Category Samuel Matthew
FPS 1 Half-Life 2 F.E.A.R.
FPS 2 Call of Duty 2 No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.’s Way
4X game, God game or Sim RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Black & White
Online game Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Strategy Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 + Command & Conquer: Yuri’s Revenge Freedom Force
RPG Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn + Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
Immersive Sim Deus Ex Thief II: The Metal Age
90%+ from PC Gamer Max Payne Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Disqualified)
Wild Card Anachronox Uplink
Free Pick Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War + Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Winter Assault Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Results

Samuel 72%

Matthew 28%

(449 votes)