The Simulation of the Year
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The Simulation category was a three-horse race, with UbiSoft taking the top two positions with the World War II flight-sim IL-2 Sturmovik and the sub-sim Silent Hunter II. In fact, the superb IL-2 Sturmovik enjoyed the biggest run-away victory of any winner in all categories. Another World War II flight-sim, Rowan’s Battle of Britain rounds out the top three.
Simulations in general have been on hard times lately, and 2001 wasn’t exactly a banner year in terms of quantity. Excellent games are still being produced, however, even if at a reduced pace. Microsoft's latest Flight Simulator received some votes, as did the Train Simulator, indicating there may be a market for sims that think “outside the box” traditional air, land and sea vehicles. Space-sim fans were treated to Particle Systems Independence War 2 – Edge of Chaos. Finally, let us not forget the infamous World War II Online, Cornered Rat Studio's interesting experiment in massively-multiplayer operations which is coming into its own after a rocky launch.
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