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SuperWes · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:01 am Post subject: Games of the Year 2006

It was hard to pare down my list, but I've put together my favorite 10 games that were released in 2006.

1. Gears of War
2. Final Fantasy XII
3. Zelda: Twilight Princess
4. Wii Sports
5. Rainbow Six: Vegas and Ghost Recon: Advance Warfighter
6. Chibi Robo
7. Daxter
8. Elite Beat Agents
9. Bit Generations
10. Okami

What were your favorites of 2K6? LIST THREAD START!

-Wes
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Wii Sports
Shadow Of The Colossus (released 2006 in pal territories okay)
Rhythm Tengoku

... I should really play more games. Um. I liked Dead Rising ok too. That's an honorable mention, I guess.

Ethoscapade · . Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 276

not a terrific year.. let's see.

1. final fantasy xii - plays well and has some pretty great storytelling up until the halfway mark, when it begins to alternate decent gameplay and decent storytelling. that ending, though. star wars ho. epics can be epic for epic's sake.

2. electroplankton - really the only notable DS title to be released all year other than brain age, which is kind of a shame (although in retrospect, each of my seven DS titles from 2005 save for my two favorites, kirby and trauma center, were little more than perfections of old franchises - not that that's a bad thing). hell of a lot of fun. i probably remember it too fondly. mario paint much?

3. wii sports - yes. if i had to pick a "game of the year" for practical purposes i'd probably just ignore the two above and give it to wii sports, for pretty obvious reasons (even though i really only like 3/5 of the package). it's the console's merit, of course, but hey. only comes around once every five years.

4. twilight princess
5. dotstream
6. dead rising - based on the demo only until they port it to PC. i still say it needs a crowd the way burnout or GTA do.
7. contact - played more or less like shit, but!
8. oblivion - couldn't have played it but on a laptop, but the fact that i didn't resent it just based on its having so much content says something (about it and me!)
9. phoenix wright 2 - maybe i'll finish this someday. if i had played the original i don't think i'd be as impressed, but it made me smile a lot.
10. new smb - don't be hating. multiplayer is fun, too. i maintain that the DS had a really shoddy year.

...something like that. though i haven't played gears, mother 3, or hl2: ep1, and i have a feeling all three would be on there.

helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

My top two games of the year are as follows (nothing else really lived up to either of them in my opinion):

1. Gears of War
2. Elite Beat Agents

Two notable games that I have not played that might have made this list: Dead Rising, Rhythm Tengoku. Rhythm Tengoku is in the mail, though, so we'll see where I stand a week from now.
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Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

I'm giving GOTY to Rocket Slime, but honestly I haven't played that many new games this year. Steambot Chronicles belongs on the list somewhere.
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Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

Final Fantasy XII
Guilty Gear X2 #Slash

dhex · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:33 pm Post subject:

g(s)oty
f.e.a.r. (and expansion pack)
hl2 - episode 1

honorable mention:
oblivion
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dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

Final Fantasy XII, MGS3 Subsistence, Toribash (while it was free), and Black, for me.

Honorable mentions for Dwarf Fortress, which sounds like the game of the year, and Bookworm Adventures, which takes Bookworm (the popcap game) and turns it into an RPG. It's one of those titles like Typing of The Dead or Phoenix Wright, where it's so much fun that it makes "real" games look bad.
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Mister Toups · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:23 pm Post subject:

dead rising
rule of rose (fuck yeah)
FFXII
zelda
motherfucking god hand
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject:

not that it's possible to objectively rank one game above all others, but

rhythm tengoku

wes, are those in order of bestness? how do you decide whether elite beat agents or daxter is the better game?
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ApM · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject:

Mister Toups · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject:

oh fuck excite motherfucking truck
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:46 pm Post subject:

andy knows where it is.
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ryan · . Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 999

The Guild 2
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (WHAT? Moon Knight?! AAHH!)
1701 A.D.
Gears of War
Medieval 2: Total War (even with the silly missile bug -- p.s. get on that, ca)
Space Rangers 2
Civilization IV
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simplicio · . Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091

DS:
Super Princess Peach

GBA:
The Tower SP (would be Rhythm Tengoku but I haven't bought that yet)

GCN:
Chibi Robo!

Mobile:
Rolleroaster Rush

PC:
HL2: Episode 1

PS2:
FFXII (subject to change upon further time spent with Rule of Rose)

Wii:
Excite Truck

dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:33 pm Post subject:

the tower sp: 2006's most daring western release (by sega)?
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject:

I wouldn't even know what my top games from the year were. Probably some shit like Outrun 2006 or LEGO Star Wars 2, I played the absolute shit out of that one.

EDIT: Oh, wait, Cookign Mama, that's the shit right there.
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wourme · . Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 362 Location: Maridia

1. Steambot Chronicles
2. Final Fantasy 12
3. Zelda?

That's about all I can come up with.

dongle · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 290

Scratchmonkey · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439

1. Dwarf Fortress
7. Football Manager 2005

internisus · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 354

simplicio · . Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091

Now why's that? It's not pretending to be rocket science or anything. It's just a sunny walk through the fields and I quite enjoyed it.

SuperWes · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:49 am Post subject:

Ethoscapade · . Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 276

i finally played rhythm tengoku, just now.

i'd say new smb is officially off the wagon, but i really do like the vs mode.

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

In alpha order:

Dead Rising
Every Extend Extra
Gears of War
God Hand
Odama
Rayman: Raving Rabids
Rocket Slime
Steambot Chronicles
Wii Sports
Zelda: Twilight Princess

Honestly, going back through a mental list of the good stuff this year was hard to do. There were so many "solid" games that really aren't that amazing but very 7.5/10 material. I almost put Guitar Hero on the list, but I still don't own it so it probably shouldn't be on the list. I was going to cheat and put Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistance, but decided not to.

The best games I played this year were retro games I hadn't played before.
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Pijaibros · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:23 pm Post subject:

Now I have no clue what year Metal Wolf Chaos was released for the Xbox, but god damn is it ever the best game about America. I was finally able to get a copy of this game over New Year's weekend and it was SO worth it.

Richard Hawk is my favorite villain, ever. Such cheesy dialogue and even the President gets tons of nonsensical one-liners like "Suck my missile punch!".

You burst out of an exploding White House to start the game!

Everyone must play this game, I dare say it's the game of the generation!

It gives me hope that someday there will be a Dynasty Warriors game based on the American Civil War. I will be Lincoln!

Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:59 pm Post subject:

Surely you mean Fight House.
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Faithless · . Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 153

My list will appear in February Play. I believe I can't break my NDA until then. Maybe? Suffice to say, it looks a lot like the lists here.
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dmauro · . Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 303 Location: Brooklyn

Gears of War
Wii Sports
Twilight Princess
Knytt
Within a Deep Forest
New Super Mario Bros.
Sound Voyager

edit: shit, I forgot Sound Voyager!

dessgeega · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject:

within a deep forest and knytt were definitely hilights.

what else came out this past year? toribash. dot fighters.
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject:

Streets Of Rage Remake just got in before the year was out.
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Ryan - SuperWes' Bane · Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:15 am Post subject:

I haven't bought a new game (as in full price, just came out/brand new) in almost 2-3 years now. I did pick up Final Fantasy 3 though. Good but I wouldn't say it's one of my favorite games EVER. I would have chosen Shadow of the Colossus, but that was 2005 in the USA, wasn't it? I didn't buy it until August though . . .

Onimusha 4 wasn't so bad, and I HEARD Xenosaga III was good too (I own yet but have yet to play it).

Guess I should put down my DS and play some other games on other systems . . .

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dessgeega · Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:34 am Post subject:

toribash didn't get boring. it got not free.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Well yeah, that's why I stopped playing it. But the fights had started to get repetitive before then. There was a lot of flailing around in the air trying desperately to hit something going on.

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SuperWes · Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:12 am Post subject:

Pijaibros · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:34 am Post subject:

boojiboy7 · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:11 pm Post subject:

I can completely agree with Pijai about this game. It is perfect in just about every way it should be.

antitype · . Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 292

Some favorites:

HL2: Episode One
Defcon
World of Warcraft †
Knytt
Final Fantasy XII
God Hand
Contact
Elektroplankton

† I do realize, of course, that WoW is not exactly a new game, but seeing that I just started playing it and it is a MMO about to receive a huge expansion and thus is about as current as anything else, I think it fits here.

Also, honorable mention to MGS3: Subsistence.

Games that I think would very likely be on my list had I played them:

Wii Sports
Zelda: Twilight Princess (though I still consider this one a big maybe)
Excite Truck
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Bit Generations
Rhythm Tengoku
Every Extend Extra
Dead Rising
Gears of War
FEAR (also maybe)
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
Medieval II: Total War

I'm also curious about Battlefield 2142. I own a copy, but I have not yet opened it and don't know for sure that I'm going to. I just might, though.

Biggest disappointments: Okami, New SMB, Animal Crossing: Wild World (will eat your soul), and (after the initial glow wore off) Rule of Rose.

Worst game that I didn't really expect much out of anyway: Deep Labyrinth.
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Six · . Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 313 Location: montreal

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth deserves a shout-out. There were a lot of things wrong with it, but it was one of the most memorable games I played in 2006.

Anyway, yeah. Rhythm Tengoku.

Wii Sports: Boxing gets nods for Most Surprisingly Brutal Versus Game and Best Punch-Out Flashbacks, and just gets edged out in the hotly contested category of That Really Kind Of Hurt My Arm Actually (which was captured by the Guitar Hero demo where you can't change the handedness.)

dhex · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:44 am Post subject:

i really wanted to love cthulhu, i really did.

but...it's just too fucking hard.
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SuperWes · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:50 pm Post subject: Re: Games of the Year 2006

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dhex · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:35 pm Post subject: