Best Games of 2006

[vovan]

Here's a list of top 360 games that people with Internet connections played over the past year. (Ordered by the number of unique players, I think.)

1 Gears of War
2 Hexic HD
3 Call of Duty 2
4 Ghost Recon 3
5 Oblivion
6 PGR3
7 Perfect Dark Zero
8 Call Of Duty 3
9 UNO
10 EA SPORTSâ„¢ Fight Night Round 3

http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2006/12/30/2006-top-xbox-live-games.aspx

[Will9]

Originally posted by Adagio


That would be 2005


Civ IV is the game I've played the most in 2006, most games this year are just your typical 2-weeks games... after 2 weeks you go back civ'ing

Same here.

Warlords is definatly one of the top ten computer games of 2006.

[El_Cid]

Lists of game of the year from popular game sites/magazines are becoming pretty much irrelevant to me. They are mostly dominated by console games(and i find those mostly very unsatisfying) and marketing spin.
Also games of the last few years seem to have less 'must haveness' about them to me - maybe all the hype and dissapointment is starting to have an effect on me?

My personal list of interesting games found/played this year:

Mainstream - released 2006:

1. Medeival II - although i have it i havent played yet, but if it installs ok for me i know it would feature.

2.GalcivII - although strangely still not the perfect 4x space strat game, and i don't exactly know why?

3.Football Manager 2007 - seems to be better balanced in the 'role play' bits of the game now(your dealings with the player bits).

Warlords would also get a mention, but i dont have it yet!

Indie - released 2006 ish:

1. Darwinia - love the retro feel. simple but fun and also 'cool'.
2. Defcon - only played the demo, but i like what i see(loved the old 'war games' movie also) - will buy.
3. Crown of Glory - very complex war game.

Old games first played this year:

1. Sword of the Samurai - great fun ancient classic strat game by microprose.
2. The Longest Journey - old but new to me, a truely excellent point+click adventure game that guys or gals can enjoy.

[Imran Siddiqui]

1. Medeival II - although i have it i havent played yet

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Sn00py
How come I have not heard much about Company of Heroes if it is so good?

Probably because you don't play RTS. Though apparently it's supposed to be amazing.

[DrSpike]

Yeah it got a lot of exposure and interest in RTS circles. I'm even considering playing it.

[FrostyBoy]

I do play RTS. I think Standup is right, I probably did see some screen of it somewhere and dismissed it as another WW2 game, which have gotten boring fast, especially after Call of Duty.

[Wiglaf]

Company of Heroes is excellent, especially multiplayer. If you don't like WW2 then get Dawn of War and its expansion. Similar game, different setting.

[conmcb25]

Guild Wars: Nightfall

CIV IV Warlords

[Verto]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Their game of the year was Gears of War (from what I've read, I think they'll win a ton of awards this year)

Goddamn that game! It is NOT that good!

(I fume at the overhyping it receives, not at you).

[Harovan]

If Warlords weren't an expansion pack, I'd call it game of the year. But it is really not a game on its own.

[asleepathewheel]

Time chose Wii Sports #1

I really haven't played enough new games this year, mostly just civ4. liked Oblivion, but got burned out by it months ago.

[Dis]

terrible lists. a bad year for games.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Bkeela
My top ten list for 2006 is:

1. Civilization IV.
2. Civilization IV.
3. Civilization IV.
4. Civilization IV.
5. Civilization IV.
6. Civilization IV.
7. Civilization IV.
8. Civilization IV.
9. Civilization IV.
10. Civilization IV.

I honestly do not understand how people find time to play anything else. Okay, I did play Fire Emblem as well, but that was during lunch breaks.

I might move onto Warlords sometime in 2008, otherwise I can't really see myself playing anything else for awhile.

I agree, I bought Oblivion and NWN2, but I still play civ4 all the time. Although in the case of Oblivion I didn't like the game. I didn't care for NWN2 that much either (the game is just too slow on my comp)

[Nikolai]

I know what game will be on the top for 2007, EU3.