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We travel to 11 years ago. The PS3 and Wii launched that year, but the PS2 was still getting a lot of releases. Xbox was pretty much done, as was the GC minus the Zelda release. The DS and PSP were the major handheld items.

I got most of the higher rated games. Unlisted stuff starts here. Have a nice trip down memory lane.



Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs (PC)
Age of Empires: The Age of Kings (DS)

Ape Escape 3 (PS2)
ATV Offroad Fury 4 (PS2)
Baten Kaitos Origins (GC)
Battlefield 2142 (PC)
Black (PS2, Xbox)
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (DS)

Bully (PS2)
Burnout Revenge (360)
Call of Duty 3 (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, Xbox, PSP)
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS)
Chibi-Robo! (GC)
Cloning Clyde (360)
Clubhouse Games (DS)
College Hoops 2K7 (PS3, 360, PS2, Xbox)
Company of Heroes (PC)
Condemned: Criminal Origins (PC)

Daxter (PSP)
Dead Rising (360)
Def Jam: Fight for NY: The Takeover (PSP)
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (PS2)
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (DS)
Elite Beat Agents (DS)
EverQuest II: Echoes of Faydwer (PC)
EverQuest II: Kingdom of Sky (PC)
Excite Truck (Wii)
F.E.A.R. (360)
Field Commander (PSP)
FIFA 07 Soccer (360, PS2, Xbox, GC, PC, DS, PSP)
Fight Night Round 3 (PS2, 360, Xbox)
Final Fantasy III (DS)

Final Fantasy V Advance (GBA)
Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords (PC)
Gears of War (360)
Gitaroo Man Lives! (PSP)
Grandia III (PS2)
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PS2)

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (PSP)
Genji: Days of the Blade (PS3)
GT Legends (PC)
Guild Wars Factions (PC)
Guild Wars Nightfall (PC)

Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Half-Life 2: Episode One (PC)
Harvest Moon: Magical Melody (GC)
Hitman: Blood Money (360, PS2, Xbox, PC)

Killzone: Liberation (PSP)
Kingdom Hearts II (PS2)
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (PS2, Xbox, GC, PC, PSP)
LocoRoco (PSP)
Lumines II (PSP)
Madden NFL 07 (PS3, 360, PS2, Xbox, GC, PC, DS, PSP)
Marble Blast Ultra (360)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, Xbox, PC, PSP)
Medieval II: Total War (PC)
Mega Man Powered Up (PSP)
Metal Gear Acid 2 (PSP)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PS2)

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP)
Metroid Prime: Hunters (DS)
Microsoft Flight Simulator X (PC)
Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix (PS2, Xbox)

MLB 06: The Show (PS2, PSP)
Mother 3 (GBA, Japan only)
MotoGP '06 (360)
NBA 2K7 (PS3, 360, PS2, Xbox)
NCAA Football 08 (PS2, Xbox)
Neverwinter Nights 2 (PC)

New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
NHL 07 (360, PS2, Xbox, PC, PSP)
NHL 2K7 (PS3, 360, PS2, Xbox)
Odama (GC)

Okami (PS2)
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (PS2)
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (PS2, Xbox, PC, PSP)
Prey (PC)
Red Steel (Wii)

Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3)
Ridge Racer 7 (PS3)
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (PC)
RoboBlitz (360, PC)
Saints Row (360)
Sam & Max Episode 101: Culture Shock (PC)
Sega Genesis Collection (PS2, PSP)

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords (PC)
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2 (PSP)
Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators (PC)
SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars (PC)
Street Fighter Alpha Anthology (PS2)
Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX (PSP)

Suikoden V (PS2)
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Wii)
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2 (GBA)
SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate (PC)
Syphon Filter: Dark Mirrior (PSP)
Tales of the Abyss (PS2)
Tekken: Dark Resurrection (PSP)
Test Drive Unlimited (360, PS2)
Tetris DS (DS)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine (PC)

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (360, PC)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC, Wii)
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II (360, PC)
The Sims 2: Open for Business (PC)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, Xbox, PC, PSP)
Titan Quest (PC)
TOCO Race Driver 3 (Xbox, PC)
Tomb Raider: Legend (360, PS2, Xbox, GC, PC, DS, PSP, GBA)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (360, PS2, Xbox, PC)
Tom Clancy's Rainbox Six: Vegas (360, PC)

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, Xbox, GC)
Tony Hawk's Project 8 (PS3, 360, PS2, Xbox, PSP)
Tourist Trophy (PS2)
TrackMania United (PC)
Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Wii)

UNO (360)
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (PSP)
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria (PS2)

Viva Pinata (360)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade (PC)
WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Wii)

Wii Sports (Wii)
World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 (PS2, Xbox, PSP)
Worldwide Soccer Manager 2007 (PC)
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 (360, PS2, PSP)
Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra (PS2)

Yakuza (PS2)
Yoshi's Island DS (DS)

 

[Interfectum]

Hitman: Blood Money and Final Fantasy XII

 

[TheMoon]

How do you leave Wii Sports off of this list?

That and Twlight Princess for me.

And Hitman Blood Money but I only played that many years later.

You also forgot Baten Kaitos Origins. And Odama. And Excite Truck. And Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz. And Red Steel. And WarioWare: Smooth Moves.

AND MOTHER 3!

 

[prag16]

Wow. I only ever played two games on that list. Madden and LEGO Star Wars. Ridiculous.

Finishing up college and starting my first job around that timeframe; that was a light-ish year for gaming. Only really played some backlog GC and PC stuff that year iirc.

EDIT: Damn yeah, Wii Sports missing??? Obviously played that one. But not until 2008 or so when I got a Wii.

 

[kenta]

Just looked at my list and it went:

1. Final Fantasy XII
2. Bully
3. Okami
4. Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins
5. Gunpey (PSP)
6. Mega Man Powered Up
7. Kingdom Hearts II
8. Tekken: Dark Resurrection

Great year. Surprised that KH2 was so low on my list... Interestingly enough, both FFXII and KH2 are getting remasters this year so I'll get to see if my preferences have changed at all

Edit: Not sure why I didn't put Guitar Hero 2 and Killzone Liberation on my list... Odd... I remember both of those games being great

 

[Nielm]

 

[Pein]

Gears of war and not even close for me. That was next gen for me.

 

[jacobs34]

Rainbow Six Vegas was the first console shooter that I really fell in love with. I must have dumped at least 300 hours into that game, both the competitive multiplayer and terrorist hunt were brilliant, and it completely shaped the way I thought about playing games online to this day. Once I get my gaming PC built I can't wait to jump into Siege.

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

You know, 2006 really was a damn good year.

1. Okami
2. Elite Beat Agents
3. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
4. WarioWare: Smooth Moves
5. Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
6. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl (2006 in Japan, so it counts)
7. Sonic Riders (maybe not the best game around, but I have a ton of nostalgia for it and still think it's pretty fun)

I wouldn't hesitate in putting that top 5 in my top of all time list, and Wii Sports was REALLY revolutionary at the time. I only played a bit of FFXII and am waiting for the PS4 remaster to play it all the way through, so I'll see how it ranks compared to the rest soon. I'd like to play Baten Kaitos Origins at some point too.

Even though it came out in 2005, I played it in 06, so I love Animal Crossing: Wild World as well. Ahhh, I have such amazing memories with that game.

 

[EdwardTeach]

How do you leave Medieval Total War off the list? Amazing game.

 

[Nocturnowl]

Elite Beat Agents all the way, which is funny because in 2006 itself I'd written the game off entirely.

 

[BadWolf]

God Hand, of course.

 

[Rhomega Beta]

This was a huge year for me. The biggest game for me was the Japan-only game Orbital (GBA), part of the Bit Generations line. I love the simplicity, atmosphere, and fun gameplay.

 

[shinobi602]

Gears of War

Amazing year for games though.

 

[purseowner]

What a year.

Sam & Max: Season One and Okami are my favourites.

Other highlights for me in no order:

Kingdom Hearts II
LEGO Star Wars II
Yakuza
Viva Piñata
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Yoshi's Island DS
Electroplankton

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

Twilight Princess no contest. The game that introduced me to Zelda. The game that made me realise what I'd been missing by never owning a Nintendo console before. So good. First impressions admittedly weren't great as the opening was kind of a bore, but once it got going oh man was it great.

 

[FriedConsole]

Wii Sports.

 

[azyless]

The only titles I played back then on that list are the old DS Final Fantasy and Twilight Princess. So Zelda I guess.

 

[Barry Burton]

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. It didn't quite live up to my expectations, but it's still really great. There also weren't a ton of games that year that I was really into, and of those select few, it was the best.

Runners-up:
Gears of War
Hitman: Blood Money
Okami
Wii Sports

 

[defusal]

Twilight Princess. Probably one of the times I have been most hyped for a game.

 

[Raylan]

Syphon Filter: Dark Mirrior (PSP)

What an amazing game. What an amazing franchise.

 

[roxaloxa]

Not even a question.

 

[HellforLeather]

Blood Money or R6 Vegas....played both of those games to death.

 

[Phediuk]

2006 has got to be one of the weakest years for video games in history.

That said, Company of Heroes, Gears of War, and Bully are all great games.

 

[Nocturnowl]

Twilight Princess no contest. The game that introduced me to Zelda. The game that made me realise what I'd been missing by never owning a Nintendo console before. So good. First impressions admittedly weren't great as the opening was kind of a bore, but once it got going oh man was it great.

I convinced two people who'd never gone all in on a Zelda game before to try TP, the opening almost broke them but they came out loving it in the end.

 

[Toxi]

Not a good year.

Portrait of Ruin I guess?

 

[Hellshadow]

Gears of War and Resistance!

 

[Theslammer]

How do you leave Wii Sports off of this list?

Because I'm not that bright, apparently. >_>

How do you leave Medieval Total War off the list?

I didn't. ^_^

 

[Sub_Level]

Final Fantasy V Advance

 

[Alx]

Full Auto (X360)
Pure, concentrated fun (please come to BC !)

Dead Rising gets credits for originality though.

 

[spekkeh]

Awful year outside of Wii Sports.

So Wii Sports. At that time I would've probably said Twilight Princess but I'd still be in denial. The first few hours of TES Oblivion too, but that game ran out of steam so fast.

 

[PantsuJo]

Outrun 2006.

Of fucking course.

 

[Hobbestetrician]

Twilight Princess. Oblivion, Okami, and Wii Sports as runners-up.

 

[michaelius]

Scary thing but I barely played any single player games at that time

it was all about CS, DoD, Navyfield and online Battletech (megamek.net).

IIRC I only returned to single player games at end of 2007 to get rid of online gaming addiction.

 

[lazygecko]

Dark Messiah was released in 2006 but I didn't play it until 2011. In retrospect, I probably like the game more than anything else released that year. Super tight gameplay (combat is what Oblivion should have been in the first place, and what Skyrim could still not nearly touch even 5 years later and with Bethesda even buying out the devs) and level design, along with visuals that have aged very gracefully compared to contemporary titles (as seems to be consistent with Source engine games)

 

[Drillary Clinton]

Final Fantasy XII. The game is second only to VI in the series. Criminally underrated.

 

[TheDangerMan]

Bully - one of my all time favourites.

Hard to see it happening with the success of RDR and GTA but damn I'd love to see another Bully game.

That said this is a really strong list of games. There are a ton of great titles on that list. Shout outs to Gears of War, Oblivion, Civ4 and FF XII specifically.

 

[Stronginthearm]

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team, FFV, FFXII and LocoRoco.

 

[TheMoon]

You also forgot Baten Kaitos Origins. And Odama. And Excite Truck. And Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz. And Red Steel. And WarioWare: Smooth Moves.

AND MOTHER 3!

^still missing

 

[Squarehard]

I'm guessing we're not counting JP release dates?

 

[oneida]

A somewhat weak year. The games I played that I think are cool:

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS)
Elite Beat Agents (DS)
Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
Half-Life 2: Episode One (PC)
Hitman: Blood Money (360, PS2, Xbox, PC)
LocoRoco (PSP)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PS2)
Neverwinter Nights 2 (PC)
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (PS2, Xbox, PC, PSP)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC, Wii)
Titan Quest (PC)
Wii Sports (Wii)
Yakuza (PS2)

Narrowing it down...

1. OutRun 2006
2. Yakuza
3. Final Fantasy XII
4. MGS3 Subsistence
5. Titan Quest

 

[maxcriden]

Personally I think Yoshi's Island DS is criminally under-appreciated (I know Agent Unknown with his mucho impressive 100% files across several (all?) Yoshi games agrees!) and I wrote a LTTP about it for any interested:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=915370

 

[sixteen-bit]

Mother 3.

Free.

 

[Taruranto]

Xenosaga, absolutely.

 

[Ladekabel]

Kingdom Hearts 2 for me. I was so hyped for it. First game I bought and preordered online. And then it was in my mailbox three or four days later while everybody I was communicating in a Kingdom Hearts Fan Forum already played it. Couldn't sit still in school because I wanted to go home to play it, too.

 

[Gigarator]

Definitely one of the weaker years, I'll have to go with Rainbow Six Vegas I think.

 

[Dog Problems]

I can't decide between Dead Rising or Dreamfall: The Longest Journey. Probably the former.

 

[Fancy Clown]

Condemned: Criminal Origins

 

[Sioul]

Dead Rising, Gears of War and both Guild Wars campaigns

 

[Ranma]

Winning eleven 9