I was about to say Samorost 2 got a 4.5, but I see that came out late '05. Man, where the heck did 2006 go?
I agree, though. No game that came out last year really deserved to be in that "classic" category. Quite a few pretty good games, but no real exceptional ones.
One trend I'm really starting to see in adventures is that developers continue to play to their strengths, but rarely address their weaknesses. So we keep ending up with games that are best described as "almost, but not quite".
Maybe this is reality for a modern day adventure developer, though maybe it's a sign of inflexibility, too. Hard to say, and the answer may just be different in each case.
I'm also looking forward to Experience112 and Overclocked, and the new Phoenix Wright should be a winner, but there are also a few games coming from first-time (adventure) developers that show a lot of promise. I really hope one or more of them will blow us all away.
