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Vampyre Story, Gray Matter, Runaway 2, Culpa Innata, City of Metronome, Simon the Sorcerer 4..
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City of Metronome isn't even in production right now; it has no publisher or funding. It's not going to be coming out in '07, even if it gets a publisher tomorrow.
Back to the topic at hand, the best adventure game I played this year was Scratches, which received four stars. I thought that was a fitting rating for it; it was an excellent game, but it didn't push any boundaries. The story, acting and puzzles were what made it great, but the gameplay itself was simple first-person point-and-click. Four stars was good; I might've given it four and a half at most.
Some of the games this year, however, got really inexplicable ratings. Barrow Hill got four stars? It had a barely-there story, run-of-the-mill puzzles, and one of the worst endings I've ever experienced in an adventure game of the past five years. I'd've given it 2.5 at most. And Secret Files: Tunguska with 3.5? It had a cut-and-paste conspiracy story with a different MacGuffin, awful voice acting, ridiculous, and contrived puzzles. If it hadn't been for the "hotspot highlight" feature I think I would've eaten the CD and enjoyed myself more.
All in all, it was a mediocre year for adventure gaming in my eyes.
