View Poll Results: What is the Best Adventure Game of 2006 | |||
Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine | 4 | 3.48% | |
Ankh | 5 | 4.35% | |
Barrow Hill | 3 | 2.61% | |
Bone: The Great Cow Race | 0 | 0% | |
Broken Sword 4 | 7 | 6.09% | |
Dreamfall | 39 | 33.91% | |
Keepsake | 2 | 1.74% | |
Nancy Drew: Danger by Design / The Creature of Kapu Cave | 0 | 0% | |
Secret Files: Tunguska | 2 | 1.74% | |
Safecracker | 3 | 2.61% | |
Sam & Max: Culture Shock | 20 | 17.39% | |
Scratches | 9 | 7.83% | |
Secrets of Da Vinci | 4 | 3.48% | |
Murder on the Orient Express | 4 | 3.48% | |
Other | 13 | 11.30% | |
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01-02-2007, 05:45 AM | #41 |
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Happy new gaming year everybody! My vote went to Dreamfall, as that was the game I enjoyed the most in 2006. And since I am the only one that counts when giving my vote, it's no use arguing against it. May 2k7 be an even better gaming year than the last one!
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01-02-2007, 06:07 AM | #42 |
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I am playing Dreamfall right now, and enjoying it immensely. And because Dreamfall is the only adventure game that came out last year that I've played so far, I guess for me Dreamfall is the best adventure game of 2006.
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01-02-2007, 06:27 AM | #43 |
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Hm...why is the vote closed now?
I realize I've played half of the games on the list, so I spent quite a lot of time adventuregaming in 2006! Here is the best ones, in my opinion 1)Al Emmo - a very funny game for old school adventurers. 2)Secrets files of Tunguska - Good story, good puzzles. 3)Secrets of Da Vinchi - Normally I hate first person games, but this one has some elements that's refreshingly new. And a good story too. The biggest disappointment was Dreamfall. It is not a totally bad game, but couldn't reach the high standards set by The Longest Journey. The story is still very good, but the gameplay and the puzzles was no good. |
01-02-2007, 06:42 AM | #44 | |
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I think the vote is closed because it said so right there on the poll . For what it's worth, I think one more week to vote wouldn't have hurt. I also enjoyed those other games you mentioned. Dreamfall just comes first due to appeal to me. And a good story. I highly enjoy playing stories.
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01-02-2007, 03:30 PM | #45 |
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I must say, it's very odd that everyone said that Dreamfall was an incredible disappointment, but yet it gets all the votes.
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01-02-2007, 03:35 PM | #46 |
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Maybe the people, like me, who actually loved the game, aren't the same that the ones who complain...
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01-02-2007, 05:16 PM | #47 |
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Shit, seems I'm too late to actually vote, but it would have been The Great Cow Race. The game doesn't provide anything particularly new but is very polished, pretty atmospheric, offers a decent degree of non-linearity and is very well designed with well thought out puzzles and hell of a lot to interact with. Sam & Max shares a lot of these qualities but I think loses something with the highly simplified interface and overall seems slightly less confident. Dreamfall was a mixture of great moments and jaw-droppingly incompetent ones. Think those were the only adventures I've played from this year, though it's likely I'll get around to BS4, The Shivah, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened and Secrets of Leonardo at some point.
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01-03-2007, 07:16 AM | #48 |
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Exactly. And remember: it is claimed it is not even an AG. A couple of hours' worth of silly puzzles and these critics would have been content.
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01-03-2007, 07:25 AM | #49 |
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... 98, 108 or even 1,008 votes does not a great game make, especially with such a narrow selection.
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01-03-2007, 08:20 AM | #50 |
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Sam & Max shoulden't be in there, I think. Its not a full game.
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01-03-2007, 09:18 AM | #51 |
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In that case, Dreamfall shouldn't be in there because it's not a full game.
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01-03-2007, 09:24 AM | #52 |
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Scratches for me but I missed the deadline.
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01-03-2007, 09:40 AM | #53 |
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I passed on voting because none of the games on that list deserve title of best adventure game of the year in my opinion.
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01-03-2007, 09:50 AM | #54 |
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I was too late to vote, but I'm going to say "Safecracker" wins in my book although I don't find it to be earth shattering by any stretch. Ankh and Evidence come in a close.
Count me in for the Dreamfall haters. I like adventure games because they tickle your brain. Dreamfall doesn't. Its a storytelling game with no real challenge. But I guess this is what people prefer (See Fahrenheit last year).
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01-22-2007, 04:35 AM | #55 |
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I've played about a dozen 2006 adventure releases, and liked best: Scratches, Tunguska and Orient Express, in that order. For 2007, I've just finished The Secrets of Atlantis: The Sacred Legacy (aka Atlantis 5) and feel that will be well up there when I'm looking at 2007 "winners."
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01-22-2007, 06:05 AM | #56 |
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I'm also too late to vote. I'd probably have voted for Keepsake, despite the voices.
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01-22-2007, 01:11 PM | #57 |
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Dreamfall was great - I love that style of game play - I thought Sam and Max would win hands down....who knew?!! (I didn't get a chance to vote, though)
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01-22-2007, 01:15 PM | #58 |
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Yeah, sorry about that. I figured 3 weeks would be enough time for everyone, but I was wrong. I'd like to do this poll again, now that more people have had a chance to play more 2006 games. I'll drop the games that got zero votes last time, and replace them with games from the "other" category.
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