2006 Games Poll (poll is up - see link)

[Saber Cherry]

My list.


I already have:

Civilization 4 (I regret buying it - it was released at late alpha / early beta.)
Valkyrie Profile (did not have time to play it last semester; rerelease & sequel will be out this year)
Battle for Wesnoth (v1.0 released recently)


I will probably buy:

Dominions 3
Dragon Quest 8 (highest JRPG review score in quite a while...)
Galactic Civilizations 2
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (I'd settle for Elder Scrolls 3 bug-free )


I might buy:

Land of Legends
Wierd Worlds
Space Empires V (if micromanagement is vastly reduced, the population model becomes realistic, and the AI is much better)


I watching, with fingers crossed:

Heroes of Might and Magic V (unknown developer, but screenshots look awesome!)
Supreme Commander (Total Annihilation sequel, by Chris Taylor)
The Witcher
Gothic III
Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana 2 (Super cute!!!!)
Valkyrie Profile: Silmaria
Jagged Alliance 3/3D/Disciples III (all same developer)


I will not buy (but others might):

World of Warcraft Expansion (too much wasted time on base game...)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (no Gamecube, but it looks like the first good Zelda since Zelda III, IMO.)


Edit: Removed "Hellgate: London" from my buy list after further information was revealed.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

On the list of things I want to at least check out: Space Empires V, Elder Scrolls IV, Hero (RPG) System, Homeworld 2, D20 Future, I've heard a rumour of an Honorverse computer game (Liscensing problems apparently got a HW2 mod shut down, forgot to bookmark link), hope Heroes of Might and Magic V is good, maybe get HOMM IV, Civilization 4 (Demo was fun, but seemed light to me).

And keep an eye on Shrapnel products, of course.

That's all I can remember now.

[isodea]

Most likely buy:
Dom 3
Oblivion
Sword of the Stars (wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_the_Stars) (developer site * forums currently undergoing a server upgrade till Tues. I believe and may be unreachable)
Armed Assualt (AKA Opereration Flashpoint 2, actually OFP2 is ALSO in development so AA is a separate game, screwey publisher issue) - http://www.bistudio.com/index.php

watchlist:
Gothic 3
Hellgate London
Space Empires V
Spore - http://spore.ea.com/
Supreme Commander
Roma Victor - http://www.roma-victor.com/
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea - http://www.pt-boats.net/
The Guild II - http://www.the-guild.com/
Pirates of the Burning Sea (MMORPG) - http://www.burningsea.com/
netKarPRO - http://www.netkar-pro.com/ (most active discussion forum - http://forum.rscnet.org/forumdisplay.php?f=244 (screenshots - http://www.bhmotorsports.com/NKPRO/screenshots

And I would buy Zelda if I had a cube still heheh.
Yes, I passed on Civ 4 for now. Some good mods might surface someday though. Like Alpha Centuari mod.

[Agrajag]

Well, my list is short, and seems less... nichey than other people's, but here goes:
Heroes of Might and Magic V - This one is almost a 100% sure purchase, even if it won't be too good.
Gothic 3 - Will have to check this out, I heard the previous ones were great but never got a chance to play them.
Supreme Commander - This one is a pretty sure purchase as well.
Unreal Tournament 2007 - I really liked the previous ones, a very good game for playing casualy because its just a mindless shooting game.
Dominions III - This one is obvious, so I put it in the end.

EDIT: Not that anyone will notice this, but I'm also looking forward to Spore.

[Endoperez]

I really enjoyed Beyond Good & Evil, so I might buy the King Kong game made by the same team. It's only been promised 10 hours of game-time though.

Some of the games mentioned here I'll probably want to read more about. The Witcher is the one I'm most interested in ATM. On the other hand, I've never played any of the Gothic games, and if a collection is released I might buy that.
Besides those, Dominions III.

I don't play many games, and generally won't bother to read about upcoming games. I might buy independent Lugaru, which has an intriguing concept. There probably are better ways to spend that money, but few people deserve it as much as its programmer. Ragdoll, physics, self-made 3d models, variation created by clever skinning, and a huge amount of combat animations...

[Cainehill]

Interested in a lot of the games you mentioned, Cherry. Others :

Just bought (in 2006) :

Starships Unlimited 3 Dev Site / Forums - The Weird Worlds demo didn't do it for me, but got me in the mood for a MOO-type game.
Neverwinter Nights Diamond (big, well regarded, PC RPG)
XMen Legends II : Console Superhero Goodness

Also looking out for Elder Scrolls IV, GalCiv II, HellGate London, Valkyrie Profile (if it's new, not just a re-release).

May get Civ IV, once they patch it enough and the price goes down.

[Boron]

Most games i await for 2006 have already been posted. Surprisingly though one of my favourite Developers is missing:
Paradox Interactive.

Early 2006 they will release Hoi 2 Doomsday.
http://www.paradoxplaza.com/


Promising Indy Games:
Soldiers of Empires, a mix between Panzer General and War in Russia.
http://www.igorlab.com/index.htm
2006 they might finish SoE 2 which will include the western theater as well.

Freeware, gets constantly further developed, so new Versions every few months:
Megamek, turn based tactic game based on the Battletech-Boardgames.
http://megamek.sourceforge.net/idx.php?pg=main