Destination: 2007 | the year of Assassin's Creed, BioShock, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Crysis, God of War II, Halo 3, Mass Effect, Portal, The Witcher, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Travel time: March-April 2023
Travel guide: link
Other travels: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

List of Games:
• 18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul
• A Tale of Two Kingdoms
• A.I.M. Racing
• Ankh 2: Heart of Osiris
• Anno 1701: The Sunken Dragon
• Aquaria
• Ascension to the Throne
• Assassin's Creed
• Battlestations: Midway
• Bee Movie Game
• Ben 10: Protector of Earth
• BioShock
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Close Combat: Modern Tactics
• Command ＆ Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
• Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
• Crash of the Titans
• Crysis
• Death to Spies
• Def Jam: Icon
• Depths of Peril
• Empire Earth 3
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
• Europa Universalis III
• Fantasy Wars
• FIFA 08
• Forza Motorsport 2
• Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power
• Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar
• Gemsweeper
• God of War II
• Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
• Half-Life 2: Episode Two
• Halo 3
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Heavenly Sword
• Hurricane
• Jack Keane
• Kane and Lynch: Dead Men
• Knytt Stories
• Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
• Manhunt 2
• Mass Effect
• Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms
• Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
• Mia's Big Adventure Collection: The Bugaboo Bugs
• Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
• Overclocked: A History of Violence
• Overlord
• Painkiller: Overdose
• Peggle
• Penumbra
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
• Portal
• Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
• Ratatouille
• Rock Band
• Sam ＆ Max: Beyond Time and Space
• Sega Rally Revo
• Shadowgrounds Survivor
• Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
• Silverfall
• Sinking Island
• Soldier of Fortune: Payback
• Spider-Man 3
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
• Stranglehold
• Sudden Strike 3
• Super Mario Galaxy
• Supreme Commander
• TAGAP: The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins
• Team Fortress 2
• TimeShift
• The Darkness
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles
• The Fish Fillets II
• The Guild 2: Pirates of the European Seas
• The Legend Of Spyro: The Eternal Night
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
• The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
• The Orange Box
• The Simpsons Game
• The Witcher
• Thrillville: Off the Rails
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
• Tomb Raider: Anniversary
• Transformers: The Game
• Trilby: The Art of Theft
• Two Worlds
• UFO: Afterlight
• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
• What Makes You Tick?
• World in Conflict
• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
• WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008
• Zombie Shooter

Time travellers:
- PaterAlf (☆ Penumbra Overture)
- pablodusk (☆ Jack Keane)

☆ – games played / declared to be played
★ – games completed

As per usual, any help with adding missing titles and removing those belonging to other years is greatly appreciated.

Out of the current list, played Two Worlds (review) and Ascension to the Throne (review), plus The Witcher, but in that case, since I played the Enhanced Edition (review), if you count it as somewhat different then it'd go under 2008.

I'm counting the original released version of The Witcher here. I linked it to the Enhanced Edition because it's the only version available to buy.

Speaking of it, I played The Witcher for the first time 2 or 3 years ago. I had lots of people telling me that I should go straight to 3, because not only it's the better game but also because I wouldn't be missing much. I'm so glad I ignored their recommendation.

I loved Witcher 1. It's a rough game, no doubt, but it there's just something special about it that I cannot really describe it. And by the time I got to 3, I was so much more invested in the world and the characters than I would have been, had I skipped 1 and 2.

So yeah, I understand that people tend to dismiss it, but I truly believe that if they have the patience and the will to give it a chance, they'll be in for a great time.

A few other entries :

- Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space (original version)
- Übersoldier II
- Driver : Parallel Lines
- Broken Sword : The Angel of Death

Some more, at a quick look, now sorting by highest rated by whatever the new aggregate mobyscore is. Damn what crap they did with that site... Anyway, those above 8.0 at the moment:

A Tale of Two Kingdoms
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
The Fish Fillets II
Gemsweeper
Hurrican
Knytt Stories
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Anniversary
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
Mia's Big Adventure Collection: The Bugaboo Bugs
Episodes 3-6 of Sam & Max Save the World, and the full bundle I guess
Sam & Max: Season Two - Episode 1: Ice Station Santa
TAGAP: The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins
Trilby: The Art of Theft
What Makes You Tick?

Maybe:
Gears of War (PC version, with some differences from the X360 one of 2006)

Expansions:
Anno 1701: The Sunken Dragon
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles
Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar
Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer

I added Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space, thanks.

As for the others:
- Übersoldier II seems to have been released in 2008. Maybe it was released in Russia in 2007?

- Driver : Parallel Lines was originally released in 2006 for consoles. Only the PC version was 2007. Since I consider the original release data, independently of the platform, I didn't list it.

- Broken Sword : The Angel of Death this one seems to be from 2006 too.

Your'e right for Übersoldier II, but for Driver and BS, I trusted GOG release data base as 2007...

I think I've only played Shadow of Chernobyl and The Witcher from this list.
Shadow of Chernobyl is a great game, maybe the best shooter I've ever played. But I don't think I can ever play it again, somehow would feel strange given the real war in Ukraine.
The Witcher is also fine, but tbh I didn't like the combat system at all. Those sex cards were a nice idea though.

After I've finished my game from 2006, I will travel on to the next year. I will play Penumbra (Penumbra Overture to be more specific). Survival horror isn't really my genre, so I'm curious how I'll like it and if I can make it to the end.

World in Conflict is on the list which I loved back in the day. but I tried to play it shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine and just could not stomach it, for similar reason you mentioned about STALKER.

Added the missing ones.

Tomb Raider: Anniversary was already on the list.
Gears of War is a game from 2006. The PC version is the same but with a few more levels added in.

Thank you.

GOG not always list the very original release date for the games. For Driver: PL they might be considering the PC version. For BS, it's possible that they're considering the NA release date, which is 13 February 2007.

Yeah, I think is the worst mechanic in the game, especially compared to more modern ones.

Isn't there mods to make this better though? I think I saw some. Just signed you up. Have fun!

I haven't played the later Witcher games yet, don't know if their combat system is really better, my impression is they're more like action games in a way...so also not that great for an rpg fan.
But I suppose the strength of the Witcher games lies more in general atmosphere, the characters and the story, the combat isn't all that important.

Back in 2007 I played mostly freeware games. Most of your games on the list are some of the best freeware releases of that year. I can wholeheartedly recommend TAGAP: The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins (an amazing 2D shooter that even had two sequels), Hurrican (a Turrican remake), A Tale of Two Kingdoms (a Sierra style adventure game which got a commercial release later) and Trilby: The Art of Theft (a platform stealth game made with the AGS engine).