Favorite Developer

So, the forums are moving slowly. For my own amusement I wanted to post this and let everyone debate his/her/it's favorite dev and why.

Personally, Id have to say Valve, just for their track record of perfection. Never has there been a bad Valve game(Im not counting Half-Life source, since it was really a tacked on afterthought). Think about it for a second. Half-Life 1 and 2 changed FPS's, the Episodes continue to be fun. Portal and L4D are 2 of the best original IPs in recent memory. Counter-Strike had a 10million userbase at its peak. If any dev has set high standards and then stuck to them, its Valve.

Also, I think as a publisher, EA has made the most amazing turn-around this year. Publishing games from Vavle, Epic, and also Rage and Brutal Legend. They actually improved their sports games(at least Madden, I dont know or care about the rest), released several great titles recently (Burnout, Dead Space, Mirrors Edge, Battlefield) and in general quit all their bullshit that makes us hate them.

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Infinity Ward.

Name the last bad game they've made. Varied? No. Original, arguable, but Infinity Ward games have sucked away hours of my life.

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Blizzard. they never make a bad game, whether you like WoW or not its the best MMo ever made, and the most succesful to boot.

Iv spent lots of time on Starcraft and Warcraft :)

And

Bioware, best rpg maker in the buisness, i still hope that EA hasnt destroyed them.

Epic Games.  Ever since Unreal they've always pushed technology to it's limits. Which not only has made their games awesome, but other developer's games better too.  The games they make are for hardcore competetive gamers, they don't give 2 shits about nubs.  The games are balanced and skill based.  They also release very nice tools with their games for the community to create mods and levels, and continue to support their games after release, with free maps and content (although that is changing since they aren't doing PC games).

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

Atari.... j/k 

Valve for certain.

Then you can expect great games from big names like:
Rockstar
Konami internal devs
Capcom internal devs
SquEnix
Ubisoft Montreal/Paris

Flashes of brilliance have come from the likes of:
IO interactive
Remedy
Quantic Dream
SimBin (most of the talent have left to form Blimey Games)
ISI (made the engines behind some of the best racing sims)

Lionhead ..

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After playing L4D it's now a tie between Valve and Bioware.

id Software
Rockstar North
Ubisoft Montreal
SCE Santa Monica Studio
Kojima Productions
Capcom Production Studio 4

mastachefbkw


After playing L4D it's now a tie between Valve and Bioware.

I didnt think of Bioware. Theyre definatley in my top 5.

And to VX:
Regardless of the fact that WoW (and most MMO's in general) is trash, Blizzard still made Warcraft, so they are auto-greatness.

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Valve
Deadline Games(Because I met some of them, and they're Danish :))
Ubi Montreal(If I can forgive them for the awful Shaun White junk)
Rockstar
IO Interactive
Infinity Ward

Sega without a doubt.

From my Master system to the end of the Dreamcast Sega has always given me the thing I was looking for.

Outrun, Space Harrier, Afterburner, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Sonic, Vectorman, Virtua Fighter, Sega Rally, Phantasy Star, Panzer Dragoon, Shinobi, Skies of Arcadia, Jet Set Radio, Shenmue,...and that's just the stuff that comes to my mind right away.

Sega has made so many good franchises and/or games and a lot of them are classics.

Sonic might not be as great as he used to be that doesn't mean that Sega doesn't make great games anymore. They still make good games and have a  hidden gem from time to time the most recent one being Valkyria Chronicles.

Just looking at what they'll be bringing me this year makes them my favorite. I'd have to say from all the developers out there they have the most impressive line up for 2009 so far for me. With games like House of the dead: Overkill, MadWorld, Bayonetta, Sonic and the black knight, OutRun Online Arcade.

And if we're lucky we might also see Phantasy Star 0, Yakuza Kenzan and Yakuza 3 this year.

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HotD: Overkill isn't being developed by SEGA.
MadWorld isn't being developed by SEGA.
Bayonetta isn't being developed by SEGA.

AM2 is usually pretty damn awesome with very few disappointments from my standpoint.

Criterion is also awesome, though I didn't give a crap about Black.

Demonoroth


Sega without a doubt.

From my Master system to the end of the Dreamcast Sega has always given me the thing I was looking for.

Outrun, Space Harrier, Afterburner, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Sonic, Vectorman, Virtua Fighter, Sega Rally, Phantasy Star, Panzer Dragoon, Shinobi, Skies of Arcadia, Jet Set Radio, Shenmue,...and that's just the stuff that comes to my mind right away.

Sega has made so many good franchises and/or games and a lot of them are classics.

Sonic might not be as great as he used to be that doesn't mean that Sega doesn't make great games anymore. They still make good games and have a  hidden gem from time to time the most recent one being Valkyria Chronicles.

Just looking at what they'll be bringing me this year makes them my favorite. I'd have to say from all the developers out there they have the most impressive line up for 2009 so far for me. With games like House of the dead: Overkill, MadWorld, Bayonetta, Sonic and the black knight, OutRun Online Arcade.

And if we're lucky we might also see Phantasy Star 0, Yakuza Kenzan and Yakuza 3 this year.

Now, SEGA would be a hard one.. while SEGA inhouse titles clearly was in the top 3 of almost every single genre you can think of. (no other company matches this at ANY point).  Since Dreamcast, ive been constantly been let down (bar Outrun 2 and VF5).. But overall, yeah, it'll have to be SEGA.

In it's short Life, Dreamcast was by far the best console ive ever owned..  So yeah, SEGA. Oh and VF5 is by far visually the best looking game to have been seen outta my PS3 and 360. VF team are mostly consisted of original SEGA employees, so it just goes to show.

2nd has to be 'recently experimentalists' Nintendo.. Can put their mind to anything and it'll usually show-up it's competition. Too much ideas, creativeness and talant within.

id for Quake 3
Valve for the HL series


Ive notice people mention alot of western Developers. Alot of these (some under different names and combinations), had games ranging from the 16bit era and were absolute utter shit next to SEGA and Nintendo titles which they were in complete competition with.

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Too bad this isnt still the 16Bit era, and Sega and Nintendos games are utter shit now compared to the devs we listed.

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_Majik_


HotD: Overkill isn't being developed by SEGA.
MadWorld isn't being developed by SEGA.
Bayonetta isn't being developed by SEGA.

Ooh yeah kinda forgot headstrong doing HotD and the other two are Platinum games.


Which reminds me. I forgot to mention Platinum games (clover) in my last post.

Making Viewtiful Joe and Okami...yeah they're on my list for that. Also with what they're making now I'm sure they'll deserve to be on it. They already announced two of their games for which they made a partnership with Sega. I'm wondering as what the third will be since that was the deal. A shame Capcom owns the rights for Okami and Viewtiful Joe would have loved to see them make another one of those.

Can also put Kojima productions on that list. I want them to make another Zone of the Enders and Snatcher.

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Psygnosis (still around in some form as Sony Liverpool). WipEout, G-Police, Colony Wars. Thank you and good night.

Kojima Productions
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Team Ico
Naughty Dog

Ive notice people mention alot of western Developers. Alot of these (some under different names and combinations), had games ranging from the 16bit era and were absolute utter shit next to SEGA and Nintendo titles which they were in complete competition with.

Mmmm i cant really spot any of those, tell me which?

immortaldanmx


Too bad this isnt still the 16Bit era, and Sega and Nintendos games are utter shit now compared to the devs we listed.

Yeah right, The Latest core Nintendo and SEGA titles such as SMG and VF5 are flawless. Have yet to play any title(s) this genereation that are as perfectly crafted.

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Yeah right, The Latest core Nintendo and SEGA titles such as SMG and VF5 are flawless.

Yeah, SMG, the same concept as M64, but with a slightly different plot. And VF5 pressing X hasn't changed since the PS1. And why the fuck is SEGA even mentioned? Other than Panzer Dragoon for the Xbox, they haven't done shit since SA released in '99. The only thing relatively worth mentioning is the first Condemned. 

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immortaldanmx


Too bad this isnt still the 16Bit era, and Sega and Nintendos games are utter shit now compared to the devs we listed.

Yeah right, The Latest core Nintendo and SEGA titles such as SMG and VF5 are flawless. Have yet to play any title(s) this genereation that are as perfectly crafted.

Somebody yank the internet jack from his 20th century stasis pod.  

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mastachefbkw


VF5 pressing X hasn't changed since the PS1.

Not like shooters changed much either, sure some added a few little things here and there but 90% is still the same as it was back then. So every studio making shooters ain't good either if your reasoning is to be applied. So there goes Valve, Infinity Ward and Epic games from the list of everybody. 

Other than Panzer Dragoon for the Xbox, they haven't done shit since SA released in '99. The only thing relatively worth mentioning is the first Condemned.

The Sakura Taisen series on ps2 was good, the last outrun wasn't bad either, the Yakuza series. Gunvalkyrie on xbox wasn't bad either and Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II.

The Condemned series ain't bad either and Valkyria Chronicles made by their Overworks studio is easily one of the best games of well by now last year.

Everybody is just giving Sega to much of a hard time. For the people who like the stuff they make they still do a good job. If you don't like their stuff then there's no real point in talking about it now is there.

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And why the fuck is SEGA even mentioned? Other than Panzer Dragoon for the Xbox, they haven't done shit since SA released in '99. The only thing relatively worth mentioning is the first Condemned. 

Ummm hello?  Super Monkey Ball is one of the greatest games ever.  Sure, it's not all brown and gray and it isn't an FPS shitfest which is why it didn't doesn't interest the majority of players, but it is, by far, one of the best playing games of the previous generation.  Came long after Sonic Adventure.  And despite the hate it gets on these forums due to how often it comes up, Shenmue 1 and 2 were friggin' great as well.

I don't consider Sonic Adventure to be very good.  I tried playing it recently and it is really poor.  I can't believe people remember Panzer Dragoon Orta but forget Super Monkey Ball.  People have such selective memories.  You all sicken me!  Please become better forum members!

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mastachefbkw


VF5 pressing X hasn't changed since the PS1.

Not like shooters changed much either, sure some added a few little things here and there but 90% is still the same as it was back then. So every studio making shooters ain't good either if your reasoning is to be applied. So there goes Valve, Infinity Ward and Epic games from the list of everybody. 

Other than Panzer Dragoon for the Xbox, they haven't done shit since SA released in '99. The only thing relatively worth mentioning is the first Condemned.

The Sakura Taisen series on ps2 was good, the last outrun wasn't bad either, the Yakuza series. Gunvalkyrie on xbox wasn't bad either and Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II.

The Condemned series ain't bad either and Valkyria Chronicles made by their Overworks studio is easily one of the best games of well by now last year.

Everybody is just giving Sega to much of a hard time. For the people who like the stuff they make they still do a good job. If you don't like their stuff then there's no real point in talking about it now is there.

When the best you can say for a developer is "it wasnt bad", maybe its time to get the fanboy dick out of the mouth and realize SEGA is garbage. 1-2 games a year that arent complete ass wont change that.

And Chef, you forgot JSRF in 2001. "Understand, understand, understand, understand, the concept of love" and "hey she baby tee". God I still have dreams set to the music from that game.

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Not like shooters changed much either, sure some added a few little things here and there but 90% is still the same as it was back then. So every studio making shooters ain't good either if your reasoning is to be applied. So there goes Valve, Infinity Ward and Epic games from the list of everybody.

Um...no. FPSs tend to have a story line, different controls/features, and different types of multiplayer. And how the fuck are anything made by Valve, IW, and Epic the same. They're nothing alike reallly, except for the fact that they're in the same genre.

The Sakura Taisen series on ps2 was good, the last outrun wasn't bad either, the Yakuza series. Gunvalkyrie on xbox wasn't bad either and Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II.

Just for the Phantasy Star statement, your opinion is invalid.

Everybody is just giving Sega to much of a hard time. For the people who like the stuff they make they still do a good job. If you don't like their stuff then there's no real point in talking about it now is there.

You're completely missing the point. People give Sega a 'hard time' because they used to be fucking amazing, but now are mediocre...no, they're not even that anymore.

Ummm hello?  Super Monkey Ball is one of the greatest games ever.

I will give you that. Monkey Ball was a pretty good game, but I don't think it was worth full price when I could easily go find a flash game with the same quality and probably longer gameplay.

A - Please link to a flash game that has the same quality as the original Super Monkey Ball.  Betcha can't.

B - Link to a flash game like that which also existed in 2001.

A- Insert game not made for 10 year old
B- Watch as all SMB fans get butthurt

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A- Play G-Police
B- Have no further use for eyes

G-Police fucking rocked. As did Colony Wars. Their sequels were kickass too.

We used to have a poster here who worked on Red Sun. Not sure why he stopped posting.

You're preaching to the choir, mate :D

What was the poster's name/alias?

Ikashiru. He's a university lecturer now.

A - Please link to a flash game that has the same quality as the original Super Monkey Ball.  Betcha can't.

B - Link to a flash game like that which also existed in 2001.

Sigh. Joe. Fuck. You.

Really, too many fucking idiots on this forum.

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Really, too many fucking idiots on this forum.

If you left and took demonoroth with you I think we would be pretty set.

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mastachefbkw

A - Please link to a flash game that has the same quality as the original Super Monkey Ball.  Betcha can't.

B - Link to a flash game like that which also existed in 2001.

While I respect your opinion, good sir, my experience suggests the contrary.

Fixorred.

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Goodness gracious, there are certainly some outspoken fellows around these parts.

Faxorred.

/peace and love

Just to add my two penneth.

I would say Lionhead (for admitting that fable had flaws and for making a vast improvement with fable 2, honesty goes along way.)

Epic for again making an improvement to one of their titles and admitting there are flaws and trying to rectify them (Does anyone see where this is going?)

One dev that has gone down in my eyes is Infinity Ward, yes the game is good and pushed the boundaries, but the fact that they leave such exploits in CoD4 has tarnished the game I hope they sort it out for CoD6 lost in space or whatever they call it.

but the fact that they leave such exploits in CoD4 has tarnished the game

Huh?

Edit: Aaah. Exploits as in glitching. On the same page now.

On that note though, Activision Blizzard is easily my least favorite developer of the year. They're doing exactly what EA was doing in the early 2000s, and it's going to come back to bite them in the ass. Guarantee it.

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Not like shooters changed much either,

Sorry... what?

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Lolwut? Most of the glitches in CoD4 are most likely too time consuming to fix or un-fixable. Either way, glitching isnt really that rampant unless 1 of the teams are garbage enough to wait around for the other team to try.

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