Demonoroth
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.

Agreed. Quite a surprising and refreshing title. Also, Yu Suzuki.

I'm quite fond of Naughty Dog. They've come a long way and I believe their most realized game to date is Uncharted. I can't wait for the sequel.

Other than that I can't really thinking of one development team that has consistently released great games, but I can think great game designers that have:
- Shinji Mikami
- Shigesato Itoi
- Katsuya Eguchi
- Toshiro Tsuchida

I also think there are promising developers that have yet to release any games, such as:
Platinum Games Inc. I think this one is self explanatory.
Armature Studios. A new small studio run by some ex-key members of Retro Studios. They have a very interesting business model.
   

The only "glitch" that is really that exploitable are the people with modded controllers to shoot the semiautomatic weapons super fast.  I've seen them in several games but I haven't actually been killed by one before.

Of all time nintendo & Square/Enix, they haven't made much good recently but the best games I have ever played were made by them.

As of recently, I would say Bioware & Blizzard.

immortaldanmx

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.

How many does Kojima Productions/Konami release per year that are extremely great? Just to give one example. This goes for most other developers for that matter. 


@ Eddie : about the FPS progression. Of course graphics have changed and there's more things like physics now. But I think that the point here was that many games/genres still have the same basic mechanics as they did in the beginning because they work. And if a "certain company" wants to change the input method/way of controlling, people don't like it either ;)

For me personally then, some teams that I like : 
Sega in general for Yakuza these days. Konami for MGS and Silent Hill, Capcom for a few things too. Ico Team, Grasshopper, Rockstar. Although I must say that I don't really see any of them as a clear favorite. But these are a few that stand out a bit for me.

Franchises by SEGA:

18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker
2 SPICY
After Burner
Alex Kidd
Alien Front Online
Alien Soldier
Alien Storm
Alien Syndrome
Altered Beast
Amazing Island
Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin,
Arabian Fight
Baku Baku Animal
Beach Spikers
Beyond Oasis
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
Blazing Heroes Sega Saturn
Bleach DS
Blood Will Tell
Blue Stinger
Bonanza Brothers
Boy Kanipan
Brave Fire Fighters
Bug! Sega Saturn
Burning Rangers
Cannon Spike
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse Sega Mega Drive
Chu Chu Rocket
Clockwork Knight
Club Kart
Columns
Comix Zone
Confidential Mission
Cool Riders
Cosmic Carnage
Cosmic Smash
Crazy Taxi
Crusader of Centy
Crush P
Dark Savior
Daytona USA
Decap Attack
Deep Fear
Dragon Force
Dragon Treasure
Dynamite Baseball
Dynamite Cop
Dynamite Dux
ESWAT Cyber Police
Ecco the Dolphin
Emergency Call Ambulance
Enemy Zero
Fantasy Zone
Fatal Labyrinth
Feel the Magic: XY/XX
Ferrari F355 Challenge Arcade
Fighters Megamix
Fighting Vipers
Flicky Arcade
G-LOC:
Galaxy Force
Ghost Squad
Golden Axe
GP Rider
Hang-On
Headhunter
House of the Dead
Jet Set Radio
Key of Avalon
Kid Chameleon
King of Route 66
Landstalker
J-League Pro Soccer
Light Crusader
The Maze of the Kings
Magic Knight Rayearth 
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Monaco GP
Mushi King
Mystic Defender
Napple Tale
NHL 2K
NiGHTS
Ocean Hunter
Ollie King
The Ooze
Out Run
Outtrigger
Panzer Dragoon
Phantasy Star
Pro Wrestling
Propeller Arena
Psy-Phi
Puyo Pop Fever
Quartet
Quest of D
1998
Rent-A-Hero
Rez / Rez HD
Ristar
Sakura Wars
Sangokushi Taisen
Samba De Amigo
Scud Race
Sega Bass Fishing
Sega Driving Simulator
Segagaga
Sega GT
Sega Rally Championship
Sega Tetris
Sega Touring Car Championship
Sega Worldwide Soccer
Silhouette Mirage
Shenmue
Shining
Shinobi
Skies of Arcadia
Sky Target
Sonic the Hedgehog
Space Channel 5
Space Harrier
Spider-Man: The Video Game Arcade
Spikeout
Star Wars Arcade
Streets of Rage
Super Monkey Ball
Super Thunder Blade
Sword of Vermilion
The Conduit
Three Dirty Dwarves
ToeJam & Earl
Total War
Toy Commander
Vampire Night
Vectorman
Virtua Cop
Virtua Fighter
Virtua Racing
Virtua Striker
Virtua Tennis
Virtua Quest
Virtual On
Wild Riders
Winter Heat
Wonder Boy
World Grand Prix
World Series Baseball
Yakuza
Zaxxon Arcade,
Zombie Revenge

emofag


Of all time nintendo & Square/Enix, they haven't made much good recently but the best games I have ever played were made by them.

I agree with this. I would say Square is more guilty than Nintendo though. Nintendo's last batch of games don't break the mold of what they've done before with their series (Zelda TP and SSBB as perfect examples) but are still pretty awesome. Square on the other hand, other than their handheld games (TWEWY and FFVIICC were superb) their recent console output leaves much to be desired.

Favorite developers not limited to just this generation: Sega, Capcom, Konami and Namco...




Favorite developers of the current generation of gaming: Capcom and Konami. I hate to say it but Sega just hasn't been 'Bringing It' as much as they should this generation. There's still plenty of time for that to change, but I NEED another Sega game to wipe the bad taste that Golden Axe left in my mouth a couple weeks ago. Valkyria Chronicles might just be the ticket.

I wish Yu Suzuki would get off of his friggin a$$ and do a proper Space Harrier sequel. Sega also needs to do a sequel to Super Hang-On and port most of their Model 3 & Model 3 step 2 games to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. They could include 4 or 5 games in each volume.

Also, retire Sonic for a while and bring back Alex Kidd. So much can be done with the Kidd whereas Sonic needs to go away for a little while.

Other than that I can't really thinking of one development team that has consistently released great games, but I can think great game designers that have:
- Shinji Mikami
- Shigesato Itoi
- Katsuya Eguchi
- Toshiro Tsuchida

So...do you play anything that's not Wapanese?

VF:

Franchises by SEGA:

18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker
2 SPICY
After Burner
Alex Kidd
Alien Front Online
Alien Soldier
Alien Storm
Alien Syndrome
Altered Beast
Amazing Island
Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin,
Arabian Fight
Baku Baku Animal
Beach Spikers
Beyond Oasis
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
Blazing Heroes Sega Saturn
Bleach DS
Blood Will Tell
Blue Stinger
Bonanza Brothers
Boy Kanipan
Brave Fire Fighters
Bug! Sega Saturn
Burning Rangers
Cannon Spike
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse Sega Mega Drive
Chu Chu Rocket
Clockwork Knight
Club Kart
Columns
Comix Zone
Confidential Mission
Cool Riders
Cosmic Carnage
Cosmic Smash
Crazy Taxi
Crusader of Centy
Crush P
Dark Savior
Daytona USA
Decap Attack
Deep Fear
Dragon Force
Dragon Treasure
Dynamite Baseball
Dynamite Cop
Dynamite Dux
ESWAT Cyber Police
Ecco the Dolphin
Emergency Call Ambulance
Enemy Zero
Fantasy Zone
Fatal Labyrinth
Feel the Magic: XY/XX
Ferrari F355 Challenge Arcade
Fighters Megamix
Fighting Vipers
Flicky Arcade
G-LOC:
Galaxy Force
Ghost Squad
Golden Axe
GP Rider
Hang-On
Headhunter
House of the Dead
Jet Set Radio
Key of Avalon
Kid Chameleon
King of Route 66
Landstalker
J-League Pro Soccer
Light Crusader
The Maze of the Kings
Magic Knight Rayearth 
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Monaco GP
Mushi King
Mystic Defender
Napple Tale
NHL 2K
NiGHTS
Ocean Hunter
Ollie King
The Ooze
Out Run
Outtrigger
Panzer Dragoon
Phantasy Star
Pro Wrestling
Propeller Arena
Psy-Phi
Puyo Pop Fever
Quartet
Quest of D
1998
Rent-A-Hero
Rez / Rez HD
Ristar
Sakura Wars
Sangokushi Taisen
Samba De Amigo
Scud Race
Sega Bass Fishing
Sega Driving Simulator
Segagaga
Sega GT
Sega Rally Championship
Sega Tetris
Sega Touring Car Championship
Sega Worldwide Soccer
Silhouette Mirage
Shenmue
Shining
Shinobi
Skies of Arcadia
Sky Target
Sonic the Hedgehog
Space Channel 5
Space Harrier
Spider-Man: The Video Game Arcade
Spikeout
Star Wars Arcade
Streets of Rage
Super Monkey Ball
Super Thunder Blade
Sword of Vermilion
The Conduit
Three Dirty Dwarves
ToeJam & Earl
Total War
Toy Commander
Vampire Night
Vectorman
Virtua Cop
Virtua Fighter
Virtua Racing
Virtua Striker
Virtua Tennis
Virtua Quest
Virtual On
Wild Riders
Winter Heat
Wonder Boy
World Grand Prix
World Series Baseball
Yakuza
Zaxxon Arcade,
Zombie Revenge

Sonic
JSR
Super Monkey Ball(for Joe's sake)

/Fixed.

Zombie Revenge was pure shitte, how dare you highlight it with the same color used for Yakuza. :p

As for Sega franchises, don' forget the GIANT GRAM wrestling games. Those were awesome back on the Dreamcast. :D

Terry Bogard


Zombie Revenge was pure shitte, just like Yakuza. :p

As for Sega franchises, theyre all garbage after the Dreamcast. :D

Fixed.

immortaldanmx

Terry Bogard


Zombie Revenge was pure shitte and doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same thread as Yakuza. :p

Fixed.

re-Fixed. :D

There is a good reason no one outside of Sega fanboys give 2 shits about Yakuza.

Sega should make more games like Valkyria Chronicles.

immortaldanmx


There is a good reason no one outside of Sega fanboys give 2 shits about Yakuza.

There must be many Sega fanboys then in Japan since they'll release this limited edition bundle :

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.ps3fanboy.com/media/2009/01/ps3ceramyaku3.jpg

And both games reached Playstation Platinum status quite fast so it can't be that unpopular. At least in one area. As of now Yakuza 3 looks to be one of the most interesting games coming up for me personally. And graphically I find it more impressive than almost everything else out there (judging from the 20 minute trailer).

The only "glitch" that is really that exploitable are the people with modded controllers to shoot the semiautomatic weapons super fast.  I've seen them in several games but I haven't actually been killed by one before.

I want to break the nose of every little rapid-fire kiddie on CoD4.

immortaldanmx


There is a good reason no one outside of Sega fanboys give 2 shits about Yakuza.

Part of the reason is because Sega of America thinks NO Advertising equals a WIN!
Famitsu and a lot of Japanese gamers on the other hand, love them some Yakuza.

Terry Bogard

immortaldanmx


There is a good reason no one outside of Sega fanboys give 2 shits about Yakuza.

Part of the reason is because Sega of America thinks NO Advertising equals a WIN!
Famitsu and a lot of Japanese gamers on the other hand, love them some Yakuza.

But Japan is irrelevant. Last-Gen proved that. Hell, this gen is proving it, even Japanese devs know it. They make their games and try to sell them in the US and Europe, which are much larger markets.

Regardless of market size, Japan will forever be "numba one" to us gaijins.

"numba one" to us gaijins.

ぼく は はたしたち が えっち してる の を とっ てをいい ってい う きょ か をきみからもらったっけ?

Tell me what that indispensable creepy gaijin phrase means, and then you'll get your eagaijin scout badge.

I don't have a favorite.  I have none to give special consideration.  I recognize that some developers are prone to making quality based on previous releases.  However I don't make the false assumption that they will always do so, nor do I assume that a shitty or unknown developer is incapable of producing quality.

I have enough experience that I don't even need to consider the history when looking at a game.  I can recognize the markers of a great game even before looking at the name attached to it.

Regardless of market size, Japan will forever be "numba one" to us gaijins.

God Dammit, make up your mind!