[Someone Else]

Who's your favorite video game developer?

Personally, I think the Lionhead Studios might be the best developer of our time. They're known for Fable and, of course, the Black & White series. They're also very good at combining multiple genres into one game. The Movies was a combination of a Tycoon/Sims style game and it flowed together pretty nicely, and Black & White also combined city-building, taking care of your "pet", and a war-RTS thing pretty well.

Blizzard is also a great developer but they keep depriving me of StarCraft, so I hate them for that. What's so great about WarCraft, it's just like any other fantasy game... (and what's with the 99 Food Limit?!)


Discuss your favorite developer.


EDIT: I know there's at least 2 other topics discussing the same thing but they're ANCIENT, ya hear? And terribly out-dated. If this is closed or deleted I may just cry.

[Eugine]

I don't really have a favourite, but Square is definetly in my top 3. Final Fantasy is my favourite series, so I really have to give props to square.

Others are Esemble Studios - AoE; Blizzard - World of Warcraft; Konami - Metal Gear Solid; Capcom - Street Fighter, X-Men, Megaman (I think) etc; Sony - God of War, Gran Turismo...
That's about it. Overall, I favour Japanese games developers.

[Lemontime]

Taito. I love them for Lost Magic.
And whoever it was that made Tetris.
I also like EA. Their trashy games provide hours of fun.

[Someone Else]

sibsag, on Jul 24 2006, 09:53 PM, said:

I also like EA. Their trashy games provide hours of fun.

EA doesn't develop ANYTHING these days. They're just a publisher that throws money around and ruin great game series when they buy the developers that make said game series.

[Split Infinity]

sibsag, on Jul 25 2006, 12:53 PM, said:

And whoever it was that made Tetris.

I think Nintendo created Tetris, since it was one of the first games on the original GB.

[Someone Else]

Oh yeah. Nintendo is a big company/publisher, and they STILL continue to develop games. And they're good, to boot.

[Golden Legacy]

Naturally, Nintendo and Square-Enix are some of my choices. I'd say Namco's Tales studio for magnificant RPG's, and Retro Studios, for the fantastic Metroid Prime games, as also some of the best.

Oh, and definitely Intelligent Systems. Fire Emblem and Advance Wars ;)

[pHantOm]

Blizzard?

They may make good games, but thier support is ****.

Square Enix for me, and Wizet ;)

[TheEnglishman]

Golden Legacy, on Jul 25 2006, 04:40 AM, said:

Oh, and definitely Intelligent Systems. Fire Emblem and Advance Wars ;)

I was going to mention them as well. They've done loads of great stuff.

[Mars Djinni]

Ensemble Studios (AoE/AoM), Nintendo (Pokemon, Zelda, Mario, Super Smash Bros), Intelligent systems (Fire Emblem, SNES/Advance/Battalion Wars), Capcom (Megaman), and Namco (Tales, Star Fox Assault) are my top five in no particular order.

[FlamingDuck]

Square just because they rock.
Those people who develop Harvest Moon. Natsume? Maybe?
Nintendo. I'm a fanboy. Shoot me.

Those are all I can think of right now...

EDIT
Fregot Lionhead. The Movies=Love.

[Bexie]

Square is awesome. Final Fantasy series and the Mana games = Love.

Bethesda Softworks. Morrowind and Oblivion, anyone? Best RPG's ever. Addicted to both.

And Nintendo. Which will always be my favourite. ;)

[TheEnglishman]

For some reason Square slipped my mind. They do great stuff like Final Fantasy, but there are others as well.

[Sea of Time]

Square Enix is definitely a favorite in this group. Also one of my own faves. I'll also go with Intelligent Systems for some truly awesome FE games, and Nintendo for giving us years of fun, addictive games.

[Enjealousy]

I was in love with Square/Squaresoft... but ever since Enix came in I've been losing faith. Lots of the games they've released since the merge I've been a bit disappointed in. I've also been losing faith in Nintendo. Some of their games are just started to bother me... like, a lot. They drive me up the wall and make me insane.

Still, the Square companies are my favorites, and Nintendo (I guess)... and probably Blizzard for StarCraft and The Lost Vikings... anyone play The Lost Vikings?

[Someone Else]

Don't you agree with me that Blizzard need to get their head out of their ass so that they can see that a StarCraft 2 is a GOOD thing?

[Enjealousy]

Hell yes. And while they're at it they need to make World of Starcraft. Futuristic is way cooler than that cliched medievil-like stuff!

[Someone Else]

Er, "Universe" of StarCraft? I've thought about it and I don't think that there's room for an MMORPG in StarCraft. Think about it, the story of StarCraft is war-heavy, and unless they were to think of a way to make an MMORPG very strict to a storyline and still be fun, I don't think it would work.

[Toasty]

Camelot, Nintendo, Hal Labs, SquareEnix, Rare. All in order from most favorite to least in my top 5. Rare made DiddyKong Racing for the 64. One of my favorites before the GC. Camelot, well, obviously GS. Hal Labs, Super Smash Bros. Melee. SquareEnix, FF and they're great with graphics. Nintendo because all the games I have (except for my PC) are at least partially made by them.

[Someone Else]

Can't forget Bungie for Halo!

[Enjealousy]

I loved Nintendo and Square back in the day because they made Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. It was Final Fantasy with a friggin' awesome Mario comedic twist! And fighting Culex from Final Fantasy IV was really fun. :!:

[Sea of Time]

I wasn't sure if I wanted to say Camelot before but after considering the marginally good Mario Golf titles, especially the Advance Tour on the GBA, Camelot has a very bright future if they start rolling out RPG's again.

[Eugine]

Golden Sun is my favourite GBA game but it isn't my favourite game overall, actually it isn't even in my top 10.
... I just cant love GBA games, but I do enjoy them... Maybe because I can't go indepth with the characters.

[Enjealousy]

Eugine, on Jul 27 2006, 12:21 PM, said:

Golden Sun is my favourite GBA game but it isn't my favourite game overall, actually it isn't even in my top 10.
... I just cant love GBA games, but I do enjoy them... Maybe because I can't go indepth with the characters.

:!: ...BLASPHEMY!

:)

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[Bexie]

Enjealousy, on Jul 26 2006, 08:53 PM, said:

I loved Nintendo and Square back in the day because they made Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. It was Final Fantasy with a friggin' awesome Mario comedic twist! And fighting Culex from Final Fantasy IV was really fun. :!:

That game was never released in England. >.<

[Enjealousy]

Well, I dislike that particular bit of England then!

[TheEnglishman]

Bexie, on Jul 27 2006, 11:17 PM, said:

That game was never released in England. >.<

Yeah it's pretty annoying as it looks so good. I guess it wouldn't have affected me though, even if it was released in England, as I never had a SNES.

[Neon]

Blizzard, Nintendo, and Retro Studios =)


... and Camelot? :!:

[Golden Legacy]

Oi, I can't believe I forgot Camelot! Bah... if only they would make another RPG. Doesn't have to be Golden Sun, just any title, and their respect would infinitely rise in my eyes.

[Mars Djinni]

I wouldn't say Camelot. I've only tried the GS games and not the Mario sports games and don't have enough to base my opinion on. GS is good, but that's only a portion of Camelot.

[Neon]

Yeah, I would love Camelot to use the money they've undoubtedly made from spamming mario sports titles for Nintendo to make a new rpg. Hopefully that's what they're doing now since we havn't heard anything about the company or their projects for about 6 months...

I'd also like Nintendo to stop forcing Retro Studios to make more Metroid titles for them, and let them make something of their own imagination.
I'm sure you all remember Raven. His username 'Raven Blade' was the title of a Retro Studios rpg that was cancelled so they could focus on Metroid Prime...

[Mars Djinni]

(Raven Balde, however, was the outcome of the unfinished game.)

Now that the Wii is in play, that means Camelot will have the tools to work with to make a successful game. Surprise me, Camelot. I need a good reason to add to my list of best developers...

[Golden Legacy]

Well, I put Camelot on the list for the same reason that I put Retro Studios on the list. Both have produced two games, sequels of one another, in the same franchises that played extremely well. (Well, Retro Studios is making a third game, so I suppose that places them above Camelot).

And no, I don't think the Mario Sports titles from Camelot should give it any higher respect. They have much more talent than that. That's the same point Neon makes about Nintendo forcing Retro Studios to produce only the Metroid Prime titles.

On a random side note, there have been rumours that Retro Studios is working (or will be working) on a project separate from the Metroid series after Corruption is released.

[Someone Else]

Yeah. One thing I don't like about Nintendo is how they force developers to make their little Nintendo All-Stars games. Who knows, if Nintendo hadn't made Camelot work on their Mario Sports games, we may have had a GS3.

On the flip-side, though, perhaps the Mario Sports game gave Camelot a lot more money to work with than they could have had if they had been working on a GS3 instead.

[Eugine]

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I'm sure you all remember Raven. His username 'Raven Blade' was the title of a Retro Studios rpg that was cancelled so they could focus on Metroid Prime...

... And I was thinking for the entire time he got his name from Fire Emblem.

And yeah, I forgot about Intelligent Systems, they was one of my favourite when I loved the FE series, but now I really don't bother with FE.

[Golden Legacy]

Hey, and let's not forget HAL Laboratory. That's where Sartoru Iwata started his career, and produced our favourite pudgy pink fluff-ball, Kirby! :)

(..."pudgy pink fluff-ball"? Never thought I'd say that. :) )

[Toasty]

Kirby is more of a "pudgy pink rubber ball" than a "fluf" ball. I don't know about you, but I've never seen a hairy Kirby (this doesn't include any of his copying abilities). :)

Camelot will stay on my list as long as they make a new RPG.

[Mars Djinni]

Golden Legacy, on Aug 9 2006, 04:04 PM, said:

Hey, and let's not forget HAL Laboratory. That's where Sartoru Iwata started his career, and produced our favourite pudgy pink fluff-ball, Kirby! :)

(..."pudgy pink fluff-ball"? Never thought I'd say that. :) )

I'm still debating on whether Kirby is fluff or rubber...

HAL made Super Smash Bros, too. Nintendo absolutely needed an All-Star Fighting game to satisfy the "My Mario can beat up your Pikachu" quarrels.

[Enjealousy]

Ooh! The Pokemon games are still sorta awesome. Points for Nintendo there.

[Aquamarine]

My no. 1 spot for best developer is guess!!! Yep, Nintendo. Nothing can beat their pwnzr games. I also like Sega's Amusement Vision(mostly because of F-Zero GX), Namco(mostly for Soul Calibur) and I also quite like Sierra(Empire Earth, Half-Life). Rare is also good, I love the Banjo games and Diddy Kong Racing rules.

EDIT: Heh, forgot about Camelot and Retro Studios for a moment. Both are awesome.

[Sea of Time]

Golden Legacy, on Aug 9 2006, 06:04 PM, said:

Hey, and let's not forget HAL Laboratory. That's where Sartoru Iwata started his career, and produced our favourite pudgy pink fluff-ball, Kirby! :)

(..."pudgy pink fluff-ball"? Never thought I'd say that. :P )

I missed HAL in my first post. They have rolled out some great titles and with SSBB and at least three more DS Kirby titles on the way, they have an awesome future.