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Square Enix and Blizzard (espeically when Diablo 3 comes out). I would say Bioware and Bethesda but those 2, at least to me, lacked the wow factor.
Don't misunderstand me, I DO like them I just don't think they make all that great of games. I haven't been very excited about anything they've done post Morrowind. Oblivion and Fallout just feel very "stale" to me, with robot like npcs and stilted dialogue. Mind you, they are nearly peerless when it comes to world crafting. Despite how I may feel about the total fallout 3 experience the world they crafted is so, SO good and detailed. It's astounding really.y1fella said:who's troika. And Bethesda is so awesome. Why don't you like them.Hiphophippo said:Troika RIP
I'm not sure I'd put Bethesda anywhere even in my top 5 to be honest. Now if this were best rpg world builders however, they might nab the top spot.
As for Troika?
Of note, they are also responsible for what I consider to be the greatest implementations of strategic tabletop DnD ever with "Temple of Elemental Evil". But yea, they did fallout so much of what you probably like about Fallout 3, "these guys made". Sadly they were deemed to awesome for this world and were shut down.Wikipedia said:
it really is just too hard to pick just one
each company really excels in certain areas
best world building and mod 'ability' goes to bethesda hands down
best story/dialogue/characters goes to bioware for sure
obsidian is pretty good at being a hybrid of them, minus all the shitty ass bugs they have.
*dont know too many other developers off the top of my head*
each company really excels in certain areas
best world building and mod 'ability' goes to bethesda hands down
best story/dialogue/characters goes to bioware for sure
obsidian is pretty good at being a hybrid of them, minus all the shitty ass bugs they have.
*dont know too many other developers off the top of my head*
Different developers are better at different things. Bioware for moral choices, Bethesda for exploration.
Atlus has never failed me though, the games they publish always seem to be brilliant in most aspects. The developer I'm most familiar with there is Software so i'll just say them ;D
Atlus has never failed me though, the games they publish always seem to be brilliant in most aspects. The developer I'm most familiar with there is Software so i'll just say them ;D
Hmm. Iv heard of that vampire game i might check it out. "Deemed too awesome" seems to happen allot doesn't it like say system shock and Black isle. Personally i love Bethesda allot and would probably kill someone if the elder scrolls 5 got canceled.Hiphophippo said:Don't misunderstand me, I DO like them I just don't think they make all that great of games. I haven't been very excited about anything they've done post Morrowind. Oblivion and Fallout just feel very "stale" to me, with robot like npcs and stilted dialogue. Mind you, they are nearly peerless when it comes to world crafting. Despite how I may feel about the total fallout 3 experience the world they crafted is so, SO good and detailed. It's astounding really.y1fella said:who's troika. And Bethesda is so awesome. Why don't you like them.Hiphophippo said:Troika RIP
I'm not sure I'd put Bethesda anywhere even in my top 5 to be honest. Now if this were best rpg world builders however, they might nab the top spot.
As for Troika?
Of note, they are also responsible for what I consider to be the greatest implementations of strategic tabletop DnD ever with "Temple of Elemental Evil". But yea, they did fallout so much of what you probably like about Fallout 3, "these guys made". Sadly they were deemed to awesome for this world and were shut down.Wikipedia said:
For me it's Bioware vs Bethesda... Bioware has more focused stories, social aspects and direct moral choices while Bethesda generally has huge open worlds (and therefore stories, more focus on the whole world rather than a single main narrative), little to no social aspects (usually setting you as a loner in a huge world, with perhaps another companion that's usually not that awesomely developed in comparison to Bioware's characters) and the moral choices are mostly nonexistent, though can be virtually made by choosing to do or not do certain quests.
The main character development is also a bit different, Bioware let's you develop your character through interaction with other characters (as in, party members) while Bethesda, again, sets you as a loner and let's you fill in all the blanks yourself through a mix of your own imagination and the actions (quests) you do or don't do.
Just a note, in Bioware's case I'm talking mostly about DA:O, ME2 and KOTOR 1&2 while in Bethesda's case I'm talking about their Morrowind, Oblivion and Fallout 3, with their respective expansion packs and DLCs included.
The main character development is also a bit different, Bioware let's you develop your character through interaction with other characters (as in, party members) while Bethesda, again, sets you as a loner and let's you fill in all the blanks yourself through a mix of your own imagination and the actions (quests) you do or don't do.
Just a note, in Bioware's case I'm talking mostly about DA:O, ME2 and KOTOR 1&2 while in Bethesda's case I'm talking about their Morrowind, Oblivion and Fallout 3, with their respective expansion packs and DLCs included.
Bethesda and Bioware are the best, in terms of RPG's - Blizzard sucks. Diablo is more about fighting mass amounts of critters to get to the next boss or waypoint (nothing much of an RPG) and WOW is all about the grinds. There is no particular 'character development' (A stat screen isn't character development, it's about numbers, a character isn't solely based on numbers - this is Blizzards flaw)