Favourite Developers

[OpiateChicken]

This has already been done, obviously, but the regular threads are old and March is still a while away. So what are your 3 favourite, and 3 LEAST favourite developers, and why? For me:

Favourites:

-Bungie: Awesome games, and they pay attention, care about, and understand their community.
-Bioware: Exceptional writing, and I'm a sucker for good story lines in games. Also they're Canadian.
-Camelot Software Planning: Golden Sun 1&2 significantly impacted my childhood and introduced me in formidable fashion to RPGs. Also Mario Tennis.


Least Favourites:

-Blizzard: They make good games, but IMO their community involvement is minimal, and they don't seem to listen to/care about gamers.
-Lionhead: F^#&ing Peter Molyneux is one of the worst reps I've seen for any company. Fable 2&3 are subpar. And they release buggy games and take forever to release patches to fix it.
-Nintendo: A once-great company, author of the old Zelda, Mario, and Starfox games, has gone downhill since N64. The reason they're in this category is because they've fallen farther than any other company, even Sega.

Wildcard: Rare. Very hit-or-miss. Compare masterpieces like Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark, 007, Conker's Bad Fur Day and Diddy Kong Racing with POS games like Viva Pinata, Grunty's Revenge, and Kameo.

 

[ethan22122]

Favourete:
Bungie: they listen to thier community and they make fun games.
Valve: They take thier time to create good quality games.
Bioware: they create immersive storie lines that just captivate me.

least favourete:
Blizzard:I don't dislike them, I just never got into any of thier games.

there arnt really any others.

 

[ethan22122]

Edit: double post

 

[jamradar]

inb4Valvespam dammit

Favorite:
Blizzard
Atlas(they are a publisher but I dont care)
Bethesda

Least Favorite:
Sega
Rare
id

Wild Card:
Volition

 

[Defense]

Can we include companies that used to exist? Because I don't mind Square Enix too much, but Square Soft was a hell of a lot better in my opinion.

 

[enzilewulf]

Square Enix, Bungie, and Blizzard. Least favorite would be who ever the hell made Farmville, infinity ward, and Activision.

 

[Furious Styles]

Faves
Bioware
Bethesda
Rockstar
Team ico

Least Faves
Lionhead- Fable and Fable II are really good games, but Fable III was a massive disappointment so they've pissed me off for a while.

 

[HontooNoNeko]

Favorites:

Nippon Ichi Software

Least Favorites:

Anything not Nippon Ichi Software.

 

[OpiateChicken]

Can we include companies that used to exist?

Yes, and I agree

Least favorite would be who ever the hell made Farmville, infinity ward, and Activision.

Good choices sir

 

[pyrosaw]

Favorites:

Valve: Team Fortress 2 and Half Life are awesome possum.

The dudes behind Saints Row 2(Forgot name).

Nintendo: Only because of Donkey Kong. No other property.

Epic Games: Unreal Tournament was nice. Excited for Bulletstorm.

Team 17: Worms is awesome.

Least Favorites:

SEGA: Never played a game I've liked of theirs.

Bungie: Halo wasn't that good. Don't hate them, but severely overhyped.

Capcom: I hate Resident Evil. With a passion. None of their games have ever been fun for me.

 

[Worgen]

faves
Relic- best rts games around
Nintendo- I still love em even tho they arnt as creative as I would like in making new properties
Valve- do you really have to ask?
Telltale- if I have to qualify this then you probably dont like the kind of game they make

least fav
blizzard-Im hoping they somehow fall off a cliff
...
well thats really the only dev that comes to mind that I dont like

 

[Turkey Braveheart]

-Bioware: Exceptional writing, and I'm a sucker for good story lines in games. Also they're Canadian.

Agree: Bioware is AWESOME!

Disagree: A lot of them are from Austin, Texas.

 

[Phlakes]

-Bioware: Exceptional writing, and I'm a sucker for good story lines in games. Also they're Canadian.

Agree: Bioware is AWESOME!

Disagree: A lot of them are from Austin, Texas.

I drove by their office once. I pointed it out to my friends who had no idea what I was talking about.

Also Retro Studios, the guys who made the Metroid Prime series and the new DK Country, are Austin based and have made some good shit, so they're another one of my favorites.

 

[northeast rower]

Most:
Bungie- VERY caring about their fanbase. Infinity Ward, take notes.
Bioware- this has been done to death.
Valve- simply makes very good games.
Rockstar- still manages to pioneer in a genre that they essentially created.
Epic Games- focuses a lot on entertainment, which is just fine with me.
2K- how has everyone missed this? Bioshock, anyone? Also, Infinite looks great.
Naughty Dog- Uncharted. Need more?
Ubisoft Montreal- just excellent stealth games.

Least:
Blizzard- I just... don't like Blizzard. I don't even remember why at this point.
Infinity Ward- yes, I realize that you were overworked and underpaid. Maybe I would care if you had made a worthy sequel to Modern Warfare.
Square Enix- this company has managed to make the same game dozens of times and just slap on a new lable and a new mechanic. "Paradigm Shift? Hot damn, they'll enjoy that! Now we can just change Cloud to a girl aaaaand... Final Fantasy XIII!"

Wild Card:
Lionhead- can't seem to be consistent or live up to expectations.
Ubisoft Shanghai- I thought that Splinter Cell: Double Agent was great, but didn't care for Pandora Tomorrow that much. Do they even exist any more?
EA- haven't bought a game from them in a while (since now they just seem to do sports games. I like sports, but not sports games). However, I absolutely loved Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and 007: Everything or Nothing.

 

[Turkey Braveheart]

-Bioware: Exceptional writing, and I'm a sucker for good story lines in games. Also they're Canadian.

Agree: Bioware is AWESOME!

Disagree: A lot of them are from Austin, Texas.

I drove by their office once. I pointed it out to my friends who had no idea what I was talking about.

Also Retro Studios, the guys who made the Metroid Prime series and the new DK Country, are Austin based and have made some good shit, so they're another one of my favorites.

Lucky you, Austin sounds like an awesome place. Lots of gamer and movie geek related stuff and it's the home of Spill.com.

 

[Drakmeire]

favorite:
Capcom
DoubleFine
Nintendo
Grasshopper
Treasure (Freaking awesome company)

most hated:
Bungie
EA
Activison
Rockstar
I'll cheat and say zynga the hacks that make all the online things like farmville.

 

[mirror's edgy]

VALVE! See reasons above and likely below.
Square Enix, I hope we can rekindle our old spark.
And I have a soft spot for ThatGameCompany.

 

[theComposer]

Bioware, for making damn awesome games already and having 3 more great looking games slated for 2011.

Valve, for making genuinely fun and funny games, and also for being the biggest trolls ever.

Honorable mentions to Bungie for being in touch with their community, and Nintendo because they were responsible for half of my childhood.