Is there a dev company whose games you will play, no questions asked?

[The Madman]

Not really, if only because I'm about as stingy as people come when it comes to buying games. I much prefer to take the time to read up on the game, watch clips of gameplay and read the various reviews throughout the internet before finally deciding whether or not to buy it. Since I'm also pretty damned poor waiting for sales is common as well! I likes me my cheap games.

That said there are a couple developers I trust more than others: CDProjekt RED, Valve, Bioware and Obsidian. Doesn't mean I'll buy all their games but they're at least company I consider trust-worthy enough to generally be worthy of day 1 purchase either because of a hallmark of excellence or, in Obsidians case, just usually releasing games which despite some flaws always seem to endear themselves to me.

 

[bacchus1234]

GearBox, Insomniac, Sucker Punch, Valve

 

[TrevHead]

Platinum Games, Treasure and CAVE.

Some companies like Valve make fantastic games but not all are of my personal preference.

There are other good studios out there, which make the occational dud

 

[JesterRaiin]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm... Yahtzee. There's sharp, intelligent and experienced developer under his "in your face" mask.

(I understand he is part of Indie sector, but i can't think about anyone better...

 

[Kevlar Eater]

Platinum Games and From Software. Man, they somehow seem to know what I like and then deliver.

 

[Johnnydillinger]

Hmm, lemme think... I'd go with Introversion, Frictional Games, anything made by Niflas and/or Edmund McMillen, Obsidian (love their un-perfect game designs, call it a guilty pleasure), Possibly Supergiant games though I'm not going to make conclusions after one game, and then maybe Microids, which I always found charming, though Still Life 2 really hurt with its major suckage.

 

[LookingGlass]

At this stage I'd say Arkane Studios, above all else. I'll surely buy Dishonored later this year, regardless of its reviews. Their previous two games both have Metacritic ratings in the 70s and are absolutely fantastic games.

Arkane just know what I like. Especially now that Harvey Smith's on board over there.

 

[Mr. Omega]

Nintendo and Valve. I don't think there's anything more to say.

 

[enzilewulf]

Any company that holds a game I am interested. I am not big on the whole boycotting things...... Even though it pained me to buy TOR because of EA's support behind SOPA

 

[rekabdarb]

No.

At the moment i suppose Bioware is the closest, but i didn't really start playing their games til DA:O and then i picked up DA2 and was happy with it. Decided to pick up ME2 and thought there were a couple flaws in it, was still ultimately joyful. (Like why the fuck is there DLC for it when the game and the dlc has been out for like 2 years on the xbox.) oh and i just got star wars and i'm happy with that... the load screens are a sombitch, but that's an issue with EVERY bioware game, at least for the ps3 and pc.

At the moment the people who make Heroes of Might and Magic. Bought all except for 4 and 2... xpacs included.

Blizzard up until SC2 i guess. have: warcraft 1 Orcs and humans, WC2: Tides and beyond, and WC3: reign and Frozen. Starcraft 1 and brood war (no 2 as previously stated.) and Diablo 1 and 2+LoD. Plus wow and all xpacs of that as well.

A lot of companies have a lot of stuff nowadays. It isn't just 1 niche that they have. But at the moment no company that i'm a die hard fan for.

Except Um... David fincher films. I'm a die hard fan of his.

 

[Scrustle]

None. And I can't really think of a time where I ever did. Pretty much every developer has screwed up and misfired at least once. Although I guess Turn10 haven't made a bad game yet, but they have only made 4, which are all in the same series (Forza Motorsport). I still wouldn't trust that they can do no wrong. That said, I did pre-order every Forza game (except the first) without hesitation. But there's still a possibility that one day they release a piece of shit. No franchise can last forever, and if they try to branch out they may not have the expertise or experience to make it work.

 

[MightyRabbit]

Whatever Shu Takumi does. Guy made Ace Attorney & Ghost Trick.

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

Naughty Dog.

Their main games have been freakin' brilliant for what i can remember and even their racing games i've found to be pretty enjoyable both alone and with friends over.

I used to have a longer list, but after a long line of disappointments or just one major one from each developer i find unconditional love to be scarce.

 

[RanD00M]

Not a single one. A lot of devs seem to be dropping the ball lately and honestly I'm quite skeptical on anything that's been recently released.

 

[Lunar Templar]

no, not anymore. used to be i could trust a brand to pump out quality work time and time again.

but not anymore, closest to come to a 'free pass' would be Relic and Atlus, cause both thus far have done right by me

 

[Noala]

Valve games and anything by Team Ico, (I'm unsure as to whether or not they still exist)

 

[Ohhi]

pretty much Atlus, Bioware, Gearbox, and Square Enix.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Sucker Punch and Insomniac.

They will always get my money and I will be happy to do so since I love their games to pieces.

 

[OtherSideofSky]

From. I don't like every game they make (I thought ACE R was mostly an exercise in pain, for example), but I always feel like I learned something after playing one of their games, and that's worth a lot to me.

Maybe Platinum as well, since I used to buy everything Clover put out.

 

[Iron Lightning]

Only two: Ice-Pick Lodge and ACE Team because they're both so awesome that even when they make a game that's below their standards that sub-par game is still miles better than 90% of the shit on the market today.