Most underappreciated/obscure developers?

[AngryPants]

Radon Labs - the only company that was still producing true D&D CRPGs for PC, after the massive decline from BioWare: Drakensang: The River of Time, The Dark Eye: Drakensang. Filed for the bank bankruptcy last year.

Troika Games - people behind first Fallout game: Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, The Temple of Elemental Evil, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. Closed.

Shame they didn't know that to survive in gaming industry one has to produce tasteless and depersonalized FPS games, instead of striving for niche products.

 

[Jak LesStrange]

Double Fine obviously.... Wheres my Trenched Double Fine? EH?

Also the Developers of The Void and The Path.

 

[Da Orky Man]

NovaLogic. They made Tachyon: The Fringe a hile back and, speaking as a fan of space sims, it was a bloody good one. One of their most popular games and, oddly enough, the only one without any sequels. Unlike Delta Force, which has thousands.

 

[Engarde]

S2 games, makers of Savage and HON. sure they only have 3 games but they are all good and they also have the habit of making their games free after a year or 2. This probably is because the owner is a gamer who just happens to be really good at making money and S2 games is more his hobby then his business

Meanwhile, in League of Legends....

I'd agree with S2. I loved Savage, and since I've tried HON I think league of legends is absolutely terrible and I really can't think of something in it that I don't like. It is a shame league of legends is more popular so it builds more atrocious brand loyalty. At least it keeps most of the bastards out.

 

[thespyisdead]

the ones the come to mind are Pandemic Studios, who are now defunct, and Remedy Entertainment