Poll: Who is your favorite game developer?

[KingofLondonCalling]

Bethesda all the way. Though Valve have never failed to make me love a game.

 

[starwarsgeek]

Tough call between Nintendo and Capcom. A year ago, I wouldn't have questioned it, but I've been playing some of Capcom's NES games (Gargoyle's Quest 2, Sweet Home, Little Nemo: The Dream Master), and they're just fantastic. Both have a huge backlog of classics. Both have made some great games this generation. Both are the best reasons to own a Wii*. Hmm...I might still leans towards Nintendo, but a good Breath of Fire reboot could change that.


Edit: Upon further thought, that's highly debatable. Capcom, Sega, and Konami (I need to check out that Rebirth series on Wiiware...) have all made several great games for the system.

 

[Sicarias]

Frictional Games. They made amnesia. The scariest game I have EVER played.

 

[Mista Sheetz]

I'm surprised Bethesda isn't on the list... since everyone here ( including myself) is waiting on skyrim like the second coming of jesus

 

[johnboy424]

I voted for Nintendo because I just love all of Nintendo's main franchises. When you look back at their long history in video games, they've accumulated a huge number of classics, most of which still hold up as great games today. However, if I was just talking about the past 5-6 years, then I'd probably go with Bethesda or Valve. The Wii and just Nintendo in general recently has been somewhat of a disappointment to me, and that's why I traded in my Wii for a PS3 earlier this year.

 

[RelexCryo]

Telltale Games. There are many other game developers I am very fond of, however.

 

[Vykrel]

definitely Bungie. they make great games, for one. but its the fact that they are clearly more in touch with their fans than any other developer that makes me like them the most

 

[insaneflea]

I would say that Bethesda and Double Fine tie for first for me. After them, I would probably say Valve

 

[Jason Danger Keyes]

Bioware for Mass Effect, NIS for Disgaea, and Atlus for the Persona series and a lil' forgotten gem of a bygone age called Ogre Battle 64.

 

[Nazulu]

My favourite developer is Nintendo for their past achievments before the Wii. I will always go back to games like Super Metroid, Metroid Prime, Ocarina of Time, Link to the Past, Super Mario Brothers (3, Land, World and 64), Mario Kart 64, Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong 64, Starfox - Lylat Wars, SSB Melee (I know it's HAL but where would it be without Nintendo?), and probably some more I can't remember.

 

[romanator0]

That is a very tough question. There are a large number of developers that I care for but I would have to say that ArenaNet is the developer that is my favorite at this time.

Other developers I really like are Camelot for giving my the Golden Sun series, Sucker Punch for the Sly Cooper series, SquareSoft for Kingdom Hearts 1, SquareEnix for Dragon Quest 8, Pandemic for Star Wars Battlefront 2, GameFreak for raising me on Pokemon, Nintendo for Mario Kart, SSB and the Gameboy versions of the Zelda games, Team ICO for Shadow of the Colossus, Gearbox for Borderlands (and hopefully Borderlands 2), Black Isle for Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 1 and 2, Intelligent Systems for Fire Emblem and Rockstar for Grand Theft Autos 3 and 4.

However, I've been getting into indie games recently (who hasn't) and Adhesive Games, MinMax, Taleworlds and Arrowhead are all awesome studios.

 

[Malo_Tux]

The only developer I can think of is Insomniac, love me some Ratchet and Clank

 

[godofslack]

I love Blizzard/Valve equally. I honestly can not think of a single bad game either has made in the past decade.

 

[inFAMOUSCowZ]

Bioware for me, but if Bethesda can truly make a great story then they would be top spot.

 

[Royta]

For me it's a tie between Platinum games and Retro Studios. I just love their games soooo much.

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

I was counting games that they published. I often bring up Hyperdimension Neptunia. Create concept and a great art style. But the execution was lacking. Can't wait for Disgaea 4, though.
And I never played that game. (looks it up) It sounds okay. That bad? I have my own hatred for a particular RPG.
FFX.

I got the plat for Neptunia.

I think it was better than Trinity Universe in some ways, and not as good in others. But both were pretty solid if you are okay with Dungeon Crawls. Both have the typical NIS style wacky sense of humour. But Neptunia is great for anyone who has been playing games for a long time, as the references abound (you are in Gameindustri after all - haha).

Trinity Universe on the other hand borrowed something from Persona 3. Stay in a dungeon too long and you are attacked by a very powerful being. I killed one that gave me something like 53 million XP! I gained about 70 levels for each of the 4 characters in that fight. It was AWESOME!

Ar Tonelico Qoga is the other you might be thinking of. It's actually quite good. I didn't realize that the girls would be stripping though (and was a bit embarrassed when it first happened as my Parents were visiting when it first happened - oy!).

I have a question: I came across a copy of Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel. Do I need to play the previous two to play it? Because if not, I'll start on it. My biggest complaint againt Neptunia was the obtuse inventory system and the ability to heal being based on chance.

 

[RA92]

What? You're telling me to choose just one? Madness!



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[MoeTheMonk]

Well it's always been a close race between Bethesda and Bioware, and since Bethesda isn't its own choice... I'm going with Bioware.