Worst and best developers?

[mireko]

My very subjective opinion:

Best

-Atlus
-BioWare
-Platinum Games
-Valve
-NIS
-Epic Games
-Naughty Dog
-Black Isle (RIP)

Worst

-Activision (I know they don't develop, but it's my list so fuck it)
-Treyarch
-Every movie-to-game adaptation studio
-Bethesda
-Quantic Dream
-Piranha Bytes (how ye have fallen)
-Tale of Tales

 

[CrazT]

Valve is my best and my worst developer. Great games, but nearly 4 years for an episodic release? Come on, guys!!!

In seriousness, best are Epic Games, BioWare, Bethesda, Valve and Rockstar North, and worst is Bungie (although I like Halo:CE)

 

[Lethal Music]

Best are Valve and People can Fly...
Worst are Sega, Nintendo and Team Ninja (Other M. No further comment should be required here...)

 

[ChipSandwich]

Best: Chris Avellone (Black Isle/Obsidian)
Epic Games before Gears of War
Rockstar

Worst: Sonic Team
Team Ninja (Ninja Gaiden Black was good though)

Most Obnoxious: Epic Games since Gears of War
Treyarch
Team Ninja

 

[MetalDooley]

Best

Nintendo(yeah people can say what they like but imo the majority of Nintendo's games are quality and most importantly fun)
Treasure
Bioware
Grasshopper Manufacture

Worst

Data Design Interactive(makers of such quality games as Action Girlz Racing,Billy the Wizard:Rocket Broomstick Racing,Ninjabread Man and the Kidz Sports series amongst others)

 

[Talal Provides]

Worst

Data Design Interactive(makers of such quality games as Action Girlz Racing,Billy the Wizard:Rocket Broomstick Racing,Ninjabread Man and the Kidz Sports series amongst others)

Isn't saying they're the worst kind of like calling a kid from the special ed class an idiot?

 

[Woodsey]

Valve and BioWare.

Obsidian get worst simply because they fucking infuriate me with stuff that I really want to be good, but just isn't - not anywhere near as good as it should be at any rate.

 

[rwege]

Best - BioWare, and Blizzard for releasing SC2 without a hitch ( balancing doesnt count )

Worst - 636, they brutalized socom3 for PS3. They took it over from zipper and ruined an amazing series.

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

Best - Infinity Ward.

Yes, the people who have made four times the same game are my favorite developers.

Were my favorite developers.

Before West, Zampella, Gigliotti, Alderman and a bunch of other people left.

Worst... well, I wouldn't really know, I don't play bad games just for the sake of hating on some developers.

I have a history of not liking Nintendo, but I couldn't call them the worst developers ever even if I really wanted to.

 

[Talal Provides]

Valve and BioWare.

Obsidian get worst simply because they fucking infuriate me with stuff that I really want to be good, but just isn't - not anywhere near as good as it should be at any rate.

It could be, though, and that's what's so infuriating. An Obsidian game is like an exact relica of Michelangelo's Pieta made out of dog shit.

 

[MetalDooley]

Worst

Data Design Interactive(makers of such quality games as Action Girlz Racing,Billy the Wizard:Rocket Broomstick Racing,Ninjabread Man and the Kidz Sports series amongst others)

Isn't saying they're the worst kind of like calling a kid from the special ed class an idiot?

Yeah I guess it's a bit obvious but people seem to have weird ideas about what constitutes "worst".Simply put there's no way companies like Nintendo,Sega,Obsidian etc could ever be classed as the "worst" developers as long as shovelware manufacturers like them exist

 

[Talal Provides]

Worst

Data Design Interactive(makers of such quality games as Action Girlz Racing,Billy the Wizard:Rocket Broomstick Racing,Ninjabread Man and the Kidz Sports series amongst others)

Isn't saying they're the worst kind of like calling a kid from the special ed class an idiot?

Yeah I guess it's a bit obvious but people seem to have weird ideas about what constitutes "worst".Simply put there's no way companies like Nintendo,Sega,Obsidian etc could ever be classed as the "worst" developers as long as shovelware manufacturers like them exist

You expect the shovelware devs to make shit, but the incredible talent at a place like Obsidian or Troika or Romero-era Ion Storm makes it genuinely upsetting when they release something that isn't good. You expect it to be great, so it breaks your heart when you discover it isn't.

 

[MetalDooley]

You expect the shovelware devs to make shit, but the incredible talent at a place like Obsidian or Troika or Romero-era Ion Storm makes it genuinely upsetting when they release something that isn't good. You expect it to be great, so it breaks your heart when you discover it isn't.

Yeah but virtually every developer* will release a poor game(or at least one that doesn't live up to expectations)at some point.Doesn't make them the worst developer ever.As far as I'm concerned the worst are the ones like DDI who are perfectly happy to churn out shit game after shit game and do so knowing that their games are shit.Obsidian's games for example mightn't be perfect but the ones I've played have been still enjoyable

*note I said virtually every developer so there's no need to reply with examples of devs who've never done a bad game iyo

 

[Solo-Wing]

Best: Bioware

Worst: Activision
Treyarch (Sorry, but even bungie stopped milking Halo after the fifth freaking game.)

SIXTH game. Halo 1, 2, 3, Wars, ODST, and Reach. I'm thinking you missed Wars.

 

[MercurySteam]

best: double fine

worst: lucas art

c:

The irony is that Tim Schafer, head of Double Fine used to design games for LucasArts.

 

[MercurySteam]

Best: Bioware

Worst: Activision
Treyarch (Sorry, but even bungie stopped milking Halo after the fifth freaking game.)

SIXTH game. Halo 1, 2, 3, Wars, ODST, and Reach. I'm thinking you missed Wars.

Wars was developed by Ensemble. Granted, Bungie probably gave them the rights for one game it still wasn't made by them.

 

[pyrosaw]

Valve,
Insomniac,
Epic Games.

Worst:
Disney Interactive Studios. Seriously, half of the crappy movies games you see, they're making.

 

[Fidelias]

Best: Bioware

Worst: Activision
Treyarch (Sorry, but even bungie stopped milking Halo after the fifth freaking game.)

SIXTH game. Halo 1, 2, 3, Wars, ODST, and Reach. I'm thinking you missed Wars.

Wars was developed by Ensemble. Granted, Bungie probably gave then the rights for one game it still wasn't made by them.

Oh yeah, you're right... Hm.. that makes my argument a whole lot less convincing...

Oh well, I still stand by my opinion. Even if it doesn't sway anyone else.

 

[MercurySteam]

I just realized that I haven't actually answered the OP's question.

Best: Bioware, DICE, Epic Games, 2K Games (more specifically; Irrational Games, previously known as 2K Boston/Australia).

Worst: Square Enix, Team Ninja, Artificial Mind and Movement (A2M).

 

[MarcFirewing]

Best: 2K Games <--DNF Fanboy.
Worst: Ninja Theory <--Surprised no one's said that yet