But really, they haven't disappointed me yet, are always really dedicated to their games post-release and have built in so many features that they didn't need to, but are really cool and give the games even more longevity. I think even Jeff said that they are the best in the world when it comes to that stuff.
YOU'RE JUST ADVERTISING YOUR COMPANY FALSE ADVERTISING WHAT A DOU-
Sorry, I think I've just been a little affected by all those threads Cmdrshepard made lately. I like DICE too! I also enjoy a solid Bioware or Valve production.
" Bungie because Halo. But really, they haven't disappointed me yet, are always really dedicated to their games post-release and have built in so many features that they didn't need to, but are really cool and give the games even more longevity. I think even Jeff said that they are the best in the world when it comes to that stuff. "
I agree. I love Bungie. Although I'm sad they are not making the next Halo game, I'm excited to see what there going to do.
Probably BioWare and Bethesda. Mass Effect is probably the best franchise to come out of this console generation and I really like Dragon Age too, and BioWare was solid last generation too. I love Oblivion and Fallout, and I'm more excited for Skyrim than any other game this year.
I guess I just really like RPGs, though BioWare and Bethesda make very different games. While BioWare has a big emphasis on story and cinematics in their games, I just like being dropped into a huge world without having to go where the game tells you to. You can play Oblivion and Fallout without ever doing the main quest beyond the starting area.
Special mentions to Rockstar (played a lot of GTA the last decade), Netherrealms (only a month until MK) and Nintendo (for saving video games).
Bethesda and Ubisoft. Bethesda - They make amazing RPGs and give me a chance to enter a whole new world. Ubisoft - They made two of my favorite game franchises, Splinter Cell and Assassin's Creed. Even if they didn't release Conviction for the PS3 -_-
EDIT: Just found you my PC can run Conviction so my year long bitchin spree is over.
DICE, because they make the amazing Battlefield series and aren't afraid to push boundaries for things like Mirror's Edge, which IMO is vastly underrated.
And Criterion, because those guys make the most fun racing games out there.
No particular order: Frictional Games Black Isle Studios † LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC Troika Games L.L.C. † Double Fine Productions, Inc. The Creative Assembly Starbreeze Studios AB
At the moment my favorite studios are Platinum Games because i loved Vanquish and Bayonetta, Guerilla Games, DICE and Rockstar San Diego.My all time favorite however is definitely Kojima Productions.
I would have to say DICE because I like to think that they are like Blizzard but in the FPS sandbox genre :P Just name one game that came close to Battlefield with the same asset's just as WoW, I personally can't think of any.
Outside of this i would say Capcom and Konami because 90% of my games are made or published by them.
rockstar then DICE- though the gap is wide. The gap is getting closer with the increasing chatter on the whole "we never hear from rockstar devs" conversation, which unsettles me.
favorite would have to be bethesda. i loooove open world games and fallout 3 and oblivion are some of the best games i own. for me anyways. i loved the replayability After that i would have to say DICE for multiplayer games. battlefield games are always amazing.
Double Fine: They're crazy Rockstar: Amazing atmosphere and usually ground breaking in open-world DICE: They're awesome at what they do, but they're not afraid to try other things. Also, Swedish. Obsidian: Their games are like rough diamonds. Very rough...that cut you. But they're still fucking diamonds! Valve: Durrrr Massive: They're in my home town and hopefully my friend will get a job there soon!
Psygnosis (R.I.P.) - I somehow loved most of their games, which is a nice feat. Nintendo (whichever division it is) - for Mario 64 Criterion - I could never get enough of Burnouts, all of them. AKI - NO ONE made better games than they did Rare - for the old days
It'd have to be Blizzard! They seem incapable of making anything but amazing games and try their best to align consumer interests with their own.
Morhaime gave a pretty insightful lecture detailing their corporate strategy and explaining how loving games is very much a job requirement there, worth a watch. A duder's hosting it here.
I need to play SpyFiction before I put Access Games on this list, don't I...
Otherwise, Team Meat, Frictional, Criterion, BioWare, Harmonix, Irrational, and Kairosoft all come to mind as consistent developers I'm cheering for constantly.
1. BioWare: I spend so much time in the games. Despite the bias and having worked on it ME2 was my most played game of 2010. 2. Double Fine: Just simply love their smaller, quirky titles, and no other company does humour in videogames like they do.
Beyond these 2, there are a myriad companies that I'll gladly keep supporting because of their recent work. Hothead, Blizzard, Valve, Bethesda, Criterion, Visceral , Twisted Pixel and to some degree Ubisoft.
Bethesda- The Elder Scrolls and the new Fallout series are really amazing DICE- Can't go wrong with Battlefield Ubisoft- Splinter Cell (classic, none of this Conviction crap) and Assassin's Creed are two of the greatest game franchises ever And while I haven't played too many of their games, Rockstar is quickly becoming one of my favorites with their great attention to detail in Red Dead Redemption
I guess if it came right down to it it would be Valve, hands down.
But, if we're talking about devs who's games I always buy, Double Fine, Clover/Platinum, Naughty Dog, Grasshopper, Retro, Game Freak, and whatever constitutes Nintendo's R&D1 nowadays.
Obsidian - they've made the best RPG's in the history of gaming, plus their games are the best written and some of the most innovative and unique out there. If someone can make a game that could be categorized as art it's only Obsidian, and I think they've already achieved it with Planescape: Torment
Valve - not only for their games but also for Steam, the best gaming platform out there
One developer I'll be checking out from now on is Larian, their last game Divinity 2 DKS was really really good, much better than hyped up turds like Oblivion, Fable or Dragon Age. Too bad they didn't have the money for marketing campaigns and buying reviews so DKS flew under the radar completely.
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