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Frank-the-Rabbit
02-24-2010, 05:59 AM
I was just wondering what everyones favorite game development studios are. You know the ones. The developer that you trust enough to almost buy their games sight unseen.

For me its the 3 big B's: Bungie, Blizzard, and Bioware.

Bungie has had me since Marathon and even more after Marathon 2: Durandal. The story and gameplay of those games were awesome for their time and very well done. Halo just solidified Bungie for me. I remember we had a Halo clan way before Microsoft even got Bungie and decided to put it on the Xbox. Bottom line I know if I pick up a Bungie game I will have fun and thats why I play games in the first place.

Blizzard game have always been about playing with my friends. Starting with Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, my friends and I used to play hours and hours trying to best each other. Each new RTS from Blizzard would suck us in more then the last. From playing over modems to having tournaments after school in the computer lab. Then came Diablo and I for one couldn't get enough. I only stopped playing Diablo 2 after my buddies got me to join them in WoW. WoW is crack and I have played far to much of it. If I want to play a game with my buddies I know a blizzard game will be one of the top choices.

Bioware is a fairly new developer love for me. I didn't play much baulders gate. The first game that caught my eye from Bioware was Knights of the Old Republic. Wow Bioware knows how to tell a story and each new game they have released has improved on this for me. I really feel that Bioware has really figured out how to do combat well with DOA and ME2.

I have lots of respect for other developers but these three are the ones I really trust and get very excited for their games.

jango
02-24-2010, 06:59 AM
bethseda, bioware, and a fair number of ubi titles for me

i admire blizzard a lot also, but i find them a very double-edged sword these days ..

LiNuX
02-24-2010, 07:22 AM
I'm with Valve.

EpsilonX
02-24-2010, 08:42 AM
My favorites development teams will always be Team Ico and Team Silent, for making the 2 most atmospheric games i have EVER experienced. I'm sure there are some old school pc games that are better, but i haven't played them yet. I'm talking about Silent Hill 2 and Shadow of the Colossus.

Other than that, I like Blizzard and Square Enix

jango
02-24-2010, 09:39 AM
oh, and i'd add THQ to mine also .. forgot them

Project Blaze
02-24-2010, 11:19 AM
For me it's gotta be Square Enix and Capcom. There's probably another one, but those are the ones that stick out for me.

jango
02-24-2010, 11:54 AM
I'm with Valve.

hey linux, u might find this interesting esp with ur preference for valve .. Gamasutra - News - Valve's Faliszek: Team Self-Determination Drives Left 4 Dead 2 DLC Strategy (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27296/Valves_Faliszek_Team_SelfDetermination_Drives_Left _4_Dead_2_DLC_Strategy.php)

HamadaLFC8
02-24-2010, 12:28 PM
Rockstar
THQ
Eidos
EA
Valve

Kenoi
02-24-2010, 01:02 PM
Valve, Square Enix, Capcom & Namco. haha.

LiNuX
02-24-2010, 01:32 PM
hey linux, u might find this interesting esp with ur preference for valve .. Gamasutra - News - Valve's Faliszek: Team Self-Determination Drives Left 4 Dead 2 DLC Strategy (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27296/Valves_Faliszek_Team_SelfDetermination_Drives_Left _4_Dead_2_DLC_Strategy.php)

Thanks for the link - just read through it. They think they did great with releasing l4d2 so early but I disagree, it still has a lot to improve on and over the past few weeks they've brought out a lot of new updates which made the game worse. For example, your infected team always has bots now if you don't have the 4 full humans playing which is annoying. The bots take up the spawn time and of course they don't communicate, they just attack to attack.

Valve should have waited another year before the l4d2 release. They had plenty of time to work on the CS and HL series, and the l4d series looks rushed.

But either way, I've played their games for as long as I remember, still play CS so I have most of their games (Minus TF)

Project Blaze
02-24-2010, 05:14 PM
Namco, that's the other one I was forgetting. Gawd.

Kenoi
02-24-2010, 10:25 PM
Namco, that's the other one I was forgetting. Gawd.


Its all good, I almost forgot capcom too. haha.