Rubin Farr Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Separate from what r u playing thread, gamers these days are so well informed, some are studio fanboys now, instead of just hardware companies. Do you have any favorites? Designers have almost become rock stars thanks to events like E3 and endless online coverage. With a lot of studios closing or eliminating branches, list whatever ones exist or used to that made games you love. Mine: Gearbox Intelligent Systems Valve of course Nintendo EAD Retro Studios Q Entertainment Pandemic RIP DICE Treasure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 the ones that make pc exclusive games only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pennywise Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 2K cos of Borderlands and Bioshock. Oh are they part of Gearbox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sprigg Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Pennywise, 2k is its own company. 2k (bioshock, borderlands, a few others) Gearbox (borderlands) Valve (obvious reasons) Amanita (botanicula and a few other point and clicks) Camelot (golden sun) Whoever made amnesia Retro (metroid prime) 38 studios, for the lulz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mafted Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 id , Valve and Crytek id is just bad ass.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Not including defunct companies or ones that messed up like Bioware. Great products and more (service, community interaction, company ethics...): Valve CD Projekt Wolfire Games Bohemia Interactive id Jonathan Blow Great games: From Software Naughty Dog Thatgamecompany BGS Rockstar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaarg Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I had Blizzard now Mojang I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 Any designers that will make u buy a game on day 1? Miyamoto Blazinski Molyneaux Ken Lavine Tetsuya Mizuguchi Hironobu Sakaguchi Sakurai Tetsuya Nomura Will Wright Tim Schafer Houser Brothers Just the ones I could think of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I always liked id growing up, but I don't currently have any favorites. Bethesda is real good. I just play whatever, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jasondonervan Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Fumito Ueda/Team ICO. Shame this happened, probably means we won't see the like of ICO/SotC again anytime soon. Just finish The Last Guardian, that's all I ask... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Npoess Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Rockstar There's a lot of Rockstar studios. But they never really seem to make bad games. Valve The Half-life series is probably my favorite video game series. But sometimes it feels like Valve has some problems with communicating with fans, getting stuff made on time, and delivering on promised stuff. But like Rockstar.. They've never really made a bad game. BioWare Never played KOTOR, Baldur's Gate etc... I've only played Mass Effect, but that series is a huge achievement. They have quickly become one of my favorite developers. Irrational Games Ken Levine.. Bioshock.. etc. Bungie Whether you like it or not they revolutionized the FPS genre with the Halo series. The Halo games have the most anvanced AI in any shooter game (if you ask me). They really suck at telling a good story, but they know how to make fun shooters. Bethesda Fallout, Elder Scroll.. What more is there to say. Ubisoft Montreal Assassin's Creed, Tom Clancy games and the upcoming Watch Dog game. So much talent in this studio. DICE I've never been a huge multiplayer gamer. But I always loved the Battlefield games. They also do some amazing things with first person animations and sound. Rare Well.. They used to be one of my favorites. Relic Entertainment They done some awesome stuff with the CoH series. Kings of the RTS genre. Playdead They made Limbo. That's enough to be listed here. Remedy Alan Wake & Max Payne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 I liked KOTOR infinitely more than Mass Effect, even w the shitty graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 id Software took up a great deal of my time for a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frankie5fingers Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 originally i was a HUGE blizzard fan. some of my favorite games are warcraft and starcraft and an old gem called black thorn. but after WoW came out that quickly changed. so id say Bethesda, Bioware, Ubisoft, Baddog, Westwood (before they were bought), Sega, and Atlus. i probably have a lot more that i can't remember right now. but these are the biggest that come to mind as of right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonside Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Nintendo R&D1/SPD are legendary Treasure of course, although they haven't been too busy lately CAVE I'm not wild about the "celebrity" game developer trend. The hype surrounding certain games has gone way, way out of control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Poole Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Anything developed by FROM Software, Valve and Nintendo will be an instant purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 recently? Nippon Ichi titles, also Double Fine titles (Stacking and CQuest, new Tim Schaefer collab thing coming), and anything from that dude that did Lone Survivor recently i'll purchase blindly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Rockstar There's a lot of Rockstar studios. But they never really seem to make bad games. Valve The Half-life series is probably my favorite video game series. But sometimes it feels like Valve has some problems with communicating with fans, getting stuff made on time, and delivering on promised stuff. But like Rockstar.. They've never really made a bad game. Irrational Games Ken Levine.. Bioshock.. etc. Bethesda Fallout, Elder Scroll.. What more is there to say. Ubisoft Montreal Assassin's Creed, Tom Clancy games and the upcoming Watch Dog game. So much talent in this studio. DICE I've never been a huge multiplayer gamer. But I always loved the Battlefield games. They also do some amazing things with first person animations and sound. Playdead They made Limbo. That's enought to be listed here. Remedy Alan Wake & Max Payne. Edited to my liking. Tim Schaefer seems great too. I mean, he seems like such a great guy who wants to make fun games. I can get behind that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxus Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 The only ones i really follow are valve and bethesda. Typical I know, but hey! They're great. Bethesda has some issues with quality control (I'm still tweaking skyrim every time i play to try to eliminate frame skipping and shadow glitches), and their current focus on designing for consoles first and PC second is annoying, but they make amazing games so I let it slide. Morrowind probably consumed more hours of my life than any other game. Valve is amazing, you guys see their leaked employee handbook? I would kill to get a sound design job there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 From Software get all my sloppy bjs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Looking Glass, Black Isle, 90s Bioware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Black Isle This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLA FUR BIS FLE Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Black Isle This. Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Enter a new display name Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 No love for Hideki Kamiya (the guy behind Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe, Okami and Bayonetta)? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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