Whats your favorite game developer?

[Byuakuya]

Square Enix, without a doubt. I have been a fan since the early days and I am not about to change my favourite developers/publishers anytime soon. :lol:
But Capcom is definitely one of my second favourite.

 

[Sketch Turner]

SEGA, Square Enix, and Ubisoft

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[Dudey]

Mythic Entertainment (Dark age of camelot)

 

[Nichelfish]

Nintendo, Blizzard, and Rockstar. Also, Bethesda.

As the years go by I get more and more pissed off at an EA game than any other, mainly due to the fact that they all seem the same. Every time I've rented an EA game for Wii I would feel like my money went to waste. I did like The Godfather and Tiger Woods for the Wii, but not enough to actually buy them. Originality is just simply not a strong trait for Electronic Arts. Although, they do have some terrific games for other consoles and PC/Mac, i.e. The Sims.

As far as originality and gameplay goes, Nintendo takes the prize every time. But that's a no brainer. And I won't waste time justifying my opinion.

I've been a fan of Blizzard for almost ten years now, mainly for the reason being, they have stuck with only three different stories (Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo) and have improved them to the point where yr real life may simply be put on pause for at least a few years. I was that way with Starcraft and the original Warcrafts, not so much Diablo, but played it for a long time nonetheless, and almost lost reality completely with WoW. And, uh-oh, Starcraft II is almost here. To me, Blizzard is on the cusp of perfection for original stories, fantastic gameplay and style.

Rockstar is one of my favorites I think mainly because of: a) controversy and b) they will make and publish games with subject matter no other company would dare go into to, i.e. the most current: Manhunt 2 (which really isn't bad at all). Honestly though, they still havn't released a game that has completely shocked the hell out of me, but with the MPAA in their way, a lot is stopping them. I'm a fan of pretty much all the games all the way down to original GTA, which was awesome at that moment in time where you couldn't really find a game with content like that. I'm pretty sure I've played all their games. Even, their take on table tennis, which was quite fun, but very limited. I unlocked everything in two nights, which was great, but arm definately paid for it. My favorites though would have to be GTA: Vice City and Manhunt.

There only needs to be one reason to like, or love Bethesda and that is this: The Elder Scrolls. I'm not going to say much because those of you who know what I'm talking about should understand completely. How many hrs did you play Morrowind?

And one final one, an honorable mention: Lionhead Studios. They're the creators of Black & White and Fable. I absolutely loved those games. Although Fable was short, I didn't care. I have plenty of games that will take me a lifetime to play. Fable will always be in my top ten. When it came out a few years ago, I rented it, played it for about and hour and then I took it back, only to go back into the game section and buy it. I was mesmerized for some reason and remained that way for a while. Black and White had primarily the same effect on me, but in a different way; instead of being a young lad in a small town turned ferocious hero/tyrant, I was playing god. And not in a Sims/SimCity kind of way, but in a god kind of way. Black and White wanted you to feel like a god and it did. Bottom line, those two games alone had me completely torn away from reality, and thank the cosmics those games weren't very long, but I believe that was their intentions in the first place; short and sweet.

Everything you wrote there I agree with, you even selected my favourite developers, though I would Square Enix in there.

I tell you now, the nights I spent up until the early hours of the morning doing Mephisto runs with my Amazon equipped in Magic Find gear on Diablo II... gah.

 

[wiiman14]

Nintendo, Rare( Banjo) and Ubisoft

 

[Eagles]

Nintendo and Rare (When developing for N64).

 

[jimbo]

erm i really dont have a favorite just like game franchises..

if i had to pick prob square-enix

 

[Dudey]

World of Warcraft PvP is extremely poor. Its highly repetitive, most players just go for the killing blows rather than actually working as a team. It doesn't help due to the way the game is designed.

 

[samXcor3]

Free Radical (Timesplitters), Nintendo, Square Enix, and probably Rare ;(.

 

[Dinner]

World of Warcraft PvP is extremely poor. Its highly repetitive, most players just go for the killing blows rather than actually working as a team. It doesn't help due to the way the game is designed.

wow -_-

 

[sagema]

That's a hard one. It's almost a 3 way tie between Capcom, Konami, and Square for 2nd place and Nintendo at 1st. This is based on how many games I own from each company. I think I own a total of 30 games over the decades (1985-2007) made by Nintendo. I have a variety of games from a variety of companies, but these 4 companies have remained a constant in what I buy each year it's going to be 1 of these 4 every time at least once.

 

[wombateer]

Ubisoft,
Farcry, the PC version. Assassin's Creed, Red Steel, not bad.

Crysis, although you have to have NASA's space shuttle PC to run it

 

[thas]

Metroid Prime was made by Retro Studios

and retro studios is owned by nintendo.

 

[Pikachu256]

Retro Studios Developed It.
Nintendo Publishes It.

 

[thas]

Retro Studios Developed It.
Nintendo Publishes It.

like i said before nintendo owns retro studios. yes its true that retro developes it, but it still counts as a first party development. there for it can be said that nintendo makes metroid games.