Your favourite game developers

[b0rsuk]

Let's play fanboys for a while. List game developers you like the most, because of games they made and/or support.


ID Software
Splash Damage
Human Head Studios (Developers of Hexen*, Heretic, Hexen2, Rune, Prey)
Relic (Homeworld1, 2, Warhammer 40k, Company of Heroes. Really great and original games !)
Looking Glass (System Shock 2, Thief1, Thief2)
Blizzard (While I have mixed feelings about games they make, their support, battlenet etc are superb. One of few game developers who focus on quality and long-term support)
Epic (Unreal, UT etc. again, a bit mixed feelings, I like some games and some not, but support is good and they support Linux)
Westwood (Command and Conquer minus Tiberian Sun and Generals and Tiberium Wars; Nox, Lands of Lore, Eye of the Beholder, Dune2.... while their support sucked big time compared to Blizzard, I prefer their RTS formula to Blizzard's a lot)

------------EDIT-------
Yeah, these two really deserve it
Bioware (Really good RPGs)
Bullfrog (Dungeon Keeper1,2 ; Syndicate, Magic Carpet1,2)

* The people worked in Raven Software at the time, but left to create their own company

[jammie_d]

ID Software
Splash Damage
Epic
Nadeo
Nerve

The reasons why are self-explanatory.

[Trusk]

PC/Cross platform:
ID
Splash Damage
(I see a pattern here...)
Gray Matter
Crystal Dynamics
Creative Assembly (Total War series)
Sid Meier (not really a company, but hey...)

Consoles:
Criterion (Burnout series)
Konami
Capcom
Namco
Square Enix

And two developers that rest in peace:
Origin Systems
SSI

[k0z4k]

Ubi Soft
ID
Blizzard

[Loffy]

Id software (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_software), Splash Damage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splash_Damage) and Valve Corporation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation).

[SKS]

ID
Splash Damage
Squake Enix - accept no substitutes for RPG fun
Nintendo - no Mario/Zelda fans here? Also anyone going to try playing QW with their Wii remote? :P
Human Head - Prey was awesome SP
Valve
Epic

[Reuben]

I've been an id Software fan since I was a child, I just didn't know it. I played all their games since Commander Keen to Quake 4. I enjoy most games but id Software games are what I look forward to.

[mixu]

I go for crytek =)

[Kamikazee]

Favorite developers coupled with their games:
* id software (Q, Q2, Q3, D3, CK1-6)
* 3D Realms (Duke Nukem 3D)
* Grey Matter (RtCW SP)
* Nerve (RtCW MP)
* Raven (SoF, JK2JO)
* Bullfrog (DK, pre-EA time)

[jammie_d]

Actually, the more I think about it, this more I realise I should have said this:

EA

[Blucid]

Isn't EA a publisher more then a developer other then all the sports games out there. EA did not make any BF games, until they bought out Dice. EA does not know how to create quality games, so they just go around a buy out everyone and then destroy good projects, cause they are whiny assholes.

[vieja]

Bioware, the best rpg games that you can find in stores

[jammie_d]

Whos knows what EA are, but all I can say for sure is that in 5 years time, they will probably own you.

*sings Abba's "Money Money Money" in head*

[sponge]

I'm not an SD fanboy, Wils and I argue all day, and digibob just makes fun of me :(

[SniperSteve]

ID/SD, InfinityWard, Epic.

[=[ETw]=Dodgysod]

namco and neo geo , konami

[SENT]

Crytek
Ubisoft
Rockstar games

[Sainted]

SplashDamage, Infinity Ward, Ubisoft

[Penn]

id software for the RTCW IP
Nerve for the RTCW MP
Dice for the battlefield games
Polyphony Digital for making Gran Turismo

[CodE-E]

My favourites:

Blizzard
Valve
Id Software
Relic
Remedy
Big Huge Games
Splash Damage



Rockstar games

Not a developer. Rockstar Games is a brand and a division of Take Two (a publisher) which consists of a bunch of games studios. GTA is developed by Rockstar North, which is one of many studios which are part of Rockstar Games.

[CRIMSONGHOST]

iD software,splash damage,nerve,Ubi,human head,RAVEN and many more

[Tropenfieber]

Rockstar Games and Arkane Studios (Dark Messiah of Might and Magic).








And Splash Damage of course!! ;) :p

[john_sarmiento]

Monolith are good too (BLOOD, FEAR)...

[Zhou]

Bullfrog - dungeon keeper one and two (neither of which work on xp ;_; )
Bethesda softworks - Morrowind. Just morrowind. All day. Every day.

along with most of the others previously mentioned ofc

[CodE-E]

I really dislike Bethesda Softworks. Their releases are always really buggy, and instead of fixing bugs they release crappy expansion packs and mini content add-ons which they charge money for.

[Zhou]

I would agree that oblivion was a big dissapointment for me. Morrowind however retains a place in my personal best games ever collection

[General.Jung]

Hello Forum,

my favorite Game Developer is the Moves Iinstitute (http://www.movesinstitute.org/). They worked on the title Americas Army.

- Crytek
- Epic Games
- id Software
- Raven Software
- Splash Damage

[thebigalex]

Hello Forum,

my favorite Game Developer is the Moves Iinstitute (http://www.movesinstitute.org/). They worked on the title Americas Army.

- Crytek
- Epic Games
- id Software
- Raven Software
- Splash Damage

Thats good, but this better:

- Splash Damage
- id Software
- Crytec
- Raven Software
- Epic Games

:p

[JiggaJigga]

Best Companies Ever

-Splash Damage
-Id software
-Blizzard


Worst Companies Ever

-EA

Thats it. There is no competition with EA, it's like they try to **** everything up.

[Infiltrator]

Hmm, I'll skip the ones you listed in the OP, but some I'd put alongside:

Looking Glass Studios - responsible for Thief 1/2, where I have gotten my fetish for sneaky gameplay, and System Shock 1/2

New World Computing (NWC) - responsible for the Heroes of Might and Magic franchise.

[JAM]

Lucas Arts, Bullfrog, Westwood Studios, id Software, Black Isle.

[Mr WAZZ]

Bungie. (Halo FTW!)

Id Software. (I love them for the Doom and Quake series.)

Splash Damage. (Not really payed much attention to them, but I'm pretty sure they are the ones for designing the Enemy Territory gameplay, am I right?)

Massive Entertainment. (Creators of the Ground Control series and World in Conflict.)

Blizzard Entertainment. (I've never really liked their games, nothing in my taste atleast, but their community and development team sure is great!)

The Creative Assembly. (The Total War series.)

Bioware. (Best RPG developers, ever!)

Valve. (Creators of Counter-Strike, Team Fortress and the Half Life series.)

[Javert]

I have the greatest respects and pocketbook for Valve and Bioware.

Lucasarts and Nintendo have my past respects.

[Infiltrator]

Valve. (Creators of Counter-Strike, Team Fortress and the Half Life series.)

Valve didn't make CS, nor the original Team Fortress.

[Mr WAZZ]

They didn't? Who did make Counter-Strike and Team Fortress then?

[Infiltrator]

Modders...

[jammie_d]

Modders...

I bet those modders are rolling in it now lol

[vieja]

Well, i think you guys are wrong including Splash damages in your lists. Some of you didnt play RTCW:ET. And this, -yes it was great, but that is not the point-, was a remake of RTCW, full game, yeah, but only one game, not enough to get the level of others, like Valve, Bioware...

This is the second game they develop. I think they are has a bright future, but i dont see them as best company ever...really.

[Dead_Stop]

Id Software (Doom, Quake)
Origin Systems (Wing Commander, Ultima)
Westwood Studios (Command & Conquer, Blade Runner)

[WaltX]

ID Software
Splash Damage
Epic Games

[WildCat87]

CryTek - Far Cry, Crysis
id Software - DOOM
Monolith - FEAR, Condemned
Red Storm - GRAW 2
Turn 10 - Forza Motorsport 2

[space]

Human Head Studios (Developers of Hexen*, Heretic, Hexen2, Rune, Prey)


Just FYI.. heritic, hexen and hexen 2 were all developed by Raven, Prey was developed by 3dRealms.. although human head does get a plug in the opening vid.

EDIT: Sorry I looked up prey 3drealms is the producer so Human head was the dev.

MYLIST:
1) id
2) epic
3) bungie (even thier old RTS games were great)
honorable mention.. Singletrac.. the company dosn't exist anymore.. and only released 5 or 6 games (not-including sequels), but they were all kickass. The company ended up splitting becuase of differences between members of the ownership.

I graded my list based soley on the games th ecompany has released, not quntity. Every game produced by these companies I have found up to a level of quality sadly lacking in the industry.

[Jundy]

id
CRYTECK

VALVE

and any other dev with top game

[b0rsuk]

Well, i think you guys are wrong including Splash damages in your lists.
(...)
This is the second game they develop. I think they are has a bright future, but i dont see them as best company ever...really.

Third.
http://www.q3f.com

[engrpiman]

Let's play fanboys for a while. List game developers you like the most, because of games they made and/or support.


ID Software
Splash Damage
Human Head Studios (Developers of Hexen*, Heretic, Hexen2, Rune, Prey)



I agree with you on those 3 but I would like to add:

Rockstar (GTA)
-who ever made Fallout 1,2 --
Raven -good job on quake 4
ensemble studios - for AOE 1,2
BIG HUGE GAMES -Rise of Legends / rise of nation

[signofzeta]

Electronic Arts

[Loffy]

Hi
Possible cross-posting, but I want to make sure everyone gets a chance to read this really interesting article on the top 50 game studios in Europe (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5495&Itemid=2&limit=1&limitstart=4).

//L.

[Dante]

ID Software
CroTeam(Serious Sam ;) )

[Salteh]

RTCW:ET

W:ET, not RTCW:ET ;)
:}

[nUllSkillZ]

Every game developer that supports more than one OS is a good one.
Unfortunately there aren't that much.

id (and attached like SD)
Epic

[JAM]

Capcom! ;D

[InsideTheAsylum]

Me!

*ducks*

[Wraith]

ID Software
Splash Damage
Raven
Blizzard
Crytek

[SKS]

They didn't? Who did make Counter-Strike and Team Fortress then?

Walker, Cook and Caughley made Team Fortress in Australia. They formed Team Fortress Software that was working on Team Fortress 2 before they were bought out by Valve. Valve made Team Fortress Classic, but not the original which was for quake 1 or quakeworld.

Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe were the modders that created Counter-Strike.

Wikipedia is your friend. ;)

[CrazyG]

Bungie
ID Software
Infinity Ward
Raven Software
Splash Damage
EA (C&C Series)
Any other companies that i can't think of that worked on projects with the above names.(except EA)

Ofcourse, Activision.

Thanks for the Doom Series and RTCW.

Thanks for Splash Damage for the free W:ET.

[Slyer]

Crytek definately. :)

[Mr WAZZ]

Walker, Cook and Caughley made Team Fortress in Australia. They formed Team Fortress Software that was working on Team Fortress 2 before they were bought out by Valve. Valve made Team Fortress Classic, but not the original which was for quake 1 or quakeworld.

Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe were the modders that created Counter-Strike.

Wikipedia is your friend. ;)

I guess you learn something every week, I had no idea of that Valve only bought them after they were done.

[BQ22]

Valve
Human Head Studios
Blizzard, agreed with the mixed feelings
Bioware ----> HAH!

[Slade05]

Looking Glass, id and Irrational, hehehe.

[BQ22]

Irrational
How could i´ve forgot em´¿? :confused:

[Slade05]

BQ22
Blasphemy!!! :D

[Bobble]

My list, along with my favourite game from each dev:

1) id Software (Quake III: Arena)
2) LucasArts (Dark Forces)
3) Ensemble Studios (Age of Empires 1, 2 & 3)
4) Raven Software (Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast)
5) Bungie (Halo: Combat Evolved for PC)
6) BioWare (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic)

This list is also largely based on what I play most with my friends. I can't put Splash Damage on the list at the moment, as I have never played any of their games (yet).

[b0rsuk]

Every game developer that supports more than one OS is a good one.
Unfortunately there aren't that much.

id (and attached like SD)
Epic

By the way, did you know that Microsoft call themselves multi-platform now ? Their definition of multi-platform: windows and xbox.

[Dante]

Bungie
ID Software
Infinity Ward
Raven Software
Splash Damage
EA (C&C Series)
Any other companies that i can't think of that worked on projects with the above names.(except EA)

Ofcourse, Activision.

Thanks for the Doom Series and RTCW.

Thanks for Splash Damage for the free W:ET.

Doh EA ruined the fun, I wish Westwood continued doing C&C.