Top 10 developers in the video game industry (Most talented)

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I get why people do it, but I think its a bit unfair to include all of Nintendo EPD or all Capcom in these type of lists, becuase they have a huge size advantage.
 
NaughtyDog
VanillaWare
FromSoft
Capcom Resident Evil Team
Atlus
CDProject
Guerilla
Nintendo Team A
RedHook
Moon


Kept Rockstar off because their Output is so low, 1 game every 6-7 years at this point. Same with Valve. At least CDProject releases major DLC and smaller games like Gwent and Thronebreaker.
 
Ill just list them based on my favorite games of all time, however in certain cases, they are no longer "the best".

CDPR - no question here, Witcher and Cyberpunk are pretty much one of the greatest games ever made.
Bioware - yep, I know, but you can't deny their history with KOTOR, Mass Effect trilogy and Dragon Age Origins(wasnt a fan of BG at that time), these games paved the way for a lot of other developers including CDPR stuff and despite some duds I still enjoyed even their latest games like Veilguard and Andromeda.
Larian - no, not because of BG3 even if its a good game, it's not one of my favorites, but Divinity Original Sin 2! I love this game and its still my favorite crpg.
id - Doom, need I say more? Doom Eternal is the best shooter ever made.
Eidos Monteal - thief(yes I liked the new one lol), DXHR amazing game always replaying it, DXMD not the best but still good, TR was fine.
Arkane Studios - yep, another one similar to Bioware, but Prey, Dishonored 1 and 2 are my favorite games of all time so yeah
Naughty Dog - Uncharted and TLOU, nothing more to add, Joel and Nate are peak main characters and nothing has surpassed them yet.
RGG studio - Yakuza, still awesome after so many years, they have a few duds, but the main series are awesome fun
Rocksteady - they fucked up bad with SS, but Batman Arkham trilogy is peak Batman and nothing in the media, movies included has surpassed it.
Insomniac - Spider-Man games like the Batman trilogy have the best Spider-Man and I loved all 3 of them.


Bonus: IO Interactive - for Hitman and Freedom Fighters, Croteam - SS and Talos, Rockstar - not a huge fan of GTA games, but RDR2 is top dog of all top dogs.
 
Capcom - Fuck you whiners
Fromsoft - Fuck you naysayers
Kojima Productions
Insomniac
Sucker Punch
Rockstar
Housemarque
Digital Extremes
Naughty Dog - Still great,every studio stumbles
 
Capcom - Fuck you whiners
Fromsoft - Fuck you naysayers
Kojima Productions
Insomniac
Sucker Punch
Rockstar
Housemarque
Digital Extremes
Naughty Dog - Still great,every studio stumbles

Crazy how insomniac hurt their reputation so much with just one game. Before spider-man 2 everyone praised them so much over here but now they're criticised to death instead. I haven't played spider-man 2 so i don't know how bad the woke stuff is but people have done a complete u turn on insomniac.
 
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From Soft's best for me rn, everyone else can be below, it's almost irrelevant to me. Also cheers to any dev not pushing moronic political agendas with their work.
 
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Hey, I do like me some list threads! Here's mine in no particular order:
  • Visual Arts/Key
  • Supergiant Games
  • Vanillaware
  • Mages
  • Atlus
  • Monolith Soft
  • Housemarque
  • Playground Games
  • Nintendo EPD
  • Naughty Dog
  • Kojima Productions
  • Rockstar
  • From Soft
  • Former Sony Japan
  • Nihon Falcom
  • CDPR
Special mention to Team Asano (SQX) and Yoko Taro & Yosuke Saito (SQX). I'll be buying whichever games they're working on.
 
Most talented? Fuck knows. Developers like Sandfall or Avalanche should tell you that there are probably some very talented developers out there stuck in the corporate machine who just need their chance.
 
- FROM Soft.
- Rockstar.
- Naughty dog.
- Nintendo.
- Capcom.
- CD projekt red.
- Sega.
- Playground games.
- Santa Monica.
- Insomniac.

Buying something from any of these studios is a guarantee of quality (almost always...)
 
I think it is important to distinguish between a publisher, that has a lot of development teams, and the teams themselves. But this is not always easy, as internally, who develop the games can be a little bit opaque.

My picks (no order) :

Team Ninja + Omega Force (Koei Tecmo) : Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive, first Hyrule Warriors, Project Zero
Retro Studios : Metroid Prime and Donkey, but mainly Metroid Prime
Sonic Team + SEGA Japan internal : Sonic games and Valkyria Chronicles 1/4
M2 : all their top notch emulation projects and original projects
Spike Chunsoft (can't tell which teams) : Shiren the Wanderer, AI Somnium Files games
Matrix Software : Brigandine
Shift : Code Vein
Type-Moon : Witch on the Holy Night, Tsukihime
Moebius : Outer Wilds
5pb/Mages : Steins Gate and 0
 
Nintendo EPD (leader by far)
Larian studios
FROM software
id Software
Kojima productions
Retro studios
Remedy

CDPR
Rockstar
Capcom RE team

No - Sonys studios do not compare. They just push out the same games
 
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