Who Are Your Top Favorite Developers of All Time?

Andrew Korenchkin

Andrew Korenchkin

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Self explanatory title, I hope! As usual, how many developers you choose, and whether or not you want to rank them numerically, is up to you.

I'll stick with a top ten ranking, 'cause it's a psychologically satisfying number and I like lists.

10. Crytek
9. Nintendo
8. Team Silent
7. Team Ico
6. Rockstar Games
5. Naughty Dog
4. Valve
3. Looking Glass Studios
2. Rare
1. Irrational Games/Ghost Story Games
 
Remedy and CD Projekt are the two best boys. Visceral's a best boy too, but he was murdered by EA.
 
1. Bungie/343
2. Bethesda Game Studios
3. Irrational Games
4. Remedy
5. Bioware (before they turned to shit)
6. UbiSoft Montreal
7. Arkane
8. Eidos Montreal
9. CDPR
10.Moon Studios
 
1- Nintendo
(quite a large margin to the second place)
2- Capcom
3- Rare
4- Konami
5- From
6- Platinum
7- Atlus
8- Falcom
9- Squaresoft
10- id software
 
3. Nintendo
Even though I feel weird putting them cause I have no idea which studios are which.
2. Sony Japan
So many great, and varied games come out of there.
1. Squaresoft
The greatest RPG maker of all-time.

Honorable mentions - Capcom, CDPR, Insomniac, Bungie, and Bioware

Dishonorable mention - Naughty Dog
Used to be one of my favorite developers. They are now completely tarnished. Christophe Balestra left at the right time.
 
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1. Monolith Soft/Yoko Taro and whatever team he works with
2. FROMSOFTWARE
3. Atlus
4. Team ICO
5. Team Silent Hill
6. Studio Japan
7. Platinum Games
8. Square Enix
9. Nintendo
10. Intelligent Systems
11. Saga
12. Capcom
13. Sucker Punch
14. Naughty Dog
 
Good question. See I'm not going include studios like CD Project Red/Bend/Access Games as although the have the ability to become that, one amazing game recently dosnt justify a spot on this list (two does though guys so keep going).

Number 1 by a wide margin; Naughty Dog.

Bluepoint.
Tango Gameworks.
Irrational Games (RIP)
Neather Realm Studios (despite WB)
 
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From Software
Naughty Dog
iD
Rockstar
Retro
Bungie
Bethesda
Valve
Capcom
Nintendo
Obsidian


Not really in order, some devs that may be added to the list later based on future games...

SANDLOT
CDPR
Arkane
Bend

Probably forgetting stuff
 
Currently? Definitely not ND or R* anymore. Seems like they're losing what made them special and going down THAT path.
I'd say Nintendo and Valve still
 
Only 2 mentions of SEGA - probably the second most influential stable of developers after Nintendo - so far. Kind of disheartening.

1. SEGA (including AM2, Sonic Team, Smilebit, Creative Assembly, etc);
2. Capcom (Mega Man, RE, SF, etc);
3. Nintendo;
4. Square-Enix;
5. Namco (particularly Project Aces);
6. Atlus (now part of SEGA);
7. Rockstar North/San Diego;
8. Platinum Games;
9. Ubisoft Quebec (Far Cry!)
10. Japan Studio (Sony)
 
Since I was/am an arcade junkie and then a bit of PC/console gamer...
  1. Capcom
  2. SEGA
  3. Konami
  4. Namco
  5. SNK
  6. Midway
  7. RockStar
  8. RockSteady
  9. Crytek
  10. id Software
 
1. Id Software
2. Westwood Studios
3. Bungie (Halo Era)
4. Rare (Classic)
5. Retro Studios
6. Lucas Arts
7. Nintendo
8.From Software
9. Sega
10. Konami
11. Capcom
 
Monolith
Atlus
Squaresoft
Naughty Dog
Insomniac
Silicon Knights
Retro Studios
Sucker Punch
CDPR
ICO
Zipper Interactive
Sony Santa Monica

I'm sure I'm missing quite a bit.
 
1- Naughty Dog: if you told me a game is made by Naughty Dog, i would buy it without thinking anything else. Their name is a seal quality.
2- Fumito Ueda/ GenDesign: Even if his last game wasn't perfect, Ueda's games are unique and avant-garde.
3- thatgamecompany: Their games convey beautiful emotions without needing violence.
4- Sony Santa Monica
5- Nintendo EPD
6- Rockstar Games
7- Insomniac Games
8- Netherrealm Studios
9- CD Projekt Red
10- Square Enix
 
Only the first 3 are in order the others aren't. While all of these companies are still alive kicking and doing well, I really do miss them in their earlier days. Maybe it was because I was younger, but it feels like they use to put a lot of heart and charm into their games, now it feels so sterile and clinical
1.Capcom
2.SNK
3.SquarEnix
4.FromSoftware
5.Namco
6.Konami(older)
7. Turn 10
8.Polyphony Digital
9.Nintendo
10.Bethesda
 
I'll just mention 3 but I'll give reasons.

1. From Software: Ever since Demon Souls they've been releasing my favorite games from both this and last gen.
Great gameplay, level design and art direction, great approach to DLC and in a gen where it feels like a lot of big devs really slowed down their output and just focused on sequels, FROM had 3 major releases, 2 of which were new IPs with a 4th release on the way that's also a new IP.

2. Squaresoft.
The golden age of JRPG. For a while they got everything right, fun gameplay, awesome presentation in unique worlds with enjoyable stories and memorable characters. I don't generally fall for nostalgia and in many ways I think modern games are better than ever.... but damn they don't make JRPG's like this anymore

3.Platinum.
I like over the top japanese actions games, and Platinum is like "over the top japanese action games: the studio".
They've had some disappointments in recent years but overall I still think they are great and I'm always looking forward to their next project. Also the whole "all their games are Bayonetta with a different skin" shit some people always bring up is bullshit.
 
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Team Ninja
From Software
Capcom
Konami ''espiceally their pre PS1 games''
Sega ''pre Sammy''
Platinum Games
Namco
THQ
 
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1. Naughty Dog. From Crash days on PS1, to Jak series on PS2, Uncharted and Last of Us beyond. I'll buy anything they put out, period.
2. Rockstar North. Every game they release is an event. Best open world game designers of all time.
2. Santa Monica Studios. Will also buy anything they put out, seal of quality. God of War is the perfect mixture of story + action gameplay. Both equally important.
 
1. Nintendo
2. Bungie (during their Microsoft days)
3. Konami
4. Squaresoft
5. Rare
6. Capcom
7. Namco
8. Sega
9. Zipper Interactive
 
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Interplay. Specifically when Tim Cain was there. Fallout was amazing.

Bethesda. Because Todd Howard and his sweet little lies. Seriously though. Skyrim.

Bungie. They made Halo and it was amazing once upon a time. It's a shame what's happened to them since then.

(Old) BioWare. Because everything they touched turned to gold. Now it turns to shit. I miss Greg and Ray. Those guys were great.

Giants. They make Farming Simulator and it's awesome.
 
1. Squaresoft
2. Intelligent systems Nintendo
3. Monolith
4. Fromsoft
5. Falcom
6. Bamco
7 EAD Nintendo
8. Atlus
9. Konami
10. CDRP
 
In no particular order:

Core Design
Squaresoft/Square Enix
Armor Project (Yuji Horii's Dragon Quest studio)
Capcom
FromSoftware
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio (Yakuza)
Sega's GE2 R&D division (Valkyria Chronicles)
Game Republic
Level 5
Platinum Games
SCEJ
Team Ico
Polyphony Digital
Team Silent
Namco
 
FROM
Team ICO
Platinum/Clover
Team Silent
Nintendo
Insomniac
Konami
Bethesda
Retro
Capcom
Atlus
Sega

And there are more, and I can't be bothered to order them at the moment. So many greats though.
 
  • Nintendo.
  • Ubisoft when they're making UbiArt games like Child of Light and Valiant Hearts (I don't trust them on new Splinter Cell games).
  • Looking Glass Studios.
  • 4A Games.
  • Eidos Montreal only doing Deus Ex.
  • Bioware pre-Mass Effect 2.
  • Bethesda pre-Fallout 3.
  • Whoever the fuck makes the Sniper Elite games.
 
1 Nintendo teams (EAD and the like)
2 CDPR (and this is with me only playing 2 of their games)
3 Square enix
4 Platinum Games
5 From Soft
6 Rockstar
7 Moon Studios (the ori team)
8 Insomniac
9 Bethesda (I know they're a publisher but I am counting alll their studious like I'd and arkane also I mean pre fallout 76 fuck you dishonored is amazing)
10 Naughty dog
 
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Atlus
Sega AM2
Sonic Team
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
Nintendo EAD
Taito
Treasure Ltd.
SNK
Capcom
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Arc System Works
Platinum Games
 
1. CCP Games - Eve Online
2. Bohemia Interactive - ARMA Series
3. Ensemble - AOE Series
4. Westwood Studios - C&C Series
5. Ironclad Games - Sins of a Solar Empire
6. Bethesda - Elder Scrolls Series
7. Sonic Team - Phantasy Star Online
8. Sega AM2 - Daytona USA
9. Gearbox - Borderlands Series
10. Massive Entertainment - The Division Series
 
From Software
Naughty Dog
CD Projekt
Rockstar
Nintendo
Capcom
Kojima Productions
Sony Interactive Entertainment
 
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10. From Software
9. Santa Monica
8. Monolith Soft
7. Epic Games
6. Japan Studio
5. Polyphony Digital
4. Retro Studios (Nintendo)
3. CD Project Red
2. Rockstar
1. Naughty Dog
 
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Favourite Sony first party developer used to be Naughty Dog but after Druckman its Sony Santa Monica

Favourite multiplatfrom developer used to be Bethesda Game Studio but now CDProjectRed
 
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