Paro
10-01-2006, 05:18 PM
Which game developers do you love? How about love to hate? Or ones that you're indifferent to? Here are my opinions on the following:
Nippon Ichi: Quickly becoming one of my favorites. Disgaea was absolutely fantastic(though Atlus brought it stateside), as is Makai Kingdom(Phantom Brave and La Pucelle were good but not spectacular). I'm also swiftly falling in love with Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana. Great characters, good dialogue, fun gameplay, and lots of extras for the hardcore gamer.
Atlus Software: Another great RPG developer(and has ties to the above). I loved em for brining Disgaea stateside, and that love only grew when I got ahold of Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne. Digital Devil Saga 1 isn't great, but it's still a solid RPG, and quite different from the norm in terms of subject matter. Stella Deus, I've been told, is also quite good.
Konami: DDR aside(not my thing), I love these guys. MGS, Silent Hill, the Suikoden series, hell yeah. Very rarely do they dissapoint.
Capcom: A developer of extremes. When they're good, they're really good(RE:4, DMC 3, Viewtiful Joe), but when they're bad, they're REALLY bad(Mega Man X 7, P.N. 03, RE: Outbreak, and Megaman EXE for Gamecube). Capcom also makes some of the best damn Zelda games ever(yay Minish Cap!)
Square-Enix: These guys are responsible for some of the best games ever made, but most of their releases since the merger have fallen flat(although Star Ocean was pretty good).
Rare: Kinda like Capcom, they oscillate between great and horrid(although most of their recent ones have been bad). They have greats like Donkey Kong Country, Goldeneye, and Conker's Bad Fur Day. However, they also have major stinkers like Diddy Kong Racing, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, and Jet Force Gemini.
Bioware: I love these guys. They consistently make great games.
Blizzard: Although they're not really a console developer, these guys are the best on the computer software market. I have yet to play a single bad game from them.
EA games: I'm probably one of the few people who don't like these guys. I'm not a big fan of sports games, and most of their other games are rather stale for me. I'm also not a big fan of Sims or Medal of Honor.
Namco: Love the Soul Caliber games(and Soul Edge, too). Katamari Damacy is great(although that's mostly SVG), as was Tales of Symphonia. Baten Kaitos was kinda lame, though(as was Xenosaga 2). Overall, they're almost as consistently good as Konami.
Insomniac: 3 absolutely fantastic Rachet and Clank games in 3 years, and a fourth this year. Also, these guys really deserve an award for managing to get so much quality out of the PS2 hardware. These guys can really make a good game engine.
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Nippon Ichi: Quickly becoming one of my favorites. Disgaea was absolutely fantastic(though Atlus brought it stateside), as is Makai Kingdom(Phantom Brave and La Pucelle were good but not spectacular). I'm also swiftly falling in love with Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana. Great characters, good dialogue, fun gameplay, and lots of extras for the hardcore gamer.
Atlus Software: Another great RPG developer(and has ties to the above). I loved em for brining Disgaea stateside, and that love only grew when I got ahold of Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne. Digital Devil Saga 1 isn't great, but it's still a solid RPG, and quite different from the norm in terms of subject matter. Stella Deus, I've been told, is also quite good.
Konami: DDR aside(not my thing), I love these guys. MGS, Silent Hill, the Suikoden series, hell yeah. Very rarely do they dissapoint.
Capcom: A developer of extremes. When they're good, they're really good(RE:4, DMC 3, Viewtiful Joe), but when they're bad, they're REALLY bad(Mega Man X 7, P.N. 03, RE: Outbreak, and Megaman EXE for Gamecube). Capcom also makes some of the best damn Zelda games ever(yay Minish Cap!)
Square-Enix: These guys are responsible for some of the best games ever made, but most of their releases since the merger have fallen flat(although Star Ocean was pretty good).
Rare: Kinda like Capcom, they oscillate between great and horrid(although most of their recent ones have been bad). They have greats like Donkey Kong Country, Goldeneye, and Conker's Bad Fur Day. However, they also have major stinkers like Diddy Kong Racing, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, and Jet Force Gemini.
Bioware: I love these guys. They consistently make great games.
Blizzard: Although they're not really a console developer, these guys are the best on the computer software market. I have yet to play a single bad game from them.
EA games: I'm probably one of the few people who don't like these guys. I'm not a big fan of sports games, and most of their other games are rather stale for me. I'm also not a big fan of Sims or Medal of Honor.
Namco: Love the Soul Caliber games(and Soul Edge, too). Katamari Damacy is great(although that's mostly SVG), as was Tales of Symphonia. Baten Kaitos was kinda lame, though(as was Xenosaga 2). Overall, they're almost as consistently good as Konami.
Insomniac: 3 absolutely fantastic Rachet and Clank games in 3 years, and a fourth this year. Also, these guys really deserve an award for managing to get so much quality out of the PS2 hardware. These guys can really make a good game engine.
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