Which developers made your top five games?

Not one of those tired and cliched "what are your top five games" threads. Just list the developers. Mine in order:

1. Nintendo

2. Nintendo

3. Nintendo

4. Konami

5. Namco

Coincidentally, all five have memorable and timeless soundtracks.

1. Bungie

2. Squaresoft

3. Squaresoft

4. Atlus

5. Capcom

Blizzard

Blizzard

Team Ninja

Square

Nintendo

• Capcom
• Bioware
• Epic
• Team Ninja
• Bungie

Bethesda Softworks

Looking Glass Studios/Ion Storm Studios

Irrational Games

Access Games

Bioware

1. Rockstar - Vice City

2. Rockstar - San Andreas

3. Valve - Portal/Portal 2

4. Quantic Dream - Heavy Rain

5. Epic - Gears of war/Gears of War 3

HONORABLE MENTIONS

6. Ubisoft - Assassins Creed/Assassins Creed 2

7. Bethesda - Skyrim

8. Bioware - Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 (havent played 3 yet

9. Bungie - Halo CE/Halo 3/Halo Reach

10. JaGeX - RuneScape (haters gonna hate)

From Software

From Software

Nintendo

Bethesda

CD Projekt Red

no order

THQ:saints row 3

slant 6:resident evil:orc say what you want but i think the people that complain just suck

team ninja:ninja gaiden

bungie:halo

blizzard:world of warcraft

no order

THQ:saints row 3

slant 6:resident evil:orc say what you want but i think the people that complain just suck

team ninja:ninja gaiden

bungie:halo

blizzard:world of warcraft

almasdeathchild

fyi Volition is the developer for Saints Row The Third. THQ is the publisher

1.Final Fantasy 7 (Square Soft)

2.Pokemon Red/Blue (Gamefreak)

3.Arkham City (Rocksteady)

4.Shadowhearts (Midway)

5.Megaman X (Capcom)

I only put one Final Fantasy game in it or my entire top 10 would be filled with Final Fantasy games.

Not in order

• Blizzard- Warcraft 3
• Blizzard- Diablo 2
• Capcom- RE2
• Bioware- ME
• Naughty Dog- Uncharted 3

[QUOTE="almasdeathchild"]

no order

THQ:saints row 3

slant 6:resident evil:orc say what you want but i think the people that complain just suck

team ninja:ninja gaiden

bungie:halo

blizzard:world of warcraft

BPoole96

fyi Volition is the developer for Saints Row The Third. THQ is the publisher

1: Rockstar

2: Rockstar

3: Bioware

4: Bethesda

5: EA

Capcom
Sega AM7
Bethesda
Level-5
2K Boston

Maxis

RockStar

Capcom

Square

Codemasters

• Black Isle Studios
• Irrational Games
• Nintendo EAD / Software Development Group 3
• Valve
• LucasArts Adventure Studio / Tim Schafer

Honorable Mentions:

• Looking Glass Studios
• Team Ico
• Naughty Dog
• Retro Studios
• Team Silent
• Monolith Productions (from '97 - '05)
• Troika Games
• Sony Sante Monica
• Blizzard North
• Rockstar North

ITT: A lot of people don't understand the difference between a developer and a publishersavebattery

Or dont remember which team from the publisher it was who made the game

Like Ubisoft or EA own branded dev teams

ITT: A lot of people don't understand the difference between a developer and a publishersavebattery

I guess that's one good thing about this thread, making people aware of who actually made their favorite games instead of some impersonal, monolithic company, i.e., EA, Activision, etc.

On a side note, this thread really indicates the age range of people on here. My formula for calculating age:

• 3 or more Japanese developers = born in the 1970s-1980s
• 1 Japanese developer = born in the 1990s
• 0 Japanese developers = millenials (I hate millenials)

On a side note, this thread really indicates the age range of people on here. My formula for calculating age:

• 3 or more Japanese developers = born in the 1970s-1980s
• 1 Japanese developer = born in the 1990s
• 0 Japanese developers = millenials (I hate millenials)

GalvatronType_R

I would actually say that's a false assumption...in fact, quite the opposite could be true.

Aside from Nintendo...my top 5 doesn't include any other japanese developer, despite the fact a good chuck of my favorite games attached to those developers are actually from the 90's, and there is a reason for that.

If someone listed their top 5 developers consisting of such as Black Isle, Bullfrog, Looking Glass Studios, MicroProse, Origin Systems, New World Computing, Mythos Games, Lucasarts Adventure Team....the last assumption for me would be a millenial, despite none of those being Japanese developers.

You can bet someone who was a hardcore PC gamer throughout 90's and whose list is primarily composed of western developers from that era wouldn't have one single japanese developer in their top 5....and that wouldn't be uncommon for someone in their 30's and 40's, especially since the entire decade of the 90's is essentially considered a golden era for PC game development and PC technology.....3D graphics, online multiplayer, online co-op, mods, DLC....all born on PC and made common in the '90s.

I think more indicative of a person's age rage is the time frame of the majority of their games listed.....or even, how they list developers, or even what developers they list, as in this thread.

• 3 or more Japanese developers = born in the 1970s-1980s
• 1 Japanese developer = born in the 1990s
• 0 Japanese developers = millenials (I hate millenials)

GalvatronType_R

ITT: A lot of people don't understand the difference between a developer and a publishersavebattery

It also shows how much more emphasis publishers put on their name/logo over the developers when they release a product. Which is sad.DJ_Lae

I know...

I thought it was a joke when 2K made Irrational Games change their name to "2K Boston"....Thank God they changed it back.

Still, to this day, there are some people who don't realize that Irrational Games is the same 2K Boston that made BioShock....and not only that, they were developing awesome games before BioShock.

1. Blizzard
2. Nintendo
3. Nintendo
4. Bungie
5. Cavia

1. Nintendo

2. Falcom

3. Genki

4. Squaresoft

5. Konami

Crytek, CDProjektRED, Squaresoft/Square-Enix, Blizzard, Nippon Ichi.

1. Nintendo

2. Blizzard

3. Kojima Productions

4. Rockstar

5. Obsidian

1. Ubisoft Montreal ( Splinter Cell series )

2. IO interactive ( Hitman series )

3. Crystal Dynamics (Last 3 Tomb Raiders )

4. Bethesda ( ES series )

5. Eidos Montreal ( Deus Ex HR )

1. Konami [MGS3:Subsistence]
2. Nintendo [A Link to the Past]
3. Konami [MGS]
4. Nintendo [Wind Waker]
5. SCEA [God of War]

#5 is fairly new, I just finished it for the first time. The spot is always open for change, the top 4 have been that way a long time. I hope they are in for a challenge soon, TLoU, GTAV, Infinite and Sly4 should be worthy contenders.

I know it said top five games but I will continue.

1. Rockstar - GTA San Andreas
2. Naughty Dog - Uncharted 3 Drakes Deception
3. Naughty Dog - Uncharted 2 Among Theives
4. Volition - Saints Row The Third
5. Volition - Saints Row 2
6. Rockstar - GTA Episodes From Liberty City
7. Rockstar - Red Dead Redemption
8. 2K Games - Mafia II
9. Square Enix - Just Cause 2
10. Ubisoft - Splinter Cell HD Trilogy (I'm not sure if it counts as it's a HD collection)
11. Naughty Dog - Uncharted Drakes Fortune
12. Evolution Studios - Motorstorm Apocalypse
13. EA - Skate 3
14. Crystal Dynamics - The Tomb Raider Trilogy (once again, it's a HD collection)
15. Pandemic Stuidos - The Saboteur (very underrated)

NOTE: List may change

no order

THQ:saints row 3

slant 6:resident evil:orc say what you want but i think the people that complain just suck

team ninja:ninja gaiden

bungie:halo

blizzard:world of warcraft

almasdeathchild

Well said

Ubisoft Montreal (POP: SOT)

Ubisoft Montreal (SP:CT)

Bungie (Halo 2)

Kojima (MGS4)

Ubisoft Montreal (AC2)

Naughty Dog (Crash 3)

Troika Games/Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines

Retro Studios/Metroid Prime

Capcom/Resident Evil 2

id Software/Doom II

Konami/Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Of course my top 5 changes all the time so this list would probably be different tomorrow :P

1. Sega AM7
2. Sonic Team
3. Sonic Team
4. Sega AM7
5. Sonic Team

Square Soft

Square Soft

Square Soft

Square Soft

Square Soft

They were once a force to be reckoned with. Now, just a shadow of their former selves... sigh

ubisoft

rockstar

gurrilla games

1.) Square Enix

2.) Bioware

3.) Bethesda

4.) Nintendo

5.) Cavia (Square Enix)

On reflection, I guess my picks would be these:

- Bethesda Softworks
- Ion Storm
- Valve Software
- Looking Glass Studios
- Lucasarts

1. Retro Studios (Metroid Prime)
2. Rare (Donkey Kong Country)
3. Criterion Games (Burnout 3: Takedown)
4. Nintendo EAD (Super Mario World)
5. Clover Studio (Okami)

1. Blizzard

2. Squaresoft

3. Gravity

4. Black Isle

5. Bungie

I don't know if I can say 5, but I know for sure Bethesda, Ubisoft and Nintendo would be named (AC2, Oblivion, Galaxy 2).

1. Santa Monica

2. Blizzard

3. Valve

4. Square Enix

5. Valve

in no particular order blizzard, bungie, nintendo, retro, and bioware.

Red Storm Entertainment (before Ubi buy out)

Microsoft ACES

Rail Simulator Developments

Blackfoot Studios (though their game is still in development)

I don't list any Japanese developers as I don't play anything made by a Japanese developer as I haven't seen anything interesting on the PC by any of them, if they make anything at all that is.

I'm 50 so that blows someone's theory out of the water. I am also a PC only gamer.