What are the Top 3 Greatest Developer?

Not sure how this industry is defined by Naughty Dog.

At the moment, the industry is defined by mobile and tablet games. As well as titles like Minecraft that are basically made for nothing, with 0 marketing yet make billions. These are what seem to defining the future of the industry, not Naughty Dog.

Even from a technical perspective, it's arguably Epic with the unreal engine that defines last gen with the future quite possibly the exact same thing again.

Nintendo

Interplay: Baldur's Gate,Descent,Earthworm Jim,Fallout 1-2,Icewind Dales,MDK,Planescape Torment,Wasteland

Yeah, Valve crafted the Source Engine. Half-Life. Steam and that's it. Apple of the video game world.

Apple didn't invent the MP3 player, they didn't invent the smart phone, they didn't invent the tablet...they popularized it.

1) Naughty Dog

2) Valve

3) Nintendo

4) Rockstar

5) Suda 51/Platinum/Grasshopper

As far as production values go Naughty Dog is pretty much in a league of their own. I think they are the absolute most important video game developer of this gen and they're going to, or already have, change the way we look at video games. The Last of Us was groundbreaking for its overall quality and I can't wait to see what the future will bring from them.

Nintendo (Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2)

Rockstar North (Red Dead Redemption, GTA5)

Naughty Dog (Uncharted 2, The Last Of Us)

Developers that put out the most critically acclaimed titles last gen.

To me :

SquareSoft until they merge with Enix ...they made many of the beloved console JRPG

Nintendo maybe the only one that as the whole package : iconic caracters, many derived products, revolutionized gaming 3 gen in a row and they still make games that people love

Capcom before the 360/PS3 era where they pretty much sh** all over everything they did

Honorable mention to Sony who put a lot of unique games on the market in their folio they sure have a game for every taste.

Right now:

1: Platinum Games: Bayonetta is terrific. Vanquish, Revengeance, and Wonderful 101 are pretty damn good. Anarchy Reigns is okay, but at least experimental from a mp perspective. Madworld is a dud. Their consistency is whatever, but they have a strangle hold on making stylish action games at this point. They can do things that are actually unique in that genre (wonderful 101, anarchy reigns mp), and they can make tightly designed action games (revengeance), a fucking beast (Bayonetta), and oh by the way they did one of the more exciting third person shooters in Vanquish, monotone nature and all. Legit developer.

2: From Software: Specifically the Souls team. Demon's Souls is fantastic. Dark Souls is fantastic. I'm going to assume Dark Souls 2 is fantastic (haven't played it yet). Bloodborne looks fantastic. They know how to do atmosphere and giving a world a sense of place. Exploring their environments actually are worth a damn, and they know how to deliver a consistent theme to their games. If they could you know, do other shit besides the Souls games effectively they would be a beast of a developer.

3:Firaxis: XCom Enemy Unknown is bitchin, Civilization 4 was bitchin, Civilization 5 with dem hexes and dem expansions is bitchin. The studio is bitchin, and make fantastic turn based strategy games.

Wait: this is an all time thread?

1: Nintendo
2: Black Isle
3: Capcom

All time thread: where the dev needs to exist?

1: Nintendo
2: Blizzard
3: Valve

Portal, Portal 2, Alien Swarm, Left4dead, left4dead 2, Source 2, Team Fortress 2, Counterstrike: Go steam works, source film maker yada yada yada e.t.c...

Regardless of potty mouth lies and derogatory terms like "apple" the reality presented exists and remains. Sadly, Tears cannot change this.

I was following you until your last hostile sentence. Try to actually comprehend what I'm saying(I don't mean that in a asshole way). Capcom wen't on a pretty long stretch of releasing high quality games. As of now, they have met a roadblock, but before that...the RE trilogy, etc. etc.(I've already listed the games). ND is a extremely talented studio, but they haven't released enough games to go on such a monsterous stretch Capcom has in the past. Lets say, hypothetically, the next ND game is trash...where does that leave them on your list? Lets say they release high quality games the next 5 years...all that does is put them on Capcoms level. Every developer will have a rotten egg eventually. What I'm saying is......eventually the present will become the past and you will be saying the same thing about ND as I am for Capcom, if they continue their streak.

Also, Capcom has made SF, RE, BoF...so they aren't necessarily unfamiliar with creating new ips. The real joke is when you compare the libraries of each developer and claim the team with less experience is the better one when they haven't been around for 20 years like the other.

@charizard1605: Honestly, you were one of the few people I respected on this forum, until this post lol. You basically threw out Nintendo because of their past and then put ND on a pedestal. They may be the most hyped at this moment, but they haven't stood the test of time.

• Nintendo EAD
• Atlus
• Valve

Honorable mentions: Intelligent Systems, Sega, Ubisoft Montreal, Ensemble Studios, Retro Studios, Rocksteady, Fireaxis, Square Soft and Monolith Soft.

343 Industries-Made Halo not look like shit and replaced Bungie who would have turned Halo into a shitty MMO/Borderlands wannabe

Rare after MS purchase-Revolutionized motion gaming and created Avatars.

Naughty Dog-Tricked the games industry into making a huge deal out of 3 mediocre games and CGI for a 4th.

Wow...I had no idea Atlus made so many games lol. Talkin about "standin the test of time." I'm impressed.

You're an absolute fucking idiot

I respect your opinion. And you, as a person.

@intotheminx: How'd I throw out Nintendo? They're still #1 on my list, aren't they?

I would say probably Nintendo, Rockstar and Naughty Dog probably in that order. Bungie is getting up there. Ubisoft has a lot of good games but they have their issues. Bethesda is always good. Blizzard has fallen off a bit. They abandoned games like Warcraft because of Wow and went for the money. They are trying to reestablish that nitch again though with strategy games. Bioware is still good. Capcom. From Software. Rock steady. Love Double Fine and Telltale games. Oldschool and not the budget of some of these other ones but still bring it. Quantic Dream. That's more than 3, but I'd still say Nintendo, Rockstar and Naughty Dog are tops. Never been a huge fan of Valve.

Ugh how could I forget Atlus

FML

hard choice 1 naughty dog 2 rockstar 3 rocksteady&kojima game stydio for me

No bro , you people are hostile towards one of the best , if not the best , developer of the last 10 years. Im the defender here you are the hostiles with no reason.

Then again the difference between you and me is .... i never said why did you choose Capcom as your favorite. All im saying is ..why the heck you judging some people choosing ND as their favorite. Thats our difference. You choose Crapcom , fine. But to judge other people choosing ND ... Then im the hostile ...come on..

Nintendo

rockstar

valve

All time?

• Capcom
• Konami
• Nintendo

Currently?

• KojiPro
• Naughty Dog
• Firaxis Should probably be in the last list as well.

Is it even possible to pick any other three?

Rockstar Games, Nintendo and Valve.

My big three: Valve, Blizzard and Nintendo. That list has been set in stone for at least a decade now and is looking to stay that way in the foreseeable future.

Valve and Capcom, Rocksteady

Bethesda

Naughty Dog

Kojima

Honorable mentions: Rockstar and Squaresoft (**** Square Enix)

Naughty Gods

Bioware

RockStar

Except Firaxis completely fucked over their XCOM fans with the expansion XCOM: Enemy Within which was released last Nov.

It was retardedly buggy and had a few game breakers in there. Surprising considering the core gameplay really didn't change.

To this day Firaxis has released 0 patches for consoles and 1 small patch for PC which from what I understand only created more bugs.

Firaxis doesn't have boards so we take all our completely justified bitching and moaning to the 2K forums. Many of the XCOM faithful have sworn off ever buying another XCOM game if this is the kind of treatment we can expect.

Firaxis stays silent.....................

-Nintendo

-Valve

-Blizzard

BTW , what's up with Naughty Dog being listed here .? You guys need to play more games . I respect your opinions though .

Bungie, Bioware & Turn 10.

@charizard1605: I meant "threw out" as a way of you putting something forward. Capcom was really influential at one point in time. ND has Uncharted and TLOU and everyone throws a fit. Lets just pretend Capcom doesn't have a dozen different titles that were successful.

@AzatiS: People can like whatever they want to. I'm simply trying to understand why a developer can put out a successful franchise and another title and everyone says they are the GOAT. ND is one of the best developers at this moment in time, but they aren't in contention for GOAT is what I'm trying to say. Their catalog needs to grow exponentially before that conversation can take place.

Played PC version. Ran into 2 bugs that made me restart the mission.

Sure that sucks, but considering the amount of content they added, it's certainly not the thing I instantly think about when I play the game.

1. Blizzard

2. Valve

3. Firaxis Games

Nintendo EAD, rocksteady and VALVe in terms of modern, currently extant development studios.

Sad that you're ignoring console users that got completely screwed. Game was also imbalanced as **** in the player's favor.

I'm used to feeling like I'm barely holding it together and have to make strategic sacrifices when playing an XCOM game.

Nintendo: You can go on about their hardware but the amount of AAA games is second to none.

Naughty Dog: A company that knows how to get the best out of a console and make some very memorable franchises.

UbiSoft: They have made some amazing franchises and have had some top games in a variety of genres this and previous gens.

ND is one of the best many years now , if not the best. Maybe not for GOAT title since they missing quantity of games but as we speak easily one of the top 3. Dont go with quantity though because , yes , Capcom has some tremendous games there but also some utter craps. ND on the other hand has a limited list of games but every single one is above average. Same thing other great developers doing with finnest example BLIZZARD. Just a few games all these years but every single delivering , more or less ( except D3 vanilla maybe ). It really depends.

all the boring ones have been said. You can't make a list without sticking to the canon of certain devs (Valve, Blizzard) so I'll just list some random ones I was impressed by in recent times

Bizzare Creations because they made traditional racing fun and exciting. Good interfaces and slick visuals. Shame to see them go.

Fireaxis: Civilization 5 is the goat. Not only is it an amazingly designed game, it's full of depth if you want it, but also caters to complete newcomers beautifully. The way everything in the game is done is great, the sounds and little trinkets are not just incidental but were very deliberate design choices. The little things man.. also kill Gandhi asap.

From Software: I think it's the first time the games design made a level this atmospheric or intense. Great multiplayer+singleplayer convergence too, which is something we're seeing a lot these days..

The Metal Gear Team: This shouldn't really count but whatever. Under Hideo's hands MGS is the fantastic. Despite the obtrusive storytelling, the distinctively Japanese take on stealth action beats all and then some. I am hyped for the next Metal Gear but I fear it won't be as 'cool' as the MGS4 and everything prior. Seems like it's become more globalized/Americanized, losing a bit of it's geeky Japanese coolness.

And some I def don't think deserve a spot

Naughty Dog- Cool you made some not-Indiana Jones game. Kinda enjoyable too, and some of it well paced (well 2 was at least) but nothing of greatness here.

Ubisoft- All ubisoft games right now seem to be the same for me. Heaps of hype, a lot of features and a lot of promises. In the end they feel largely bland despite looking great visually. Assassins Creed is wack, Watch Dogs is the most wack of all time, Far Cry has become lame. I still have hope for Rainbow 6 because that MP trailer looked fun.

DICE- Early games were great for their time. I even loved Bad Company 2. Bad Company is great. Then BF3 came, and then BF4, and then Hardline (which looks wack)

In no order:

Rockstar

Naughty Dog

Valve

Honorable Mentions:

• Insomniac Games
• SEGA
• Id Software

All-time:
1. SEGA
2. Konami
3. Nintendo

Present:
1. Nintendo
2. PlatinumGames
3. Atlus

From Software

Atlus

Rockstar

Nintendo out.

1) Bullfrog

2) Blizzard

3) Westwood Studios

• Blizzard
• Blizzard Entertainment
• Blizzard, Conquerors of Entire Genres.