Favorite game brands/developers?

Do you guys have a fave developer? Who you tend to like more than others - for me it was Bungie before Destiny came out, now I'm a big fan of CD Projekt Red?

Feel free to discuss here, but I'm also doing a research project on larger vs indie developers as part of my Masters - I'm not going to beg for responses, but I've got two short surveys (6 questions, mostly multiple choice) - one on a smaller indie dev, one on Blizzard and would super appreciate the help.

Indie Dev:

https://goo.gl/forms/oa9VzavVzODq1Mkg1

Blizzard:

https://goo.gl/forms/MBORGGKO9YxBei3R2

But do you guys think that smaller indie developers struggle to get the brand following larger devs do?

But do you guys think that smaller indie developers struggle to get the brand following larger devs do?

Errrrr... nah.

SEGA!

@jackamomo: Is that saying SEGA is a smaller dev? As I'd argue they're rather big and have a loyal following

not really.

but there are three developers I pay attention to if I hear something in the news

Frontier

The Fun Pimps

Keen Software House

@tfl4me:

1. Sega

2. Rockstar

3. Idea Factory

4. SpikeChunsoft

5. Marvelous AQL

6. Crystal Dynamics

7. Naughty Dog

8. Activision

9. Japan Studios

10. Nintendo

Outside of the hiccup that is Mass Effect: Andromeda, my favorite is Bioware along with Bethesda.

- Naughty Dog

- Cd Project Red

- Square Enix

- Atlus

- Falcom

Guerrilla Games has a new loyal follower because of HZD. I avoid EA like the plague lol

Some of my favourite developers are:

- Capcom

- Nintendo

- Square-Enix

- Bioware

- Platinum

Blizzard

Ubisoft, though lately not so much. We will see how Far Cry 5 is.

Bioware, yes, even after ME: Andromeda I still like them. They've made two questionable games in the past few years (Dragon Age 2 and Andromeda) and the two combined equate to really only one bad game.

1. Capcom

2. Square Enix (Mostly, their FF titles and Parasite Eve 1 and 2 but 3rd birthday is good as well)

3. Valve (because of Counter Strike and Half Life)

4. the old EA (well, NFS games and medal of honor franchise and also, BATTLEFIELD)

5. Infinity Ward

6. Nintendo (I guess)

7. Atlus (Maybe for their Summon Night games)

8. Bandai Namco (because of Tekken)

@tfl4me: Oh. . . I cannot narrow it to even single digits lol.

However if I keep in mind more than one franchise per developer/ company? It's alot easier.

As much as I like From Software, Nippon Ichi Software, Nintendo, and Arc Systems I don't enjoy every/ or even the majority of games they make. Same with Team Ninja.

Despite all the hate they get with Fighting games, and what they did with Resident Evil I'm a bit of a Capcom fanboi overall and enjoy most of what they develop. Also really love Vanillaware, and in-house Namco_ despite how much I dislike Tekken 7, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is excellent and still one of my most played Fighting games of all time, same with Dark Ressurection, Bloodline Rebellion, and can't forget my love for traditional Pac-Man games.

For the Indie scene it's a no brainier and I'll give it to DrinkBox Studios. It's tough naming more because I usually only like a single game Indies develop. If GalaxyTrail pull of Freedom Planet 2 I'll give credit where it's due. So far however, they have a single game, that's, reasonably good. While DrinkBox make hit after hit_

• Platinum/Clover
• Amusement Vision
• Retro
• Whoever made the Blitz games at Midway

Blizzard
Square Enix
Valve

Top 3 :)

Ubisoft

Capcom

Activision

4A Software

This is definitely the game Aqua Moto Racing Utopia from developer Zordix. It is an amazing jet ski racing game with beautiful water and really tight and intense races.

@Yams1980:

Bullfrog

Did you like Dungeon Keeper?

If so, I recommend looking up War for the Overworld if you haven't already.

@tfl4me: Mario supa mario

companies that still make games I enjoy:

• nintendo
• sega
• rockstar
• [sort of] Microsoft game studios
• Sierra
• bethesda
• remedy
• ruffian games
• croteam
• running with scissors
• namco
• q entertainment
• insomniac games

companies that either don't make games or make games I don't enjoy anymore\companys that changed dev teams and are not the same:

• 3d realms
• id software [and I know they live on through Bethesda but that's why bethesda is in the first half]
• lion head studios
• [the old] bungie
• valve
• midway
• williams
• tecmo

p.s I probably left out a few

1. Paradox Interactive

2. Koei Tecmo