Best developer in their prime?

IMO Rare, never seen a developer put out that many incredible games in one generation for the N64. Also consider that back in the 90s/early 00s, GameSpot reviewed with higher standards. I'd guss that both the 9.8 and 9.9 would be 10s now, with maybe another game having a shot as well.

Goldeneye (launch title) (9.8)

Banjo Kazoie (9.5)

Banjo Tooie (9.6)

Donky Kong 64 (9.0)

Perfect Dark (9.9)

Conker's Bad Fur Day (9.3)

As well as Jet Force Gemini (8.8), Killer Instinct (7.4), Diddy Kong Racing (6.6 - What's up with GameSpot hating kart racers, like Mario Kart, this gen?).

HM: Blizzard, Valve, Bungie, Rockstar, etc. as they are all arguably still producing top notch games (GameSpot score-wise).

I agree. Rare was so good back in the 90s. They also had a title called Blast Corps that was really fun. Its a shame they only make Kinect shovelware garbage now

Black Isle. They came out with the first two Fallouts and Planescape: Torment at a Call of Duty like pace.

Black Isle and Blizzard.

Black Isle. They came out with the first two Fallouts and Planescape: Torment at a Call of Duty like pace.

scoots9

Icewind Dale aswell.

Free Radical Design - Had the best members of Rare from when Rare was at it's prime, and created the best shooter series out there: Timesplitters.

It's kind of hard to compare now and then because the development process is so different. Now games take much longer to make and require a lot more people. Something like Rare will never be repeated again just due to the fact it takes a lot longer to make a game now a days. I'm sure if you could make games as fast as Rare could in the N64 days, we'd find several devs as talented as them.

It's kind of hard to compare now and then because the development process is so different. Now games take much longer to make and require a lot more people. Something like Rare will never be repeated again just due to the fact it takes a lot longer to make a game now a days. I'm sure if you could make games as fast as Rare could in the N64 days, we'd find several devs as talented as them.

AmayaPapaya

Why? Developers just need to make compromises with graphics.

Terraria took 5 months to develop and it's a brilliant game.

Bullfrog was the best probably in their prime which was early to mid 1990s, they made most of the games I still enjoy. Seems crazy though peter molyneux was behind so many classics, yet now he's turned into pretty terrible game developer. Reminds me of George Lucas and Spielberg, how he was great ones, but is a giant hack now.

Syndicate I and II

Populous

Theme Hospital

Magic Carpet 2

Dungeon Keeper

I'd say that Valve and Rockstar are the most consistent developers. I'm pretty confident that they won't screw anything up.

squaresoft around the end of the 90s was releasing pure awesomeness with every game.

Nintendo. They never got out of their prime.charizard1605

Ha, exactly what I was thinking.

As for the has beens though, probably Squaresoft. Used to release top notch games at an incredibly fast pace, now they release mediocre to average games at an insanely slow pace.

Goldeneye hasnt aged well, its a terrible game these days, Perfect Dark was unplayble with its god awful framerate, it did not deserve a 9.9 since they put graphics over gameplay, i mean who cares if it runs at 10fps? as long as it has good graphics right?

other than that, Rare were god tier

Probably Blizzard, but they're still in their prime.

Nintendo. They never got out of their prime.charizard1605

Nintendo lost money in 2011.

It's been 100 years. Nintendo is on its way out. :lol:

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]Nintendo. They never got out of their prime.FashionFreak

Nintendo lost money in 2011.

It's been 100 years. Nintendo is on its way out. :lol:

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[QUOTE="charizard1605"]Nintendo. They never got out of their prime.nintendoboy16

Nintendo lost money in 2011.

It's been 100 years. Nintendo is on its way out. :lol:

I'd guess he/shes being sarcastic.. wait, are you being sarcastic? :shock:

*vanishes*

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]Nintendo. They never got out of their prime.FashionFreak

I have to go with Squaresoft/Square-Enix in the mid-late 90's,Capcom from 1995-2002 and Black Isle in the late 90's.

SE was a power house back then

Squaresoft

Either Nintendo when they were making the best Zelda games or Squaresoft in the PS1 and beginning of PS2 eras

Squaresoft.

Bethesda, Rockstar and Nintendo

Black Isle. They came out with the first two Fallouts and Planescape: Torment.

scoots9

This, and Blizzard with Diablo 2 and WarCraft 3

IMO Rare, never seen a developer put out that many incredible games in one generation for the N64. Also consider that back in the 90s/early 00s, GameSpot reviewed with higher standards. I'd guss that both the 9.8 and 9.9 would be 10s now, with maybe another game having a shot as well.

Goldeneye (launch title) (9.8)

Trinexxx

Blizzard (Starcraft, Diablo 1 and 2, Warcraft 1-3) and Bioware (Baldurs Gate series)

I love seeing Bullfrog and Black Isle mentioned. I'm so happy there are still gamers who remember more than COD. Shiny was promising as well but never had much of a chance to show themselves in modern days. I feel that Matrix license killed them.

I'd say that Valve and Rockstar are the most consistent developers. I'm pretty confident that they won't screw anything up.

UnrealLegend

^^ while in not a big fan of rockstar games...they are always quality

valve always redefines the fps genre with the new major half life releases...and its source engine alone is enough to make it in the tops of the community

Westwood of course, 3DO at some point, Arena Net(original Blizzard crew), dunno few companys too are very worm to my gaming hearth but Westwood is my n.1 company they had best storie driven games.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]Nintendo. They never got out of their prime.FashionFreak

Nintendo lost money in 2011.

It's been 100 years. Nintendo is on its way out. :lol:

Link

"Buried in reams of financial data is the revelation that Nintendo have 812.8 billion Yen (£6.7/$10.5 billion) in the bank - enough for it to take a 20 billion Yen loss (£163/$257 million) every year until 2052. Then there's almost 469 billion Yen (£3.8/$6.0 billion) held in premises, equipment and investments. When that runs out - we're in the year 2075 by this point - they've got some of the most valuable intellectual property in gaming to sell off before the company goes out of business."

Nintendo has more then $35,000,000,000 as of the end of 2011.

Edit* On topic I would probably say maybe Black Isle, Westwood, or Rareware.

Rare or Nintendo...Sega is up there too.

Westwood Studio's easily. They pretty much dominated 1995 - 2001

Blizzard and Valve. They were in their prime a decade ago and they're still in there prime now.

Squaresoft (pre SQ-Enix merger) were just godly....

Blizzard and Valve. They were in their prime a decade ago and they're still in there prime now.Frostbite24

[QUOTE="Frostbite24"]Blizzard and Valve. They were in their prime a decade ago and they're still in there prime now.Ironbash

Goldeneye hasnt aged well, its a terrible game these days, Perfect Dark was unplayble with its god awful framerate, it did not deserve a 9.9 since they put graphics over gameplay, i mean who cares if it runs at 10fps? as long as it has good graphics right?

other than that, Rare were god tier

HaloinventedFPS

I love seeing Bullfrog and Black Isle mentioned. I'm so happy there are still gamers who remember more than COD. Shiny was promising as well but never had much of a chance to show themselves in modern days. I feel that Matrix license killed them.

KungfuKitten

Dude, it's Nintendo. Obviously. We can't forget that the company exists as a developer themselves. Not only a hardware manufacterer.

However if we want to stay aware from them and stick to third parties then I would probably have to agree with you on Rare. Their N64 era was rife with a ridiculous amount of triple A games. Also Blizzard and Capcom come to mind.

Dude, it's Nintendo. Obviously. We can't forget that the company exists as a developer themselves. Not only a hardware manufacterer.

However if we want to stay aware from them and stick to third parties then I would probably have to agree with you on Rare. Their N64 era was rife with a ridiculous amount of triple A games. Also Blizzard and Capcom come to mind.

Darth-Samus

Take a look at Squaresofts library in the 90s.

Dude, it's Nintendo. Obviously. We can't forget that the company exists as a developer themselves. Not only a hardware manufacterer.

However if we want to stay aware from them and stick to third parties then I would probably have to agree with you on Rare. Their N64 era was rife with a ridiculous amount of triple A games. Also Blizzard and Capcom come to mind.

Darth-Samus

Probably Blizzard, but they're still in their prime.

Master_ShakeXXX

It's pretty hard to go with anyone other than Blizzard. They have been "in their prime" for going on 2 decades now...

It's hard to argue with that level of consistency.

Is there any other developer than controls the Gold Standard title in THREE separate genres like Blizzard does?

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Probably Blizzard, but they're still in their prime.

Bruin1986

It's pretty hard to go with anyone other than Blizzard. They have been "in their prime" for going on 2 decades now...

It's hard to argue with that level of consistency.

Is there any other developer than controls the Gold Standard title in THREE separate genres like Blizzard does?

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[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

Probably Blizzard, but they're still in their prime.

DarkLink77

It's pretty hard to go with anyone other than Blizzard. They have been "in their prime" for going on 2 decades now...

It's hard to argue with that level of consistency.

Is there any other developer than controls the Gold Standard title in THREE separate genres like Blizzard does?