Which developers got it right, right of the bat?

This means developers where the first games were AAA quality. This isnt just limited to recently or review scores, im talking about the general quality of a game.

I've been playing the Witcher and just heard it was the developers first game. Damn, thats really impressive.

What do you guys think?

Just a side note, i remember reading that the first few games Nintendo made were pretty mediocre. But you could talk about their subsidaries.

Halo, Call of Duty, Gears of War, KOTOR, Pop: Sands of Time...and so far that's what comes to mind.

valve is the big one that comes to mind for me

Halo, Call of Duty, Gears of War, KOTOR, Pop: Sands of Time...and so far that's what comes to mind.

Legendaryscmt

Halo, Call of Duty, Gears of War, KOTOR, Pop: Sands of Time...and so far that's what comes to mind.

Legendaryscmt

i dont think you understood what i mean (my fault for not making it clear).

I didnt mean which games, i meant which developers made an amazing game on their first attempt. All the ones you listed are games when those devs were already proven.

valve is the big one that comes to mind for me

linkin_guy109

Halo, Call of Duty, Gears of War, KOTOR, Pop: Sands of Time...and so far that's what comes to mind.

Legendaryscmt

Valve

Bungie

id

Bioware

Black Isle Studios

Blizzard

Double Fine

Etc.

Valve

Bungie

Bioware

Blizzard

Double Fine

Etc.

BioShockOwnz

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Valve

Bungie

Bioware

Blizzard

Double Fine

Etc.

Vavorlye

What about 'em?

CAVE, many others.. But no need to search through devs.

[QUOTE="Vavorlye"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

Valve

Bungie

Bioware

Blizzard

Double Fine

Etc.

BioShockOwnz

What about 'em?

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="Vavorlye"] Blizzard....Vavorlye

What about 'em?

All of those devs are freaking ace!

Monolith with blood comes to mind

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valve is the big one that comes to mind for me

Vavorlye

You do realize Wolfenstein 3D was not ID's first game, right?

Halo, Call of Duty, Gears of War, KOTOR, Pop: Sands of Time...and so far that's what comes to mind.

Legendaryscmt

Valve

Bungie

Bioware

Blizzard

Double Fine

Etc.

[QUOTE="Vavorlye"][QUOTE="linkin_guy109"]

valve is the big one that comes to mind for me

trakem

You do realize Wolfenstein 3D was not ID's first game, right?

That was Commander Keen, right? Then they still qualify.

Half life games (valve)

Halo (Bungie)

3d mario platformers (Nintendo)

Zelda games (again nintendo)

Half life games (valve)

Halo (Bungie)

3d mario platformers (Nintendo)

Zelda games (again nintendo)

Wii_Gamer_277

Level 5, Tri Ace and Image Epoch.

Crytek comes to mind as a developer whose intentions and technical ability were transparent from the beginning.
Though I'm not their biggest supporter, I can't deny the quality of their productions.

At GS:
92 - Far Cry
95 - Crysis
90 - Crysis: Warhead
?? - Crysis 2

[QUOTE="osan0"]CD PROJEKT red definately delivered the goods. their support for the game has also been top notch (a free overhaul is always welcome). before they used to translate biowares and black isles games into russian i think. if i remember correctly bioware, bless em, saw what they were trying to do with the witcher and gave them a free licence for the aurora engine. of course red then went and rewrote 85% of the engine...but it was a nice gesture none the less :P. reyad-u

do you want the sequal done right or do you want it done fast? im sure they have something in the oven...but i would be surprised to see anythign new from them in 2010.....mid to late 2011 id say is the earliest were going to get a sequal for the witcher.

Crytek comes to mind as a developer whose intentions and technical ability were transparent from the beginning.
Though I'm not their biggest supporter, I can't deny the quality of their productions.

At GS:
92 - Far Cry
95 - Crysis
90 - Crysis: Warhead
?? - Crysis 2

aflakian

the thing i love (well loved...not going to be true anymore) was that crytek would basically make a game so advanced that no hardware could do it justice at launch. its what i would call a F it game. they just say "here our budget....lets go nuts...screw the system requirements". the thing i hate about crytek is that they just make really stupid mistakes from time to time. they have this bizarre habit of making a great game with interesting gameplay..and then ruining it by introducing stupid alien/mutant killer ninja things.

Halo, Call of Duty, Gears of War, KOTOR, Pop: Sands of Time...and so far that's what comes to mind.

Legendaryscmt

Bungie had mad previous titles before Halo, and EPIC Games (the studio behind Gears of War) was widely known for its succesful Unreal Tournament series.

Retro Studios jumps readily to mind. The Metroid Prime Trilogy was brilliant from start to finish, plus they had to reinvent Metroid from a 2D sidescrolling adventure game to an FPS/FPA full 3D experience.

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Halo, Call of Duty, Gears of War, KOTOR, Pop: Sands of Time...and so far that's what comes to mind.

Bentham

iseewhatyoudidthere

[QUOTE="Legendaryscmt"]

Halo, Call of Duty, Gears of War, KOTOR, Pop: Sands of Time...and so far that's what comes to mind.

Bungie had mad previous titles before Halo, and EPIC Games (the studio behind Gears of War) was widely known for its succesful Unreal Tournament series.

Irrational is one of the only ones that comes to mind. (and no, im not using Bioshock as my game of reference)

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[QUOTE="Legendaryscmt"]

Halo, Call of Duty, Gears of War, KOTOR, Pop: Sands of Time...and so far that's what comes to mind.

SparkyProtocol

Bungie had mad previous titles before Halo, and EPIC Games (the studio behind Gears of War) was widely known for its succesful Unreal Tournament series.

Bungie, Valve, capcom, Konamy, Bioware, ID...

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Lol, Gnop!

mgs

god of war

halo

forza

gears of war

these are the only ones i can think good AAA in all games acording to gamespot ratings

EA Redwood Shores, now Visceral Games

I dont think that they made any games before Dead Space, but correct me if I'm wrong

Valve's first game was Half Life, so they did it right I would assume.

EA Redwood Shores, now Visceral Games

I dont think that they made any games before Dead Space, but correct me if I'm wrong

Level-5, Naughty Dog, Trico. I know Dark Cloud wasn't like spectacular but I really enjoyed it and still replay the game.

Valve

Bungie

id

Bioware

Black Isle Studios

Blizzard

Double Fine

Etc.

BioShockOwnz

But Blizzard's first games weren't Warcraft, Starcraft, or Diablo, so AAA right off the bat I don't think so.

EA Redwood Shores, now Visceral Games

I dont think that they made any games before Dead Space, but correct me if I'm wrong

Half-true. They were a group of existing devs... probably some Godfather/BFME people. EARS had a bunch of scattered dev teams, mostly in one building. The floor they are on was Tiger Woods before it became Dead Space, IIRC. Dead Space was just a random game team like any other before they got an official name.Makari

lol knew it! first game credited on wikipedia was Godfather and Simpsons. forgot about Simpsons.

also on mobygames: http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/visceral-games/developed-by/

godfather, tiger woods and BFME. pretty much what i thought. the Sims credits are a bit misleading though, there's a Maxis studio in the same building.

For instance, Infinity Ward's first game was Call of Duty... but before that most of IW came from 2015, where they made MOH: AAMakari