Which is the most dependable developer in terms of quality?

Overall Rockstar is an excellent dev and so is Naughty Dog, the latter is practically perfect.

ShadowMoses900

System Wars never fails to disappoint.

Bungie. How many developers have the same level of constistency with 5 games all scoring AAA?

AdobeArtist

For me the usual...

Valve

Rocksteady

aaaaaand.....uh....er....um....I guess...Blizzard?

Sure...Blizzard. I'll go with that.

Nintendo, Bungie, Firaxis

city interactive. my reason is this. while other developer may maintain a certain level of quality they never IMPROVE their quality like c-i does. by the end of 2012 i predict that; based upon their current game review trends. will have an AE or AAE title on the shelves awaiting your money.

which is a HUGE leap from last gen's end when they were struggling to make review scores higher than 4.5/10

so in short during this gen alone they have gone from dismal scores to getting a 69on metacritic and 65 on another game thats move 2 million units worldwide. i call that progress lets see blizzard do that over 1 gen :cool:

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

Overall Rockstar is an excellent dev and so is Naughty Dog, the latter is practically perfect.

DarkLink77

System Wars never fails to disappoint.

Probably Blizzard and Valve

Blizzard, Nintendo and Valve.

Blizzard, Nintendo and Valve, the holy trinity and the messiahs of gaming.

city interactive. my reason is this. while other developer may maintain a certain level of quality they never IMPROVE their quality like c-i does. by the end of 2012 i predict that; based upon their current game review trends. will have an AE or AAE title on the shelves awaiting your money.

which is a HUGE leap from last gen's end when they were struggling to make review scores higher than 4.5/10

so in short during this gen alone they have gone from dismal scores to getting a 69on metacritic and 65 on another game thats move 2 million units worldwide. i call that progress lets see blizzard do that over 1 gen :cool:

ionusX

[QUOTE="ionusX"]

city interactive. my reason is this. while other developer may maintain a certain level of quality they never IMPROVE their quality like c-i does. by the end of 2012 i predict that; based upon their current game review trends. will have an AE or AAE title on the shelves awaiting your money.

which is a HUGE leap from last gen's end when they were struggling to make review scores higher than 4.5/10

so in short during this gen alone they have gone from dismal scores to getting a 69on metacritic and 65 on another game thats move 2 million units worldwide. i call that progress lets see blizzard do that over 1 gen :cool:

-Unreal-

not necissarily. and going from 35-45meta's to 69metascores is no small leap and takes quite a bit more effort on the part of the developer. i am genuinely convinced their out to turn out better games. its hard for me to say that about blizzard i genuinely believe they strive for above average quality and refuse to try and push the envelop beyond a certain point in order to milk you for content later..

SCII, WoW, diablo III

despite what ubisoft may do to pc gamers. i think somebody up top is looking out for us. he may not always get to be the leading man on things but i think they may have some value in their upper echelon. all buisnesses have a right to be a buisness and turn a profit. but it takes people with a love of an industry and its consumers to rise above. and not toss games out at mach speed or abuse franchises and playerbases in order to make that dollar.

[QUOTE="-Unreal-"][QUOTE="ionusX"]

city interactive. my reason is this. while other developer may maintain a certain level of quality they never IMPROVE their quality like c-i does. by the end of 2012 i predict that; based upon their current game review trends. will have an AE or AAE title on the shelves awaiting your money.

which is a HUGE leap from last gen's end when they were struggling to make review scores higher than 4.5/10

so in short during this gen alone they have gone from dismal scores to getting a 69on metacritic and 65 on another game thats move 2 million units worldwide. i call that progress lets see blizzard do that over 1 gen :cool:

ionusX

not necissarily. and going from 35-45meta's to 69metascores is no small leap and takes quite a bit more effort on the part of the developer. i am genuinely convinced their out to turn out better games. its hard for me to say that about blizzard i genuinely believe they strive for above average quality and refuse to try and push the envelop beyond a certain point in order to milk you for content later..

SCII, WoW, diablo III

despite what ubisoft may do to pc gamers. i think somebody up top is looking out for us. he may not always get to be the leading man on things but i think they may have some value in their upper echelon. all buisnesses have a right to be a buisness and turn a profit. but it takes people with a love of an industry and its consumers to rise above. and not toss games out at mach speed or abuse franchises and playerbases in order to make that dollar.

Also Ionus, Dawn of War 2 is far far far less polished and balanced than Starcraft 2 and that is not an opinion.

Bungie, for listining to their fanbase.

And for inventing the FPS on consoles.

GOGOGOGURT

[QUOTE="ionusX"]

[QUOTE="-Unreal-"] It's hard to improve on a quality that's already very high. It's easy to improve on a quality that is very low.Ravenshout

not necissarily. and going from 35-45meta's to 69metascores is no small leap and takes quite a bit more effort on the part of the developer. i am genuinely convinced their out to turn out better games. its hard for me to say that about blizzard i genuinely believe they strive for above average quality and refuse to try and push the envelop beyond a certain point in order to milk you for content later..

SCII, WoW, diablo III

despite what ubisoft may do to pc gamers. i think somebody up top is looking out for us. he may not always get to be the leading man on things but i think they may have some value in their upper echelon. all buisnesses have a right to be a buisness and turn a profit. but it takes people with a love of an industry and its consumers to rise above. and not toss games out at mach speed or abuse franchises and playerbases in order to make that dollar.

Also Ionus, Dawn of War 2 is far far far less polished and balanced than Starcraft 2 and that is not an opinion.

[QUOTE="ionusX"]

[QUOTE="-Unreal-"] It's hard to improve on a quality that's already very high. It's easy to improve on a quality that is very low.Ravenshout

not necissarily. and going from 35-45meta's to 69metascores is no small leap and takes quite a bit more effort on the part of the developer. i am genuinely convinced their out to turn out better games. its hard for me to say that about blizzard i genuinely believe they strive for above average quality and refuse to try and push the envelop beyond a certain point in order to milk you for content later..

SCII, WoW, diablo III

despite what ubisoft may do to pc gamers. i think somebody up top is looking out for us. he may not always get to be the leading man on things but i think they may have some value in their upper echelon. all buisnesses have a right to be a buisness and turn a profit. but it takes people with a love of an industry and its consumers to rise above. and not toss games out at mach speed or abuse franchises and playerbases in order to make that dollar.

Also Ionus, Dawn of War 2 is far far far less polished and balanced than Starcraft 2 and that is not an opinion.

No Platinum Games love in here?

MobilechicaneX

It depresses me that so many say Rockstar.

turtlethetaffer

[QUOTE="-Unreal-"][QUOTE="ionusX"]

city interactive. my reason is this. while other developer may maintain a certain level of quality they never IMPROVE their quality like c-i does. by the end of 2012 i predict that; based upon their current game review trends. will have an AE or AAE title on the shelves awaiting your money.

which is a HUGE leap from last gen's end when they were struggling to make review scores higher than 4.5/10

so in short during this gen alone they have gone from dismal scores to getting a 69on metacritic and 65 on another game thats move 2 million units worldwide. i call that progress lets see blizzard do that over 1 gen :cool:

ionusX

not necissarily. and going from 35-45meta's to 69metascores is no small leap and takes quite a bit more effort on the part of the developer. i am genuinely convinced their out to turn out better games. its hard for me to say that about blizzard i genuinely believe they strive for above average quality and refuse to try and push the envelop beyond a certain point in order to milk you for content later..

SCII, WoW, diablo III

despite what ubisoft may do to pc gamers. i think somebody up top is looking out for us. he may not always get to be the leading man on things but i think they may have some value in their upper echelon. all buisnesses have a right to be a buisness and turn a profit. but it takes people with a love of an industry and its consumers to rise above. and not toss games out at mach speed or abuse franchises and playerbases in order to make that dollar.

[QUOTE="turtlethetaffer"]

It depresses me that so many say Rockstar.

Michael0134567

[QUOTE="Michael0134567"][QUOTE="turtlethetaffer"]

It depresses me that so many say Rockstar.

FrozenLiquid

This is the internet after all. Opinions are damn serious business ;)

Rockstar

Turn 10

Harmonix

those are my 3.

[QUOTE="FrozenLiquid"][QUOTE="Michael0134567"] Opinions depress you?AdobeArtist

This is the internet after all. Opinions are damn serious business ;)

rockstar, blizzard, naughty dog. i know there is more but i just cant think of them right now

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

Overall Rockstar is an excellent dev and so is Naughty Dog, the latter is practically perfect.

ionusX

System Wars never fails to disappoint.

[QUOTE="ionusX"]

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

System Wars never fails to disappoint.

Slashless

With a sig like that? You'll have to stand alone. No one would want to associate with such epic fail :P

[QUOTE="Slashless"][QUOTE="ionusX"] indeed.. i think i was the only person that didnt name valve, ND, or blizzard.. seriously. show some VARIETY

AdobeArtist

With a sig like that? You'll have to stand alone. No one would want to associate with such epic fail :P

[QUOTE="Slashless"][QUOTE="ionusX"] indeed.. i think i was the only person that didnt name valve, ND, or blizzard.. seriously. show some VARIETY

AdobeArtist

With a sig like that? You'll have to stand alone. No one would want to associate with such epic fail :P

Which is the developer that no matter what they release, you know your going to get your moneys worth?Second_Hokage

Which is the developer that no matter what they release, you know your going to get your moneys worth?Second_Hokage

[QUOTE="AdobeArtist"]

[QUOTE="Slashless"] B*tch please. GODsidian supporter 4 life. Alone I stand. United I'll never be.Ravenshout

With a sig like that? You'll have to stand alone. No one would want to associate with such epic fail :P

C'mon guy, I'm not a robot, and neither are any of the other mods. We're forum users like you, just with the added priveleges to monitor threads. But having that perk doesn't prohibit us from having opinions of our own, and more importantly still participating and contributing to the community. Because we are still a part of that community. So we'll still discuss with everybody else, but step in with our authority when it becomes necessary. When it comes right down to it, mods that are active are better than to just sit by the sidelines.

And getting back to us still having our opinions, the role of moderator isn't a "paying job", so we aren't required to suspend our own personality in the process. We can (and most do) have a sense of humour. I can still particpate in some harmless playful ribbing from time to time, like I did with Slashless ;) ;) . And look at his reply, he totally got it :lol: Sorry to be abrupt but you were taking it a tad too seriously. Especially if you wanna make it in System Wars under the new TOU, you gotta grow a thicker skin :P

Oh and on a last note, I'm aware that GS is acting a bit glitchy today. It takes a long time for a post to process through and sometimes it either results in a blank page or the "Oops" message. When that happens, don't try hitting the submit button multiple times. Instead just let it get to that error screen, then back out with the browser back key and reload the thread page. You should see your message there, and just once, not 6 times. No worries I took care of it :)

Naughty Gawd, Rockstar and Unisoft Montreal.

Nintendo-specifically the Mario and Zelda teams, Retro, and Intelligent Systems (really underrated. Games include, Paper Mario, Wario Ware, Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, and Pushmo. Apparently they helped make a bit of Super Metroid, back in the day, too).

Valve. Not the biggest fan, but they always make expertly designed, entertaining games. Portal is, by far, their best IP.

Bioware. I'm really new to Bioware games, but dang, I love all the ones I've bought (ME2, ME3, and DAO).

As for newer developers with potential or devs starting to show more potential:

Media Molecule. If you were to ask me, I'd say these guys are the best new developers on the planet. They really know how to make just a fun and charmful game.

Rocksteady. Batman AC is awesome. AA not as much, but it's still excellent.

Bethesda. Don't really care for their games before Fallout 3 (to be fair, the only one I played before Fallout 3 was Oblivion) but Fallout 3 and Skyrim are just amazing.

Insomniac. To me, they hit a rock with ToD and somewhat with R1&2. However, CiT and R3 are just so awesome, I can't help but wait for Overstrike and whatever else they have.

[QUOTE="GOGOGOGURT"]

Bungie, for listining to their fanbase.

And for inventing the FPS on consoles.

nintendoboy16

The first doom, wolfenstien, and quake games were not on consoles.

And It vastly improved on goldeneye and perfect dark.

I did rephrase it in an earlier post. I wasn't being literal, but it did invent the modern shooter. No one had played a game like that when it came out.

Bungie, Bethseda, Rockstar, and EPIC

Nintendo-specifically the Mario and Zelda teams, Retro, and Intelligent Systems (really underrated. Games include, Paper Mario, Wario Ware, Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, and Pushmo. Apparently they helped make a bit of Super Metroid, back in the day, too).

Valve. Not the biggest fan, but they always make expertly designed, entertaining games. Portal is, by far, their best IP.

Bioware. I'm really new to Bioware games, but dang, I love all the ones I've bought (ME2, ME3, and DAO).

As for newer developers with potential or devs starting to show more potential:

Media Molecule. If you were to ask me, I'd say these guys are the best new developers on the planet. They really know how to make just a fun and charmful game.

Rocksteady. Batman AC is awesome. AA not as much, but it's still excellent.

Bethesda. Don't really care for their games before Fallout 3 (to be fair, the only one I played before Fallout 3 was Oblivion) but Fallout 3 and Skyrim are just amazing.

Insomniac. To me, they hit a rock with ToD and somewhat with R1&2. However, CiT and R3 are just so awesome, I can't help but wait for Overstrike and whatever else they have.

AmayaPapaya

I think that is what they did with Super Metroid.

But I agree with Nintendo, Retro, and Intelligent Systems.

1a. Nintendo EAD (ignoring them is pretty hilarious, regardless of how you view their hardware)

1b. Valve (Absolute geniuses)

Retro Studios could be on here after another game. Metroid Prime 1-3 and DKCR were brilliant, but I think you need more than 4 games to be considered. I would like to see what else they can do.

Nintendo, RockStar (although I don't like their games), Bethesda, Firaxis, ...