Best Video Game Company (BESIDES Valve)

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Id Software. Disregarding the immense impact they've had on the industry, all of their games are just damn good. You can see that they put a lot of time and effort to get them RIGHT where they wanted them to be. While I'll admit that RAGE was a bit underwhelming, I've yet to play an Id game that I didn't enjoy.

Oh, and a shout out to Monolith Productions. Their games are always so diverse and novel, ranging from 60's spy parodies and time slowing psychic ninjas fighting clones to murder mysteries and the tales of an insane undead cowboy trying to kill a god.
 

Offworlder_v1legacy

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Bioware, purely for Mass Effect, and Blizzard because Warcraft 2 blew my mind as a kid, as did Warcraft 3 later on, oh, and Diablo.
 

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I'd never classify Valve as an exceptional video game company. Not, even a good game company. My top 3 are: Atlus, CD Projekt Red, and Bethseda.
 

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Nintendo has been my favorite game company as long as I can remember, and as long as they keep putting out consistently fantastic content they'll keep their crown.
 

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Been thinking on this, and trying to overlook my innate hatred for all game companies and my inherent suspicions...


I would like to think Funcom is a good company. From what I can see they honestly have this vision of creating a fun game. Look at what they've created. Nothing they do is ever easy, or mainstream, or safe.

Anarchy Online.. Sci Fi has always been something rare for RPGs, something hard to make successful. Even today Sci Fi MMO's are rare, especially ones not connected to Star Wars or Trek.

The Longest Journey and Dreamfall are so unique, they exist in this world that is still one of my favorites.

Conan the Barbarian MMO? Who was clamoring for that? When is low-fantasy ever something that people clamor over? When has Conan ever been a big draw?

And then they released The Secret World. Its the only MMO out there that has actual atmosphere. Such an interesting, mysterious world that had the smartest, most ingenious marketing department of any game ever.



Funcom? I like you, don't screw that up.


I still like Bioware as well. A lead writer with brain damage, and a malignant tumor known as EA hasn't changed that. I'm willing to give them another chance. One bad ending to an otherwise good game can be forgiven.
 

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I'd say Bethesda but between dumbing down their games and ignoring their non-XBox fanbase I'll have to go with Obsidian.
 

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i used to think BioWare... no i see them as a dog on a leash.

i personally find myself thinking, that indie game devs are the best devs around.
 

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Not a huge fan of Valve actually, and glad I'm not the only one here that feels that way.

OT Bethesda. All the way. Fallout, 'nuff said.
 

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Blizzard, their only fuck up that made me upset was Diablo 3 launch but I wont be playing that any time soon so thats not really a problem to me. Also their games have just so much value packed into them.
 

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Everything on GOG is DRM free and there's rarely any price difference between europe and the US, the one exception I can think of being TW2, where americans got a lower price and euros got 3 free games from the GOG catalogue.
The only downside is that there's not so many games on GOG and mostly older stuff, but that catalogue is gradually improving and hey, you have to start small somewhere.
The shop is better than Steam when they do have the game: no DRM, no regions.

On the developer side the guys at RED atleast know how to code. TW2 is very pretty and it also scales down runs on modest hardware.
The bad: the early versions of TW and TW2 were buggy and crude, but they kept patching and even did a big overhaul for TW, with some of the worst voice-acting replaced by better actors. Most companies would have abandoned the game, or make you pay for improvements through DLC, but not CDPR. They seem to care about the fans.
Not bad at all for young company. They are the most promising devs out there.

The only companies worth mentioning after that, are the few that do always release their big, expensive games as tested, polished and somewhat balanced, right out of the box, version 1.0. So that's just Valve(for the PC versions) and Blizzard and a couple japanese game companies basicly.
 

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DOUBLE FINE! Hands down.

Anyone who's played their games know that they've got one of the most (if not the most) quirky team. Fantastic crazy original ideas, really funny writing, awesomely unique art style, and they've managed to survive and keep the magic of their games going for a long time without "selling out". Their record breaking kickstarter just shows how much fan love this little gem of a company gets.

I adore Valve, but to be honest if I could choose anywhere to work, I'd rather work at Double Fine. In fact, (I'm an animator), I'd rather work for Double Fine than Pixar.
 

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Gearbox or Relic, Relic have more games that I love, but Gearbox could stand on it's own with just Borderlands
 

Shinsei-J

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Was Square soft now it's...
I don't know, I'm completely stumped.
Mabye Nippon Ichi.