Of all the ´´big´´ publishers which one do you like/love/tolerate the most?
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I was a Valve aficionado until the L4D games, which showed me they have no business doing head-to-head multiplayer and worse, don't care about fixing stuff or even listening to dedicated supporters who suggest and even develop their own fixes for stuff 
So now, I pretty much don't like any publishers.
So now, I pretty much don't like any publishers.
Interplay, Microprose, Lucasarts, Valve, 2K, THQ and lately Sega surprisingly. Oh and Origin before they got eaten by EA.
Some don't exist anymore but they deserve to be mentioned.
Interplay drove innovation forward, mostly known for RPG releases.
Microprose always represented solid design, and is of course best known as the company Sid Meier was a partner of.
Lucasarts for releasing some of the best point and click adventures and always striving to be better.
Valve for reaching out towards its consumers and fans.
2K, THQ and Sega for their variety of products and usually solid quality, and they rarely outright make me rage.
Some don't exist anymore but they deserve to be mentioned.
Interplay drove innovation forward, mostly known for RPG releases.
Microprose always represented solid design, and is of course best known as the company Sid Meier was a partner of.
Lucasarts for releasing some of the best point and click adventures and always striving to be better.
Valve for reaching out towards its consumers and fans.
2K, THQ and Sega for their variety of products and usually solid quality, and they rarely outright make me rage.
Rockstar.
On the whole they give us epic games, and so far have been the publisher who - to my mind - actually get how DLC* should work.
GTA IV got some cracking DLC. Not £12 for one or two MP maps (yes, I'm looking at you, Bobby "Fuck You" Kotick...), not even one new level (a la Assassins Creed II) for a fiver, but for the very reasonable sum of fifteen Great British Pounds an entire new story, new characters, new vehicles and new radio stations. Then to top it off they did it a second time! Gay Tony & The Lost and Damned were just brilliant!
The DLC for Red Dead Redemption was apparently rather brilliant too, although I'm not a big zombie fan so I never bought it.
Even their weaker games tend to be generally better than a lot of the crap that passes itself off as a video game these days.
*DLC in this case refers to downloadable content, not disk locked content. Just to avoid confusion and to try avoiding igniting yet another pro-vs-against flame war.
On the whole they give us epic games, and so far have been the publisher who - to my mind - actually get how DLC* should work.
GTA IV got some cracking DLC. Not £12 for one or two MP maps (yes, I'm looking at you, Bobby "Fuck You" Kotick...), not even one new level (a la Assassins Creed II) for a fiver, but for the very reasonable sum of fifteen Great British Pounds an entire new story, new characters, new vehicles and new radio stations. Then to top it off they did it a second time! Gay Tony & The Lost and Damned were just brilliant!
The DLC for Red Dead Redemption was apparently rather brilliant too, although I'm not a big zombie fan so I never bought it.
Even their weaker games tend to be generally better than a lot of the crap that passes itself off as a video game these days.
*DLC in this case refers to downloadable content, not disk locked content. Just to avoid confusion and to try avoiding igniting yet another pro-vs-against flame war.
Does Popcap count? Their games are played by a lot of people. Sure, not "hardcore" gamers, but the more casual side. They do great games with a fantastic sense of humor. Valve are definately on the list. Creative Asembely is also probably on the list. Love their RTS's
Yes, this thread has been derailed. People have confused developers(BioWare, Naughty Dog, Insomniac, etc) from publishers (EA, Activision, Sega, Sony, etc. )
Valve is interesting because it's its own publisher. That migh be where the confusion came from.
OT: probably Sega
Valve is interesting because it's its own publisher. That migh be where the confusion came from.
OT: probably Sega
I'm going to join the masses and say Valve. They really have never betrayed my trust.
Years ago, I would have said Bioware as well, but with the recent things like making a horrible Dragon Age 2, wasting time with an MMO, and selling DLC, they've really died away. I blame EA partially.
Years ago, I would have said Bioware as well, but with the recent things like making a horrible Dragon Age 2, wasting time with an MMO, and selling DLC, they've really died away. I blame EA partially.
1. Bethesda for TES and Fallout 3
2. Volition for Red Faction and Saint's Row
3. Ubisoft for AC and Splinter Cell
2. Volition for Red Faction and Saint's Row
3. Ubisoft for AC and Splinter Cell
I can deal with any of them nothing they do are things I find reprehensible. Though I still can't figure out how valve can keep investors when the company is literally utterly incapable of shipping a product on anything that a high lobotomized hobo would even call "on time".