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Favourite Game Developer of All time?

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Heltak

Post Tue Mar 09, 2004 3:04 pm

Favourite Game Developer of All time?

Whether living or dead. EA-ed or not which do/did you love the most? Why? What were some of their games ? When did they live from and to?

Mine

Origin (80's - 2001)

They created Wing Commander and Ultima. I dare you to find an RPG other than Planescape Torment which is on par with Ulima<ANYTHING>(There was no Ultima 9).Wing Commander revolutinezed the genre in my opinion, with this we were'nt just flying around shooting. We did it for a reason, we BECAME Maverick, we felt his pain at losing Angel and the betrayl of Hobbes and Cobras murder. Then there were the perrephials. Having Ultima wasn't just one thing?. When you opened the box out tumbled a manuel, some books and a cloth map. Consistently. I still now have my little Avatar figure that I got with the Ultima 7 Special Pack. WIng Commander gave us perirphials in a detailed back plot and in a special pack a couple of ship models. Origin were FOR the gamers until EA. Only after Uo did they die. They died completely when U9 was made and UO2 was canned.

H.Q. Victor

Post Tue Mar 09, 2004 4:03 pm

Square Soft, for "US Versions" Final Fantasy for Nintendo, Final Fantasy 3 for superNintendo, Final Fantasy 5 I think Terra was the hero, and Best Of All, Final Fantasy 7 All great games. Longest on played was 3 for 34 hours straight.

Finalday

Hinneh / I / Bo / Mahar... /Keith Green\ (1953-1983)

Heltak

Post Wed Mar 10, 2004 12:03 am

... I speak for everyone when I say

Purge yourself.
Now.

Arania

Post Wed Mar 10, 2004 12:43 am

Valve, for half life
Blizzard, for starcraft
Microsoft, for freelancer
cavedog, for total annihilation

mustang

Post Wed Mar 10, 2004 2:12 am

This is indeed a good question and will take some pondering. The first one that comes to mind is Looking Glass Studios, they don't exist anymore but I did love the work they did, Thief 2 was brilliant. Still, I shall come back with fuller list after I've thought about it some more.

kimk

Post Wed Mar 10, 2004 2:18 am

microsoft for SL. i only wish they worked on it longer or released an upgraded version.

starcraft for blizzard yay arania! you won't find a more balanced game anywhere on the globe.

what was the one that made Homeworld? anyways. they get my super vote.

oh yes. Relic. they rockd. their art smoke.

freighter fighter

Post Wed Mar 10, 2004 2:31 am

looking fglass studios: thief 1, thief 2, system shock 1, system shock 2

Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams

BlazeME

Post Wed Mar 10, 2004 3:23 am

Volition for Freespace.
Microsoft for FL and AoE.
Firefly for Stronghold



BlazeME: Flameus Muchus n00bus

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Zone

Post Wed Mar 10, 2004 4:35 am

cavedog, for total annihilation


ahhhhhhhhhh. My first proper computer game TA2 (Nb. TA: kingdoms was not TA2 but was a waste of time :p ) is theoretically scheduled for the end of this year but I've heard nothing about it other than that.

Like... Mustang was it? Looking Glass Studios springs to mind, they created some sublime games.

Creative Assembly I'm a fan of, Medieval: Total War they also seem to iron out many problems before shipping and get out a patch if required nice and quickly. Although maybe that's just due to games appearing in America first and many of the bugs being delt with before they reach UK.

I'd like to say Firaxis for Civ3 and Sim City games but the games always seem to need quite a few patches.

My gap year in Borneo

Edited by - Zone on 3/10/2004 4:35:23 AM

[steel]

Post Wed Mar 10, 2004 4:39 am

@ zone agree with you on firaxis but for different games

cardam|ne

Post Wed Mar 10, 2004 4:47 am

Digital Anvil

kinda obvious innit?

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Edited by - cardam/ne on 3/10/2004 4:46:45 AM

zlo

Post Wed Mar 10, 2004 4:55 am

Sierra for HW, DA for SL, EA for BF. Will write more if I remember any.

An idea came to my head and is now desperately searching for brain

Godlike Entity

Post Wed Mar 10, 2004 5:30 am

sierra is only the publisher :p, myself I would have to say Lucas Arts...and Valve

Edited by - Godlike Entity on 3/10/2004 5:30:24 AM

bom

Post Wed Mar 10, 2004 5:53 am

Microprose , Civ, Master of Orion, X-com, Master of Magic, nuff said.



Edited by - bom on 3/10/2004 5:53:27 AM

Eraser

Post Wed Mar 10, 2004 9:26 am

My list of developers with the games they made that I liked, so not all the games they made:

Origin > the Wing Commander Series, Privateer Series and the Crusader Series
Digital Anvil > Starlancer and Freelancer
Rockstar Games > GTA Series and Max Payne 1 and 2
Reflections Interactive > Driver Series
Illusion Softworks > Mafia
Bioware > Baldurs Gate Series, Neverwinter nights and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Squaresoft > Final Fantasy Series
Konami > Metal Gear Solid Series and Silent Hill Series
Capcom > Resident Evil Series
Lucasarts > Jedi Knight 2, X-Wing Alliance and more...

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