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Which developers do you consider to be "immaculate" studios in the sense that every single game they make has been exceptional games?
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None. Not even Naughty Dogs which I see people bringing here. Even under Sony, Uncharted 1 was average at best.
FTL was perfect and it was an absolutely impossible task to follow up on it, but they somehow managed to make a second all-time great strategy game.
Zachtronics
I have no idea how Zach can so consistently and quickly iterate on his familiar formula yet every release feels like something fresh and brain-breaking in a new way. While still having time to experiment with stuff like Eliza (and then hit a home run with that too)
I have no idea how Zach can so consistently and quickly iterate on his familiar formula yet every release feels like something fresh and brain-breaking in a new way. While still having time to experiment with stuff like Eliza (and then hit a home run with that too)
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Damnit you beat me to it haha. It's amazing they managed to make assembly fun with TIS-100 and somehow gamified FPGA programming with Shenzen IO.
Saw the thread title, came in to say Supergiant, OP already took care of it.
Nihon Falcom as well.
Nihon Falcom as well.
Didn't they come out with Wii Music?
Supergiant is an interesting candidate. I wouldn't say they are all exceptional but I already didn't like such a strict standard to begin with so in my book they're good enough.
say it enough times and you might convince yourself its true
I probably won't say everything is exceptional by these studios, but anything announced by Drinkbox, Klei, or Image & Form is mostly guaranteed to be incredibly well made and a ton of fun.
It would have to be a studio who produced 1 game that was perfect and then went under, so no more could be created.
Naughty Dog, Rockstar (just ignore Manhunt), CDPR, Respawn, Playdead, Playground Games, Ensemble (RIP).
There was a time I would have said Bioware, up until the triple knock out punch that was Dragon Age II, The Old Republic and Mass Effect 3. Now I'm not sure there's any dev I consider so highly.
Respawn, maybe? The first Titanfall didn't do anything for me since its multiplayer only, but 2 is a game of the generation contender and Fallen Order is fantastic.
Respawn, maybe? The first Titanfall didn't do anything for me since its multiplayer only, but 2 is a game of the generation contender and Fallen Order is fantastic.
I didn't know this board had so many Way of the Warrior fans...
Sony 1st party. Far more than any other developer they consistently ship super polished titles with very little in the way of bugs and glitches.
I was going to say Supergiant, but was a) beaten to the punch and b) kinda feel like they go for the easy way out, in a way. Like I feel a lot of their stuff, Pyre aside, is basic brawler with different lore flavors and MOBA skill design. Which works fine by itself, and there *are* other layers of involvement on top of it, but it has some serious diminishing returns for me.
I'd say Retro. Even their worst game, MP3, was still pretty good.
I'd say Retro. Even their worst game, MP3, was still pretty good.
I don't know about perfect histories (even studios like ND and FROM have iffy games in their past), but here are the studios where I would buy the game for full price knowing only the developer and nothing else:
Naughty Dog
Retro Studios
FROM Software
Team Cherry
Kojima Productions
Playdead
Polyphony Digital
In terms of perfect history the best (of studios that are not brand new like Team Cherry) would probably be Retro and Polyphony, and those teams still have some 8/10 games in their past.
Naughty Dog
Retro Studios
FROM Software
Team Cherry
Kojima Productions
Playdead
Polyphony Digital
In terms of perfect history the best (of studios that are not brand new like Team Cherry) would probably be Retro and Polyphony, and those teams still have some 8/10 games in their past.
Those are great though. The stinker should be Way of the Warrior. And I don't really know if Keef the Thief or Rings of Power were any good. That last ~25 years though have been really solid.
I don't think anyone considers SMT NINE and Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight to be exceptional games.
Insomniac for me.
Never played the Resistance series but those were pretty well received.
Lowest rated thing seems to be Fuse which didn't even seem bad, just a bit bland.
They've got a bunch of mobile and VR stuff I didn't know about but none of that seems bad either, just smaller in scope.
But the Ratchet and Clank series has been and continues to be one of my favorite, most consistently quality franchises ever.
Never played the Resistance series but those were pretty well received.
Lowest rated thing seems to be Fuse which didn't even seem bad, just a bit bland.
They've got a bunch of mobile and VR stuff I didn't know about but none of that seems bad either, just smaller in scope.
But the Ratchet and Clank series has been and continues to be one of my favorite, most consistently quality franchises ever.
Naughty Dog made Uncharted 4... so that's a nope from me.
I'll give it Team Ico, Playground Games, Criterion, Respawn, and Rockstar North.
I'll give it Team Ico, Playground Games, Criterion, Respawn, and Rockstar North.
I don't believe that you've played every FROM game or that you like Ninja Blade.
Rockstar since GTA III
Kojima since MGS1
From Software since Demon's Souls
Arkane since Dishonored
...all impeccable runs of excellent, formative games.
Kojima since MGS1
From Software since Demon's Souls
Arkane since Dishonored
...all impeccable runs of excellent, formative games.