If I can't say Bioware, then Bethesda Game Studios. Fallout 4 was good but I was sad to see it's RPG elements watered down (no lvl cap, only four vague dialogue choices, almost everything being solved by guns). Then throw 76 on top of that...
I'm gonna get crucified for this, but here we go:
*sigh*
Naughty Dog.
I fell in love with Naughty Dog back with Jak and Daxter. I loved that trilogy, and Uncharted took the playfulness of the Jak series and added Indiana Jones into it with Uncharted, and my love expanded for them. A true chocolate-in-my-peanut-butter situation. I loved the Playstation 3 trilogy, and Amy Hennig quickly became one of my favorite story-tellers.
Then she left/was forced out/whatever. Naughty Dog was put under Neil Druckmann's supervision, and they lost their sense of humor. Everything became deathly serious. I got The Last of Us and hated it. Uncharted 4 is one of my biggest disappointments ever. The studio is now dead to me.
I don't know. But I'd be surprise if very many people, especially key people, from those times are still there.
Not their choice.
Oh snap. I take back my answer, definitely Gamefreak here as well!Gamefreak is probably my single most disappointing developer ever. I can't think of a series with as much squandered potential as Pokemon, at this point
how much of this is on nintendo, as the publisher, though?Gamefreak is probably my single most disappointing developer ever. I can't think of a series with as much squandered potential as Pokemon, at this point
I'm still disappointed at Nintendo for letting Rare go to Microsoft.
I still miss you Killer Instinct please come back to Nintendo :'(
But I would also buy an XBox Series X for Killer Instinct 2, wanted to let you know Phil Spencer ;)
Campo Santo
I have a lot problems with their debut, Firewatch, but it showed a lot of potential for this new team. The developer has put their new project on hold for an unknown amount of time to work on other Valve projects like Half-Life and DOTA. I'm honestly wondering if we'll ever see it completed. Months of work on their own baby has been put aside to feed other Valve kids.
I understand your feelings 100% and while it might be dissapointing that there is no JAK 4 or something similiar I would still encourage you to try Last of Us.I'm gonna get crucified for this, but here we go:
*sigh*
Naughty Dog.
I fell in love with Naughty Dog back with Jak and Daxter. I loved that trilogy, and Uncharted took the playfulness of the Jak series and added Indiana Jones into it with Uncharted, and my love expanded for them. A true chocolate-in-my-peanut-butter situation. I loved the Playstation 3 trilogy, and Amy Hennig quickly became one of my favorite story-tellers.
Then she left/was forced out/whatever. Naughty Dog was put under Neil Druckmann's supervision, and they lost their sense of humor. Everything became deathly serious. I got The Last of Us and hated it. Uncharted 4 is one of my biggest disappointments ever. The studio is now dead to me.
Is no longer true, weapons unlock are now also part of the real world money circle.
Also ten times this.For an Armored Core fan? The current state of FromSoftware is disappointing.
i think everyone mentioning bethesa is referring to bethesda game studios, not publishingDo people still confuse Bethesda Games Studios with Bethesda the publisher because Todd Howard gets no credit for Doom(2016) or Prey......he can have all the credit for Fallout '76 though.
i was about to reply DQ11, but then remembered they didn't make that, damn...Probably Level 5. They had some great titles early on like Dark Cloud 1 & 2, Jeanne D'Arc, and Rogue Galaxy. Even stuff they did on the next gen weren't too bad like Dragon Quest 9 and to lesser extend White Knight Chronicles. But they ignore all these games and just do pokemon ripoffs like Yokai Watch or Ni No.
I mean, they can both be shits on different levels. Bethesda Studios continue to shag the corpse of the Fallout franchise, and Bethesda corporate have been responsible for various horrible behaviours.i think everyone mentioning bethesa is referring to bethesda game studios, not publishing
& no Mania 2. Absolute madness.Rockstar
My favourite developer last gen and while i enjoyed RDR 2 it still was only 1 game and had major flaws.
Sega
Don´t get me wrong, Yakuza is great but apart from that there isn´t coming much from Sega these days. No Vanquish 2, Binary Domain 2, Sega Rally, Crazy Taxi, Virtua Tennis, Panzer Dragoon etc.
Man, I'm trying to think of the last time I cared about a Level-5 project...
Maybe during the Guild01/Time Travelers period (2012-2013ish ?)