Best video-game Designer? [Archive]

Gayowulf

November 17th, 2003, 00:34

id, for sure. They've been at the head of the pack since day one.

I've been a fan of their games since Dangerous Dave.

Maxis, and whichever company made the comance games are also cool

Resshin

November 17th, 2003, 01:09

wheres EA?

picking from the list..I'll say Squaresoft...big fan of final fantasy

Gayowulf

November 17th, 2003, 01:11

EA is mainly a distributor/publisher

Blank Verse

November 17th, 2003, 04:32

Who makes Halo again?

Fuzzylogic

November 17th, 2003, 05:47

:fork: evil microsoft or that might just be the publisher

Daniel

November 17th, 2003, 14:57

Originally posted by Blank Verse
Who makes Halo again?

Gearbox for Halo:PC, Bungie for Halo:Xbox

notnamed

November 17th, 2003, 16:18

Microsoft (unless they just publish), Maxis, indie and small-time (like Auran.) in sort of that order.

Gayowulf

November 17th, 2003, 19:58

id was the king of indie game makers

striker

November 17th, 2003, 20:55

long live 2d fighters! Capcom all the way.

Rareware is pretty damned amazing too.

I like old games more than new ones incase you couldn't tell.

Kaliber

November 17th, 2003, 21:40

Ensemble Studios.

Chroder

November 17th, 2003, 21:46

Bungie :applaudin

Blank Verse

November 17th, 2003, 22:32

Id made Commander Keen, did they not?

TRUNKS

November 17th, 2003, 23:35

I dont like Maxis' games the most but they have made The Sims which has sold more copies then any other game in the history of ...ever. Well PC game...

The Sims 2 is probably the most complex game ever...

Canuckkev

November 17th, 2003, 23:39

Yes, I could never figure out what all the "id" blocks everywhere were. I was confused..."id? Do I have to show them id? Do they give me id? What's an id? Instant-death? I don't want to go near there then..."

I don't really pay much attention to game creators...but Rareware I know made some good stuff (Goldeneye, Perfect Dark...to some extent.). id - Great 3D engines...but gameplay (id Quake III) is a little lacking. But mods make up for that. And you can't deny Pro Skater games are pretty fun....NeverSoft. Oh, and whoever made Zelda...(would it be just Nintendo...or is there a compnay behind those games?)

Toefur

November 18th, 2003, 00:00

Lucasarts, Sierra, and Origin all made good games once upon a time. As did Microprose, which sadly closed it's doors after twenty years just a few weeks ago.

Revolution Games are also good.

Moonman

November 18th, 2003, 00:17

Originally posted by Toefur
As did Microprose, which sadly closed it's doors after twenty years just a few weeks ago.
OMG No Way. I Loved Grand Prix 2 and other Microprose games. Damn...that sucks arse.

conkermaniac

November 18th, 2003, 03:27

This is a no-brainer for me...Nintendo makes the best games. :doh!:

Rare has made some great stuff for Nintendo in the past, but their recent games for the Xbox look disappointing. :confused5

tandoc

November 18th, 2003, 03:59

whoever invented skifree... genius, pure genius

:coolmusic

Gayowulf

November 18th, 2003, 18:08

yeah id made keen. I still play that game.

and yeah, skifree also rocks.

I hate most modern games for some reason. they just dont amuse me.

Hobo

November 18th, 2003, 18:16

Originally posted by tandoc
whoever invented skifree... genius, pure genius

:coolmusic

I wish I had a computer that had that game, it was incredible. That and chip's quest, maybe chips journey the game where you moved the blocks and jezzball.

Ben

November 18th, 2003, 19:16

Rockstar Games, Valve, and Gooseman.

Canuckkev

November 18th, 2003, 19:54

CHIP's CHALLENGE was the name. Yes, I loved that game too. I figured out how to edit the ini file, and pretty much specify the password for any level, so to jump to that level, I enter the password. One of my prouder moments in life.

Weirds

November 19th, 2003, 21:14

Starcraft the best!

though CS flooded...

sharkbyte

November 20th, 2003, 00:14

Originally posted by Gayowulf
id, for sure. They've been at the head of the pack since day one.

I've been a fan of their games since Dangerous Dave.

i agree! ID DEFININITELY!!!! they have been the king ever since...DOOM, Duke Nukem (?), castle Wolfenstein,etc,etc,etc... i could go on for days. the old games i like better than the new ones. dont know why... i have an old tandy running DOS with ALOT of old games on it... and turbo c :)

bigperm

November 20th, 2003, 09:36

I like different games on different machines. I think Id made the best computer games, then westwood took over a little bit when id fell off and I quit playing new games on computer.

As far as console games go, I really love the new ESPN sports games, whoever makes them, Rockstar North of course is breaking new ground... but the old games really are where it's at.

But really, Rare is the great one. The Rare Donkey Kong games for SNES were truly a new wave in the gaming industry and then they put out the best N64 game that there ever was or will be... Goldeneye, the game that cut the ribbon for mutiplayer FPS.

notnamed

November 20th, 2003, 11:23

Goldeneye

!!! :biggrin2:
Goldeneye was teh win. The first FPS I'd played. Wish they made a similar one for PC...there wasn't all too much gore back then, now every FPS is either really gory or has to do with terrorism, two things I really don't like gaming with.

Dustin.t35.com

November 22nd, 2003, 12:53

Blizzard has never released a bad game, all of their PC games have awards and were loved by the critics.

So im going with blizzard

Weirds

November 23rd, 2003, 14:50

yea, blizzard deserves the win.

cowax

November 24th, 2003, 08:49

Enix and older Squaresoft, like the snes days. Its a shame they had to merge :confused5 I dont like that.

Connie Lingus

December 15th, 2003, 01:05

Originally posted by conkermaniac
This is a no-brainer for me...Nintendo makes the best games. :doh!: But Nintendo dont make games - they just publish them! - double :doh!:

like sony etc etc, they hire talented companies to do the creative stuff.

am i right here guys?

tandoc

December 15th, 2003, 02:03

way to bring up an old thread

:confused2

Mayhem

December 15th, 2003, 04:23

Well, first of all, Valve didn't make the original Counterstrike, an asian dude from a small town in British Columbia did, so, they're out, and besides, Half Life took me three hours to finish. Blizzard, good, but, I swear to god, It's been what, five years since StarCraft, and the only thing we've got are ports, a promise of a third person XBOX game, and an upgrade, I like WarCraft and all..but, no...SC is what I am there for. SquareSoft...well, lets just say Final Fantasy 10-2, I'll stop at that, to show their brilliance. Maxis....yeah, right. Rockstar, go rockstar, me likies them. EA, I like EA, Need for Speed is an awesome franchise, and if anyone wants to race me in Underground, I'll tell you this; My rice mobile will shake rattle and roll your balls.

trenzterra

December 15th, 2003, 20:29

Who made Project Gotham Racing 2? And where's EA too? I love NFS

sharkbyte

December 15th, 2003, 20:42

i dont mean to "dig" up a thread when someones already warned abut it, but you might consider reading the posts in the forum,trenz.... EA is not technichaly a designer, but a publisher....

tandoc

December 15th, 2003, 20:44

Originally posted by Mayhem
Half Life took me three hours to finish.

Hack. :P

cowax

December 15th, 2003, 22:55

Originally posted by trenzterra
Who made Project Gotham Racing 2?

I believe the group is called bizarre creations

CrustyGloves

December 17th, 2003, 00:03

siera is good, but blizzard is as well. I am the best at chips challenge and jezz ball!

i beat the game in chips, and can get 125000 points in jezzball

Connie Lingus

December 27th, 2003, 10:10

Originally posted by Mayhem
Well, first of all, Valve didn't make the original Counterstrike, an asian dude from a small town in British Columbia did. Rockstar, go rockstar, me likies them. maybe he was a freelance programer who was contracted to them?
btw - re GTA by rockstar? - where was that made as i wonder if its streets were modeled on ones within the city it was made...?