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Developers that have never made a "bad game"

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Marjar

Banned
-Horizon- said:
Retro have done pretty well

and...I want to say Game Freak (haven't played that rhythm game yet though)
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HarmoKnight is pretty great.

They did make this game though, which got pretty negative reviews.

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elhav

Member
Silky said:
Okayokay, ShellShock was bad.

InFamous was really bad, especially coming from Prototype afterwards.

Anyway.....Clover? (Disregarding Platinum.)
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Clover made the viewtiful joe games, Okami and Godhand. All of them are far from bad.
And I thought we were talking about games that are percieved as bad by most people, not games you personally think are not good. Infamous? Persona 4? really now.
 
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Shikamaru Ninja

任天堂 の 忍者
In this thread. Developers who have developed very few games, and or, have developed safe sequels to the one good game they made.

My best answer would be Blizzard.
 
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Silky

Banned
elhav said:
Clover made the viewtiful joe games, Okami and Godhand. All of them are far from bad.
And I thought we were talking about games that are percieved as bad by most people, not games you personally think are not good. Infamous? Persona 4? really now.
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I mean yeah, all of it's coming from what I've played of the games. The OP didn't say wether or not the games had to be Objectively bad. :c
 
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SolidSnakex

Member
elhav said:
And I thought we were talking about games that are percieved as bad by most people, not games you personally think are not good. Infamous? Persona 4? really now.
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That's how it should be otherwise there's no real point in this thread since there's no right answer if it's just about individual personal opinions. Because every developer is going to have at least one person that thinks they've made a bad game.
 
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Alrus

Member
Guys citing Phantom Hourglass (not a bad game btw, disappointing for a Zelda game though) or Mario Kart DD (what the heck?) as bad game EAD made. It's not the same EAD, people are talking about EAD Tokyo (Both Mario Galaxy, Mario 3D Land, Jungle Beats...). Which as of now, have yet to make a bad game indeed... Mario 3D World might be their first bad game.
 
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Hindle

Banned
DeadlyVirus said:
What actual gaming view? In uncharted you play the game, you control your character. It has been like that since...forever.
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The core mechanics are unbelievably simplistic. The platforming may as well not exist, the puzzles are the same. The shooting in UC 1 and 3 was also greatly flawed.

The games are essentially one scripted moment after another. So yea from a gameplay view I'd say they're bad.
 
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ProfessorMoran

Member
Derrick01 said:
Obsidian.

I guess I could understand Naughty Dog, but the Uncharted games have some awful gameplay systems. The overall packages aren't bad though.
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Alpha protocol had AWFUL controls and shooting mechanics, absolute shit, not to mention their games are pretty buggy. They're like a poor man's bioware and a lot of bioware games are pretentious shit.
 
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Theecliff

Banned
Silky said:
InFamous was really bad, especially coming from Prototype afterwards.
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Yeah, in your opinion - Infamous was generally well received critically.


Checking SP's wiki page at the moment and the lowest scoring game they have is the expandalone Festival of Blood, with a 79.89% rating on GameRankings and a 78 on Metacritic.
 
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Kokonoe

Banned
elhav said:
Clover made the viewtiful joe games, Okami and Godhand. All of them are far from bad.
And I thought we were talking about games that are percieved as bad by most people, not games you personally think are not good.
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SolidSnakex said:
That's how it should be otherwise there's no real point in this thread since there's no right answer if it's just about individual personal opinions. Because every developer is going to have at least one person that thinks they've made a bad game.
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More of the same opinion doesn't counteract one persons opinion. It's similar to more sales = automatic great game.
 
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Dawg

Member
Emperor Bohe said:
I can't believe everyone is saying Naughty Dog. I remember reading about this game in EGM in the 90s as a kid and even then thinking that it looked like shit
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Well, I'm pretty sure most people who said ND meant the ND that made games starting on the PSone.

I did the same thing, didn't even know about those older games. I feel like the real ND only started when their first PlayStation game was made.

And yes, I know that's not fair but still :p
 
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ProfessorMoran

Member
Hindle said:
The core mechanics are unbelievably simplistic. The platforming may as well not exist, the puzzles are the same. The shooting in UC 1 and 3 was also greatly flawed.

The games are essentially one scripted moment after another. So yea from a gameplay view I'd say they're bad.
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Actually the combat scenarios in uncharted games aren't scripted moments but are more arena style set-ups that gives the player a good degree of freedom, you can stealth kill a good number of enemies in a lot of cases before a single shot is fired. Platforming and puzzles aren't the core gameplay in the first place, precision platforming was never the point, it only serves to get the player from point a to point b.
 
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SmileBit199

Neo Member
Weren't Hideo Kojima's first games Metal Gear for the NES and Policenauts? That man's studio has hit home run after home run.
 
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Concept17

Member
Haunted said:
Red Faction 2, Saints Row 2, Red Faction: Armageddon.

Quite a few turds in their lineup.
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You obviously never played SR2.

Armageddon also wasn't a turd. It was a pretty solid game. People just wanted Guerrilla 2: Tech Demo Advanced.

I would argue Guerrilla is their worst game, but in that case, Volition has never really made a bad game.

Also Valve.
 
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MysticDistance

Banned
Atlus (Although they've made some mediocre games in the past to some people, or some "so bad it's good" games like the first Persona in the late 90s, they've still made amazing classics in the JRPG genre)
Monolith Soft (I know they used to be part of Squaresoft, but they still count, as the games they've made as a Nintendo first-party have been excellent)
Valve (They may take forever at times, but it's for the best, and their games are proof of that in my opinion)

This is my opinion, so I'd respect it if no one is angered at my choices.
 
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klinkcow

Neo Member
Shikamaru Ninja said:
In this thread. Developers who have developed very few games, and or, have developed safe sequels to the one good game they made.

My best answer would be Blizzard.
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I couldn't agree more - but even with Blizzard, I wasn't the hugest fan of Blackthorne. It seems like everyone is forgetting that developers have made a lot more games BEFORE the games they remember liking.

Simply liking a dev's games does not mean that every game they've made is great - it just means every game you are choosing to remember are great.
 
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