Talk about stretching their resume there.
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Developers who have never made a bad game
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Talk about stretching their resume there.
SentryDown
Member
No Ready At Down yet ?
Daxter, both PSP GoW, 2 good ports (Okami and GoW collection) and probably The Order.
It's still a young studio but they always delivered and all their games are above 84 on Metacritic.
Daxter, both PSP GoW, 2 good ports (Okami and GoW collection) and probably The Order.
It's still a young studio but they always delivered and all their games are above 84 on Metacritic.
IrishNinja
Member
agreed - as you said, i don't know how being objective would work. your prior take (fanbase, acclaim etc) would imply using aggregate review scores/etc which i don't think the OP is calling for, or would really work here either, is the thing.
yeah, again i wouldn't say "poor" either, just...not good? i don't know what kind've litmus we're using here, haha. V already looks like a step in a more interesting direction, for me (and different thing altogether but Rising was cool)
believe it - it was bad then, and only gets worse with age. a 6 at best on the Ninja scale™ .
Obsidian. Nobody else even comes close.
Year Game Platform(s)
Of all their games Alpha Protocol is the only one that wasn't absolutely amazing.
Year Game Platform(s)
- 2004 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords Windows Xbox
- 2006 Neverwinter Nights 2 Windows OS X
- 2007 Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer Windows
- 2008 Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir Windows
- 2010 Alpha Protocol PlayStation 3 Windows Xbox 360
- 2010 Fallout: New Vegas PlayStation 3 Windows Xbox 360
- 2011 Dungeon Siege III PlayStation 3 Windows Xbox 360
- 2014 South Park: The Stick of Truth PlayStation 3 Windows Xbox 360
- 2014 Pillars of Eternity
Of all their games Alpha Protocol is the only one that wasn't absolutely amazing.
Gun Animal
Member
Yeah MGS4 was like an A- after a series of A+ games. Expectations were just too high. Portable Ops on the other hand is literally a bad game, like a bad game, so Kojima Productions can't be included.
Platinum is the platinum of game developers.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Naughty Dog
Media Molecule
Ready at Dawn
Polyphony Digital
ATLUS Persona team
Konami MGS team aka everyone
Capcom (clover studios)
Nintendo EAD
Nintendo (smash team)
Nintendo (zelda team)
Media Molecule
Ready at Dawn
Polyphony Digital
ATLUS Persona team
Konami MGS team aka everyone
Capcom (clover studios)
Nintendo EAD
Nintendo (smash team)
Nintendo (zelda team)
They made too many games. Quite a few duds in there. For example Codename: ICEMAN. Sure, it definitely was not a broken piece of shit, but plenty of questionable design decisions.
I would also says LucasArts, if I could isolate the adventure LucasArts from the rest. The LucasArts, that created all the adventure games, never made a bad game imo.
That's the problem with such companies, where there were no specific development teams (like the various Nintendo EADs).
revolverjgw
Member
By the SNES/N64 days they were money but they made mountains of crap in the early years
There are really only two adjectives at the tips of most people's tongues... One being "good" . The other being "bad".
/ Dead
Robot Pants
Member
Valve.
PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
Nah dude, their eye toy game was better than any of the other eye toy gamesEverybody forgets about their Eyetoy game. Because it was terrible.
shit ton of games too.
the only true answer in this thread
Correctomundo
Member
People are still listing Naughty Dog?
KittenMaster
Member
Richochet was a fun game and a unique concept. I hardly remember it being bad. Little content, yes, but it was basically a multiplayer pack-in for Half-Life and didn't really take off in popularity.
quickwhips
Member
Turtle rock.
Epic
Bungie
Epic
Bungie
rudieboy77
Member
Oni wasn't a good game and the Halo games IMO are over rated. I know this opinion will not be popular, but Bethesda has not made a bad RPG. I would also say Raven and Id make very good games.
scoobidoo112
Member
or... Double Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!
(Not the same thing as Rare under Microsoft)
R.I.P.
Split/Second still the best!Irrational Games
Infinite was fucking garbage.
Out_Of_Ammo
Member
This.
That1BlackGuy
Member
I would say SCE Bend Studio but they made Bubsy 3D *shudders* so I'll throw my hat in for Ready at Dawn, they haven't made much but for their short catalog they cranked out some quality portable games and ports.
I think that's being a bit harsh, it wasn't as good as the original no, but it was still a very good game.
BibiMaghoo
Member
That is an incredibly large list for only a few actual games.
Bedameister
Member
Remedy
Don't know if Death Rally was good but I suppose so.
Don't know if Death Rally was good but I suppose so.
You should've listed every single, individual, printed copy, of every game they've released!
Jaded Alyx
Member
No.
Mr. PlayStation
Member
In my opinion.
Naughty Dog
Sony Santa Monica
Sucker Punch
Rockstar Games
Criterion Games
Naughty Dog
Sony Santa Monica
Sucker Punch
Rockstar Games
Criterion Games
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
that game is awesome
Codename: ICEMAN makes me want to watch Hunt for Red October everytime I play it, and vice versa.
I was thinking Lucasarts as well, since even outside of adventure games, they had an amazong track record (X-Wing series, DRk Forces series, outlaws, Herc's Adventure...).
...But then I remembered this piece of shit:
TheAdmiester
Member
Turn 10 Studios, Playground Games, Rockstar (all divisions, North, San Diego, etc), Criterion.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Remedy
Rockstar
KojiPro
Rockstar
KojiPro
Sentenza
Member
A bit harsh, maybe...But yeah, not fond of it.
I also don't think the original Bioshock was a good game either.
Silvawuff
Member
Clover is my pick.
Viewtiful Joe, 2003 - Nintendo GameCube (as Team Viewtiful) and PlayStation 2
Viewtiful Joe 2, 2004 - Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2
Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble, 2005 - Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation Portable
Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble!, 2005 - Nintendo DS
Ōkami, 2006 - PlayStation 2, Wii, PlayStation 3
God Hand, 2006 - PlayStation 2
I never played God Hand, but given Clover's record, I'll assume it was decent!
Viewtiful Joe, 2003 - Nintendo GameCube (as Team Viewtiful) and PlayStation 2
Viewtiful Joe 2, 2004 - Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2
Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble, 2005 - Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation Portable
Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble!, 2005 - Nintendo DS
Ōkami, 2006 - PlayStation 2, Wii, PlayStation 3
God Hand, 2006 - PlayStation 2
I never played God Hand, but given Clover's record, I'll assume it was decent!
IncandescentPrecept
Banned
Naughty Dog - just looking at their track record. It's pretty amazing. They created 4 great IPs spanning several genres over 3 generations.
ElRenoRaven
Member
First off, let's limit this to those who have made at least 5 games. Also, make sure to post a list of what they've made, so we can confirm.
I submit Bungie to this thread:
They've been going 23 years and haven't produced a stinker yet, except for perhaps Operation Desert Storm, which was still decent by 1991 Mac standards. Oni is their lowest-rated game on Metacritic, at 73; everything else is above 80.
Another example would be Retro Studios. They have made Metroid Prime 1, 2, 3, Donkey Kong Country Returns 1 and 2. Lowest-rated game has 83 Metascore.
Who else?
I agree with you about Bungie. I don't even care about the metacritic. Every single goddamn Bungie game has been fun as hell. ONI was criminally underrated I feel too. I to this day long for more ONI. Sadly with Bungie not owning the rights and Bungie West sadly being long long defunct I'll never see one made.
Yeah, it's not hard to spot the people who haven't been gaming long. Naughty Dog are the proud owners of one of the absolute worst games ever made.
IncandescentPrecept
Banned
I don't think it's fair to include game that they created back when they didn't have any funding (which started with Crash Bandicoot).
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
Whoopee Camp (kinda easy since they only made two, RIP Whoopee Camp)
Looking Glass
Kojima Productions
Sega AM2
Looking Glass
Kojima Productions
Sega AM2
It's completely fair. They involve the same people and it was for a major platform at the time. And they still called themselves Naughty Dog while making it.
Jaded Alyx
Member
"Developers who have never made a bad game."
They made the game. It counts.