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Nintendo EAD Tokyo
Retro
Platinum
Naughty Dog
KojiPro
Rockstar North

 

[Liturgy]

None, obviously.

 

[Ryce]

Anything directed by Masahiro Sakurai
Naughty Dog
Nintendo EAD
Rockstar (specifically North/San Diego -- the people behind GTA and RDR)

 

[Pejo]

Probably 4 of them for me

Naughty Dog - Incredible levels of quality and presentation.

Valve - All of their internally developed games are fun, even if not all my style of game.

From Software - Apart from the amazing Souls games, they still have really entertaining quirky games that I always have fun with (Ninja Blade, Otagi, etc)

Sony Santa Monica - Technically some of the best games on each platform they develop for, and usually right up my alley on game type.

If you'd have asked me this question like 15 years ago, I'd have said only one name - Squaresoft. Funny how that's changed so dramatically in that I'm interested in almost none of their games now.

 

[Death Penalty]

Square-Enix for Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts. I know they've had some rough games since XIII but I still will be on board with no questions asked any time a new Final Fantasy drops. The series just means that much to me, and even at its worst no one else delivers quite what Final Fantasy does.

I can also agree with the likes of Naughty Dog.

 

[Nintendojitsu]

Let's be real here, you already know my answer.

 

[Synth]

This thread will yield quite a number of justifications for the choices made; in the end they would be examples of how we are enablers of the current state of games, esp. AAA.

My choice was Sega AM2. If I had the power to enable anything, the industry would look very different.

 

[Piggus]

Naughty Dog and Rockstar. That's probably about it.

Yup

 

[Sayter]

Nintendo
PlatinumGames

 

[Karak]

None I follow games that interest me and not developers themselves. Some good devs make games I wouldn't like at all and some questionable ones have made some great stuff.

 

[That1BlackGuy]

Blueside/Phantagram
Omega Force

 

[DirtyLarry]

Naughty Dog
Pixeljunk
Valve
Rockstar

 

[Woorloog]

Bethesda: Elder Scrolls VI. But that's about the only thing where i could do this. (And even then, it must be PC version, preferably once unofficial patches are out.)

 

[lt519]

Valve
Nintendo EAD
Intelligent Systems
Bethesda

 

[Octavia]

None. There's always a chance for a bad game.

 

[ThatRandomCliff]

Nintendo EAD for me.

 

[Gnome Scat]

Bethesda Game Studios
MachineGames
Rockstar

 

[ChrisD]

Retro Studios. I will buy anything Retro Studios.

 

[NesFe]

In reality, there would be none. I mean even if I really like Naughty Dog, i wouldn't buy a game unseen especially if its a genre that I don't normally play. I wouldn't buy a racing game by Naughty Dog for example.

That said, assuming it's a genre I like then : Falcom (JRPGS) Naughty Dog(story driven Action games) and Nintendo (platformers).

 

[Askherserenity]

Just Nintendo.

 

[Raonak]

Naughty Dog, Kojima, and Futurlab

 

[Kalnos]

Nintendo
Valve
Blizzard

 

[One-Shot]

Naughty Dog, Valve, and Bioware.

 

[Breakfast at Noon]

Naughtydog

Bungie used to be here as well..

 

[Nuke Soda]

Naughty Dog and Rockstar for me. Granted I usually know a lot by the time their games roll around, but even if I didn't I would blind buy their games.

 

[nintendork666]

Any Nintendo developer (EAD, Retro, Monolith Soft, Intelligent Systems, etc.), Grasshopper, and Level 5. I trust those dudes/dudettes greatly.

 

[Metfanant]

- Naughty Dog
- Turn 10
- Treyarch/Sledgehammer/IW (lumped them together as their respective next games will all be CoD)
- Polyphony Digital (even given their PS3 struggles)
- Rockstar
- Guerilla Games (I've always loved KZ, and say what you want, but they support their customers)
- Housemarque

- Bungie used to be on this list as well

 

[Zia]

Valve.

Even EAD occasionally develop something like Wii Music or Steel Diver. Everyone saying Platinum and From have won themselves copies of The Legend of Korra and Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Naughty Dog.
Intelligent Systems
Treyarch
Blizzard

 

[LowEndTorque]

Naughty Dog. I wanted to say Rockstar too but Max Payne 3 was garbage, so idk.

 

[Amir0x]

None I can think of, I really can't buy games on faith.

 

[Panthers]

100% the only one is Blizzard. They've earned my trust and a lot of my money over the years.

 

[Ishida]

Naughty Dog.
Rockstar Games.
Sony Santa Monica.
Kojima Productions.
Team Ico.
Persona Team.
Arksys.

And to a lesser extent, Nintendo and Arc System Works.

 

[Driw3r]

Naughty Dog
Quantic Dream

 

[GnawtyDog]

NaughtyDog.

Rocksteady will prove itself worthy with Batman Arkham Knight...

 

[BeauRoger]

Bioware, Naughty Dog, Obsidian!

 

[Squishy3]

Platinum. No questions asked.

 

[Aiustis]

Maybe Level 5

 

[Deleted member 59090]

Ice-Pick Lodge and Hideki Kamiya.

 

[REMEMBER CITADEL]

Remedy, Turn 10, Playground Games, Team ICO (with Ueda).

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

Valve, Rockstar, Naughty Dog, Harmonix (that's wavering a bit), Devolver.

 

[Edi]

Naughty dogs
Kojima production
Rockstar

 

[Love Deterrence]

Kojima Productions
P Studio

 

[EGM1966]

Naughty Dog and any title from Valve with Half Life it Portal in the title.

That's one damn short list.

Actually I'd buy any Alien game Creative Assembly released too.

 

[stay gold]

Remedy & Bioware

 

[Rivitur]

Rock star
Valve
Monolith

 

[Source]

Only Valve. In the past I would have also included Blizzard and Bungie, but not these days.

 

[Bass260]

Nintendo
Platinum Games

 

[crabhammer]

-Most of Nintendo's internal companies, but specifically EAD, Retro, Intelligent Systems, Game Freak, and anything directed by Sakurai.

-Atlus

-Team Meat/Edmund McMillen

-Remedy

-Platinum

-anything directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, and I'd be willing to give most things by the rest of FROM a shot at this point

-Level 5

-Shu Takumi

There was a time when I'd also say Double Fine, but man it's hard to be totally in Schafers camp these days.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Kojima Productions for sure.