God, I'm surprised. Square Enix and Bethsada are some of my favorite developers. And twesterm, I couldn't disagree with you more. As well as you elprinciple. Final Fantasy IX is my favorite game of all time and I can't take that hate.
OT: Team Ninja, Rare, and Capcom are my choices.
Ninja Gaiden is as great as advertised. Rare hasn't made a great game since N64. And I have never been able to get in Capcom's games. DMC, Street Fighter, Mega Man, etc are not my thing.