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Player2 on 13 January 2013
pezus said:
Kresnik said:
The biggest surprise for me is the omissions though.  No Squaresoft, Enix or Square-Enix (what the fuck).  No Rare.  No Retro Studios.  No Psygnosis.  No Insomniac Games.  No Japan Studio.  None of Namco's teams.  And the most glaring omissions of all: NO BULLFROG OR MAXIS.  Ugh, thanks Edge.  I'M GONNA GO AWAY AND BE ANGRY NOW AND YOUR RIDICULOUS & PRETENTIOUS LIST.

Bullfrog doesn't even exist anymore >_>

Are you trying to calm him or make him more angry?



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Kresnik on 13 January 2013
pezus said:
Kresnik said:
The biggest surprise for me is the omissions though.  No Squaresoft, Enix or Square-Enix (what the fuck).  No Rare.  No Retro Studios.  No Psygnosis.  No Insomniac Games.  No Japan Studio.  None of Namco's teams.  And the most glaring omissions of all: NO BULLFROG OR MAXIS.  Ugh, thanks Edge.  I'M GONNA GO AWAY AND BE ANGRY NOW AND YOUR RIDICULOUS & PRETENTIOUS LIST.

Bullfrog doesn't even exist anymore >_>


I realised while I was away that they're all non-defunct developers.  Which makes the list all the more stupid.  They appear to be judging it on contributions made to the industry in the past year or two, but they named the list "Top 50 Greatest Developers".

So if Minecraft had come out 6 years ago, or The Sims had come out last year, then suddenly it'd be a completely different list.  Which again, is just ridiculous.  Either measure it on contributions made to the industry as a whole, or name your goddamn list "Top 50 Greatest Developers of 2012" or similar.  If Playdead release a complete turd of a next game, all of this would suddenly seem a bit silly because they made one good game and were praised to the high heavens, but clearly didn't have the vision to know where they were going next.

Also, Rockstar San Diego & Atlus were two more conspicuous absences that I thought of.



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Mr Puggsly on 13 January 2013

Valve on the top of this list is a cop out. Half Life 2 being name game of the decade was a cop out.

Its the answer that pisses off the least amount of internet nerds.



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Carl on 13 January 2013

Cant argue with that Top 5. Pretty good list!



                            

Chris Hu on 13 January 2013
pezus said:
Chris Hu said:

Which one is from Iceland?  Also Turn 10 should be on that list they developed Forza 2, 3 and 4 and helped with the development of Forza Horizon and that is all this generation.

See the tagged game . Yeah, I'm surprised Turn 10 isn't up there.


Never heard of CCP Games before since I don't game on PC's.  Also the list is kinda lame since its not a 50 greatest developers of all time list and they don't really mention what time period it supposed to cover.



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green_sky on 13 January 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
Valve on the top of this list is a cop out. Half Life 2 being name game of the decade was a cop out.

Its the answer that pisses off the least amount of internet nerds.

You are so right. This internet nerd was so pleased. If they didn't i'd have to scan down the list. 



NintendoPie on 13 January 2013
Carl2291 said:
Cant argue with that Top 5. Pretty good list!

Maybe the Top 5 in general but not where some of them are placed. 

Mojang is too far ahead of Naughty Dog and Nintendo EAD for my liking. (And many other's too.)

I know it's just your opinion, Carl. But still.



MentalAlliance on 13 January 2013
pezus said:
MentalAlliance said:

It's too obvious that this list would be bad. Lists like this always get scolded, so I try not to pay attention to them or comment on them, but wow goodness gracious me! Mojang at #2?! That's a seriously embarrassing choice on their part. Mohjang shouldn't even be on the list if they wanted to pay respect to the industry.

Yes, it should. It's one of the most popular games of this generation, and for good reason. 


They essentially made one game and it was based off someone else's work. I just don't have a whole lot of respect for that.



Jay520 on 13 January 2013
pezus said:

Valve in recent years:

HL2: Episodes 1 and 2
L4D1-2
Portal 1-2
Team Fortress 2
CS: GO
Dota 2
Continue to make Steam a great service 

I honestly can't think of a developer that has made that many enjoyable and well received games in the past years. They've not even once made a flop.

No need to bring a completely different list into this. 


Yeah, I've only played Portal and Left 4 Dead and I agree they are a fitting #1.



Mr Puggsly on 13 January 2013
pezus said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Valve on the top of this list is a cop out. Half Life 2 being name game of the decade was a cop out.

Its the answer that pisses off the least amount of internet nerds.

Valve in recent years:

HL2: Episodes 1 and 2
L4D1-2
Portal 1-2
Team Fortress 2
CS: GO
Dota 2
Continue to make Steam a great service 

I honestly can't think of a developer that has made that many enjoyable and well received games in the past years. They've not even once made a flop.

No need to bring a completely different list into this. 

Yeah... those games are fine. But would I consider those games better than what Nintendo EAD offers? Fuck no.

Also, I think it makes more sense to compare Valve to other companies. Not just individual studios. That means MS, Sony, or EA could be higher on that list if all their studios just shared a name.



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