In no particular order
I am going with specific developers for my list. So no big publishers under one spot.
Honorable mentions
There are probably more honorable mentions, but that is what I can think of off the top of my head.
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Just to follow up from my original post, I listed my general top 5 studios ever, but there are still 5 studios today that still get me pumped when a new title is released from them.
I'll have to thrown in a few honorable mentions
Fromsoftware
Sony
Capcom
Nintendo
Rocksteady and Konami the batman games are superb and so is the mgs franchise.
I kinda had an idea to make a favorite game company by decade thread but for now I'll just post my picks here. Feel free to steal that idea if anybody wants.
1990s:
90s Konami is underrated, they were killing it back then with Symphony of the Night, MGS, Silent Hill, Suikoden. Square and Nintendo had better singular games in FF7 and OOT though.
2000s:
Nothing beats the golden era of Tales games, arguably the 3 best entries back to back within 5 years. Blizzard was also killing it with Warcraft III and WoW.
2010s:
I played everything Blizzard released in the 10s and though it wasn't all perfect it was all pretty damn good. CD Projekt Red might be first if they had released a bit more. Bandai Namco might seem weird up here but don't forget they developed Smash 4 and Ultimate.
2020s:
This one's based almost exclusively on individual games, since we're so early in the decade. Crowbar Collective and Omocat are behind Black Mesa and OMORI for those who don't know, both unlikely to release more games if we're being honest.
Overall Nintendo is of course my choice having stayed in the top 3 through every decade.
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2024 OpenCritic Prediction Leagues:
1. Sega
2. LucasArts
3. Remedy
4. Square (Enix)
5. Origin
Fromsoftware
Larian
Atlus
Obsidian (purely because of fallout nv)
Rockstar
Update - I forgot about rockstar so replaced santa monica with it
Last edited by TheLegendaryBigBoss - on 24 February 2024Nintendo, then Square Enix, Sega, Namco, Capcom. No particular order for the last four.
For me the "top" 5 would be:
Naughty Dog, From Software, Square Enix, Capcom and Atlus.