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Top 5 game companies

Discussion in 'Playground' started by Azirath, Nov 25, 2001.

  1. Azirath Gems: 6/31
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    This is just a poll of sorts of what the most consistantly best game comapanies are, mine are:

    1. Blizzard
    2. Bioware
    3. Interplay
    4. Sierra
    5. G.O.D.
     
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    I can't classify that like you do.
    All of those had many good games, but many blank shots too.

    It would be nicer if you asked best RPG producers, or best FPS creators, or best turn-based strategy something.
     
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    Yeah, alright, we can change it to best rpg game companies, my new list would be:

    1. Bioware
    2. Interplay
    3. Origin
    4. Sierra
    5. New World Computing/3DO

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    [​IMG] Not in any particular order:

    1) Epic Games
    2) Troika Studios (:D)
    3) The late Ion Storm (:()
    4) BioWare
    5) Firaxis Software

    [Edit] Bah! Go change the whole damn topic when I'm writing it why don't you? :mad: Well I'm not changing my list so :p ;) :D [/Edit]


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    1. Bioware
    2. Blizzard
    3. Blue Byte
    4. SSI

    Can't think of any CRPGs I've played made by the other companies mentioned...
     
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    1 Black Isle
    2 Bioware
    3 Dynamix (the classical Betrayal at Krondor!)
    4 3DO
    5 Troika games
     
  7. Lord Sarevok Guest

    Hmm, I don't have that many that I like.

    1.Bioware :)
    2.Bioware :D
    3.Bioware :spin:
    4.Bioware :rolling:
    5.Bioware :roll:

    Heh, sorry but that was just my thanks to Bioware for making the Baldur's Gate series. I've never even really compared any other CRPGs to it. Well, the Fallout Series was awsome, that was Black Isle. And so was Betrayal at Krondor, which was Dynamix(they also made Red Baron, another great game), and I think they were later bought out by Sierra, not sure. Um, I don't want to dip into video games, cause I really don't like them, but I downloaded a Rom for the game "Shadow Runner" and it was really cool(it's a roleplaying game). Also the very old game "Wasteland" comes to mind, precursor to the Fallout series. Oh I almost forgot the Zelda series.


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  8. Hmm, I'd say

    1. Black Isle (Fallout renewed my faith in cRPGs)
    2. Bioware
    3. Squaresoft
    4. Troika Studios
    5. Sierra

    Keep misspelling words...

    [This message has been edited by RythmicBarbarian (edited November 26, 2001).]
     
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    1=Bioware - The baldurs gate saga
    2=Sierra - Arcanum
    3=Blizzard- Diablo
    4=Team 17 - Worms!!!
    5=Id - Quake
     
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    [​IMG] The best: Sierra (anyone remembers Krondor saga? no? bah!)

    The buggiest: Interplay (from Fallout to these days, argh!)

    The worst: Blizzard (fake RPGs for braindead)
     
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    1. Bioware is great
    2. Blizzard: is good
    3. Sierra
    4. Interplay also is good
    5. ID-software
     
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    Squaresoft anyone?
     
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    Blizzard is over 10 years old, but has a total of only 5 released titles (if you're not counting expansions). All of them are of an extreme quality. StarCraft is an old Windows 95 game, and do this day Blizzard still has to release new patches for it because the number of people playing it certainly not decreasing.

    Blizzard has an extreme focus on quality, not quantity. That we can see very clear from the Diablo 2 cinematics and the Warcraft 3 trailers.

    Blizzard has the worlds largest online gaming community in Battle Net, and it will only expand with the release of Warcraft 3 and the new MMORPG World of Warcraft.

    Blizzard Entertainment are the supreme game producer in the world. Noone can even be compared to them.
     
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