[General Discussion] Your Favorite Video Game Developer?

Is my favourite developer the one responsible for a specific game or series or is it the one that consistently releases games that I enjoy. I quite liked Metroid Prime and Diablo so is Nintendo or Blizzard my favourite despite all of their other games being rubbish? Is it Konami or Square Enix since many of the games I purchase tend to have their label pasted on the box?

If I had to choose only one it would likely be Verant, the crew responsible for Everquest. Everquest set the bar for MMOs which cannot be topped. The sound was awful. The arial font used for the UI was plain. The graphics were decent but poky even for its time. It was a proper old school game. It was however really very exciting with a high level of danger and unforgiveness. The game had a huge learning curve. There wasn't a spot of hand holding, no text boxes for the first 800 hours telling you what to do. Everquest punished you and I loved it. It was exciting, it was frightening and it is probably the most intense gaming experience I've encountered.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Omi-Cron Kenobi

The latter.

I was merely having a conversation with myself. It's a difficult question to answer and which can go in many ways depending how you approach it. It's not easy to pick just one which is why I suspect most replies name no fewer than 15. The point I was hoping to reach was that just because a large part of my collection is made up of Square Enix games doesn't necessarily suggest that Square Enix is my favourite development team in the same manner that Blizzard isn't necessarily my favourite despite having played the original Diablo to hell and back.

There's nowhere I can't reach.