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What is your favorite gaming company?

Discussion in 'Playground' started by Kovalis Darkfire, Aug 6, 2003.

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  1. Kovalis Darkfire Gems: 13/31
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    Remove all ads!
    [​IMG] Examples:Black Isle, Troika, Blizzard...


    Black Isle rules, and the other 2 examples are good as well.
     
    Kovalis Darkfire, Aug 6, 2003
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    [​IMG] Black Isle and Interplay all the way baby!!
     
    Duke Eltan, Aug 6, 2003
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    Black Isle, Interplay and Bethesda Softworks.
     
    Jesper898, Aug 6, 2003
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    [x] Black isle

    Interesting... 4 people in the thread and all said Black isle. How long will this continue? :jawdrop:
     
    diebysteel, Aug 6, 2003
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    Loerand My heart holds no fear for death

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    Black Isle(1st) , then Blizzard and 3DO...
     
    Loerand, Aug 7, 2003
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    black isle, blizzard ,ea, and whoever makes the unreal series
     
    iLLusioN', Aug 7, 2003
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    Ion Storm for Deus Ex and Thief.
    Raven for Soldier of Fortune and Jedi Knight 2.

    Valve has only a game that keeps them going, they still need to further prove themselves in the future. Sure, they have the "Best PC game ever" (PC Gamer 1999) but they haven't venture deep into any non Half-Life game since then.

    Black Isle is good but they went too much into recycling business. (Besides it is my nature to be an ass and disagree with the mass.)

    Interplay is more of a publisher, isn't it?

    Bioware might just get better than Black Isle. Let's see how will they do in the coming Star Wars: Knightsof the Old Republic.

    Blizzard? What is that?
     
    teekc, Aug 7, 2003
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    Teekc, Thief (to the best f my knowledge) was made by Looking Glass Studios.

    I have to say Black Isle.
     
    Aikanaro, Aug 7, 2003
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    Shrikant Swords! Not words! Veteran

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    Black Isle : well you know
    Valve/Sierra : Half-Life n Counter Strike
    Electronic Arts/Edios : NFS, Command and Conquer, HitMan
    Microsoft : Age of Empires(all)
    GameHouse : go to Yahoo
     
    Shrikant, Aug 7, 2003
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  10. Loerand

    Loerand My heart holds no fear for death

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    They made the Diablo, Warcraft and Starcraft series...
     
    Loerand, Aug 7, 2003
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    Electronic Arts and Pyros. (the creaters of the Commando's series)
     
    Pac man, Aug 7, 2003
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    Electronic Arts is ok but they only made like 2 games.
     
    Kovalis Darkfire, Aug 7, 2003
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    Chris Sawyer made Transport Tycoon all by himself, writing it all in assembler. He's a god :) .
     
    Mollusken, Aug 7, 2003
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    But they are hosts for a lot of softwarecompanies, the amount of games that are on the market nowadays, under license of EA is enormous. They simply have a good reputation.

    And you're wrong about them only having made two games. Did you forget about EA NBA Live, Madden Football, Fifa, NHL, Baseball, tennis, and all those other sportsgames they throw on the market ? Every year there's the latest version, and they're doing this since the early 90's
     
    Pac man, Aug 7, 2003
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    Ya I supppose yer right pacman.
     
    Kovalis Darkfire, Aug 7, 2003
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    Black Isle
    Bioware
    Troika

    And I'm guessing Obsidian will join the trio in the near future. They haven't made a game yet, but with Feargus Urquhart and Chris Avellone on board, you can't lose. (The cool dude men that broke away from BIS)
     
    Frog, Aug 8, 2003
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    Infogrames (a.k.a Atari, now :rolleyes: ) and EA. Both of them have brought up a lot of good games. :cool:
     
    Wordplay, Aug 8, 2003
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    Black Isle and Blizzard
     
    Greystar, Aug 9, 2003
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    Morgoth La lune ne garde aucune rancune Veteran

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    Lucasarts, for MI, Outlaws, the Star Wars games, and loads of old adventures
    Origin, for Crusader No Remorse
    Blizzard, for SC and WC

    and surprise: Black Isle for games that go without saying
     
    Morgoth, Aug 9, 2003
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    1.Blizzard - and Battle.net of cource
    2.Bioware and Black Isle
    3.Epic
     
    AlexGK, Aug 10, 2003
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