Dev Teams Tournament Discussion Thread

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

So this is an idea I wanted to do last year however, it wasn't implemented how I wanted it to be and it failed, sadly...

For those new users or those who don't remember about this little project, this is a tournament, elimination style where we debate or pity two developers against each other and determine who is better.

Arc Sys Works
Atlus
Bandai
Bethesda
Bioware
Black Isle Studios
Blizzard
Bungie
Capcom
Codemasters
Criterion games
Dice
Double Fine
EA canada
Ensemble Studios
Epic Games
From Software
Gearbox
HAL Labs
Harmonix music
id Software
Infinity Ward
Insomniac
Intelligent Systems
Jupiter
Koei
Kojima Productions
Konami
Level 5
Lionhead Studios
Matrix Software
Maxis
Mistwalker
Namco
Naughty Dog
Nintendo EAD
Nippon Ichi
Obsidian Entertainment
People Can Fly
Platinum Games
Polyphony Digital
Rare
Relic
Relic Entertainment
Remedy
Retro Studios
Rockstar Games
Rocksteady
Sega AM2
Sonic Team
Square Enix
Sucker Punch
SNKPlaymore
Team Ninja
Tecmo
Telltale Games
Treyarch
tri-Ace
Tripwire Interactive
Ubisoft Massive
Ubisoft Montreal
Ubisoft Quebec
Ubisoft Red Storm
Ubisoft Reflections
Ubisoft Romania
Ubisoft Shanghai
Valve
Visceral
Volition, inc.
Westwood Studios

This is roughly the list of Developers I made when I made the project last year. However, seeing as it's awfully long and some of the developers aren't really popular among AF members, I'll easily remove them to make this an easier project.

I think I missed a few but I lost my complete list so if I missed one that you want to be in the tournament, just post it and I'll happily add it to the list.

Anything that should be discussed can be posted here. Let's do this!

[Archaic Devices]

I think the tournament just needs a little more...organization than last year :P

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

I think the tournament just needs a little more...organization than last year :P

What do you suggest then, Grimmy?

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I also want to point out that this is a Developer tournament and not Publisher or Company as a whole tournament.

For example, saying that Square Enix is the best because of Dragon Quest is invalid but for Level-5 it's valid.

I mean, @animeyay posted a Square Enix store for his argument last time which was totally irrelevant on the debate, especially because there was a Dragon Quest game on it.

[FluffyDango]

Lets just give EA the worst title right away :P

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

This could last a few months actually...so we will see how it goes.

Let's all be positive and hope it works.

[Archaic Devices]

I think that people were all over the place with developers. We just need to stick to the two developers we're debating on.

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

I think that people were all over the place with developers. We just need to stick to the two developers we're debating on.

Well, this will be a Tournament Discussion, Elimination/Knock-out style.

So I guess I will randomize the list and then put each on brackets and so on.

[FluffyDango]

BIG HUGE games(Kingdom of Amalur devs)
2K games (Boston, China, Marin etc)
Day 1 Studios (F3AR)
EA Sports (FIFA street, SSX, NHL)
Guerrilla Games (Killzone)
Crytek (Crysis)
Techland (Dead Island)
Radical Entertainment (Prototype)
Pandemic Studios (The Saboteur)
Eidos Montreal (Deus Ex: Human Rev.)
Nixxes Software (^for PC)
EA Redwood Shores (Dead Space)
Visceral Games (Dead Space 2)
EA Digital Illusions CE (Mirror`s Edge)
Funcom (The Longest Journey 1 & 2. And that mmo game that I don`t care for)

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

Good call, thanks bro.

[Munchman]

Put in Taleworlds Interactive(Mount and blade)and Paradox(they developed the grand strategy games) please... They really are my favourite.

[blueangel06661]

2K!!! Bioshock ftw :3

[FluffyDango]

Monolith Soft (Xenoblade Chronicles. Wii exclusive )
EA Black Box (NFS: Underground, ProStreet, Hot Pursuit 2, Most wanted, Carbon, The Run and some more)

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

Monolith Soft created other greta RPGs as well, not only XBC. :lmao

But yeah, I thought I was missing some...couldn't find my newer list.

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

This is one of the things I won't be lazy on considering I really want this to go well.

I added the Devs I forgot on a MS Word Document. What I will do next is put every single of them in a tournament bracket generator and get this thing started.

There's a total of 89 teams...Ill leave it at that.

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

Already got all the tournament brackets ready. I'll start during the weekend if that's fair for everyone.

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

I will begin this today actually..