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Valve (US) is indeed the odd one out in this list as it is a behemoth in the industry. Larian (Belgium), GGG (New Zealand), Remedy (Finland), CDPR (Poland) ...
by PeterStuer 3y ago
Valve (US) is indeed the odd one out in this list as it is a behemoth in the industry.
Larian (Belgium), GGG (New Zealand), Remedy (Finland), CDPR (Poland) ... I'm spotting a trend here.
Meanwhile Blizzard (US), Maxis (US), EA (US), Rockstar (US), Bungie (US), Lionhead (formerly UK, now Microsoft (US)) ... there's got to be a pattern?
- ahartmetz 3y agoAdding Lucasarts, Origin Systems (not a personal favorite) and Westwood Studios to the list of formerly great US studios
- glimshe 3y agoAlso add Infocom and Sierra, both of which got destroyed after being bought.
- ahartmetz 3y agoI kind of forgot about Sierra. My opinion at the time was, and still is: Whatever Sierra made (mostly adventures and flight sims), usually Lucasarts made something similar but IMO better.
- glimshe 3y agoSierra released a lot more games, though. LucasArts quality was generally better, and the games more memorable due to clever use of humor, but I think Sierra had an epic feel to their games that LucasArts didn't quite match - and Sierra also had more "adult" games, such as Gabriel Knight and Phantasmagoria (if that's your kind of thing!). I think they are both great from different perspectives. Let's not forget Access of Tex Murphy fame either :).