Best Modern/Current RPG Developer
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Thrasher
Wheeee!
Obisidian for me. Most of the most interesting modern RPGs are Obsidian creations. Others are much more generic.
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Sacred_Path
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Deus Ex?
Alpha Protocol was Obsidian's most innovative product based on an original IP IMO... but it lacked in execution.
That developer is closed and no longer in business so it's not valid.
Link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormfront_Studios
Hairbrained Schemes should be in your poll considering the excellent dragonfall.
My list
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1) Inxile, Hairbrained Schemes, Larian are first equal for me because they all excel at different aspects of an rpg and no company is the complete package.
2) CD Projekt and Piranha Bytes are next best considering the fun Risen and Witcher 1
3) Obsidian produce the occasional good game (fallout new vegas) but more usually the game is rough in some ways (alpha protocol) or misses the mark mechanically in terms of whats expected (dungeon siege 3)
My list
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1) Inxile, Hairbrained Schemes, Larian are first equal for me because they all excel at different aspects of an rpg and no company is the complete package.
2) CD Projekt and Piranha Bytes are next best considering the fun Risen and Witcher 1
3) Obsidian produce the occasional good game (fallout new vegas) but more usually the game is rough in some ways (alpha protocol) or misses the mark mechanically in terms of whats expected (dungeon siege 3)
BoboTheMighty
SasqWatch
All around...CDPR and they are still rising. They are what Piranha Bytes should have been...start small, dream big, make large enough projects that you can handle and then move forward.
Close second...Obsidian...never a love at first sight with their games...but when you see past the rough spots, there is (almost) always, some measure of brilliance in their games.
Bioware...is pretty much a mediocre company, riding on previous glory...they need better writers to open new directions with their games, enough with the "Reapers, Harbinger, Collectors, Darkspawn, Arch/whatever, Old one(s)...already.
Bethesda...not a bad developer, but not a great one either. Poor writing, more and more shallow rpg mechanics with each new game, reliance of poor engine and modders to polish and improve their games, some unethical business practices.
Have nothing against them, though I did enjoy my own Skyrim mod where I had Todd Howard beaten to death with my "Radiant mace of Creativity".
Close second...Obsidian...never a love at first sight with their games...but when you see past the rough spots, there is (almost) always, some measure of brilliance in their games.
Bioware...is pretty much a mediocre company, riding on previous glory...they need better writers to open new directions with their games, enough with the "Reapers, Harbinger, Collectors, Darkspawn, Arch/whatever, Old one(s)...already.
Bethesda...not a bad developer, but not a great one either. Poor writing, more and more shallow rpg mechanics with each new game, reliance of poor engine and modders to polish and improve their games, some unethical business practices.
Have nothing against them, though I did enjoy my own Skyrim mod where I had Todd Howard beaten to death with my "Radiant mace of Creativity".