IYO what game company did you gain the most respect for this year?

my choices:

biggest thumbs up:
capcom
-the release of steel battalion was too kind
-the original res evil remake was a treat, not to mention the release of multiple RE's, including possibly the best RE yet, in zero...
-most of all showing their desire to continue to change the face of game design with the upcoming releases of killer 7, megaman x7 and red dead revolver.

biggest thumbs down:
rockstar
as sweet as vice city was
-the heavy promotion of SOE(maybe not totally rs's fault)
-the handling of rockstar's big gta follow-up (SOE) by a develop who had only develop one other game
-signing gta exclusivity with sony for years down the road...
-sitting on the hands and resting on their laurels (give me my gta 4 online!)

EA, Ubi Soft, Microsoft, and Konami gained the most respect for me.

thumbs up: eeeh, touch choice. ill get back to this one.

thumbs down: Nintendo
-Sunshine was subpar. it should of been better.
-For making Zelda cel-shaded
-This Megaton announcement bullshit. see, i TOLD you guys that Nintendo was evil.

Sony gained respect from me for putting out several good games. Never saw that coming. Go figure.

Yeah, Sony goes on my list too.

sony gained respect from me for lowering their new-release price point...

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Originally posted by Andy
EA, Ubi Soft, Microsoft, and Konami gained the most respect for me.

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konami? for what?

I second Capcom and Sony.

Retro Studios came out of nowhere too (although they did get help from Nintendo). I'll be watching for their next project for sure.

edit: Konami deserves props for Contra: SS alone.

I think youre being too hard on Rockstar. I think pretty much everybody knows that the next GTA will be online... but that shit takes time. They are almost certainly working on it, maybe theyre not showing it off yet, but thats a good thing right?

Nintendo gained tons of respect from me for Animal Crossing.
Rockstar lost points with me due to them shipping out Vice City as a glitch-filled mess.

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Originally posted by Videodrone

konami? for what?

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Well the past few years, the only game that I've really cared about from them has been the MGS games, but this year they released a lot of impressive stuff to me (Contra, Suikoden 3). Not to say they didn't still release a ton of garbage, but they put out much better than usual.