Atlus or Square?

[Indigo]

These two are probably the best RPG companies at the moment, but which do you think really do you think deserves to be called best?

This is definitely a hard one but I'll have to go with Square because I grew up with square, square game me some of my favorite games like Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, SO and my most recent favorite, TWEWY. However if I were to know about Atlus sooner I'd probably go with them. I'm pretty new to Atlus to be honest. I love the SH series, I'm playing Nocturne at the moment which is an awesome game, and I have played persona 3, which even thought I thought it could be boring at times it was in all a pretty good game.

[Phakiel]

Man **** Squenix, Atlus is the bomb. Their games are inherently better than the crap that Squenix releases, i am glad we finally got Atlus working in the Western market, more so now when Squenix is a mere shadow of what it once was.

Atlus is also worthy of praise for only single thing, they actually ask and listen to their fanbase. They know they have a limited fanbase but they treat us the best way they can. They are constantly doing polls, interviews and research to provide their consumers with what they want and I think thats something no other company does. And Atlus is not just a simple developer trying to make it big, they have been around for a while and always deliver quality products.

Even their weakest game for the ps2, Devil Summoner is enjoyable.

[Cyrus the virus]

I like both, but I've literally never played an Atlus RPG I didn't like or love.

[Phakiel]

As opposed to FFX-2 (shut up Zeal, I dont want to hear it) or Dragon Quest VIII (shut up Raidou, i dont want to hear it).

[DrunkSwashbuckler]

Yeah, Magna Carta was awesome, wasn't it?

[Phakiel]

To be fair, Atlus only published that.

[DrunkSwashbuckler]

Fair enough; I'm merely of the opinion that everyone associated with that game should be flayed.

Edit: Though it would be remiss of me to not point at that I did have fun, albeit by fooling friends into saying that the "chicks" on the cover are hot... I miss college.

[Phakiel]

I almost bought it but heard so many bad things about it and also that the main character who looked like a chick was a dude, and that there were like 10 other characters that also looked like chicks but were dudes.

Whats wrong with koreans anyway? Sush, care to explain? Is starcraft to blame?

[DrunkSwashbuckler]

The main character's look and outfit is actually a distraction in the game; you simply can't take him seriously.

[Atlas]

Square and Atlus are both awesome in my book. Although, Atlus is definitely more original with its games, I'd say.

[Brian]

Atlus always make interesting games. I don't think I remember them ever making a bad one (hit me with it if I'm wrong). So they get my vote. Why not square-enix? They're slippin'. Period.

[Void]

I don't even have to look at the poll or read any of the posts in this thread to know that Atlus is winning. By the way, I voted Atlus. Of course.

[Luisfe]

Since Atlus makes the Megaten games, it wins by default.

[Temporal Distortion]

Square. They've created Valkyrie Profile 2 and The World Ends with You, two flawless RPGs. Atlus' games never appealed to me gameplay-wise. Disgaea, after all, wasn't an Atlus game.

[Fabs]

Erm, wasn't VP2 a Tri-Ace game? SE only published it, kinda puts a rest to your Disgaea point.

Also, Fallen, if by SH you mean Shadow Hearts, then no, it's not an Atlus game. And SO, like VP, is Tri-Ace, not, at the time, Enix. Geez, Square has nothing to do with bloody SO.

Get your facts straight, people.