Rockstar North, GTA 1 and 2 were not that good but GTA 3 revolutionised gaming and they haven't made a mediocre game since then.
Santa Monica Studio, Kinetica was not that good but then they made God of War which was good and God of War 2 after that which was amazing, and they have made amazing games since then.
Naughty Dog, they made a poor 2D fighter in early 90's but improved with each franchise on each generation of PlayStation, and TLOU was the best game they made and an amazing game too.
Guerilla Games, Killzone was a poor FPS game but Killzone 2 and 3 were amazing and made me an FPS game fan.
Criterion, the first Burnout game was mediocre but they improved with each game and Burnout Paradise and NFS Hot Pursuit were amazing.







