Games that Completely Changed a Developer's Reputation

[Nymeria]

Ka-pi96 said:

VGPolyglot said:
Too Human was a disaster for Silicon Knights, and that along with X-Men: Destiny killed them altogether.

Did they really have a reputation beforehand though? I know they ceased to exist after, but they weren't exactly a well liked/known developer anyway, were they?

Eternal Darkness and Twin Snakes had raised their profile.  I think Too Human and the subsequent years showed how valuable Nintendo was for them.