Games that Completely Changed a Developer's Reputation

[Nymeria]

VGPolyglot said:

Nymeria said:
Retro and Metroid Prime - I remember at the time no one knew what to expect and I'm pretty sure it got mostly 9/10 scores while updating a beloved 2D game to 3D.

That was their first ever game though, did they really have a reputation beforehand?

Fair enough, I guess the fall of Rare from Nintendo peers to what they are now was pretty dramatic decade fall.