Games that Completely Changed a Developer's Reputation

[fauzman]

Mr_No said:

fauzman said:

I generally agree with most of your list. But i disagree that Insomniac's rise was with A Crack in Time. The series was just as good in the PS2 era and R&C3 is as good as any of the other games.

 

I also disagree with Ubisoft. I think you do them a disservice considering the Prince of Persia series is highly regarded.

 

bananaking21 said:

What? Insomniac had a huge hit with spyro and they had a great rep due to it. 

I get that Insomniac achieved great reputation before A Crack in Time. Hell, I thoroughly enjoyed Going Commando and Up Your Arsenal very much. So much that they're both on my Top 10 games of all time. But I feel that with A Crack in Time, they gained a higher reputation, a position they haven't been before. I'm assuming that due to this reputation, they've gone for Xbox for Sunset Overdrive years later. I'm not denying Spyro and the earlier R&C elevated Insomniac to higher levels, but ACiT felt like a huge step forward for the franchise and the developers.

Regarding Ubisoft and Assassin's Creed, I believe the franchise marked an before and after on the developer. Most of the games they develop have adopted certain aspects of its gameplay and made it part of them, for better or worse. Prince of Persia was definitely an excellent game, but I was pointing out which was, in my opinion, the games that changed their reputation in a good, moderate or bad way.

I will give you Ubisoft as i agree they did seem more highly regarded after AC3. But i still see very little difference in Ratchet over the games and not enough to say that they seemed more highly regarded after ACOT.

But i guess that is your opinion so fair enough.