alabtrosMyster
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Nintendo with Donkey Kong, it's been all downhill from there!
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Are there gaming equivalents to the ‚One-Hit-Wonders‘ from the music industry?
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UsualNoise
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I'd go with Elite Beat Agents by iNiS. You could argue for either definition here - in the North America Region there were no other releases in the franchise and it was a pretty amazing game that could have sustained sequels. Going by company output iNiS does not appear to have any games close to EBA in quality. I really wish they'd localize the sequel, I loved that game.
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coffinbirth
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This is half true... True Crime 1&2 were published by Activision.
Riddick and it's sequel were developed by Starbreeze. Tigon Studios isn't anything more than Vin Diesels vanity producer credit "studio".
xellos2099alpha
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Nier Automata, according to man Yoko Taro himself. It was never planned to get so popular. I respectfullly disagree with him.
Romulus
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So they weren't devs? Source?
Hiring people for a vanity project doesn't mean they weren't actual developers.
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S0ULZB0URNE
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I like bothActRaiser (1990)
First of all the sequel sold about 1/3rd of what the first game sold.
Feel like most people don't even know they made an ActRaiser 2. The game is entirely missing the God Mode part of the first game, which was one of the really cool standout parts that made it unique.
(BTW just posting these animated gifs is making me want to replay both ;-)
Reality Czar
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That's cool me too. Thread is not "what game do you like". It is "what game is a one hit wonder".
The second game sold 1/3rd of the first. They made ZERO entries afterwards. That's kind of the definitive One Hit Wonder.
Yeah, a shame they never made a successful hit game with Donkey Kong again /sNintendo with Donkey Kong, it's been all downhill from there!
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S0ULZB0URNE
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It had a sequel though.
Series is a one hit wonder like Legendary Axe I suppose?
coffinbirth
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Source? The links you provided, lol. It says key people "Vin Diesel" haha. It's parent company is Vin Diesels movie production studio.
SafeOrAlone
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Has anyone tried "Kojima" yet? I want to laugh at it.
Romulus
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Exactly, it clearly says they were developers. They can work under Madonna and still be developers. The actor or studio parent co has nothing to do with their skill sets.
coffinbirth
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Again, they are a PRODUCTION STUDIO...not a DEVELOPMENT STUDIO on these titles. They came up with the concept of the game(s) and contracted it out to Starbreeze. If, by that metric, you think they are a dev studio because they call themselves that, I don't know what to tell you.
Romulus
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The fact is you dont know their specific involvement with the project. They could have used an engine starbreeze designed. They're listed as a game development studio and you have no idea how much of art or code they contributed.
TaroYamada
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I think folks are really struggling with comprehending the concept of this thread.
coffinbirth
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They contributed ZERO code because they are a production studio, ffs. Full stop.
Ignoring further replies.
waquzy
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Yep. We leave greed to others and we also leave talent to others...
Romulus
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coffinbirth
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| Developer(s) | Starbreeze Studios |
|---|---|
| Publisher(s) | Vivendi Universal Games[a] |
| Producer(s) | Lars Johansson |
| Designer(s) |
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| Programmer(s) |
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| Artist(s) | Jens Matthies |
| Writer(s) |
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| Composer(s) | Gustaf Grefberg |
Romulus
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"Ignoring further replies." lmao
Where is this from? What is this even for? Of course no link so I can see what you didn't include.
coffinbirth
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It's from YOUR LINK.
Romulus
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I can post anything from a link but you're still not communicating anything. Doesn't take away or add anything. What are you even communicating?
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coffinbirth
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Can you read? Literally ALL(save for the publisher) of those credits are Starbreeze staff. It's not complicated.
Romulus
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Yup.
And even then if we just pretend all they did was "production" which's still a vital part of the video game development process. Again, right on their wiki it's listed as Tigon Video game developer with credits for Riddick. Guess that's fake. I'll show you how ignore works now. It's an actual button.
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coffinbirth
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Brick walls sure are dense, lol.Yup.
And even then if we just pretend all they did was "production" which's still a vital part of the video game development process. Again, right on their wiki it's listed as Tigon Video game developer with credits for Riddick. Guess that's fake. I'll show you how ignore works now. It's an actual button.
They didn't produce this game.
They produce opportunities for Vin Diesel to act in games...such as this one.
Again, it's not complicated.
Yoboman
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Riddick is the big one
A no name dev with a C-tier licensed property came out and was swinging it with the big guns like Halo 2 and Half Life2. Riddick may have been the best FPS that year
Then after that... nothing
Also Crytek. They did have Far Cry and Crysis but have completely failed after they really broke out with Crysis
Oh and Tomonobu Itagaki. He was established for years but was really just a meme, known for his tits on dolls fighter which was well below Tekken and Virtua Fighter. Ninja Gaiden felt like the game he finally became a top tier dev but everything since has been a joke
I’d also mention Media Molecule. They still make critical darlings but their LBP success was just lightning in a bottle. Unique creativity and charm during a time where Sony was being hammered over PS3 and pessimism was at all time highs, I don’t think LBP would have been a hit if not for being that ray of sunlight for Sony when everything else was struggling
A no name dev with a C-tier licensed property came out and was swinging it with the big guns like Halo 2 and Half Life2. Riddick may have been the best FPS that year
Then after that... nothing
Also Crytek. They did have Far Cry and Crysis but have completely failed after they really broke out with Crysis
Oh and Tomonobu Itagaki. He was established for years but was really just a meme, known for his tits on dolls fighter which was well below Tekken and Virtua Fighter. Ninja Gaiden felt like the game he finally became a top tier dev but everything since has been a joke
I’d also mention Media Molecule. They still make critical darlings but their LBP success was just lightning in a bottle. Unique creativity and charm during a time where Sony was being hammered over PS3 and pessimism was at all time highs, I don’t think LBP would have been a hit if not for being that ray of sunlight for Sony when everything else was struggling
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coffinbirth
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Again, Riddick was Starbreeze, and they subsequently made Payday 2, a MUCH more successful game, and The Darkness, an arguably better game that also sold a lot more copies.
Yoboman
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Riddick has a 90 Metacritic, Payday 2 is a 75. That’s a big fall off critically
kuncol02
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List of Tigon people working on Riddick:
Tigon Studios | |
| Executive Producer | Vin Diesel |
| Producer | Cos Lazouras |
| Creative Consultant | George Zakk |
coffinbirth
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It was commercially much more successful, as I stated.
The Darkness, while not a Metacritic darling, is in my eyes, a far better game. It also sold quite well.
They also made the Syndicate reboot, which did not review so well, but I quite enjoyed it.
To say that "nothing" was produced by Starbreeze after Riddick is simply not true is all I'm saying.
Romulus
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Yup producer and executive producer on a project is incredible vital. Didn't realize Tigon was that important.
kuncol02
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Executive producer is basically honorary title and judging by Cos Lazouras other games he was responsible for license related stuff (mostly legal one)
Starbreeze had it's own producer, game designers, art directors. They are even responsible for game concept. Only thing tigon people were responsible is making sure that Starbreeze is not making something they were not allowed too in license.
coffinbirth
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fart town usa
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Bloody Roar maybe? But that's based on my friend, and I trust his opinion for stuff like that.
He loves the first, raved about it in middle school and to this day. The 2nd one he says was a nowhere near as good. (just googled it and realized that there's more sequels than just the 2nd one)
I'm sure someone on here can comment further.
He loves the first, raved about it in middle school and to this day. The 2nd one he says was a nowhere near as good. (just googled it and realized that there's more sequels than just the 2nd one)
I'm sure someone on here can comment further.
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Pol Pot
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Yeah, disagree. I respect the case you're making. Didn't feel it though.
I really wanted to like Um Jammer Lammy as well.
KRYPT83
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Child hood memories right here baby what a great game! What about Rygar!ActRaiser (1990)
First of all the sequel sold about 1/3rd of what the first game sold.
Feel like most people don't even know they made an ActRaiser 2. The game is entirely missing the God Mode part of the first game, which was one of the really cool standout parts that made it unique.
(BTW just posting these animated gifs is making me want to replay both ;-)