Jason Bourne of Ludos Mundi Suggests UK Among The Best Game Developers:
Back in the early days of Rare they would produce games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, but it was their partnership with Nintendo on the Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 that made them one of the best game studios in the whole world.
If you were a 90s kid excited about Nintendo’s upcoming N64 console, you likely read something somewhere about the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive, also known as the 64DD or DD64.
Other nominees include games like SimCity & Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
There are some good nominees in this list that are deserving to be inducted also, but I feel Metroid has had the most impact on the industry out of all of these. Look how Metroid influenced the evolution of the Castlevania games, and the "Metroidvania" subgenre of games have become a prevailing force in gaming today. Especially now, Metroidvanias are bigger than ever.
I can very much see Resident Evil being added later too, bc it really did popularize and define the survival horror genre. I would say that one is next in line.
If any Metroid game should get the honor it should be Super Metroid , it's perfection in my eyes . 30 years later and I still feel it's the most epic shit ever .
The GBA remake deserves it or Super Metroid, the original was a very sloppy and rushed game programmed in 3 months and it shows.
If you've never played the remake, it's absolutely a must play, fixes basically every flaw in the game. Check out ExoParadigmGamer's comparison video.
“Before even Kirby was born, HAL Laboratory released the super-cute puzzler Adventures of Lolo in 1989 and it has held up beautifully.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
In terms of quality of games yes
In terms of graphics? yes.
Not in any area.
I would say it used to be. Now most studios have closed or fallen from grace. Still Rockstar though.
Damn X-Factor, first an article about how UK gamers are more sophisticated than Americans and now an article about UK devs the best in the world.
I'm sensing a pattern...but I just can't put my hand on it...