Unkillable Cat
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Ninja Destroyer kinda made the point I was going to make - you can't judge these studios just by their idtech "ripoffs" - you have to dig a little deeper and find their roots before that time.
Raven Software adds The Black Crypt, a real-time grid-based dungeon crawler in the vein of Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder that has some very unique, interesting quirks of its own.
"Xatrix Entertainment", to those who ain't hearing the redneck squawk in those words, also did Redneck Rampage on the Build engine.
Another factor that needs to be considered is the 'assembled studios' - namely the various Ion Storm branches - and realize where the talent for them came from. That adds a whole new dimension to all of this.
But the basic gist of the gaming industry remains the same - if someone hits upon a winning formula that prints money, people will inevitably try to cash in by following it as closely as possible. These software studios are no exception... the only question is whether they had enough original spunk in them to stand out from the others.
Raven Software adds The Black Crypt, a real-time grid-based dungeon crawler in the vein of Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder that has some very unique, interesting quirks of its own.
"Xatrix Entertainment", to those who ain't hearing the redneck squawk in those words, also did Redneck Rampage on the Build engine.
Another factor that needs to be considered is the 'assembled studios' - namely the various Ion Storm branches - and realize where the talent for them came from. That adds a whole new dimension to all of this.
But the basic gist of the gaming industry remains the same - if someone hits upon a winning formula that prints money, people will inevitably try to cash in by following it as closely as possible. These software studios are no exception... the only question is whether they had enough original spunk in them to stand out from the others.