Raven Software

[fastwinstondoom]

#9048

I believe this is our first game by this legendary studio?

Sad to think about that all they’ve made for the last 14 years are CoD games 🙁

[watchful]

#9058

They were really great back in the day. I cannot recall a game of theirs I didn’t enjoy. Even CoD was quite fun for a while, and can be from time to time. I’d agree it is sad they are locked into that franchise.

[dr_st]

#9061

Hey, if your goose lays golden eggs, why would you give those up?

I am so not into CoD or warfare-type shooters in general (except perhaps Wolfenstein), that I didn’t even realize that series had been made by Raven.

[Mike]

#9063

I believe it’s just some of the entries or even just DLC? They weren’t the creators of the series and I wish they weren’t stuck in the CoD world. Not every game of theirs worked for me but at least they were always trying new things

[TigerQuoll]

#9070

Huh, just Raven up on Wikipedia. Had some misconceptions corrected – I thought they had been around longer, making games mostly for the Amiga.
I think ShadowCaster might be ripe for an episode on DOS Game club. And CyClones looks interesting too. Why have I never heard of that one?

[fastwinstondoom]

#9077

Shadowcaster just might be the most interesting “wolf3d clone” out there? I’ve never played it but the shapeshifting mechanic seems quite novel.

Them not even being the leads on most of the CoD projects just makes it all even more sad, really. Like Mike said, not everthing they made landed for everyone but I enjoyed most of their stuff. I had their game Mageslayer back in the late 90s, a sort of top down hack ‘n slasher… not the best game but I enjoyed the heck out of it.