...it's how every FPS game on the Wii controlled.
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Canned games that were barely ever shown. Which would you have loved to have seen?
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...it's how every FPS game on the Wii controlled.
Project Nano by Epic Games :
http://www.vgleaks.com/project-nano-aka-blueprint-from-epic-games-unveiled
http://www.vgleaks.com/project-nano-aka-blueprint-from-epic-games-unveiled
Loose Cannon? It was developed by Digital Anvil and there was a cop
http://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/15/loose-cannon-xbox-cancelled/
dark_inferno
Member
Every single canned Legacy of Kain game.
Such a huge great world. So much potential. But not even one game in years.
Such a huge great world. So much potential. But not even one game in years.
Hero of Legend
Member
That was pre-buyout. I hope they still own the IP though.
Fortress - that FFXII sequel/spinoff that Square-Enix entrusted to GRIN. Quite why they elected to hand it to a studio whose track record hasn't exactly been stunning to say the least we might never know, but we do know that they weren't too happy with how the project was coming along and canned it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1lQeYjceLc
A shame, really. There was the real potential of a sort of open-world Dark Souls-like game with an Ivalice setting and this could have been - in the right hands - a much more enticing Final Fantasy game than any other Final Fantasy game released last gen.
GRIN said that SquareEnix was impossible to work with. They sent code over fax machines and they complained that their artstyle wasn't Final Fantasy (even though GRIN posted them official FF art lol)
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
So guys, did you know Square was once developing a railway simulation game for Japanese PCs?
T'was to be named Amtrack, a game where you must connect villages dotted across (a) map(s) of your own choosing. Back in 1985, the company was most famous for its graphical adventure games, like Will: The Death Trap II and Alpha. But they were making this and Cruise Chaser Blassty as well, presumably to diversify and expand their market.
While this was a good move, a problem arose: before the announced autumn/end-of-year release date, Square got a sneak peek at a game called Take the A-Train, which was further along in development and presumably of higher quality (though I think Amtrack looks just as complex if not bigger in scale). So Artdink's project must have influenced Square to back down and focus on Blassty, which performed quite well anyway (it even had a popular manga serialization). Then Sakaguchi and co. left this pasture for the Famicom, and the rest is history.
Oh! FM-7 page on this unreleased title
Imagine if Square had become what Artdink is today!
T'was to be named Amtrack, a game where you must connect villages dotted across (a) map(s) of your own choosing. Back in 1985, the company was most famous for its graphical adventure games, like Will: The Death Trap II and Alpha. But they were making this and Cruise Chaser Blassty as well, presumably to diversify and expand their market.
While this was a good move, a problem arose: before the announced autumn/end-of-year release date, Square got a sneak peek at a game called Take the A-Train, which was further along in development and presumably of higher quality (though I think Amtrack looks just as complex if not bigger in scale). So Artdink's project must have influenced Square to back down and focus on Blassty, which performed quite well anyway (it even had a popular manga serialization). Then Sakaguchi and co. left this pasture for the Famicom, and the rest is history.
Oh! FM-7 page on this unreleased title
Imagine if Square had become what Artdink is today!
ShinMaruku
Member
Lily Bergamo
I would agree with you but Suda 51 always make mediocre games. Now that it's some really odd looking shit it will look like it plays.
Dr Zhivago
Member
Lord of the Rings: The White Council. Open world RPG set in Middle Earth.
Ah, I always scramble both in my mind, thank you, fixing it now.
Hero of Legend
Member
Dorsal Axe
Member
Simsville always seemed interesting to me. I don't think even Maxis knew what it was meant to be though.
lostinblue
Banned
Ever played Path of Radiance?
N64 graphics in everything but HUD and 1 vs 1 battles
Spacejaws
Member
Baldur's Gate 3: The Black Hound
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur's_Gate_III:_The_Black_Hound
Although the engine was the same as used in Neverwinter Nights so maybe more of a bullet dodged there (Auroras fine and all but a let down after the infinity engine.)
Also Raven Blade was so hyped for it and Too Human(Im sure I saw it getting articles for Gamecube version) the Gamecube was great but the mega titles and exclusives slowed to a trickle and I had my eye on Raven Blade to change that. The footage looked pretty cool at the time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur's_Gate_III:_The_Black_Hound
Although the engine was the same as used in Neverwinter Nights so maybe more of a bullet dodged there (Auroras fine and all but a let down after the infinity engine.)
Also Raven Blade was so hyped for it and Too Human(Im sure I saw it getting articles for Gamecube version) the Gamecube was great but the mega titles and exclusives slowed to a trickle and I had my eye on Raven Blade to change that. The footage looked pretty cool at the time
Is there a resource citing this somewhere? I've been fascinated with the idea of a Saturn VF3 for ages, and I feel like I google the shit out of it every six months and arrive at the same conclusion; it never made it to Saturn. Stealthing parts of it into Fighters Megamix seems to be the best we got.
Also I don't get the Star Wars 1313 love. I had an appointment with Lucasarts at E3 that year and saw it demoed "live" in their weird ass tiny theater. It looked cool, but whatever they were comfortable showing didn't look too dissimilar from Uncharted. Once you get past the visuals, which modern games will very shortly, what's left? Cool at the time though, especially when nothing outside of Watch Dogs looked that good in person.
King Cobra
Banned
Eyedentify I was so hyped about this game.
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?41476-Virtua-Fighter-3(Shenmue)-on-Sega-Saturn
You can absolutely, 100% trust the people in that thread. Especially Yakumo and Anthaemia.
lostinblue
Banned
Development never really began.AiR NiGHTS:
Images of the game itself have never surfaced, but the images of the prototype controller have. This giant controller had IMUs built in and could be pointed at the screen and waggled to control NiGHTS, much like the wiimote.
AiR NiGHTS was originally slatted for the Saturn, remember the 3D controller had an "expansion" of sorts? (game controller cable could be unplugged) that was a very beta implementation of the Dreamcast "2 expansions per controller" idea, loosely based on the N64 too, no doubt.
Anyway, their idea was having motion controls for the sequel. Said sequel was tested on the Dreamcast seeing they had an engine, but it was probably mostly the original game using a new controller scheme and perhaps different camera viewpoints too.
That idea evolved into some prototype Dreamcast controller that looked like a Wii remote but said controller wasn't slated for release ever since it was ditched for the dreamcast one:
So I don't know about the other game "originally intended control scheme", bare in mind that this Dreamcast controller didn't have a sensor bar or any means to be tracked and was a good 8/9 years before the Wiimote hit with very hit and miss motion controls, chances are it would suck balls for such game.
This era of motion sensing was only alright for something like NiGHTS or Kirby Tilt and Tumble kind of games.
A functional alpha build exists, people have seen it.
GentleDementia
Neo Member
Possession
Got a brief article in Game Informer (I think? It was ages ago), some really cool trailers that showed off procedurally generated zombie attack animations and whatnot. Then vanished into the ether.
I was so excited for it, shame to see it go.
Got a brief article in Game Informer (I think? It was ages ago), some really cool trailers that showed off procedurally generated zombie attack animations and whatnot. Then vanished into the ether.
I was so excited for it, shame to see it go.
Look I get what you're saying. And I'm not arguing that it WAS in all actuality FF64. But as for your comparisons? It's absolutely not like that. FFVII for PS3 especially. That was always said to be a video, no matter what people wanted to hear.
It was a time before the internet for almost everyone. It was a time before we could fact check things ourselves. It was a time before we had access to the knowledge we have now. And I'm willing to bet that for many people who saw that image, the idea of FF64 was real then, and without the knowledge you have, is as real now despite it being a tech demo. Because it came from a place we trusted.
So don't scold me because you have knowledge of the situation that I didn't. I apprecaite the education, but get off your high horse. Not everyone is up to date on this stuff and I'm sure I'm not alone in this.
lostinblue
Banned
I'm not sure I deem a tech demo of a saturn port as actual development.
It is exactly like the situation I described, except for the fact that it was reported correctly.
All games begin as "tech demos," thats what functional alphas are.
stufte
Member
I thought this was basically going to be a 64DD "add-on" for SB64 and not a true sequel?
Great thread, pouring over it now. Thanks for the link!
Keep missing the point then. Cool, you win, I give up. Continue ignoring the context and the rest of what I'm saying. You seem to have a lot of knowledge but your posting style comes off so ignorant.
Dr Zhivago
Member
Bandersnatch evolved into Brataccas, Psygnosis first game.
Adding to that, I think that's what finally turned up this year http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20..._64_dd_edition_appears_to_have_been_uncovered
Xion_Stellar
People should stop referencing data that makes me feel uncomfortable because games get ported to platforms I don't like
Twisted Metal Black: Harbor City for the PS2
After getting a taste of what could have been in Twisted Metal Head-on: Extra Twisted Edition it's a shame that this got cancelled.
After getting a taste of what could have been in Twisted Metal Head-on: Extra Twisted Edition it's a shame that this got cancelled.
boyshine
Member
Miyamoto's Jungle Emperor Leo / Kimba the White Lion for Nintendo 64
http://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/04/emperor-of-the-jungle-junguru-taitei-kimba-n64-cancelled/ said:
CMojicaAce
Member
Maximo 3
I loved the two games released on the PS2, wonderful 3D spinoffs to Ghosts n Goblins and wonderfully difficult.
As they were working on Maximo 3, Capcom closed down that company
Supposedly it was supposed to have much more exploration elements and gets some more ideas from Zelda (items, puzzles) and Mark of Kri (lock-on system). I would've loved it to play that one.
I loved the two games released on the PS2, wonderful 3D spinoffs to Ghosts n Goblins and wonderfully difficult.
As they were working on Maximo 3, Capcom closed down that company
Supposedly it was supposed to have much more exploration elements and gets some more ideas from Zelda (items, puzzles) and Mark of Kri (lock-on system). I would've loved it to play that one.
Who cares about the context? You've now posted twice in a hissy defense of assumed knowledge of a FF64 game in development when nobody was berating you for assuming the game was in development in the first place. This is a topic asking about which canceled games you'd like to see more of. You posted FF64. A couple of people pointed out the game never existed. So you doubled downed and posted that you saw it in a magazine. And then we explained that it was misreported.
That's all, the end. Quit being so defensive.
Michanical
Member
Thrill Kill. I was so hyped for that game as a kid. I even bought a copy of a gaming magazine that had it on the cover and had all the move lists and combos. It was cancelled some time between the magazine being published and the game releasing. Apparently, it was completely done.
This is different. Mario 64 2 was going to be two players co-op, one controlling Mario and the other Luigi.
Also I don't believe Mario 64 2 was going to be a 64DD expansion since Mario 64 has no programming hooks for recognizing it. Some other N64 carts do have these hooks though like Ocarina of Time, Mario Party 1 and (obviously) F-Zero X.
IntoTheBush
Neo Member
Aliens RPG from Obsidian
I didn't know this was a thing, I now want this badly.
sörine;136157152 said:
To further this, the source of the Mario 64-2 stuff dates from space world 99, when miyamoto said the following when asked about a sequel to Mario 64:
This appears to be when the term "Mario 128" also began being thrown around (as in, not the 128 marios demo for the gamecube).
You were the only one who was kind of a dick about it. But whatever, in the end, you're right, it didn't exist. Just remember that people used to get knowledge different ways. Consider softening up your posting style. You come off like a robot.
I think you're reading a tone where there is none implied. I type like I talk.
Daffy Duck
Member
Loose Cannon? It was developed by Digital Anvil and there was a cop
You're my hero!
Excellent to read that, thank you.
Quite gutted it never made the light of day.
Wenger'sBakedBaguettes
Member
This....this one hurted lots :/Maximo 3
I loved the two games released on the PS2, wonderful 3D spinoffs to Ghosts n Goblins and wonderfully difficult.
As they were working on Maximo 3, Capcom closed down that company
Supposedly it was supposed to have much more exploration elements and gets some more ideas from Zelda (items, puzzles) and Mark of Kri (lock-on system). I would've loved it to play that one.