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[sarcoa]

I'm not talking about content that was, in some vague way, left in the game - I'm more curious about concepts or mechanics that were completely cut from a final release. Hearing Ryan O'Donnell on Rebel FM's Game Club talk about the wealth of content, in both narrative and concept, that never made it into Half Life 2 was something I found intriguing. Likewise, all the fat cut from Sonic games, be it the extra levels in Sonic 2, where the hell Chaotix came from, or all the shit in the instruction book for Sonic 2006 but not actually in Sonic 2006, is endlessly fascinating to me. I applaud Insomniac for satisfying this curiosity with A Crack in Time's Insomniac Moon, and I know some of the God of War games have extra features where they talk about stuff that never made it in, but what else is out there? What other content never made it off the drawing board for games we love? Enlighten me, GAF!

(apologies if this is a repost. I searched and didn't find anything this specific)

 

[Perfect Blue]

This comes to mind right away.

 

[NIN90]

Large portions of MGS2's tanker scenario.

 

[Jocchan]

Huge site about the content that never made it to release in the Legacy of Kain series: http://www.thelostworlds.net/

 

[Kade]

Resident Evil 4 Hook Man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e3qYoR6m8o

Resident Evil 4 Fog Version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjnEkGcvTmA

 

[RichardAM]

Resident Evil 4 Fog Version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjnEkGcvTmA

I knew about the other one but i'd never seen this before.

The original Devil May Cry was supposed to be Resident Evil 4- this really seems like a cross between the two series.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

90% of the original Twilight Princess.

 

[Sohter.Nura]

Resident Evil 4 Hook Man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e3qYoR6m8o

Resident Evil 4 Fog Version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjnEkGcvTmA

This post reminds me of what was missing in RE5 >(

 

[sarcoa]

90% of the original Twilight Princess.

That's the kind of stuff I'm really interested in. Is that just an aimless figure thrown around, or is there significant evidence toward what exactly was cut out or reworked?

 

[Talon]

Matsuno's original plans for FFXII.

You know, with Basch as the lead and no Vaan. Actually, I didn't think Vaan and Penelo were that bad, but the game would have been improved with Basch as the lead.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

some of the God of War games have extra features where they talk about stuff that never made it in

I think it was GoW 1 that had Jaffe talking about how they initially wanted to design the cyclops with a dick, but Sony refused to let them do it :lol

 

[Koren]

Matsuno's original plans for FFXII.

You know, with Basch as the lead and no Vaan. Actually, I didn't think Vaan and Penelo were that bad, but the game would have been improved with Basch as the lead.

Anotehr at S-E, a big part of Seiken Densetsu has been cut (admittely due to cart size restrictions)

 

[EXGN]

 

[AceBandage]

That's the kind of stuff I'm really interested in. Is that just an aimless figure thrown around, or is there significant evidence toward what exactly was cut out or reworked?

From the original reveal to the final product, things I can think of that were cut are like wildlife, the huge forest area and large scale horse back battles.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

That's the kind of stuff I'm really interested in. Is that just an aimless figure thrown around, or is there significant evidence toward what exactly was cut out or reworked?

I'm exaggerating, but re-watch the original trailer and see how much of it never made it into the final game.

 

[Lagspike_exe]

A huge part of KotOR 2.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

A huge part of KotOR 2.

Sadly

Damn Lucas.

 

[Shiggy]

General Scales battle in StarFox Adventures:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMmPs8MFzmg

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Oh, and a significant chunk of Half-Life 2.

 

[baultista]

 

[theMrCravens]

pic

First time I played Half Life 2, I kept wondering when that damn tentacle would pop up and scare the shit out of me.

Never showed up.

 

[AceBandage]

Oh, just remembered.

Okami had an entire system of befriending people or making them hating you. I remember a trailer where Ammy was barking outside of a house in the middle of the night and making the person inside progressively more upset until they finally threw something at her.

Shows a bit of it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTUm07enrs4

 

[Kai Dracon]

I'm trying to find an article to back it up, but I'm pretty sure Aonuma once said that two dungeons were half finished for Zelda: The Wind Waker but scrapped due to lack of time (?).

These would have brought the dungeon count up to the normal Zelda total, IIRC. It always made me suspect the dreaded Triforce hunt and the boss gauntlet at the end of the game were quickly thrown together to extend the length of the game due to this issue.

 

[revolverjgw]

Gordon Freeman's beard

Warhawk's single player campaign :-(

 

[Kibbles]

*cries*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax1nvd8DF1Q

 

[Johnas]

Kraid was initially supposed to be in Metroid Prime as a boss in the Phazon Mines, but was taken out of the game due to time constraints.

I hope he appears in Other M.

 

[grap3fruitman]

Recognize this?

It's the ghost town in the final game.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Maybe it was in Nintendo Power back in the day, but some magazine had an image of a level in Super Star Wars that took place in the garbage area. I was always intrigued. I really liked that game.

 

[EXGN]

Oh, almost forgot, significant portions of MGS2 were cut, according to the design document. Snake and Raiden were both supposed to be playable, Snake was for series vets, while Raiden was for new players. There were also bosses cut, like China Man, who had a dragon tatoo that came to life or something.

 

[AceBandage]

*cries*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax1nvd8DF1Q

Would have been so awesome...
Not that Halo 2 wasn't great, but man...

 

[O.DOGG]

I think that Planescape: Torment was supposed to have three different endings where only one was kept in the final version - I'd love to know more about those.

 

[Vinterbird]

Recognize this?

It's the ghost town in the final game.

More stuff that never made it:

I'm unsure if this made it into the game, it's been so long since I've played it:

Oh, almost forgot, significant portions of MGS2 were cut, according to the design document. Snake and Raiden were both supposed to be playable, Snake was for series vets, while Raiden was for new players. There were also bosses cut, like China Man, who had a dragon tatoo that came to life or something.

China Man and another boss was merged into Vamp. Wasn't there also a shark segment that was being discussed? I think Kojima talked about it in the mGS2 documentary, but I don't remember if it ever made it past him thinking about it.

 

[Pancakes]

A huge part of KotOR 2.

.

 

[Johnas]

That part in the second trailer for TP that shows Gohma chasing Link really looked cool. Can't believe they cut that.

 

[bernardobri]

A lot of content in MGS2, you can see the original plan on this PDF

Some tidbits:

- The Ninja on the Plant Chapter was supposed to be a female robot that would change her voice & personality based on whoever was closer (Snake->Meryl, Otacon->Sniper Wolf)
- The player would have been given the choice of saving either Emma or the President, and Snake would rescue the remaining one.
- Johnny Sasaki was intented to be killed after making contact with Raiden and giving him a keycard.
- The original Codec staff of Raiden where intented to be more people (everyone being an AI), with similar roles of the MGS1 crew. Most of them were references to the New York book series "City of Glass", and later where mixed with the main ones.

 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Fable.

I don't feel as though I need to go into any more detail.

 

[Plywood]

Fable.

I don't feel as though I need to go into any more detail.

Ah, yes missing the entire other half of the game.

 

[Zenith]

Mass Effect's RTS-lite squad control

Arma's wildlife and FLIR (appeared in Arma 2). Arma 2's countermeasure system (appearing in the addon).

STALKER's vehicles, over the shoulder camera, etc

Resident Evil 4 Hook Man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e3qYoR6m8o

Resident Evil 4 Fog Version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjnEkGcvTmA

Those are scrapped versions rather than features scrapped from the RE4 set in Spain.

 

[epmode]

- Johnny Sasaki was intented to be killed after making contact with Raiden and giving him a keycard.

If only. MGS4 would have been massively improved, anyway.

 

[ivysaur12]

Ah, yes missing the entire other half of the game.

Half? I thought I got the demo.

 

[fernoca]

More like as Downloadable Content...

Quan Chi along with Harley Quinn; were planned to be the first 2 characters to be released as DLC for Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe. Both were nearly ready; but then the MK team was sold to Warner Bros. Pics of Harley hasn't been released yet...

 

[Easy_D]

Recognize this?

It's the ghost town in the final game.

Er, isn't that just Hyrule Castle Town? It looks different in the final game but I'm 100% sure that's what it looked like at one point

 

[Grooveraider]

Here's a collection of Nintendo content that was at time being reworked or completely scrapped ( *Kirby's Air Ride ).

Nintendo 64: B-Roll #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKOfyzZ8saU
Nintendo 64: B-Roll #2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MocVwX8jX_U
*

*INTERESTING TIDBITS: In the clip during "Super Mario Kart R" intro title you'll hear a tune unheard of in the final production of "Super Mario Kart 64". Be sure to crank the volume enough to hear the intro tune. Also witness a totally beta Kirby's Air Ride" that was eventually cancelled and moved to the Gamecube.

 

[Lyonaz]

Resident Evil 4 Hook Man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e3qYoR6m8o

Resident Evil 4 Fog Version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjnEkGcvTmA

Forget Resident Evil 5 Wii Edition, make this please. They don't even have to use Leon, just make a new character, some hot female FBI agent or something and call it RE Gaiden!

 

[Zenith]

Forget Resident Evil 5 Wii Edition, make this please. They don't even have to use Leon, just make a new character, some hot female FBI agent or something and call it RE Gaiden!

They are. Haven't you seen the RE5 director's cut pics?

 

[Raydeen]

Ryo's bike.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69cLiElh3BI

 

[dave_d]

Anotehr at S-E, a big part of Seiken Densetsu has been cut (admittely due to cart size restrictions)

Apparently that happened when it got switched from CD-Rom to cart. Oh also alot of the translation got cut in the US version. (Which would explain why I could never make hide nor hair out of the plot when I played it.) Makes you wish they'd do a director's cut version for the DS or something.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_of_mana#Development

 

[Lyonaz]

They are. Haven't you seen the RE5 director's cut pics?

Yeah but the DC extra/DLC that you can finish within 1-2 hours, is just not the same as a full game. =(

I miss old school Resident Evils.

 

[Roxas]

The whole Aeris ghost/having dialogue after she died thing etc etc

Did they plan on her being brought back to life?

 

[AceBandage]

The whole Aeris ghost/having dialogue after she died thing etc etc

Did they plan on her being brought back to life?

Wait, what?
Did something happen to Aeris that I'm unaware of? I haven't beaten FF7 yet.