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Games that were not finished at all
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glaurung
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Wazzim
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FFXIII, no optical medium can handle the pure Square awesomeness.
SNES version coming fall 2010.
Believe.
SNES version coming fall 2010.
Believe.
grandjedi6
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I'm pretty sure that's not true. In fact, alot of the stuff mentioned in this thread has been nothing but hearsay and rumors.
Salazar
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I think the middle dude is implying that if the artist foreshortens his arm any more he's going to fuck him with it.
JordoftheDead
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The worst is KOTOR 2. Characters just stopped saying new things halfway through the game, important plot points came out of nowhere with no explanation, there were masses of bugs, glitchy quests, the whole thing was a total mess. Needed another year in the oven.
Wind Waker is nowhere near that bad. Yeah it had a slightly annoying fetch quest and a dungeon was obviously taken out, but in terms of stability and bugs the game was fine. It may have had things removed, but the game was in a finished state.
Wind Waker is nowhere near that bad. Yeah it had a slightly annoying fetch quest and a dungeon was obviously taken out, but in terms of stability and bugs the game was fine. It may have had things removed, but the game was in a finished state.
RadioHeadAche
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Silent Hill 4: The Room
Repetition of the same levels in the second half, and it's believed that a UFO ending was scrapped. The "channeling stone" exists in the coding, but cannot be obtained by normal means.
Repetition of the same levels in the second half, and it's believed that a UFO ending was scrapped. The "channeling stone" exists in the coding, but cannot be obtained by normal means.
Dreavus
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Shig
Strap on your hooker ...
Not necessarily the gameplay, but the environments in that game are despicably basic and lazy. Aside from texture resolution they feel like bad PS1-era relics.
Demons Soul- Would have loved to been able to go the Northern Lands.
"The Northern Lands were once home to the race of mighty giants. They lived in relative peace with the rest of Boletaria, until the thick, colorless fog swept in and blanketed their domain. The Northern Lands were the first to succumb to the spread of Demons, and in an effort to contain the madness, Boletaria sent hundreds of thousands of its finest knights to the great kingdom to fend off the threat. The effort was for naught, and the Archstone connecting to this land was later destroyed as a last-ditch attempt to contain the chaos. It did not succeed."
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"The Northern Lands were once home to the race of mighty giants. They lived in relative peace with the rest of Boletaria, until the thick, colorless fog swept in and blanketed their domain. The Northern Lands were the first to succumb to the spread of Demons, and in an effort to contain the madness, Boletaria sent hundreds of thousands of its finest knights to the great kingdom to fend off the threat. The effort was for naught, and the Archstone connecting to this land was later destroyed as a last-ditch attempt to contain the chaos. It did not succeed."
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Come on people!
Some mentions of Saga Frontier but no one on Romancing Saga?
The game that was so unfinished they actually had to make 2 remakes for the project to be complete!
The game revolve around the 10 fatestones that were used by the former hero to seal the God of Darkness or whatever.
The hero must go on his quest to kill said god for good, using as many fatestones (which are also powerfull artifacts) as he can.
The game was released on SFC in 91 IIRC and you could only get like 7 or the 10 fatestones AND some places (like the Isle of Darkness) are completely sealed off.
The game was later remade for the Wonderswan and now you had access to one more fatestones and content were still not making it.
Then in 2005 the FINAL version on ps2(get it, it's awesome...like the best rpg of the last 5 years), you could access the 10 fatestones, there was new game + AND Saruin could absorb the fatestones powers to become the ultimate boss ever (which was probably why they put the bloody stones in the games to begin with).
And yeah Sonic 06, they shipped and sold the pre alpha version of that project...on ps3 too.
Some mentions of Saga Frontier but no one on Romancing Saga?
The game that was so unfinished they actually had to make 2 remakes for the project to be complete!
The game revolve around the 10 fatestones that were used by the former hero to seal the God of Darkness or whatever.
The hero must go on his quest to kill said god for good, using as many fatestones (which are also powerfull artifacts) as he can.
The game was released on SFC in 91 IIRC and you could only get like 7 or the 10 fatestones AND some places (like the Isle of Darkness) are completely sealed off.
The game was later remade for the Wonderswan and now you had access to one more fatestones and content were still not making it.
Then in 2005 the FINAL version on ps2(get it, it's awesome...like the best rpg of the last 5 years), you could access the 10 fatestones, there was new game + AND Saruin could absorb the fatestones powers to become the ultimate boss ever (which was probably why they put the bloody stones in the games to begin with).
And yeah Sonic 06, they shipped and sold the pre alpha version of that project...on ps3 too.
Night_Trekker
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Yeah it did. They just made some questionable design choices along the way. Still a great game, though.
Damn. I didn't know that. I thought it had so many differences from 1-3 because it started as a non-SH title.
Damn. I didn't know that. I thought it had so many differences from 1-3 because it started as a non-SH title.
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·feist· said:
This can't possibly be stated enough:
Now, I also own this..
..and no, I don't consider it to be the answer.
Even with the issues, it's one of the best action games ever. Still, what could have been...
Now, I also own this..
..and no, I don't consider it to be the answer.
Even with the issues, it's one of the best action games ever. Still, what could have been...
Final Fantasy VII
There are deleted scenes (
), deleted areas (
), some theories that the ending of the first disc should be completely different, deleted key items, and MANY other stuff.
Final Fantasy XIII
Looks like there are deleted areas here, as well.
There are deleted scenes (
one from the beginning of the game and one from the ending
Final Fantasy XIII
Looks like there are deleted areas here, as well.
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It's not just about the glitches. Every character was going to get an "Episode". Including Metal Sonic, who is in no way in the final game. Sonic was supposed to be able to become Super Sonic and be playable in stages. Silver was supposed to get a power-up that increased his movement speed. There were going to be an additional set of stage layouts for a Super Hard difficulty. (Yes, the game was going to have Normal, Hard, Very Hard, and Super Hard.) There were going to be Sonic music trivia contests, with the soundtracks of almost every Sonic game purchasable.
Even some of the things in the game are just wrong. Characters like Tails and Omega are supposed to have flight meters. I don't think there's a single Shield monitor in the game despite the manual listing it. There's a tiny XP bar on the HUD for upgrading Sonic's gems that's not actually used, and his gems are always at full power instead of collecting power from the Chaos Drives and such (which worked in the demo). Some of his gems let him do screwed up things, like slow down the timer of any level using the red gem (without slowing down himself), or infinitely air-jumping using the Size Gem. Sonic can only Light Dash certain lines of rings in the final game, but Shadow can pretty much Light Dash any line of rings, and Sonic could in the demo. Hordes of things like that.
I'd have to scrounge for the link, but NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams apparently had tons of cinemas cut, but with some of the script still on the disc. I've never played through the game, just the beginning, but I've read that the plot literally makes no sense at some points because of how badly they hacked it up.
Even some of the things in the game are just wrong. Characters like Tails and Omega are supposed to have flight meters. I don't think there's a single Shield monitor in the game despite the manual listing it. There's a tiny XP bar on the HUD for upgrading Sonic's gems that's not actually used, and his gems are always at full power instead of collecting power from the Chaos Drives and such (which worked in the demo). Some of his gems let him do screwed up things, like slow down the timer of any level using the red gem (without slowing down himself), or infinitely air-jumping using the Size Gem. Sonic can only Light Dash certain lines of rings in the final game, but Shadow can pretty much Light Dash any line of rings, and Sonic could in the demo. Hordes of things like that.
I'd have to scrounge for the link, but NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams apparently had tons of cinemas cut, but with some of the script still on the disc. I've never played through the game, just the beginning, but I've read that the plot literally makes no sense at some points because of how badly they hacked it up.
Gamer @ Heart
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Didnt they find hundreds of lines of script locked away on the dvd somewhere in KOTOR2 for the real ending of the game that they couldnt produce within the ridiculous eleven month development cycle?
There is no greater example of an unfinished game than that one.
None.
There is no greater example of an unfinished game than that one.
None.
chandoog
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Duki
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Three dungeons that were definitely cut from the Wind Waker:
- Jabu Jabu was going to have a dungeon
- Fire island was going to be a whole dungeon
- Ice island was going to be a dungeon
Miyamoto or Aonuma confirmed this in some interview ages ago.
I don't recall any developer saying that old Hyrule was ever intended to be more than it was, however.
edit: and really now guys, if you actually insisted on everyone only talking about games that were literally unfinished, this thread would have ended in four posts.
- Jabu Jabu was going to have a dungeon
- Fire island was going to be a whole dungeon
- Ice island was going to be a dungeon
Miyamoto or Aonuma confirmed this in some interview ages ago.
I don't recall any developer saying that old Hyrule was ever intended to be more than it was, however.
edit: and really now guys, if you actually insisted on everyone only talking about games that were literally unfinished, this thread would have ended in four posts.
thetrin
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Starfox Adventures wasn't finished. They even recorded voice acting for the general scales battle that didn't make it into the game.
Perfect Dark Zero wasn't finished, this scene wasn't in the game:
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts wasn't finished an entire world was scrapped to reach the deadline:
Due to the 360 running out of memory in Showdown Town they cut off a piece from the Klungo arcade area.
There's also a sequence in the Logbox 720 level when the objective is:
"There was supposed to be a really cool challenge here [can't remember what it was...] but we had to cut it due to deadlines so here's a daft flying challenge instead."
Then you proceed to fly 3 circles. :lol
Perfect Dark Zero wasn't finished, this scene wasn't in the game:
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts wasn't finished an entire world was scrapped to reach the deadline:
Due to the 360 running out of memory in Showdown Town they cut off a piece from the Klungo arcade area.
There's also a sequence in the Logbox 720 level when the objective is:
"There was supposed to be a really cool challenge here [can't remember what it was...] but we had to cut it due to deadlines so here's a daft flying challenge instead."
Then you proceed to fly 3 circles. :lol
Zone of the Enders.
... and then, during what appears to be an incoming epic boss battle, credits start rolling in as a big "Fuck you, now spend another 60 in ZOE2 to know how does this end".
Being a extremely short game (less than 4 hours) with zero replay value aside for getting better scores (and the reward if you did was just a different song for the final credits) didn't help at all and really made you think they rushed the game in less than 6 months.
... and then, during what appears to be an incoming epic boss battle, credits start rolling in as a big "Fuck you, now spend another 60 in ZOE2 to know how does this end".
Being a extremely short game (less than 4 hours) with zero replay value aside for getting better scores (and the reward if you did was just a different song for the final credits) didn't help at all and really made you think they rushed the game in less than 6 months.
BAW
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Maxirugi said:
So buggy, yet still manages to be awesome.
A community patch exists that makes this game better than sex. Everyone on this thread, get this game plus the unofficial patch, now.
magicaltrevor
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Strummerjones
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NinjaBoiX
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THIS. It felt so barren, like they hadn't finished furnishing the levels or something. It would barely pass for beta code in my mind.
Denzar
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The Saboteur and Brütal Legend.
Felt like the developers wanted to tell a longer story but did not have enough time.
Felt like the developers wanted to tell a longer story but did not have enough time.
RurouniZel
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Clearly rushed from start to finish to be the first RPG on the DS. Another year of work/QC and it could have been awesome.
Salazar
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ah this horrible mess. I really hate it when ps3gaf pimp this piece of shit.
prince of persia with drake (2008). took a DLC (which I refuse to buy) to wrap it up but the game is basically the same shit for x no. of hours
I'd say all ubisoft games are unfinished as its all the same shit for x no. of hours.
prince of persia with drake (2008). took a DLC (which I refuse to buy) to wrap it up but the game is basically the same shit for x no. of hours
I'd say all ubisoft games are unfinished as its all the same shit for x no. of hours.
I forgot about Dreamfall, though being all kinds of fucking awesome, also suffered from the "we must have this game on shelves next week so hand in whatever you have" syndrome.
Due to this, I think it's one of the very few games where
Due to this, I think it's one of the very few games where
the bad guys end up winning in the end, as your main character ends up in coma and the evil product designed to brainwash people actually manages to hit the stores
:lol Yeah we believe that.
Anyway Wind Waker was amazing, somethings were definitely unfinished. Hell Majora's Mask might be the only "finished" 3D Zelda when you really think about it.
I'd go with Twilight Princess as my pick though. A lot of what Aunoma wanted was either scrapped or not fully realized, and many youtube videos out there show a lot of things should have been there.
Anyway Wind Waker was amazing, somethings were definitely unfinished. Hell Majora's Mask might be the only "finished" 3D Zelda when you really think about it.
I'd go with Twilight Princess as my pick though. A lot of what Aunoma wanted was either scrapped or not fully realized, and many youtube videos out there show a lot of things should have been there.
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TWW for sure. I was pissed when the game handed me one of the pearls instead of letting me explore a dungeon. Felt like they just gave up and said "Here you go, we couldn't come up with a design for a dungeon"
TWW overworld also felt cheap as hell. It was checker board with predictable layouts.Whoever designed the overworld must've copy and pasted from a template because most of the islands were identical and uninspired.
It was also disappointing that they made some lame story about the ocean in TWW not having fish so they didn't have to put a fishing mini game in. We instead got little "gems" like auctioning, sailing the boat around a small area to collect rupees, and decorating the town with flowers.....
How about the ending credits? Bubbles? Seriously.....
They put in more effort in the credits section in TP, OOT, MM, and LTTP.
TWW overworld also felt cheap as hell. It was checker board with predictable layouts.Whoever designed the overworld must've copy and pasted from a template because most of the islands were identical and uninspired.
It was also disappointing that they made some lame story about the ocean in TWW not having fish so they didn't have to put a fishing mini game in. We instead got little "gems" like auctioning, sailing the boat around a small area to collect rupees, and decorating the town with flowers.....
How about the ending credits? Bubbles? Seriously.....
They put in more effort in the credits section in TP, OOT, MM, and LTTP.
Command & Conquer Generals, there are tons and tons of cut content: voices, units, buildings, missions, lots of unused AI scripts (AI is a joke in this game, they obviously didn't have time to finish it), lots of unused unit models complete with animation and sound, lots of removed abilities, even factions. fortunately all of that was left in game data files and community have used them in various mods.
CrunchinJelly
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Every Ubisoft game of the last 5 years has felt like it could use another 6 months in the oven.
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Heavenly Sword - Obviously, this was a launch title, so perhaps this goes without saying to some degree. But Heavenly Sword had great potential. Alot of the menu items and GUIs looked simple and basic....almsot what one might consider as placeholders. I think the QTEs would have recieved more testing, and maybe some of the basic enemy grunts would have gotten a little more polish.
Lair - suffered from the same problems as Heavenly Sword in the GUI department. Health bars and information on the screen was primitive lol. Not sure if the mandatory motion control wouldn't have still made it in, but perhaps they would have enabled controller support from the start had they more playtesting.
Lair - suffered from the same problems as Heavenly Sword in the GUI department. Health bars and information on the screen was primitive lol. Not sure if the mandatory motion control wouldn't have still made it in, but perhaps they would have enabled controller support from the start had they more playtesting.