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[pgtl_10]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/30/15-of-the-most-heartbreaking-game-cancellations

I think they left out Raven Blade, Fallout: Van Buren, and Final Fantasy 64

 

[Muzy72]

The Last Guardian

 

[Silky]

I really wanted that wildlife fighting game from EA.

 

[Vibranium]

PotC: Armada of the Damned still hurts, I get the feeling that there was a great game in there, it just needed more development time.

 

[Toki767]

No Agent?

 

[RunWhiteBoyRun]

How can you be sad about Final Fantasy 64 being canceled if it never existed?

 

[Jarmel]

No Advent Rising 2 on that list.

 

[Shane86]

Titan?

 

[mullet2000]

Yeah, Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned is a sad one. I remember thinking that sounded like a really cool game.

I remember Jeff Gerstmann speaking pretty highly of it when he saw/played it, too.

 

[shinobi602]

Really wanted to see how Star Wars 1313 would end up. Still hurts :-/

 

[Drencrom]

The Last Guardian

No Agent?

None of these are officially cancelled

Not yet at least

 

[Amir0x]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/30/15-of-the-most-heartbreaking-game-cancellations

I think they left out Raven Blade, Fallout: Van Buren, and Final Fantasy 64

There was never a Final Fantasy 64.

 

[Gnome Scat]

RIP in peace Star Wars 1313, you will be missed.

 

[Arzehn]

Where was True Fantasy Live Online?

 

[Kriken]

Star Wars 1313 still hurts

The Last Guardian

Nah, that'll never be cancelled, just always "in development"

Edit: What about Mega Man Legends 3, that hurt as well

 

[SirPainsalot]

No Agent?

Has the game confirmed to been cancelled yet? Anyway, Agent didn't even look that good to begin with imo. The only reason people cared about it was because it was an exclusive.

 

[Richie]

Mega Man Legends 3....I think this one's self-explanatory...

 

[joey_bone_bomb]

Really wanted to see how Star Wars 1313 would end up. Still hurts :-/

This

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I dunno... none of those were particularly heartbreaking for me. Closest one to that would be Dead Phoenix, but then, I think that was pretty well known to be in development hell, so people didn't expect much from it anyway.


I do remember being really disappointed when they announced they were cutting Xenosaga short.

 

[Borman]

How can you be sad about Final Fantasy 64 being canceled if it never existed?

Thank you, I dont know why people still think that FF64 is or ever was a thing. That rumor was killed many moons ago.

Some poor choices in the article. Sadly many of those didnt play well from my understanding.

 

[120v]

"final fantasy 64" was never a game.. just a tech demo at most

but yeah as a nintendo kid myself it was traumatizing. also still pissed the robotech N64 game was cancelled. it looked cool

 

[hwy_61]

None of these are officially cancelled

Not yet at least

http://youtu.be/9Q8jQr81Nyc

 

[David___]

Titan?

Blizzard's next MMO.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

SMT x FE

 

[LowlySmokeGuy]

Has the game confirmed to been cancelled yet? Anyway, Agent didn't even look that good to begin with imo. The only reason people cared about it was because it was an exclusive.

It was never shown, so I don't know how you can say it didn't look good. And it was a Rockstar game. That's why people were excited.

 

[SolidSnakex]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/30/15-of-the-most-heartbreaking-game-cancellations

I think they left out Raven Blade, Fallout: Van Buren, and Final Fantasy 64

Final Fantasy 64 was never even a game. People mistakenly thought that the tech demo that Square created was FF64. But it never was. It was Square trying to figure out which direction to take FF in. Once they created that they knew that it needed to move to polygons. And with that they also knew that CD's were the only choice, which lead them to the PSone. The N64 was never an option due to carts.

 

[shinobi602]

Has the game confirmed to been cancelled yet? Anyway, Agent didn't even look that good to begin with imo. The only reason people cared about it was because it was an exclusive.

I'm pretty sure that it (was?) being developed by Rockstar was the main draw.

 

[pgtl_10]

Also Thornado

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turrican#Never_released

 

[Rembrandt]

Has the game confirmed to been cancelled yet? Anyway, Agent didn't even look that good to begin with imo. The only reason people cared about it was because it was an exclusive.

Did you see gameplay footage or something we didn't?

 

[RE_Player]

Most of those were cancelled for good reasons.

Did anyone seriously want to play a Dirty Harry game? Also the Fallout MMO was a scam.

 

[Infernal Monkey]

Ruffian Games, the folks behind Crackdown, was at one point working on a remake of the classic Sega beat-em-up from the early 90s

No, IGN, they weren't. It was a non-playable pitch video, nothing more.

 

[Devilgunman]

Megaman Legend 3?

 

[Zodzilla]

This list is sorely missing Sam and Max: Freelance Police, which is the only cancelled game I've ever written to a company about.


Absolutely heartbreaking at the time. Even moreso in that it was 95% done already.

 

[liquidtmd]

OK who was heartbroken This Is Vegas was cancelled??

 

[Kriken]

SMT x FE

U wot m8?

 

[Fbh]

No Agent?

Well all we ever saw was a logo, so it didn't hurt that much.

The Last Guardian on the other hand at least had a trailer, some screenshots and even a small "behind the scenes" video

 

[Octavia]

I think an actual series video game like Timesplitters 4 getting cancelled is a little more list worthy than a 'game' like 8 days which was nothing more than a cgi tech demo.

 

[gabbo]

The Half life 2 episode that Arkane was working on (Return to Ravenholm).
Would love to see Valve shop the expansions out again, since I loved OpFor and like BlueShift from Gearbox

 

[Tenumi]

The true most heartbreaking Game Cancellations are the ones that are never vocally confirmed as cancelled.

As for the list, interestingly enough, the only one's I've actually heard of would be Starcraft Ghost and Star Wars 1313. I still remember the beginning stages of Ghost's announcement. So sad...

 

[Bubbavelli]

Say what you want but this is relevant to my interests. Snoop and John Singleton? Count me in

 

[Past]

Was Shenmue 3 ever in development?

 

[Fat Goron]

Zero Escape 3

 

[DarkChronic]

Where's Legends 3?

 

[pgtl_10]

It seemed like the author rushed the list.

Also Dinosaur Planet looked promising. Too bad they forced Starfox into it.

 

[Devilgunman]

Also

Zone of the Enders Collection Vita
Last Remnant PS3

 

[Bubbavelli]

Was Shenmue 3 ever in development?

IT STILL IS

Spoiler

;_;

 

[Leafhopper]

The Starcraft Ghost pain is still there.

 

[qa_engineer]

So the last guardian and the agent are still in the works.

 

[FTF]

Star Wars 1313

 

[sixteen-bit]

MML3 goddamn