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The "Whatever happened to <insert forgotten game here>" thread

RyuHayate

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There are plenty of games that have been appealing to me in the past that haven't been covered in the media in ages (some of which end up getting canned without anyone's knowledge).

First game: Fifth Phantom Saga.

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Has it been axed?
 
voltron said:
Whatever happened to Metroid Prime 3?

Oh no you di'int!

Seriously though. Whatever happened to Alan Wake? Did he get lost in all that mystery and thriller-ness?

Standard fare:

Whatever happened to Duke Nukem Forever?
 
What about Picassio?

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/134/134164p1.html

In Picassio, the player takes control of a cat burglar who has been hired by a rich art collector, who wants to prove to his art-collecting buddy that he has the most impressive collection in the world, to steal the most extraordinary pieces of art.

As one would expect, the billionaire's buddy has also hired a cat burglar himself to try and beat you to the punch in stealing all the various goods. This unique story lends to some very exciting gameplay where you must try and steal stuff while the other cat burglar is trying to deter you from your goal; while also trying to steal the same items. The player is forced to act both offensively and defensively.

The game will take place from first-person perspective and players will be able to knock out prison guards and other enemies with weapons such as a dart gun, chloroform and other non-violent means. The main premise of each mission is to successfully steal the art, so stealth is much more important than taking out the enemies.

In order to accomplish this daunting task of acquiring all of the world's best art, the lead character will have access to high tech gadgetry that would make James Bond wet. The player will get to use crossbows, mini cameras, night vision equipment and a large array of other neat gadgets.
 
Dragon Age, seriously. I check out their forum once in a while, but really - release a screenshot, something.
 
What was it with that Driver-style game last generation. something Cannon. It had a cool screenshot with a bunch of cop cars and an armoured car, but I never heard of it again. :(


fake edit: I think it was called Loose Cannon?
 
Whoever said The Crossing and Dragon Age, well done guys. I'd almost completely forgotten those myself!

I came in to say Alan Wake, looks like I'm LTTP.
 
Dama said:
Oblivion PSP ? ( canned i belive)
I don't think so. Just this morning I was wondering about it, and it still says "Q4 2007" in GameSpot. The game was quietly announced so I expect it to be quietly released after being quietly given average review scores by the media.
 
Whatever happened to Seiken Densetsu III for the SNES?

Like seriously... I love Secret of Evermore, its full of quirky humor, its like a B-movie game that you can really enjoy as a cult classic

BUT Secret of Mana is my favorite game of all time and the later entries into the series are...

well yeah lets just say I want to try SDIII because I would hope it retained SOME of the fun factor :D
 
Whatever happened to 'Project Delta' (working title I assume), a FPS from the Amsterdam based studio Gamefactory that's owned by PlayLogic?

It was supposed to be about an alien invasion of Earth in which Humanity is aided by an alien force that in turn tries to enslave them.

Gamespot still have a page up for the game on PS3, 360 and PC.

http://uk.gamespot.com/ps3/action/projectdelta/index.html?tag=result;title;0

Talk was that the game had been cancelled and that the team had moved onto a first party game for the PS3. I'd be surprised if the game they are developing for Sony turned out to be Project Delta...

It strikes me that Sony don't really need another sci-fi set FPS for the PS3 with Killzone and likely Resistance2 hitting in the next 18/24 months...well, at the moment anyway.

Anyone know any different?
 
seb said:


My first thought was "Oh, there was a game I liked, but I forgot it", now I know that it was GT Portable. :lol :lol


1up said:
Also, what happened to that Bob Ross Painting game for the DS?


Unclear. I heard it was dumped, but wikipedia proofed me slightly wrong:

Game production was rumored to have been canned back in December of 2006.[2] Since then, it has been announced that the project is still a go, but that developers are being sought

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ross:_The_Joy_of_Painting
 
~Devil Trigger~ said:
Eyedentify

Lol, the game for people who can't muster up the courage to talk to real women? :)

Hehe but true, it would be fun to see where they would have taken this title if it didn't drop of the face of the earth.
 
RyuHayate said:
First game: Fifth Phantom Saga.

fifth-phantom-saga-2.jpg


fifth-phantom-saga-4.jpg


Has it been axed?


I was quite interested in this game as well. Have SEGA ever come out and actually cancelled this title? I think, like the majority of the more obscure games in this thread, that if it's not at TGS then it's safe to assume it's MIA.

If it does resurface at TGS then it's likely it'll be multi platform.... or perhaps (thinking out of the box) a PSN only Warhawk-esque online multi player?


Foil said:
Redwood Falls

Surely if this game isn't at Leipzig or even TGS then it's been cancelled for sure.

Seeing as it was shown at a Japanese event last February and at that point still didn't have a publisher it's either gone multi platform or has gone the way of flesh.
 
polyh3dron said:
Whatever happened to:

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There should be a rule about not letting people post about Shenmue 3 anymore. I get sad :( And people always start to troll about the series being overrated and then one of us who likes the series retaliates and then it goes out to fullscale war ^
 
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