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Underrated Games That Had Their Sequels Canceled
- Thread starter Compsiox
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This was canceled for a pretty terrible reason. A lot of the designers died in a plane crash during development, and the game wasnt looking too great to begin with. You can play a few of the levels though in the PS2 version of Twisted Metal Head On.
SlipperyFishes
Banned
Prince of Persia 08
We'll never know.
We'll never know.
lol no it wasnt. You need to be at least a million seller to get into the greatest hits line.
A Sentient Keyboard
Member
Blur was a great skill-based take on Mario Kart, though unfortunately it didn't sell very well and Bizarre Creations had to close down. I believe a sequel was confirmed in development (with some leaked screenshots), but was cancelled.
Gunstar Ikari
Unconfirmed Member
Lady Sia had both a GBA sequel in development and a prototype for a 3D game. Nothing came from either of them.
NoPiece
Member
Brave choice, but I agree.
In 1997 X-COM: Apocalypse was released to very mixed reaction as they took X-Com from pure turn based to a real time hybrid. It was a pretty cool game and had a lot of cool concepts, but the core fans never seems to embrace it. Unfortunately, we never go to see The Dreamland Chronicles: Freedom Ridge, which was cancelled.
Resident4t.
Member
This was an amazing ass game! I remember sequel was in the works and was going to be called Imperial Commando but was cancelled.
This fucking game had a cliffhanger ending too.
Piston Hyundai
Member
That was just a lie to give a suitably dark reason to cancelling it; maybe the dev team's way of trying to make an urban legend. After all, I'm pretty sure the news of the deaths of six of Sony's first-party developers wouldn't break in the bonus content of Twisted Metal: Head On.
Flintty
Member
This was an amazing ass game! I remember sequel was in the works and was going to be called Imperial Commando but was cancelled.
I came here to post this. I loved that game!
Sev...
Sev.....
The main character was supposed to be a dude? Well, fuck that game then.Perfect Dark Core
This was supposed to be the original sequel to the N64 game for the Xbox 360(originally for Gamecube), after the dissapointing PD Zero...
Perfect Dark Core [Cancelled/Prototype]
More at the link:
I want to think he was just a placeholder though.
Psi Ops
Yes! Such a great title. So odd with Second Sight coming out around the same time.
skLaFarebear
Member
Gonna have to say Xenosaga 3. The game was supposed to be a 6 game series but had to be cut short so they just jammed the rest of the content into 3. And regardless of what I think about 1 and 2, 3 has been a solid game so far and is a pretty underrated game compared to its other xeno companions.
CyberPunked
Member
Lets not forget the awesomeness that would've been Prey 2
Some gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPMr0joaE6A
Some gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPMr0joaE6A
My favorite PS2 game and in my top 5 all time.
Compsiox
Banned
Which was canceled because of some very shady shit on Bethesda's partLets not forget the awesomeness that would've been Prey 2
Some gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPMr0joaE6A
DodgyGeezerFella
Member
The Shapesmith
Member
Crimson Skies very much deserved a sequel, what an absolutely fantastic game! Also agree with the Getaway and Advent Rising love as I enjoyed the original games as well.
Was going to mention Legend of Legaia from PS1 but it got that sorta sequel on PS2 sadly.
Was going to mention Legend of Legaia from PS1 but it got that sorta sequel on PS2 sadly.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Darth_Caedus
No longer canonical
They have book prequels/midquels/sequels.
This was an amazing ass game! I remember sequel was in the works and was going to be called Imperial Commando but was cancelled.
ArkkAngel007
Member
This was an amazing ass game! I remember sequel was in the works and was going to be called Imperial Commando but was cancelled.
Brought this up when talking about licensed games in the [AA vs SoM Biggest Surprise?] thread. Short game that, iirc, sort of stumbled at the end with a cliffhanger to boot, but it was quite an amazing shooter.
^There are books, but that really doesn't replace what could have been a great, Empire-centric sequel.
Given that there was never a sequel announced, it doesn't have a place here. I agree that Ubisoft was too shortsighted given that the game wasn't the issue.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Ninja Scooter
Member
I sorta liked the first Getaway, but it always felt to me like an open-world game that didn't need an open world. I think the game could have been just as good and cinematic as a level based shooter.
MichaelFassbender
Member
Blur, I believe. A great racing game, but too many license issues.
GoodMorningPluto
Member
Apparently sequel was in the works, but poor sales crossed that out, sadly.
Gladius. Oh, lawdy, Gladius.
I must've sunk over 100 hours into this. It was a wonderful strategy RPG with a somewhat mythological Greek/Roman theme in which you traveled the land recruiting, customizing and battling with your own team of gladiators, both realistic and fantasy-based. It had a really neat battle system with some real-time elements, and a lovely, very cinematic score, not to mention a great multiplayer mode in which you could battle your friend's gladiator team.
This was a LucasArts game, and at one point a sequel was in the works before quietly disappearing (long before the demise of LucasArts). What's worse is that it was on every console at the time, plus PC, so I imagine a lot of folks like me were pretty damned disappointed. I still yearn for a sequel, or even a remake.
I must've sunk over 100 hours into this. It was a wonderful strategy RPG with a somewhat mythological Greek/Roman theme in which you traveled the land recruiting, customizing and battling with your own team of gladiators, both realistic and fantasy-based. It had a really neat battle system with some real-time elements, and a lovely, very cinematic score, not to mention a great multiplayer mode in which you could battle your friend's gladiator team.
This was a LucasArts game, and at one point a sequel was in the works before quietly disappearing (long before the demise of LucasArts). What's worse is that it was on every console at the time, plus PC, so I imagine a lot of folks like me were pretty damned disappointed. I still yearn for a sequel, or even a remake.
VideoMan
30% Failure Rate
It's really a shame. I would have loved to have seen what the devs could have done with a sequel, but Yves Guillemot, the CEO of Ubisoft, basically said there's no chance in hell for a sequel.
There was a listing for ZombiU 2 on some French retailer website a while ago and just out of curiosity I checked to see what the ZombiU team was up to.
A handful of them are now working on (surprise) Assassin's Creed games. The lead story writer went on to write for Valiant Hearts and after that left Ubisoft. Another handful of them left Ubisoft to help form an indie studio and are working on Wild for PS4.
So yea, pretty much zero chance for a sequel. Depressing.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Psi Ops
This.
Reminds of that other gem, Second Sight (although no sequel was announced).
You wait your whole life for a game that let's you play as a telekinetic and then two came along at once.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the sequel to this game was at the very least discussed by the developers. Considering how this game had a major cliffhanger, the only explanation I can think of is that a sequel was definitely planned at one point. The people behind this game have since disbanded, so a sequel is most likely never happening, which is a shame.
Compsiox
Banned
I remember trying to play this but the lighting was too bad. Why did all gamecube games have such bad lighting?
WeWereGiants
Member
Sudeki
Whilst the game isn't the best I enjoyed the time I spent with it when it came out, it has aged horribly and I would've loved to see the way the sequel would have improved things.
My 2nd choice is Darksiders.
Whilst the game isn't the best I enjoyed the time I spent with it when it came out, it has aged horribly and I would've loved to see the way the sequel would have improved things.
My 2nd choice is Darksiders.
This.
Reminds of that other gem, Second Sight (although no sequel was announced).
You wait your whole life for a game that let's you play as a telekinetic and then two came along at once.
It was funny, but I remember the Second Sight guys saying, while he story in Second Sight was great, they agreed PSI Ops had better gameplay. The games cannibalized each other, so neither got a sequel.
They were making a 2? Ah. I enjoyed the first one.
A Huge Battleship
Member
Project Psychic was announced in 2005, and was supposed to be Psychic Force 3, the next entry in a franchise of enjoyable but unorthodox 2D fighters. Then it was unceremoniously cancelled because there is no god.
Psi Ops
I will also echo this.
FunkyLounge
Member
This.
Reminds of that other gem, Second Sight (although no sequel was announced).
You wait your whole life for a game that let's you play as a telekinetic and then two came along at once.
the second Second Sight?
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
That's a damn shame. They're right though, Second Sight's controls were unadulterated gash.
I thought PSI-Ops didn't get a sequel due to the copyright infringement?
2blackcats
Member
Apparently sequel was in the works, but poor sales crossed that out, sadly.
Just watched a Let's play of Folklore, looks pleasingly bizarre.
Might have to buy as I live in Doolin.
Lets not forget the awesomeness that would've been Prey 2
Some gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPMr0joaE6A
it still hurts.
DarkoMaledictus
Tier Whore
Too Human. The fact that I'll never get the trilogy still stings.
Oh, and I don't know if I'd call it underrated, but I hate that we're not getting Alan Wake 2.
Too Human I can understand, it was a mess. Alan Wake rocked however, still playing it!
MickeyPhree
Member
Came to post this.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Lets not forget the awesomeness that would've been Prey 2
Some gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPMr0joaE6A
Holy shit, that looks stunning.
Fighting Force 3. I had to say it, because it gets very little mention around here and is heavily underrated (FF1 & FF2)
Here is a test video for FF3:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=H-9blCV-j6c
Here is a test video for FF3:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=H-9blCV-j6c