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[radioactivez0r]

Can't tell how many games posted are actually sequels that were cancelled and how many are "sequels we sort of know about but haven't heard any news on" and "sequels that never actually existed but man I would love one".

 

[JaseC]

So basically Arkane will release Prey 2 by either adding some minor things at the end but keeping most things the same like Gearbox did for Duke Nukem Forever. Or they'll try to change it dramatically, which I see no reason to do if the product was already great, and it probably was considering how it led to all that predatory crap from Bethesda. What a shit show.

In either case, I wonder if Human Head will get credit for their work when the game finally comes out.

Arkane's version has nothing to do with Human Head's and was pitched as a spiritual System Shock 3. This was revealed via e-mails that Koatku obtained last year.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

The game ended on a massive cliffhanger. I think Starforce outsold the ZX series or something? Either way, the ZX games became the shortest Mega Man subseries in existence. Even Legends had the Tron Bonne spinoff. It's a shame, because the ZX series had serious potential.

Not a sequel, per say, but a prequel. This game set up the climax of the entire Castlevania series by introducing Julius Belmont, the man who defeated Dracula for good by sealing his castle inside of a solar eclipse in 1999. Technically, Portrait of Ruin and Order of Ecclesia are both sequels to this game, but the lingering plot thread from the Sorrow games remains unresolved, and will probably remain so with Iga not making Castlevania games set in his universe anymore.

 

[speakerlog]

The fact the Republic Commando never got a sequel was a damn shame.

 

[Kirye]

Quest 64 is not a good game, but I loved it a lot as a kid and was so excited for the sequel that I printed out this IGN article to show my friends at school.

As expected, no one cared but me.

I didn't even know this was a thing!

...Now i'm sad that it never happened. I really enjoyed Quest 64.

 

[WeWereGiants]

Darksiders 2 exist? And Darksiders 3 has been discussed by Nordic as a definite possibility in July?

When I said Darksiders I meant the cancelled idea for the 3rd game featuring all 4 horseman that they had plans for before going bankrupt.

 

[OuterLimits]

Gladius. The game ends with the story unresolved, setting up the plot for a sequel. Wish the game had sold well, so I could have spent more time in Imperia and Nordagh.

Still a fun game though.

 

[Mdk7]

Turok 2

Disney has forever crushed my dreams.

I came here to post this.

 

[VariantX]

It was meant to be a trilogy

This is something I did not know before. This is also something I wish i did not learn.

 

[nOoblet16]

Arkane's version has nothing to do with Human Head's and was pitched as a spiritual System Shock 3. This was revealed via e-mails that Koatku obtained last year.

Meh...we've had far too many spiritual successor to System Shock 2 or games with similar style with the three Bioshock games and Dishonoured.
I want futuristic cowboys and bounty hunters.

It's a damn shame because Human Head's version was complete and would probably have been the more unique game if they are going down the system shock successor route for Prey 2, and also judging by how desperate Bethesda was to acquire Human Head before release.

 

[Mdk7]

It was meant to be a trilogy

Wait WAT? ;____;

 

[Fisico]

Whoa. They need to use that studio for like....everything. That's a 4/4 strike rate right there. Just did a quick Wikipedia check, and outside a couple of "average" games, they're actually a pretty solid

Rayman
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Rayman Arena
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
Beyond Good & Evil
Tork: Prehistoric Punk
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Rabbids Go Home
From Dust
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Rayman Origins
ZombiU
Rayman Legends
Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Problem being that Michel Ancel more or less left Ubisot and probably not alone.

 

[Acrylic7]

Ah yes. Superior racing game.

BGO2 is still in development. Though there hasn't been any news about it in a long time.

Look into your heart. You know its dead.

 

[The_Poet]

Mirrors Edge

 

[Spineker]

I guess we'll have to make our own.....

 

[Eggbok]

Mirrors Edge

Umm....I don't know if you know this but

 

[roundabout]

Fez 2

Mostly due to nerds on the internet having so little self awareness that it's physically painful to read. Phil Fish never deserved the hate since he is one of us (and by that I mean a snarky idiot who speaks before he thinks).

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

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:

Edit: oh underrated?.. well it's sales were underrated...



Oh man

I had no idea this existed.

 

[striferser]

Steambot Chronicle 2
The pain. It HURT!

 

[The_Poet]

Umm....I don't know if you know this but

I'm aware. But it looks increasingly unlikely the game will actually come out.

 

[ArjanN]

Fear Effect 3.

 

[Hideous Snake]

Got to be Psi Ops

 

[Shahadan]

I'm aware. But it looks increasingly unlikely the game will actually come out.

Oh it will come out, but not be what people wanted in the first place.

 

[aygomyownroad]

Split/ Second.


Despite the incredibly lame rubber-banding, I loved that game so much and got 100% completion in it. The set piece destructible environments looked absolutely phenomenal at full-spec on PC.

This game is amazing, So amazing that I rebought it in November for the PS3.

Would love to see an Xbox One/PS4 sequel. It was out the same day as Blur and chose this. But Blur was great as well and deserves another chance

 

[Compsiox]

Oh it will come out, but not be what people wanted in the first place.

So in other words...it will be bad?

 

[JaseC]

Meh...we've had far too many spiritual successor to System Shock 2 or games with similar style with the three Bioshock games and Dishonoured.
I want futuristic cowboys and bounty hunters.

It's a damn shame because Human Head's version was complete and would probably have been the more unique game if they are going down the system shock successor route for Prey 2, and also judging by how desperate Bethesda was to acquire Human Head before release.

Yeah, an open-world alien bounty hunting game with Mirror's Edge-inspired traversal and solid shooting certainly would have been something. Bethesda kicking Human Head's vision to curb is without a doubt one of the more tragic losses in recent years.

 

[V_Ben]

Probably just prototypes.

Don't believe it even made it that far. Exploratory concept art only.

 

[Baron_Calamity]

Mass Effect. I'm sure that somewhere at some point there was a Mass Effect 2 rpg, following up the science fiction story and the game play of the first Mass Effect. Then someone decided that they rather have SyFy a cover base shooter.

 

[The Lamonster]

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

 

[mclem]

The left-hand side of this screenshot looks fantastic. The right-hand side looks terrible.

Edit: Wait, is that a game's boxart just to the left of the bus's destination board? Looks awfully familiar.

 

[GuardianE]

Fear Effect 3.

First thing that came to mind for me.

 

[misho8723]

Call of Cthulhu : Dark Corners of the Earth was almost a perfect horror game and the best attempt at Lovecraft-ian horror when it comes to videogames..
So it was a really shame that the next two games from that series - Call of Cthulhu: Beyond the Mountains of Madness & Call of Cthulhu: Destiny's End - were cencelled

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games were great - shame that STALKER2 was never made

 

[Borman]

Fear Effect Inferno. It had so much potential to become a great franchise until the 3rd game was cancelled and forever lost...

I keep trying to track down Fear Effect but I've gotten fairly stonewalled

 

[SnowTeeth]

I'm aware. But it looks increasingly unlikely the game will actually come out.

Really?! I had no idea that there is development trouble with the sequel. Do you have a link that elaborates on this?

 

[d+pad]

I'm still salty over Earthbound 64.

This :| It's ugly as sin, especially to modern eyes, but I still like its overall art style. Oh, well, at least it lives on (in a way) in Mother 3.

 

[BigTnaples]

Turok 2

Disney has forever crushed my dreams.

This.


Also.

Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway

 

[LDAF]

BGAE2 would be by Ubi Montpellier who seem to be impervious to Ubisoft's nonsense. Just look at their quality output in the last few years

Valiant Hearts
Rayman Legends
ZombiU
Rayman Origins

Whoa, you're right! I didn't quite realize the pedigree that studio had. Hats off to them!

 

[Aspirations26]

Psi Ops

This was an amazing ass game! I remember sequel was in the works and was going to be called Imperial Commando but was cancelled.

Turok 2

Disney has forever crushed my dreams.

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.

All of these. Especially Republic Commando, remember getting it back on OG xbox. It was my favorite star wars fps, so god damn good.

Edit: Conker's Bad Fur Day is a good one as well.

 

[bengraven]

Mercs, Inc.

May not count because the under-rated game would be the first one, not the second one. It was the second one that caused the third to not exist.

I don't believe when I hear rumors it's still being developed.

 

[neogaffer1]

So in other words...it will be bad?

There was a rumor floating around that it'll be an open world MMO type game. If Destiny is any indicator of how MMO-lite games end up being, it'd be pretty disappointing.

I fucking hate you for making me aware this game had a sequel in the making. I hate you so much.

My nom goes to ZombiU and Ryse.

Ryse's Sequel hasn't been cancelled, has it? The problem it had was that MS wanted control of the IP in order to fund a sequel (because they could see where Crytek was going to end up) and Crytek refused to let them have it.

 

[Shogun1337]

Lets not forget the awesomeness that would've been Prey 2

Some gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPMr0joaE6A

What in god's name happened here? This would have been one of the coolest video games of all time.

Edit: I see what happened.

 

[Crab Milk Mickey]

Lots of great suggestions. Republic Commando, Bulletstorm, and Timesplitters oh my!

Ill throw out Metal Arms: Glitch in the System.

Jim Sterling did a phenomenal interview about the canceled sequel a few years back on Destructoid.

So no one said Steambot Chronicles yet ?

Was looking forward to these two games the most.

 

[unholyrevenger72]

Kingdoms of Amalur

 

[kayos90]

Arc Rise Fantasia. Easily. Great game with a cool story, world, and excellent combat system.

 

[koutoru]

For me, definitely Mega Man Legends.

Arc Rise Fantasia. Easily. Great game with a cool story, world, and excellent combat system.

I had no idea that Arc Rise Fantasia had a sequel in the making.
This game is probably Imageepoch's best console RPG, it's production values outmatch most of their other games.

 

[Xeroblade]

Was Sonic All-star Racing not enough? I am kidding we really need a sequel where TT is the main character.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

folklore

 

[McLovin]

That game was great! It will never come out since it would compete with Mario Kart

 

[Wolff]

This game was awesome. Even if you played and hated the stealth segments, in which i don't think were a crime against humanity like some people make it to be, the gladiator parts are one of the bloodiest fun you can get in any game and it makes it all worth it. There's a great variety in combat so you'll rarely think "i wish i could do that", and when you think you seen it all it introduces new stuff like enemies, an arena full of traps and even animals.

This game was made to appeal to the west, but i don't think Capcom marketed this game well, so in the end lots of people didn't even know it existed and it ended up not selling as expected. Because of that, a sequel that was already in the works got cancelled and what they had in hand already got reworked to be another game you might know called Dead Rising. So, ironically, Dead Rising is made from the dead corpse of another game. Good thing is that it's just as awesome as the other.

 

[XT Vengeance]

BGO2 is still in development. Though there hasn't been any news about it in a long time.

I get that, but the industry has taught me to disbelieve that sort of information until I have the game in my hands or on my steam account.