Barrel Cannon
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Prey 2, for all its interesting gameplay concepts. The new one coming out looks like a borefest
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What cancelled/unreleased game intrigues you the most?
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I would have loved to seen what Ushiro was gonna be.
Scrolled through before posting, was glad to see someone mentioned this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ6GhpLSEYg
Absolute dearth of jRPGs on PSP at one point so this was massively on my radar.
EternalDarko
Member
Half-life 2 Ep3 / Half-life 3
Prey 2
Star Wars 1313
All of these had something special to them but unfortunately they will remain a distant memory.
Prey 2
Star Wars 1313
All of these had something special to them but unfortunately they will remain a distant memory.
Scalebound most recently. I had faith in Hideki Kamiya that despite not looking good when shown, it really was a good game, and it certainly seemed like it. Goes double especially if that part they showed behind closed doors is true. I really wish we coudl see video of that some day to imagine what could have been.
It was in fact that game, and they even carried over a ton of the stuff from it, including the ability to stack on top of each other in 4-player co-op.
It was in fact that game, and they even carried over a ton of the stuff from it, including the ability to stack on top of each other in 4-player co-op.
I remember rumours but I remember no studio attachments. Any links for further reading?
Regarding the F-Zero one: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20..._u_f-zero_created_by_burnout_studio_criterion
As fantastic as Mother 3 turned out on the GBA, I've always been curious about how Earthbound 64 would have ended up. I remember reading that it had a demo at Spaceworld. If that ended up leaking, it would be so interesting to see what it would be like!
I also think that the Virtual Boy Mario Land game looked really interesting. It had both sidescrolling segments and top-down, Zelda-like parts to it. I wonder how that would have worked?
I also think that the Virtual Boy Mario Land game looked really interesting. It had both sidescrolling segments and top-down, Zelda-like parts to it. I wonder how that would have worked?
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Scalebound.
Too soon?
Santa Monica Studios new IP.
Only thing that ever came out from that game is that cryptic teaser in GoW:Acension.
Too soon?
Santa Monica Studios new IP.
Only thing that ever came out from that game is that cryptic teaser in GoW:Acension.
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
Silent Hills
Was super excited at what Kojima would do with the series.
Was super excited at what Kojima would do with the series.
XgorreKrusadeX
Neo Member
https://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/10/geist-force-dc-cancelled/
Geist Force
Thanks to Unseen 64 I was able to get the name. I remember when Dreamcast was first revealed they were showing off what looked like a "Starfox" for the Dreamcast. I was MEGA hyped for it. Sadly it was cancelled.
Geist Force alpha leaked few years ago http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV4OWz1bBiI
Plumpbiscuit
Member
Drillary Clinton
Banned
Rainbow 6: Patriot looked absolutely amazing from a conceptual standpoint. I loved that little intro that showed you a glimpse of what would have otherwise been a faceless character's life. If you don't remmebeI, it showed a man and his wife enjoying a lazy day at home with their infant child until terrorists storm in and kidnap the man. You wake up blindfolded on a van and are taken outside into a bridge to see that you have a bomb strapped to you and you have to manually hold the detonator. This is all in first person.
Then you switch to the main character, go on the typical Rainbow 6 terrosist murder spree on the bridge until you reach the civilian you played as earlier. You find out that one of the terrorists activated a timer on the bomb and you have to make a split second decision to either find a way to disarm the bomb, kick the man off the bridge, saving everyone else, or letting fate have its way.
It was a seriously cool concept on morally gray and split second decisions. Not sure how it would have actually translated to a real game, which may have been why they turned it into Siege, but interesting nonetheless.
Recently, I was sooooo hyped for Scalebound. Also, I remember being intrigued by City of Metronome
Then you switch to the main character, go on the typical Rainbow 6 terrosist murder spree on the bridge until you reach the civilian you played as earlier. You find out that one of the terrorists activated a timer on the bomb and you have to make a split second decision to either find a way to disarm the bomb, kick the man off the bridge, saving everyone else, or letting fate have its way.
It was a seriously cool concept on morally gray and split second decisions. Not sure how it would have actually translated to a real game, which may have been why they turned it into Siege, but interesting nonetheless.
Recently, I was sooooo hyped for Scalebound. Also, I remember being intrigued by City of Metronome
sixteen-bit
Member
as a kamiya fan, woulda liked to see scalebound
Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
The Thing 2
The original Thing game was such a rough diamond to me that I was really looking forward to the planned sequel. All the available concept art made it seem like a massive improvement.
Then it just faded away.
The original Thing game was such a rough diamond to me that I was really looking forward to the planned sequel. All the available concept art made it seem like a massive improvement.
Then it just faded away.
I would be interested to see more of the original concepts of Shadow of the Colossus. Like, armies or squads going up against the colossi (multiplayer maybe? I forget if they ever said that). It looked like a very different game originally.
Star Wars 1313 is a good mention, as is Silent Hills.
Also, i'd love to play a 16-bit FF7, that was originally in development.
Star Wars 1313 is a good mention, as is Silent Hills.
Also, i'd love to play a 16-bit FF7, that was originally in development.
GoldenCrow
Member
Titan.
I really want to know what they were trying to achieve with it and what some of the different concepts were within it. One of those became Overwatch or at least small elements were implemented from Titan into it. I'd love for Blizzard to do a public post mortem on the failed project to highlight what they were trying and what went wrong, what was good and what positives if any could be taken away from the project.
I really want to know what they were trying to achieve with it and what some of the different concepts were within it. One of those became Overwatch or at least small elements were implemented from Titan into it. I'd love for Blizzard to do a public post mortem on the failed project to highlight what they were trying and what went wrong, what was good and what positives if any could be taken away from the project.
Remaking the game from scratch is quick cash?
I believe the art work from the cancelled game made it into the 2011 movie.
The original premise for Resident Evil 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo_hMbJQeU4
The original premise for Dark Sector
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpr1DCQNyg4
Eight Days (still kinda holding out hope this comes back)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de_iqH93Ywc
Cipher Complex (splinter cell meets rush n attack)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th_dd_0hhzs
there was also a game on PS3 which i liked the look of, but their claims where overblown, and it just seemed like they were milking whoever were finding them. it had machanical enemies with flesh stretched over their faces i think (can't quite remember) and the main character looked a bit like kain from blood omen. it was a hack n slash i think? anyone know what i mean?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo_hMbJQeU4
The original premise for Dark Sector
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpr1DCQNyg4
Eight Days (still kinda holding out hope this comes back)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de_iqH93Ywc
Cipher Complex (splinter cell meets rush n attack)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th_dd_0hhzs
there was also a game on PS3 which i liked the look of, but their claims where overblown, and it just seemed like they were milking whoever were finding them. it had machanical enemies with flesh stretched over their faces i think (can't quite remember) and the main character looked a bit like kain from blood omen. it was a hack n slash i think? anyone know what i mean?
Project Offset
This was going to be so ridiculously awesome. ;_;
TheVoidDragon
Member
Something I've always wanted to play are the Stargate games that were announced and then cancelled, especially Stargate SG-1: The Alliance and Stargate worlds. It's unfortunate that the franchise didn't get a major video game and the most recent show was cancelled, and now they're going to just throw out everything about it and reboot the whole thing because of a reason of basically "It's wasn't OUR Stargate!". If those games had released it might have ended differently.
Did you just catch the latest video I uploaded? Hah
Added a new video to the SG-1 The Alliance playlist, of Mission 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvqUUElc5KU&list=PLzFcQjiHTIuXpcstT88f3VMy-vL0Y-q2L&index=1
But if you makes you feel better, the reboot is currently off.
DoctorManhattan
Neo Member
It's probably because no one truly knows what it would of been. There has never been any kind of leak of artwork or anything IIRC.
Comrade Crunch
Member
I was ridiculously excited for this, having recently finished the first bioshock at the time. It's a real shame it turned into something totally different.
Just take a look at this demo:
https://youtu.be/IeVTqf0RHHc
Besides the obvious ones, Star Wars 1313, KOTOR 3 and Prey 2 one game that didn't see the light of day was the highly controversial, but interesting:
Rainbow Six: Patriots
https://youtu.be/4ZonRWlSy7k?t=14
Story about domestic terrorism in the USA where the terrorists took civilians hostage and forced their loved ones to commit terrorist acts on the american people to save their spouses. At least that was the premise presented in the demo. Looked very interesting but extremely controversial. Never saw the light of day and got re-made to what we know now as Rainbow Six: Siege.
Rainbow Six: Patriots
https://youtu.be/4ZonRWlSy7k?t=14
Story about domestic terrorism in the USA where the terrorists took civilians hostage and forced their loved ones to commit terrorist acts on the american people to save their spouses. At least that was the premise presented in the demo. Looked very interesting but extremely controversial. Never saw the light of day and got re-made to what we know now as Rainbow Six: Siege.
EatinOlives
Member
All we know is that there are "elements" of Titan in Overwatch:
http://www.polygon.com/2014/11/7/7175677/overwatch-titan-maps
It's a really vague statement and for all we know it could be some superficial aesthetic ideas at most. I doubt any actual assets made the transition.
samurai1226
Member
This looked way too much like uninspired scripted campaign. The direction of RS:Siege was the right way too go, even though it was a shame that they cut out the campaign mid-dev
-shadow-
Member
I know that technically the game is released and most of the content was brought over, but the Nintendo 64 version of Eternal Darkness shows some content that was never brought over to the final game and Dyack has said that some of the content also wasn't ported over for various reasons. Also I'm truly curious how the game itself would just have been on the N64, the idea of that game on older hardware just fascinates me.
Macross VFX 2
Official Playstation Magazine Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPwr_cq7Dn0
They had a playable demo in the Official Playstation Magazine along with a sweet trailer. I spent months playing the demo over and over again waiting for it's release...until my disc got scratched. Then I found the disc way later after I had grown up and looked for the game to purchase online, just to find out it was released in Japan and the English release was abandoned.
Official Playstation Magazine Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPwr_cq7Dn0
They had a playable demo in the Official Playstation Magazine along with a sweet trailer. I spent months playing the demo over and over again waiting for it's release...until my disc got scratched. Then I found the disc way later after I had grown up and looked for the game to purchase online, just to find out it was released in Japan and the English release was abandoned.
IncognitoPanda
Member
I think so. Sadly, they weren't that interested in the game.
All my big ones have been mentioned - Versus XIII, Silent Hills, KHBbS Vol.2, Xenosaga, etc. But there's one big one I haven't seen yet that I'll always be salty about: Legacy of Kain: The Dark Prophecy. Check it out on Lost Worlds (can't get the link since I'm at work).
Dead Sun looked like a fantastic game, but Dark Prophecy always sounded like the game I wanted after Defiance. It wasn't developed directly by Crystal Dynamics - though iirc it would've had staff consulting on the game, since I believe Amy Hennig had already left for Naughty Dog by this point - but rather by Ritual, but for the most part it sounds like it would've been a worthy addition to the franchise, if admittedly likely missing some of the magic due to not having some key personal on it. I would've still liked to have seen the story come together though, if only to help wrap up that cliffhanger from the end of Defiance.
Dead Sun looked like a fantastic game, but Dark Prophecy always sounded like the game I wanted after Defiance. It wasn't developed directly by Crystal Dynamics - though iirc it would've had staff consulting on the game, since I believe Amy Hennig had already left for Naughty Dog by this point - but rather by Ritual, but for the most part it sounds like it would've been a worthy addition to the franchise, if admittedly likely missing some of the magic due to not having some key personal on it. I would've still liked to have seen the story come together though, if only to help wrap up that cliffhanger from the end of Defiance.
Zap Rowsdower
Banned
Shadow Hearts 3. (Apparently From the New World wouldn't count as a mainline game)
It was in the really early stages but it was planned as a prequel starring Ben Hyuga and Kurando's dad.
It hurts even more because the series is deader than dead, without even the hope of a digital re-release of any kind.
It was in the really early stages but it was planned as a prequel starring Ben Hyuga and Kurando's dad.
It hurts even more because the series is deader than dead, without even the hope of a digital re-release of any kind.
The platformer version of Raving Rabbids (not the two other pitches that all get collectively misattributed as a singular Rayman 4).
It was never really clear what the structure of that game is, other than it was apparently open worldish. A lot of the screenshots/footage from that version have minigame equivalents in the final game so im curious what the actual platforming/minigame ratio wouldve been.
It was never really clear what the structure of that game is, other than it was apparently open worldish. A lot of the screenshots/footage from that version have minigame equivalents in the final game so im curious what the actual platforming/minigame ratio wouldve been.
GoodCoffeeJoey
Banned
Fallout 3 would probably be it. Tomba 3 is another, but I don't think it got past early pre-production before the dev folded.
still think about this game...
Rumor is the game was near completion but the voice chat wasn't very functional. MS required voice chat to work on all Live games. I really wish this game came out because we'd still have private servers for it
