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Footage of games before they significantly changed during development
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Here you can see how Duke Forever changed into the trash it turned into.
2001 got leaked and I wish it was the version we got.
Looks so much more fun than the version we got. Not to mention the more serious tone that had more horror is what Duke should have stayed as instead of the trashy and disgusting "comedic" version we have now.
No, Leon starts out the game with it, and loses it early on.
I'd forgotten how terrible the early version of Origins looked. Good lord.
First thing that came to mind, can't think of another game that changed genre so many times
It had humor yes but it wasn't as overly comedic as the other games.
Most of the humor came from Duke's voice lines really.
"Hunt: Showdown" started as "Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age" A Free To Play, 4 player co-op, PVE, third person action game with randomised maps and (rumoured) open world elements.
It was heavily changed into a "tactical PvPvE first-person shooter"
Interestingly enough, the third person Gilded Age game was re-worked and it formed the basis of Remnant: From The Ashes
It was heavily changed into a "tactical PvPvE first-person shooter"
Interestingly enough, the third person Gilded Age game was re-worked and it formed the basis of Remnant: From The Ashes
I only recently played the final game and now looking back at this footage I'm actually surprised at how similar it looks to the finished game. I thought a lot more would have changed in 4+ years between this and release. Especially with the change of developer.Always love reminding people that we saw FF7 Remake Gameplay in 2015 at PSX when Cyber Connect 2 was still tied to it.
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interesting that there were lots of mentions of RE3.5/RE4 and not RE1.5/RE2. elza instead of claire, persistent wear and blood on clothing, etc. the early police station looked more like a modern police station as well
The first and second Twilight Princess trailers show a ton of stuff that changed significantly from release. It's wild to me how much Nintendo must leave on the cutting room floor every release
So amazing they made a documentary about what a failure it was...
It's mostly because RE1.5 and 2 are still the same style of game, RE3.5 and 4 aren't, that's why it's more "infamous"
yeah, that's fair. but from initial trailer to release, the difference is pretty drastic for RE2. all the blue lighting and modern look they removed
The "gameplay" part of the trailer is fucking hysterical in retrospective. Like look at her doing three cartwheels and everything exploding, and then look at this hallway!
I am glad they went with what we finally got. It makes the game so much more memorable imo. And gorgeous.
I had never seen this or heard of this game. This idea sounds SO FUN, how is it implemented in the actual game?
I'm fairly certain that the "gameplay" shown there is just a cutscene with a menu rendered. A tease for what they wanted to achieve. Kinda slimy.
The thing is, I don't think the original version of BI would ever have actually existed as a retail product. It was clearly way too ambitious and overscoped and they had to cut so much to make it into a feasible product that they could actually release. Didn't they basically bring Rod Fergusson in for this exact purpose? To turn what they were doing into an actual game?
If that hadn't happened, I don't think the game would ever have actually released and you'd end up with the same situation as whatever the hell Ken Levine is doing at his new studio now.
Oh man this was such a great E3.
In the final game it's all "collect some stars" and mini games.
The clip they showed as a 4 v Bowser wasn't in the game.
This is the one that comes to mind for me because it was the first time I can remember seeing a game go through such a drastic change from first look to final release.
Tomb Raider: Ascension (an early version of what ended up becoming Tomb Raider 2013). It was a lot more horror-focused, almost like a Dead Space style action-horror vibe. They were also intending to have large open-ended levels and huge beasts you could mount and kill ICO-style.
It's always exciting to look at what could've been, and it's likely there were a lot of design problems at play, or maybe it just got boring or whatever, but the concept art for this version in specific is so striking.
The craziest part of this version is that some mechanics made the game closer to an immersive sim than a classic fps from the 2000s
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The early versions of Twilight Princess had a lot of content which was cut from the final. Different dungeons and enemies, a different art style for the Twilight world, etc. I was so hyped for it as a kid and wound up a bit disappointed upon release, even if the final game wasn't actually THAT different from what the original trailers showed.
Some highlights from the trailers include the Moblin from Wind Waker making an appearance, the Gohma fight being substantially different, and more:
There's a lot more to be seen if you look into it. Pretty cool! I dont have much to back it up, but I also feel like the original intention for the game was for it to be a bit darker than it was upon release. Who knows though!
Some highlights from the trailers include the Moblin from Wind Waker making an appearance, the Gohma fight being substantially different, and more:
There's a lot more to be seen if you look into it. Pretty cool! I dont have much to back it up, but I also feel like the original intention for the game was for it to be a bit darker than it was upon release. Who knows though!
there was a videogame tv channel in the UK that ran this gameplay for gamecube kameo constantly and it i thought it looked sick. have always been disappointed by how simplified the final game was
Funny how at one point Duke Nukem Forever was going to be an immersive sim.
It's like the devs played System Shock 2 and thought "we need to put all of this in our game."
(Still would've been 100x better than the dumpster fire we got a decade later)
The first one that pops into my mind is the early version of Resident Evil 4. Even before this version of RE4 in the video, the game was supposed to have the Devil may cry gameplay, but they ended up scrapping that and making Devil may cry into its own franchise.
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Apparently, this was one of the first concepts of Resident Evil 4 before it turned into Devil May Cry.
Came to post and talk about both of these. Love it.
It kinda...looks 90% the same? Haha. Differences in map layout and content for sure, but the sprites, battle scenes, and Epoch flying around all look the same.
Adventures of Captain Blood.
How the game looked like when it was announced in 2004:
And after about three reboots I think, here is how it looked like in its gold master version in 2010:
I specify 'gold master' because while the game was finished and even went to printing, due to a lawsuit it never got an official release. Although devs did leak online much later the build as nobody is going to release nowadays a 2010 PC/X360 game.
How the game looked like when it was announced in 2004:
And after about three reboots I think, here is how it looked like in its gold master version in 2010:
I specify 'gold master' because while the game was finished and even went to printing, due to a lawsuit it never got an official release. Although devs did leak online much later the build as nobody is going to release nowadays a 2010 PC/X360 game.
I feel like many indie games go through the terrible-concept-art-to-beatiful-final-product transition, but Stardew Valley's transformation is especially impressive to me.
www.stardewvalley.net
From 2012:
Stardew Valley - Stardew Valley 1-year Anniversary
www.stardewvalley.net
From 2012:
Nico was an online co-op game that eventually turned into the single-player Shadow of the Colossus:
There's also Ico when it was first made for the PS1 before moving to the PS2:
There's also Ico when it was first made for the PS1 before moving to the PS2: