If you could play one full version of a cancelled/prototype game, what would that be?

[AIan]

Final Fantasy Versus XIII. The world seemed more nocturnal and just plain better and than what we got.

Megaman Legends 3. Megaman is still stuck... poor Megaman. At this point a fangame should just be released to get him off the moon.

Fez II. What would be a followup to one of the best puzzle/exploration games ever.

 

[Roo]

Bandai Namco's Metroid Prime 4 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Tailzo]

 

[Lunchbox]

That N64 Morher game

 

[Sheng Long]

I was really excited for Starcraft Ghost.

 

[Kia Purity]

Have any info on that? I might have something related, not sure though.

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Just bits and tidbits popping up with a vague "yes" from someone who worked at the studio regarding the expansion. Heartbreaking for me as I really loved Tron 2.0.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Aside from Prey 2, Star Wars 1313, and Scalebound, I would choose the destruction-focused version of Crackdown 3:


I would even be satisfied with just this limited tech demo, just to be able to mess around in it

 

[Bathory]

Scalebound. Don't care how shit everybody else thought it looked. An action -rpg where you can ride a dragon? Sign me the fuck up.

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I couldn't say it better, yeah, the protagonist was shit and a copy of Nero, but an action RPG made by Platinum with a dragon ? It was my dream game :(

Others that come to mind are Versus XIII, The Legend Of Zelda tech demo for Wii U and Star Wars 1313

I would also love to play the hookman build

 

[-Le Monde-]

Mannnnnnnn the prototype was looking so fun too. Legends' art style transferred perfectly to 3DS.

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We never got to try that. :(

Took too long for this answer

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Era is slipping. 😋

 

[colorblindmode]

Star Wars 1313

Agent, if a playable version ever existed internally.

 

[Deleted member 4262]

Versus XIII, True Fantasy Online, Deep Down, FF Tactics 2 and maybe that FFXII follow-up Fortress.

 

[Menome]

That one hurt.

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Didn't it just. I just couldn't get into Let It Die because of the F2P mechanics. For the sort of experience it was, I would have been happy to just have a standard "Buy it and play it" release rather than a Rogue-lite Souls-like that wanted you to pay MTs if you were doing poorly.

I always start off crap, you won't make me like your game much if you reinforce that to the point I don't want to progress to get better. 🤷‍♀️

 

[mellow_jack411]

Virtua Fighter 3 for the Saturn just to see a good car crash

Killer Instinct 2 for SNES for same reason as above

Resident Evil "1.5" because it looked creepy and isolating

 

[Host Samurai]

RE 1.5 (Hopefully fans can recreate a full game out of what's been dumped)

Resident Evil 0 - curious if they cut any interesting ideas out.

Fear Effect 3

WWF Backlash

Castlevania 32X

Akira Sega CD and SNES

Aeon Flux PS1

 

[SinkFla]

Saw the thread title and instantly thought of Prey 2.

 

[Kemiko]

Star Wars 1313 or Amy Hennigs big Star Wars project 🥺

 

[Dsezer]

Prey 2 (2011) the e3 2011 was insane :(

 

[Thera]

Prey 2, no contest.

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[Stencil]

What's the story with Fez 2? Why was it canned?

 

[Deleted member 76797]

Scalebound

 

[Skulldead]

Earthbound 64, because amazing how mother 3 was.... i would play it with N64 graphic.... pretty sure the game was on pretty advance level.

 

[Deleted member 76797]

Agent for PS3

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i totally forgot about this. wild that rockstar still has a page up for it.

Rockstar Games

The official home of Rockstar Games

www.rockstargames.com

They should just drop it exclusively on the PlayStation 3 in 2021.

 

[Gibbs]

You would be beyond disappointed by this game, it frankly sucks and is worse than the original.

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Oh I knew it looked bad and I imagine it didn't play as well as the original Wrestlefest arcade, but I wanted to believe!

 

[basefree]

This Prince of Persia game. Footage of this sat dormant for 8 years and nobody even noticed it until earlier this year. Amazing stuff, imagine how cool this would have been back then:

 

[Shoshi]

FFVII N64 version
FF Versus XIII/FFXV Prototype
RE4 Prototype
Silent Hills
Mario 128
Mother/Earthbound 64
Ura Zelda

 

[NoKisum]

Traxion, because literally no other portable game has yet to offer what it does. The closest game to come out like this is AudioSurf, but I can't play that on my Vita/3DS/Switch/Mobile Phone.

 

[Mr_Antimatter]

Amen:the awakening.

it was a "to scale" FPSwith a story that was pretty neat as a setup. There was this event called the awakening where like 1/10th the earth population woke up as sociopathic killers and anarchy immediately ensued.

sadly, cave dog bit off way more then it could chew in terms of projects at once and the studio went under.

 

[StallionDan]

Resident Evil 1.5, the holy grail.

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You can actually emulate this, I've played it myself (but it's a bit buggy in some areas)

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There are several versions of this, each at different completion amounts. The one that is public is often referred to as the 40% build, there are two that are much more complete. Even the most complete is still missing a fair amount though.

 

[Alex3190]

Megaman Legends 3

 

[unholyFarmer]

FFVII N64 version
FF Versus XIII/FFXV Prototype
RE4 Prototype
Silent Hills
Mario 128
Mother/Earthbound 64
Ura Zelda

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All these! Plus megaman legends 3

 

[Right]

Final fantasy versus 13

 

[Borman]

There are several versions of this, each at different completion amounts. The one that is public is often referred to as the 40% build, there are two that are much more complete. Even the most complete is still missing a fair amount though.

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Only one real build leaked, the rest are hacks based on it.

 

[bob100]

or

Hideo Kojima's Silent Hills

 

[greetdeath]

The original concept of Team Fortress 2

 

[Ashilyn]

• Final Fantasy Versus XIII
• Van Buren Fallout 3
• Silent Hills
• The original vision for Sonic 2. Also Sonic 3 Complete with the original level order and transitions.

 

[Kinthey]

Star Wars 1313 and Amy Hennig's Star Wars project.

It sucks that both uncharted-esque Star Wars games got cancelled

 

[stn]

WWF Backlash (N64), Prey 2, Goldeneye XBLA, Frame City Killer (X360), and the Darth Maul action game.

 

[AwkwardWizard]

I'm surprised with all the Donkey Kong Racing replies no one mentioned the game it turned into (which is my pick because who wouldn't want an E-Rated, Rare-developed GTA?):

Sabreman Stampede

 

[RyougaSaotome]

Mega Man Legends 3 and it's not even close.

 

[ascii42]

Simsville. It was supposed to exist as a middle ground between the city management level of Simcity and the household portrayed in the Sims. Basically a neighborhood simulator. You'd be able to import your Sims into it to populate your neighborhoods and then give them stuff to do by creating coffee shops, movie theaters, parks, etc.



I was pretty obsessed with The Sims and Simcity 3000 at the time so the idea of having a third "Sim Pillar" was very appealing to me. I'd often check the website for news.

Unfortunately the game was cancelled in 2001, probably because it'd be made redundant by the extended neighbourhood features in The Sims 2 and according to the people who played the E3 demos, the game just wasn't fun or interesting to play.

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Looks kind of like a sequel to SimTown.

 

[secretanchitman]

Zelda OOT DD version. I would kill for another round of OOT but with completely different dungeons (not just Master Quest)!

 

[Pinco]

Prey 2 and Project Offset

 

[Pollux]

Either of the cancelled Soul Reaver or Legacy of Kain games.

 

[Deleted member 1627]

:(

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Yes.

 

[Sumio Mondo]

Prey 2, Mega Man Legends 3, Resident Evil 3.5 (hookman/ghost), Snatcher 2, FF Versus XIII or Silent Hills. Any of those.

 

[Magog]

Silent Hill 5, Whore of the Orient or Lily Bergamo.

 

[LuckyHit]

So many games I could list... Most of the games I care about were already posted!
I guess I would add Coded Arms Assault for PS3. I thought the original Coded Arms on PSP was an alright game, but Assault looked awesome! Although, from what I saw in the gameplay trailers, it looked like it would have been a bog standard FPS game, no cool flips or swords-blocking-bullets action from the trailers. The world, environments, and enemies look so cool though.

 

[Remnants]

Spoiler

Can I answer with Elden Ring or is it too soon?

 

[DanChop12]

Silent Hills followed by Deep Down.

 

[Phoenixazure]

There's a Garou 2 prototype which never before seen animations with new characters. It may still comeback in a 3D incarnation but it would've been fascinating to see what the original incarnation could have looked like