It's been 3 years since Microsoft cancelled Scalebound

[Segafreak]

Scalebound was to be one of my favorite game of this gen, shame it was cancelled. Awesome looking gameplay, great graphics and art direction, Prodigy as battle theme... As a Kamiya fanboy (who btw never directed a bad game) this sucks so much.



2nd year anniversary

https://www.resetera.com/threads/its-been-2-years-since-microsoft-cancelled-scalebound.93140/

1st anniversary thread
https://www.resetera.com/threads/its-been-a-year-since-microsoft-cancelled-scalebound.15220/

Phil Spencer sama, can we get Scalebound on the XSX?!

 

[Refrain]

Time flies

 

[TheGhost]

Game didn't look too hot in motion, people were just in love with the idea. It was the right move to put it down.

 

[Noppie]

Looked horrible from the start IMO, cancellation didn't surprise me.

 

[Lant_War]

Not trying to be negative or anything but it looked like shit. I liked the concept but yeah.

 

[TheInfinityGauntlet]

Game didn't look too hot in motion, people were just in love with the idea. It was the right move to put it down.

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[Deleted member 8196]

It looked like shit every time they showed the game, so yes, nothing of value was lost.

 

[Derkon]

Game didn't look too hot in motion, people were just in love with the idea. It was the right move to put it down.

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He's right you know.

 

[SuikerBrood]

Good concept, bad game.

Hope they'll try it again in the future.

 

[Etrian Darkness]

Kamiya games are always a good time so it is still a massive loss this never came out.

 

[CSMITHY84]

Revealed to be in production again for the XBSX!!??

 

[Lord Vatek]

Nothing of value was lost.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Game didn't look too hot in motion, people were just in love with the idea. It was the right move to put it down.

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Yea, after each demo people were like what is this.

It seems to have gotten more fans after being cancelled.

 

[Aurica]

I was really looking forward to it. Sad when stuff like that happens where they dev has no legal options to pursue releasing the game. Just all that time and effort lost.

 

[Lightjolly]

Didn'tlook too good, but still better than f***** crackdown 3

 

[Hero of Legend]

I still house a small bit of hope that the rumor from last year of Nintendo picking this up is in any way true. Most talk sort of stopped after Feb I think, but Nintendo and MS have gotten really tight recently, so who knows. Banjo in Smash, Ori and Cuphead on Switch, who knows what else is planned.

 

[Deleted member 4413]

Always sucks when a game gets cancelled, but yeah this one didn't look good at all.

 

[Theorry]

A anniversary thread (the third one even) for a cancelled game. I have seen it all.

 

[Prine]

Do it Phil.

 

[DixieDean82]

Looked horrible. However, who knows, it might have turned out good.

I do remember some Xbox guy calling it something like, 'the game of all games'' lol

 

[Deleted member 49535]

Game didn't look too hot in motion, people were just in love with the idea. It was the right move to put it down.

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Agreed. The protagonist was also trash. There was nothing really salvageable there.

 

[Plasma]

It never looked all that good whenever they showed it off, maybe they would have pulled it off if they got to finish who knows but I'm not suprised it got cancelled.

 

[Neilg]

... As a Kamiya fanboy (who btw never directed a bad game)

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The reason for that is because his bad ones get cancelled.

 

[Yearsoflurking]

Game looked awful, I would he interested in how it could look in better hardware though

 

[Monster Zero]

It looked like a dud to me especially that main character. Microsoft should have gave that money to Mistwalker and had them make Lost Odyssey 2

 

[Premium]

Good riddance.

 

[DJwest]

Let it go lol

 

[Splader]

Game never looked like it played good.

I'm looking forward to seeing this thread again in a couple months

 

[Danteyke223]

It looked trash and everybody kept shittinf on the game. Then suddenly after cancelled everybody started liking the game? Which was weird, and also I remember when Kamiya got accused of taking the money and making Nier screwing MS over and then an Era member who is or was in Platinum had to clarify that never happened. Those threads were fun

 

[HMD]

The design, the world, the characters, the gameplay... All of it was so bland.

 

[pswii60]

If it was that good it wouldn't have been cancelled.

Looked better and more interesting than Babylon's Fall though that's for sure

 

[Deleted member 8196]

Looked better and more interesting than Babylon's Fall though that's for sure

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that's a low bar to beat, that Bablylon's Fall trailer is so bland and uninspired, worse than Scalebound showings.

 

[Deleted member 10726]

I'm still disappointed it wasn't released. I can see why people say it didn't look too hot, but I'd love to have seen how the full game would've panned out.

 

[DieH@rd]

Game looked OK when was first unveiled [technical issues aside], but it really took a dive when they showcased coop. It looked like a mess.

 

[Ushay]

A anniversary thread (the third one even) for a cancelled game. I have seen it all.

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Shows there's a thirst haha.
Maybe it's secretly in production somewhere .. could be a wildcard for E3.

Who knows. It was a huge disappointment when it was cancelled, one of the more prominent titles.

 

[HockeyBird]

Game didn't look too hot in motion, people were just in love with the idea. It was the right move to put it down.

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Their biggest mistake was showing it off so early in development. Developers cancel games all the time, even Sony and Nintendo. But most don't reach the point of public viewing so it doesn't give people a chance to become invested.

 

[Damn Silly]

Thought it looked neat whenever it popped up, but the folks at Platinum and MS know better than I do, so I imagine it was the right decision to cancel it.

Still, a shame it didn't work out.

 

[Dyashen]

lol

Oh boy... January 9th...

Time to bring back Scalebound out of its metaphorical grave...

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[fiendcode]

True Fantasy Live Online, Cry-On and Scalebound are the holy trinity of canceled Japanese Xbox games that I really wish would've been seen through.

 

[Slim]

It never looked good tho

 

[deltabreak]

Now that I look at it again, it really doesn't look good. I guess I was just hyped for a big budget Platinum game

 

[litebrite]

Would be incredible if MS and Platinum start back over with MS's new management style and give Platinum full creative control and full access to the power of XSX to better execute Kamiya's vision.

 

[SarcasticRobot]

I suppose you never know but given the state they released crackdown 3 in I have my doubts about what they wouldn't release.

 

[FlintSpace]

I think Microsoft made a bold and wise decision cancelling that thing. It was around the time MS really started turning the Xbox around and internal talks about buying developers were happening.

It was just bad luck that the first news was this one. I am sure we won't be seeing anything like this from MS. Now if they greenlit something I am sure they will commit to it.

 

[EvilBoris]

Game didn't look too hot in motion, people were just in love with the idea. It was the right move to put it down.

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Yep.
Those first gameplay demos looked a bit rough and the trailers that showed it as a 4-player co-op game looked off too.

 

[silva1991]

A anniversary thread (the third one even) for a cancelled game. I have seen it all.

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Seriously what the fuck.

Anyways, I agree that the game didn't look too hot, but Kamiya has the best track record of any director and every single one of his games were good to great to masterpieces. I think the end result would have been at least decent.

That said, let it go and don't make more anniversary threads for cancelled games -__-

 

[litebrite]

I suppose you never know but given the state they released crackdown 3 in I have my doubts about what they wouldn't release.

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So imagine how bad Scalebound must've been for them to cancel it and flush tens of millions of dollars already invested in it.

 

[SlipperyMoose]

Let's start the new year off right and rip open these wounds.

Rip

 

[hydruxo]

Concept of it was pretty cool, but the gameplay was really a mess. It had potential for sure though.

 

[Deleted member 54073]

I can't think of a main character that has ever looked or sounded more irritating than the one they unveiled in Scalebound.