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Remember When Until Dawn Was A PS3 FPS Designed For Move Controllers? Post Games That Changed Drastically Throughout Development
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Ryse was basically made in two years, they could have probably made a longer game with a longer development cycle, but they had the Xbox One launch as a deadline.
Yes, but the tone and some of the art direction was changed later. The logo, too.
Warcraft 3 was originally designed to be a hero character with a handful of mobs going around. They scrapped it and made it a traditional RTS with hero unit emphasis
Rare the thread
Project Dream -> Banjo-Kazooie
Conker's Twelve Tales -> Conker's Bad Fur Day
Pro-Am 64 -> Diddy Kong Racing
Goldeneye rail shooter -> Goldeneye FPS
Dinosaur Planet -> Starfox Adventures
Gamecube Kameo -> Xbox Kameo
Project Dream -> Banjo-Kazooie
Conker's Twelve Tales -> Conker's Bad Fur Day
Pro-Am 64 -> Diddy Kong Racing
Goldeneye rail shooter -> Goldeneye FPS
Dinosaur Planet -> Starfox Adventures
Gamecube Kameo -> Xbox Kameo
Dragon Quest IX was originally an action RPG to fit cleanly with its new multiplayer focus, but was changed to turn based after backlash.
Funnily enough, the new Yakuza game stars a main character obsessed with Dragon Quest and also changed from action to turn based.
Funnily enough, the new Yakuza game stars a main character obsessed with Dragon Quest and also changed from action to turn based.
You failed to mention how it originally started off as a first person Kinect only title for the Xbox 360.
RE4 is the reason why we got Devil May Cry.
I was like 8 when I saw the castle trailer time and again.
I was like 8 when I saw the castle trailer time and again.
First one I thought of. I remember when Fortnite was a running gag in the industry before it was released.
We didn't know what it was supposed to be when it was announced as Codename Kingdoms.
To me, it looked like they were trying to position it as the next big core IP alongside Gears, Halo or Fable. So you can imagine my surprise when it was re-revealed as a kinect title two years later.
Edit: or maybe it was the following year. I can't remember. The first teaser trailer was shown in 2010 though.
You are right, what I meant is that development was rebooted in 2011 after being in development as a Kinect game, that's why the development lasted only 2 years (and a half, now that I think about it). 2011 - 2013.
Crazy to think that it was originally going to cash in on those survival games but then cashed in on those battle royale games instead. 🤔
Alien Isolation was originally 3rd person, think it was revealed in a no clip documentary with some of the footage. Crazy stuff.
STALKER started as an Oblivion Lost, tactical TPS with emphasis on planet exploration in far future
Sony, apparently anticipating the popularity of Gears of War, demanded that Naughty Dog change its Tolkien-inspired fantasy game to a third-person cover shooter.
Edit: The last time I brought this up, which would've been back on GAF, someone yelled at me, so allow to me to clarify that Uncharted is one of my most beloved franchises and Drake's Fortune in particular stands alongside A Thief's End as my favourite entry overall (I have a very soft spot for mysterious, jungle-infested islands with remnants of former civilisations/settlements/etc.).
Edit: The last time I brought this up, which would've been back on GAF, someone yelled at me, so allow to me to clarify that Uncharted is one of my most beloved franchises and Drake's Fortune in particular stands alongside A Thief's End as my favourite entry overall (I have a very soft spot for mysterious, jungle-infested islands with remnants of former civilisations/settlements/etc.).
DONTNOD's Remember Me was a RPG when they had a contract with SONY. You can see few seconds here and there actually (don't blink)
I assume this mandate would have came down before either the 360 or PS3 released, so it's wild to me that Sony felt that pressure having a PS2 that was completely dominating the Xbox and Gamecube. (Funny enough this pressure didn't apply to the launch price or date of the PS3 either). Then again at the time a lot of Sony's first party stuff really didn't have that day one massive sales/hype release aura around them like MS did with Halo/Gears. During the PS2 it was mostly just Gran Turismo that would do a lot of sales for Sony and that was usually over a long period of time. They were right though, through Halo and Gears MS did position the 360 as the place to play shooters, and that would then bring on Call of Duty marketing and etc. Which certainly helped the 360 in being so dominate in America. But I feel like Sony kind of had it right with the PS2 portfolio, having a variety of games attracts a worldwide audience, something that has been repeated with the back half of the 360/PS3 gen and the PS4 gen.
deadly premonition was originally announced as rainy woods, but some things in it had to be changed because it was too similar to twin peaks.
Oh, most definitely. Gears was announced in mid-2005 -- ~two-and-a-half years before Uncharted ultimately released and ~18 months before the PS3 first hit shelves.
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Is any of this in DP? Because what I see here makes me more interested than any footage I've ever seen of DP. I've mostly seen meme stuff or vids/reviews that mock it lovingly though.
my thought as well. There was an old Giant Bomcast where Jeff read an email from someone claiming to work at Epic, saying the initial game was in such rough shape and was on the verge of being cancelled. No idea if the email was true or not, but crazy to think about.
yeah, it's largely the same. it's the name of the main character and some other minor things that were changed. if that trailer makes you interested, you'll probably like the game.
Doom 2016 is the result of almost 8 years of on-and-off development, including a previous version that was very inspired by military shooters of the 360/PS3 gen and would've had you helping Earth fight back against a Demon Invasion (the Doom 2 to Doom 3's reimagining of the first game)
Might be unrelated (as technically this was just ND deciding between 2 projects) but before deciding of The Last of Us, ND was strongly considering a reboot of Jak & Daxter, with a very realistic look to it.
Might be unrelated (as technically this was just ND deciding between 2 projects) but before deciding of The Last of Us, ND was strongly considering a reboot of Jak & Daxter, with a very realistic look to it.
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avoid the director's cut version. your best bet is the 360 version on xb1 or series x/s, if that's not an option go with origins on switch.
Ryse was originally a Kinect game.
Mass Effect's combat was completely different, allowing you to control other squadmate like in KotOR.
Mass Effect's combat was completely different, allowing you to control other squadmate like in KotOR.
Yeah and Quantum Break started off as Alan Wake 2.
Control was based off of unused ideas for an Alan Wake sequel but I think the final product is what they meant for it to be.
