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What cancelled game are you still the most bitter about ?
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That and the fact that Valve seemingly doesn't manage their employees very well, leading to high rates of project burnout. If HLVR does well, it might renew company interest in completing the series, but we'll see.
star wars 1313 looked boring as fuck, just an uncharted clone.
I don't think SW fans deserve such lack of creative imagination when you compare it to games like Republic Commando, KOTOR, Jedi Knight, and more.
I came to post "any SW related game (Rogue Squadron Wii, Battlefront 3, Star Wars 1313, Ragtag, ...)" but I am with you OP. Still not sure whether the gameplay is a vertical slice or not.
What I really liked was the non lethal option, something, even in 2019, is pretty rare to find.
What I really liked was the non lethal option, something, even in 2019, is pretty rare to find.
Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound (rumor has it the game was cancelled in 2003)
Earthbound 64
Robotech: Crystal Dreams
Earthbound 64
Robotech: Crystal Dreams
Also, honorable mention to the Rogue Squadron collection for the Wii, which is rumored to be finished and just waiting to be leaked =/
www.youtube.com
Star Wars Rogue Leaders (Unreleased) Wii Trailer
Feast your eyes on gameplay from the completed -- but never released -- Rogue Squadron compilation for Nintendo Wii. This game was never officially announced...
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Still bitter to this day.
Lord of the Clans has a leaked build which is mostly playable and with full voice-acting, though. If I remember correctly, it had only some cuts in a final act. The rest of the game was a quite neat experience.
It's not so much "cancelled" as it was "permanently shelved"
For me, FFXIII Versus stings everytime I see FFXV.
OP got it right. Prey 2 checks all the boxes for "bitter game cancellation"
But it is so bad
- Was, by multiple accounts, almost complete (e.g. had steam achievements)
- Cancelled due to factors outside of game development (attempted hostile takeover of HumanHead by Bethesda/ZeniMax)
- Had a concept+setting not replicated elsewhere (cyberpunk + bounty hunter)
But it is so bad
Rogue Leaders is it for me. Would have been awesome to see the best version of all the Rogue Squadron games and Factor 5 finally nail Wiimote lightsaber combat. Still pretty bummed about that one, hoping for a leak soon.
Mega Man Legends 3.
MML was the game that hooked me on gaming when I was a kid. I have said it before and I will say it again: I cried when it was announced and I also cried when it was cancelled. It was absolutely heartbreaking.
2nd spot would be Scalebound. I would have joined the X-Box family just for that title.
MML was the game that hooked me on gaming when I was a kid. I have said it before and I will say it again: I cried when it was announced and I also cried when it was cancelled. It was absolutely heartbreaking.
2nd spot would be Scalebound. I would have joined the X-Box family just for that title.
Baten Kaitos DS.
What the fuck. This really is the darkest timeline.
Ema Skye was supposed to get her own ace attorney forensics spinoff, but that was scrapped for the fucking Edgeworth games.......
What the fuck. This really is the darkest timeline.
Would have been amazing to see how that would have changed perception.
This GOTY would have changed gaming forever.
Hmm. Silent Hills, Scalebound, Okami 2, Deus Ex 5 have all been mentioned already.
How about The Lost? It was this story about (iirc) a mother going to rescue her daughter from Hell. I think basically all we ever got was a ton of concept art for it, and it probably was too ambitious and/or wouldn't have actually been fun, but the art looked *amazing*. Irrational was working on it circa 2003, I think, so the developer pedigree was actually pretty strong.
How about The Lost? It was this story about (iirc) a mother going to rescue her daughter from Hell. I think basically all we ever got was a ton of concept art for it, and it probably was too ambitious and/or wouldn't have actually been fun, but the art looked *amazing*. Irrational was working on it circa 2003, I think, so the developer pedigree was actually pretty strong.
My man.
Megaman Legends 3. It's one of the most iconic games of the PS1 and arguably one of the ones that aged the best graphically and it seemed and felt to me like the ticket that would help keep Megaman relevant in the 3D era of games as the X series slowly worsened in quality and the classic series seemed dormant. Legends 3 felt fresh, the platform choice was great, the aesthetic seemed as good as ever. Really a shame they cancelled it.
StarFox 2.
I still have that itch.
Yes, a lot of betas surfaced years later to play in emulators or even, repro carts.
Yes, Nintendo released the game for the SNES Classic 22 years after the original release date.
But i still have that itch of having a catridge with the actual, official release of StarFox 2 for Super Nintendo...
IN 1995.
Also, Half Life 2, ep. 3, and Megaman Legends 3.
Man, that hurts a lot.
I still have that itch.
Yes, a lot of betas surfaced years later to play in emulators or even, repro carts.
Yes, Nintendo released the game for the SNES Classic 22 years after the original release date.
But i still have that itch of having a catridge with the actual, official release of StarFox 2 for Super Nintendo...
IN 1995.
Also, Half Life 2, ep. 3, and Megaman Legends 3.
Man, that hurts a lot.
Rayman Raving Rabbids.
Before it was a party game, Rayman Raving Rabbids was a 3D platformer or action/adventure type game and a true sequel to Rayman 2 by the same creators (who worked on Beyond Good & Evil after Rayman 2). Rayman 2's composer was involved as well. It was a (semi-)open-world game with gorgeous environments that you could explore on foot or by riding/flying/swimming with various animals. There were a ton of new coombat elements as well.
It had been in development for a while on PS2 devkits. Under pressure to deliver something for the Wii launch and seeing the Wii controller prototype, the team decided to drop everything they had and repurpose as much as possible for a party game. The rabbids became hugely successful so it must have been the right choice for Ubisoft, but this marked the end of the Rayman 3D platformer series.
Before it was a party game, Rayman Raving Rabbids was a 3D platformer or action/adventure type game and a true sequel to Rayman 2 by the same creators (who worked on Beyond Good & Evil after Rayman 2). Rayman 2's composer was involved as well. It was a (semi-)open-world game with gorgeous environments that you could explore on foot or by riding/flying/swimming with various animals. There were a ton of new coombat elements as well.
It had been in development for a while on PS2 devkits. Under pressure to deliver something for the Wii launch and seeing the Wii controller prototype, the team decided to drop everything they had and repurpose as much as possible for a party game. The rabbids became hugely successful so it must have been the right choice for Ubisoft, but this marked the end of the Rayman 3D platformer series.
Shenmue 2 for the dreamcast in the states. (even though since there are other platforms to play this on)
I loved Shenmue and was a Sega supporter so I thought it was a huge slap in the face to their fan base to cancel the DC version and make it an xbox exclusive.
I loved Shenmue and was a Sega supporter so I thought it was a huge slap in the face to their fan base to cancel the DC version and make it an xbox exclusive.