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What cancelled game are you still the most bitter about ?
- Thread starter Zephy
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Zombie Massacre on Wii
It was mostly just a pipe dream that never came to any kind of fruition, but even on Wii, Wii U, and now Switch it would be a novel idea to make use of asymmetrical gameplay and peripherals.
Jim Sterling back at Destructoid, no less, getting me hype as fuck for a open-world House of the Dead meets Crazy Taxi. FUCK I still think about it yearly if not more frequently.
The pitch is too good to just let die.
It was mostly just a pipe dream that never came to any kind of fruition, but even on Wii, Wii U, and now Switch it would be a novel idea to make use of asymmetrical gameplay and peripherals.
Jim Sterling back at Destructoid, no less, getting me hype as fuck for a open-world House of the Dead meets Crazy Taxi. FUCK I still think about it yearly if not more frequently.
The pitch is too good to just let die.
But the game...is not cancelled.
"June 10, 2019. DONTNOD Entertainment is pleased to announce the signing of an exclusive PC distribution partnership with Epic Games. The PC version of Twin Mirror will be released exclusively via Epic Games store for a 12-month period. The financial terms of this partnership ensure a more advantageous distribution of revenues for DONTNOD.
Meanwhile, DONTNOD Entertainment has acquired the rights of Twin Mirror in line with the strategy presented at the time of its IPO: strengthen its intellectual property portfolio and increase game profitability.
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment, the publisher that launched the project with DONTNOD Entertainment, will continue to be in charge of publishing, marketing and distribution on Xbox One®, Microsoft's all-in-one games and entertainment system, and on PlayStation®4.
In order to optimize the gaming experience and capitalize on Twin Mirror's success potential, DONTNOD Entertainment has decided to extend the development phase and reschedule release for 2020, boosted by the transmedia expertise of a co-producer Shibuya Productions
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Nice.
He blew a wad of cash on making 2 Ferrari games and another racing game. Then super putty. And construction game. Not sure how they did but none of them set the world on fire. Putty wasn't very playable imo.
I wish there was a parallel universe I could go to where Shadow Realms captured EA's attention and Anthem was the one that got scrubbed instead.
Prey 2 is definitely up there because that looked amazing.
Silent Hills as well since that was a fucking super team working on that.
This one hurts so fucking bad. The fact that they literally abandoned it to do Fortnite is disgusting.
Silent Hills as well since that was a fucking super team working on that.
This one hurts so fucking bad. The fact that they literally abandoned it to do Fortnite is disgusting.
It's weird, for many they're still the "The Last Ninja studio", even back in the Commodore days they were mostly known and loved for these games, plus International Karate. But they've been weirdly cautious to do anything with the IP since then. Hopefully we'll at least get remasters some day.
We got The Last Ninja 1 and 2 for the Wii through Virtual Console though, and it was a truly glorious moment. I played it with a Neogeo joystick and it was pure bliss. :)
These have been mentioned:
Project Hammer
Ep3/HL3
The Grinder
My own picks
Werewolf The Apocalypse - The Heart of Gaia - I was a teenager and this was a 90s as fuck action rpg set in the werewolf part of the world of darkness
The cutscenes leaked and have been stitched together
The Outsider - before Elite Dangerous put them back on the map and roller coasters made Nick Breckon love rollercoasters they were doing an action adventure game set in the world of US intelligence, the game's story story was meant to be completely open ended and changed by player's decisions. Only a few cutscenes and the awesome trailer remain
Project Hammer
Ep3/HL3
The Grinder
My own picks
Werewolf The Apocalypse - The Heart of Gaia - I was a teenager and this was a 90s as fuck action rpg set in the werewolf part of the world of darkness
The cutscenes leaked and have been stitched together
The Outsider - before Elite Dangerous put them back on the map and roller coasters made Nick Breckon love rollercoasters they were doing an action adventure game set in the world of US intelligence, the game's story story was meant to be completely open ended and changed by player's decisions. Only a few cutscenes and the awesome trailer remain
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Do those versions have save slots? Because the river crossing sections are a killer! I've played them on emulator and they still hold up so well. But only with save slots.
Weirdly I've never been able to make much headway in LN3. I really should give it another go.
Heh yup the water, the swamp and the pillar jumping in The Last Ninja are all brutally precise, pixel precision, and insta-death. But if you can get past those sections you usually finish the game.
I don't remember if the Virtual Console version have save slots, don't think so, but I think you get to restart at the same level at least when you die just like on the C64.
Eurogamer posted an article on Fez being one of the games of the decade (it's always been one of my top games of all time)
So I'm necro-ing this thread because the pain of never getting Fez II is still too real :(
So I'm necro-ing this thread because the pain of never getting Fez II is still too real :(
I'm also still salty about S2 of FFXV DLC's that could have redeemed the game for me, any sequels to Prince of Persia 2008, and SW 1313 and Amy Hennig's SW game
It looks neat, but i have no idea how you balance an MMO around this. MMO's more than anything require a lot of structure. as soon as you start breaking it down things get VERY messy.
Metal Gear Rising 2. Platinum's teasing heavily implied a sequel was in development and then... the whole kojima/Konami split happened, along with Konami's decision to focus less on games in general.
Rising 1 was such an incredible foundation and a sequel with more polish and more level variety would have been amazing.
And yes, I know some Platinum games like Nier and Astral Chain wear their influence from Rising on their sleeve, but it's just not the same.
Rising 1 was such an incredible foundation and a sequel with more polish and more level variety would have been amazing.
And yes, I know some Platinum games like Nier and Astral Chain wear their influence from Rising on their sleeve, but it's just not the same.
Potentially hot take, but: I'm not convinced a full version of Silent Hills would be as scary or as atmospheric as PT. I think Kojima works far better when he's working within limitations rather than when he has cart blanche to do what he wants.
Of course, it's still a shame we'll never find out for sure.
Of course, it's still a shame we'll never find out for sure.
Resident Evil 2 for the Saturn.
Maybe Tomb Raider 2 for Saturn.
Boy, being a Saturn only owner had some tough times.
Maybe Tomb Raider 2 for Saturn.
Boy, being a Saturn only owner had some tough times.
You do realize Guillermo del Toro and Junji Ito were working on this too right?
How can something like that not be scary with those two?
Holy cow, Frontier was making this?
It looks like a precursor to The Division or Watch Dogs. I love the studio, but that's so completely not what you expect from them.
Pretty good choice.
I don't know if they're acknowledged as cancelled, but both Agent and Whore Of The Orient from Rockstar will forever be on my 'What was this supposed to be?' list.
Scalebound is a bit of a sad tale. A shame that it eventually got canned but it always looked kinda unimaginative although the concept just rocks. Not entirely mad at the cancellation but it's still a bit bittersweet.
I'm gonna go with Fez 2. That sure was a rollercoaster of events :(
I'm gonna go with Fez 2. That sure was a rollercoaster of events :(
I'm still bitter over Silent Hills. Especially after at the time Kojima said that the full game would play nothing like PT.
And LoK Dead Sun... man that series being dead still hurts.
And LoK Dead Sun... man that series being dead still hurts.
It will always be this for me, the game would have been a masterpiece no single doubt about it.
Dammit, I miss SO MANY of Konami IPs :"-(
I gotta go with Chrono Break, but Silent Hills and the original Diablo 3 getting cancelled was heartbreaking as well.
We were so close to getting Prey 2. SteamDB even has achievements for it, which usually aren't added until very late in development. T_T
Project Psychic. Died an early death, but it was almost certainly going to be a new Psychic Force game by Taito.
MM Legends 3 still stings, but Capcom releasing so many amazing games these last few years that maybe a resurrection may happen. Either way, MM11 is one of my favourite MM games ever released, so that's awesome!
Looking at lots of Resident Evil beta's and such, I kinda wish that RE 1.5 (OG version of 2), 3.5 (the whole mist creature, hook man etc.) and 4.5 (RE5 with a much better sounding narrative/baddie line up) could have existed alongside the actual versions of 2 and 4 (I wouldn't sacrifice the awesome games we got, but I can't help but wander what could have been...)
RE5 though... I love the gameplay on that game but the original pitch just sounded more enticing to me, guess I'm still bitter at the Tyrant getting cut :(
Looking at lots of Resident Evil beta's and such, I kinda wish that RE 1.5 (OG version of 2), 3.5 (the whole mist creature, hook man etc.) and 4.5 (RE5 with a much better sounding narrative/baddie line up) could have existed alongside the actual versions of 2 and 4 (I wouldn't sacrifice the awesome games we got, but I can't help but wander what could have been...)
RE5 though... I love the gameplay on that game but the original pitch just sounded more enticing to me, guess I'm still bitter at the Tyrant getting cut :(
Silent Hills
I doubt that the game would live up to the expectations and I'm very skeptical of all Kojima's games made after the release of the teaser
That game will always be better in ours imagination than the final release
But damn PT was good and that was a dream horror team
I doubt that the game would live up to the expectations and I'm very skeptical of all Kojima's games made after the release of the teaser
That game will always be better in ours imagination than the final release
But damn PT was good and that was a dream horror team
Bionicle: The Legend of Mata Nui, it would have been the first Bionicle PC/Console game out during the toylines 1st year in the early 00's. It was advertised quiet a bit in Lego related media and had a few trailers, but never came out, what happened to it and if any builds existed had been a curiosity for some fans, the one solace is an incomplete but kind of playable build eventually saw the light of day almost 20 years later. Did You Know Gaming has a video with more about it.
One of the most interesting revelations from the released build was that the Toa can dance.
One of the most interesting revelations from the released build was that the Toa can dance.
The english localization port of culdcept 3ds that was promised in the works at the time of its announcement. I hung on for years. Contacted Nintendo years later on it. Stealth cancelled.
Had to play using a Japanese 3ds and game with a cellphone up to a card translation wiki with no way to enjoy the improved story parts since its untranslated.
Had to play using a Japanese 3ds and game with a cellphone up to a card translation wiki with no way to enjoy the improved story parts since its untranslated.