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Why are Prey (2006) and Final Fantasy XV not on this list? They were in development for longer than some of the games on this list.
It was originally FF vs XIII, a PS3 exclusive, and was pushed back an entire generation.
A game can only be delayed after it gets a release date.
FFXV was only delayed for 2 months. FF versus XIII never had a release date.
Beyond good and evil 2 announced in 2008. Delayed by years of Rabbid bs (and other Ubi-distractions) It’s up there with Duke now.
The current beyond good and evil 2 and what was announced in 2008 are essentially two different games using the same title.
CGM (painfully) revisited a game from each year between 2010-2019, highlighting releases that surprised players - for all the wrong reasons.
With the rather lacklustre reviews of the severely delayed Crackdown 3, TBG look at 5 other titles which took their time in getting to us.
Duke Nukem Forever was given no chance, 3D Realms gave them their baby and they just outsourced the hell out of it like they just didn't even want to touch the project.
Also no on The Last Guardian, was nominated and was winner of tons of awards, there's just a divide between those who know what it's like dealing with essentially training an animal, and those who just want snappy/game-ey reactions from Trico. Even so it's at 87 on metacritic, wouldn't call that "failed to impress"
The Last Guardian was fantastic, just because it wasn't better than Shadow of the Colossus doesn't mean it was a disappointment.
DNF wasn't even as bad as many people made out, what i personally thought of the game was that it felt like Doom 3 mixed with another game, but i think it did use the Doom 3 engine which is why it felt like it, but of course it was much more open.
One of the things i noticed about it was inconsistent level design, i enjoyed some levels like the one with the mine cart and that alien hive map later on, some other levels seemed to drag on a little bit.
I think LGR did a video review stating similar things, but i had already said about this on forums etc practically when the game came out.
As with sheep and most things though, people are usually quick to call crap when it comes to reviews and critics.
AvP2 is the best IMO.