12 Video Games That Drastically Changed Between Reveal And Release

Is being lied to just a harsh reality of being a gamer? Well, y'know, it just might be.

[SaveFerris]

'The most expensive video game ever made at a whopping $500,000, Destiny's original vision was hacked and butchered by Bungie's higher-ups only one year before release,'

That can't be right?

I don't really consider graphical downgrades as a 'drastic change', but I wish I could've played the version of Bioshock Infinite in the early trailer.

[attilayavuzer]

$500,000,000 was the number they were looking for, but it's still wrong as hell. That was the number they were expected to invest in the destiny, all of its sequels, marketing, etc...

[sullynathan]

Destiny is far from the most expensive video game.

[Christopher]

That was $500m for the first few games in a 10 year period and included marketing costs, which doubles development costs at least.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

A little research will put an end to most of these "they lied to me" claims.

[PhucSeeker]

Not really. With Bioshock Infinite, you wouldn't had known what had changed unless you went right into the spoiler territory. Some want the fresh experience.

[gangsta_red]

So you're saying it's okay for developers to do a bait and switch as long as the consumer does a little research?

[_-EDMIX-_]

@Gangsta- This information is known to the consumer before purchase bud, if not, that is actually the fault of the consumer for being ignorant, not the developer.

That is like saying to be mad at Gearbox over Borderlands FIRST trailer, as suppose to what they are marketing prior to release.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Sooo what "bait and switch" bud? You do know that is called false advertising and they can be sued for that right?

The thing you are assuming is wrong, is indeed wrong, but you clearly can do something about that under the law.

Its called taking them to court, do you actually have a real claim that can actually be supported or just assumptions of?

Mind you, they can change art direction, narrative etc during development as many of this is shown and explained to a degree before release, what they change that was never known to you in the first place is actually irrelevant.

How can you get mad at something you never even knew about being removed or changed in the first place?

What would your claim actually be? You can only really file such a claim against a company based on information that was marketed as, falsely advertised as etc.

[gangsta_red]

Once again you are going off into wild tangents that have nothing to do with anything. The fact that you keep expanding on points no one else made but yourself is mind boggling.

There's a clear difference between what was shown or advertised in the Bioshock Infinite trailer, NMS game and even Aliens Colonial Marines and what was given to consumers on release. So yes we were lied to bud and no amount of research should make that okay especially for consumers who are spending money on a product that was shown off from a dev in that state.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

@Gangsta_red

You claim there was a bait and switch but you show no evidence to prove such a claim. No Man's Sky is the perfect example of a game being used to get clicks instead reporting news related to the game. The day before the game's release only a couple of gaming news sites reported a tweet from Sean Murray effectively saying that No Man's Sky was not a multiplayer game. IGN and a couple of other sites were the only one's who reported that. Hours after that, "OMG Sean Murray lied. OMG OMG OMG." This is the very reason why I don't trust reviews or gaming news that features Clickbait headlines and no substance. Perhaps you should learn to rely on your own intellect instead of letting others shape and mold your opinion with video snipets taken out of context.

[gangsta_red]

No evidence? The evidence is all the demos and gameplays Sean showed before release and all the interviews he did about what was in the game and then what was actually released to gamers. I am positive you have seen those videos so I don't even understand what evidence you are asking for.

"No Man's Sky was not a multiplayer game..."

A couple of days eh? Well before that though Sean was on video on multiple talk shows saying you could meet up with players even though it was a very slim chance. In one interview he even acknowledged and agreed that the game was a MMO.

"This is the very reason why I don't trust reviews..."

This is why I don't trust many gamers either. Their willingness to turn a blind eye and defend anything and everything even though proof is staring them right in the face.

"Perhaps you should learn to rely on your own intellect instead..."

Have I not? You are the only one constantly attacking reviews as if what they are saying isn't shared by many others who have the same opinion or experienced the same flaws they have. As if every negative review is "Clickbait" and yet the ones that gave it a 9 or 10 are perfectly fine by you and also not considered clickbait.
All because you disagree with reviews you want to sit here and try and discredit me by saying those reviews shaped my opinions as if I didn't play the game myself.

Maybe I should question if you actually played the game? The multiplayer part is the least of my gripes about the game.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

@Gangsta_Red
So snipets of comments and footage from early stages of development are your key points. Okay then. Carry on and keep up the good fight by letting others shape and mold your opinions instead of doing your own research.

[gangsta_red]

So waitaminute...multiple snippets of footage from comments made directly from his mouth are somehow not valid because they may have been made during early stages of developement? And yet a couple of days before release its then reported that all that information that was told to us throughout development now null and void...and everything is suppose to be a-ok?

Who exactly is being molded and led by a very short leash here?

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

@gangsta_red

Have you actually played the game at all? Just curious.

[sullynathan]

This site refuses to put everything on one page.
Killzone 2 was the best killzone game, but the original trailer was so different from the final thing. Witcher 3 was severely downgraded but everyone wants to forget that. Destiny did not cost $500k.

[Nivekki]

Even if The Witcher 3 was downgraded it's still one of the best games of all time. Stop being so salty about it. The overwhelming majority of people think you're wrong, just let it go.

[sullynathan]

It isn't one of the best games of all time. Stop deluding yourself. Stop hounding me on this site.

[Master of Unlocking]

Why can't I see the article on my PC? It seems to be one of those slideshow-article with arrows to click, yet when I click on it I get nothing!?

[XXXL]

Man I really want to play that earlier version of Bioshock infinite instead of the butchered one we received due to Ken Levine's "genius".

[_-EDMIX-_]

buddy, I don't even think you know fully of what that version even entailed.

They joy of ignorance I guess.

[Gardenia]

Borderlands? https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[_-EDMIX-_]

lol beat me to it.