Top 5 cancelled games

"When a big game publisher announces a game, it promotes it for a while and then eventually, releases it. Well, most of the time. Every now and then, games are cancelled for all kinds of reason, including disagreements with the development studio or even a specific employee. In this list, we will explore the top 5 games that we would have liked to the most."

[DarkOcelet]

Legacy Of Kain: Dead Sun didn't really look that good, i felt it was an Batman Arkham Clone, and a bad one at it.

Prey 2 however, that game looked insane, its a shame they cancelled it.

[MeleeDamage]

I completely agree. Dead Sun actually reminds me allot of Shadow of Mordor! I'd kill for a Blood Omen remake...

[DarkOcelet]

A Blood Omen Remake would be insane!

I think Square might remake it since they said they will reboot and remake their old franchises so i wouldnt be surprised if this popped at E3.

[-Foxtrot]

I'm glad they cancelled it. If anyone has played Prey you'd know that looked NOTHING like it.

I just want a sequel with Tommy as the main character.

How can you do a game then at the end say "To Be Continued" only to have a sequel with a generic looking space marine bounty hunter in the lead.

Yeah it looked great but not Prey

[TheOneWhoIsTornApart]

Tommy was the fugitive the main character was chasing in Prey 2. It was a true sequel.

[morganfell]

Using Tommy as a NPC hardly makes it a true sequel. The enitre atmosphere of the original title, everything that made it what it was had been removed in favor of making a shooter that had one story element in common with the first game.

[nunley33]

I agree Dead sun was garbage and Dark Prophecy should've been on the list instead in it's place. Dark Prophecy was a proper sequel that would've tied up the loose ends in the story. A Blood Omen remake would also be awesome but SE are idiots who hasn't been doing much of anything good for a long time besides FFXIV and we'll see about FFXV. FFXIV could be a moment where they finally start doing some things right.

[adamjensen1122]

The game I'm the most sad to see on that list is Silent Hills. It really looked amazing and with del Toro involved and all... I wish Konami would continue development and just release it under a new name. :-)

[rmw2hot87]

Star Wars 1313 should of been on the list & should of been #1. That game looked epic.

[Archmagel]

Agreed. We don't get to see much of the goings on in the criminal underbelly of Star Wars.

For anyone interested: https://youtu.be/BQyGu4EqZs...

[DigitalRaptor]

It looked like a great concept. Amy Hennig is now co-writer on a new story-driven SW game with Todd Stashwick over at Visceral Games, both of whom were key drivers of the original Uncharted 4 treatment. Based on her history at Crystal Dynamics and Naughty Dog, that should be something to be pretty damn excited about.

[KingofGambling]

Eight Days and The Getaway.

[Iceball2000]

Lmao omg I thought of the two exact games... Awesome that there's someone out there that wants those games too

[KingofGambling]

Hey! we old school PS3 owners must stick together we are a dying breed here. All we want is bring this 2 I.P. to the PS4, that's all we asked.

[FlintGREY]

I thought Eight Days was on hold. Maybe we'll see something at E3 for PS4.

[NarooN]

Dude I literally bought a PS3 expecting to get to play those games! It was even worse when they released a new trailer for The Getaway 3 sometime in 2008 or something and still nothing ever came of it.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Silent Hills, Prey 2 and Redwood Falls :(

[Fin_The_Human]

The Getaway... Not sure why Sony cancelled this game.

I think it would have given GTA a run for its money.

[Fin_The_Human]

I also remember seeing a game about a guy in the woods and a cabin...kind of reminded me of Alan Wake but I think it was a first person game.

Think the name was Redwood or something like that.

[adamjensen1122]

It was titled Redwood Falls and it really looked amazing. But I don't think it was that similar to Alan Wake tbh

https://www.unseen64.net/20...

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Yeah I mentioned Redwood Falls in my sad face comment. Still stings after 8 years or so :(

[Fin_The_Human]

Yeah that's the game.

Well I thinks its the atmosphere and the flashlight that reminds me of Alan Wake.

[Dac2u]

I was really looking forward to Star Craft: Ghost, everyone thought it was coming along nicely, then out of nowhere Blizzard decides to cancel it. There was a lot of hype surrounding it, so I'm not sure why they didn't continue on.

[PurpHerbison]

I remember my buddy in high school even had a pre-order on it.

[DoomeDx]

Eight days... For always in my heart

[Dangerous]

P.t. silent hills :(
this game or should I say demo was special with amount of scary ,psychological and how it's change every time is crazy konami was stupid to cancel this game.

[galmi]

@Dac2u totally agree with you, sad it never came out.

[richardmmorales]

Cry On by Mistwalker. Was looking forward to it after having finished both Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey.

[DanielEndurance]

And, 6) Total Overdose 2

[belstram]

I guess the author was trying to say PSP Go instead of "PS Go". Or is it something I don't know? I'd be appreciated if someone could enlighten me.

[Fin_The_Human]

I think he was referring to Pokemon Go which was cancelled.

Not sure where the S came from.

[PurpHerbison]

Source on the cancellation?

[Activemessiah]

For the record: Pete Hines is lying about Prey 2... it's actually complete, they shelved it.

Source: Dev of Prey 2 http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

[adamjensen1122]

Why would they shelve a complete game?

[TheCommentator]

Tax write off.

[Activemessiah]

Politics... Bethesda were trying to buy Human Head Studios but the devs refused to be owned during what was a failed hostile acquisition and for that their game got shelved and the studio got left in the dirt.

[Segata]

Dead Sun was garbage. Replacing the elegant well written dialogue "fuck this fuck that" and 3 enemy types that up to a point were lead to believe were individual characters nut nope. Combat looked awful. Also WTF was with the one dirty tit hanging out?

[nunley33]

yeah i agree totally, it deserved to be cancelled. LOK Dark Prophecy was a real sequel that the fans actually wanted, not this Nosgoth garbage we have now instead.

[Segata]

The game I wanted most was Geist Force on Dreamcast. At the time the visuals were stunning. Was a more adult themed Starfox.

[Unlimax]

Parasite Eve : Rebirth

[nunley33]

I would love a proper Parasite eve game on PS4. I preordered the 3rd birthday for PSP and played the hell out of it and still do sometimes. There was a 3rd BIRTHDAY easter egg in a FFXV Remake trailer that was cool to see too. Also i'd would've put Fear Effect: Inferno on the list, that would've been awesome. Hopefully SE can resurrect Fear Effect too with a new game.

[Gorilla_Killa_X]

Does anyone remember Insane, Guillermo Del Toro was involved with that. I think it was a THQ game.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Yes, it was supposed to be a trilogy but nothing more than a teaser was ever produced due to THQ shuttering.

[TheCommentator]

Rebirth (from Silicon Knights)
2 days 2 vegas
The original reveal version of Dark Sector.

[Wyld-Woo]

As least two Mega Man games, i can think of but I think there's a third. GOD DAM you Capcom

What happened to GETAWAY!!! Man, I need some lazer beams back in my life.

Slient Hill (you crazy konami )and that Stars Wars game everyone wanted but we got battlefront, cheers EA....

[SegaGamer]

How can someone label a game "top" when it has been cancelled ? surely a better title would be "The 5 most promising looking games that were cancelled"

[Majister-Ludi]

Star wars Battlefront 3 and prey 2 with Tommy. Rip.

[NCAzrael]

There was never going to be a Prey 2 with Tommy. Both times the game was going to be more of an intergalactic bounty hunter type game that wouldn't have had anything to do with the first one.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I followed the game religiously and Tommy was going to make multiple cameos in the game.

[Germany7]

The Getaway should come back. It's also difficult to accept what happened with Silent Hills and Star Wars 1313.

I remember when i got upset about Croc being cancelled for N64, lol.

[Lilrizky]

Pirate's of the Carribbean: Armada of the Damned is one of the cancelled game i was sad about being cancelled.

I think it inspired black flag which i loved but this was an RPG with choice elements

[NCAzrael]

Prey 2 is the one I was looking forward to the most on this list. For titles not on the list: Titan, Highlander, Star Wars 1313, and The Getaway.

[DigitalRaptor]

I have to say Prey 2 stings the most.

Star Wars 1313 and The Getaway would be on my list as well. Beyond Good and Evil 2 would have been too, but it sounds like that is coming back. And Silent Hills being cancelled is disappointing, but it also seems like Kojima is going to be working with both Guillermo del Toro and Norman Reedus at some point in the future, based on their continued interactions.

[DerekFlint007]

Two games that spring to mind, that i was awfully disappointed, that never came to fruition, were an Indiana Jones action 3rd person beat em up and the other was a Dirty Harry movie inspired action title using the likeness of Clint Eastwood.

[scark92]

I remember those also, they were announced early last gen, Indiana Jones looked pretty good!

[ABACAB72]

There were a couple of original Xbox games that were interesting, but got cancelled. I think they got cancelled because neither of them were shooters. They were BC and True Fantasy Online, which sounded like it would've been Xbox's first MMO. Both of them looked really good and had interesting stories, but alas, they never made it out of dev hell, and both got cancelled. See, even back then, MS was trying to do something different, but it just didn't happen. Too bad. I kinda wish they tried to bring those back, along with Cry On and a Voodoo Vince sequel.

[TheColbertinator]

True Fantasy Live Online for the Xbox and a drug dealing game called Snow. Always wanted to play those

[DerekFlint007]

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Indiana Jones and Dirty Harry games that were cancelled

[FPS_D3TH]

RIP Silent Hills, Stalker 2, The Getaway 3, Prey 2, Half Life 3 lol... Make me a next gen Max Payne with a lesser DLC ridden multiplayer and I'm happy

[Picnic]

Loads by Rare:

Donkey Kong Racing (Gamecube)
Perfect Dark 2 (Xbox)
Conker: Twelve Tales (was turned in to Conkler's Bad Fur Day but I would have preferred an option to play cutesy levels or play mature rated levels)
Conker's Bad Fur Day 2 (Xbox)
I wasn't upset about Kameo 2's cancellation though - concept art shows they were going very dark with it.
Banjo Threeie - this title basically means what Rare promised in the trailer. The signs weren't good from the start - when Banjo charges in to the world, it falls over, just a cardboard cut out, an illusion. Nuts and Bolts might no doubt be a great vehicle creation game but couldn't they have kept that as a far smaller part of the game?