Favourite lost/cancelled games or vapourware

[El Pollo Loco]

The sequels to Republic Commando, Imperial Commando, and Rebel Commando. I only like the military aspects of Star Wars (I couldn't care less about the Jedi and Sith). I never found out why those games were canceled.

 

[iamthemilkman]

System Shock 3, Prey 2, City of Metronome, B.C., Frame City Killer, and The Unseen.

 

[moonbits]

I played the beta...WHYD THEY CANCEL IT

The team that was developing it, one weekend decided to fork the Fornite repo and make a battle royal mode for fun. The rest is history.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Lots of fans: Give us Megaman Legends 3 please
Crapcom: Make Megaman a skin? I'm on it

 

[Lee__Kanker]

The team that was developing it, one weekend decided to fork the Fornite repo and make a battle royal mode for fun. The rest is history.

D'oh!

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Lots of fans: Give us Megaman Legends 3 please
Crapcom: Make Megaman a skin? I'm on it

You could replace mega man legends 3 with most old capcom series

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

There was a scrapped version of Mirrors Edge 2?

Well, I'm not sure but if there was a sequel ever planned it's not lost for good.

 

[reila]

Not retro, but it would really have to be Cry-On for the x360. Look at this. Wasted concept. (Still hoping Mistwalker will make a 3rd Terra Battle to make up for this)

 

[skramz]

saints row undercover? had it been completed it would've been THE game to have a psp for.

 

[ReverseTroll]

ehh theres plenty of them but i can remember two titles, stargate sg1 the alliance amd wardevil. i would love to play those
buuut nooo...

 

[Neb Lleb]

Let's just say that there's a reason why Arkane came out in interviews and declared that their 2017 Immersive Sim RPG, also titled "Prey", was not an INO reboot of Apogee's swansong like people thought it was at the time.

 

[thetwaz]

System Shock 3, Prey 2, City of Metronome, B.C., Frame City Killer, and The Unseen.

I don't think i realised there was a SS3 in the works.

 

[SoThankful]

Top 3 gotta be:
P.T. (Silent Hills)
Mega Man Legends 3
TMNT: The Last Ronin

Honourable mention:

 

[Guinea]

Long ago, Square Enix had a team working on a game called Fortress that was going to be a spin-off of Final Fantasy 12. Sucks they decided to scrap it, I love all their games set in Ivalice.

And idc if this counts or not, but Mother 4/Oddity. Winter 2014 has been right around the corner for 11 years now and I'm NOT TAKING THE BAIT ANYMORE!!! (jk I'll always hold out that it'll actually be released and its not just an elaborate hoax)

And of course you have the goat, the king of all letdowns: Mega Man Legends 3. Oh what could have been.

 

[DrunkGecko]

sonic xtreme is the only one i was ever interested in
edit: im stupid i completely forgot about PT

 

[KenaiPhoenix]

There was this bried period in 2017 when it looked like arena shooters were making a comeback, but they all fizzled out..
I tried quakr champions and it had overwatchesque classes and ultimates, including a class thats the fastest. In a game about movement.

Yeah, I got excited as well. Im not an ultra fan of ultra speed always jumping arena shooters like Quake 3, but I still have a soft spot for the more "grounded" ones. And yeah, Quake Champions dropped the ball big time. I miss them in their prime as well, i dont know why I was so scared of downloading "customs maps" when logging in servers lol, I thought they would hack my PC.

I would only suggest you to play Quake 2 - 3 or go straight to Unreal Tournament 99 or 2004. You can check if there is an interesting server on GameTracker:

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[thetwaz]

Yeah, I got excited as well. Im not an ultra fan of ultra speed always jumping arena shooters like Quake 3, but I still have a soft spot for the more "grounded" ones. And yeah, Quake Champions dropped the ball big time. I miss them in their prime as well, i dont know why I was so scared of downloading "customs maps" when logging in servers lol, I thought they would hack my PC.

I would only suggest you to play Quake 2 - 3 or go straight to Unreal Tournament 99 or 2004. You can check if there is an interesting server on GameTracker:

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Just to note that with some of the recent fan updates, you can play UT99 online fairly easily now, pretty much out of the game's online interface. Some interesting modes out there (I suck so badly at all of them - but the sniping maps are quite cool!)

 

[KenaiPhoenix]

Just to note that with some of the recent fan updates, you can play UT99 online fairly easily now, pretty much out of the game's online interface. Some interesting modes out there (I suck so badly at all of them - but the sniping maps are quite cool!)

Oh, yeah I have played and it is so easy, like literally just an installer (for windows) and wine+installer on linux (there is .tar, but I never managed to make it work. Skill issue I know lol)

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Just use it and it works like charm, I have play my share on server and is really fun. And iirc you can also now download the game legally because Epic was cool with it.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

Yeah, I got excited as well. Im not an ultra fan of ultra speed always jumping arena shooters like Quake 3, but I still have a soft spot for the more "grounded" ones. And yeah, Quake Champions dropped the ball big time. I miss them in their prime as well, i dont know why I was so scared of downloading "customs maps" when logging in servers lol, I thought they would hack my PC.

I would only suggest you to play Quake 2 - 3 or go straight to Unreal Tournament 99 or 2004. You can check if there is an interesting server on GameTracker:

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Hey thanks!
I'll check if theres anything for european players

I remember there was also that one game, diabotical, I think it died in less than a year

The other thing I miss is the vulgarity and the violence, I really dont see a modern online game saying *HOLY SHIT* after you get a killstreak as your opponent explodes in a pike of gibs

Only tf2 comes close

 

[thetwaz]

Hey thanks!
I'll check if theres anything for european players

I remember there was also that one game, diabotical, I think it died in less than a year

The other thing I miss is the vulgarity and the violence, I really dont see a modern online game saying *HOLY SHIT* after you get a killstreak as your opponent explodes in a pike of gibs

Only tf2 comes close

Fun fact - if you put UT2004 onto the max graphics settings, it also goes "OHHH SHIIIIIT"

 

[bamdumtss]

I still watch the gameplay demo for Star Wars 1313 every now and then. I really wanted a Uncharted-esque SW game, and this just felt like it was answering my dreams. I don't think any existing SW game has come close to filling this itch for me. SW Outlaws was the closest one but it's a pretty bloaty game and the story didn't really grab me.

We kinda got a second chance with Amy Hennig's project with EA Visceral but that got cancelled too. Still hurts me after all these years but it is what it is.