10 Video Games They Were Right To Cancel

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Komentáře • 213

  • @bulletmccarthur
    @bulletmccarthur Před 2 dny +76

    Live service games getting canceled left and right. Nature is healing.

  • @joshblackwell8632
    @joshblackwell8632 Před 2 dny +144

    I want Scalebound revived.

    • @KnightSoulsG
      @KnightSoulsG Před 2 dny +11

      Xbox is too incompetent

    • @JayStCloud
      @JayStCloud Před 2 dny +2

      Same here, man. Same here.

    • @el8901
      @el8901 Před 2 dny +3

      me too damm was my favroite in the e3 they show

    • @cactusmanbwl1990
      @cactusmanbwl1990 Před 2 dny +7

      ​@KnightSoulsG guess you didn't watch the video. Platinum literally came out and said they were at fault. They had way too many games in development at the time and we're using Microsoft's money while continuously missing deadlines.

    • @timmayo7014
      @timmayo7014 Před 2 dny +2

      Still upset about this one

  • @luvstagrind
    @luvstagrind Před 2 dny +21

    This is why we need to stop announcing games until they are absolutely ready for release

    • @Redeyedguy4291
      @Redeyedguy4291 Před dnem +3

      That's a horrible marketing strategy. You want people to know the product is coming. Not just drop a surprise the day it releases.

  • @JustaGuy2.0
    @JustaGuy2.0 Před 2 dny +20

    Any game that gets cancelled because it was going to be a live service or a MP game has my full support.

  • @saunga1
    @saunga1 Před 2 dny +52

    Losing Scalebound hurt. It's so rare to find a decent Dragon game where you can actually play _as a dragon!_

    • @drewtheunspoken3988
      @drewtheunspoken3988 Před 2 dny +8

    • @SinfulSquirrel
      @SinfulSquirrel Před 2 dny +2

      ​@@drewtheunspoken3988 I was literally thinking like what about Spyro 😂

    • @mikespike2099
      @mikespike2099 Před 2 dny +1

      I still remember that obscure PS2 game - where you played as a female protagonist and a 🐉 … you could play as both in the open world… it was pretty amazing game mechanics at the time!

    • @drewtheunspoken3988
      @drewtheunspoken3988 Před 2 dny +4

      @@mikespike2099 I remember Drakengard 1&2 and Drakkan. I don't remember any other dragon games like those on the PS2.
      Off-topic, I really wish Sega would release a remaster of Panzer Dragoon Saga. I've always wanted to play that.

    • @mikespike2099
      @mikespike2099 Před 2 dny +2

      @@drewtheunspoken3988 yep that was it! Drakan - amazing game for its platform and time!

  • @chrisjones5949
    @chrisjones5949 Před 2 dny +7

    I had never heard of Spiderman: The Great Web before now, but as soon as I heard the words "multiplayer live service" I was immediately elated that it's been canceled.

  • @iamskyfall
    @iamskyfall Před 2 dny +10

    Completely agree with The Last of Us Online and Naughty Dog's reasoning makes sense. No one wants them to a multiplayer only studio. I just wish they'd made the decision 4 years earlier.

    • @drgonzo123
      @drgonzo123 Před 2 dny +1

      It just sucks because of all the wasted time on that project. I really don’t understand why they just cancelled it instead of release it as a multiplayer, non-live service game. We use to get full priced multiplayer games, like Left 4 Dead. Multiplayer doesn’t have to mean live service. I’m torn on this one. Could have been fun, but we’ll never know and they wasted a lot of time and money

    • @Wiksila-co1fg
      @Wiksila-co1fg Před 2 dny

      Like why they didint just make it mp game why it needed to be live service also i something i dont get 😬

  • @LSDariuss
    @LSDariuss Před 2 dny +5

    StarCraft Ghost!!? Has the world forgotten about this GOTY that never was.

    • @drewtheunspoken3988
      @drewtheunspoken3988 Před 2 dny +1

      I really wish someone would do a "spiritual" or "inspired by" version of that game. There's dozens of games inspired by P.T. Why not Ghost?

    • @hunterv9983
      @hunterv9983 Před 2 dny +3

      The Blizzard that pulled the plug on StarCraft Ghost would never release Warcraft Refunded

  • @cosmicmousse
    @cosmicmousse Před 2 dny +7

    I'm a big fan of Fable and Fable Legends did not look like a Fable game I wanted to play. I did pick up the art book for cheap though and the art is really nice, so something good did come of it.

  • @patrickm2912
    @patrickm2912 Před 2 dny +3

    Scalebound hurts still, and an original style of time splitters was what i was waiting for 10+ years

  • @drewtheunspoken3988
    @drewtheunspoken3988 Před 2 dny +10

    The Great Web is a great concept! For a single-player game with optional online mode.
    While not *technically* a cancelled game since it evolved, I would still welcome Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

  • @PLAYER_42069
    @PLAYER_42069 Před 2 dny +8

    What's really cool about Innersloth (Among Us) is they formed Outersloth to help fund other indie games. It's nice to see devs who made it big share the wealth and raise everybody up.

  • @greyfox111483
    @greyfox111483 Před 2 dny +6

    Maybe it's due to the shadow around Jess, but I cannot convince my brain that she's not in front of a green screen with her room keyed behind her

    • @RtistiqSkubie
      @RtistiqSkubie Před 2 dny +1

      That's because she's only using environmental light sources. No extra lights are turned on

    • @drewtheunspoken3988
      @drewtheunspoken3988 Před 2 dny

      Is it just me or is she giving off Indika vibes in this video?

    • @drgonzo123
      @drgonzo123 Před 2 dny +1

      I like her shirt. I too love to sleep

  • @gamealot25
    @gamealot25 Před 2 dny +2

    So glad companies are listening. Cause not everyone wants live service games. Cause I'm so burned out on them.

  • @BaxterAndLunala
    @BaxterAndLunala Před 2 dny +18

    Not Scalebound. They should've kept that one. As for Too Human, that one did not deserve to fail, it only failed because Silicon Knights wanted to keep stroking their ego rather than admitting they screwed up.

  • @Razi-e
    @Razi-e Před 2 dny +6

    The Scalebound trailer was one of the main reasons I started playing video games, brought myself a used console and some games I was interested in, excited for when it would come out. Huge dragon lover and while never got that game have several games I have played and love.

  • @ThatSoddingGamer
    @ThatSoddingGamer Před 2 dny +1

    Scalebound as a strictly single player game would be nice. Just a guy and a dragon wrecking things in an action-RPG setting. Sounds good. Platinum games was stretched too far with it though.

  • @gabrieliusburzdikas5650
    @gabrieliusburzdikas5650 Před 2 dny +1

    I honestly don't know any other person who played Too Human. When i was a kid/teen I loved it. Controls were a bit odd, but the concept was good

  • @PresidentEvil2
    @PresidentEvil2 Před 2 dny +4

    I like your super hot new look Jess

  • @ExTiiNcTiiioN
    @ExTiiNcTiiioN Před 2 dny +2

    Reason scalebound hurt I think is Xbox needed games at that time and the one they had people talking about they canceled it

  • @DecObito
    @DecObito Před 2 dny +6

    I really wish Scalebound would become a game it looks so cool and different

  • @RandomRyan42
    @RandomRyan42 Před 2 dny

    I didn't pick up tlou part 2 when it originally released because I figured I would pick it up a bit cheaper a few months later when the multiplayer came out. Joke was on me all I got for waiting was Joel's story spoiled. No one asked Naughty Dog for a live service game. To say this was why they had to cancel it is such a cop out. A sequel to factions wouldn't mean the end to them making single player games. They haven't supported the original factions multiplayer in years, and haven't needed to (other than patching out a few exploits) because they built it solid, and that still has a community of players all these years later. Multiplayer exists without live service and that's how it usually was before 2019. The fact is Naughty Dog straight up promised when they originally released part 2 without factions 2 that we would one day be able to play the multiplayer they were working on. Then they decided to expand the multiplayer more and after years of working on it decided to make it into live service even though it hadn't been built for live service so that was like 5 years down the drain to try to make what started as a basic multiplayer addition to the main game "live service". I'm disgusted with Naughty Dog after all the cash grab remakes remasters, then cancelling the multiplayer they could have released originally and updated over time(exactly what happened with the 1st factions multiplayer). If you think Naughty Dog is about single player narratives any more then the joke is on you, they are only about money.

  • @84bombsjetpack23
    @84bombsjetpack23 Před 2 dny +1

    "Yes, Beyond Good & Evil 2 is still in development." -- Ubisoft statement on June 24, 2024.

  • @mohamedfaroukelewa5905

    the first second in the intro ... she's saying "while we"
    get that sound clip into a loop ... my ambulance is waiting

  • @MaxWeb2599
    @MaxWeb2599 Před 2 dny +6

    Canceling a life service multiplayer to make games with phenomenal stories.
    Why can't all studios/puplishers be so wise like naughty dog.

  • @thijs9454
    @thijs9454 Před 2 dny

    Let the next one be "Games they were not right to cancel", like that pirates of the caraeben game, or that 70's/80's spy game.

  • @AdrianAceMcculler
    @AdrianAceMcculler Před 17 hodinami

    I'm not gonna lie that spiderman getting cancelled hurt my soul a lil bit..., but I agree if we keep getting AAA single player games from insomniac I'm all for it

  • @bobbyprine3691
    @bobbyprine3691 Před 2 dny

    I played a Batman Begins game but it wasn't open world. You could interrogate thugs holding on to beams in a building using a grapple gun but it was just a button press to pull them up & a button to interrogate or knock them out if I remember right as your reputation meter built up they eventually saw him as the version that Scarecrow saw I don't know if it did anything special. The combat was pretty simple from what I remember it's been years though after each time beating the game you could unlock a suit it got repetitive though & nowhere near as cool an open world game would have been or the Arkham games.

  • @RokushoHasashi
    @RokushoHasashi Před dnem

    A Fortnite version of TimeSplitters? No thank you! If a new TimeSplitters game is made, don't make it look like Fortnite!
    I've heard about the canceled batman game, "Batman The Dark Knight". I heard there was concept art that had a bearded Bruce Wayne.

  • @ASLTheatre
    @ASLTheatre Před 2 dny

    Good choice to make this video. Often we criticize publishers but we have to admit sometimes they are right.

  • @BigFrogg
    @BigFrogg Před 2 dny

    I really don’t understand how Sony/naughty dog managed to work for years and near completion on a live service game, only for them to then realise that live service means you have to keep working on it after release… that’s literally what live service is ffs 🤦‍♂️😂

  • @WDSimp
    @WDSimp Před 2 dny

    The pitch for The Great Web was a bit more like GTA Online than one of the other games mentioned and I'm still heartbroken that it's not happening. That said, I can completely understand that Insomniac didn't want to be locked in to a multiplayer game when their single player games keep hitting it out of the park. I wonder if it would have been possible to put another studio on the job.

  • @jasonfoster8473
    @jasonfoster8473 Před 2 dny

    Jess, what happened to outros? I got a commercial and thought it was just an ad in the middle of my video

  • @felman87
    @felman87 Před dnem

    ....Oh "rake publishers over the coals" I thought she said....you know what, never mind.

  • @MichaelTaylor-qp2xf

    As much as I loved Insomniac's Spider-Man game, lashing a developer of their caliber to a single live service would be a mistake. I'd much rather them work on single-player campaigns like Wolverine and whatever other IPs Sony has lined up for them.

  • @blakekeenan6624
    @blakekeenan6624 Před 2 dny

    I wouldn't mind a multiplayer Spiderman game, just not a live service one

  • @MrJblazini
    @MrJblazini Před 2 dny

    Sony studios hav8ng difficulties making different types of games is wild.

  • @bobbyboswell13
    @bobbyboswell13 Před 2 dny

    i feel fable legends could have worked if they altered it to be a game you purchased and gave it a versus ai coop mode

  • @Biggsmech
    @Biggsmech Před 2 dny

    Cool video. Several of these i didn’t know about until now.

  • @ryanrank3070
    @ryanrank3070 Před 2 dny +1

    I love the "Let me sleep" shirt!

    • @jamesonweimann4720
      @jamesonweimann4720 Před 20 hodinami

      Sure you can sleep after you drink this nicotine laced triple espresso with caramel drizzle

  • @bennyh1597
    @bennyh1597 Před 2 dny

    Time splitters rewind is badass if you want to play

  • @LaurenSPARTAN177
    @LaurenSPARTAN177 Před dnem

    I was so disappointed with Scalebound getting shelved. I was so excited for it

  • @mateosimon4237
    @mateosimon4237 Před 2 dny

    I agree with Doom 4 concept being canceled. A Doom 3 remake, however, would be AWESOME..

  • @bighomielock7926
    @bighomielock7926 Před dnem

    That Spider-Man games would’ve been fire asf

  • @100kingG
    @100kingG Před 2 dny

    Why does nobody use Ghost Spider's name and instead always just calls her Spider Gwynne 😢

  • @BeardTech
    @BeardTech Před 2 dny

    I enjoyed the free version of the full Too Human game on Xbox One and it's originality. It's colourful, has a phenomenal weapons system, and pretty unique setting. Now we just get hero shooter after live service after boring nothing games!

  • @dellman2kawesome
    @dellman2kawesome Před 2 dny

    Pretty sure too human was also due to being sued over making a modded version of UE? Might have that a bit wrong something like that

  • @Smittybonez-ii2mi
    @Smittybonez-ii2mi Před 2 dny

    Embracer group is known for running studios into the ground.

  • @marcusglesner8491
    @marcusglesner8491 Před 2 dny

    I appreciate how many of these are single player studios cancelling live service games that probably would've canned them.

  • @ryankelly9167
    @ryankelly9167 Před 2 dny

    Jess your videos and voice have gotten me through many nights. I hope you get rest and the Lord’s Will is done in your life. ❤

  • @nickiclancy8203
    @nickiclancy8203 Před dnem

    I want Scalebound and the two too humans as well please 😢

  • @ultimadestino
    @ultimadestino Před 2 dny

    I just want to take the time to say how gorgeous Jess looks with that eyeliner and her hair up. ❤

  • @Motorboatasaurus
    @Motorboatasaurus Před dnem

    A bit sad about Too Human 2 and 3 because I feel like it had a lot of potential and I really enjoyed it but it wasn't like a traditionally good game. I think if they got another stab at it they could have made something really good though.

  • @scotttyyy757
    @scotttyyy757 Před dnem

    Doom 4 cancelled broke my heart

  • @giantnerd14
    @giantnerd14 Před 2 dny

    Poor Pandemic, killed by a shovelware project.

  • @Wiksila-co1fg
    @Wiksila-co1fg Před 2 dny

    To me this video sounds like everyone have forgot that there can be mp without live service witch makes me kinda sad...

  • @rylanconnolly523
    @rylanconnolly523 Před 16 hodinami

    Holy crap Jess looks so damn good in a messy bun and baggy t-shirt.

  • @SlytherinReviews
    @SlytherinReviews Před 2 dny

    I like your shirt but my shirt says Let there be CHAOS

  • @baumgard0869
    @baumgard0869 Před dnem

    Give me a single player Scalebound!!

  • @AkiraTheSlytherin
    @AkiraTheSlytherin Před 2 dny

    omg jess i love your hair like that its so pretty

  • @korn7809
    @korn7809 Před 2 dny

    I love Too Human I still have my copy hehe.

  • @Redeyedguy4291
    @Redeyedguy4291 Před dnem

    I wish EA would take a break from madden. It is the same game every year just reskinned and sometimes a little better looking.

  • @beatpeace879
    @beatpeace879 Před 2 dny

    The only game that was to be and loved got cancelled WAAS, BEYOND good and evil 2

  • @UKProgRock
    @UKProgRock Před 2 dny

    Daaaaaamn Jess 😲

  • @deondraemcknight232
    @deondraemcknight232 Před 2 dny

    The great web seemed interesting

  • @jamesthomas2410
    @jamesthomas2410 Před 2 dny

    Yea sony needed that SM game cause theyre definitely not getting anything from the marvel deal smh

  • @KnicKnac
    @KnicKnac Před 2 dny

    Ngl I love that shirt

  • @RedwolfEDC
    @RedwolfEDC Před 2 dny

    Sorry but I played scalebound and it was fucking great.

    • @drewtheunspoken3988
      @drewtheunspoken3988 Před 2 dny

      They had a Beta?

    • @RedwolfEDC
      @RedwolfEDC Před 2 dny +1

      @drewtheunspoken3988 Friend of mine was apart of the dev team and let me check out what he was working on when I was in Osaka for a climbing comp.

    • @drewtheunspoken3988
      @drewtheunspoken3988 Před 2 dny

      @@RedwolfEDC nice! I envy you.

  • @louisdellalucca8969
    @louisdellalucca8969 Před 2 dny

    Scalebound should’ve been completed. Because the Xbox One needed games

  • @drgonzo123
    @drgonzo123 Před 2 dny

    I need that shirt

  • @MaxWeb2599
    @MaxWeb2599 Před 2 dny

    Doom 4 doesn't even look that bad but maybe not as part of the doom franchise.

  • @Seth22087
    @Seth22087 Před 2 dny

    Wait, Scalbound was multiplayer game? I always though it was going to be singleplayer. I probably would have passed on it, if multiplayer was required, since I much prefer playing solo. But man was concept looking interesting. Like I do hope if they revive it, it won't be yet 10000000th title looking for multiplayer gold, just to find out that people actually don't have infinite time to play them all and ultimately fail.
    Also Fable as was cancelled, it was just another attempt at digging for gold in multiplayer, I honestly hated the idea back then. Fable is singleplayer franchise, it needs proper storied singleplayer game. Not some sort of free to play garbage trying to score big on whales.
    Call of Doom is similar, just that it went for another trope, trying to reinvent COD, I have my doubt it would have succeeded, since if people want to palsy COD, there is no better COD than COD, so Doom would always be in back mirror and it would also disappoint old fans of franchise by not being proper Doom game.
    And Timesplitters basically combined both, going for multiplayer gold and copying what is popular. Probably would be yet another flop for exact same reasons. Mulitplayer gold rush is so destructive to gaming franchises... but they keep going to it like crazy people did after gold, leaving thousands of corpses behind.

    • @steveperry2321
      @steveperry2321 Před 2 dny

      Timesplitters 2 and 3 both were phenomenal single player AND multi-player games

  • @LaprasTrainerLiam98
    @LaprasTrainerLiam98 Před dnem +1

    Bro... how the hell do you talk about Scalebound, and NOT bring up the fact that a spiritual successor exists! It's called Astral Chain, and it's infuriating to not hear you mention it! 😤

  • @rustyshackleford2792
    @rustyshackleford2792 Před 2 dny

    I wanna know what happened to "deep down".

  • @Kaltsuwhite
    @Kaltsuwhite Před 2 dny

    You look great Jess! Very good video

  • @gawainethefirst
    @gawainethefirst Před 2 dny

    I don’t want a live service game. I want a good single player story driven game.

  • @bobbyboswell13
    @bobbyboswell13 Před 2 dny

    i have never been so against a top two before neither of them should be on here number 2 because that game being cancelled is the reason i hate platinum games and number one was due to idiocy from the devs and was an interesting game

  • @tylermartin7136
    @tylermartin7136 Před dnem

    Jesus Jess... 🤯

  • @Biggsmech
    @Biggsmech Před 2 dny

    Does anyone know what female character statue that is behind Jess’s left shoulder beside the mini tree?

    • @Prandur79
      @Prandur79 Před 2 dny

      Pretty sure it's a Cyberpunk statue.

    • @Biggsmech
      @Biggsmech Před dnem

      @@Prandur79 thank you

  • @stevecraig7643
    @stevecraig7643 Před 2 dny +1

    Jess is the best and our queen

  • @smoovychevyss6486
    @smoovychevyss6486 Před 2 dny +1

    Bring back women wearing chokers

  • @chrissears5482
    @chrissears5482 Před 2 dny

    Whatever happened to Deep Down?

  • @I_am-noONE...
    @I_am-noONE... Před 2 dny +1

    its hard to focus on what she is saying

  • @AngelXterror
    @AngelXterror Před 2 dny

    Where did you get that shirt?

    • @SnuSnuDungeon
      @SnuSnuDungeon Před 2 dny

      Screenshot it then search with Google lens

  • @dustinhooper2260
    @dustinhooper2260 Před 2 dny

    Nice choker

  • @dustinhooper2260
    @dustinhooper2260 Před 2 dny

    I hate it when people eshoom things.

  • @GiantsGraveGaming
    @GiantsGraveGaming Před 2 dny +1

    Why do the video end so abruptly lately?

    • @drewtheunspoken3988
      @drewtheunspoken3988 Před 2 dny

      Analytics. Most people peace out when they do an epilogue. This way, people watch the entire video.

    • @Saddonghussein
      @Saddonghussein Před 2 dny

      Did you expect an ending song?

    • @GiantsGraveGaming
      @GiantsGraveGaming Před 2 dny +2

      @@drewtheunspoken3988 fair enough, i like better with an outro of sorts though...

    • @GiantsGraveGaming
      @GiantsGraveGaming Před 2 dny

      @@Saddonghussein i expected less sarcasm.

    • @Saddonghussein
      @Saddonghussein Před 2 dny

      @@GiantsGraveGaming well you learn something new today

  • @TheBigTone100
    @TheBigTone100 Před 2 dny +3

    Sony canceled Factions and Twisted Metal smh

  • @drgonzo123
    @drgonzo123 Před 2 dny

    These videos end way too abruptly

  • @toxicgamerx3
    @toxicgamerx3 Před 12 hodinami

    the scalebound demo was a disaster xbox did well to cancel it rather than release it and make it a ps5 babylon fall :) watching gameplay of babylon fall it seemed to me that it has a lot of recycled things from scalebound :)

  • @bighomielock7926
    @bighomielock7926 Před dnem

    If scalebound gets revived I’m buying 100 Xbox’s

  • @standingbearwhisky
    @standingbearwhisky Před 2 dny +3

    SLlet me epp?

  • @dakotaezell3114
    @dakotaezell3114 Před 2 dny

    Nah they should have never canceled Scalebound imo. Still pains me to this day b

  • @stevegallo8483
    @stevegallo8483 Před 2 dny +3

    Live service games are crap.

    • @drewtheunspoken3988
      @drewtheunspoken3988 Před 2 dny

      Most of them. I heard Palworld and Helldivers 2 are fun. I don't do live-service, so I have to take other people's word for it.

    • @Macintosh1001
      @Macintosh1001 Před 2 dny

      @@drewtheunspoken3988 Fyi Palworld isn't live-service

    • @drewtheunspoken3988
      @drewtheunspoken3988 Před 2 dny

      @@Macintosh1001 fair enough. I didn't really know, I've only heard about it.

    • @stevegallo8483
      @stevegallo8483 Před 2 dny +1

      @@drewtheunspoken3988 Only live service game I played was Marvel's Avengers, and it was crap. I was interested in the Suicide Squad game until hearing it was live service.

  • @Ultima228
    @Ultima228 Před 2 dny +2

    Look. For Scalebound? Just give us that Platinum Games polish. That level of quality they've committed to their games in the past. It doesn't need to be online, nobody wants it to be an "online focused game" nobody was ever asking for that.
    Make it a single player, focused spectical fighter action game. Thats what people want out of Platinum Games. Thats certainly what I want out of them.

    • @solid_justice5855
      @solid_justice5855 Před 2 dny +1

      To be fair they also released some bad games. Platinum is more hit and miss then allways great quality

  • @joekerwildeDBJ87
    @joekerwildeDBJ87 Před 2 dny

    Much as I loved TimeSplitters 2 & Future Perfect... any release or revival is just going to end up being another cash grab, micro-transaction heavy BS shell of what made the series so great

  • @mistro0014
    @mistro0014 Před 2 dny

    Stunning

  • @KlausVonBarr
    @KlausVonBarr Před dnem

    They should cancel the upcoming Fablegame as well. Looks horrible..

  • @ZurigaSungama
    @ZurigaSungama Před 2 dny

    SLletme
    EEP

  • @BigFrogg
    @BigFrogg Před 2 dny

    Doom 4 actually sounds like it would have been a really good game, just a really bad doom game