I would still love to see Tomb Raider: Ascension become a reality in the future. It could be a standalone, alternate universe type of deal. I think a survival horror take on Tomb Raider would be really fresh and interesting for fans and non-fans alike, and I definitely think it'd garner a lot of attention. The original (Core Design) Tomb Raider games definitely weren't strangers to fantastical elements. While I appreciate the super gritty and realistic take on Tomb Raider (2013), I still just think a scarier, fantastical take on it would be super interesting to see and play!
TR 2013 and Shadow had some really creepy horror moments, so I'd love to see a full-blown survival horror version of Tomb Raider. With the reboot trilogy finished, they might be looking for a new take on the franchise and this sounds like a great opportunity, what with the success of RE going back to horror.
@A Mad Parisian Who knew Uncharted invented shooting, melee, 3rd person view, hanging, climbing and swimming? 😳 Obviously they took inspirations from Uncharted, but both games play very differently
@A Mad Parisian *sigh* They just wanted to do something new with Lara, if they kept doing the same thing, people would just complain about them making the same game (ie. Call of Duty)
I'm so glad you guys mentioned Tomb Raider Ascension!! I've been totally in love with the concept but never hear anyone ever mention it! So thank you ^v^
While Tomb Raider reboot trilogy is already finished, hopefully they will implement the Tomb Raider Ascension's gameplay style in the next TR title, that or return to the original style.
@@tropicvibe Yeah, the fighting mechanics on that game are easily some of the best out there. Was such a fun and unique game too, would be amazing if they rebooted the franchise.
everyone who makes these jokes clearly never gave the game a real shot. It had a horrible launch, probably one of the worst PR disasters we've ever seen from a game company but the game itself was actually incredibly solid. Still better than almost anything Ubisoft or EA have put out in the past 5 years
my problem with Cyberpunk is all the broken promises. If they promised an empty world with little interactions and no ability to select apartments or whatever then i wouldnt be so mad about it. but the game is just empty and still buggy, not to mention the worst cop a.i i have ever seen in my life. maybe cdpr should stick to witcher. cyberpunk was in no way anywhere close to the level of quality they make in witcher games.
Same, I was so looking forward to it... Especially the co-op with other dragon riders who had chosen different types of dragons, that would make up your party... It just sounded and looked so badass and fun. I was really sad when it was cancelled.
@@Gorphee seriously man you said it! I was so hyped too, and that Devil May Cry touch had me hype since it's my favorite series of all time. I was super disappointed in Microsoft for not seeing it through. Would've been an amazing exclusive for Xbox, but unfortunately it left a lot of people heartbroken. That was the last time I had faith in Xbox :(
I remember being like 13 and reading about scalebound on the game informer, and being more hyped then I’ve ever been for any game before. And I’d check every couple weeks for more news on it across the entire internet. I was extremely disappointed when I heard it would never release. That game is actually the only reason I clicked on this video, to see some other games like it. It’s a fun coincidence that it is on this list as well lol.
While Tomb Raider reboot trilogy is already finished, hopefully they will implement the Tomb Raider Ascension's gameplay style in the next TR title, that or return to the original style.
They released another universe tomb raider games like twice along side the reboot. So they're not out of the question to make new out of universe Tomb Raider games. I don't know how the last game ended, but if they wanted to they could put lora on an island like that. Hell be extra scary if she went into a mirror that took her to another world. Third Person Open World Sandbox Survival Action Horror. Make it insanely fish out of water along with a few people in there that were brought in through the mirror through various points in time. This could work well. Problem we have games like that already in development and already made. So if they made it they'll have to find a balance to set the game apart from others. or not make it some big budget game and have it as a spin off. BotW, but Lora Croft. -_- damn there's a lot of those popping up too.
@@KouD3Graw yeah, Tomb Raider is one of those franchise that the developers can freely do what they want for the gameplay approach, its possible that the next game it became an rpg open world treasure hunt game, who knows 😅 (but I personally would love if they add rpg dialogue tree mechanics though)
I've been thinking for years that a Tomb Raider game that takes inspiration from the 2005 film The Decent could be absolutely spectacular. It sounds like the problem with Ascension was that they weren't focused on creating one strong environment filled with atmosphere.
We seem to be having a trend in the gaming industry of remastering or remaking old games, I’d like to see that trend take a shift and see publishers start buying up all these abandoned ambitious games and trying to make something of them with the current hardware we have
Never heard of this version of tomb raider but it would've been really exciting to see compared to what we got. The originals we so unique and original and the reboot sequels had none of that.
The reboot was them trying to cash in on the popularity of Uncharted. Legit felt like those games and put me off big time. What I liked about the originals were the atmosphere keeping you on your toes (not a shoot em up waves on waves) with puzzles to figure out, finding items to progress and parkour being part of the puzzles too. The closest they got to this was baba yaga.
@@thisiskitta Uncharted was a single console exclusive. That means rip offs are highly encouraged. Unless you want to make a habit of dropping hundreds of dollars extra on every game you buy.
I totally forgot about being hyped for this game when it was announced, with the tech we have today we could totally do the original concept the justice it probably couldn't have fulfilled back then. The idea of moments of action in escaping the government interspersed with a cross country roadtrip in which your actions impact how the alien sees you and eventually nets one of several endings would be an incredibly interesting one. Sort of like the Social Links from Persona only more dynamic and with one person. I want an ending where you escape with the alien via ship to explore the stars since you'd inevitably be hunted down by the government for helping her even if she escaped.
Tomb raider ascension sounds crazy, but I’m kinda happy with how it became a reboot instead because tomb raider 2013 is a great game and is one of my favourites actually.
@@DragonsDream Observe your surroundings and like the loading tip says "no attack is unavoidable" so you're probably not utilizing all of your abilities. Maybe look it up on CZcams?
It’s kinda crazy how much the concept of the game changed. Looks like they were going full on survival horror/action with ascension but then what we ended up actually getting was pretty standard
man, you had to mention scalebound, didn't you? probably one of the most heartbreaking cancellations of our time. From what i remember that i last heard from scalebound, one of many reason it was cancelled was because it was highly unoptimised, and fixing it wouldve been a huge job in itself
Hopefully we get more games set in the Tomb Raider survivor timeline. And I really want to fully explore the mansion - ALL OF IT. I am a bit bummed that Trinity was just entirely wiped out in the third game, I wish it had been more, no Inca jungles, but something else. Do some archeology missions for officials to gain more funds, renovate and repair the manor, and more Trinity stuff - I wanted more!
@@utisti4976 I mean, it's going to be very, very hard to beat what Anniversary did with Egypt. I'd go as far as to say it's fucking flawless for a Tomb Raider level. The traps, the enemies, the puzzles, the music, the design of every section and how it interplays with the others *chef's kiss*
#RessurectScalebound For real though I was hoping this would be on the list. The wife and I were both super excited for this one. I hope someone picks it up again.
Yea but the reality is it probably was pretty bad. Why would you put so much money into development and then scrap it right before it's "almost finished". I think it's more likely that it looked amazing, but would've released and been another example of a game trailer that looks good but disappoints.
@@OneAndZer0 Microsoft had published drivel like Bomberman Act Zero, Kabuki Warriors, Drake of the 99 dragons, Advent Rising and Ninety nine nights but Scalebound was so bad it had to be canceled? To make matters worse Platinum had done Bayonetta 2 for Nintendo in 2014 and Nier Automata for Squeenix in 2017 both of which were excellent. Nah, there definitely had to be egos and bad blood involved somewhere along the development cycle.
@mappybc6097 Not exactly Microsoft contracted Platinum games to work on Scalebound. Platinum used the money from SC to fund other projects, one of which was Neir Automata. Hideki Kamiya was in charge of the project he canceled it but that got revealed after years. Microsoft was forced to face all the backlash for something they didn't have any control over.
Ikr and apparently it was supposed to be Lara’s first adventure as well and with the Survivor trilogy of games they kind of lost their luster with each entry with some even saying Lara was insufferable towards the end of the trilogy with her constantly putting herself down.
Same. I actually was planning on having it be the one thing that got me to get an XBone-especially since it wasn't looking like it would be Xbox/PC and would be XBone exclusive. Despite being a PC/PS4 player, that concept (dragons!!!!) looks so amazing I was fully ready to jump ship. Which says a lot since I've not even gotten a Switch yet despite the games I know I'll love once Switches as game consoles are available again in my area.
The thing with unreleased games is that they can never let you down. They will forever hold the potential of brilliant brilliant. The reality however is that they were cancelled for a reason. Yes could be budget/time but equally they just might not be working and were in practice rubbish.
Well imo they could make that tomb raider ascension a spin off series as it can be kept separate from the mainline series and they could've implemented all kinds of supernatural and open world features but I hope that they do something after the trilogy:)
Not sure if you ever covered City of Metronome, but that was something I always wanted to learn more about. Also, the TimeO game where buildings came to life as monsters.
@@amandacrisp14 It was truly fantastic. So much more than the reboot that was ultimately released. It involved so many aspects. New combat features. I honestly don't know the true nature behind it being cancelled and becoming the reboot. But it would have made an incredible full length game. I may have the hard drive in storage with the BETA on it. If I do I'll send it in a link
It's sounds incredible though, kinda wish there would be more information available to it, like storyline and gameplay wise, the fan-base would've been so happy to get something fresh and new like that. I know we'd be spending a lot of time patching things up like we did for AoD though haha. Thank you so much for your information.
I cannot die happy until I play a game that let's me control MacGyver and Christopher Judge around the stars, beating the crap out of aliens with a long Quarterstaff
Man Scalebound sounds and looked awesome. The "play with/as a dragon" genre is one that isn't touched too much, probly because they tend to be pretty hit or miss but that one looked like it woulda been a hit with me at least.
@@gamer-px5cu actually i though ubi drop the development with all this fuzz about the controversy around UBISOFT montpellier, licenses and agreements, well the usual
Man I still remember Deep down from capcom and I still wonder that is it still coming cause we haven't heard any cancellation news but yeah again that game looked awesome imo:)
Not widely known, but there was an article I read years after the cancelation that had a response from the publisher, or maybe ex employees, and revealed what happened. They made a surprise visit to the developer, and it turned out the trailer, that convinced even the publisher that it was real game play footage, was actually just really convincing bullshot. Fake. It quickly became clear that the development studio wasn't even close to pulling off what they and the publisher promised the game could do or look like, and it was clearly never going to happen with this studio. The publisher was so pissed at the deception and how much money they were losing on this, that they immediately canceled the game and closed the studio. No idea why they kept that a secret. Probably should have just told the public what happened.
The day they turn Tomb Raider in to a horror game or some crazy, open world fantasy game, that's the day I stop playing. I personally find Uncharted better than Tomb Raider anyway, but I still liked the new games. They're grounded and real, and Lara is just a bad ass treasure hunter. Her enemies (most of them) are just humans (rival treasure hunters, random island dwellers, etc), and then some animals. That's all it should be. So I'm glad someone at the studio wised up and said, "hey, this isn't what Tomb Raider was evolving to become."
I met Rhiana Pratchet, the writer of Tomb raider. Awesome lady... and yes, Terry Pratchet was her dad. I asked her how she copes when her ideas have to get omitted due to technical limitations. She said hard liquor. Poor girl must have had a rough time helping them make ascension.
Speaking of Arkane Studios, I think their unreleased game called the Crossing was very ambiguous. Knights of Templar game with a fusion of multiplayer and single-player would have been a cool idea.
RIP Scalebound :'( I know it doesn't fit in this list because it was released, but Scalebound and Marvel Heroes Omega are the 2 games I wish I could play today.
So glad they did what the actual released for Tomb Raider. While that game looks super interesting, it isn't Tomb Raider. Hopefully they'll make a new IP with all that stuff down the line. Besides, no matter how many times people say "TR is just a female Uncharted" I know that TR came WAY before Uncharted so Nathan is copying Lara.
Same thing when people say that Lara is "just a female Indy" when, while they both are "tomb raiders," as it were, Lara has a distinctly different feel, whether that's the original games or the reboot(s?).
Yes, like many people says TR is copying Uncharted, but its just the other way around, while Indiana Jones being the inspiration father for the 2 series
"They" seems very similar to "Control" in concept. Also, we never got any footage of if there ever was but Silent Hills and that detective game from Rockstar could be honorable mentions.
I'm soo glad that in tomb raider, they didn't made the world big and include horse. I'm literally tried of supper big open world games with horse (horison, red dead redemption) and games that involves grinding of hours. I love that the game is semi open world and has sweet 10hrs of gameplay. and i wish more major game titles do the same.
I hope we get a crazy horror, grotesque tomb raider game in the future after they finish connecting the prequel trilogy to the original games. I want the giant monsters and the cute horse in an open world.. and then opening a can of whoopass on the evil creatures
When I saw the reveal for Scalebound, It convinced me that I wanted to get an Xbox. When I found out it got cancelled, I just stuck with my PS4. Really sad, would have loved to have played that game.
That Call of Juarez game you mentioned had a really dope FPP cover system so I guess they brought it over when they stopped working on Warhound. pretty cool.
Let's see what other games that were cancelled (As mentioned in the comment section); - Prince of Persia Redemption - Prey 2 (OG) - Star Wars 1313 - Star Wars Battlefront 3 (OG) - FEZ 2 - Sleeping Dogs 2
Not a cancelled game, but the original Duke Nukem Forever (as it was supposed to be around N64/PS1 era) looked really cool and ambitious, at the time. Too bad they decided not to stick with the earlier version and update everything.
Whenever scale bound is brought up I can't help but roll my eyes because I specifically remember whenever they showed this game off at any big game event, the overall opinion in gaming, at least anyone with a half significant voice, was meh. I can't remember anyone who was really that excited about this game. It wasn't until they announced it was cancelled that everyone was like, oh my God how could they cancel this, it was going to be one of the best games of all time.
Finally an original IP and not Halo Gears and Forza, OH its canceled. I found out when Game Stop refunded my money for the pre order. Funny thing is the way Microsoft was acting you would thing they were swimming in new IP and content by canceling one of the only games they had in the pipeline. This is clearly not the case. Glad we got Crackdown instead.....yeah
I am not sure I would call Tomb Raider Ascension ambitious. In the book Final Hours of Tomb Raider it is explained that the team was trying so many ideas and concepts that the project was going nowhere. The efforts to fix that problem resulted in the Tomb Raider released in 2013.
When I think about games that were never released the first thing that pops to mind is Silent Hills and i'm still salty about it. I remember downloading the demo not having a clue what it was so you can imagine how much it scared the shit out of me. Kojima needs to make a horror game
The problem with that Lara Croft Ascension game is that it doesn't feel like a Lara Croft game, and more like an Elder Scrolls game. The Lara Croft reboot we got was the best decision.
SCALE BOUND is now a part of Bayonetta universe now! At the end of the Bayonetta 3 trailer, look at who makes an appearance... A lot of the Scale bound ideas seem to have made their way into Bayo 3
Some that come to mind are Starcraft Ghost, Tiberium, the Original Prey 2, and Huxley. I hope Atomic Heart and Scorn don't get canceled, have heard nothing from these games in forever
God scalebound was a game that I wanted so bad. It looked so amazing, but in 2023 that have been talks between Xbox and platinum about doing a revival and I hope it happens
I hope that somehow Tomb Raider Ascension and Warhound can somehow make a comeback . Also correct me if I'm wrong but I think it was Rise of the Tomb Raider had a horror themed DLC
The one that still hurts me the most is PREY 2 the original bounty hunter version. The trailer with the "Rusty Cage" song by Johnny Cash was amazing.
Wow
I want the real prey 2. The one that continues the story of the first one.
Yep, i was so looking forward to it.. more than cyberpunk..
I was so ready...
Rusty Cage by Johnny Cash? By Johnny Cash? 😔
Techland actually used that fpp cover system idea in Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood and it worked great.
Most of those ideas are also present in Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts also
How did the cover system work? I've never seen it.
Man warhounds sounds amazing 😁
Inclined to agree with you, I was a bit young when bound in blood came out, but wow did I have fun
@@AkaLargeTasty 😁 I know right hey you remember that game mag for the PS3 I had major fun with that shame it got shut down and never got a sequel ☹️
I would still love to see Tomb Raider: Ascension become a reality in the future. It could be a standalone, alternate universe type of deal. I think a survival horror take on Tomb Raider would be really fresh and interesting for fans and non-fans alike, and I definitely think it'd garner a lot of attention. The original (Core Design) Tomb Raider games definitely weren't strangers to fantastical elements. While I appreciate the super gritty and realistic take on Tomb Raider (2013), I still just think a scarier, fantastical take on it would be super interesting to see and play!
TR 2013 and Shadow had some really creepy horror moments, so I'd love to see a full-blown survival horror version of Tomb Raider. With the reboot trilogy finished, they might be looking for a new take on the franchise and this sounds like a great opportunity, what with the success of RE going back to horror.
@A Mad Parisian The reboot is NOTHING like Uncharted, they both look similar sometimes, but play very differently
@A Mad Parisian Who knew Uncharted invented shooting, melee, 3rd person view, hanging, climbing and swimming? 😳
Obviously they took inspirations from Uncharted, but both games play very differently
@A Mad Parisian *sigh*
They just wanted to do something new with Lara, if they kept doing the same thing, people would just complain about them making the same game (ie. Call of Duty)
I think Shadow tanked the reboot franchise. But it was a good series.
I'm so glad you guys mentioned Tomb Raider Ascension!! I've been totally in love with the concept but never hear anyone ever mention it! So thank you ^v^
I bought the triple definitive edition when it was on sale and haven't even touched on of them
@@Mr.Griddyton Sounds like you've mastered the art of wasting your cash
@@Zathren are you saying they're bad games
While Tomb Raider reboot trilogy is already finished, hopefully they will implement the Tomb Raider Ascension's gameplay style in the next TR title, that or return to the original style.
@@Mr.Griddyton what he probably meant is that you should play it right away
The one for me that is sorely missed is the sequel to Sleeping Dogs.
Same here 😣
I was pissed for a long time they never made it. To this day I still think those are some of the best martial arts mechanics in a game
@@tropicvibe Yeah, the fighting mechanics on that game are easily some of the best out there. Was such a fun and unique game too, would be amazing if they rebooted the franchise.
@Javion MI. for a game that was released nearly 10 years ago I personally think it was, but hey that's your opinion 👍
@Yafet Kibrom I agree now that you mention it pal
In an alternate universe, cyberpunk would be on this list
lmfao!
I wish it was
everyone who makes these jokes clearly never gave the game a real shot. It had a horrible launch, probably one of the worst PR disasters we've ever seen from a game company but the game itself was actually incredibly solid. Still better than almost anything Ubisoft or EA have put out in the past 5 years
@@tombosley3048 I didn’t have any problems except for crashing like once an hour, but honestly I just didn’t like the game, I had barely any glitches
my problem with Cyberpunk is all the broken promises. If they promised an empty world with little interactions and no ability to select apartments or whatever then i wouldnt be so mad about it. but the game is just empty and still buggy, not to mention the worst cop a.i i have ever seen in my life. maybe cdpr should stick to witcher. cyberpunk was in no way anywhere close to the level of quality they make in witcher games.
Star Wars 1313 always comes to mind when I think of ambitious games that never released
Yup
Still sad
@@NoKapprio depression 💔
Or Battlefront 3
Don't make me cry. I wanted that game so badly 😭
I remember being so hyped for Scalebound!!!
Same, I was so looking forward to it... Especially the co-op with other dragon riders who had chosen different types of dragons, that would make up your party... It just sounded and looked so badass and fun. I was really sad when it was cancelled.
@@Gorphee Yeah the co-op was my most anticipated part too
Scalebound cancellation was the reason I didn't get the Xbox when I was choosing between PS4 and Xbox.
@@Gorphee seriously man you said it! I was so hyped too, and that Devil May Cry touch had me hype since it's my favorite series of all time. I was super disappointed in Microsoft for not seeing it through. Would've been an amazing exclusive for Xbox, but unfortunately it left a lot of people heartbroken. That was the last time I had faith in Xbox :(
Same!!
I remember being like 13 and reading about scalebound on the game informer, and being more hyped then I’ve ever been for any game before. And I’d check every couple weeks for more news on it across the entire internet. I was extremely disappointed when I heard it would never release. That game is actually the only reason I clicked on this video, to see some other games like it. It’s a fun coincidence that it is on this list as well lol.
While Tomb Raider reboot trilogy is already finished, hopefully they will implement the Tomb Raider Ascension's gameplay style in the next TR title, that or return to the original style.
They released another universe tomb raider games like twice along side the reboot. So they're not out of the question to make new out of universe Tomb Raider games. I don't know how the last game ended, but if they wanted to they could put lora on an island like that. Hell be extra scary if she went into a mirror that took her to another world. Third Person Open World Sandbox Survival Action Horror. Make it insanely fish out of water along with a few people in there that were brought in through the mirror through various points in time. This could work well. Problem we have games like that already in development and already made. So if they made it they'll have to find a balance to set the game apart from others.
or not make it some big budget game and have it as a spin off. BotW, but Lora Croft. -_- damn there's a lot of those popping up too.
@@KouD3Graw yeah, Tomb Raider is one of those franchise that the developers can freely do what they want for the gameplay approach, its possible that the next game it became an rpg open world treasure hunt game, who knows 😅 (but I personally would love if they add rpg dialogue tree mechanics though)
@@DragonsDream next would be a new protagonist. because lara retired on SotTR.
I would prefer legend style. The Ascension gameplay doesn't suits Lara Croft.
@@DragonsDream It would fail, fans of Tomb Raider loves Lara climbing and exploring tombs not as female modern day Witcher.
I've been thinking for years that a Tomb Raider game that takes inspiration from the 2005 film The Decent could be absolutely spectacular. It sounds like the problem with Ascension was that they weren't focused on creating one strong environment filled with atmosphere.
We seem to be having a trend in the gaming industry of remastering or remaking old games, I’d like to see that trend take a shift and see publishers start buying up all these abandoned ambitious games and trying to make something of them with the current hardware we have
Never heard of this version of tomb raider but it would've been really exciting to see compared to what we got. The originals we so unique and original and the reboot sequels had none of that.
They aren’t sequels theyre prequels
The reboot was them trying to cash in on the popularity of Uncharted. Legit felt like those games and put me off big time. What I liked about the originals were the atmosphere keeping you on your toes (not a shoot em up waves on waves) with puzzles to figure out, finding items to progress and parkour being part of the puzzles too. The closest they got to this was baba yaga.
@Bzake of course they looks terrible when it was just a concept why would they make it fully detailed when it would never release?
@@thisiskitta Uncharted was a single console exclusive. That means rip offs are highly encouraged. Unless you want to make a habit of dropping hundreds of dollars extra on every game you buy.
@@rich1051414 what are you even talking about?
LMNO would be mindblowing. Noclip documentary about the company is amazing.
Agreed, if they were to make it with the graphics today it would be crazy
I totally forgot about being hyped for this game when it was announced, with the tech we have today we could totally do the original concept the justice it probably couldn't have fulfilled back then. The idea of moments of action in escaping the government interspersed with a cross country roadtrip in which your actions impact how the alien sees you and eventually nets one of several endings would be an incredibly interesting one. Sort of like the Social Links from Persona only more dynamic and with one person.
I want an ending where you escape with the alien via ship to explore the stars since you'd inevitably be hunted down by the government for helping her even if she escaped.
Tomb raider ascension sounds crazy, but I’m kinda happy with how it became a reboot instead because tomb raider 2013 is a great game and is one of my favourites actually.
Metroid Dread narrowly escaped this list
Thank goodness!
love the game, but the bosses kinda hard for me, still haven't finished it yet 😅
@@DragonsDream Observe your surroundings and like the loading tip says "no attack is unavoidable" so you're probably not utilizing all of your abilities. Maybe look it up on CZcams?
@@darth_hylian Git gud scrub! Is the only tip needed.
@@MajorNyberg Toxic. No need for that shit.
I was so happy the tomb raider thumbnail didnt click bait me…..i did enjoy 2013 tomb raider alot though and I still own and can play it to this day
It’s kinda crazy how much the concept of the game changed. Looks like they were going full on survival horror/action with ascension but then what we ended up actually getting was pretty standard
@@jeremyroberts8822 just the standard survivalish action third person shooter with a jumpscare here and there but i still loved it nonetheless
@@Die-Angst its a physical copy man and its on ps3 and i got this game YEARS ago physical copies were way more common place than digital
1:30 I never knew about Tomb Raider Ascension, wow, that concept looks really interesting, totally different than what we got
They uploaded all this footage just this month on the official tomb raider channel! I recommend checking it out, it's very interesting
man, you had to mention scalebound, didn't you? probably one of the most heartbreaking cancellations of our time.
From what i remember that i last heard from scalebound, one of many reason it was cancelled was because it was highly unoptimised, and fixing it wouldve been a huge job in itself
Highly unoptimised? Cyberpunk 2077 says hello.
it might be happening again
Hopefully we get more games set in the Tomb Raider survivor timeline. And I really want to fully explore the mansion - ALL OF IT. I am a bit bummed that Trinity was just entirely wiped out in the third game, I wish it had been more, no Inca jungles, but something else. Do some archeology missions for officials to gain more funds, renovate and repair the manor, and more Trinity stuff - I wanted more!
How about Egyptian Pyramids instead of Incan jungles? That would be cool.
@@utisti4976 agreed!
@@utisti4976 I mean, it's going to be very, very hard to beat what Anniversary did with Egypt. I'd go as far as to say it's fucking flawless for a Tomb Raider level. The traps, the enemies, the puzzles, the music, the design of every section and how it interplays with the others *chef's kiss*
Shoutout to Gamestop for keeping that $5 spot for StarCraft Ghost, never pre-order kids.
Wait, they never paid it back? That's just plain filthy.
@@ShadowAimai I wanted to ask this.
The buyers should have moved a class-action lawsuit. The company run away with their money like a kickstarter.
Hahaha yeah, ghosts looked good too
#RessurectScalebound For real though I was hoping this would be on the list. The wife and I were both super excited for this one. I hope someone picks it up again.
Scalebound is the greatest "what if" for me. That game looked so amazing. I hate they scrapped the game especially since it was almost finished
It reminded me of Drakengard and I wanted it so badly
Yea but the reality is it probably was pretty bad. Why would you put so much money into development and then scrap it right before it's "almost finished". I think it's more likely that it looked amazing, but would've released and been another example of a game trailer that looks good but disappoints.
@@OneAndZer0
Microsoft had published drivel like Bomberman Act Zero, Kabuki Warriors, Drake of the 99 dragons, Advent Rising and Ninety nine nights but Scalebound was so bad it had to be canceled?
To make matters worse Platinum had done Bayonetta 2 for Nintendo in 2014 and Nier Automata for Squeenix in 2017 both of which were excellent.
Nah, there definitely had to be egos and bad blood involved somewhere along the development cycle.
@@mappybc6097 maybe. or maybe they didn't want a Fallout 76/Cyberpunk 2077 scenario. things aren't always as deep as you imagine them to be.
@mappybc6097 Not exactly Microsoft contracted Platinum games to work on Scalebound. Platinum used the money from SC to fund other projects, one of which was Neir Automata. Hideki Kamiya was in charge of the project he canceled it but that got revealed after years. Microsoft was forced to face all the backlash for something they didn't have any control over.
I hope they give Scalebound another go... Also that Tomb Raider game looked AMAZING
Ikr and apparently it was supposed to be Lara’s first adventure as well and with the Survivor trilogy of games they kind of lost their luster with each entry with some even saying Lara was insufferable towards the end of the trilogy with her constantly putting herself down.
I already know one that hurt my heart, Scalebound.
Bro that one really hurt. Sometimes I watch the trailer still
That creepy, open world Tomb Raider game sounds brilliant.
Glad Scalebound got #1 still curious if Microsoft will do anything with this as they do own the license. Who knows it might Return!
i really hope so, this game looked great at that time and still does. I will buy it without thinking twice lol
Platinum Games made it. It would be very different if another devolper was involved.
I wanted scale bound soooo bad
Same. I actually was planning on having it be the one thing that got me to get an XBone-especially since it wasn't looking like it would be Xbox/PC and would be XBone exclusive. Despite being a PC/PS4 player, that concept (dragons!!!!) looks so amazing I was fully ready to jump ship. Which says a lot since I've not even gotten a Switch yet despite the games I know I'll love once Switches as game consoles are available again in my area.
So many people bought the Xbox One just because of it. 😂
For a second I thought it was Nero in the gameplay of it
@@Crisjola I was in the same boat. I was completely prepared to get an XBone just for ScaleBound. Alas, Microsoft never did get my money for it.
Fear not, I'm sure there are many "Scalebound at home" games quietly being worked on all across the world!
The thing with unreleased games is that they can never let you down. They will forever hold the potential of brilliant brilliant. The reality however is that they were cancelled for a reason. Yes could be budget/time but equally they just might not be working and were in practice rubbish.
Truth.
@@connorlancaster7541 if need that fiction to give your life meaning then so be it. But most aren't that stupid.
Well imo they could make that tomb raider ascension a spin off series as it can be kept separate from the mainline series and they could've implemented all kinds of supernatural and open world features but I hope that they do something after the trilogy:)
Not sure if you ever covered City of Metronome, but that was something I always wanted to learn more about. Also, the TimeO game where buildings came to life as monsters.
I really wouldn’t be mad if IO Interactive’s Project Dragon was Scalebound.
What about dead island 2?
That had its own trailer, but no gameplay, but wont that count?
Its not cancelled. Its basically stuck in Limbo.
They might do something with it still
That Tomb Raider Ascension one really gave me the feeling of the silent hill games.
Never knew about Tomb Raider Ascension. It looked interesting.
Actually got to play the BETA of Tomb Raider ascension. It was and would have been much better than what ended up being released
Where did you get the BETA from, was it online?
@@amandacrisp14 No ma'am. I was sent a digital copy of it by an associate who worked on it
Ohh I see, that must be so cool hehe How was the overall experience in playing the game like?
@@amandacrisp14 It was truly fantastic. So much more than the reboot that was ultimately released. It involved so many aspects. New combat features. I honestly don't know the true nature behind it being cancelled and becoming the reboot. But it would have made an incredible full length game.
I may have the hard drive in storage with the BETA on it. If I do I'll send it in a link
It's sounds incredible though, kinda wish there would be more information available to it, like storyline and gameplay wise, the fan-base would've been so happy to get something fresh and new like that. I know we'd be spending a lot of time patching things up like we did for AoD though haha. Thank you so much for your information.
Some time some were it was a "Stargate" game up coming but never came :(
I cannot die happy until I play a game that let's me control MacGyver and Christopher Judge around the stars, beating the crap out of aliens with a long Quarterstaff
Man Scalebound sounds and looked awesome. The "play with/as a dragon" genre is one that isn't touched too much, probly because they tend to be pretty hit or miss but that one looked like it woulda been a hit with me at least.
how about Beyond Good and Evil 2?
That game still in development
@@gamer-px5cu actually i though ubi drop the development with all this fuzz about the controversy around UBISOFT montpellier, licenses and agreements, well the usual
if Tomb Raider reboot was anything like ICO, then it would've lost my attention real quick.
I'm glad they went the safe route.
Vampire Bloodlines 2 :(
Oh wow you totally reminded me of scale bound! Never new it was canceled. I was looking forward for something panzer dragoon like...
Man I still remember Deep down from capcom and I still wonder that is it still coming cause we haven't heard any cancellation news but yeah again that game looked awesome imo:)
Scalebound getting cancel hurt me to my heart. I had just got out of hs and bought my first and last xbox for it
I want Prey 2 so bad. It sucks what Bethesda did.
Not widely known, but there was an article I read years after the cancelation that had a response from the publisher, or maybe ex employees, and revealed what happened. They made a surprise visit to the developer, and it turned out the trailer, that convinced even the publisher that it was real game play footage, was actually just really convincing bullshot. Fake. It quickly became clear that the development studio wasn't even close to pulling off what they and the publisher promised the game could do or look like, and it was clearly never going to happen with this studio. The publisher was so pissed at the deception and how much money they were losing on this, that they immediately canceled the game and closed the studio. No idea why they kept that a secret. Probably should have just told the public what happened.
The darth maul Star Wars game and silent hill PT were by far my most anticipated games that never got released
The day they turn Tomb Raider in to a horror game or some crazy, open world fantasy game, that's the day I stop playing. I personally find Uncharted better than Tomb Raider anyway, but I still liked the new games. They're grounded and real, and Lara is just a bad ass treasure hunter. Her enemies (most of them) are just humans (rival treasure hunters, random island dwellers, etc), and then some animals. That's all it should be. So I'm glad someone at the studio wised up and said, "hey, this isn't what Tomb Raider was evolving to become."
I think that’s what the second and third Tomb Raider games were missing was that added level of horror.
"You'll never know that Bloombox had anything to do with Steven Spielberg!"
Says *A STEVEN SPIELBERG GAME* on the front cover
I live for content like this. Watching since 2015 cause y’all always show something I never knew
Man scalebound looked awesome and I hope that xbox again start the development of that game.
I met Rhiana Pratchet, the writer of Tomb raider. Awesome lady... and yes, Terry Pratchet was her dad. I asked her how she copes when her ideas have to get omitted due to technical limitations. She said hard liquor. Poor girl must have had a rough time helping them make ascension.
She also wrote the novel that accompanied Beyond Divinity and I always wondered if she was Terry's daughter
Rainbow Six Vegas is a FPS that had a cool cover system.
@@Die-Angst Yeah, Rainbow Six Siege doesn't have a cover system.
Speaking of Arkane Studios, I think their unreleased game called the Crossing was very ambiguous. Knights of Templar game with a fusion of multiplayer and single-player would have been a cool idea.
you HAD to bring out Scalebound, didn't you?
T-T
The Agent by Rockstar North was supposed to be a PS3 game... it was just taken off of their official website like a month or so ago.
That early Tomb Raider game looks alot like Elden Ring.. Just older
RIP Scalebound :'(
I know it doesn't fit in this list because it was released, but Scalebound and Marvel Heroes Omega are the 2 games I wish I could play today.
honourable mention: Cyberpunk 2077....
ahahahahahaha
That horse ride in Tomb Raider Ascension remains me some Elden Ring footage haha. It could be much more interesting indeed.
Ironically the game in the thumbnail did
Ravenholm was always my favourite area in Half Life. Would’ve been awesome to see a dlc of it
I hope Atomic Heart is still coming out haven't heard anything of a release in ages.
Facts. I need my Bioshock spiritual successor.
@@thevisionaryassassin4352 tru that, and also cool screen name bro.
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I want to see Earth No More on one of these lists one day. I still think about that game and the screenshots I saw any time cancelled games comes up.
So glad they did what the actual released for Tomb Raider. While that game looks super interesting, it isn't Tomb Raider. Hopefully they'll make a new IP with all that stuff down the line.
Besides, no matter how many times people say "TR is just a female Uncharted" I know that TR came WAY before Uncharted so Nathan is copying Lara.
Same thing when people say that Lara is "just a female Indy" when, while they both are "tomb raiders," as it were, Lara has a distinctly different feel, whether that's the original games or the reboot(s?).
Yes, like many people says TR is copying Uncharted, but its just the other way around, while Indiana Jones being the inspiration father for the 2 series
I love that you had to say "They was going to be" for this video
Every time y’all bring up Scalebound my heart drops, I just know for a fact that game was gonna be toooo good😔😔
"They" seems very similar to "Control" in concept.
Also, we never got any footage of if there ever was but Silent Hills and that detective game from Rockstar could be honorable mentions.
Why wasn't Cyberpunk 2077 on the list?
What they advertised is nowhere to be found.
Extremely true. The game we got was nowhere near what was promised.
I'm soo glad that in tomb raider, they didn't made the world big and include horse. I'm literally tried of supper big open world games with horse (horison, red dead redemption) and games that involves grinding of hours. I love that the game is semi open world and has sweet 10hrs of gameplay. and i wish more major game titles do the same.
That Tomb Raider would have been a cooler game to the one we have today..
I hope we get a crazy horror, grotesque tomb raider game in the future after they finish connecting the prequel trilogy to the original games. I want the giant monsters and the cute horse in an open world.. and then opening a can of whoopass on the evil creatures
Never heard of scale bound. But I seriously hope that it's released.
When I saw the reveal for Scalebound, It convinced me that I wanted to get an Xbox. When I found out it got cancelled, I just stuck with my PS4. Really sad, would have loved to have played that game.
Ouch, Scalebound still really hurts…
Honorable mention: *Silent Hills* .. they only released a playable trailer called P.T.
That Call of Juarez game you mentioned had a really dope FPP cover system so I guess they brought it over when they stopped working on Warhound. pretty cool.
Let's see what other games that were cancelled (As mentioned in the comment section);
- Prince of Persia Redemption
- Prey 2 (OG)
- Star Wars 1313
- Star Wars Battlefront 3 (OG)
- FEZ 2
- Sleeping Dogs 2
Not a cancelled game, but the original Duke Nukem Forever (as it was supposed to be around N64/PS1 era) looked really cool and ambitious, at the time. Too bad they decided not to stick with the earlier version and update everything.
Whenever scale bound is brought up I can't help but roll my eyes because I specifically remember whenever they showed this game off at any big game event, the overall opinion in gaming, at least anyone with a half significant voice, was meh. I can't remember anyone who was really that excited about this game. It wasn't until they announced it was cancelled that everyone was like, oh my God how could they cancel this, it was going to be one of the best games of all time.
I was so excited for scalebound and when they canceled it, it seriously broke my heart.
Finally an original IP and not Halo Gears and Forza, OH its canceled. I found out when Game Stop refunded my money for the pre order. Funny thing is the way Microsoft was acting you would thing they were swimming in new IP and content by canceling one of the only games they had in the pipeline. This is clearly not the case. Glad we got Crackdown instead.....yeah
I am not sure I would call Tomb Raider Ascension ambitious.
In the book Final Hours of Tomb Raider it is explained that the team was trying so many ideas and concepts that the project was going nowhere.
The efforts to fix that problem resulted in the Tomb Raider released in 2013.
When I think about games that were never released the first thing that pops to mind is Silent Hills and i'm still salty about it. I remember downloading the demo not having a clue what it was so you can imagine how much it scared the shit out of me. Kojima needs to make a horror game
Jamming out the dead island games rn for Halloween. Wish I had a magic wand to resurrect abandoned ips.
I knew it
Scalebound is gonna show up on this list. That was the game I was excited and I was starting to think about getting a xbox one
Scalebound is the game that tempting me to buy an xbox for especially we never had a rpg Fable last gen
Ascension looked interesting.. But for me... 2013 Tomb Raider is absolutely great ❤
Star citizen will always never be ready
The problem with that Lara Croft Ascension game is that it doesn't feel like a Lara Croft game, and more like an Elder Scrolls game.
The Lara Croft reboot we got was the best decision.
That Spielberg game sounds like something I would have loved. 👽
SCALE BOUND is now a part of Bayonetta universe now! At the end of the Bayonetta 3 trailer, look at who makes an appearance... A lot of the Scale bound ideas seem to have made their way into Bayo 3
I remember reading a lot about Warhound. Sounded like an interesting game.
The Tomb Raider one looks cool, but I can see how it could have gone really wrong. There are a lot of elements there.
Some that come to mind are Starcraft Ghost, Tiberium, the Original Prey 2, and Huxley. I hope Atomic Heart and Scorn don't get canceled, have heard nothing from these games in forever
The number 1 spot still hurts so much... to this very day
God scalebound was a game that I wanted so bad. It looked so amazing, but in 2023 that have been talks between Xbox and platinum about doing a revival and I hope it happens
I hope that somehow Tomb Raider Ascension and Warhound can somehow make a comeback
. Also correct me if I'm wrong but I think it was Rise of the Tomb Raider had a horror themed DLC
I haven’t seen the previous installment of this, so I don’t know if you mentioned this yet, but: Starceaft Ghost
Definitely thought PT would be on this list.
Prey 2 really looked super great, I don't know how they couldn't mention it in this video
As soon as he started to tease the number one spot I instantly thought it was going to be StarCraft Ghost.