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Some of our favorite games went through crazy development processes. In some cases early versions were drastically altered or thrown out and restarted or even made into entirely different games. Let's talk about alphas/betas/prototypes This is the very first Alpha WoW class/faction selection screen. Gnomes and trolls weren't even part of the design plan yet and were added later    Resident evil 2 looked totally different and the story was intended to end with this installment. The capcom manager overseeing the developers made them throw the whole thing out and start over with a less modern look Resident evil 4 went through 4 different versions, one of which became Devil May Cry. I can't find any shots
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one of the RE4 betas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_5kwX0LZAc
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Jan 18, 2017 00:31
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A mall one I forgot: During the. Bloodborne network test, someone found a way to clip a wall and get to father gascione. If you died to him he would say, "sick creature, may you Rest In Peace... Umbasa..." suggesting a connection to demons souls. It was maybe just there to gently caress with people but you weren't supposed to get to Gasciogne anyway
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Jan 18, 2017 00:58
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Unexpected Raw Anime posted:Resident evil 4 went through 4 different versions, one of which became Devil May Cry. I can't find any shots RE4 is so good its creation was responsible for another classic series.
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Jan 18, 2017 02:14
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Unexpected Raw Anime posted:A mall one I forgot: i totally forgot about that. really makes you think
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Jan 18, 2017 02:15
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rediscover posted:i totally forgot about that. really makes you think The 'make contact' gesture in bloodborne is a ninety degree angle and it shows the brain that you understand math so it gives you that rune
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Jan 18, 2017 02:35
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Evil Eagle posted:one of the RE4 betas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_5kwX0LZAc this might just be something that was passed around in highschool but wasn't DMC originally gonna be resident evil? but capcom decided it was way too different so they turned it into a new, separate ip?
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Jan 18, 2017 02:38
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frank.club posted:The 'make contact' gesture in bloodborne is a ninety degree angle and it shows the brain that you understand math so it gives you that rune thats a cool way to think about it
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Jan 18, 2017 02:40
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Bobnumerotres posted:this might just be something that was passed around in highschool but wasn't DMC originally gonna be resident evil? but capcom decided it was way too different so they turned it into a new, separate ip? http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/17/e3-2001-interview-with-shinji-mikami
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Jan 18, 2017 02:43
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The rogue squadron trilogy on wii that was running at 60fps and pretty much fully complete would have been awesome. http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/10/more-cancelled-star-wars-games-revealed
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Jan 18, 2017 03:10
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Also hate to start the thread with a showstopper, but https://www.unseen64.net is an awesome database for this stuff.
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Jan 18, 2017 03:11
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In Training posted:Also hate to start the thread with a showstopper, but https://www.unseen64.net is an awesome database for this stuff. i want to look at the content but this website design is giving me a headache
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Jan 18, 2017 03:18
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Yeah I wish they had a page with just a list of titles but I couldn't find one.
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Jan 18, 2017 03:22
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In Training posted:The rogue squadron trilogy on wii that was running at 60fps and pretty much fully complete would have been awesome. http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/10/more-cancelled-star-wars-games-revealed the completely insane looking battlefront that was in development and then scrapped is also worth taking a look at. they showed a massive land battle, and then getting into a spaceship and just flying up into the sky to engage in a huge space war. none of this would've been possible on current hardware but it's crazy that it was even made thank you for posting this dude quote:Mikami said that in the process of creating Devil May Cry, he has lost three programmers, who couldn't keep up with the complexities of the PlayStation 2
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Jan 18, 2017 03:26
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In Training posted:The rogue squadron trilogy on wii that was running at 60fps and pretty much fully complete would have been awesome. http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/10/more-cancelled-star-wars-games-revealed I'm still mad that they cancelled this
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Jan 18, 2017 03:32
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Bobnumerotres posted:this might just be something that was passed around in highschool but wasn't DMC originally gonna be resident evil? but capcom decided it was way too different so they turned it into a new, separate ip? Did you even read the op bob
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Jan 18, 2017 04:07
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Metroid Zero Mission originally had a comic-book art style with character designs that more closely resembled the original game but they scrapped everything and redid everything in the style of Super Metroid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RExHUXbFt5E
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In Training posted:Also hate to start the thread with a showstopper, but https://www.unseen64.net is an awesome database for this stuff. Whoever designed this website needs to be taken out back and shot
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Jan 18, 2017 04:11
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Can't believe Night Elves used to be white.
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Jan 18, 2017 04:29
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In Training posted:Also hate to start the thread with a showstopper, but https://www.unseen64.net is an awesome database for this stuff. tcrf.net can be pretty good too, but its a wiki format so 90% of it is really miniscule stuff.
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Jan 18, 2017 04:34
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 "It appears that this idea might well have been the straw that broke the camel’s back. [Hideki Kamiya] went on to to say that the people at Nintendo viewing this concept in particular was the point at which they decided the project could not be realised." From the original wonderful 101 pitch for the Wii where the idea was kind of a smash bros thing where the 101 were all Nintendo characters
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Jan 18, 2017 04:39
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What's yoshii looking at 😝
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Bobnumerotres posted:the completely insane looking battlefront that was in development and then scrapped is also worth taking a look at. they showed a massive land battle, and then getting into a spaceship and just flying up into the sky to engage in a huge space war. none of this would've been possible on current hardware but it's crazy that it was even made so by 'lost' he means..?
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Jan 18, 2017 04:47
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"So to recap….there are TWO full, complete working versions of Leisure Suit Larry: Pocket Party for the N-Gage in Alpha form." 
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Jan 18, 2017 04:48
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Unexpected Raw Anime posted:Did you even read the op bob i didnt read that very last sentence, sorry bro frank.club posted:so by 'lost' he means..? working in the console market is brutal
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Jan 18, 2017 04:53
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Advertising is the curse of the industry... when you realize your ad budget has to be like 3x your development budget you end up seeing whole almost complete games just tossed out because they won't make the ad money back
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Jan 18, 2017 04:57
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same for movies but they usually get released no matter what if it's done.
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Jan 18, 2017 04:59
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Unexpected Raw Anime posted:Advertising is the curse of the industry... when you realize your ad budget has to be like 3x your development budget you end up seeing whole almost complete games just tossed out because they won't make the ad money back in the 90s and 2000s there are countless stories of stuff like this happening and all those hard working programmers getting shafted on the checks they were owed extremebuff fucked around with this message at 05:55 on Jan 18, 2017 |
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Jan 18, 2017 05:46
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  beta screenshots reveal that basically everything about mario 64 got a makeover for release, and there are a lot of unused assets and items that can be found in the files. https://www.mariowiki.com/List_of_Super_Mario_64_pre-release_and_unused_content this wiki page sums it up p well
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Jan 18, 2017 06:04
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morrowind concept art imagined Vivec as this massive city, teeming with street vendors, outdoor markets, gardens, etc. systems couldn't handle that level of activity, so pretty much everything was shoved inside the cantons, making it the very barren city that got shipped. i believe there are a few mods that try to make Vivec in that original image.
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Jan 18, 2017 06:14
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dark souls 1 also has entire missing questlines that were left on the cutting floor, theres many minutes of leftover dialogue in the audio files. i think vaatividya or someone put all of it on youtube and broke down how it relates to the story, its pretty cool
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Jan 18, 2017 06:21
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Bobnumerotres posted:in the 90s and 2000s there are countless stories of stuff like this happening and all those hard working programmers getting shafted on the checks they were owed Is there another industry where employees are routinely not paid for weeks or months at a time with no explanation
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Jan 18, 2017 06:28
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Thought this said 56k gets cucked LOL
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Jan 18, 2017 06:34
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Unexpected Raw Anime posted:Is there another industry where employees are routinely not paid for weeks or months at a time with no explanation any form of being self employed
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trying to jack off posted:any form of being self employed working for a non-profit lol
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Jan 18, 2017 06:42
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[after talking to a customer who is 6 months over due and gets called twice a month] good news, they said if i send them another copy of the bill i'll get paid next week
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Jan 18, 2017 06:53
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i cant rememeber which company was involved but it was a major AAA one, they hired 2 dev teams to make a demo for an upcoming game and gave them 6 months to work on it, without telling either of them they're competing with another dev team. they went with the demo they liked best, and sent the other team off without a dime and mandated they delete all their work and never speak about it again. i guess it doesnt matter which company it was since this practice happened all the time and probably still happens today lol
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Jan 18, 2017 07:05
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Bobnumerotres posted:
quote:Mario was originally voiced differently, possessing a screechy, childlike voice rather than his current Italian accent. I cannot even imagine this
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Jan 18, 2017 07:05
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Was Mario 64 the first time we ever actually heard Video Game Mario's voice??? I mean I guess it makes sense but it's such a weird thing to think about with how completely ingrained in our minds it is now.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Metroid Zero Mission originally had a comic-book art style with character designs that more closely resembled the original game but they scrapped everything and redid everything in the style of Super Metroid samus is one of thos e little old japanese ladies with a bad back in this
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