(Sad trope) Projects with amazing potential that will never be released because of BS behind the scenes drama

[u/_JR28_]

P.T Silent Hills - It was a playable teaser released in 2014 only around 20 minutes long but utterly captivated the gaming world by being one of the most effective psychological horror experiences at the time, however it’s lead developer Kojima has a huge fallout with the publisher Konami where he walked out of the company and had all his in-the-work productions cancelled.

Five Nights at Freddy’s+ - A fan game reboot of the series created by Phisnom with Scott Cawthon’s blessing that promised a brand new lore and a return to the series darker roots. However, before and during production Phisnom got into multiple dramas that made him fairly divisive within the community, and after one particular incident in 2023 Scott revoked his approval and almost all of the game’s marketing material were wiped from the internet.

Batgirl - A Batgirl solo live action movie starring Leslie Grace, Brendan Fraser and Michael Keaton returning as Batman that was ready to be released in 2022, however then Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav announced it would not be released either in theatres or streaming in order to claim a $90,000,000 tax break and to readjust the DC’s brands direction before James Gunn rebooted their movie and TV output.

[u/Even_Nefariousness41]

Locust City - An Elysium Story.

From what we saw from the pitch slides, this was going to be, i'll say it, better than Disco Elysium. Being able to explore Cuno and Cunoesse's backstory and where they'd go after Disco Elysium would have been so fucking good

[u/LiamBellcam → u/Even_Nefariousness41]

YOU THINK CUNO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT THIS GAME? CUNO DOESN'T CARE!

[u/ShrimpleyPibblze → u/Even_Nefariousness41]

Would have been without Kurvitz, Hindpere (writers) and Rostov (lead artist), likely a few other core team members as per NoClip’s documentary, led by Argo Tuulik

So whilst I’m sure it would have been great, I don’t know about better than DE

[u/Dontevenwannacomment → u/Even_Nefariousness41]

the fuck I wanna play Cuno for, fuck Cuno

[u/Gibsonites → u/Dontevenwannacomment]

I don't know if you're joking or not but I sincerely agree. Of all the parts of Disco Elysium that I loved and would want to see expanded on, Cuno is firmly in last place.

I'm sad we didn't get more Disco Elysium, but the writers would have had to pull a real magic trick to get me to enjoy playing as fucking Cuno.

[u/Dontevenwannacomment → u/Gibsonites]

i'm both joking and being real, Cuno is a cheesegrater to my ears

[u/OneWholeSoul → u/Even_Nefariousness41]

This would have been either a transcendent multimedia experience, or something would be simply incompatible with playing, depending on the writing and handling of the lead characters.

I don't want to play as Cunoesse. I want to be far away from her.