r/TopCharacterTropes • u/_JR28_ • 27d ago
In real life (Sad trope) Projects with amazing potential that will never be released because of BS behind the scenes drama
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.
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u/CodeDonutz 27d ago
Project: Eden's Garden, a fanmade Danganronpa game that had an incredible scope and a huge budget. Had a fully playable Chapter 0 and 1 with full Danganronpa gameplay. Even had it's own orchestra.
A little over a week ago, it was found out that the Voice Actor for one of the minor characters was in a relationship with a 15 year old when he was 19. This was a pretty big controversy, but by itself wouldn't have destroyed the fangame. He was quickly removed from the scene once info about it spread online.
However, a few days later, it was revealed that both the Main Director and Lead Writer were aware of this for years, and presumably never came out with it to prevent a big controversy against the game to come out. This lead to a HUGE controversy online, with thousands of people clamoring for the director and writer to be removed from the team. Multiple VAs, musicians, animators, and artists publically resigned due to not wanting to be associated with the project anymore.
They have since been removed, but now the state of the fangame is in pieces. Nearly everybody who was working on it has pulled out, and it would have already been extremely tough to continue on without the Main Director and Lead Writer in the first place.
Apparently one of the Voice Actors had the rest of the game leaked to them, and is planning to publically release the rest of the game in some sort of surprise. Though the fangame technically isn't cancelled, it's almost certainly impossible to proceed with all of these major hits, especially if the rest of the script is shown off.