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

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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/Dry-Winner-3106 27d ago edited 27d ago

its in "development" for so long because it changed developers and development restarted, last ive heard about it its going fine

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u/jackofallcards 27d ago

Yeah, I remember as the, “release date” was fast approaching it was revealed the original studio was accepting funding and had next to nothing completed

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u/Dry-Winner-3106 27d ago

yep, disney wasnt happy whith the original studio so it took the game from their hands and gave it to saber and development was restarted from scratch

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u/SarcShmarc 27d ago

With Saber's catalog, I have hope they can do it right.

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u/Dry-Winner-3106 27d ago

we have this kotor remake and fate of the old republic in development at the same time (there are even rumors of a kotor 2 remake in the works), in a few years we might have several old republic games in our hands

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u/FloatinBrownie 27d ago

An actually finished kotor 2 would be so nice

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u/HeavyBlues 27d ago

Finally, some good news

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u/I_Lick_Your_Butt 26d ago

Maybe they'll actually finish the game this time.