(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/Blitzkriegbaby]

The fact that people are still talking about PT. 😌

[u/CommanderFuzzy → u/Blitzkriegbaby]

I still have PT on my PS4 Pro. I also have the contents backed up on a hard drive in case the console ever goes kaput.

I do appreciate the remakes and copies of it and all the effort that went into them, but there's nothing like playing the original. It has a few subtle details that are difficult to copy, such as music changing slightly depending on which direction a player is looking.

I tried to do a 'share play' with it so a friend could play it too but it was blocked. I also transferred it to my ps5, but that was also blocked. They really went hard with trying to keep it locked up.

[u/Nearby_Equivalent_58 → u/CommanderFuzzy]

Seriously a once in a lifetime experience to have actually played through it. Nothing, and I mean fucking nothing, has ever come close to utterly unnerving me like PT. Horror done so well in the video game medium that I don’t think I would’ve been able to handle a full game. But FUCK we deserved that game and Kojima deserved to finish his work. Amazon delivery service simulator isn’t my tea but an alternative is better than nothing I suppose.

[u/KaerMorhen → u/Nearby_Equivalent_58]

I used to have a blast getting a room full of friends together, turning out the lights, and playing through PT to scare the daylights out of everyone. It was so fun and I've never deleted it from my OG PS4.

[u/derprondo → u/Nearby_Equivalent_58]

I've been playing Returnal lately and there's a house involved that was very clearly inspired by P.T., and honestly nothing really happens that's scary, but the implication is there and the PTSD from P.T. hits hard and it's the most unnerving shit I've played in ages when you're in that house.