I’m curious what games people were most looking forward to that never came to be, and why. There are three on my own list that I can think of:
Bioforge 2:
This was originally a sequel to Origin’s 1993 game, before being shunted to DLC and then cancelled. It would have addressed the cliffhanger ending and further built on the world they had introduced us to.
Everything about this game looked amazing, and for a while development was progressing well. Sadly, it seems the devs fell into the trap of being too succesful and subsequently over-promising and over-spending - including Game of Thrones voice talent, live orchestral music (which had been recorded pre-collapse), and a free prequel novel.
A series of publisher deals couldn’t prevent the wheels coming off, and the company eventually dissolved. It looked like being an incredible space opera, and it’s absence still twinges. Everyone from Julian Gollop to Larian Studios to RPS was hyped but what …