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As an illustrator and concept artists, sometimes something begins as one type of illustration and then just morphs into something completely different, these kind of happy accidents are normal in the creative process and to be honest I'm sure this exists in other fields as well.
So there's definitely a few famous games that started life as one thing but ended as something completely different.
I think some of the most notable ones would be stuff like Devil May Cry that actually started as a Resident Evil game (originally going to be RE4)
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Onimusha was originally planned to be a Resident Evil game called "Sengoku Biohazard" , you can see a lot of this with the fixed camera, puzzles, even the monster designs
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Or a Halo that actually started as an RTS game and it was originally going to release on the Mac
Games like Fortnite is kind of interesting because when it was originally shown it actually looked completely different, like darker and some L4D type element lol I don't think any of us really thought what we saw, would morph into one of the biggest online games in the world (at least I didn't)
There's some pretty famous ones that I think we all kind of know like Majora's Mask originally supposed to be an expansion to Ocarina Of Time using that 64DD thing
Honorable mention!
When RE4 was suppose to have ghost and shit lol
https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Biohazard_4_(Hallucination_Version)
When FF Versus XIII was repurposed to make FFXV, this might be our most talked about one lol
With changes to characters designs from many characters out right removed, changes to the order of events and even a change to not make it connect to FFXIII, we may never 100% know all the details on how much was really changed outside of what they've told us, but deserves a spot on here regardless. We rarely know about the change, but this is one of the few times we saw what it was for years before those change took place, even if we didn't know completely how significant any of em are. The game was altered enough to be on here.
Originally, this game was suppose to tie into FFXIII, but I don't know if we ever got all the details on how exactly.
What are some lesser-known repurposed titles that started their life being developed for 1 thing and then changed mid development to be something else
I'll also accept games that are in development hell that radically changed
So there's definitely a few famous games that started life as one thing but ended as something completely different.
I think some of the most notable ones would be stuff like Devil May Cry that actually started as a Resident Evil game (originally going to be RE4)
Resident Evil 3.5's Origin and History Explained
The road to Resident Evil 4 produced four unique concepts, which led to the creation of two of the most popular video game titles of all time.
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Onimusha was originally planned to be a Resident Evil game called "Sengoku Biohazard" , you can see a lot of this with the fixed camera, puzzles, even the monster designs
Onimusha
Onimusha (鬼武者, lit. "Oni Warrior") is a video game series developed and published by Capcom, starting with Onimusha: Warlords for the PlayStation 2 in 2001. The series makes use of the historic figures that shaped Japan's history, retelling their stories with supernatural elements. Most of the...
Or a Halo that actually started as an RTS game and it was originally going to release on the Mac
Games like Fortnite is kind of interesting because when it was originally shown it actually looked completely different, like darker and some L4D type element lol I don't think any of us really thought what we saw, would morph into one of the biggest online games in the world (at least I didn't)
There's some pretty famous ones that I think we all kind of know like Majora's Mask originally supposed to be an expansion to Ocarina Of Time using that 64DD thing
Honorable mention!
When RE4 was suppose to have ghost and shit lol
https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Biohazard_4_(Hallucination_Version)
When FF Versus XIII was repurposed to make FFXV, this might be our most talked about one lol
With changes to characters designs from many characters out right removed, changes to the order of events and even a change to not make it connect to FFXIII, we may never 100% know all the details on how much was really changed outside of what they've told us, but deserves a spot on here regardless. We rarely know about the change, but this is one of the few times we saw what it was for years before those change took place, even if we didn't know completely how significant any of em are. The game was altered enough to be on here.
Originally, this game was suppose to tie into FFXIII, but I don't know if we ever got all the details on how exactly.
What are some lesser-known repurposed titles that started their life being developed for 1 thing and then changed mid development to be something else
I'll also accept games that are in development hell that radically changed
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