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[Cow Goes Moo]

Most ubisoft and EA sports games

 

[Byronic Hero]

In my opinion, Banjo-Kazooie 3/ Nuts & Bolts was the biggest offender. Maybe not in terms of graphics, but gameplay. That trailer promised more of the B-K I was used to.

So much disappointment when it was revealed what the game would actually become.

 

[nbnt]

The Last Guardian. It got downgraded to the point of non-existence.

This isn't funny, you cruel monster.

But actually, it did get a downgrade, the last trailer we got looked like it was running at a sub-HD resolution or something.

 

[hidden offline]

forza 5?

Yeah it is.

 

[ss_lemonade]

I don't agree with that at all.

The section of Chapter 12 looks basically exactly as the trailer did.

Old:

New:

That looks like a pretty big downgrade to me

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

In my opinion, Banjo-Kazooie 3/ Nuts & Bolts was the biggest offender.

Nuts & Bolts was so good though! Sure, it wasn't BK3, but it was something just as good that was entirely new.

 

[StuBurns]

Old:

That's not the reveal.

 

[Lasthope106]

Halo 2. The biggest disappointment of my gaming life. Bungie promised a massive upgrade that IMO was equivalent to the level of quality in Halo 3. Instead we got a game that looked worse than CE. Master chief in Halo 2 had less polygons than H1. The AI was worse and they ruined the Grunts. The little guys no longer reacted as good as in Combat Evolved. All around one of the worst games that Bungie has put out. Everyone forgave them because of the mutiplayer, which I didn't give a shit about.

 

[mreddie]

Red Steel.

 

[Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule]

Deep down

 

[MrBS]

Those pre launch PS3 target renders for Motorstorm and the like were fun.

 

[HUELEN10]

Even though the final product is excellent, I would have to say Super Mario Sunshine. The final product plays it safe and is solid, but the beta was all about collection sunshine coins, being in a huge connected island environment, and just going a little further from the SM 64 formula than the final product. I also am more fond of the artstyle they were going for, and it would have been nice to see this vision finalized rather than changed. So it's a downgrade in a sense that it didn't do as much to push forward as it could have.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Z9MzMg9vM

 

[Kimosabae]

If anybody considers mentioning Halo 2, they would be WRONG.

WTF??

Most emphatically Halo 2.

Halo 2. The biggest disappointment of my gaming life. Bungie promised a massive upgrade that IMO was equivalent to the level of quality in Halo 3. Instead we got a game that looked worse than CE. Master chief in Halo 2 had less polygons than H1. The AI was worse and they ruined the Grunts. The little guys no longer reacted as good as in Combat Evolved. All around one of the worst games that Bungie has put out. Everyone forgave them because of the mutiplayer, which I didn't give a shit about.

This and then some. Halo 2's kitchen sink garbage of a MP can thank the freshness of online console gaming to its success.

 

[rashbeep]

Sony had a few when the PS3 was first announced. Killzone and Motorstorm come to mind. I guess you couldn't count those because they weren't really games at all, but still.

 

[ThisOne]

In my opinion, Banjo-Kazooie 3/ Nuts & Bolts was the biggest offender. Maybe not in terms of graphics, but gameplay. That trailer promised more of the B-K I was used to.

So much disappointment when it was revealed what the game would actually become.

Doesn't seem like the trailer you posted promised any of that.

 

[WickedLaharl]

Star Ocean 4 was pretty bad

 

[sflufan]

In terms of actual gameplay possibilities, BioShock: Infinite.

 

[TyrantII]

^

You guys.




A downgrade in level design more than anything it seemed. The sky rail was ginormous.

Its was more of a complete redirection in game scope. They used almost all the same assets; but in a totally different way from the CGI E3 trailer and then the E3 Bulldemo.

Part Levin being all over the map on the project, part most likely having to scale down the ambition to work on last gen systems which ended up struggling with even the much smaller areas based gameplay.

 

[Metalingus5150]

This thread is awesome. I've always liked to see the disparity between reveals and final.

 

[Sylver]

Madden 06?

 

[HUELEN10]

Madden 06?

To be fair, it they were calling it Madden Next-Gen, not 06, at least in the first announcement?

 

[N30RYU]

Motorstom still the biggest

 

[coldfoot]

Motorstorm E3 2005 looks like it can be achieved with PS4, minus the 16X supersampling of course.

My vote is for Kinect:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2qlHoxPioM

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Dark Souls 2:]

um they first showed the PC version, and since first showing have only shown PS3 version-

(which on a side note

Spoiler

I can confirm does look and run alot better than I thought it would- yay broken street dates!)

 

[colt45joe]

I'll have to see a visual comparison for Far Cry 3. Maybe the console version was a massive downgrade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqnAbRpyqfI

 

[meanspartan]

Killzone 2.

Although to be fair, it still ended up an AMAZING looking game in its own right which still looks good to this day IMO.

But that initial reveal was ludicrous lol.

 

[FlyinJ]

Killzone 2 by miles.

I remember having arguments with tons of people on GAF telling them there was no way it could possibly be real, and them calling me an idiot.

I just couldn't wrap my head around how GAF could be tricked so easily.

 

[Doffen]

That Xcom FPS game...

 

[moltonasty]

Little Battlers

HOLY FUCK.

 

[massoluk]

I think people mention FFXIII was talking about the combat system shown in the very first trailer. It came complete with minimap, hp bars, action buttons in a stylish action sequence just like something from the Matrix.

You never get the Matrix style action while in combat.

 

[Maninthemirror]

Suprised no one mentioned white knight chronicles

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/jbw7ky/white-knight-chronicles-biggest-graphic-downgrade-----

 

[Log4Girlz]

MGS for 3DS

 

[PnCIa]

Halo 2 thread?
Halo 2 thread!

 

[colt45joe]

I think people mention FFXIII was talking about the combat system shown in the very first trailer. It came complete with minimap, hp bars, action buttons in a stylish action sequence just like something from the Matrix.

You never get the Matrix style action while in combat.

the final game did not look as good as that initial reveal, graphics wise.

 

[Fox_Mulder]

I'm quite sure that Alan Wake was originally presented like an open world.

 

[meanspartan]

Killzone 2 by miles.

I remember having arguments with tons of people on GAF telling them there was no way it could possibly be real, and them calling me an idiot.

I just couldn't wrap my head around how GAF could be tricked so easily.

Haha musta beat you by seconds on that post.

 

[abracadaver]

Half-Life 2 AI

 

[mr2t]

I think Microsoft using top of the line PCs last E3 to show BF4 as if it were on Xbone should count.


Also the GTAV official videos were obviously running on PCs. Complete bullshit marketing.

 

[Layd Dly]

Forza 5

 

[meanspartan]

On Killzone 2, here is what appears to be GAF's OT: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=170302

 

[Ahasverus]

Ouch at Dark Souls II. DS1 was already an ugly game but 2 is out of this world.

 

[WickedLaharl]

the final game did not look as good as that initial reveal, graphics wise.

So many people were banned for calling the initial reveal bullshit lol.

 

[Alric]

Aliens: Colonial Marines

Fable (XBOX) remember when trees were supposed to grow overtime and all the other crap? Never fool me again Peter.

 

[Dusky]

Uncharted 3 had some hefty downgrades. Was still pretty in the end though of course.

 

[dmr87]

From my old Far Cry 3 thread

E3 on the right

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mqnAbRpyqfI

 

[massoluk]

the final game did not look as good as that initial reveal, graphics wise.

That too

 

[FlyinJ]

On Killzone 2, here is what appears to be GAF's OT: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=170302

Oh this is going to be a fun trip down memory lane. Randomly started reading on page 5, and it already delivers:

Seb/MotherH edited his answer:

Yup, its real. A bit early, but its real. Not photoshopped, in-game etc. 100% real.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Ubi will always be king at this.

the worst come from SONY


KILZONE 2

MOTORSTORM

and some others:

DEEP DOWN
WATCH DOGS

You sound angry.

Spoiler

:Ah, post history makes sense:

 

[Ahasverus]

Aliens: Colonial Marines

Fable (XBOX) remember when trees were supposed to grow overtime and all the other crap? Never fool me again Peter.

I just replayed it in Anniversary. Still the best Fable. That's sad. Oh you Peter, oh you.

 

[colt45joe]