The Games That Got Away

[Jassassino]

So many, and undoubtedly so many I'll come back and say at some point. But for now, what comes to mind is:

SWBF3
Darth Maul's untitled action game
Star Wars 1313
LOTR: The White Council
Tekken Vs. SF

Oh man, Star Wars Battlefront 3 (x2 😭), the untitled Darth Maul game with leaked footage and Star Wars 1313 at the top of my list. I'd never felt hype more than I did for those games for a multimedia franchise like Star Wars which I'd so adored.

Before playing TES at all, I'd played Dragon Age Origins over and over, which led me to find out about Lord of the Rings: The White Council, which was to be an open world Middle Earth RPG with all of the makings of a classic. I'd even made an account on their forums to talk about the possibility of things like classes, race selection, companions, etc. I followed up on industry news and leaks on that for about two or three years before it was silently shuttered just before EA lost the LOTR video game rights.