Sometimes the scariest things in video games are stuff that never left the cutting room floor. Whether they be unused enemies that look like they belong in the SCP Foundation or Trevor Henderson Universe, nightmarish scrapped cutscenes or placeholders that have no business in these games, join me as we count down 15 things that were rightfully not included in these video games. Warning: This list contains some really messed up stuff. Viewer's discretion is advised.
#15: Knuckles Chaotix: Bloody skull
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| Whose skull is that? |
Found with this game's files is this bloody skull with the word "tobu" written in Japanese under it. It's purpose is unknown.
#14: South Park the Stick of Truth: Pip's skull
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| Way to respect your dead, South Park! |
Speaking of skulls, located in deep in the files of this game is the skull of Pip, an English child character who was killed off in South Parks fourteenth season. Even worse, it was apparently supposed to be a weapon.
#13: SpongeBob Saves the Day: Yummer
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| Hey look, the lost Flying Dutchman crewmate! |
Located deep within the files of this game is this creepy looking face that appears to be partially hiding behind something. Fortunately, this was comfirmed to be nothing more than a placeholder.
#12: Race with Ryan: Creepy face
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| Was Ryan supposed to die at one point in this game?! |
Hidden within the files of this game is a disturbing face with x eyes, a stitched mouth and red scribbles resembling blood. Even worse, this is located with the textures for Ryan's face.
#11: Cuphead: Beetrice Lutz/Betty Beet
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| This is messed up! |
Located only in concept art, there is this unused beet enemy that appears to cry and attack by throwing her own offspring at the heroes. It is unknown why this boss was scrapped, though if I had to guess I'd say the concept was too dark for this game.
#10: Halo 2: Flood Infector
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| Just when you thought the Flood couldn't get more disgusting! |
Found in The Art of Halo 3 artbook is this unused Flood form. Apparently it would've been able to regenerate its legs in seconds and would've spread Flood forms to take control over any nearby human or Covenant vehicles.
#9: Half-Life 2: Mr. Friendly
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| The Backrooms monsters are invading! |
This alien was supposed to grab Gordon Freeman and induce "fatal copulation" unto him. Apparently Half-Life 2 was originally going to include sexual themes with some of its enemies to garner response from homophobic players.
#8: Left 4 Dead: The Screamer
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| Just what the zombie apocalypse needs! |
Originally there was gonna be a special infected that would've screamed loudly to summon hordes of common infected. This monster was cut because he was deemed to difficult and confusing for new players to spot, so the horde summoning ability was given to the Boomer instead.
#7: Friday Night Funkin: Monster's original design
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| Just when you thought shadow people couldn't get scarier! |
As scary as the Monster is, his beta design is much worse. Along with the blood red eyes and teeth, this thing is looks like a huge shadow and is sticking out of a bloody Jack-o-lantern.
#6: Luigi's Mansion: Elh.Spz
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| Who you gonna call? |
Little is known about this twisted looking thing. Apparently it was supposed to be an enemy, as there are animations of it attacking and getting damage.
#5: Team Fortress 2: Afterburn death animations
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| Burn baby burn! |
Added in the Pyromania updates were animations of the classes (sans the Pyro) flailing around before falling to the ground, possibly succumbing to afterburn. It's unknown why they were added or unused.
#4: Bully: Unused death scene
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| That's one way to get rid of somebody... |
Originally when Jimmy was defeated at the chemical plant, a cutscene would've played showing Jimmy sinking into a pool of acid while Edgar mocked him.
#3: Conker's Bad Fur Day: Torture cutscene
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| Avert your eyes kids! |
At one point when Conker infiltrated the Tediz base, he would've witnessed 2 Tediz dissecting an unfortunate squirrel soldier while he as alive and begging for mercy. Thankfully, this was replaced by a cutscene of 2 Tediz debating about the quality of the game before spotting Conker and getting "back into character".
#2: Mother 3: Unused boss
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| Ok, NOW we're getting scary! |
Hiding deep within the files of Mother 3 are multiple backgrounds of an unused boss, including a distorted image of the games protagonist Lucas and the Giygas-like face above this paragraph. This boss is believed to be intended for a darker version of the final boss battle.
#1: Silent Hill series: Unused monsters
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| What is that thing?! |
The Silent Hill series is host to a number of scrapped monsters, some of which could give Pyramid head a run for his money. Some examples include zombie miners with pickaxes for hands, human-like abominations fused with wheelchairs and living hunks of meat. For a complete list, click here.
You know, going through the scrapped and unused parts of games is quite interesting. You never know what you're gonna find.
Sources
- Heavy
- The Cutting Room Floor
- Oddheader
- Kotaku
- Did You Know Gaming?
- Various wikis
- TetraBitGaming
- Valiskibum94
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