Video Games That Suffered True Development Hell

Just1n June 20, 2025
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We've all heard stories about games that came out broken, or great, but suffered a slow, abusive or unorganized development. This is known as development hell and in this video I'm going to talk about the most brutal examples of it! Ranging from beloved titles like L.A Noire and Cyberpunk, to more unfortunate stories like Skull and Bones and Duke Nukem Forever, thanks for watching and make sure to comment! #gaming #discussion #videogames #yanderesimulator #mother3 #rockstargames #dukenukemforever You should check out @JetroYT if you haven't already! https://www.youtube.com/@JetroYT 0:00 Context 0:55 Team Fortress 2 3:40 Skull and Bones 7:26 L.A Noire 11:08 Mother 3 14:33 Duke Nukem Forever 20:46 Yandere Simulator/Lovesick 26:21 Cyberpunk 2077 29:40 Your Thoughts? ---------------SOURCES---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nthv4xF_zHU&t=540s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAjCy94hUFI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvm0CN3tQFI&t=1471s TF2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I https://valvearchive.com/archive/Team%20Fortress/Team%20Fortress%202%20-%20Early%20Designs/1999%20-%20Brotherhood%20Of%20Arms/Screenshots/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gv3XmD7-rk https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Concept_art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZNNjPXgg1U SKULL AND BONES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axWp51A_oKE https://magazine.artstation.com/2024/08/ubisoft-skull-and-bones/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9YYYVG0YQI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgy4WZ9ta7E&t=2s https://www.ign.com/articles/the-turbulent-story-of-skull-and-bones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm4wKP3k2nI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmDYo7MbQxo L.A NOIRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2EG5J05048 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3z_-gFc6W4&t=66s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj3_NdIp21M https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/06/24/why-did-la-noire-take-seven-years-to-make https://kotaku.com/report-la-noire-was-development-hell-rockstar-no-long-5818019 https://www.cbr.com/la-noire-team-bondi-nightmare-development/ https://kotaku.com/we-were-working-100-hour-weeks-red-dead-redemption-2-h-1829758281 https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-acquire-video-games-deluxe MOTHER 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pcd9VnnXSQ https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/mother3-timeline/ https://www.vg247.com/how-mother-3-escaped-development-hell-to-become-a-modern-classic https://yomuka.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/earthbound-64-cancellation-interview-itoi-miyamoto-iwata/ https://mother4ever.net/art-mother3/ DUKE NUKEM FOREVER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR6qFFEkALg&t=33s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz2EhuUYAw4&t=315s https://dukenukem.fandom.com/wiki/History_of_Duke_Nukem_Forever https://duke4ever.altervista.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o53UjcablsQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDlB2P1leRM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVuuyRGB_BA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdMgmdwuYh8&t=717s https://www.apogeeent.com/devblog/dnf-truth https://x.com/georgebsocial/status/1524122762679304194 YANDERE SIMULATOR https://yanderedev.wordpress.com/ https://archive.org/details/yandere-simulator-collections_202310 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ff4wdzdQuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snW_LmPVO5U&t=138s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa7ovZGvY6o&t=8s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXotP-9LcDY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LleJbZ3FOPU&t=2542s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQwmNdYS6W0&t=35s CYBERPUNK 2077 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X2kIfS6fb8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LembwKDo1Dk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIcTM8WXFjk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWGUCoBpyLk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvVjkqB3LH0 https://uticatangerine.com/9313/features/cyberpunk-2077-9-years-of-development-8-days-of-hell/ https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/16/22234452/cyberpunk-2077-development-2016-pc-console-projekt-red

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