3 Games with Lots of Potential that were Abandoned

3. Cube World

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I had first seen Cube World very recently after it came out. I never got the game but probably would have if it was never abandoned. Cube World cannot even be bought anymore. The last update was in July of 2013. It was very popular for a little while and then the game just died. Very disappointing as it seemed like an interesting and comical RPG. There are rumors another update is being made for this year, but I wouldn't get my hopes up. It was pretty much an RPG version of Minecraft with actual potential. I do not believe there was any building in the game when updates for it ended, but building was planned.

2. The Stomping Land

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I never really got to try this game because I discovered it after it had already been abandoned. It was pretty much the ARK: Survival Evolved before there was an ARK: Survival Evolved. According to the official wiki, the game had a Gallimimus, Stygimoloch, Styracosaurus (one of my favorites!), Ankylosaurus, Carnotaurus (one of my favorites!), and Puertasaurus. There was also a Psittacosaurus, Prestosuchus, Austroraptor, Parahelicoprion (one of my favorites!), Quetzalcoatlus (one of my favorites!), Tyrannosaurus Rex, Therizinosaurus (one of my favorites!), and Titanoboa (one of my favorites!) planned. All of the dinosaurs that made it into the game can be tamed and can be used as a mount, except for Puertasaurus. You can still buy the game if you want to, but I think it's a wiser choice to choose ARK as the developer of The Stomping Land abandoned the game and was only doing it for the money. The same person who made the models for some of these has sold them (before anyone says anything, no, he/she is not breaking the law and he/she is allowed to do this) to the creators of another dinosaur game in development (which has a free tech demo!) called The Isle. The Isle's tech demo currently has the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Gallimimus, Puertasaurus(?), and an Austroraptor which you can all play as (along with playing as humans)

1. Spore

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Of course my favorite game is mentioned. Spore is the ultimate sandbox game in which you can create the universe of your dreams. That moose-alien thing above was made by a player. You can build amazing creations, especially when you use mods. Honestly, it bugs me very much when people talk about how Minecraft is the "best sandbox game ever"; it's just really annoying when most of those people probably have never tried Spore in which you can do more than you ever can in Minecraft. This is coming from a former player of Minecraft who was a big fan for about 2 years. It's not as good as Spore for letting your imagination go wild. Also, Spore hasn't been entirely abandoned. The last Spore-related news was in February of 2011 and then there was nothing until Februay 2015 in which maintenance returned. I still counted it because the last Spore-related new content stuff was a spin-off game titled Darkspore that was released in 2011.

Zoo Tycoon 2: The Best Official Expansion Packs

4.                                 African Adventure

Meerkats from the expansion pack.
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African Adventure was the second expansion pack for Zoo Tycoon 2. It added a variety of new animals such as Meerkats, Aardvarks, Bongos, Ethiopian Wolves, Gerenuks, Mandrills, etc. New maps are also added that are based off real places in Africa, like the Sahara Desert. It has some features Endangered Species also includes, like Jeeps. African Adventure's final major feature is that it makes the behavior of several creatures in the game more realistic.

3.                                 Endangered Species

A Koala from the expansion pack.
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Endangered Species was the first expansion pack released for Zoo Tycoon 2. Koalas, Fennec Foxes, Crested Gibbons, Komodo Dragons, Orangutans, Wolverines, etc. are all included in the pack as new animals. As I mentioned earlier, this expansion pack does include Jeeps which can take your guests on a tour throughout your zoo. It also includes sky trams and elevated pathways for the same purpose. Endangered Species also adds skin variants to the game, such as White Tigers.

2.                                   Marine Mania

An Orca from the expansion pack.
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Marine Mania was the third expansion pack created for Zoo Tycoon 2. This expansion included Orcas, Pacific Walrus, Belugas, Leatherback Sea Turtles, Goblin Sharks, Bottlenose Dolphins, etc. You can also train animals, such as Orcas and Belugas, to perform shows to entertain the guests. Of course, you'll need new aquarium tanks to keep your marine creatures and not a traditional fence.

1.                                  Extinct Animals

An Ankylosaurus, Kentrosaurus, and a Carnotaurus. Note that not one of the creatures shown above's preferred habitat in the game is actually the rainforest. Ankylosaurus and Kentrosaurus like the wetlands and the Carnotaurus likes the boreal forest.
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Extinct Animals was the fourth and final expansion pack made for Zoo Tycoon 2. This expansion pack has Ankylosaurus, Kentrosaurus, Carnotaurus, American Mastodon, Deinosuchus, Smilodon, etc. My favorite dinosaur, Spinosaurus, is not included unfortunately... But besides that, the expansion pack is great. You can adopt these extinct creatures or clone them yourself! Some creatures can rampage and escape their exhibit too.

Dinosaur Battlegrounds

"That's not actually from Dinosaur Battlegrounds, I just thought it looked cool."
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There is a game in development known as Dinosaur Battlegrounds. This game aims to have scientifically accurate dinosaurs (they even have scientists helping them with accuracy). That means we'll have feathered dinosaurs, which is always welcome by me.

I haven't really gotten to the coolest part of this dinosaur game yet, have I? Well, unlike most dinosaur games, you can play as dinosaurs. There is no playing as humans at all. You will try to survive as these dinosaurs. As you can imagine, multiplayer is a big part of the game.

Website: http://www.dinosaurbattlegrounds.net

ARK: Survival Evolved

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  I recently got ARK: Survival Evolved and well... The team really needs to work on optimizing the game.

I didn't get very far into gameplay, but it did seem pretty cool. However, I could barely run it on LOW GRAPHICS. The game has horrible graphics when on low too. So what's with all the lag? I don't have a bad computer. Many others have also said the game needs more optimization.

Until the game is properly optimized, I'm simply not going to play it. Unless you have a super computer like an Alienware, do NOT get the game in its current stage.