Sucker Punch’s cancelled game The Prophecy would have played a lot like a steampunk version of Ghost of Tsushima.

Ghost of Tsushima is great, but it wasn’t necessarily the only game that developer Sucker Punch could have made. Studio co-founder Brian Fleming mentioned in an interview with PlayStation Blog that they could have gone in many directions, from pirates to the Three Musketeers, but they eventually settled on the invasion of Tsushima for their open-world action game.

But you ever wonder what might’ve been? Well, wonder no more. One of Sucker Punch’s cancelled games just leaked on 4chan.

The leaker says that the cancelled game was codenamed The Prophecy, and it comes from the portfolio of a former character artist at Sucker Punch named Max Chapman. All the links to the portfolio no longer work, but they’re reported to have been from 2016, meaning that The Prophecy was likely cancelled around then.

Lucky for us, the 10-minute trailer that was hosted on that portfolio got re-hosted (note - this appears to have since been deleted) before it was taken down, so now you can view the whole thing here.

What we see is a very Assassin’s Creed-like fantasy world. The main character is named Abel Tvorah, and he’s searching for something beneath the town. Before we can find out what it is, Tvorah gets caught by the town guards and there’s a lengthy cinematic chase scene that showcases The Prophecy’s movement and combat.

The themes here are all over the place. Abel Tvorah definitely has Hebrew origins, and his knowledge of alchemical components seems to play into that. The architecture and weaponry are very Middle Eastern, but the armor worn by the guards is more Far Eastern.

You can see more of Abel in another leak over on ResetEra. This showcases the model, which has a distinct Robert Downey Jr. vibe. The leak also notes that Sucker Punch was working on a few games concurrently with Ghost of Tsushima, and you can see many of the same systems in The Prophecy.

I gotta say, that 10-minute trailer was pretty compelling. Maybe if they won’t turn it into a game, Sucker Punch can sell the rights to make it into a movie. I hear Robert Downey Jr. isn’t doing much these days.

Source: VK.com, 4chan, ResetEra, IGN, PlayStation Blog