8 Alternate Endings In Famous Video Games You Won't Believe Got Cut

5. Arsenal Gear Destroys New York - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty

Surprising, for as much as swapping Solid Snake to Raiden infuriated the entire populace, that part was entirely planned. What actually ended up being axed was a big chunk of the game's final scenes, which amounted to Arsenal Gear ploughing straight into New York.

The only thing was, America had been through hell with 9/11 only two months prior, and with so much comparable imagery surrounding dust and debris within the capital, the decision was made to gut anything remotely relatable entirely.

A two month window wasn't enough to design any new assets to replace what was now missing, and so MGS 2 was shipped with a huge continuity error. To this day, the battle between Raiden and Solidus now goes from being atop the ginormous Arsenal Gear, directly to the roof of Federal Hall, with no connecting scenes.

Our minds filled in the blanks, but what are the chances that a video game releasing within only a couple of months of a large-scale disaster would have such comparable material?

Even stranger, according to 1UP, the original spelling for Raiden was altered in-game from 'Katakana' to 'Kanji', as due to the translation, the former actually came out close to 'Bin Laden' in Japanese. Not saying anything, but that's just weird.