This is what a game based on "Highlander" would have been like if it had been released in 2008

A 4-hr gameplay recording from a canceled late-2000s action game — based on that cult franchise about immortal warriors — has appeared online.

The build is third-person and was aimed at 7th-gen consoles plus PC. Its protagonist wasn’t just "long-lived" in a vague sense: the story spans c. 2,000 yrs, hopping across eras. You get gladiatorial set-pieces in Ancient Rome and, later, clashes in a present-day metropolis — shifts that feel abrupt at times but often ambitious.

Watching the footage, you’ll notice systems that look closer to finished than one might expect for a prototype. Resurrection mechanics after death are visible, as are transitions between historical locales (Pompeii → Gaul, e.g.), though many assets bear the usual early-build roughness and placeholder UI. The overall scope is striking, which makes the choice to cancel the project all the more puzzling — and, not to sound naive, a bit frustrating to see locked away until now.