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1	* DivorcedInstallment: ''Final Exam'' was originally designed as a sequel and, later, an {{interquel}} to the two ''[=ObsCure=]'' games, as seen under WhatCouldHaveBeen below.
2	* DummiedOut: One of the original trailers shows an extended version of the starting NightmareSequence. The Steam trailer, which re-creates this trailer, replaces it with some footage from later in the game.
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4	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Development on ''Final Exam'' was first mentioned in early 2008. It was released five years later, after the dissolution and reformation of its studio, and after being {{divorced\|Installment}} from the ''[=ObsCure=]'' series.
5	* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The re-release had to remove Music/Sum41's "Still Waiting" from the opening scene and replace it with a generic PopPunk track, likely because the rights had expired.
6	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
7	** As seen [[http://www.unseen64.net/2012/11/27/obscure-d-cancelled-xbox-360-ps3-pc/ here]], ''Final Exam'' went through multiple incarnations and quite a bit of DevelopmentHell before it was released.
8	*** The first incarnation, ''[=ObsCure=]: Dark Aura'', was to take place right after the end of the second game, with Shannon as the main character. It was scrapped, with elements from it being used for...
9	*** ''[=ObsCure=] D'', which was to have been an {{interquel}} to the two ''[=ObsCure=]'' games. It would have been about a group of people, led by Ashley's younger sister Liddyah, [[AnotherSideAnotherStory searching for Josh and Ashley]] a few days before the events of the second game. It was here that the more exaggerated, LighterAndSofter art style of what became ''Final Exam'' is first known to have showed up, as well as the TwoAndAHalfD gameplay. That version was canceled after Hydravision went out of business.
10	*** After the project was resurrected by Mighty Rocket, it was intended as a [[ContinuityReboot reboot]] of the series, but [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks fan backlash]] over the game's radically different [[GenreShift gameplay]], [[ArtShift art style]], and story forced the developers to {{retool}} it into a non-canon spinoff.
11	** The data files for the first game also reveal that Dan was intended to play a much larger role than he actually did. Instead of getting killed in the prologue, he was supposed to have been one of the main characters instead of Kenny, who was originally the one who got killed off. Indeed, the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHC84igPwW0 the game's trailer]] shows Kenny getting killed and dragged off by a monster, which obviously wasn't in the final game.

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