History Trivia / Defiance

** There was a bit of flat land that was cut off from the rest of San Francisco due to in-game rock formations that would have served as the location of the Fort Defiance mentioned to have been the location of the Act of Defiance that brought an end to the Pale Wars near the entryway for the underground bunker leading to the boss fight with Nim Shandu. Several players who were able to join the game during its early months of release as they were able to find a way over the rock formations to get access to it (and unlocking a fast travel point to it). Trion Worlds later used invisible walls to block access to it (despite not being able to access the area, by getting up on a certain spot of the rock formation allowed for viewing of the area without being able to get to it).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Some of the show's pre-production art for Season 2 shows that we would have gotten to see Vegas Prison (mentioned in Season 1), which it appeared that the Las Vegas area has become an island and that the prison being built up around the Mandalay Bay Hotel.

** There was a bit of flat land that was cut off from in-game rock formations that would have served as the location of the Fort Defiance mentioned to have been the location of the Act of Defiance that brought an end to the Pale Wars near the entryway for the underground bunker leading to the boss fight with Nim Shandu. Several players who were able to join the game during its early months of release as they were able to find a way over the rock formations to get access to it (and unlocking a fast travel point to it). Trion Worlds later used invisible walls to block access to it (despite not being able to access the area, by getting up on a certain spot of the rock formation allowed for viewing of the area without being able to get to it).

* DeletedScene: Originally, the movie was to begin with Creator/DanielCraigin in old-age makeup in New York City with his son, but while director Creator/EdwardZwick shot the scene, he eventually deleted it because he felt it clashed with the nature of the film.

* YouLookFamiliar: Rob Archer has played (so far) at least four [=BioMen=]; {{Justified}} by [=BioMen=] being genetically engineered.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Gamigo; the parent company of developer Trion Worlds, demanded the team to focus on finishing the 2018's ''2050'' relaunch with a small crew of programmers, leaving the original version abandoned outside of minor patches and holiday events, clearly expecting most Defiance players to migrate to ''2050'' and to close the original game's servers. However, many players never migrated to ''2050'' and kept continuing playing the original version, forcing them to continue the servers up while Trion Worlds had problems with the newer version due to the unavailability of the actors and their small workforce which caused them to never complete 2050, leaving entire storylines plus the region of Silicon Valley out of the new version.

** The original version had a troubled development due to the notoriously buggy [=GameBryo=] engine, the fact that they had to coordinate with the TV show's production crew for designs and approvals caused them to lose precious development time and having rush the game to release alongside the show's premiere.
** The ''2050'' version was originally meant to be an "Enhanced & Expanded" edition of the game that would have included a new storylines, enemies and mechanics. However, due to the shaky and outdated code of the original game, they had a to redo a lot of code just to make the game run passable on then-modern systems, which caused many bugs and glitches from the original game to migrate to the new version, not only that but many of their plans had to be cancelled due to their heavily reduced workforce and lack of budget, making 2050 a very stripped down version of the original game when it released and would continue to haunt the game until its closure in April 2021.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Gamigo; the parent company of developer Trion Worlds, demanded the team to focus on finishing the 2018's ''2050'' relaunch with a small crew of programmers, leaving the original version abandoned outside of minor patches and holiday events, clearly expecting most Defiance players to migrate to ''2050'' and to close the original game's servers. However, many players never migrated to ''2050'' and kept continuing playing the original version, forcing them to continue the servers up while Trion Worlds had problems with the newer version due to the unavailability of the actors and their small workforce which caused them to never complete 2050, leaving the storylines of Seasons 2 and 4 plus the region of Silicon Valley out of the new version, which made many players refuse to migrate, causing both games to bleed players due to the lack of new content for the original game and the slow progress of ''2050'' until Trion Worlds closed the servers on April 29, 2021.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: When developer Trion Worlds was bought out by ''Gamigo'' -- a German corporation known for buying MMO studios and for its utilitarian money-first business practices -- they proceeded to lay off half of the workforce to save money, increased the prices of in-game store items and demanded them to focus entirely on supporting ''Defiance 2050'' (a separate version with a new engine, enemies, class system and balance tweaks but with less content) which ended all major development on the original game with only a skeleton crew keeping it online with seasonal events and minor fixes. With both games co-existing and the original game left behind with many players never migrating to 2050 and eventually leaving the game due to a lack of new content and highly-awaited server fixes -- and those who did, found the new game incomplete and buggy which made them abandon the 2050 version quickly -- caused the playerbases of both games to dwindle until finally ''Trion Worlds'' shut down the servers of both games in April 29, 2021, citing the low playerbases and profitability.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Gamigo; the parent company of developer Trion Worlds, demanded the team to focus on finishing the 2018's ''2050'' relaunch with a small crew of programmers, leaving the original version abandoned outside of minor patches and holiday events, clearly expecting most Defiance players to migrate to ''2050'' and to close the original game's servers. However, many players never migrated to ''2050'' and kept continuing playing the original version, forcing them to continue the servers up while Trion Worlds had problems with the newer version due to the unavailability of the actors and their small workforce which caused them to never complete 2050, leaving Seasons 2 to 4 story missions and the region of Silicon Valley out of the new version, which made many players refuse to migrate, causing both games to bleed players due to the lack of new content for the original game and the slow progress of ''2050'' until Trion Worlds closed the servers on April 29, 2021.

** For D2013, originally there was a weather system developed where it would have included fog and rain throughout Paradise (and not limited to certain areas like the top of Mount Tam and San Francisco). This weather system was talked about in one of the introduction videos for both the show and the game, with the idea that the weather would affect the gameplay. The weather system, however, was cut from the game because it kept causing the game to crash. However, version of the weather system was eventually used without any crashes in the D2050 version, but still doesn't affect the gameplay.

** An alternate version of EGO's introduction dialogue can be found in the game's sound WAD and would have had her give a name before saying, "You can just call me EGO."

** For D2013, originally there was a weather system developed where it would have included fog and rain. This weather system was talked about in one of the introduction videos for both the show and the game. The weather system, however, was cut from the game because it kept causing the game to crash. However, the weather system was eventually used without any crashes in the D2050 version.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Some of the show's pre-production art for Season 2 shows that we would have gotten to see Vegas Prison (mentioned in Season 1), which it appeared that the Las Vegas area has become an island and that the prison being built up around one of the Mandalay Bay Hotel.