It’s hard to say, I know. It could’ve pulled a Duke Nukem Forever on our asses, maybe become a Too Human, but it also could’ve gotten us a Starcraft 2.
We’ll never know for sure. The initial plans sure were extremely ambitious, but ambition isn’t a bad thing. Microsoft severely cut back down on this and I just feel like they could’ve been a bit more lenient. The way they cornered Ensemble and forced them into a console-only RTS before shutting them down, as well as taking down Flight Sim, however, make me think MGS might not be the best publisher around.