• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

UNCHARTED: The Lost Legacy - Western Ghats Gameplay Video (the open-world-ish area)

F

FelipeMGM

Member
*Previews

New 13 minute gameplay video for Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOSPd7o0Iic

Previews from the hands on events they had last week are dropping right now too:

IGN Preview

few minutes into my demo of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, I realized I was experiencing something I'd never felt before in an Uncharted game: total freedom. Even in dozens of hours exploring with Nathan Drake, Uncharted has never given me the sense that I can do whatever I want in any order, but in The Lost Legacy, that changes.
Click to expand...

Push Square Preview

Frazer – apparently now of Indian descent – has a map of the surrounding area, and you're free to tackle it however you wish. Fortunately, there's a tower conspicuously sitting in the middle of the location: climb to the top and we reckon you damn well know what happens next. Honestly, it's laughable that the game so obviously falls into the most obvious of open world tropes, but it is what it is.

The actual exploration fares better. Combing the surroundings uncovers a densely populated environment: ruins make way for treasure, puzzles, and combat scenarios – sometimes all at the same time. Once again you're free to tackle firefights exactly how you want to, with stealth just as viable as all-out warfare. You can also avoid conflict entirely in some situations – this is wide linear level design, after all.
Click to expand...

Easy Allies Video Preview by Michael Huber

Huber got to spend about half an hour with the next chapter of Uncharted, including some new mechanics, insight into the characters, combat, and puzzles.
Click to expand...

Polygon

But if you head off the beaten path at all, you're likely to come across ruins — some of which are guarded by groups of Asav's forces — that conceal special artifacts.

These items are tokens of Hoysala kings that are scattered around the Western Ghats. Each time you find one, Chloe and Nadine will remark about an opportunity to make some extra cash — yes, the trinkets are part of a full-on side quest, which is something we haven't seen before in an Uncharted game. The Hoysalas ruled for about four centuries starting around the year 950, in the region of India known as the Deccan Plateau. The side quest in question has its own arc and payoff, and Cooper said it functions as a way for the player to learn about Hoysala culture.
Click to expand...


Also some interviews dropping

Push Square Interview: The Lost Legacy Is the Best of Uncharted, Says Naughty Dog
,
Gamespot Interview: How Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Moves On From Nathan Drake

20170716-rural-08_150vhqac.jpg


20170716-rural-01_150q8qz5.jpg


20170716-rural-02_150hzpjx.jpg


20170716-rural-03_1508xqzf.jpg


20170716-rural-05_15042pwb.jpg


20170716-rural-06_150grr82.jpg


20170716-rural-07_150w4pc4.jpg
Click to expand...
 
A

Alienous

Member
I can't trust them after showing the Uncharted 4 convoy sequence.

The blackout continues, but I will vicariously feed off of other's impressions.
 
Acquiescence

Acquiescence

Member
Watched a minute then closed the tab. Want to go into this as fresh as possible.

So chuffed that I have this pre-ordered for a lowly £23.
 
A

AndyVirus

Member
Already in, I can hold off for another month. I'm happy with just how little I've seen of the game. PSX, E3 and that riverboat cut scene.
 
GlamFM

GlamFM

Banned
get2sammyb said:
What? Chloe and Nadine are great.
Click to expand...

Good characters - yeah.

The voice acting is still really bad though.

At no point did it sound like two humans having a conversation in a moving car.

Always sounded like two women in a studio - you can almost hear the paper they´re reading of. (In separate sessions, because I don´t think they were in the studio at the same time)
 
G

gfxtwin

Member
Watching the first three minutes is more than enough to tell me that this game is gonna pwn.


So is this really gonna be as long or longer than the first Uncharted? Is it true that it started out as DLC but is now a full game?
 
B

bombshell

Member
educator said:
Is The Lost Legacy a full game or DLC?
Click to expand...

Standalone, $40.

GlamFM said:
Good characters - yeah.

The voice acting is still really bad though.

At no point did it sound like two humans having a conversation in a moving car.

Always sounded like two women in a studio - you can almost hear the paper they´re reading of. (In separate sessions, because I don´t think they were in the studio at the same time)
Click to expand...

What, do you have a source for that? Naughty Dog records motion capture and sound at the same time as it's acted.
 
J

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
gfxtwin said:
So is this really gonna be as long or longer than the first Uncharted? Is it true that it started out as DLC but is now a full game?
Click to expand...

Yes and yes. The latter is why those who bought the Season Pass are getting it at no extra cost.
 
F

FelipeMGM

Member
Really interested in this bit from the Polygon preview

But if you head off the beaten path at all, you’re likely to come across ruins — some of which are guarded by groups of Asav’s forces — that conceal special artifacts.


These items are tokens of Hoysala kings that are scattered around the Western Ghats. Each time you find one, Chloe and Nadine will remark about an opportunity to make some extra cash — yes, the trinkets are part of a full-on side quest, which is something we haven’t seen before in an Uncharted game. The Hoysalas ruled for about four centuries starting around the year 950, in the region of India known as the Deccan Plateau. The side quest in question has its own arc and payoff, and Cooper said it functions as a way for the player to learn about Hoysala culture.
Click to expand...
 
D

Dadasch

Member
few minutes into my demo of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, I realized I was experiencing something I’d never felt before in an Uncharted game: total freedom. Even in dozens of hours exploring with Nathan Drake, Uncharted has never given me the sense that I can do whatever I want in any order, but in The Lost Legacy, that changes.
Click to expand...

HYPE!

But please let me do meaningful things. No "Treasure" Hunting without any rewards (even some detailed item descriptions would be nice).
 
J

JP

Member
I really can't wait for this but I do have slightly mixed feelings after that video.

The banter seems pretty awkward. In comparison to the vast majority of games, it's absolutely fantastic but compared to Uncharted 4 and the other games it just doesn't feel as natural to me.

I do love the idea of having a silenced pistol and wish that they would add it to Uncharted 4, maybe for people like me who have completed a Crushing playthrough. I wanted one a few times while playing it, it seems ideal for the combat arenas.

An incredible looking game, even better than Uncharted 4 for me.
 
J

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
I wonder if difficulty has been fiddled with. I find the gulf between Hard and Crushing in A Thief's End to be too large: the former isn't all that challenging the vast majority of the time while the latter is a little too unforgiving. A slightly tweaked Hard would be just right.
 
B

Briarios

Member
GlamFM said:
Good characters - yeah.

The voice acting is still really bad though.

At no point did it sound like two humans having a conversation in a moving car.

Always sounded like two women in a studio - you can almost hear the paper they´re reading of. (In separate sessions, because I don´t think they were in the studio at the same time)
Click to expand...

... you know they even did the motion capture together, right? Claudia Black is a great actress.
 
GlamFM

GlamFM

Banned
FelipeMGM said:
They did for Uncharted 4, so I wouldnt rule it out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2f5ExMWvF0
Click to expand...

Briarios said:
... you know they even did the motion capture together, right? Claudia Black is a great actress.
Click to expand...

But that´s cut-scene /set-piece stuff, no?

That´s not the usual banter while driving around.

But in the end - who cares?

Does not really matter how it was made - the result is still rough and does not match the VO work in UC4 at all.

Vire said:
Looks okay.. definitely feels like an expansion though. Kind of boring.
Click to expand...

Definitely has some B-Team vibes, but it´s more Uncharted - so I´m in!
 
B

Briarios

Member
GlamFM said:
But that´s cut-scene /set-piece stuff, no?

That´s not the usual banter while driving around.

But in the end - who cares?

Does not really matter how it was made - the result is still rough and does not match the VO work in UC4 at all.
Click to expand...

lol you're going to judge the voice work of an entire game based on a single interaction? You've played UC4, so you're biased because you've seen the entirety of the interactions, which colors your views. You're making statements as if it's fact rather than your uninformed opinion. Wait until the game is out before you jump to conclusions.
 
dottme

dottme

Member
Feels like Uncharted 4. For those who like Uncharted 4, they are going to be ok. For me who prefer Uncharted 2~3, I'm out. I might wait when it is on sell for the story.
 
D

Dadasch

Member
I have to agree, VO seems really off, as in "read it off the paper and do it fast please".
That's a bummer, but it had a considerably shorter Development Cycle, so...yeah
 
GlamFM

GlamFM

Banned
Briarios said:
lol you're going to judge the voice work of an entire game based on a single interaction? You've played UC4, so you're biased because you've seen the entirety of the interactions, which colors your views. You're making statements as if it's fact rather than your uninformed opinion. Wait until the game is out before you jump to conclusions.
Click to expand...

No, I´m judging it based on the entire 13 min video.

That´s a nice sample.
 
Vire

Vire

Member
I dunno, I'm just a little confused by this product. Was anyone really clamoring to have more winch sections to get past an obstacle? And even though it takes place in an Indian environment, lush jungles has been done countless times in Uncharted before.

Some of this stuff just seems really derivative. I'm a huge ND fan, but this isn't doing much for me.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

LTTP: Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is some of the best of Naughty Dog
31
680
poodaddy replied
UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves | PC Review Thread
Review Hardware Platform 2 3
127
8K
RJMacready73 replied
How Uncharted's PC launch speaks to Naughty Dog’s present and future
2
89
6K
YeulEmeralda replied
  • Poll
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | Review Thread
Analysis Review 2 3
112
7K
Ogbert replied
Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy officially coming to PS5 & PC
4 5 6 7 8
377
30K
winjer replied
Top Bottom