Check his post historyYou have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, do you. He was at the helm of ND's latest and best productions.
Fuck, the last good director of Naughty Dog has left... ND no longer one of my top studios
Bet he didn't like ND's new approach to games turning them more into interactive movies with gameplay last focus
ND used to be gameplay first since Crash to Jak
Straley is the one who stopped Druckmann from killing Elena in Uncharted 2
https://kotaku.com/uncharted-4-co-director-bruce-straley-leaves-naughty-do-1806891129/ampWhile reporting for the book, I heard from several of Straleys co-workers that he was an indispensableand under-appreciatedpart of what made so many of Naughty Dogs games so great.
So TLOU2 will start with Ellie eating Joel for dinner Hannibal style
j/k
Seriously I didn't know he was directing TOU2. I always thought a different directer will work on it like with UC3.
Josh scherr is also working on TLOU2 according to his LinkedIn.Neil isn't the main game director, at least as far as we know. He's the creative director (same position he had on the original game) and co-writer (his partner is Halley Gross). As of now the game director on P2 is unknown.
Druckmann didn't have any creative control in UC2. Amy Hennig was the creative director in that game.
I don't know where Druckmann being a director in UC2 came from, people keep spreading that misinformation over and over.
I can see Neil leaving after TLOU2.
Dude went from the hardest project of his life straight into UC4, what a beast.
Neil did try to kill Elena for Uncharted 2, but the idea was scratched, of course. Has nothing to do with him being directoe or not.
Neil isn't the main game director, at least as far as we know. He's the creative director (same position he had on the original game) and co-writer (his partner is Halley Gross). As of now the game director on PII is unknown.
He had some minimal creative input and wrote some secondary lines, but he had no decision making power in UC2, his AMA answer was most likely a joke.
I fucking hope not.I can see Neil leaving after TLOU2.
Not saying he had major creative input, just that the event/suggestion happened.
It was most likely a joke. Not saying that event didn't happen, but it probably happened as a joke.
If I were a betting man, I'd would say either game designers Emilia Schatz (U3, TLOU, U4) or Anthony Newman (U2, U3, TLOU, U4) would be next in line.
Richard Cambier as wellThose two are the co-lead game designers are PII. But I definitely expect them to move up into director positions in the future.
I'm not into Naughty Dog much apart from Crash and Jak, but many big name studios these days are losing long time employees (and going by the posts in this thread this person has quite a few fans), due to AAA pressure/deadlines/crunch you name it, then go setup an indie studio after a brief holiday, and start back up again with comparatively small projects to what they used to work previously. This has almost become a trend this past decade.
Not happening nor does the industry works like this, but imagine if MSFT hires this person, starts a new first party studio and signs a blank cheque. I bet he'll refuse it and still go indie, lol.
I think the tone will be similar to the first game, but a little darker because it seems like a revenge story.
holy shit. that came out of nowhere
Maybe, maybe not, but if it happened, it had nothing to do with him being a director or not. Considering how open ND is about listening to ideas from different people regardless of their role, it wouldn't surprised me if it was real and they had a discussion over it before abandoning it.
Edit: Haha whatever man, we went off shore here.
It doesn't matter if he had control or notDruckmann didn't have any creative control in UC2. Amy Hennig was the creative director in that game.
I don't know where Druckmann being a director in UC2 came from, people keep spreading that misinformation over and over.
We're getting way off topic lol. It's all good though!
It doesn't matter if he had control or not
Where did I say he directed UC2? Speaking of misinformation...
I wont lie, the main reason I was anticipating The Last of Us Part II was Bruce Straley.
He is a master of giving agency to the player even in moments where traditionally, control was stripped away in favor of being more cinematic.
Keep it in the controls. A big reason why Uncharted 2 and The Last of Us were so well received and became two of the best games of all time.
I know Naughty Dog is a talented studio and will continue to produce great, GOTY worthy games. I'm just not as sure anymore.
I don't want forced walking, and I don't want them to continue with the pacing of Uncharted 4, where the gameplay was spread out too thin. It seemed to me gameplay took a backseat in favor of story.
I know. I just assumed once he was back from his sabbatical, he would naturally join the studio's biggest project. The sequel to a game he was game director of.He was never a part of TLOU2 though.
I know. I just assumed once he was back from his sabbatical, he would naturally join the studio's biggest project. The sequel to a game he was game director of.
Whaaaaattt???
I thought he ltook a break and then go back at working at a 2nd ND game.
let's also remember Bruce gave us the most boss E3 demo pose of ALL TIME
That's one hell of a resume, damn.Game director on Uncharted 2, The Last of Us, and Uncharted 4.
One of the legends.That's one hell of a resume, damn.