It's not gonna play the FIRST Uncharted, c'mon now. It goes without saying they mean "play like the latest Uncharted."
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Visceral's Star Wars game['s dev process is similar to Uncharted], new concept art
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It's not gonna play the FIRST Uncharted, c'mon now. It goes without saying they mean "play like the latest Uncharted."
You're trying too hard.
Comfort Jones
Banned
I've played Uncharted 4 and a bit of 2. There's so much stuff where the interaction felt basically meaningless, especially the incredibly dull climbing sections which they insist on using to pad out the game.
The actual mechanics are goddamn paper thin and that's why they rely on so many things to force a certain pace on the game.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Hating on Uncharted is trendy now, haven't you heard?
There's Dark Forces, Jedi Knight and Jedi Knight 2, which work both as great FPSs and as great adventures, and sadly that's how it'll remain for a long time. Uncharted is not 'great', and even less so as an adventure.
Nappuccino
Member
the uncharted series was highly criticized for too much action/shooting and was basically the poster child for ludonarrative dissonance. They toned down the shooting for that reason alone.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
Is this how the industry crashes, with every AAA game aping Uncharted or TLoU?
Dark Forces is an adventure game. Uh-huh.
What in the world am I reading in this thread.
Yep, these kinds of games are getting a bit stale to me. Just feels like the "safe" approach to designing AAA games nowadays.
Neff
Member
It feels to me that a lot of people came to their senses once the novelty of cinematic set pieces wore off (now far from novel because so many fell over themselves to implement them during last gen). What's left, after the amazing production values, is a rather underwhelming and forgettable formula both in terms of mechanics and story. The big change in direction for UC4 also led to some major reappraisals.
Not to mention that Drake's moral motivations for killing (and not killing) are super flip-floppy, cliché and contradictory.
Rastafarian42
Member
Can't wait to see more for this title hopefully we'll see footage sooner than later.
WadiumArcadium
Member
The're going dark until 2017 now.
It feels10x the adventure any Uncharted ever did. You know, actual puzzles and exploration?
Comfort Jones
Banned
I kinda already addressed a big part of why people get fatigued with those kinds of games more easily when I said the mechanics are paper thin. It's the same repetitive shit over and over and the only way to pace that out is add in forced sections that have nothing to do with the core gameplay.
There are plenty of shooters with a lot more variety in terms of enemy design and how combat sections play out and shockingly they did not need a lot of unskippable ingame cut scenes and climbing sections that drag on way too damn long. Rather than just tone down the shooting they could try to actually craft a game with some depth, something where it could naturally pace itself out a bit without forcing the player through their own idea of pacing which absolutely mars the experience on repeat playthroughs.
Sincere, non-dismissive question: What were you hoping for?
lukeskymac
Member
Because 1313 totally like it could be Pokemon GO as much as Uncharted, right?
Keep dreaming, buddy.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Uncharted, but with lasers
Fixed.
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
You don't want this game to play like one of the most highest-rated and revered franchises of all time?
hhhhmmmmkaaaay dude.
AudioEppa
Member
This is where I was hoping the industry would go, if that's what you call crashing? I'm going to have a goddamn good time going down with it.
brandonh83
Banned
I wouldn't call those great adventure games. Again people are looking at this too strictly and it's not even what Hennig said.
Your opinion of Uncharted is noted, but not everyone agrees, clearly, going by the reception and hype across the franchise thus far.
Now when a new SW game is likened to it by any agree, it sucks.
Fancy Clown
Member
Nice, I'm definitely excited for this
Neff
Member
There's been a significant and palpable backlash against Uncharted of late.
brandonh83
Banned
Yeah, it seems people do this for a lot of good/popular things lol
AudioEppa
Member
Serious question, do you think any of that backlash matters? Because just as many people, if not more still love it, especially 4.
I mean we've heard people complain about the series overall, especially the dislike for the last one. I don't think people expect everybody to love this franchise and of course the aspects that were changed in U4.
To me seems like lately people are trying to push this narrative that the uncharted series is completely crap and other games shouldn't want to be like it, but clearly it's popular and people appreciate other games taking from naughty dog.
Not saying you have to like it, but is there really a need to make seem more then what it is? Not trying to start an argument, just wanted to get that off my mind.
FlashbladeGAF
Member
It means your experience is going to feel like playing a Star Wars Film
....with some Uncharted-like elements.
She also said it would be an ensemble story (like all major Star Wars films), not just a "lone wolf" solo character driven story.
https://youtu.be/0EI8YxV0u2U?t=3h52m31s
triplestation
Member
Interedasted
Ploid 3.0
Member
D: I didn't even think about it being on PC. Ok I'm in, let's go!
SmackAttack
Member
Honestly, Star Wars + Visceral is all I needed. Everything else is gravy. I've never played Uncharted but a Star Wars game in that style sounds excellent.
NoKisum
Member
Out of this game? I don't know. We literally only saw five (six?) seconds of footage, which in no way dictates how the game will play (unless there's some other footage that proves me wrong, in which case please send it my way). The game could be a Gears of War clone for all I know, but there's nothing about the existing footage that dictates whether it does or doesn't.
All I know is, based on previous experiences, Uncharted isn't a keyword that would instantly make me want to pre-order the game right this second like I assume the rest of this thread is about to do.
Complicated
Banned
Hopefully it's more like Visceral's games on the gameplay side of things.
Corpsepyre
Banned
Yup. I'm in. Would rather have an Uncharted-esque Star Wars game than another fucking online first person shooter. How many of those do we have now? Bring on the Uncharted clones!
HyperCroutons
Member
I'm interested in this although I hope they try something a little different with the cinematic experience maybe have it were you can effect the cinematic scene by taking another route, maybe choosing to rescue someone earlier in the game then he/she helps you later on, or even talking your way out of it. I think Uncharted 4 had alternate paths to take during certain cinematic moments so it could work.
The only problem I have with cinematic linear games like Uncharted is that I usually don't want to replay them once I finish the story, having interactive cinematic moments might get me to play through them again.
The only problem I have with cinematic linear games like Uncharted is that I usually don't want to replay them once I finish the story, having interactive cinematic moments might get me to play through them again.
inbarrenpraise
Banned
What does that have to do with anything? She's not a game designer, she's a writer. She also wrote the narrative to a few of the Legacy of Kain games.
She's also Creative Director, so...