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Nolan North: "I have no idea about Uncharted 4"

Nolan North returns as Drake w/ Troy Baker as an American treasure hunting nemesis to him. Would be awesome.

THIS. I would love this. It would be fucking amazing to have Troy in Uncharted. DO IT, NAUGHTY DOG, and will GIVE YOU ALL OF MY MONEY.

They just released a new IP.

I don't think people care because it was current gen. :P

Never played anything from Bend. Wasn't Golden Abyss kind of crappy?

People actually rank Golden Abyss higher than Drake's Fortune and sometimes even higher than Drake's Deception.
 
David Hayter to voice Drake confirmed

Why replace to inferior one? We will see something at gamescom.

He said 'I have no idea about Uncharted 4' But he mentioned nothing about the series.

We might see non-numbering uncharted. Like Uncharted : Lost Atlantis something along the line.
 
For next gen I mean. And something else(r). Last of us is great (haven't finished) but I wanna see something completely new from them. It wasn't THAT much of a departure.

Uncharted is Sony's biggest IP they created in PS3 era.

No way in hell they will abandon it. That's like MS ditching halo.
 
Why replace to inferior one? We will see something at gamescom.

He said 'I have no idea about Uncharted 4' But he mentioned nothing about the series.

We might see non-numbering uncharted. Like Uncharted : Lost Atlantis something along the line.

Wouldn't surprise me given both Killzone and Infamous are getting non numbered sequels to kick off the next generation.
 
there wont be anymore Uncharteds

ND are gonna go with a new IP for a new Gen.

This should really be the correct answer I hope. I'd rather have new franchises "from the creators of the Uncharted Series" than just more Uncharted. It had 4 games for crying out loud. Naughty Dog has lots of incredible talent and I for one would like to see that talent used for new experiences and not yearly rehashes.
 
Lol. You guys just released a major, 95 meta aaa megablockbuster but that's not good enough so do another one.

I like the above schedule but it doesn't work.

UC4
TLOU2
Then new IP from uc4 team
Whatever druckmann and straley want
Third naughty dog team's first game

:)
 
My guess is that the second team is working on a brand new IP while the TLOU team is working either on another TLOU game (not a spoiler) or a brand new IP as well.

Naughty Dog always do something new on a new gen hardware and this time it won't be any different. There will be another Uncharted from Sony Bend that will probably hit the PS4/Vita. I am guessing Golden Abyss was Sony gauging how well they can handle the franchise.
 
Uncharted 4 needs to be massively different if they don't want to pull a gow ascension on the franchise. They should start by throwing all the uncharted 1 animations out of the window.
 
Lol. You guys just released a major, 95 meta aaa megablockbuster but that's not good enough so do another one.

I like the above schedule but it doesn't work.

UC4
TLOU2
Then new IP from uc4 team
Whatever druckmann and straley want
Third naughty dog team's first game

:)

This. This right here!
 
Problem with new ip is they take a long time to make, tlou took 3+years to make, without having to learn new hardware like when they first make uncharted 1.

Btw, how long has it been since uncharted 3 come out? That could give us hints whether their next game will be new ip or unchrted 4. Mark cerny has said again and again that ps4 is easy to develop for, and nd is not making whole new engine for ps4, and they already work and much higher asset level required from ps3 games anyway.

If they make another same uncharted, it shouldnt take them that long to make maybe 2,5 years or 3 years max.

Even if they did make a completely new engine it would only take them 1-2 months to get it working for PS4. By comparison, Uncharted's engine most likely took ND around 6-12 months to get it running. Even if it was a new IP with a new engine, I imagine we might be playing that new game in 2 years from now.
 
Amy Hennig is one of the most important developers at SCE. If she and her team want to make a new IP then they'll be allowed to. Media Molecule, a sub-50 person studio, said they were done with LBP, Sony respected that and farmed LBP 3 out to Sumo Digital.

That's not to say they (she) wouldn't do Uncharted again (or aren't making it as we speak), because these studios are companies within themselves, who get sales bonuses and royalties, and the fact that each release has outsold the last wouldn't have gone unnoticed, but I don't see them being forced.
 
Even if they did make a completely new engine it would only take them 1-2 months to get it working for PS4. By comparison, Uncharted's engine most likely took ND around 6-12 months to get it running. Even if it was a new IP with a new engine, I imagine we might be playing that new game in 2 years from now.

I think TLoU long development time is trying to create characters, new gameplay, world setting etc. the engine they're using is continuation from their Uncharted tech and they're already pretty damn good at that, they can pump out Uncharted games reliably in 2 years, with multiplayer too.

assuming ps4 will be easy to develop for, I think just designing new gameplay, coming up with new characters etc will still take 3+ years to make. after that, they can probably back to make awesome sequel every 2 years.

Amy Hennig is one of the most important developers at SCE. If she and her team want to make a new IP then they'll be allowed to. Media Molecule, a sub-50 person studio, said they were done with LBP, Sony respected that and farmed LBP 3 out to Sumo Digital.

That's not to say they (she) wouldn't do Uncharted again (or aren't making it as we speak), because these studios are companies within themselves, who get sales bonuses and royalties, and the fact that each release has outsold the last wouldn't have gone unnoticed, but I don't see them being forced.

that's the impression I got to from SCE, for better or worse, good because dev can make games they want, sucks for Vita when Sony don't mandate their own top studio to make games for it. :(
 
Lol. You guys just released a major, 95 meta aaa megablockbuster but that's not good enough so do another one.

I like the above schedule but it doesn't work.

UC4
TLOU2
Then new IP from uc4 team
Whatever druckmann and straley want
Third naughty dog team's first game

:)

I don't think three ND teams is enough.
 
uncharted should be the yoshi's island of the series.

scully's island - scully has to look after nathan drakes baby while trying to escape from an island full of killer crabs.
 
"The fact that I don't know is always disconcerting, but we'll see."

that screams like a kojima style lie to me. If not another new IP from ND. I'm happy either way
 
The thing is he could have stopped at saying I know nothing.


The fact that he describes it has "disheartening" makes me think this is legit...


Why would you add that to a simple NDA denial?


I hope I am wrong but this feels like when we all thought Hayter was trolling us at first....
 
The Uncharted franchise is my favorite franchise this gen (and possibly ever) but I would be fine with them never making another. I'm not burnt out on the games, but I think it ended well and I don't want to see the series be milked dry.
 
"The fact that I don't know is always disconcerting, but we'll see."

that screams like a kojima style lie to me. If not another new IP from ND. I'm happy either way

a new IP from ND probably would still use Nolan North for some part. I think I heard somewhere that Nolan North himself said that he work as Naughty Dog janitor in the off time lol.
 
Uncharted is/was great, but I want another new IP from ND. TLoU was amazing to say the least, so I want to see what else they can come up with. They should let Uncharted sit in a closet for a while and release a new IP for a new generation.
 
I can't see him the same way after his perverted act in TLOU. I just can't.
Lmao.

It is crazy. But what a performance. I had zero clue it was Nolan North while playing. Dude is a master of his craft.

Anyways, I'd rather Naughty Dog move on from Uncharted. One of the weakest things they've ever done in my opinion. Last of Us isn't perfect either, but it showed me that they're capable of much more than UC.
 
Do you really think they would change the voice of Drake? Come on.

a) Unlike Hayter, North isn't terrible.
b) North is still being cast in other Naughty Dog games.
c) Drake isn't going to undergo some crazy rapid aging crap and require a voice actor change.

They COULD do a game without Drake, but they might as well make a new IP in that case. Unless it stars Sully. OMG Sully adventures

Sully Adventures 1: Lima
Sully Adventures 2: Bogota
Sully Adventures 3: San Antonio
 
Hoping ND are working on a new ip.

Uncharted has run its course.

No, it hasn't. I think a big problem is that people seem to believe that if they made another Uncharted it'd just be like the rest of the series except prettier. But I don't think that's very likely.
 
No, it hasn't. I think a big problem is that people seem to believe that if they made another Uncharted it'd just be like the rest of the series except prettier. But I don't think that's very likely.

well thats what im personally expecting from the next uncharted if made.
A shinier coat.
I would like them to maybe have more open ended levels kinda like what kz:sf is doing.
But then again, Im not sure how they would be able to focus the story/set pieces and what not if it wasnt a linear path.
 
No, it hasn't. I think a big problem is that people seem to believe that if they made another Uncharted it'd just be like the rest of the series except prettier. But I don't think that's very likely.

Lezbihonest, Uncharted with a shinier coat will still sell by the truckload and finish top 10 in GAF's GOTY voting. It's easy to dismiss a hypothetical game you haven't seen.
 
Well, with Uncharted 3 they were on an extremely tight schedule that was made even worse by making the decision to announce the release date so early. Plus the PS3 was already being pushed to its limits. So you have those two elements that would be working against them experimenting with the gameplay in the series for that game.

The PS4 would obviously give them a lot more options. As far as open world goes I think you can look at games like RAGE or Arkham City as examples of what they could go in. RAGE is open world, but once you reach the dungeons (or whatever you want to call them) it becomes more of a classic id linear shooter. So, it delivered the best of both worlds. An open world for those that like the ability to explore, and linear sections that allowed id to control the pacing a lot more.
 
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This gen it was the uncharted trilogy, plus a new IP(TLOU). Next gen I hope we get a new IP trilogy, then a new Uncharted game in the end.
 
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