lol meltdown.
Calm down man, a lot of us are disappointed but the game is still coming out. Not like it's stuck in development purgatory Last Guardian style.
Plus a delayed spring UC4 is likely a better quality product than a holiday UC4.
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Uncharted 4 delayed to Spring 2016
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lol meltdown.
Calm down man, a lot of us are disappointed but the game is still coming out. Not like it's stuck in development purgatory Last Guardian style.
Plus a delayed spring UC4 is likely a better quality product than a holiday UC4.
Bruce, I respect you a lot man, but you're mostly dancing around the argument.
Amy Hennig, series mainstay and creative force behind all Uncharteds left mid-development on U4. She didn't leave the project unfinished due to lack of love.
Justin Richmond, director for U3 and formerly U4, left also.
Taylor Kurosaki, long-time Uncharted cinematic director/editor also left.
Todd Stashwick, the original cast for Sam Drake, gone.
There are more and to deny all this hasn't played a part in the delay is a little disingenuous.
I believe the higher-ups of Nintendo are very adamant on getting Zelda out by holiday. It'll definitely be a close call, though, I think; in the same way I believe (I'm only speculating) it was a close call getting Smash out by last holiday, and Mario Kart 8 before summer.
Fair enough.
ZeusCannon
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I'm ok with this, UC4 will be godly, but now that it's delayed a Remaster collection is looking very likely for fall/holiday 2015
Kotetsu534
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Disappointed, but completely respect the decision (especially this far out) to publicly acknowledge it's not going to be make it. Better getting the real Uncharted 4 a few months later than planned than a rushed-out-the-door version in November.
TheSpaceBetween
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I'm surprised that people would be surprised that people are surprised by this. If it had kept to the release date, it would have had four years of development time, two and a half of which with "all hands on deck" by Sony's biggest and most renown studio, who is usually efficient as hell.
Holy shit! Uncharted 4 will still be making it for Christmas on PC this year?!
2015 is saved! ;P
Vire
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Amusingly, every one of those games was delayed to some extent.
As of PSX, my understanding was that a lot of what was there during Hennig's charge is still there. Content has been dropped, but a lot is still there. So I don't think its a complete overhaul.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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I had a feeling a long time ago.. Guess it plenty times in my posts
bananafactory
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It probably did but your original post paints Druckmann and Straley as some egomaniacal madmen hellbent on making sure their names and faces are firmly entrenched in the Uncharted legacy, so much so that it might as well be called UnStraley 4: A Druckmann's Tale.
We have no idea how much Amy/Justin's departure affected the game, I am SURE it played a role but to say they tore the whole thing apart afterwards is pure speculation.
Ninja Scooter
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It's amazing you could pull all of this out of thin air.
ProTip: Posting on NeoGaf does not make you an industry insider. You probably know about as much about what went on behind the scenes at Naughty Dog as my grandma does.
Clarkus Darkus
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Why so many comments on a delayed game?
Oh...It's a sony exclusive
Nothing new here.
Oh...It's a sony exclusive
Nothing new here.
BruceLeeRoy
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I didn't know about the Taylor and Todd departures. Those for sure have impacted the game I mean how could they not, but I still don't believe its to the degree your imagining. Creating legit next gen games is incredibly taxing and every studio that is making one has experienced a massive delay. A 3 year dev cycle is completely in line with what a game like this would take.
TheLostBigBoss
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bananafactory
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I don't agree to that!
Nah, you probably meant May.
Ninja Scooter
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I'd be surprised. Sony has shown plenty of faith in being able to launch tentpole AAA games in the spring. It's normally God of War's spot. Last of Us launched in June too. Fall of 2016 will probably be Morpheus' time to shine anyway. I do wonder what this means for the next God of War?
I love Bruce and Neil, I love their work and what they've done on both Uncharted and The Last of Us. I just think it's unfortunate, because it was clearly development/office politics that led to all this... and the fans are the ones who suffer. Because it did play into the delay and ultimately what is "better" is subjective. Me, personally, I trust Amy and Justin's vision just as much as Neil and Bruce's. They were all talented folks, they all love Uncharted, but sometimes talented creative folks have difficulty working with each other, and in this case that's a damn shame.
thelastcrusader
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Thank God my 2015 is booked enough as is.
metalslimer
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I guess I can wait for the remodel then.
iceatcs
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Of course, it is what you get if you want every game to be openworld/level.
Rockstar have 1000+ working on GTA for 4 years. it is dangerous massive project just being openworld gaming.
You got to draw all of the drains, different type of chewing gums, dog's shit etc.. everything took hours to design and making.
That's why I was hoping for this gen that not all of the game must have new online features or boring openworld. Otherwise we will only get 3 to 8 big games every year, way too few.
Rockstar have 1000+ working on GTA for 4 years. it is dangerous massive project just being openworld gaming.
You got to draw all of the drains, different type of chewing gums, dog's shit etc.. everything took hours to design and making.
That's why I was hoping for this gen that not all of the game must have new online features or boring openworld. Otherwise we will only get 3 to 8 big games every year, way too few.
Saying ProTip doesn't make you as insightful or as witty as you think it does.
I never claimed to be an insider. I am speculating and asking questions, and there's pretty good reason to speculate and ask questions.
bananafactory
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Again you're using words like "clearly" to categorize assumptions and speculation.
No one knows what happened.
Reminds me of famousmort level speculation.
Tell me more insider!
If anything they'll improve the graphics even further and make 60fps an impossibility.
Ninja Scooter
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You're speculating about people's reputations and character, which is pretty dickish.
I can practically guarantee you that a bunch more people besides those left as well. And a bunch more joined. Like at every company ever.
The Artisan
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that would mean come spring 2016, a second delay to fall 2016.
These are assumptions that have to be made and asked if you ever want answers. Here's what we know: a number of mainstay Uncharted developers and creative people left, all around the same time, at the height of development on their big next gen project and the studio wants to bury it as deeply in the past as possible. But yes, we don't know what happened.
But clearly you know something.
Super Stardust
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Smart move. They had too much competition for GOTY this year, looks like 2016 will be uncharted vs quantum break.
TheDarkKnight774
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nooooooooooooooooooooo
bananafactory
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Speculating on the character of people like Bruce and Neil is not something that is necessary, and that is exactly what you're doing.
Yes, several significant people departed. We don't know why. There's nothing more to say about it unless more information comes out.
You still have no idea what happened though we literally know nothing on the details behind their departure. You't can take those events and make the declaration that it has resulted in ND reworking major parts of the game. The Last of Us was another ambitious game that was delayed.
Also, from what we saw from the 15 minute gameplay demo, that looked like a pretty complete game to me. They have all the mechanics and the meat of the core gameplay down..
I can agree with that, I was dickish. And I apologize to Neil and Bruce for my earlier post if they read it.
Wada isn't S-E CEO any longer and if anything, S-E would be like "milk was a bad choice" after hearing about this.
OptimusLime
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If a game hits 60fps it clearly does not have enough shine, and more shine must be added to resolve this issue.
fastford58
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Damn it. Ah well. Lots of games to play. I'm already backlogged as it is.
Okay, dude. I've been on NeoGAF for some 8 years now and I have never once claimed to be an insider or anything close to it. But I have been an Uncharted fan for about the same amount of time, and I follow the series as much as anyone can.
When Amy Hennig left, IGN ran their article and Mitch Dyer's had sources tell him that said Amy was "forced out"
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/05/uncharted-ps4-writer-amy-hennig-leaves-naughty-dog
That's where all this speculation began, so people thinking I'm coming up with this on my own, give me a break. It's been around and will probably always be around until we get answers some day.
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