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Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - Game Informer details
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PLASTICA-MAN
Member
We really need an Uncharted game where we play Sully and Sam. Dunno why they withdrew the idea.
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More combat encounters please.
And maybe a few more epic set pieces.
And maybe a few more epic set pieces.
ChasingComets
Member
E3's available right now.
Or so I wish, but I think July or August is a safe bet.
AudioEppa
Member
I don't care about how it's pacing will be, each game it was fine to me.
I'm a little concerned about "puzzle heavy" i've never cared for it is the other games. It's always felt unnecessary, just something to stop the player so the game feels a bit longer. I guess it depends on how quick you are to understand it. Whatever I'll get over it.
I'm a little concerned about "puzzle heavy" i've never cared for it is the other games. It's always felt unnecessary, just something to stop the player so the game feels a bit longer. I guess it depends on how quick you are to understand it. Whatever I'll get over it.
Digital-Hero
Member
But a 1970's or 80s Sully game sounds awesome.
Yep. I'm a bit concerned with the puzzle stuff, but since the team is going for better pacing than UC4 maybe it will flow better.
OfTheOverflow
Member
What evidence is there that it's changed? Pretty sure it should still be included.
Primethius
Banned
Think so, but not sure why it matters.
pretty done
Member
Probably didn't want to make another game with white males as the leads
I'm ok with this Chloe game, she's the best Uncharted female. I'm just worried the location/environment variety is gonna be crap (like an Uncharted 1 or GA) with it all taking place in India.
Lil'DigiOp
Member
So is this a full blown Uncharted title.
IDK why the PSX reveal made me think this was a side story DLC like 6 hour game
IDK why the PSX reveal made me think this was a side story DLC like 6 hour game
Primethius
Banned
It won't be a globe trotting adventure sure but India has got tons of variety so I wouldn't be worried.
Ascenion
Member
I'm just reminded of Nepal in Uncharted 2 and how Nate having dated Chloe and likely knowing of her past, neither of them mentions anything interesting while being in a predominantly Hindu country. Like not a thing but she's half Indian now and raised Hindu. That's kinda stuff bothers me, in the same sense that Marlowe would've known about Sam and could've used that as leverage to get Drake's ring which was the most important thing to him because of Sam. But yeah no one thinks about that stuff. I'm just agitated by the inconsistencies especially since it's made by the same people so there's less reason for them.
Primethius
Banned
Sure, I get that. It is a retcon. I personally just don't think it matters much and we shouldn't constrain characters to one specific game like that so long as you can mostly make everything fit.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
I was disappointed when Uncharted 4 was announced, but I'm interested in this game, but why not just name it Uncharted 5?
DriftingSpirit
Member
It isn't going to be that big.
Ascenion
Member
Usually I'm okay with it but Chloe being half Indian and Hindu changes Uncharted 2 for me. I can never play it the same again. The Cintamani stone is pretty well known in Buddhism and Hinduism. For them to be chasing after it but this is never mentioned or even hinted at, it's just immersion breaking.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Already purchased and waiting
aww yiiis its connected to U4s coop and MP
aww yiiis its connected to U4s coop and MP
TheSpaceBetween
Member
Ugh, the part about not being interested in a Sully origin story makes me sad 
PLASTICA-MAN
Member
This DLC is a full game and got the attention it needs.
ClayKavalier
Banned
All I want to know is a release date. I can't wait for this.
More info from mag, just got off work, sorry:
*So again, they spent months just figuring out who to use.
*They decided not to use Sully's past since he spent most of his youth in the navy and Cassie, being so young giving her a gun was out of the question.
*They planned to do a DLC with the scope and size of UC5. However the Last of Us II screwed that, so they settled and scaled it down to tell Chloe's story.
*People were pleased and disappointed Chloe wasn't in UC4 besides the note she sent Drake, but they never do cameos unless its an important role to play and there was no place for her in that story
*They added Nadine since the contrasts are just as fun and exciting as the similarities.
Nadine is very structured and pragmatic, Chloe is unpredictable, emotional and rash.
The main theme of UCLL is self-preservation in contrast to self-sacrifice. "When do you save yourself, when do you sacrifice yourself for others around you?"
*Asav is a cultured badass but he is being simplified, a "war profiteer who fooled himself into thinking his cause is superior and that he is better than these thieves and mercenaries whose world he is in"
*Both Nadine and Chloe are compensating for something
*Nadine will mark enemies and even do stealth kills. She is a fully trained mercenary
*Asev is undoubtedly Nadine's equal and she realizes that
*Lockpicking will be important to get extras such as the silenced pistol, no visual feedback to know if you're picking the lock, you have to get a feel for it from a vibration with the controller
*Some of the exploration is a uc1 and uc2 feel, a mystical feeling, feeling small in a space visiting temples and old churches
Nadine is not at all skilled at climbing. She also is getting used to do dirty work herself. She used to have her men blow shit up and its a change of pace for her
Chloe's climbing is much more elegant than Drake, but she dosen't have his reach or body strength
*Asev's organization was similar to how Nathan and Sam were being pursued by Shoreline. Asev knows Nadine personally and professionally, knows how she thinks
*Stories of Hindu gods run parallel for Chloe's trials, illustrating the lessons she's learned. Hindu gods and goddesses, the Hoysala Empire. Unlike other uncharteds, this is a story about the region, religion and philosophy
From the sketch, Asev is a light skinned Indian with a salt and pepper ducktail beard and Ghandi style round glass lens. My opinion, imagine Rajinikanth but light skinned and evil
The Tusk of Ganesha
ND is taking the approach of the subject matter so seriously they went so far to cast actual Tamil insurgents, not actors from an agency. Some of the gameplay had inaccurate language and references such as restaurant signs and they corrected it immediately. They are talking to historians, locals, priests, to have this as authentic as possible
Western Ghats is a mountain range which is larger than all of madagascar in uc4
The Jeep does return with the winch
The MOST important thing is
*So again, they spent months just figuring out who to use.
*They decided not to use Sully's past since he spent most of his youth in the navy and Cassie, being so young giving her a gun was out of the question.
*They planned to do a DLC with the scope and size of UC5. However the Last of Us II screwed that, so they settled and scaled it down to tell Chloe's story.
*People were pleased and disappointed Chloe wasn't in UC4 besides the note she sent Drake, but they never do cameos unless its an important role to play and there was no place for her in that story
*They added Nadine since the contrasts are just as fun and exciting as the similarities.
Nadine is very structured and pragmatic, Chloe is unpredictable, emotional and rash.
The main theme of UCLL is self-preservation in contrast to self-sacrifice. "When do you save yourself, when do you sacrifice yourself for others around you?"
*Asav is a cultured badass but he is being simplified, a "war profiteer who fooled himself into thinking his cause is superior and that he is better than these thieves and mercenaries whose world he is in"
*Both Nadine and Chloe are compensating for something
*Nadine will mark enemies and even do stealth kills. She is a fully trained mercenary
*Asev is undoubtedly Nadine's equal and she realizes that
*Lockpicking will be important to get extras such as the silenced pistol, no visual feedback to know if you're picking the lock, you have to get a feel for it from a vibration with the controller
*Some of the exploration is a uc1 and uc2 feel, a mystical feeling, feeling small in a space visiting temples and old churches
Nadine is not at all skilled at climbing. She also is getting used to do dirty work herself. She used to have her men blow shit up and its a change of pace for her
Chloe's climbing is much more elegant than Drake, but she dosen't have his reach or body strength
Implied that Chloe's father has been dead for decades
Chloe hired Nadine for two reasons. One, Nadine knows Asev from her mercenary days and only for financial motivation. Nadine is much more desperate than Chloe. Asev's organization was the one from the gameplay vid. They barely manage to stay ahead of him. With his resources, intelligence and determination, he finds a clue to get the Holy Tusk.
*Asev's organization was similar to how Nathan and Sam were being pursued by Shoreline. Asev knows Nadine personally and professionally, knows how she thinks
The reason Chloe is so self-centered is due to her father. She is facing a lot of old demons in India
*Stories of Hindu gods run parallel for Chloe's trials, illustrating the lessons she's learned. Hindu gods and goddesses, the Hoysala Empire. Unlike other uncharteds, this is a story about the region, religion and philosophy
From the sketch, Asev is a light skinned Indian with a salt and pepper ducktail beard and Ghandi style round glass lens. My opinion, imagine Rajinikanth but light skinned and evil
The Tusk of Ganesha
is not a literal tusk, but a jewel the Hoysalan Empire's nobles created to honor his legacy.
ND is taking the approach of the subject matter so seriously they went so far to cast actual Tamil insurgents, not actors from an agency. Some of the gameplay had inaccurate language and references such as restaurant signs and they corrected it immediately. They are talking to historians, locals, priests, to have this as authentic as possible
Western Ghats is a mountain range which is larger than all of madagascar in uc4
The Jeep does return with the winch
The MOST important thing is
that ass is back with a vengeance! According to the photos I saw in there
Ocarina_117
Banned
Very hyped for this, the India setting is exciting me.
miller.skippins
Banned
i miss dat ass...
NipplesAndToes23
Member
That was the guy who looked like Jason Statham right?
Schopenhauerian
Member
Thanks for posting that, very good to know they're talking to people, and actually making an effort at authenticity. Did anything strike you the wrong way, when you read the piece?
Aside from Escayg's ”weird deities" remark, some curious design choices within the December trailer were pointed out here (language/architecture/iconography/etc).
ScaryShark
Banned
As far as they both had bald heads, yes.
I think they have taken note from that(wierd comment) , and have done some changes regarding it. like doing better research of locality etc.
Schopenhauerian
Member
Yeah, that part of Sanojio's post is particularly encouraging. Will be interested to check out this piece in GI.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
This sounds great, up until now, all I was expecting was a 90 min episode like Left Behind. Part of me is hoping they actually delay it and expand it up to an 8 hour game.
I'd guess we are looking at a 3-4 hour game as it is.
I'd guess we are looking at a 3-4 hour game as it is.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
- "more personal, grounded story"
- big open levels
- Nadine
Zzzz.
Even Uncharted is open world now. Nothing is safe anymore. I don't want to play a gritty war story with lock-picking and vehicles for going from A to B in a Uncharted game for god's sake.
"More personal grounded story" than Uncharted 4. So, overly serious The Last of Us levels of doom and grittiness. Great just what everybody wanted of a Uncharted game.
Still day one but it's not looking good. I fully expect the same braindead platforming and easy puzzles that Nadine will solve for you anyways within 20 seconds.
- big open levels
- Nadine
Zzzz.
Even Uncharted is open world now. Nothing is safe anymore. I don't want to play a gritty war story with lock-picking and vehicles for going from A to B in a Uncharted game for god's sake.
"More personal grounded story" than Uncharted 4. So, overly serious The Last of Us levels of doom and grittiness. Great just what everybody wanted of a Uncharted game.
Still day one but it's not looking good. I fully expect the same braindead platforming and easy puzzles that Nadine will solve for you anyways within 20 seconds.
Australian. But yes the Indian heritage is out of nowhere.
nelsonroyale
Member
Sounds crate. When is the release date?