I just wanted to impress upon how ND's efforts showed through the different Uncharted games. It goes to show that being creative with art and pushing the system to the limit can, in time, produce some stunning result.
Change in art style notwithstanding (from UDF to UDD) here are the screens:
The original high resolution and high poly asset:
In-engine (featuring brunette Elena design):
And what a difference 4 years makes:
In-engine:
There is no doubt that ND is under tremendous amount of both internal and external pressure to deliver on the next gen platform. I hope that for the sake of their sanity and reputation they can pull through.