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Uncharted 4 changed its story “100 percent” when its new directors took over

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I’m not the biggest fan of the Uncharted series, but it’s still one of those games that I have a huge amount of respect for, even if the decision to turn enemy heads into bullet sponges still grates me to this day. What Uncharted 4 gets right is a level of storytelling and camaraderie that you rarely ever see in any other game on the shelves these days.

You just don’t get many games with such characters and epic sweeping stories. And for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, that story did one massive turn once Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley joined the project. Speaking to the New York Times, Druckmann explained that the development team “shot eight months of her story and it was all thrown away,” referring to Amy Hennig who alongside Justin Richmond, left Naughty Dog in early 2014 under mysterious circumstances. Allegedly.  “Amy is still a very dear friend of mine and she’s brilliant,” Druckmann said.

But the Last of Us guys were the next team there, so they took over and they just wanted their own flavor. They got rid of some of the other people that were involved and just redid their thing.

Druckmann and Bruce Straley, hot off of their success with The Last of Us, would assume a co-directing role on Uncharted 4. A role with the goal of making Uncharted 4 the “biggest, most ambitious” game in Naughty Dog history. “We want to do this justice,” Druckmann said.

We want it to be a mind-blowing, eye-popping, sweaty-palms adventure. Everybody is bleeding out of their eye sockets to make it come together. We want to make sure Drake is sent off properly.

Uncharted 4 is currently the final planned game in the franchise that Naughty Dog will develop, and it’ll also be the final Nathan Drake adventure. “It’s time,” Druckmann explained.

Sometimes, a character just lets you know it’s time to move on. For me, that was part of the intrigue of coming back to this world. You never see something successful in the industry end. It usually just fizzles out.

Several delays later, and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is finally out in April. Provided that there isn’t another delay to remove any more Assassin’s Creed art that may be lurking around.

Last Updated: February 29, 2016

8 Comments

  1. Uncharted 4: The Last of Drake

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  2. Hammersteyn

    February 29, 2016 at 09:45

    Stole art from Assassins Creed, 3/10 – IGN

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    • Pariah

      February 29, 2016 at 09:55

      But their PR story was amazing, don’t you think? 10/10 Last of Us writing right there. They scrapped the first draft though.

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  3. oVg

    February 29, 2016 at 11:42

    R949 GET IN THE SEA

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  4. oVg

    February 29, 2016 at 11:45

    Check this, FAR CRY PRIMAL in the playstation store is R999 but if you are a lucky member who has PS Plus, you save R149.

    R849 GET IN THE SEA.

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    • Greylingad[CNFRMD]

      February 29, 2016 at 12:25

      HAHAHAH!!!! No, just no, Maybe it’s time we started creating our own games… It’ll work out cheaper to do the whole project from start to finish at this rate….

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  5. Darren Peach

    February 29, 2016 at 13:16

    Sure I read somewhere that The Last of Us was only ever going to be a stand alone game. I get very jumpy when developers talk last game ever in a hugely successful franchise. It’s not natural for humans to practice moderation.

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  6. oVg

    February 29, 2016 at 15:20

    May 15, 2012 was the first time that I spent over R599 for a videogame. It was Max Payne 3 R699.

    4 years ago, games were R400 cheaper than todays R999 price of admission. Anybody smell a sales crash? Or are all gamers rich buggers?

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