Uncharted 4 is coming in April, and I’m pretty damned excited for it. I’m not the biggest fan of the series, and I’m one of the many who believe that the second game is the series at its zenith – but I’m keen to see the new direction that Naughty Dog’s taken with the series, especially after the internal turmoil that saw stalwart series creative director Amy Hennig jump ship.
Now spearheaded by the creative team behind The Last of Us, this Uncharted may be slightly darker in tone, and maybe dabble with a bit more mature storytelling. What we do know, however, is that this could be Nathan Drake’s last adventure.
So says creative Director: Neil Druckmann, who says that because of the way the game ends, it’ll be “challenging” to have Drake return for an encore.
“He’s at the height of his popularity, so it’s not a good business decision. But I feel like the best way to honour him is to go out on top, to finish his story,” he told the Sun, though he notes that Sony owns the franchise so it’s really up to them in the end.
“But with the end of this story, it will be really hard to do a sequel with Nathan Drake,” he added. If Uncharted does continue (and it probably will!) it’ll either be a prequel, or star a brand new protagonist.
It seems like the game’s subtitle, a Thief’s End, may be fitting – and it may be why the team was so emotional about the game. The immediate conclusion is that we may see Nathan Drake die at the end of the game, but I very much doubt they’d kill him off.
Instead, my guess is that at the end of this all, Drake will end up with the greatest treasure of them all: He’ll settle down and start a family. Daaaawwwww.
Uncharted 4 will bring the story to its end on April 26.
Last Updated: January 12, 2016
oVg
January 12, 2016 at 09:05
Like last year, I placed my leave in just to play but the Witcher got pushed back. Same again for U4 🙁 It was supposed to be released on the 11th of March Arghhhhhhh!!!
miaau
January 12, 2016 at 09:07
Seriously, that does actually suck. If you plan that far in advance, take leave, stock on tins of baked beans and toast (and air freshener, it would seem, as well), alert family you are out the country and unreachable for the week and then it does not come off?
Eech. Backup game?
oVg
January 12, 2016 at 09:10
Where I work 6 months notice almost cuts it. Back up game is the Withcer 3 expansion 1 and 2. At least I have plenty of baked beans 😛
Umar
January 12, 2016 at 09:07
I have this strange longing for TLOU. I don’t think the game should get a sequel, but I’d be okay with it. Never played Uncharted though so can’t say I feel antyhing towards this game
Loftus
January 12, 2016 at 09:15
I fully agree with you Umar. TLOU shouldn’t be made a in a sequel/prequel. I am going to wait a bit and have a look at the reviews of Uncharted 4 and if they are good then i’ll go and get the Nathan drake collection first.
Umar
January 12, 2016 at 09:17
Yeah, it’s like, I know TLOU shouldn’t get a sequel but man, really want to be back in that universe 🙁 also, I want to pick up the collection too, I’m sure U4 is gonna get crazy good scores.
Loftus
January 12, 2016 at 09:21
mmmm i think i should replay TLOU soon.
oVg
January 12, 2016 at 09:22
On Grounded Mode, Its so addictive.
Umar
January 12, 2016 at 09:23
eh….making me want to spend money
oVg
January 12, 2016 at 09:25
I should get commission 😉 Fanboys… another word for free advertising 😉
Umar
January 12, 2016 at 09:27
LOL naa, we’re just fan of good stuff…and all the good stuff is on PS4 😛
oVg
January 12, 2016 at 09:28
Da truth 😉
Loftus
January 12, 2016 at 09:28
Incoming PC master race BS in 5,4,3,2,1
oVg
January 12, 2016 at 09:29
They are all too busy upgrading their PCs with 8 Titan processors for the Oculas to care about silly peasant games 😉
Loftus
January 12, 2016 at 09:34
Crazy stuff, i think i read on LG that one would require 4 usb drives to run redOndicolas. O_o mind blown
Loftus
January 12, 2016 at 09:24
Having recently quit smoking playing it on Grounded mode might not be such a great idea. hahahaha 🙂
Hammersteyn
January 12, 2016 at 09:22
Played it on PS3, but I’m itching to double dip on PS4
Loftus
January 12, 2016 at 09:26
Double dip ?! 🙂 hahahaha “that sounded di..” never mind i’m going to stop that. hahahah
Go for it buddy, lots of people are trading tlou in these days.
Hammersteyn
January 12, 2016 at 09:34
XD
oVg
January 12, 2016 at 09:27
Its worth it, DAT FRAME RATE 🙂 🙂
oVg
January 12, 2016 at 09:20
I think Jak and Daxter are next in line. They know they cant do a sequel to a master piece. Thats like making The Big Lebowski 2. You just cant.
Loftus
January 12, 2016 at 09:22
oVg Speaks the truth!
oVg
January 12, 2016 at 09:23
Maybe some more DLC like they did with Ellie but we get to see what Joel was up to during the 20 years after the outbreak. That would be cool.
Hammersteyn
January 12, 2016 at 09:23
Yeah, look how well dumb and dumber turned out 🙁
oVg
January 12, 2016 at 09:24
Also rumours of a Bad Santa 2 🙁
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 12, 2016 at 09:24
Blade Runner 2. It’s happening.
oVg
January 12, 2016 at 09:26
NOOOOoooooo Also some Star Wars movie in the works
RUNS
iusedtobe(a)regular
January 12, 2016 at 10:49
There were some sequels that were better than the original. T2, The Dark Night, The Godfather 2, to name but a few, so I am all for TLOU 2.
oVg
January 12, 2016 at 09:15
Its not as emotional as TLOU. More of a shallow Indiana Jones comedy with great action and set pieces. Kind of a Gears of War mixed with Romancing the Stone. Not Tomb Raider. I dont know why people compare it to Tomb Raider. If anything, the latest Tomb Raider games stole from Uncharted. Yes, Im still butt hurt.
So either way Im not fussed if he dies or not. But from the look of things, they have gone TLOU for the fourth with great Mo-Cap from TLOU actors and team. The character development might draw in the emotional side. I think he dies to save his brother and Scully.
Umar
January 12, 2016 at 09:16
That would be an incredible end to his story…I think I’m gonna pick up the collection then.
oVg
January 12, 2016 at 09:17
The production budget alone warrants the purchase, and the trilogy collection did very well.
Naughty Dog have no restrictions when it comes to fully envisioning their product.
Umar
January 12, 2016 at 09:22
Yeah, I’m most impressed that they don’t compromise their vision for the story for anything. Well from what I can tell with TLOU and what I’ve seen of Uncharted.
iusedtobe(a)regular
January 12, 2016 at 10:34
You “Sully”, right? Scully is a woman who works for the FBI on the X-Files.
konfab
January 12, 2016 at 10:09
I don’t want a sequel for TLOU, I do however want a spiritual successor that has a similarly amazing combination of characters and gameplay.
Original Heretic
January 12, 2016 at 09:37
I never got to play any of the Uncharted games. But after playing Last of Us, I am VERY curious to check it out, especially this last one. Naughty Dog has captured my imagination with one great title, I wanna see what else they can do.
konfab
January 12, 2016 at 10:08
Uncharted 5:
You play as an unofficial dependent of Magellan who finds that Nathan Drake has been living as a Zombie king ever since he took a bullet for a pregnant Elena.
You heard it here folks :3
iusedtobe(a)regular
January 12, 2016 at 10:30
It would be cool though if Drake had a son who followed in his dads footsteps and then ND can have Drake take on the role of what Sully always was to him, a mentor, of sorts.