Corrinne Yu confirms that Uncharted 4 was running in-game on PS4

Corinne Yu the lead programmer of Uncharted 4 A Thief’s End just confirmed in her tweet post that Uncharted 4 was running ingame visuals captured directly from a PS4.

[imt558]

This Corinne Yu's tweet is way more interesting.

http://i.imgur.com/MVFFswZ....

[Ballsack]

Game over...

imagine what naughty dog will achieve in 3 years time on ps4 ..just look at ps3s swangsong tlou..

ps4 will really hit its stride next year when sonys first party start releasing their games..

I'm excited again for ps4..

[Kingthrash360]

dam...i truly thought it was in cg...goty 2015. ive seen nothing looking like this. i was totally fooled. wow...i... just wow, ...at a loss for words. ...tha fly alone...uhh...i have something in my eye......
thank you nd.

[thereapersson]

Did anyone really believe that it wasn't rendering real time? Naughty Dog teased they had something epic to show even though it was only that - a teaser. Do people still doubt Naughty Dog? People really think that ND will follow the rest of the industry and show non real time footage?

You can tell it's real time just by looking at it.

[Eonjay]

Well, thats it then. The uber smart Ex NASA babe has spoken. And I'm quite sure she knows more than me... and numbers don't lie.

[crxss]

Running in-game is different than gameplay though. The uncharted 3/tlou cutscenes were in-game and looked better than the gameplay. Still gonna look amazing though.

[bintarok]

Lets hope when she said in-game it really meant gameplay, not cut-scene.

[choujij]

Just... Wow.

Well done ND.

[rainslacker]

I believe it actually said it was rendered on the PS4 before the trailer started.

Anyhow, if they manage to get close to this in the actual game play it's going to blow people away. The level of detail is just jaw-dropping.

I imagine we'll have to wait until next E3 to get any game play footage though.:(

[Kingdom Come]

Whilst I am more than certain the game will be a masterpiece, especially through the direction of Neil Druckmann, I do wish people would refrain from prematurely labelling a title as "Game of the Year", despite having seen no gameplay footage and with it being presumably more than a year away...

[BattleN]

When I saw Infamous SS I actually thought that was pushing the PS4, but after seeing Uncharted 4 I see a major leap from PS3 to PS4. This truly can be called Next gen stuff!

[Hydrolex]

Damn, I thought it was running on Wii u !! Really disappointed at this point

[GarrusVakarian]

Omg, in-game!? Truefan isn't going to like this news....not one bit, he said it was CGI lmao!

Naughty Dog once again raising the graphics bar.

[amiga-man]

whats equally impressive is getting such stunning visuals running at 1080p 60fps

[Darkstares]

I have no doubt it will be a beautiful looking game but they showed no actual gameplay. You will also note in the game 1886: The Order how the graphics change from actual gameplay to when the game cuts into a non-controlled scene. All that is also running on PS4 hardware but the actual graphics get scaled back. Still a great looking game mind you.

[Bereaver]

Written on the cage in the last part, "for we receive the due reward of our deeds". Pirates.

[morganfell]

@thereapersson,

They didn't believe it wasn't...they were just hoping it wasn't.

[AceBlazer13]

Naughty Dog sends a big thank you to the Xbox fanboys that thought it wasCCGI. XD who do you think this is ? Microsoft?

[johndoe11211]

JESUS!!!! I literally just crapped myself. Naughty Dog just won the game developers lifetime infinite megaton trophy award.

[MWong]

While I'm sad to see this is the alst game with Nathan Drake, it looks simply BEAUTIFUL so far.

[nveenio]

@Kingdom Come

When people say a Naughty Dog game is "game of the year", it's pretty much just based on a solid historical pattern.

[NatureOfLogic_]

Best looking game ever. Including PC. Trust me when I say you haven't seen anything until you've seen that HD video linked below. I was blown away.

1080p 60fps for anyone who missed it. http://nd.images.s3.amazona... Thanks to PLASTICA-MAN for link.

ND is setting a new standard very early.

[SuperBlunt]

i cant...the sand in his eyebrow WTFH NAUGHTY DOG WHY!?

[rainslacker]

I saw it in the theater, and the level of detail on the textures and in his face was just astounding. You could actually see the pores in his skin, and the variations of reflection in his eyes. Actual game play probably won't be that detailed, but it's still a good start for so soon into this gen.

[Snookies12]

Yeah, in theater it blew me away. It was so astounding. Gaming is about to ascend. I never imagined it would look as good as it did in person. Anyone who's not impressed had to have been there when they showed it off. Everyone in the audience was clapping after that trailer.

[snookiegamer]

Sony made my jaw drop with UC4. It looked almost film quality. I'm not surprised at all some people were 'hoping' it was CGI.

Absolutely amazing....this game alone makes PS4 a must have system :)))

[miyamoto]

Yep, that's Corrinne Yu alright.

A former Bungie/Halo artist now proud member of the best of the bestest- Naughty Dogs!

The best in the business. Hit game after hit game with out riding bandwagons.

[Foraoise]

Can I borrow someone else's bullets? I've used up all mine, FIRING SHOTS!

BAM BAM :)

[johndoe11211]

Here, take some of mine.......

[johndoe11211]

*sorry repost*

[showtimefolks]

I am super excited for fall of 2014 games, some exclusives and some 3rd party. But 2014 will be an epic year in gaming in general

The order 1886
The witcher 3
Halo 4
Uncharted 4
Star wars Battlefront
possibly Mass Effect

Ballsack

the most amazing thing about UC4 is that its still using the old ps3 engine. ND didn't even make a new engine for ps4.

R*
ND
Kojima

3 of the best development studios in no particular order

[kneon]

Uncharted is coming out next year.

[JsonHenry]

Lol, in game Cinematic code captured running on PS4. The game will look good. But not that good.

[metatronx]

still in denial :)

[reaperofsouls]

butthurt comment above lol

[0P-Tigrex]

a dev said this nathan drake has twice the poly's as Joel in TLOU.. TWICE. lol

and notice the fly rubbing it's legs together.. if you can do that IN ENGINE then i'll give you my money right now.

[Tetsujin]

(So far the majority of responses) "Oh no it's not, that's all CGI and cut scene because the internet said so! There's no way the PS4 is THAT capable of making games that good because of all the indie titles they keep over hyping and all the other games that have multiple screen tearing and lack of AA. I will NOT buy another Uncharted because it's a new generation; which means they NEED to work on another IP and move on. Just because the game looks pretty doesn't mean it will be good; look at UC3 and how crappy that game is?! You would think ND learned their lesson and moved on."

(now for a non-satire response)
I hope the game follows 1 and 2 more than 3 in terms of story; I know a lot of people will probably lynch me for this but I didn't care for 3 as much as I did 1 and 2. For the game to look THAT good THIS early in the PS4 life means games will only get better over time.

[Sharius]

that look stuning

[M-M]

I don't even want to imagine TLOU 3 or something towards the end of the generation. Uncharted 4's visuals are just insane, a mix between photo-realism and CG.

[leemo19]

Of course it was ND never fails when it comes to showing the in-game footage. Hopefully this will quiet the people thinking it was a cgi.

[TOTSUKO]

I find it hilarious a lot of people thought this was a CG trailer.

Those people just witnessed greatness without even realizing it.

[spacecat5050]

I wish we would have witnessed gameplay.

[ltachiUchiha]

U remember when evan wells said, "Were going to experience a whole new Drake". Think back when they showed off Uncharted 2 with the helicopter scene & TLOU when joel fired an empty gun only to see the enemy react to it. I can bet that Naughty Dog will show something with that kind of hype but better. Prepare to get blown away. The small portion I seen was prolly not enough footage to really BLOW THE ROOF OFF, Naughty Dog style so im guessing they will wait & reveal it at the VGX Awards. This teaser was amazing though & I believe it will look just as good maybe even better when it is released.

[disKinected]

The graphics are so top notch, anybody can easily be mistaken.

Hats off to naughty dog, they have outdone themselves this time.

[rdgneoz3]

If you've played Naughty Dog games, you'll know they only do in-game cutscenes and not CG. And god damn, that was a beautiful trailer.

[chrissx]

LoL you are so right!

[lameguy]

Does a 'photo' mode in a racing game count as in-engine? In-engine cutscenes often showcase things... differently than during normal gameplay.

[Snookies12]

Sure it counts, but no racer has achieved this level of realism. I'd bet my house this is pretty much gameplay. Naughty Dog has done incredible on PS3 given the hardware they had to work with. Even then, there wasn't an enormous level of difference between gameplay and cutscenes. So, with the hardware the PS4 has to offer, I can safely bet that this game will look almost exactly like this when playing.

[MoveTheGlow]

Demos and in-game trailers are indeed weird. You just saw a cutscene that was most likely much more refined for e3 than the rest of the game - makes sense, since they want people to get a taste of what they're doing early on. The visuals *could* change as adjustments are made due to the mechanics and setpieces that are created later, but this is Naughty Dog here, not some chumps making an Ubisoft demo. I'm pretty certain they'll deliver well on their promises.

[buffig]

There are different ways of looking at it. In engine could mean that it's still pre-rendered, but rendered using the engine. Photo mode is technically "in engine" but it's just a still. The cut scenes in the last of us have been confirmed to be both "in engine" and pre-rendered. The impressive thing in this case is that the footage is captured in engine and running on a PS4 in real time, which I find quite astonishing regardless of it being a cut scene. I think most people would comfortably watch a CGI movie at this quality, rendered using a warehouse full of rendering machines. To generate this on a £350 console is beyond belief.

[JsonHenry]

This was not "gameplay" this was in-engine cutscene. I WISH the gameplay would look that good. It might be close (which is still impressive) but it won't look that good. Bookmark this page and come back when you finally see gameplay so I can say I told you so.

[younglj01]

Wow....Holy shit....Can't believe that I'm sorry I need more footage because that was almost down right scary...

[Sharius]

sony should force the photo mode to every of thier first party game from now on

i'm sure devs will be very happy when ppl just look at these photo and call it a cgi trailer or the bullshot

[chrissx]

Damn. Ps4 is King.

[snookiegamer]

ND knocked it out the park!!!

I can't wait!!! Super excited for UC4 OMG!!!

[Inzo]

That river in the background is the best ingame rapids I have ever seen on any platform. ND truly raised the bar........................... again!

[Jihaad_cpt]

Amen brother

[Rute]

Seems like it was a really smart move to hire Corrinne Yu as a lead programmer. She had previously worked on Halo 4 and that game looked great for it's time but this Uncharted 4, it looks just phenomenal.

However, I can't help but to find it funny that she moved on to gaming business after having been involved in nuclear physics and space shuttle programs. Weird career development.

[ziggurcat]

Well... So much for, "it was CGI" from the usual suspects.

[annus]

Can't believe people believe that is gameplay...

Even the first comment here's twitter screenshot clearly states that it is IN-ENGINE. That does NOT mean gameplay.

There is absolutely no chance that the game will have individual leaf physics, and individual particles for water that collides with other water particles.

It is impressive and I'm sure it will blow everyone away when proper gameplay is shown, but it isn't going to be THIS good.

Also here is a reminder of last time this happened and everyone believed it.

http://community.us.playsta...

[BitbyDeath]

You know that photo you posted is fake right? The top one is real and the other was made as a joke... Obviously

[annus]

E3 footage:
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Release footage: (yes it's different language but same game)
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Further downgrades: (edit: just realised this was model downgrade between games, my previous point still stands)
http://community.us.playsta...

The sheer fact that you and the person below this (and apparently all the people who disagreed with me) think that it is fake makes it even funnier to see how delusional you fanboys are.

At disagrees: What's the matter, don't like proof? I'm amazed that people take any criticism as hate. I'm still buying it, I was just stating facts.

[SuperBlunt]

i played u3 recently so im staring at it asking myself "what the frigging hell is this idiot going on about?" but thanks for reassuring me of how dominant sony's first party is

[Thatguy-310]

Lmao at the fake photo. Dude get over yourself. Anyone that has played the game knows the top one is the real one. The bottom one looks terribly edit.

[ziggurcat]

No one has said it was gameplay.

The naysayers immediately jumped onto the "it's CGI" bandwagon because they obviously couldn't believe that what they were seeing wasn't from the actual game. The fact is that it's an in-game cinematic, *not* CGI. Anyone with any knowledge of what naughty dog has done all last gen knows that they have never had pre-rendered cinematics, and that their cinematics have always been generated using in-game assets.

[SuperBlunt]

well to be fair all of xbox's games were cartoony at e3 aside from halo and its stiff ass mechanics

[sorane]

" Anyone with any knowledge of what naughty dog has done all last gen knows that they have never had pre-rendered cinematics, and that their cinematics have always been generated using in-game assets."

Uhhh you obviously no nothing of naughty dog since they used pre-rendered cinematics in uc 1-3 and tlou. In fact they said the same thing about the tlou reveal that they said about the uc4 trailer last night which turned out to be all pre-rendered footage.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

They even posted a pic themselves awhile ago of the 7 or 8 ps3s all wired together used to pre-render all the cinematics.

[joeorc]

@ziggurcat

"Anyone with any knowledge of what naughty dog has done all last gen knows that they have never had pre-rendered cinematics, and that their cinematics have always been generated using in-game assets."

Yupper's that is the way they roll like that!

http://junkthought.tumblr.c...

YOU CAN’T DENY ME, BILLY! IT’S TOO REAL!

[Volkama]

In-game probably wont look quite so lush, but I wouldn't single out "leaf physics" as something that wont be in game. That's the kind of thing that heavy GPU Compute could add to the gaming experience this gen. Hopefully.

[younglj01]

Lol....C'MON Son...

[sadfeet]

Butthurt of the fitting annus.

[ltachiUchiha]

annus

The butthurt on u is showing. Please dont get mad.

[LoneWolf019]

Are you stupid? lol obviously havent played the game. E3 screen was the exact same in singleplayer. Only graphical hit character models got were in MP and the bottom screen was copy and pasted from MP model. Get out

[annus]

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

That's the cutscene directly from the game, on the actors youtube channel.

See my post further up for the E3 one (and a different language version of the retail one). Both screenshots are taken from each cutscene, there is clearly a difference.

[JsonHenry]

Only idiots disagree with you on this annus.

[Qrphe]

Cant believe you actually fell for a troll image, this ain't 2009 yo

[Jury]

What's with that live action uncharted trailer?!

[Bathyj]

But its not live act... oh you, I see what you did there.

[MasterCornholio]

Best looking game that I've seen.

Naughty Dog are technical wizards.

[mrmarx]

my eyes are tearing up.. this is sooo beautiful

[Legendary-Status]

U4 BLEW ME AWAY...had people thinkin you must be fooled that's CGI but in reality ND just give the customer's what we deserve lol all games are suppose to look like this...this is Next-Gen..not meaning all game's go for the same art direction but this is True Next-Gen Quality! so Right now 1st place Rest in the hands of The Naughty GOD'S only other Dev that come's close to them is SSM P.S. Drake's HAIR!!! look's Real af! for video game

[ElementX]

The graphics looks awesome for a cut scene. Lets see some game play video

[ltachiUchiha]

Naughty Dog has proven many times that this is just one of the areas they always set a new benchmark. Whats so hard to believe? Just saying.

[ElementX]

UC games have always looked great, however I want to see some footage. I don't doubt the game will look awesome.

[Bathyj]

Yes, thank you to all the usual naysayers downplaying the graphics.

Yes, we all know the difference between in game and in engine, just some of you didnt know the difference between in engine and CGI.

We also know gameplay is never quite as good as cutscenes in any game but we also know Naughty Dog games raise the bar EVERYTIME and there is never a jarring difference between the two that detracts from the game.

Bottomline is, you NEVER have to worry about graphics in a Naughty Dog game.

My only disappointment is that they didnt show just two seconds of gameplay because I felt when the camera went behind him it was going to rest in that comfortable, familiar position and the cutscene would blend seamlessly into gameplay. If it had, we wouldnt even be having this conversation.

[Jury]

Agreed with everything... Just wanted a couple seconds!!

[Elda]

I thought it was cgi,imagine what this game is going to look like!

[jay2]

While it looked amazing. We needed proper game play i stayed up till 4amfully expecting that roumored 3 mins of game play

[sovkhan]

Holy crap!!!

Everybody knows or should know where the graphic wizards dwell, by now :)

Unless he's some blind fanboy, of the kind that swarms around here ;)

[plaZeHD]

That's ridiculous, I don't think my 1100$ gaming rig has anything that comes even close to that let alone a PS4 equivalent rig.
Either that's a bullsh!t PR talk or Naughty Dog are gods of optimization.

[Legendary-Status]

yeah he must got his eye's dilated today lol cause everyone and my GrandMa See's that U4 is on another level in term's of eye candy! http://nd.images.s3.amazona...

[Hakoom]

ofcourse its in game...
only fanboys wil think not

if this is not ingame graphics then why did we even shift to nextgen lol
we could just go back and play ps3

[ibrake4naps]

No way! That looked like a ps5 game!

[younglj01]

It took me 5 secs to realize it was an game. The "fly" was an amazing way to show the detail they is trying to achieve. What caught my eye more then anything is the water and the sand. The detail of those elements allow is something usually in High-End PC CG tech demos.

But too achieve that quality on an $400 machine is just unheard of...Mark Cerny is truly an genius. I think PS5 will have an better PC technology. PS5 will be something I think would borderline realism and that's something I'm scared of tbh...

[younglj01]

Legit question to PC owners:Is there any game that have this level of visual quality? Crysis 3 comes to mind when talking about character models...

[PLASTICA-MAN]

lol! Best looking game ON EVERY PLATFORM, and this will stay likely for a long time. Where are now the PC master races trolling us; the pitiful console peasants? Look what simple peasants can do to master races: watch Assassin's Creed Unity gameplay and see how simple peasants DECAPITATED master races, and that was with the help of assassins which are The Order 1886 and Uncharted 4 at 1080p/60FPS. Sadly two assassins were missing or not connetced yet (lol AC unity has 4 assassins coop) and the missing assassins are Quantum Dream game and GOW4 which I am sure will look even better than Uncharted 4 (also Guerilla Games open wolrd rpg is a secret 5th assassin working in the shadows lol. Sony was too much indulgent , otherwise if all 4 assassins were connected and playing together at the satge, it will be a massive massacre for all master races lol /s

[user5669510]

pc games do not focus on mocap and facial animation like ND do. i could say other games like star citizen and a lot of modded games look better. but UC4 is a corridor shooter and it the char models look way better. i can comment on anything else because everything else was blurry out around him.

games with mass games at 4k vs maybe 1080p corridor shooter? yeah its best not to compare console games with pc. you dont want people to start posting gta, skyrim, and up coming games.

i have complete faith in ND but i will wait and see before before claiming anything, especially with the limited footage.

above idk they barely showed anything except char model. the char model looks great tho. and crysis is running at 4k on pc this is 1080(who knows what res at launch). does resolution not matter again or do it? like i said ill wait to i see more before hyping.

@PLASTICA-MAN
they already stated that the order is not going to be 1080p for many reasons. if UC$ is 1080p what will be your excuse. every multiplat was on pc. best looking game with a cut scene with everything blurry and with environments we seen for the longest. crysis easily trumps the environment but char model is better in UC4

[Jazzuri]

Dont be fooled...

Drakes deception pre-rendered vs real time...

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boa...

Yes the developers claim...
@A7MADAU They are in game visuals in 3D captured on a Playstation 4.

Yes just as drakes were in game....captured and pre-rendered using in game engine on ps3

Anything can be in game.

Fmv can be in game
Pre-rendered using the game engine in game (just like drakes fortune 1, 2, 3)

Then the real question is asked...

@Corrinne @A7MADAU They are in game but real time or pre-render just like TLOU or U series cut-scene?

But to no avail....

[younglj01]

Why you trying so hard too crush my dreams. If this truly in-game wouldn't this be the step "gamer" have been asking for the past 3 years? Now we have an glimpse of what is possible people want to deny it...

I don't understand todays' gamers...

[mogwaii]

wheres that pc master race elitism at boys?.....no?....thought so!

[marlinfan10]

I wouldnt start bragging before we get some actual gameplay

[Dynasty2021]

Yeah they said that about The Last Of Us too.

Look how that turned out.

[deadie]

yeah - it turned out to only collect 200 GOTY awards.

such a shame /s

[Jazzuri]

Not trying to crush anyones dreams just aligning expectations with reality...
Unfortunately history keeps repeating itself....

Drake 1 blurred the lines and a younger gen of new gamers were fooled by the 'in game' statement then....and now again...

I hope its in game in real time but thats not whats been stated here....

[marlinfan10]

Probably the best looking game ive ever seen. Id still like to see actual gameplay rather than a cut scene though before I get too excited

[Jazzuri]

If this developer has used pre rendered cut scenes in all of their games so far (all 3 drakes and tlou - ps3)....how can we logically claim this to be anything but the same...?

It makes no sense.....?

All Corrine needs to do is answer the simple question of is it in real time...?

But nope, she says in game captured from a ps4, which is exactly what was done in their previous games/cut scenes on ps3.

Toy story can be pre-rendered on a ps2 using an ingame engine over several thousands of years and then played back in blue ray quality. This is not real time. Its like comparing oranges with dinosaurs.

[marlinfan10]

exactly, i don't know where people got off thinking this is somehow gameplay lol

[Azumi]

She's so pretty... oh yea game looks amazing too...

[Sketchy_Galore]

They really should have shown a small snippet of proper gameplay and let us know beforehand that it was real time gameplay running on a ps4. If they had done that minds would have been blown. Even if the gameplay didn't look as good as the cutscene I bet it would look good enough to steal the entire show. By showing another teaser they've allowed the reaction to be 'okay.....that's cool but what was it? CGI? Pre-rendered?'

[MasterofMagnetism]

Can't wait to see more.

[mogwaii]

lets just hope this isnt the killzone 2 of the new gen, lol

[XtraTrstrL]

Well, if Naughty Dog's game engine creator is saying it was in-game, I guess I gotta go with it.

[mysteryraz11]

nah the game will look like this its just this is cutscene graphics,pc fanboys and xbots dont wanna accept it

[JMyers]

Best looking thing showcased on consoles... Period.

[sAVAge_bEaST]

End of Story.

as in, Best looking Game. Period. End of Story. -Penello-

(it's funny because it's True_

[d0r1en0]

I believe it. I remember last year not believing that 2k14 was in. Game footage. Game came out legit. This is ND we are talking avout. Look what they did on the PS3. I'm ready.

[mediate-this]

Running real time is still... Running real time in a trailer, not impressive, because its not gameplay. When i see it in gameplay ill be impressed, that goes for any realtime trailer.

How is a trailer impressive? Im excited for uc4 but not for a trailer.

[SuperbVillain]

cut scenes now = gameplay in the next gen.

[Genecalypse]

In engine does not mean real-time gameplay remember that folks.