At Sony’s PlayStation pre-E3 event in Santa Monica, The Last of Us’ art director Eric Pangilinan explained that he isn’t concerned about The Last of Us getting lost in the buzz currently surrounding next-generation video game consoles, more specifically the PS4.
"The Game Music Foundation are today very proud and pleased to announce an additional concert, circling back to the roots of Game Muisic Festival in Poland. On April 28th, 2024, the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw will once again become a place to celebrate the art of video game music, featuring scores from The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II." - The Game Music Foundation.
Speaking on what’s coming next for Naughty Dog, which could be either their new IP or The Last Of Us Part III, Druckmann gave what he seems to feel are realities of the project he’s talking about. That it’ll both be “really ambitious” but also “really hard.”
Neil Druckmann talks about Naughty Dog's Next Game which is really ambitious and parts of it are hard to make! pic.twitter.com/IqY2KEI1Gb
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"I’ve really surrendered to knowing it’s going to be really hard, knowing it’s going to stress members of the team out"
As if crunch wasn't stressing them enough
That it’ll both be “really ambitious” but also “really hard.”
Not 'is' but 'will be', kinda suggests that they haven't started yet, hope not.
Come on ND, a game PLEAAAAASSSSEEEE. Desperate this gen.
Also, just off-topic slightly but..
Does anyone think that layoffs now may well be making space for AI integration of game development, and 'crunch-time', 'unsustainable', 'big budget' are all terms been used to butter us up to receiving the news that AI integration will help and maintain the level of AAA games that were accustomed to? Perhaps the layoffs were the devs that didn't join a union quick enough and if only they had the smarts of SAG members and strike while the time is right, before its too late?! Imagine DEV's on strike at a time like this, there's already a game drought.
A new The Last of Us 2 documentary reveals that Naughty Dog almost made a different version of the PS4 and PS5 game similar to Bloodborne.
Kind of a misleading comparison. They were simply talking about the game being melee oriented and more of an open world. I wouldn't compare a game to a soulslike based on that.
A more melee oriented Last of Us 2 would've been so much better imo. The combat mechanics barely got any use from me cause everyone just shoots at you, and then the Scars with their bows are even more annoying. Level design was also more Bloodborne, and I love the level design in Souls game, there's a real sense of scale and exploration due to the branching paths. We really gotta move away from open world in the style of GTA and BoTW and do it more like Souls.
Def did good with their own thing I'm so over the whole copy souls combat sheesh I can dee if in certain games it would be bosses that looked like a souls boss but straight out copying the combat and feel takes away from a game that supposed to be its own lol
It still does but if sony were to just rely on the ps3 & not have a successor ready they would be doing the same mistake they did this gen. Yeah the ps3 has sold well despite all its misfortunes but for the first time sony had to dig themselves out of a big hole that they put themselves in being arrogant and launching so late giving microsoft too much time to lure away gamers who once loved playstation. They are definitely doing a better job this time around and are ready to start fresh with the ps4 and try an recapture the glory days when they dominated with the original playstation & playstation 2. It will be good competition but u can feel the return of the old sony in the making as they start the new chapter of its next successor, the ps4.
I agree with naughty dog. Heck the 10 year plan is still in effect
The good thing about the PS3 is if the PS4 has a rough start like the Wii U Sony will still have an incredibly sucessful console on the market so it wouldnt be that bad for them. And knowing that Sony loves to support their old consoles well after the release of the new ones (unlike Nintendo abandoning the Wii and Microsoft abandoning the XBOX) consumers will still have an incentive to buy one.
Because when they dont have an incentive you end up getting poor sales for your previous console when the successor comes out (but in the case of Nintendo both are doing poorly)
A console has about as much life as a company decides to pump into it. PS3 will be supported well into 2014 and beyond, whilst the other companies seem to have completely abandoned their consoles as far as bringing out games is concerned.
How come Sony is the only one that supports their consoles in the long term, even when they have to divert their resources to support a new console? Just food for thought.
if they say so, make it 60FPS and 1080p
can u?