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The Last Of Us Was Originally A Jak & Daxter Reboot

Neil Druckmann has confirmed at his IGDA keynote that The Last of Us team – which were separate from the people making Uncharted – were originally working on a new Jak & Daxter title, rather than a brand new IP.

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Abash3852d ago

The PS3's tech just wasn't sufficient enough for a new Jak and Daxter game. Jak II and Jak 3 were very open in design, something that is very hard to imagine with the visual quality Naughty Dogs' games hit on PS3. I feel the perfect time for a new Jak game is on the PS4, since there are no bottlenecks and the tech allows games to be way more open than last gen

cee7733852d ago (Edited 3852d ago )

Tell that to rockstar gta V looks like an open world uncharted game graphics wise, in fact it even surpasses it in the lighting department.

Raccoon3852d ago

Hey let me get a little of whatever you have been smoking

KonsoruMasuta3852d ago

Woah, GTA V looks great and all but it looks nothing like Uncharted.

LightningMokey3852d ago

GTA: V does look really good, but it doesn't top UC: 2 or 3 in the looks or physics department. Still Jak and Daxter would probably take more power than the GTA games because of the type of shading and such that go into cartoony type of games.

PLASTICA-MAN3852d ago

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abzdine3852d ago

Jak and Daxter next gen anyone?

Skips3852d ago (Edited 3852d ago )

Are you serious? -_-

GTAV definitely does not surpass the visuals of Uncharted.

Not to downplay any of Rockstar's achievements but we're talking a $25 million budget vs. a $265 million budget gap. lol

LordDhampire3852d ago

Lol, you clearly have no clue what you are talking about, gta 5 looks slightly better than 4 and runs worst, still looks trash

pedrof933852d ago

@lord

The fuck have you been smoking ?

Actually it looks better and runs better than GTA IV.

Tontus3852d ago

I'm not a deluded fan so I actually agree with you. GTA V looks better than UC1/2, they both show their age. It's not as clean as UC3 but it does have better lighting and attention to detail so it = UC3.

Imagine Rockstar North made a linear TPS like UC, it would wipe the floor with it visually, probably in everyway tbh.

Skips3851d ago (Edited 3851d ago )

@Tontus

"GTA V looks better than UC1/2"

Congrats to Rockstar, a 2013 game with a $265 million budget beat out 2007 and 2009 games with $20 million budgets? -__-

"Imagine Rockstar North made a linear TPS like UC, it would wipe the floor with it visually,"

lol. Not with Naughty Dog's budget they wouldn't.

It'd probably end up looking about as good as Max Payne 3 (from Rockstar Vancouver) and that game on consoles definitely does not match up to Uncharted 3, or even 2.

"probably in everyway tbh."

-_- Ok, now you're just being a Rockstar fanboy Mr. "I'm not a deluded fan"... lol

From a gameplay perspective??? Considering GTA V plays about the same as Max Payne 3. It'd come down to who likes Max Payne gameplay vs. Uncharted gameplay. So it's arguable...

From a story perspective??? ...No...

ND > Rockstar in terms of story and story presentation.

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LordDhampire3852d ago

Please let jak die, those games are terrible

shivvy243851d ago

look at the reviews then come back , one of the best games of last gen ( imo aswell )

LordDhampire3850d ago

at some point you need to take matters into your own hads and can't rely on reviews....Jak and Daxter ....childish garbage

-Foxtrot3852d ago

Yeah i think people are expecting Jak 4 to be a huge open world game better then Jak 3 with loads of stuff to do in between.

Anyway my main concern

"REBOOT"

Why the hell would they want to reboot this, just do Jak 4. Theres plenty of stories that could be told.

shivvy243851d ago

thats what i was thinking , i think its a mistake doing a reboot

LordDhampire3850d ago

@ foxtrot, yeah they need to do the one were Jak Dies and stays dead

leahcim3852d ago

my friend your point is so correct.

KingKevo3851d ago

@op: ND did already say why the game did not work at this time and their reason isn't really yours, they were talking about story and characters more when they talked about why it did fail and not so much about the tech, it was just that they didn't get a a believable plot and characters and world together that was up to the ND standards atm.

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xKugo3852d ago

Does that mean the Last of Us team will begin working on Jak & Daxter game on PS4 once their done with Last of Us DLC???

If so, that would be awesome.

iamnsuperman3852d ago (Edited 3852d ago )

Maybe but I doubt it. It seems they couldn't get it right and they knew that and so went with something new because they couldn't service the fans/ live up to the inevitable hype

Furesis3852d ago

i don't think so i mean usually they tend to hide their future projects but that's not the case here but maybe some other studio will take jak and daxter just like how sanzaru made sly 4 and that's a good thing

Benjammin253851d ago

To be honest, I think they hit gold with TLOU. I love the Jak and Daxter games and all, but give me a game like TLOU over those games anyday. I think next gen, the Jak and Daxter franchise should be handed over to one of Sony's other teams, like Ready At Dawn, who made the brilliant Daxter. That will allow Naughty Dog to focus on delivering more amazing experiences like Uncharted 2 and The Last Of Us.

Thatguy-3103852d ago

Crazy how the last of us started because that one ant video.

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The Sounds of the Fireflies ("The Last of Us") concert kicks-off on April 28th, 2024

"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.

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The Last Of Us Series Has Remarkable Potential For Spin-Offs

Najam from eXputer writes "It's time fore a new installment in the series, not another pointless remaster."

anast77d ago

They are working on something new. Not to be rude but it is impossibility stupid to think ND next major announcement is going to be a remaster or their next Last of Us entry is going to be another remaster.

AlterRecs74d ago

I think this is in response to them releasing a remaster for the sequel, a game that didn't need a remaster.

Basically a "why did you put out a remaster no one asked for when you have all there options available"

anast74d ago

They remaster is to put out something quick while they are deving new stuff. I don't get how people can be so static.

AlterRecs73d ago

There's no news about a third game being in production, you're just assuming that they're working on something that they aren't

anast73d ago

When they release the news to start the hype-train, you can give me my props then.

DrDoomer77d ago

I want an alternate timeline spin-off, where part 2 never happened.

CrimsonWing6977d ago

They’ve already done Remasters of 1 and 2… what else is there to Remaster?

AlterRecs74d ago

Considering they remastered the first game twice, who knows lol

CrimsonWing6974d ago

That was a Remake. I guess they could do that to 2, but man…. They should wait a couple generations so it can look like a major upgrade.

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The Last Of Us Online Devs Celebrate Their Experience With The Canceled Game

The team is sad for losing out on such a great project but celebrates its growth because of spending time on it.

Chocoburger121d ago

All they had to do was make a basic online mode like their previous games. Instead they wanted more money and choose to go live service which makes games worse in my opinion.

What a waste of time and money, what a shame.

seanpitt2377d ago

I can't wait for season 2 so they can kill Joel off in the first 2 episodes!! Then it will be just Abby and Ellies revenge plot!

Something is telling me that this won't happen though because it wouldn't make sense, oh wait

Linzoid121d ago

Not sure why they didn’t just make Factions 2. There was no need to make it a live service.

TLoU Factions was a great addition such a shame they couldn’t be bothered to remaster that for PS5 considering the crazy high price tag of the remaster of a remaster…

anast121d ago

This is something to be celebrated. This studio is smart and they get it, even factions 2 wouldn't've have been worth the time. I am surprised they didn't just remaster the first one though, but actually how popular was Factions?