Why Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Became A Stand-Alone Expansion

Game Informer: "Naughty Dog tells us why the team decided to make Lost Legacy a stand-alone title separate from Uncharted 4."

[Nyxus]

Interesting stuff.

"At first, the team contemplated an Uncharted 5, but with much of the team focused on The Last of Us Part II's development, the idea was scrapped in favor of something more condensed that could release in a year's time."

"Before settling on Chloe and Nadine as protagonists, the team considered other possibilities. Sully was a serious contender, but the team realized for him to be agile enough, it would mean having to rewind to a young Sully. Sully's history as a Marine, however, didn't neatly fit into what Naughty Dog wanted to explore in an Uncharted game. Cassie was also considered, but soon enough, Naughty Dog happily fell onto the idea of reintroducing Chloe, but this time as a playable protagonist."

I'm glad this is getting a stand alone release.

"We tried to keep it small," game director Kurt Margenau says. "As we started coming up with story ideas, it just became clear that with new characters and in this genre of Uncharted, it has to be big. With the gameplay stuff we wanted to explore, it felt like it needed more room to breathe."

[AnubisG]

Too bad they didn't go with young Sully. I would have rather seen him than Chloe and Nadine. But that's just me.

[Nyxus]

Yeah, would have been cool. But it is what it is, I'm sure this game will be great anyway.

[yeahright2]

Yeah kinda. I'd prefer to play as Sully but I's want to hear Chloe's story more if that makes sense. Her story can take more twists and turns where as Sully would be a tad too predictable. But Sully's so dang charismatic and with those one liners... it'd make up for it.

[StifflerK]

Really looking forward to this, + I'm glad Chloe is back.
I wonder if Cutter will show up at all?

[DashArrivals]

The fact that they didn't mention Cutter, leads me to believe that he will be in this DLC in one way or another.

[ClayRules2012]

I'm genuinely happy it's now a standalone game. I've always wanted Chloe to receive her own game since Uncharted 2, and now that it's finally happening, I'm so excited to learn more about Chloe & Nadine, and just see how that whole dynamic pans out.

[yeahright2]

Chole yes, Nadine... I'd have preferred cutter, but I'll keep an open mind until I play it.

[ClayRules2012]

Yeah, I understand people people wanted Cutter with Chloe, which I totally get. I loved the little bit of him that we got in U3. Such a goofy & cool character.

Glad to hear your keeping an open mind on Nadine until you play.

[cfc83]

"we saw how Bethesda treated Fallout customers by pretending the project was expanding, in order to justify bumping up the price".

[DigitalRaptor]

It's okay that you think this is a simple comparison, but hey.... the early adopting customers of the season pass get an absolute bargain because nobody was expecting more than a 2-3 hour game with a similar scope to Left Behind, and we're definitely getting a bigger game than that.

We'll see just how long this game is, but considering Left Behind was $14.99 on launch, and I'm expecting this to retail for around $29.99 and be 6 hours. Sounds like a fair price, you know.

[cfc83]

I prefer how CDPR handled witcher 3 dlc. Naughty dog are great developers, but some of their practices are not pro-gamer.

[Jon_Targaryen]

Because money.

[watchem]

I bought the digital version of UC4 with that "triple pack" thingy. Does that one include this single player expansion because I remember it including some sort of single player story add-on.

[ninsigma]

Yeah I bought the season pass thing they were doing at launch. Hope it still includes this.

[ritchi45]

Yes, this is part of the Explorers Pack, so will be available for free.
https://www.naughtydog.com/...

[RedDevils]

If this is true, glad I brought it then :)

[DashArrivals]

Of course, you will be getting this for free.
Well, I mean, you've already paid for this. Like me :-)

[souljah45]

What happened to the story expansion in the season pass?

[xenz]

This is the story expansion. You'll get it for free if you bought the season pass

[yeahright2]

By a certain date for those tat bought the digital deluxe version or whatever they called it. It doesn't come with that anymore.

[theshredded]

I'm really really glad it's standalone, I mostly don't like the uncharted franchise because I always hate pretty much all the main characters based on U2 and U3 except Lazaravic and there's just too much shooting however Chloe's the protagonist now and I've heard that the shooting is toned down in Uncharted 4

[AnubisG]

Interesting....

And here I was thinking that Nate, Sully and Elena made Uncharted what it is.

[DrumBeat]

Looking forward to this, and glad that The Last of Us II is being worked on so diligently.

[AnubisG]

Now don't bite my head off but I don't like Chloe and Natine is just....well evil. Both are unsimpatetic to me. Also, it's not Uncharted without Nate.

I hear that Neil Druckmann is a huge fan of Anita Sharkeesian. I would imagine that is why we are getting these characters instead of Drake. But this is just an assumption based on Neils faminists orientation.

I will be skipping this because it smells like feminist propaganda from a white knight and not an Uncharted game.

[Goldby]

oh god, you are playing as a female, the horror. wont someone think of the children...

Whats next, playing a lesbian?

who the fuck cares, they are great games, and if you go poking a fire, you're bound to get burned

[AnubisG]

Haha, I have no problem playing as a female. You know who is my favorite all time video game character and video game series? That would be Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider series.

But for me Uncharted = Nate. Simple as that. I would not like to see a guy replace Lara Croft in a TR game either because Tomb Raider = Lara Croft. That is all.

Also, if they are doing it for the right reasons, I have no peoblem with it. But I have a hunch it's done for feminism rather than it makes sense. And again, I can have a personal opinion on these two characters right? Is that still allowed or I have to fall in line and love everything others do? I don't like Chloe and Nadie. Just can't stand those two characters.

[Goldby]

its one thing to say you dont like the characters, which is perfectly fine. but its another to imply feminist propaganda because there's two female leads in it.

You have that view of Neil, which you are allowed to have, but when you put that view over everything he makes, you will find things that "smells like feminist propaganda" because you will connect dots that may not even be there.

now im not saying you are force to enjoy it because i said so, or that you shouldn't play it if you ahve those views on it. all i'm saying is be a little more open minded. Uncharted series wasn't just about Nate, but also the people he interacted with and stayed close to during the franchise.

just because Nate isn't the main character doesn't mean that it isn't an Uncharted Game.

[yeahright2]

Really now? can't even have a female lead without people crying SJW nonsense.

[AnubisG]

@Goldby;

To me this isn't an Uncharted game. You can disagree but this is my opinion.

@yeahright2

Yes, a game can have female leads wothout being SJW thing however when someone who is doing the game is a huge fan of Anita Sharkeesian, it makes you wonder. Neil in his words said that he is a huge fan of Anitas work. We all know what Anita is like so you think my assumption is absolutely baseless?

[Goldby]

@Anubis

And i'm a fan of Hilary Clinton, Doesn't mean i want to kill every unborn child.

Base the game off of just that, The game, and not what people the director follows or tv shows he watches......

[yeahright2]

Doesn't make me wonder. I just want a good story. Doesn't matter if the lead has lady parts. And if Neil wants to have the lead for this be a female, so be it. It's called creative freedom and it works both ways. He shouldn't be forced to add, say a gay character because he felt pressured, nor should he feel forced to only have only straight white males because he gets pressured due to him agreeing with Anita. He should be allowed to create his vision and not be censored.

[AspiringProGenji]

Don't bite his head he says

Brings Anita Sarkessia here to bash thr writer. You are asking for it! And that idea that Uncharted is not Uncharted without nate really? This is an expansion, not a sequel

[AnubisG]

I talked about Anita to explain why I think what I think. That is all. In my original comment I did not talk about her. And yes, this will not be an Uncharted game for me without Nate. Neither Chloe nor Nadine have the charmisma Nate has to carry the game. They are both side characters. And that is my opinion.

[Einhander1971]

Sounds good to me physical copy thanks:)