Amy Hennig on Uncharted: "You could always jump back in"

She thinks there's plenty more stories to tell if the need arose.

[chrisx]

I agree. a long break is much needed though. I think we'll still see uncharted again sometime in the far future.

[sprinterboy]

If that rumoured new studio is working on uncharted then expect uncharted to be a 1st year launch ps5 title

[shuvam09]

Sony, are you reading this???
Maybe you can persuade her to lead the new team...
No creative clashes...

[bouzebbal]

Still waiting for Uncharted Team Racing.. Amy if you read me 🤣🤣😂

[oasdada]

@Shu.. Shu.. Shuwarma?
What i get from this is that now she wants back but she doesnt want to go to sony her self but she is leaving behind hints and want Sony to come to her.. But frankly if that does happen i want her to make her own brand new game

[ShadowWolf712]

@shuvam09

All due respect, but after reading what she had planned for Uncharted 4... not sure if I'd be behind that.

[scofios]

Would love if the next uncharted is an adventure of young Sully , before he met Nathan .

[-Foxtrot]

Exactly. We'll see it again someday. I just want a game with Chloe and Cutter, something Lost Legacy should have been. Sam and Nadine were part of Uncharted 4, the final Drake story, I think everything from that should be retired. Only person to come back in a supporting, cameo, role is Sully with his connections. So many things to go search for.

Atlantis
Holy Grail
Arc of the Covenant
Hy-Brasil (The Phantom Island off the west coast of Island, read up on it, it's interesting)
Excalibur
Treasure of the Knights Templar
Kusanagi
Oak Island money pit
The Lost Fabergé Eggs
The Lost City of Z
The Kingdom of Lyonesse
Lost City of the Kalahari

So on :)

[fdkenzo]

Great list.

[The_Hooligan]

So many possibilities.

[victorMaje]

Yes yes yes to all of those adventures! So many places, so many stories!
Oh & I think you mean Yggdrasil (Hy-Brasil)?

[-Foxtrot]

@victorMaje

No, very different but your suggestion is always another possibility

Hy-Brasil was an Phantom Island off the west coast of Island which was apparently so real they charted it on old maps for decades. People used to come back and talk about the Island like they had been there, sometimes bringing back foreign looking items.

They say that it was home to a race far technological superior to the rest of the world and while Europe and the like were basically acting like barbarians they sheltered themselves away as they didn't want to be associated with us.

It was also said the island would be clouded in a thick mist and could only be see from the coast of Island once every 7 years. Even then however you could still not reach it but then it contradicts tales of people who said they had been their and brought some items back when they were trading with the strange looking people there.

Now does this mean I want Uncharted to go all Indiana Jones Crystal Skull on us? No no, of course not but I'm sure they can put their own spin on it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

http://www.historicmysterie...

[victorMaje]

@Foxtrot

That’s the one, for some reason my brain went with the word Yggdrasil, sorry about that.
At some point Hy-Brasil was also thought to have possibly been Atlantis.

[Last_Boss]

Best post in a long time.

[morganfell]

I do not think a long break is needed, merely a different approach. Look at The Lost Legacy. I enjoyed that far more than U4 because it was less heavy handed in the drama department. Sometimes there is just too much of that. It is why the first Die Hard is still better than the sequels.

Uncharted doesn't have to be Nate. I would love to see a game with Sully when he was about 30 years old.

[CaptainOmega]

I think making another game with Chloe and Nadine/Sam/Cutter would be a good point to jump back in.

[Loktai]

I was going to say you know, because he was supposedly jailed it makes it tougher but, something that happened to Sam during all those years apart, I mean look hes clearly still in-the-know and a treasure hunter, in spite of it all he seems like he could easily have been doing something else in the meantime.

[sprinterboy]

What about doing a full uncharted storyline with a young sully :) pls make it happen

[nucky64]

that would be awesome!

[Null1980]

^Or this!

[Kyizen]

So they should make a game based on the movie (its about young drake and sully) which is based on a game ^_^

[Null1980]

Kyizen They should can the movie & make it a game.... eventually. Not now.

But yea, they still seem persistent on it. :\

[Null1980]

I'm with you Drachen. Maybe some Sully cameos.

Lost Legacy exceeded my expectations, I was cautious before whether Chloe and Nadine could carry the game.

SPOILER:
Well, I guess you already spoiled it, lol, but the Sam appearance later in the game just made it stronger.

What I liked about Lost Legacy is that it actually felt like an OLD school Tomb Raider. Not the reboots. Of course the really old TRs control terribly these days, like tanks, but the concepts of level design and sense of adventure were still great for those late 90s days.

It was a nice fresh direction with the Uncharted franchise. Felt UC enough, but also fresh in other ways. Lots of tombs, puzzles. Plenty of combat. Some moments where I was just in awe of the beauty of the scenery.

I'd still like to see some sort of mainstream Uncharted game in the future, but I wouldn't mind at least another Chloe, Nadine, Sam (& Sully or Cutter?) I l do enjoy the new Tomb Raider reboots for what they are, don't get me wrong. The story and character acting just isn't as engaging, especially with the new darker, grittier tone. I loved that Chloe could carry the sarcastic wit (and Nadine, Sam) into this new one.

[Heavenly King]

I want a game with Sully and Sam. Chloe and Nadine already got their game.

[Jls1]

Similar to what they did with chloe in lost legacy, they could do with elena we dont know too much about her family

[Loktai]

We kind of do, she was a reporter/journalist type. Everything up until she met Nathan would be a huge normie-life block and basically have to be something more like a drama... to change it would change the character totally.

You know what I want to see? Sully's past.

[FyBy]

Im saying that ! Sully ! That is great character .

[Null1980]

I wouldn't be surprised if they go that direction. Not only is he a fascinating and capable character, but it would be great to have some time period set pieces.

Uncharted wiki pointing out some interesting topics they could go off of. Particularly his Navy years and fall into crime. Sort of a Better Call Saul, for those who watch it. His fall (or rise?) into the guy he is today!

http://uncharted.wikia.com/...

"As a young adult, Victor served in the US Navy,[1] although he was later dishonourably discharged for running illegal scams.[2]

Victor entered the criminal business, where he operated as both a smuggler and free-lance thief, accepting contracts from clients without asking too many questions, although he bared a tendency of double-crossing them.[3] Victor once even dealt with the infamous drug lord Hector Alcázar where he sold his boss a few woodcut prints which had managed to smuggle out from Japan. [4] At some later, he eventually came under the patronage of Katherine Marlowe, and the two developed a romantic relationship.[5]"

[AK91]

Is Amy interested in creating more Uncharted games I wonder.

[MuddyWaters]

She would if they allowed her to have full control of the story. I think she bumped heads with one or both of the lead hands at Naughty Dog. One of them has now left so who knows. I get the feeling she doesn't like the pressure and long hours of AAA game development.

[T2X]

I would love to see her do more Uncharted! Or basically anything as she is extremely talented.

[Heavenly King]

Eve though I don't like the idea of not having a gun for most of the game, as she wanted in UC4, Uncharted is one of the best franchises I have played and Uncharted 3 for me is the second best Uncharted game (she was part of the development team), so I want her to do some more games. Hopefully Sony will re-hire her for the new studio. :D

[CaptainOmega]

I thought Uncharted 3 was the worst game in the series.

Lackluster and sometimes boring Villains with no background information at all, ironically ND tried to make them more complex.
Copy and paste set pieces, when in many cases were just as boring as the villains.
copy and paste story design from UC2.
a non-cohesive world where you jump from location to location.
Lazy level design
campy brawler mechanics
unoriginal puzzles
jarring hallucinating segments

[-Foxtrot]

I highly doubt they'd have actually gone through with the whole gun thing, it was just an idea they spitballed through development when they were trying to come up with ways to make the new game feel "fresh" being 4 games in, The concepts would have kept changing until they realised it didn't work.

People are making out she was actually doing it before she left when if you read the book that goes through the development it wasn't like that at all.

I loved her idea of the Italian auction where Elena is with you from the start of the game and to get that keycard, the whole Nate just pickpockets from the guy, they have a ballroom dance scene where the pair talk to one another with their typical banter and you need to get closer to the guy so Elena can swipe it off him. Sounds way more covert and something you get from crime films such as Oceans 11 etc

[Smokehouse]

Should continue with Chloe, lost legacy was great.

[Platformgamer]

i think uncharted is a kind of game that you can do 20 sequels/prequels/spin-offs without problem with excellent writers behind...
i don't want uncharted to end

[1nsomniac]

I think the series is dead. It’s been run into the dirt by now. A great franchise that like others should of finished earlier.

Lost interest with 4 & struggled to keep my attention to complete it. Bought the lost stories or whatever it was called when it was on sale for £15 but I’ve played about 30 mins & never went back to it. I will at some point play through it but just tired of it & it’s characters now. Naughty Dog need to ditch it & start on something new completely.

[Cajun Chicken]

Weird as it is, now that Rhianna Pratchett has left working writing on Tomb Raider, I'd love to see Amy tackle the modern rebooted Lara Croft. She's a lot more inline with believable characters with the Uncharted universe, so it would be a great fit to see what she does to further define Lara Croft.

[rainslacker]

I wouldn't mind that. Henning can at least write interesting characters.

[Kosic]

I really enjoyed uncharted 4 and was disappointed to see the ending. It really shows the end of the drakes storyline. But if they went back and pick an adventure from a younger drake I'd be all over it.

The sarcastic sense of humour was great and I loved each cut scene and dialogue section.

I've not played the new expansion. So no idea how Naughty dog have done with a female cast.
Wasn't a huge fan of Tomb raider so hopefully it doesn't feel like that when I get around to playing it.

[fluxmulder]

Yep, I don't think they're done. They will find new ways to tell more Uncharted stories.

[jmtstan]

creator of 2 of the greatest game I played, Legacy of Kain soul Reaver and Uncharted.

[Skankinruby]

Maybe continue the series with Chloe or Sam. But don't create a loophole to keep Drake in it, that would be so cheesy after a perfect ending to his story.

[Mr Marvel]

Honestly, I want another Uncharted asap.
I just don’t get tired of them at all.