Naughty Dog interested in using Uncharted engine for new Jak & Daxter

Discounting the excellent PSP-exclusive Daxter, it's been a while since ps3fanboy.com has seen a new iteration of Naughty Dog's action platformer. With work finished on Uncharted, Naughty Dog's Evan Wells had a few things to say to ThreeSpeech. The engine used to create the beautiful vistas of Uncharted will certainly be used as the foundation for their next game. "We will most definitely continue to build on the Uncharted code base with all of our future titles for the PlayStation3. We have a lot of very sophisticated systems that are general purpose and could be used for a wide variety of genres. It's very exciting to think what we can do with this tech now that it's in place and we can focus on accomplishing something even more ambitious."

[PS3 Limps on and on]

But they should use the Uncharted engine to make a Western game like Red Dead Revolver or Gun.

Just the shootouts in that game, made me feel like if it was a old Westerned themed game it would of been perfect.

[Blademask]

Fix:

The Grass
The Plants
More Puzzles
More REASONS to fight enemies.

One problem that I had was that swarms of guys just kept coming. *spoiler*(the one part when you get the map from the hull of the plane in the tree).*spoiler* Is an example of just a huge gunfight.. but there really is no REASON behind it. It would be nice if a guy was to run and get MORE guys.. if you didn't notice/shoot that guy running away.. then more would show up.. If not.. dispatching 30 guys is good enough, tacking on 60 just made it seem like a chore.

Although they could just develop both.

Cheers

[PS3 Limps on and on]

But I didn't have a problem. Knocking off guys was the best part of that game. I enjoyed staying covered and gun fighting. The more guys the better, just made it more challenging.

I thought the Challenge level was just fine. I beat it in Normal then I beat it again in Hard. I think it was even better in hard.

[Blademask]

Hard keeps you playing more realistically. I think you can only take 2-3 shots before turning grey. I am looking forward to what you unlock after you beat Crushing.

[xg-ei8ht]

Strange no one ever brings up the fact, that exactly the same thing happens with cod4, guys are just replaced by more guys. Its kinda funny, but it doesn't spoil it, so i don't have a problem.

[vloeistof]

yeah next gen daxter cant wait

[kydrice]

Bring back Crash! ><

[mighty_douche]

lol.... what a surprise!

[PS3 Limps on and on]

It will also make the release sooner. When you got a great Engine like Uncharted. Of course you should use it again and again.

Making more profit with less work is the key.

[PS360WII]

Alright while using the engine I think is a no-brainer I'd rather they spend thier time on the next uncharted ^^

[superman]

I fell in love with Jak after Jak 2. I hope this is true. Daxter and that monkey where funny.

[gamesblow]

I'm not at all interested in seeing Jak back anytime soon... Uncharted sold me. The characters, the world... the animations. The story. Everything... But he basically said they won't be going back to Uncharted anytime soon.

[xionpunk]

YAY! I can't get enough J&D. Hopefully they start this up soon, though im guessing they want a follow up to Uncharted.

[Sevir04]

That copy right for the jak and daxter lost frontier still stands, and it wasn't for PSP at all. i hope they do it. simply because that engine would be even more optimized and ready to get even more than 30% of the PS3's SPU and CPU. i cant wait, rachet was Pixar come to life on PS3, and uncharted pwned Ratchets graphics, if a jak using a more fleshed out and much more developed Uncharted engine it will easily be the next standard for graphics completely ground breaking in everyway. i dont even think our eyes can fathom something that beautiful... it would explode on sight. ^^

BRING ON jAK AND GO BACK TO YOUR ROOTS. Jak and daxter will definately be a seamless game just like uncharted was.

[Leg-End]

Jak 1 is my favourite game of all time...

[Danja]

As much as I want them to work on Unchartd 2....im a huge fan of the J&D series and I want a J&D game on the PS3 hopefully next fall..if they follow in the footsteps of Insomniac..we'll probably get J&D next year and Uncharted in 2009...

[mintaro]

damn i hope they create a new Jak and Daxter game especially since that whole franchise(exluding maybe jak x racing) could quite possibly be one of the best, NOT THE best but ONE of the best of all time

Jak 2 best game i ever played

[Genki]

What they need to add is more and better physics for plant life.

Uncharted is currently the best looking PS3 game IMO, from a graphical fidelity and art standpoint, but 95% of the flora was stationary. Drake clips through the vast majority of bushes and shrubbery, and there are about 4 or 5 specific types of flora that actually moves when he walks through them, and I'm not terribly fond of that trick at all. There's too many beautiful looking objects in the world for them all to be so static. Nothing moves unless it's pre-canned or from the wind.

Their engine is fantastic from a visuals standpoint and I have ZERO complaints in that regard, but now they need to start working on other particulars like physics and interactivity.

[Jdash24]

Jak 4.........yes please.......get working naughty dog.......i love all jak games :D

[KingKirchner]

THANK YOU GOD!!! The Jak seris is easily one of my favorites ever. Jak 3 is in my personal Top 3 games ever list. I will personally kiss the ground Naughty Dog walks on if they can pull of the best Jak ever (and I know they can)

[FF7numba1]

naughty dog is a AAA dev in my book.

[Rice]

I would love naughty dog to use the uncharted engine for Jak and daxter... it would look simply gorgeous!!!

[jackdoe]

That would be one very pretty game. I just hope that they bring back the more light hearted Jak & Daxter.

[Rybnik]

After having finished Uncharted (one of the most amazing games I've played), I'm actually playing through the J&D games (never played em' before..awesome so far!). In the thought that if ND does do Jak 4 before they come back to Uncharted I'll be all ready.

[tk]

Naughty Dog is doing good in acknowledging that a competitor has done such a great engine that they would like to use it. If the engine is sorted - and it seems like Insomniac did an excellent job with it, then it is just the artistic direction and the gameplay that really needs to be done... Sooner release for Jak & Daxter - yeah - bring it on - my kids will applaud this...