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The Last of Us: Interview With Creative Director Neil Druckmann and Game Director Bruce Straley

It’s a rare occasion these days to find a game that isn’t a copycat or a sequel of a previous title. True, unique IPs are a phenomenon that seems to be diminishing, and truth be told, it’s simply a risky endeavor in today’s market. However, every now and then a game pops up that just makes people say “Wow”.

To say that The Last of Us has taken the gaming world by storm is somewhat of an understatement. Naughty Dog has recently had great success with the Uncharted franchise, using a blend of fantastic storytelling, big Hollywood-like set designs and a character focused narrative that delivers one of the best gaming experiences in recent memory. This approach seems to continue with The Last of Us.

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NewMonday4749d ago

it's interesting to know that the Joel and Ellie interactivity is something like Drake and the mountain guide in Uncharted 2, that was done smoothly

asterics4749d ago

Yeah, I will say "Wow", when launch this game on my PC. Special for it, gamers have created a petition. Channel is http://petitionbureau.org/t...

asmith23064749d ago

Why not just buy a PS3? Plus, that ain't gonna happen.

asterics4749d ago

Because buying a PS3 right now, it's irrational.

OmniSlashPT4749d ago

ND is owned by Sony, all their IP's are owned by Sony as well. You'll never see a ND game in any other platform besides a Sony platform.

CGI-Quality4749d ago (Edited 4749d ago )

What's irrational is you expecting a game that will never be on another platform, no matter how hard you petition, to be on one.

Either buy a PS3 or don't get the game. It's that simple.

OT: Gotta credit Sony so much with this project! The fact that there are even any petitions, regardless of how ridiculous they are, speaks volumes about how much this game will impact the industry and change the survival action genre forever.

yewles14749d ago

Not happening, ND are owned wholly by Sony Computer Entertainment, so not happening. (BTW, in case you didn't know, SOE is half-owned by SCE, the other half is Sony Pictures Digital, thus all the PC activity ever since. PLUS, Studio Liverpool was wholly owned in 1999, thus explaining all games before Wipeout 3 being multiplat).

SeanScythe4749d ago

Yes and that is going to work just like all the ones to bring Uncharted, MGS4, LBP, and others to 360 or pc. Good luck and stay strong!

alessandro104749d ago

lol irrational are your comments and this stupid request. the game its a sony property and wont go anywhere

buy a ps3 or get lost

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asmith23064749d ago

Cannot wait for this game! In saying that I don't want to see or hear much about it until its release. I want all its greatness to hit me in the face the first time I play without anything spoiling it.

leogets4748d ago

ahhh man i was guna get this shit day one even thoe i never buy a game that doesnt have mp. but now theres mp. fuck. im jizzing all over the disc when this shit is out for real.

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Neil Druckmann Reveals He’s Working on an Unannounced Game at Naughty Dog

Neil Druckmann, the creative director of The Last of Us, is working on a new, unannounced game at Naughty Dog.

RaidenBlack39d ago

I know they've expertise in third person games.
But given the lack there of in PS catalog, I'd want the other project to be a narrative first person ND game.
Look, there are lots of 3rd person Sony games in variety of flavors. And ND is already doing intergalactic. And since they're pretty expert at gameplay and tech wise in whatever they do, they can easily venture a new genre and ship a first person game/shooter.

VenomUK39d ago

Hopefully the lead character is a boss babe who will challenge the patriarchy.

RaidenBlack39d ago

So, judging from the dislikes, hardcore Sony fans here don't like first person games, anymore?

arkard39d ago

Let naughty dog do what they are great at, 3rd person games

crazyCoconuts38d ago

I don't really have a big opinion on first vs third person perspective. That's one of the least important things to me when rating how much I like a game

Flewid63838d ago

Sounds horrible. The downvotes are right on this one.

badz14938d ago

I actually hate 1st person. very hard to associate with a character you only see their hands most of the time.

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OtterX39d ago

funny thing is with failures like Concord and soon to be Marathon, Factions could have been Sony's guaranteed huge success with a shooter! I don't ever play online shooters anymore, but I would have come out of shooter retirement for a new Factions game.

RaidenBlack38d ago (Edited 38d ago )

{ coming from the above thread }
So PS Fellas hate first person games now? (Understandable)
But praise Killzone and Resistance series, as well?
And hope for a return of first party first person games? ~ but from where? insomniac is deep in marvel territory, guerilla is deep in aloy territory ... suckerP are not as big to undertake that change + dedicated to Ghost series
The only options are ND and Santa Monica, who are rumoured to be involved in parallel projects. ~ so take your pick.
And the other 'new' studios at Sony are not that hot right now with knee deep in live service fiasco

darthv7239d ago

...Way of the Warrior 2: Electric Boogaloo

Amplitude39d ago

It’d be cool if they bought the Parappa licence and made Parappa 3 that’d be the real good timeline

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Lightning7739d ago

Wait I thought they cancelled a game? Or did they announce another project?

https://wccftech.com/naught...

pwnmaster300039d ago (Edited 39d ago )

I’m assuming it’s the unannounced game in the title you posted.

“Naughty Dog Reportedly Canceled a Single Player Game This Year, But Another Unannounced Game Is Still in the Works“

Lightning7739d ago

OK I gotcha. That makes sense.

jznrpg39d ago

Devs cancel games all the time early stages if it doesn’t turn out the way they envisioned it. We just don’t hear about every one of them.

Notellin38d ago

Yeah only a narcissist like Druckmann would announce a game this early that has a 99% chance of being cancelled.

badz14938d ago

so a 2028 release at the soonest

Lightning7738d ago (Edited 38d ago )

Some speculate it could be Uncharted spin off. It's already 3 years in production so yeah 2028 maybe 2027 at the absolute earliest but most likely 28 release.

Also to add. kojimas next game that's not OD is said to be 5 to 6 years out for PS. That metal gear inspired game. These games are just too far off it seems.

pwnmaster300039d ago

This dude is busy.
So who is running intergalactic?

Knushwood Butt39d ago

'We have several directors on Intergalactic. I work with two game directors: Matthew Gallant and Kurt Margenau, [and] I have a co-writer in Clair Carré.'

pwnmaster300038d ago (Edited 38d ago )

Okay you got me, I skimmed the article and video .
Thanks lol

vTuro2439d ago

Cuckmann is going to be Naughty Dog's downfall.

itBourne38d ago

Going to be? The damage is already done lol.

Flewid63838d ago

Sunlight is good for you, I promise. lol

vTuro2438d ago

Damage has been done but it's not too late yet if they dump him now. Probably won't happen though. It's sad, honestly. We'll see what happens after Intergalactic. That game is going to have a huge impact one way or another.

StormSnooper38d ago (Edited 38d ago )

Yes because they didn’t make some of the greatest games. Right, we all just agree to live in your fantasy from now on.

Flewid63838d ago

yall say that about ever developer and then they end up becoming more successful lol

mkis00738d ago

Downfall? If anything he is a huge reason they are on the map! A few apes don't like the material hasn't stopped his games from being massive hits.

DarXyde38d ago

I have grievances with Druckmann, but he does deserve some benefit of the doubt. He's been in crucial roles at the company through all of their successes.

Maybe wait and see?

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StormSnooper39d ago

Interesting. So they are working on more than we knew.

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PlayStation - The Concert "Changes Everything" for Music Lovers

PlayStation - The Concert is a magical musical experience for fans of the brand.

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The Last of Us Complete Now Available on PS5, Physical Collector’s Edition Coming July

Two award-winning masterpieces, together in one incredible collection.

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Christopher79d ago (Edited 79d ago )

As expected. Unless it's going to Xbox or Switch 2, we can stop hearing about these older games now? We can move on to just news about new games?

darthv7279d ago

....until the PS6 remake followed by the PS7 reboot

Christopher79d ago

Man, first year of PS6 is going to be 90% remasters. I'm going to hate it and likely hold off until new games actually get released that I can't play on my PS5.

Cacabunga79d ago

Yes I’m waiting for complete remaster…. On ps5

OtterX79d ago

...20 years later, "you haven't heard the last of us yet!" *releases The Last of Us Retro Collection*

cloganart78d ago

@Christopher

Oof, yeah. I don't think I'm picking up the PS6 until "Pro" comes out 😂

Cacabunga78d ago

I haven’t played Tlou1 since PS3 and i have the greatest memory of it

Notellin78d ago

I'm already dreading all the cross generation games and remasters we'll see with the next round of consoles.

LonDonE78d ago

lmao this is getting ridiculous but thing is if people keep buying them.. then why would they stop making them?
Peeps STOP BUYING this game.. that actually hurts me to say this as the last of us is high up on my greatest games of all times.. its one of the few games i played through start to finish 3/4 times back to back as i loved it so much. But sony need to stop, give us a Resistance 3 remaster, i would love and buy that.. such an underated series as was killzone.
Or give us infamous.. so many great series and titles i would gladly buy but they just want to keep giving us last of us.

I am done buying that game.. i would only buy part 2 remaster if they remade it and kept joel alive, or i am not interested. Hate last of us 2s story killing off joel.. the actual game is stunning and incredible, they improved so much in the gameplay department but i hate the story with a passion.

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Profchaos79d ago (Edited 79d ago )

We can stop hearing about it when they stop re-releasing them I guess.

I reckon the ps6 version will be 8k 240 and I'll still not care.

I miss new games from nd

Inverno79d ago

And HBO just announced season 3 even tho LoU2 couldn't possibly be so long that it wouldn't be able to fit in 1 season. They're just milking it at this point.

darthv7279d ago

speaking of the HBO series... I felt they should have made part 1 across two seasons, then address part 2 in seasons 3 and 4. so now i have a feeling they rushed through part 1 in season 1 to make season 2 a cliff hanger with Joel's impending demise being the starting point to Season 3.

-Foxtrot78d ago

I love how they decided to rush, chop and change things for Season 1 to get through the game yet for TLOU Part II it’s like “we’re going to do multiple seasons and take our time”

Inverno78d ago

Okay after seeing that there's only 7 episodes I take it back. Though I think it's incredibly stupid not to have just made the season longer. Another season just to finish what could've just been a 13 episode season seems counterintuitive but aiight. I put that on HBO tho.

Neonridr79d ago

This will be the 4th time Sony sells us The Last of Us Part 1.. And the 2nd time on the PS5.

Knushwood Butt78d ago

They don't want Metroid Prime holding that record,

NotoriousWhiz78d ago

Strange, I thought the record went to Street Fighter 2.

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FPS_D3TH79d ago

We are approaching Skyrim levels here

Profchaos79d ago

At this point we are at Skyrim in terms of frequency. Skyrim was one per generation. If you exclude VR Skyrim we've now exceeded it

Tlou 1 PS3, 1 PS4 2 ps5
Skyrim 1 ps360 2 PS4/x1/vr 1 ps5/sx

Tlou 4
Skyrim 4

Christopher79d ago

Not quite. Skyrim had:

PS3/360/PC
PS4/X1
VR
Switch
Skyrim Special Edition PC/PS4/X1
Skyrim Special Edition PS5/XSX

VersusDMC79d ago (Edited 79d ago )

Also add skyrim bundles like the one below and all the humble bundles since that's what everyone is doing here

https://www.xbox.com/en-CA/...

darthv7279d ago

@Chris, LoU is getting just as bad by milking the same user base. At least Skyrim was able to sell to a wider audience via different platforms.

Christopher78d ago

@darthv72: I don't know why you're telling me that. I only corrected on number of Skyrim re-releases/ports/etc. I didn't say anything else.

Profchaos78d ago

@christopher guess I forgot just how much was out I think the special editions are technically one release despite being cross platform though would the Alexa version count

Christopher78d ago

@Profchaos: I guess, but I'd consider it a separate release since it rolled them into one at a later date but definitely there is a PS5/XSX version with PS5/XSX supported updates specific to them.

Chevalier78d ago

"LoU is getting just as bad by milking the same user base"

Weird. Like 35% of PS5 owners are NEW to Playstation. Plus this is really for new fans from the TV series for season 2 of TLOU.

I recall the same idiotic comments when the 1st one was remade just before TLOU TV Series came out and it went on the be one of the best selling games that year.

So maybe get your FACTS straight. Unlike Skyrim getting literally releases in 3 generations and 10 releases.

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Neonridr78d ago

I gotta figure RE4 is up there too

FPS_D3TH78d ago

No. Those are remakes. Not remasters

Neonridr78d ago

@FPS - we've had quite a few RE4 remasters, only 1 remake.

CrimsonWing6977d ago (Edited 77d ago )

@FPS_D3TH

It blows my mind how people do some mental gymnastics to try to cope with a game they like doing the same thing (technically more) they’re complaining about for another game.

RE4 - PS2, GC
RE4 w Motion Controls - Wii
Literally RE4 HD Remaster - Xbox 360, PS3
I’m assuming a port of RE HD - PS4, Xbox One
RE4 Remake - PS5, Xsex

1 Remake and the bunch are Remasters… how, I mean how—Y’know what, it doesn’t matter anymore…

P_Bomb79d ago

Store says I already own it. I guess it’s just a straight twin-pack. Looks like they added 4 maps to ‘No Return’.

VersusDMC79d ago

You don't need to buy this to get the maps, marlene and bill. It all got patched in to the game on the 3rd.

P_Bomb79d ago (Edited 79d ago )

Good to know. I’ve watched runs of ‘No Return’ but have yet to try it myself. Soon, soon 😉

Knushwood Butt78d ago

Yeah, No Return got a content update.
Three new trophies too.

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