Neil Druckmann revealed he wanted to kill Elena in Uncharted 2 but the idea was abandoned.
Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.
Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.
Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'
I’m more interested in what else he said.
“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’
He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.
I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.
Speaking on what’s coming next for Naughty Dog, which could be either their new IP or The Last Of Us Part III, Druckmann gave what he seems to feel are realities of the project he’s talking about. That it’ll both be “really ambitious” but also “really hard.”
Neil Druckmann talks about Naughty Dog's Next Game which is really ambitious and parts of it are hard to make! pic.twitter.com/IqY2KEI1Gb
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"I’ve really surrendered to knowing it’s going to be really hard, knowing it’s going to stress members of the team out"
As if crunch wasn't stressing them enough
That it’ll both be “really ambitious” but also “really hard.”
Not 'is' but 'will be', kinda suggests that they haven't started yet, hope not.
Come on ND, a game PLEAAAAASSSSEEEE. Desperate this gen.
Also, just off-topic slightly but..
Does anyone think that layoffs now may well be making space for AI integration of game development, and 'crunch-time', 'unsustainable', 'big budget' are all terms been used to butter us up to receiving the news that AI integration will help and maintain the level of AAA games that were accustomed to? Perhaps the layoffs were the devs that didn't join a union quick enough and if only they had the smarts of SAG members and strike while the time is right, before its too late?! Imagine DEV's on strike at a time like this, there's already a game drought.
I saw this on the Reddit AMA, shocking to know he wanted to kill off one of the most loved UC characters.
I recommend everyone to read the Reddit AMA with Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley, those guys are so awesome, very down to earth and genuine. This industry needs more devs like ND. http://www.reddit.com/r/IAm...
if they did that will be better for me i would like more violence in uncharted liked it in the last of us
but as you see he will upset the casual players who want happy endings and the fans of Elena so he save himself a lot of deep shit anyway i hope the next uncharted be in more darker tone and the one who was talking is the Nathan but older due a dark events that will be epic
Neil Druckmann is good writer, but was he involved in Uncharted 3?
WHAAAT...WHAAAAAT...WHAAAAAAT! !! soo happy he didnt do it
It's a good thing! That end moment when they escaped from Shangrila when the bomb went off and Elena took the brunt of it I thought she was written to die...
Seriously, I love Neil's Dark tones, but those characters are so well written the impact on the game would be too tremendous to undo! The Dynamics between Drake and Elena are tight. A death like that would definitely affect the series negatively!