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Endure and survive: how Naughty Dog brought ‘The Last of Us’ to the PS4

With The Last of Us Remastered out this week on PlayStation 4, various members of Naughty Dog have been divulging information about the re-release’s development, including Lead Developer Christian Gyrling.
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Aldous_Snow3711d ago ShowReplies(6)
XiNarutoUzumaki3711d ago (Edited 3711d ago )

Good Job once again Naughty Dog. Been playing the multiplayer since yesterday.

Off Topic:
@Sasuke I tried to save him, but It was impossible, Damn... :(

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CrimsonAzure3710d ago

Can you guys chill with the spolers at least? Fucking hell, dude.

FriedGoat3709d ago

Some say it don't be like it be, but it do.

Christopher3709d ago

Too bad they didn't have something earlier. I think they could have greatly improved the textures in TLOU Remaster if they had.

OculusRift3709d ago

What the f*ck's up with all the skrubs spoiling the god dang series. Not all of us sit inside all day watching anime/reading the manga on release day/week. FFS, just keep the show details to yourselves.

Rainbowcookie3709d ago (Edited 3709d ago )

them spoiler :(

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0P-Tigrex3711d ago

They've stated it was a challenge getting the game up and running on the PS4. I'm surprised it took them only 7 months rewrite the code and get the optimized for the system. They worked their asses off and I'm grateful for it

Hellsvacancy3710d ago

All time that could of been spent on making Uncharted 4

timmyp533710d ago

Well they could have had more hands. But they have multiple teams now so moot point. More like they could have been spending all that time on a new ip.

Hellsvacancy3710d ago

It's not a "moot" point, it's a valid point, as much of a Last Of Us fan I am we (or I) didn't need a remaster, especially so soon, the devs don't care they get paid either way

Me as a gamer wants new things, not awesome things looking slightly more awesome

Summons753710d ago

Which is why they have 2 teams and most of the people who worked on TLOU and Uncharted 2 have been working on Uncharted 4, team 2 and some LOU devs have been doing the remaster.

Kayant3710d ago

Which was what happened. They have two teams.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

MasterCornholio3710d ago

Naughtydog said that they had several teams one of them dedicated to Uncharted 4 the other were working on The Last of Us. So trying to say that Uncharted 4 will be a bad game because they dedicated resources to a remaster is false.

Sevir3710d ago

Hellsvacancy.... Even Wells and Christophe Balestra already confirmed that the lionshare of ND was working on Uncharted 4. 30 people out of 244 Dogs worked on porting the last of us, don't forget that the studio also went through some prominent losses and restaffing it's amazing in and ove itself that they managed to get TLOU done within 7 months with 30 people and still managed to have something to show the fruits of their labor at E3 that looked Heads and shoulders above anything else with U4, all this and they've confirmed that another game on the scale of Uncharted in terms of production is in preproduction right now...

Your point isn't valid. Just annoying. You are certainly entitled to it, but it really lacks any relevance in the grand scheme of things... TLOU:R was the test to get their engines running and a year later it's shown. All knowledge gained from that will be applied to U4:ATE.

lemoncake3710d ago

Unchartered 4 uses the same ps3 engine that they have been using for a while, they have now upgraded that engine and covered the development costs with TLOU remastered version. So in reality they have been working on unchartered 4 the whole time as beyond the engine work creating TLOU remastered wouldn't have taken much additional effort.

showtimefolks3709d ago (Edited 3709d ago )

Hellsvacancy

yeh i am sure they need your advice on how to run ND, STHU if you don't want to buy TLOU remaster its your money and your thing. But don't say gamers don't want it when there are a lot of people who want it

having 2 teams mean they can work on more than one game at a time, one team is doing UC4. @nd team is doing something new or a sequel to TLOU

than a very small number of people worked on TLOU so its not like the whole team had to work on TLOU

and this argument about wanting new things, its people like you who buy sequels every year when new games are sitting on store shelf. Its always a nice idea to talk about wanting newer Ip's how about buying them too

bound by flames is a good game a new IP, but why hasn't it sold millions? how come an good game at best like watch dogs become one of UBI's best selling games

new IP's 2014'a gamer, talks about it all the damn time never buy it though

Christopher3709d ago

Not likely since the U4 team is already set in stone and they are working on that as it is. You don't just throw more developers into a single project. That causes more issues.

I do agree that they could have been working on something new, though. Would love to see a few of the people moved over to work on The Order considering their skill sets and talent.

Spotie3709d ago

It's a good thing they spent all that time working on Uncharted 4 then, huh?

Visiblemarc3709d ago

...and they slaved for years making tlou just for you? You played it, so it's a done deal right? They shouldn't care about selling millions of additional copies? Check.

The extreme challenge of being a AAA developer is becoming more clear.

ThatEnglishDude3709d ago

And now they have had experience using the Ps4 technology, Uncharted 4 will be better than it would have been otherwise.

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Rainbowcookie3709d ago

Either way having 2 teams or not ND staff count as 2 at least . I remember seeing the uncharted 4 trailer and then was told that the entire forest scene with animation was done by one guy. http://n4g.com/news/1527202...

hiredhelp3710d ago

but we didn’t start writing any code or move people over to working on the remaster until February of 2014.”

Wow 5 months to adapt to new system get rough idea of the engine and ship the remasterd version... Mmm this gen gonna be epic for consoles faster development more powerfull hardware more memory.

I love being a gamer you think the last of us remasterd was good trust me its nothing when naughtydog creates a fresh new game made for ps4.

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Ironically, Bungie told Naughty Dog not to go "all in on a live service game"

Bungie warns Naughty Dog on live service, before crumpling due to live service.

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GaboonViper55d ago

Probably the only good thing to come from the Bungie buyout, ND should stick to what they know best, SP masterpieces.

DarXyde54d ago

Mostly agree, though I'm not against studios getting experimental outside of their comfort zone.

Funny enough, if we held Guerilla to that, we'd continue to receive shooters the general public might consider pretty mid.

I think Horizon is really where they hit their stride.

Juancho5154d ago

On a case by case basis i agree with exploring different genres and creating new IPs and experiences. What I dont like is when a studio that makes AMAZING Batman games for example, decides to go live service and makes a heaping pile of garbage.

Sometimes sticking with what you do well is better, unless they can manage the risk…

Cacabunga54d ago

ND doesn’t have the experience and gaas is a make or break…
I would for sure not have supported it, same as bungie’s next thing

Knightofelemia55d ago (Edited 55d ago )

Well it's the truth live service games can be a flavor of the month, not even be a blip on the radar, could be a very popular game, a pile of shit, revenue generating, or lose your shirt, or my favorite lock everything behind a pay wall. The market is just so over saturated with these type of games. Least Bungie had one piece of solid advice.

H954d ago

Because they would lose their only worth in the company

anast54d ago

It's good they dropped factions. People make it sound like it was this huge hit , but in reality it was a Cinderella story for a relatively few that play it and to recapture that would be almost impossible

BlackTar18754d ago

Not true.

ND are jerks for promising that for years and years and delivering nothing.

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Neil Druckmann clarifies true intent of new Naughty Dog game comments

Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.

just_looken123d ago

He can take dog shit put it in a oven with seasoning then call it waistland cookies the sony fans will pay $40 a cookie give them a medal of cooking.

No mater what trash this sobs puts out/talks about it will sell.

The true fact in the 8 years sense uncharted 4 his first time in the main seat to a point all this "amazing" team did was get 2 dudes to fuck in a van then destroy a franchise they never created.

But being a port studio they are decent at they should keep in there lane at being just that a glorified port studio.

fr0sty123d ago

Salty Bots... gotta love it.

just_looken123d ago

@frosty

Over what? naught dog under his command is a glorified port team tlou2 was mostly tlou 1 asset's with the same game play loop but forced a trans down your throat.

I would gladly help pay for this blight and his team to get removed from gaming in general.

fr0sty123d ago

Seeing a LGBT person exist in a work of fiction isn't "forcing them down your throat". Nobody is forcing you to play it. Nobody is forcing you to agree with it. If you think that just seeing a LGBT person exist is "force", it sounds like they make you very uncomfortable, and maybe you need to be doing some serious reflecting on exactly why... looks to me like you're suppressing something with all that fear.

just_looken123d ago

@fro

When i think of the last of us i think of a group of survivors crossing the apocalypse wasteland with a growing bond between 2 people that end up with Joel making ellie his new daughter.

Then you fire up the 2nd one bang joel is dead oh that comic series? bang dead

Oh you want to continue all that we grew in the first one? na f that toss it in the trash

Now here is a trans woman so strong superboy would blush go out there kill all what made tlou1 then halfway get a forced sex scene that you can not skip between 2 dudes.

The gameplay? just like the first game the combat/backpack system crafting sytem? 0 changes/improvements.

I could go on but lets face it they copy pasted that tlou 1 assets bin a shit ton of times.

There is nothing on the box or the ads or anything before the game that said you would going to spend most of the game controlling a new trans character that has no ties to anything of the first game the only existence was to kill what the first game made.

Oh but hey there is a mp mode coming out before 2022 wait what is that? oh we made it its own game then cancelled it now go but the game again as we port it a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

mkis007123d ago (Edited 123d ago )

What has Straley or Henig released since they left ND? Not a thing! stop scapegoating! Which of them is credited with co-writing a majorly successful show?

just_looken123d ago

@mkis007

You bring up Bruce Straley really? someone that gave us 4 generations of amazing games and was there in the creation of 4 legendary franchises but was tossed in the trash for the pos niel druckmann not 7? years ago

So yeah in those 7? years you right all he has done is get 2 awards one is a game award for a puzzle game he made oh boy right like for fuck sake's all niel has done is one game that was a overhyped fan boy orgasm underneath all that ps jizz was just a typical 5/10 game.

Then you drag Amy Hennig that poor woman was also kicked out then became this century's Brendan Fraser with her sexual misconduct information coming out.

We all know how horrible people are treated behind the scenes she might have been sexual attacked groped or something.

So yeah all she did after was battlefield hardline forspoken now that new marvel 1945 game but hey Brendan Fraser was a great actor till he also said he was sexually attacked just now he is allowed back in no doubt she also had to take a leave of absence out and or was forced out on ice.

Man there are way to many out there that look at niel at the new gaming jesus when all he had done is some work on uncharted 4 then tlou2

Oh also the tvhshow? for real all they did was use stuff from the 2013 game its like saying GOT was a 10/10 but never watching past season 3

-Foxtrot123d ago

@mkis007

That's highly unfair to them both

Amy Hennig got messed around working on projects that got cancelled by the publishers (EA) and then ended up on a awful game (Forspoken) where you had 4 other writers working on it which is just a recipe for disaster. She is now working on Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Not her fault she was pushed out of NaughtyDog, something both Nolan North and Richard McGonagle have both said in interviews.

Bruce Straley left after burn out, the rest of the story we don't know and will never know just like what happened with Amy Hennig. He decided to take a break and wasn't sure if he wanted to come back to gaming however he had an idea he wanted to make so he founded Wildflower Interactive, a smaller studio where they are currently working on a new game.

Tacoboto123d ago

@the obvious stain of a commenter

The trans character wasn't Abby. Try playing Part 2 instead of gatekeeping what you think Part 1 was about and meant.

Maybe try watching the show while you're at it, because you're terribly off with your opinion on that too

MajorLazer123d ago

Naughty Dog is better than all the MS studios put together.

derek123d ago (Edited 123d ago )

@just he has been behind 2 of the greatest games ever made. Tlou2 was easily the best non-vr game made last gen. Losers just can't get over Joel's death, mixed with the usual console war nonsense. The fact that you so casually call him a sob shows how deranged some gamers have become about Drunkmann.

derek123d ago

@frosty, for people like Just, including anyone that can be categorized as being a minority in any kind of media is "forcing it down his throat " lol. I to don't care for poor "checking box" inclusion for inclusion sake but that was not the case with tlou2.

fr0sty123d ago (Edited 123d ago )

The pathetic part about it is, you can tell just_looken never even played TLOU, because that was the game where Ellie's sexuality was first brought to light... No "that was forced down our throats" to be said about that.

Only terrified folks in the closet that use their hatred as cover from outing themselves fear LGBT people that much. They exist. They will exist in all aspects of life, including popular media. Get over it.

just_looken122d ago

@all

Once again you drag out something like its a big win

Here is my old channel a clip of me playing TLOU on ps3
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Search my channel for more clips

Proof its my channel? look at this profiles banner that is 7yrs old then look at other vids on that channel like my bf3 clips to see my psn id. But knowing this group that is way to much work.

Also elle being a lesbian is another trump card? one dlc is all we got of that a dlc that took over a year to be tossed out.

Rainbowcookie122d ago

Hey at least we have cookies to eat 😄

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Rangerman1208124d ago

Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.

anast124d ago

No need to bow down, Stan your ground. The AI comments were gross though.

S2Killinit124d ago

Pretty excited as I read these. I just cant wait to see what ND is up to.

Export123d ago

put a chick in it and make her gay !

shadowknight203123d ago

Next they need a diverse couple, and perhaps some climate activists

StormSnooper123d ago (Edited 123d ago )

I would love that if only to piss off all the lunatics. Lol

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Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann Says AI Will 'Revolutionize' Development

Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'

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Jin_Sakai125d ago

I’m more interested in what else he said.

“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’

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H9125d ago

It will be something like "we erased gameplay all together it's just a movie now"

purple101125d ago

every time naughty dog make a game, you play it and get the feeling "this is not possible'

from the boulder running towards you in crash, on ps1,
to the massive open world of jak and daxter, on ps2,
to the QuickTime events sequences of uncharted on ps3/4

and now we will see what they do with ps5,

H9125d ago

Press X for doubt at "PS5"

-Foxtrot125d ago (Edited 125d ago )

Arrogant asshole who sniffs his own farts bigs up next game…sounds like typical PR to me

You know what I find interesting? Almost every site reporting this as the main title where the REAL interesting bit of the interview is Neil praising AI and saying it will be used to help push story, characters, dialogue and more.

It’s super shitty to big up AI especially when it comes to story telling and other creative elements.

senorfartcushion125d ago

Just because someone says this type of stuff, it doesn't mean that it's guaranteed to be good news.

You can say this about microtransactions. MXTs revolutionised the gaming industry.

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Levii_92125d ago

Geez how full of themselves are these guys.

Einhander1972125d ago

He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.

CrimsonWing69125d ago

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.

CrimsonWing69125d ago

And there isn’t slop now?

Chard124d ago

Things will get far sloppier brother

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