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Nolan North shares his thoughts on Naughty Dogs “The Last of Us 2”

This morning I (Robin Ek, The Gaming Ground) was contacted by the audioboom team. Long story short, Nolan North shared his thoughts on "The Last of Us 2" via the MCM Comic Con site just recently ("North talks about where he thinks The Last of Us will go if the game gets a sequel). It ain´t much, but at least it´s something.

FoxyGotGame3156d ago (Edited 3156d ago )

Nolan North still talking about Last Of Us Sequel ..which we all know is happening anyway. Sony will insist TLOU2 is made, they own ND.

ND have a lot of creative freedom @Sony, but as in any Job, when the Boss requests Employees do something (work related)...it gets done /

TGG_overlord3155d ago

Yep, the game sold really well + great reviews. It´s not a question about "if", but "when" The Last of Us 2 will happen. Of course, as Sony runs the whole show.

freshslicepizza3155d ago

and sony is playing the same handbook they all do and that is not to talk about it until they are ready. even if it means lying it's in development. uncharted 4 is coming and they want all the attention there, not about the last of us 2 until likely e3 next year.

Crashbandicoot873155d ago

ND are the best first party developers this generation! They can't be stopped

DarkResistance3155d ago

sony doesn't do that they are hands off with naughty dog and allow them to focus on there own things they want to do.

iNFAMOUZ13155d ago

he's old, old people go cookoo in the head after a while
last of us 2 will be sick, hopefully its way longer

TGG_overlord3155d ago

Haha! xD Well, my dad is 55 years old. And he still plays Diablo 1 and Starcraft 1, so I guess you´re right :P For sure, more horror and action wouldn´t be wrong either imo.

VsAssassin3155d ago

I have a great idea for TLoU 2's MP. I always thought your clan members would be good to be sent for virtual missions. Similar to MGS5's combat deployment feature. So in TLoU 2's mp you grow your clan and you can also send them to scavenging hunts. Spoils they collect may aid you in the main PvP mode.

TGG_overlord3155d ago

You know what? That doesn´t sound like a bad idea really. It´s worth a try, don´t you think?

InactiveUser3155d ago

It's already an uneven playing field with boosters you can choose pregame, pay to win weapons, etc.

PvP should be PvP, skill vs skill, not based who has more or better power ups and advantages.

There's also already 'catch-up' parts/crafting item bonuses when you're behind. Knowing Naughty Dog, based on UC2 > UC3 > UC4, they likely will continue to add more supernatural nonsense and the game will become more about some sort of superpowers or upgraded weapons than an even playing field.

The Last Of Us MP is fun. It's likely my most played PS4 game. I'm just pointing out there doesn't need to be any more 'aid', 'bonuses', or 'powerups' than there already are.

I'd rather get back to who can aim their guns and grenades better instead of who's invisible, invincible, has super speed boost, can see through walls, has mega bombs, etc.

TGG_overlord3155d ago

That´s a good point (I´m not a huge fan of "supernatural nonsense"). So, back to the basics then? Without all the gimmicks, super power, etc?

The93Sting3155d ago (Edited 3155d ago )

I just want the Mp to be open world, post apocalyptic survival. similar to dayZ but not always PvP, should also have zombies.
also building shelters/bases would be freakin amazing..

I was hoping TLOU1 MP would've been like this, but it wasn't :(

one can only hope..

paidadvertiser3155d ago

Did you seriously not realize that the "PvP mode" is you (and your 3 teammates) playing as your clan members going on missions to scavenge supplies to aid your clan...? Your great is idea literally what the game is but you just don't see it and it's essentially the same as the collector skill except there's no cost or balance? Not sold?

VsAssassin3155d ago

Yeah I know that, but there's no stopping the other members to set out on their own missions. We can assume that the pvp represents your entire colony, but we can also literally think that your clan goes on missions in groups of four.

Regarding loots your other clan members can pick up, they can be as little as say a craft part or med kit so matches won't be that lop-sided.

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TGG_overlord3155d ago

With no doubt whatsoever, as it would be a very stupid move if Naughty Dog didn´t release "The Last of Us 2". As they made quite a lot of money on the original game, and the fans wants a second game as well.

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The Last of Us Part 2 reportedly PC ready, and has been for months

The development of the The Last of Us Part II PC port has been complete since November 2023, according to a reliable insider

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gold_drake15d ago

probably waiting for the new season to air

just_looken15d ago (Edited 15d ago )

Your right as soon as the hype wheel is ready for that show there going to drop it on pc.

But the real question is will this pc port be able to run 1080p on a 4090 as the last naughty dog pc port they helped make it was a dumpster fire.

Like i said before the current naughty dog team is just a glorified port studio but even then they have a hard time actually doing it right.

Yes ps blind boys naughty dog worked on pc ports
https://www.pcgamer.com/nau...

neutralgamer199215d ago

Looken

Your information is good but you need to stop calling names and start trying to have a real conversation. Fanboys of any product are extreme but that doesn't mean vast majority of gamers are just that "gamers"

RaidenBlack15d ago (Edited 15d ago )

... and the water's wet
But I'd prefer the Uncharted trilogy port over this one, tbh
Just porting Uncharted 4 and 4.5 to PC was not the best idea.

Inverno15d ago

Water isn't wet, but definitely want he Uncharted trilogy on PC.

truthBombs15d ago

Original Uncharted trilogy is my fav of the series. That is a worthy port to PC not 4 imo

just_looken15d ago

No doubt they need more help as the og's left the building so the uncharted 1-3 port would take actual skill/knowledge along with the source code/audio files/voice files.

If only niel D lost didn't loose over 80% of the team that made the company he is "running" and turned into a port studio.

Doge15d ago

It'll probably be announced and released on Friday.

Inverno15d ago

Yeah it could be a game fest announcement and release.

fsfsxii15d ago

Hope the PC crowd enjoy 4 year old leftovers lmao

DustMan15d ago

The PC master race looks down upon you mockingly knowing they are in every way superior gamers to you console simpleton.

ocelot0715d ago

Even the ones that have a £50 dell Optiplex and put in a 1650 that's weaker than a series S?

RaidenBlack15d ago

@ocelot07
Yes,
Atleast they dont make comments like the above.

truthBombs15d ago (Edited 15d ago )

for everytime you say that, the library of PS games on PC grows bigger. This year, Helldivers 2, Horizon Forbidden West, Ghost of Tsushima, GOW Ragnarok has a release date for this year and now TLOU2? Hmm.

Potentially 6 titles in one year. It keeps stacking.

Aphrodia15d ago

DON'T FORGET ABOUT CONCORD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

Cockney15d ago

Pc guys are loving it right now, banger after banger its one hell of a year

just_looken15d ago

If only the new sony leadership was not hell bent on region locking down there pc games to avoid better sales and get more ps accounts even though pc players do not want a jank exposed ps account that has all there personal info ready for another data breach and or just gets sold off.

I still and will never link my old ps account to my steam account the sony tos is to strict i do not want to get my ps account banned because i left my vpn on or sony things rgb is a hacker tool or some other BS.

Tedakin15d ago

When TLOU2 is announced, Spider-Man 2 will be pretty much the only notable PS5 first party game not on PC.

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FPS_D3TH15d ago (Edited 15d ago )

Lmao you probably bought this twice because ps5 have nothing good to play. My backlog of games is too big for me to even care it exists on PC let alone how bad the first one launched on PC. Sony wouldn’t be releasing it on pc if they didn’t need $$$

PrinceOfAnger15d ago

Will you enjoy Gears 5 and Sunset over drive + Ori games on PS5 after 3/5 years?

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Destiny108015d ago

i might have to upgrade my gtx 560 to a gtx 750ti

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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_looken26d 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.

fr0sty26d ago

Salty Bots... gotta love it.

just_looken26d 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.

fr0sty26d 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_looken26d 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...

mkis00726d ago (Edited 26d 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_looken26d 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

-Foxtrot25d 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.

Tacoboto25d 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

MajorLazer25d ago

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

derek25d ago (Edited 25d 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.

derek25d 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.

fr0sty25d ago (Edited 25d 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_looken25d 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.

Rainbowcookie25d ago

Hey at least we have cookies to eat 😄

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Rangerman120826d ago

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

anast26d ago

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

S2Killinit26d ago

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

Export26d ago

put a chick in it and make her gay !

shadowknight20326d ago

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

StormSnooper25d ago (Edited 25d 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_Sakai28d 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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H928d ago

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

purple10128d 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,

H928d ago

Press X for doubt at "PS5"

-Foxtrot27d ago (Edited 27d 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.

senorfartcushion27d 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_9227d ago

Geez how full of themselves are these guys.

Einhander197227d ago

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

CrimsonWing6927d 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.

Chard27d ago

Things will get far sloppier brother

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