Naughty Dog: Uncharted 2 Teaser is Real-Time

Gamzine.co.uk writes:

"The Uncharted 2 teaser trailer has sent waves through the forums. One question that keeps arising; is the trailer rendered in real-time, or is it fancy CGI? Naughty Dog has exclusively given Gamezine the answer."

[Fishy Fingers]

Anyone who doubted it was real-time obviously haven't played the first Uncharted. The animations maybe tweeked, but that's about it

[PS3 FTW]

Uncharted 1 was AMAZING! Not just visually but every aspect was incredible.

Uncharted 2 will do the unthinkable - Surpass Uncharted 1's quality.

Fall of 2009 when Uncharted 2 releases the universe will implode.

[n4gzz]

I didn't like shooting mechanism of uncharted. May be not so much mechanism but running out of bullet was pain. I know it will give more strategic approach but some of us are not good with aiming.
Graphic, Humor and story was top notch though.

I really want to play uncharted 2 but I hope they give more bullet this time. Otherwise, I just rent it.

[Final_Rpg]

I loved the fact that you were always scrambling for bullets. Made you use different types of weapons because you were desperate for anything, and it also added a great sense of urgency/danger.

[morganfell]

Uncharted had a realism albeit a relaxed version. I liked the fact you didn't have endless ammunition to sit back a spray. I loved the fact I would run out and have to run dive roll and fight the next guy barehanded. By the way Treyarch, this is how the fighting in Quantum of Solace should have been.

[el_bandito]

Agree with Final_RPG. When you're running out of ammo, its where the adrenaline pumps fast.

Btw, since you're talking about that already, maybe ND could introduce weapons besides firearms. That'd be a nice addition.

[Rick Astley]

You'd have to be a PS3 hater to doubt that the teaser was running in real-time. How many of you morons even played Drake's Fortune? The correct answer is NONE, apparently. And another thing: Gametrailer's videos look washed out 100% of the time. Can't wait to see it running on my 50" Sony Bravia.

[Jamegohanssj5]

I knew that it was real time. I can't wait for the game.

TGSI

[ajeben809]

your the reason developers make games for the casual gamer..."its too hard waaaaaaa". dude it was good because it made u choose your shots wisely rather than spraying every possible corner of the map with bullets.

[thor]

I read a long time ago that melee weapons were one of the things that Naughty Dog said they ran out of time to include in Uncharted 1, but that they would have liked to have included them. I think it's almost certain we'll see a lot of them in Uncharted 2.

[alexM]

It is coming from ND

who has made the best looking console game so FAR on any console

Ofcourse GOW3/KZ2 surpasses Uncharted but nothing else comes close

[gaffyh]

OMG it was real time?!?! It looked way to smooth to be real time, I honestly thought it was CG. Things are looking good for God of War 3 as well then.

[el_bandito]

@ Thor

That's really nice to hear. When I played Uncharted 1, I really wanted to smack those pirates with a machete or something when I ran out of ammo...

[kopicha]

well there was an article awhile ago saying that GOW3 will blow you away when you first see it. it will make you almost not believe in what you see that is actually the game play and not some CGI scene

[n4gzz]

Uncharted sucked for me 'coz of ammo running out. I still think, it should have easy mode or may be cheat option after you beat the game once that you can unlock extra ammo.

don't hate me for this but that's how I felt 'coz its basically shooting + adventure game. It has as much as shooting involved.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Did you try unlocking "Unlimited ammo"?

Haha...I can't believe you said that, dude. I don't want to bash you or anything...but it was in there. Plus, you can unlock any weapon in the game to use at any time.

Also...who is SO BAD at Uncharted that they ran out of bullets at any point? Did you people not like RE4 either?

[Doppy]

I guess it's safe to say that GOW 3 is going to be the graphical powerhouse that everyone says it's going to be.

There was a rumor about a week ago that Sony had a private showing of GOD3, Uncharted 2, and I believe Killzone 2 or Heavy Rain.

And what happens a new trailer of Uncharted 2 comes out, with I'm hoping a more detailed trailer of both Uncharted 2 and GOW 3 being shown at the VGA's on Dec. 14.

It seem every rumor about the PS3 is coming true, and I know 2009 will turn the tide in the console war. I expect FF13 to be out in Japan (import baby), Killzone 2 to be great, Heavy Rain to be great, Crysis to come to the PS3 (I have a pretty nice computer but not a Crysis running one), Infamous, MAG, GOW 3 (possibly may get moved to March 2010), Uncharted 2 (loved the first one), Home to be in full effect, PS3 price cut, and just so much more.

[BrianC6234]

n4gzz - Maybe you should just learn to aim better. It's actually really easy. Just hold down the L1 button and but the circle on your target. Go for a head shot and you won't use much ammo. And sometimes just run up to the enemy and fight them to save ammo. When you finsh an area run around and find all the ammo laying around. I've finished the game on normal a couple times and didn't run into an ammo problem that much. Most of the time when you get low you'll have another big fight. Run up and kill a couple guys and grab their ammo.

[micro_invader]

lol, n4gzz, you make me laugh. (no offense :) )

[ProperFunked]

@1.10

even better than MGS4? all the cutscenes were rendered with the in-game engine and that looked amazing as well. except for the in and out 60fps, like in less detailed sections of the game. im sure everyone else noticed that as well.

[n4gzz]

I am learning to aim but I moved from pc. It takes time. I am pretty good on COD4 3.22 k/d but I suck at R2 .86 both on ps3. I don't know what but I was just not good on head shot on uncharted. Either way Head shot should be 1 or may be 2 kill but it wasn't like that on uncharted.
I got so frustrated that I didn't even bother after first play through. I literally threw disc away so many times and told myself never touching it again but I put it back and played again.

oh about RE4. I beat that game so many times and I actually had handcock (i think thats what it is called) unlocked.

[uie4rhig]

when i played Uncharted for the first time.. i couldn't stop playing for the rest of the day.. i thought it was too awesome to stop playing it lol.. finished it that same day.. and the next started again.. but like didn't finish it the same day.. yet i still thought that was prerendered.. i never thought the ps3 to be THIS powerful.. i knew it was very powerful but this :O its insane what it can do !! now i'm afraid of it!! *thinks about skynet* :P

[INehalemEXI]

I liked shooting dudes a couple times then decking them to finish them off.

[Figboy]

it's called headshots, people!

the only time i've come CLOSE to running out of bullets is when i was playing it on CRUSHING mode. that difficulty truly lives up to it's namesake, and enemies seem to take more shots to take down (while you take less, of course).

playing on Easy, Normal, and Hard, i never had trouble with ammo.

on average, an enemy takes 1 shot to take down with a head shot (unless you graze him and knock off his hat), 3 shots to take down (body shots), and 4 shots to take down when it's a shotgun guy, or the later enemies that wear armor.

while ammo isn't a never-ending sea, most gamers shouldn't have trouble keeping their gun stocked. also, there's something satisfying about running low on ammo, vaulting over a barrier, rushing forward, and drop kicking then enemy in the teeth, and getting 2Xs the ammo from him when he falls.

[Danja]

everyone knew that it was real time...the 1st Uncharted was mind blowingly awesome graphically...Gameplay was top notch , story was amazing , and the twist as kinda scary caught me off gaurd..lol

This games looks amazing....

[Homicide]

Only Playstation 3 games can you compare in game graphics to CGI.

[CommonSense]

IT WAS NOT AMAZING!!! what the hell is wrong with you people?

there was nothing AMAZING about it. these are exaggerated claims. i'm so sick of this BS hype machine from the fanboys. it was an adverture platformer. but i use the term platformer lightly. basically you walked up to rock and jumped on it. you ran to the edge and jumped again. it was the same experience every time and there was nothing puzzling or complex about it.

the action was sub par and clunky. it was basically a frustrating version of gears of war in terms of telling nathan to go up against a wall then fire around the corner.

and as for the article quoting the developer saying that the differences between the cutscenes and the actual game were few and far between... umm...what??? the cutscenes were just motion capped short films. and the game was the same repetitive animations over and over again. The enemies all acted and reacted the same way.

as for graphics, the explosions were an absolute joke. the jungle looked like it was made of plastic. and there is more detail in one character in gears of war than there is in the entire cast of Uncharted.

and before any retard fanboy says i probably didn't even play it. i beat it, i own it. i played through the entire game on the default difficulty in about 6-7 hours. it was a boring, frustrating experience with ONE semi-memorable moment (and that's a relative term to the rest of the horrid experience) and that was the car chase scene.

i fully expect to have this comment ridiculed and have a buncha non-gamer fanboys trash talk whatever they can find, but i'm sorry that i didn't board this ps3 hype train that you've all been riding for a long time. you'd think after all these over hyped, underwhelming games that train would have derailed by now...and yet here we are. praising games that aren't worth the cost of a rental because there's so few games worthy of actual praise.

the end.

[solidsnakus]

come on people. that was as fake as the kz2 trailer. well maybe not that fake. but seriously you have to be really dumb to think thats real. every teaser trailer is CG. GOW3 teaser was also GC and halo 3. every teaser trailer is always CG because its so early in development.

[ash_divine]

neither of the 2 losers above have played the game. Yet feel compelled to pretend that they have and even comment on it. What does that say about them?

PS: solidus, like I said if you've played the game you'd know that the new trailer looks almost identical to the cutscenes in the first. Seriously, it's been 2 years and people still don't believe those graphics are possible. that's a major compliment.

[solidsnakus]

LOL! talk about double standards. ash_divine you havent played the game either so stfu. i playd uncharted 1 and it dosent look like that. this video has a very CG cuality to it. the real game did look good but it didnt look like that video. im shure your one of those dumbasses that say GOW3 trailer was real footage. LOL

[cLiCK_sLiCK9]

Gears2(my GOTY)... play it and loved it, but you talk about Uncharted looking like plastic and then compare it to Gears of war?
Come on now, have some common sense.(or change your name)
Gears has plastic all around it. Everything in there, shines giving you that cheap plastic feeling. At times rocks didnt look rocks. They looked like big chuncky pieces of meat.
Whereas Uncharted, their textures feel rough. Almost makes me want to lick it.

At times i would die because its graphics distracted me.

As for the chracter models....those big muscular clay looking models?
The ones with chicklet teeth? The ones running around with nerf guns?
i dont kno why you guys like them so much. There nothing to brag about.

[ShinMaster]

NO ONE SAID THE FIRST 2005 KILLZONE 2 TRAILER WAS REAL-TIME IN-GAME.
And the same goes for the God of War 3 trailer.

Have you even seen the recent Killzone 2 trailer, comparing it to the first trailer, it doesn't disappoint at all. It impresses.
You're just a clueless sheep, following the 360 fanboy herd of ignorance and PS3 hatred.

There's seriously nothing worse than the Gears of War 2 mega-bullshots.

And just in case I wasn't clear enough. The Uncharted 2 trailer was clearly in real-time. There was nothing "CG" about it. In fact, it was the same character model from the first game. You can tell the snow was being rendered in real-time, as well as textures.

I sense some envy in your part.

[gaffyh]

@common sense - it's quite obvious you have no common sense.

[Traveler]

It was real-time,no doubt about it. For anyone who has played the first one that shouldn't be so hard to believe. Besides, the developers confirmed it. Are people really claiming that they are lying? It does look amazing though so I guess I can see how some people might have been confused.

[Elimin8]

Was there ever any doubt.

[RememberThe357]

Since you are expecting this I will fully ridicule you comment.

First you say the game wasn't "AMAZING", well I was amazed, so that must mean something.

Then you say the game was repetitive. WTF? Any game ever made would fit into your description of it being repetitive.

You say that the action was clunky, and I can understand were your coming from. Some times the animations got in the way of quick movement.

Then come frankly the stupidest thing you said so far, you said that the animations were repetitive and that the forests looked plastic. And, well, Uncharted had the most animations I've ever seen, do you hate when people walk because it looks the same every time? And show me a game with a better looking jungle then Uncharted. There aren't many

This is not being "restarted" or being a fanboy, this is me liking a good game. The fact is that every argument you made could be applied to any other game this gen. I can understand that you didn't like the game, but that does not make people wrong if they do.

[Rhoic]

"Fall of 2009 when Uncharted 2 releases the universe will implode."

Isn't that what everyone said about LBP?.. Game is going to be amazing, but come on rofl.

[cLiCK_sLiCK9]

"Fall of 2009 when Uncharted 2 releases the universe will implode."

"Isn't that what everyone said about LBP?.. Game is going to be amazing, but come on rofl."

I dont know about the universe "imploding" , but my living room did. Last time i played game, sales dont determine how fun the game is.
Just look at GTA4.

[The XBOT]

Even though the textures are great it did not fool me one sec that it was not real time. Very good, but not WOW. If you want WOW, you will not find it on consoles. PC is where you will be wowed by graphics. The 360 and PS3 have been on par for a while with the edge going to 360 with most multiplatform games. I can not see one thing about Uncharted that can not be done on the 360. Where does uncharted use that super FLOP (FLoating point Operations Per Second) power of the ps3? I have seen the game, it beautiful, but not revolutionary.

[MNicholas]

Uncharted was the best looking console game. The textures, lighting, extremely high polygon counts (2-3 times those of gears), animation, etc... were all best in class, an amazing achievement. Usually games are tops in one or two areas but this game was tops in a number of technical categories.

Uncharted 2 has to go up against MGS4 and KZ2. Tough but if anyone can do it it's Naughty Dog.

Gears 2 is not the most technically impressive game on console. In fact, it's not even the most technically impressive on the 360. If you look at side-by-side shots with Gears 1 of the same buildings you can see that for Gears 2 they reduced the actual draw-distance (more blurring and fogging) and polygon counts. You can easily see where they removed details from environment objects.

[darkdoom3000]

@1.14

there is an easy mode, also you can unlock unlimited ammo, but it requires a lot of reward points...

[Ashton]

if you have played the first uncharted you wouldn't doubt it for a second

[Nathan Drake]

Best.textures.ever.

[TheSadTruth]

You can tell easily looking at the character's hair it's no where near CGI level or the way his feet interact with the snow (or just the snow in general)

but it still looks very good

[Ju]

^^ Oh, just SU.

[TapiocaMilkTea]

I don't see why it can't be real time, I'm not that impressed by it....

[Figboy]

you could possibly be a LITTLE bit bias? i mean, it IS your game you're talking about...

of course, i agree, i've yet to see a game with textures as sharp as in Uncharted. even when scrutinized up close, they hold up (if you get TOO close, a nice blur affect happens).

Uncharted, to me, i still the best looking console game i've played.

[MNicholas]

Uncharted has the best textures of any full 3D action game, not any console game. The best textures of any console game are in LBP.

Uncharted not only has unmatched texture quality for a game of that type, but, as you said, has a smart LOD where they mimic an out of focus effect (blur) when you're too close. Uncharted also remains tops in character detail with 2-3 times the polygon counts of other games on either console. The character detail, the expressions, and animation are superb for not just the main characters but the entire cast.

[PirateThom]

Well, obviously.

No one needed confirmation of that! This is the sequel to one of the best looking games this gen.

[iMad]

Uncharted cutscenes was videos not realtime. Thouse videos 20-30% better in quality that ingame GFX. Here is the same. That is why there is no loading screens, because when video plays next level being loaded.

[Shane Kim]

Oh sorry Mr.Bot, I didn't know you worked for Naughty Dog.

[Rick Astley]

Just keep pretending to know more than Naughty Dog, iMad. While you're at it tell us how many games you've worked on. I'm sure you enjoy showing us how retarded you are.

[Kleptic]

dude..where to even begin...

graphics were 20-30% better in the cutscenes?...wrong, idiot...they used all the same assets...ND confirmed what you are talking about...background loading was done during the scenes, but the scenes were built using the in game assets, just put into video format on the disc...water was the same, animation was the same, particle effects...different, no just kidding...the same...the games a beast...accept it...ND has done this in nearly every title they have ever made...they NEVER do pre-rendered stuff, and (along with Kojima) pioneered a lot of in game cutscene creation tools...

I know though, games are not supposed to look that good when they are not on the system you own...especially when they release in side of a year from the systems launch...and still reigns as one of the best looking console games of all time...

what are you going to say when killzone 2 releases?...'thats not real, the game is just one big pre-rendered video, you can't even play it'...

I will bet you $500 that you can show a cutscene screenshot...and i'll find an in game screen with the exact same tech...or take one myself...what exactly are you arguing looks better in the cutscenes?...the only thing you can't do in game is move the camera anywhere you want...

please tell us...which of these shots is in game, or from a cutscene?...and if you get it right, please explain to me how that cutscene shot(s) looks any better than the others...

[ultimolu]

You guys...are annoying.

WHAT THE HELL IS THE PROBLEM?

Why do you hate the PS3 so much?

[iMad]

But only on a PC when this video had been captured.

The difference if very low so you thought uncharted had great ingame gfx. IN reality what was cutscenes what looked good. pre-rendered game engine cutscenes what are 20-30% better in quality so you think its ingame.
KZ2 for sure looks good. But ingame uncharted was not so superb as its cutscenes. ingame uncharted had some great textures here and there but all other thing was just standart. first uncharted not used another 256mb of memory as video ram. KZ2 does.

[alexM]

cuz this is really a MAD MAN's comment

Just because it is not possible on RETARDED BOX 3 FIX ME doesnt mean that it isnt possible on PS3

[PirateThom]

The tears are validation enough that it's realtime.

[Madbrain]

You don't have even play Uncharted because you have a Xflop, but you are so f@cking misery bastard trolling in ps3 news... Why is that? Are you waiting for RROD replacement of your 6th Xflop?

[Aquanox]

No reason to believe it's not Real Time. It's not as if we didn't see comparable Real-Time cutscenes elsewhere. I don't understand how this is still news, maybe at the beginning of the generation but now visuals like that in cutscenes are a given in high profile games.

[littleBIGfail]

I'm building a level on LBP with snow just like uncharted it'll be ready in november 2011 ... it will decimate even the wii.

[BYE]

You obvisiously never played a PS3 game dude, CGI cutscenes are last gen!

[PoSTedUP]

sorry but if you played the first uncharted you would know that it too has CGI graphics and every time you come out of a cut scene it would automatically go to game play with out anything changing, JUST like MGS4.

[GVON]

Sorry but that's wrong mate.

http://www.ripten.com/2008/...

"Patrick: The characters in Uncharted are some of the most impressive video game models to date. They look even more impressive up close in the cutscenes. Are the in-game models any different from the cutscene models?

Richard: Thanks! Nope, the in game models are the exact same models that are used in the cutscenes. They also use the exact same textures. There really is no difference between them at all.

The only difference between the cutscenes and in game is a little higher quality lighting and shadowing. Hopefully not too noticeably different. We really wanted to keep the players immersed as much as possible. This meant using the same assets across the board."

"Patrick: What sets the character models apart from many other games is that it’s very hard to see a polygon edge. How did you achieve such smooth models?

Richard: That was actually one of the trickier things to nail down. It’s also one of the things that we really wanted to focus on.

If you watch the first E3 trailer that was released a couple years ago, you can actually see some polygon stepping in the head of Nathan Drake. That was the first iteration of Nate’s head where I really tried to keep the polys to a minimum for performance sake.

Unfortunately this did not hold up as nicely as we wanted. We all felt seeing any kind of stepping took us out of the experience. So we decided that the characters needed more polygons to get rid of, or at least to minimize, the amount of hard edges seen.

So really to answer the question, its all about the polygons. Nathan Drake and the other main characters are in the upwards of 25k to 30k polygons. Probably one of the highest for a next gen game. It really wouldn’t have been possible without our amazing programmers and engine as well as the sheer power of the PS3. I know that term goes around a lot but really, the machine is a beast!"

It's a good read,seeing as your first post shows you have a interest in the tech side of thing you might find all three parts a good read

[NegativeCreep427]

I can only assume that you're avatar is a photo of you, because with ND's vast history of real-time cutscenes in its games and more verification from ND here, you must be a delusional chronic-smoking d!ck head.

Take that blunt out of you're mouth and try to at least retain some credibility and dignity. Otherwise you'll just be viewed as another xbox troll who ignores facts and history.

[Traveler]

Of course it is real-time. It looks real-time and it looks awesome. The developers confirmed it is real-time anyway, so there is nothing to argue about.

Anyway, I absolutely loved Uncharted and in fact it is one of my favorite games of all time, and I am so excited about Uncharted 2. Naughty Dog are amazing...I mean, seriously, like some of the best artists, engineers, and designers around. Anything they touch is gold in my opinion.

[NegativeCreep427]

I don't know where the hell you live, but here in Los Angeles all of McDonalds burger patties are made with 100% beef, just like Wendy's and Carls Jr.

Nice pathetic attempt at a rebuttal, though. You just demonstrated how stupid xbots are and how out of touch with reality you idiots are.

[olivia]

imad you have to be the first to be a d*ck.on topic i knew that was real come on its the ps3.(LIVE IN YOUR WORLD ,PLAY IN OURS)

[Shane Kim]

hahahaaaaha, just look at it and sh!t you pants bots.

[Ashton]

^^^^

[Shane Kim]

Hard to tell, I think it's kinda hard to produce a game of this quality on a piece of sh!t hardware wich is only know for it amount of flop games and flop failure rates.

[alexM]

x360's fear of death in 2009

[Traveler]

Come on, I love my PS3 and I Uncharted is one of my favorite games of all time, but why do you have to be such a fanboy? I think both consoles have their positives and negatives. Anybody that truly loves games would be missing out if they didn't have both of the consoles. The PS3 is awesome and so is the 360. The fact that there are so many A-holes on this site that are always ripping on the 360 tends to make me end up defending the 360 all the time, when in fact I like both consoles equally.

Don't you understand that extremism on your part only breeds more extremism and opposition on the other side?

[Sergeant Osiris]

uncharted 2....$59.99

snacks to enjoy the sequel to one of the best games this generation...$10.00

the look on xbots faces as they realize that despite all their trolling,all the moneyhatting by their ma$ter of these fanboy review sites, all the price drops in the world won't save their console from the undisputed monster that is the PS3............PRICELESS!!!!!

[KingDizzi]

No duh, this is Naughty Dog.

[Jubo1]

Yep they are my favorite developer of all time and one of the best.

[Skadoosh]

Looks the same.

[xhi4]

you Skadoosh, Jenzo, XbOX MART the king or whatever, The Mart, Power of Green, WillSi or something, breakfast and all you crazy bunch!

good on you guys for keeping strong in the midst of Uncharted 2, Gran Turismo 5, GOD OF WAR 3, Infamous, Heavy Rain, War Devil, Little Big Planet, Resistance 2, Jak 4, New insomniac game, White Knight Chronicles, Metal Gear Solid 4, KILLZONE 2, MAG, Final Fantasy XIII Versus and much much more.............

I admire faith.......but blind faith? hhhmmmmmm.........

[alexM]

It looks way better than anything on x360

too bad Uncharted will make ur box look so dated

KZ2 already makes x360 look outdated

Sad time for being an Xbox owner i guess

sad time awaits in 2009

[solidt12]

How can you say it looks the same. Its a totally different environment. Unless Uncharted 1 had a snow seen you could compare to Uncharted 2 screen just stop comparing.

[Mr Microsoft]

Skadoosh - "Just wait for Christmas 2009 and the 360 is done!!!!

Isn't that how it works? HAHA"

Naw, my little buddy. There will still be a market for our sub-par system. More people can afford our Xbox 360, and even though it won't be able to match the games coming out for the PS3, we'll still have each other.

There will always be a market for 2nd tier electronics.

[poeo]

what!? ok i really need to look at it again.. cos to me it looked like CGI lol. but i've been wrong before.

[PirateThom]

Check some of the screen caps, there's just a few odd edges on his wrist band that just confirm this is real time.

The fact it looks CGI is a bonus!

[Final_Rpg]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. That trailers graphics look past the first one... at least in detail on drakes face... Look how the fine the snow is on his face! Reminds me of MGS4 shadow moses...

It'll be awesome if the snow acts like the water in relation to the water actually wetting the clothes and staying wet when you get out of it until it dries. I thought that was awesome, more games need to do that. They should have fire this time round that leaves burns. Except... it'd be hard to judge how long they should last.

[PirateThom]

People are "selectively blind".

[TOO PAWNED]

Naughty Dog >>>>>> Insomniac

Had to say it.

[Rick Astley]

They're both great but Insomniac's Ratchet & Clank Future engine doesn't work very well with FPS.

[fopums]

No way.

Naughty Dog > Insomniac maybe, but I can see it going both ways, each team has its strengths, but neither is getting blown out of the water as multiple >>>>>>> can insinuate.

[theEnemy]

Come on don't be ridiculous.

Both company have their specialties.

Ever wonder why Naughty Dog haven't made an FPS/Shooter game ?

[xhi4]

more like

Naughty Dog + Insomniac + Level 5 + Polyphony + DIGI-GUYS + Sony Santa Monica (GOD OF WAR 3 BABY) + Zipper + Kojima + Sucker Punch + other great devs. on PS3 > (and obliterate) everything else!

[SuperM]

i wouldnt put digi guys on that list. they havent shown much, and what they have shown is, well... we dont know if it actually is real-time or just some prerendered stuff. for all i know digi-guys = scammers.

Insomniac is a great dev though, no doubt. One of the best in the industry. But i do believe they might be doing a little to much scale, just for 1 years production.

[PLASTICA-MAN]

Kudos and bubbles for you; you mentionned the best developpers with the most talented and skilled programmers who are not afraid of challenge. Not like others,very famous for their laming attitude toward the ps3, always bewailing about the complexity ( as a pretext to hide their incompetence in programming)!

[Jubo1]

I think insomniac should develop an all new engine for resistance and keep the one they have for ratchet and clank.

[Kratos_1986]

Naughty Dog knows how to dilever , bring it on

[pp]

obviously it looks real time i wasn't impressed since the Massive flop of Resistence 2 i'm not holding my breath.It seems like all ps3 games which get hyped end up a flop so i can't see why this game should be any different. Even Lost Planet snow part looks better than that.

[gamfreak]

How can anyone deny the power of the PS3 = NONE, but for the BOTS denial at it finest. Lol @360 only owners for not getting a chance to experience it and you may ask why....? Because the BOTS are a bunch of kids. Hahahahaha.

[WIIIS1]

The teaser had... a lotta snow, one man trudging around with a lotta snow covering him, and one crudely rendered dagger/ artifact. Didn't think that would be hard to render realtime even on the Wii to be honest.

[PirateThom]

The PS3 can produce games of that visual level, I know it may be hard to comprehend, but some of us own consoles that can do that.

[geda]

crudely rendered? just what the feck are you talking about sonny

[pwnsause]

anybody surprised??? seriously, you already seen KZ2. you should know already that stuff like this is NOT pre-rendered. if you played the First Uncharted, you would realize that this is not a surprise.

IF you didnt buy nor played Uncharted, you are part of the problem as to why Amazing games dont sell well on the PS3.

[Gladiator7]

it's good, but its more like the first Uncharted.
i think we will see more from the next trailer.

[Gantrfaxx]

I never doubted it was real time.

[Kush_Reaper]

This is only the 2 year for the ps3 and we are seeing real-time cut-scenes that match some CG movies. If you ask me i'd say the end is near for the....

OBAMA!!!

[tudors]

it looks realtime, am I supposed to be blown away?

[Itrguy001]

no need to hide it man. you can come out and say ur impressed nobody will hate on u

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

CGI looks real-time now.

I guess he was spoiled by the super beautiful Gears of War 2 cutscenes that look exactly like gameplay.

Wait...NO THEY DON'T!!!

[yanikins111]

drake needs to lose the facial hair or elana is gonna start banging sully. and on that note im gonna go get some more trphies!

[poopsack]

eww

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

I second that "ewww".

If anything, she'd go for Daxter. He's a ladies'-ottsel.

[na2ru1]

of a backstage kinda guy ;)

[Kyur4ThePain]

For a second I thought you were going to say backdoor.
LOL

[theEnemy]

The question is, why would Naughty Dog release a CGI teaser when they can easily do a real-time teaser with CGI-like quality ?

[DJ]

There's little need to produce CG trailers since the games look so damn good.

[Chrissy]

Thats kinda obvious since it doesnt really stand out in any way. Textures are still a far cry from gears although the lightning is great.

[iMad]

I guess uncharted 1.5 will flop again with 200k sales first week.

Poor PS3 can't sell games.

[Shane Kim]

Poor iMad, can't play anymore games since 2009 seems like a barren wasteland for the 360 line-up.

[Chrissy]

Are you really such a queef?? I know you are a joke character an all but just think for a second what happened 1 year ago when 360 was suppose to remain gameless in 08 (pos3 faags were chanting that) yet during CES and GDC, MS announced the same lineup thats penetrating big fat diick holes into ps3s already abysmal sales boat right now.

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

You say it looks the same but you also claim in your previous post that this trailer is being rendered real time on a PC. Thanks for clarifying the PS3 is as powerful as a gaming PC.

[Narutone66]

for your defective console? That must be the reason xbox fan boys are trolling the PS3 news. They used to say PS3 have no games when it first came out. But look at it now, it got more awesome games than any console out there. Why don't you buy a PS3 console and stop denying yourself a great experience in gaming?

[Tmac]

Why are you so jealous iMad

[BYE]

Snow, free climbing, stealth, improved graphics -> Awesome.

I hope there is not so much shooting as in part 1, then it's gonna be a groundbreaking game.

[ikiru3385]

Naughty Dog doesn't do CG. They've always done real time as far as I can remember.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

They have.

Naughty Dog, Insomniac, and Sucker Punch should really all get signed on by Sony...as long as they can maintain the freedoms they have now.

BTW...does anybody doubt Infamous? How can it possibly not rock?! I can't freakin' wait for that game!

[Figboy]

i'm imaging that if inFamous does as well as it should, they may finally buy Sucker Punch.

as for Insomniac, i don't think they'll be selling anytime soon, and why SHOULD they?

they produce great games that sell over 1 million units, they have a friendly publishing relationship with Sony, and they're able to create the games that they WANT to create, with no pressure from the aforementioned Sony. if i was running Insomniac, i'd stay independent for as long as i could also.

[BigBoss2703]

AWESOMESAUCE

[Bolts]

For some reason there is a Tomb Raider game for every Playstation. Only this time, that Tomb Raider game is called Uncharted.

[THC CELL]

i loved uncharted one it reminds me of a die hard.

the thing is they need a bit more freedom
and some multipath if u get me..

i bet we see some online coop
what can be used like splinter cell maybe i am going over the top there haha

also ai was great in the first one i bet we see better in uncharted 2

i cant wait for this one

[MaximusPrime]

i knew it is real-time.

why? cause i played the first Uncharted. That was amazing.

[DOOMZ]

Lost Planet anyone!!!

[josh14399]

well yesterday all the 360 fanboys said the grpahics were too good to be real. im just waiting for them to say the graphics are rubbish so i can laf at them.

[PLASTICA-MAN]

Whenever a ps3 title show up, all the... you know will bash it saying it is cgi, when it clarifies it is not cgi, they will still bash it saying it looks poor.
By their logic CGI= rubbish
SO the only thing they deserve is an 80's nes title with gross pixels and 8-bits sound! Poor instable and schizophreniacal people !

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

Of course its real time. Not one game on my system can stand chance against these exclusive PS3 titles.

[Magic_The_Celt]

I love naughty dog

Uncharted is one of the best next gen-titles available

Awesome story

thrilling gameplay

INSANE graphics

and this one sets to push the bar with loads of new gameplay elements.

Bring it on, another glorious year (2009) of incredible PS3 exlusives

[Avto]

Anyone who played the first game would know this was real time, the thing is this is not the target render this is not how the game will look like, this is some early build and the final game will be much, much better in graphics department.

[ilovepswii60]

how awesome would that be!! Uncharted 2 ftw!!

[LONEWOLF231]

Yeah no doubt it will be a great game like the first BUT ive heard the whole REAL TIME jazz before and we all know what the true outcome was......but anyways the game looks sweet cant wait for this to hit our PS3s!

[Itrguy001]

time to go and see BS over in the open zone

[Jeremy Clarkson]

If the graphical fidelity of Uncharted 2 compared with the original wasn't much better (which it probably will be) then I wouldn't be disappointed in the least.

I'm looking forward to how ND present new and different environments and such like.

[Aclay]

LOL, of course the Uncharted 2 teaser was real-time. It didn't look like CGI to me and after seeing Killzone 2 and hearing about how awesome God of War 3 might look, the PS3 is already getting games with near CGI graphics. Plus, I don't think that Naughty Dog has ever used CGI cutscenes in any of their games that I've played. Even going WAY back to the Crash Bandicoot era on the PS1, all of the cutscenes they has were always realtime, and the same thing goes for the Jak and Daxter series, all realtime cutscenes.

[Alcohog]

Not surprising in the least.

[Marius]

The graphic is the exact same as the first game. Kinda disappointing that they didnt manage to make it better. Seing as they've already made one game and had a devkit for a long time.

The first game was the best graphic ever on any consolegame, but if Naughty Dog didnt manage to make it better the second time around, perhaps thats the maximum of how good it can get?

[ezcex]

don't be stupid, same sh!t could be said about Gears2. Why the hate, it looks great, better than the first, so was Gears2, it also looked better than the first.

[Traveler]

I don't think that we can tell from that teaser trailer whether it looks better than the first, but I have no doubt that it will. Naughty Dog are one of the most talented developers in the industry and I am sure that there will be some graphical improvements for the second game. Not like it desperately needs them, though, Uncharted is one of the best looking games ever created. Anyway, Gears 2 improved over the first one and I am sure Uncharted 2 will as well.

[Tyetan]

Pretty hard to doubt if you played Uncharted 1.

[doctorstrange]

the individual snowflakes is awesome
U2AT FTW !!

[ezcex]

This is what i expected. Greatness. I am so glad I traded GTA4 for Uncharted.

[Professor Chaos]

Is that the knife from the SHADOW and a host of other movies?!

[Unknown]

To say this game is near CGI quality makes me wonder what CGI's you guys have been looking at. I've played Uncharted 1 and just seen the trailer and while this game does look good, it's not up to today's "CGI" standards. Maybe a CGI on the first xbox/ps2 but not current CGI. You'll have to be a fool to state otherwise. And please don't take this as a fan boy attempt to bash Uncharted 2. The game looks great. But I just thought that people just come down from cloud 9 alittle bit. I look forward to playing this game and KZ2 and a whole bunch of other stellar looking games that are bound to hit the PS3. Oh, and I've noticed that alot of people keep writing the 360 off for 2009. I don't think the fat lady has sung yet. I think the console "war" is just heating up. And me, being a smart gamer will get to play all the stellar titles that each console will provide:)

[Unknown]

It seems that nowadays a person cannot state their opinion without getting bubbles taken away or a disagree WITH a rational explanation as to why they disagree. I didn't say anything to try and undermine Uncharted 2. All I attempted to do was put things in perspective as people began to act like the game looked so unbelievably good that it was impossible for the trailer to be in realtime. I mean it, the trailer looked like exactly what you would expect from a sequel of this game's stature. Anyhow I apologize if I hurt anyone's feelings as that was not my intent. Happy gaming.

[xwabbit]

ROFL some 1 put a disagree on ur reply too LMAO!!

[ezcex]

Does Drake from the first Uncharted look like David Boreanz from the tv show ANGEL to anybody else or is it just me?

[ThaGeNeCySt]

looked like Robin Thicke to me lol

[jcfilth]

I'd like to see some comments from 360 fanboys after they show God Of War III this month. Many will come to realize the 360 has come to its limits and that it won't get any better than Gears Of War. But don't worry, the Xbox 720 will come soon to keep up with the PS3. :D

[PLASTICA-MAN]

even if they will show GOW3 and it will surpass any cgi movie, they wil always find a clue to justify their point of view (ahem point of blindness)! They will come with "the xbox 720 is coming and it will crunch every ps3 game with its games"( ahem same looking unreal engine 4 games). And when GOW4 comes out, they will come with ... ahem xbox 1080 argument.An endless story!
Fanboys will never see the light of truth because "the truth is out there, play beyond"
lol

[Salta_nelas]

I thought that had alredy happened with Killzone 2 (for one). ^_^

[na2ru1]

and to xbots denial.
(sips whisky)

[die_fiend]

I remember reading the guy who made it saying the cutscenes in the original were very very slightly better than ingame, just the shadowing n lighting but again, this was unnoticable. Wasn't it obvious that this was in-game? U can tell when textures aren't perfect and there aren't perfectly smooth lines...There was never any doubt. Looks good tho, if it has better graphics than the original then it'll look immense

[na2ru1]

leads me to believe this is a sequel, not prequal

[ezcex]

haha bro, he can shave anytime. who knows, he might have shaved before he went to meet his hot reporter friend Elena.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

if you played the original, there was no way to doubt that this was real time... resembles the real time cut scenes in the original (albeit lesser quality because of the compression in order to have it uploaded to that site)

Uncharted 2 will be nothing short of amazing... but i'm still very surprised that this is even up for discussion.

[eagle21]

Uncharted is over 2.7m sold. This one will be even more huge. The buzz this game is getting is overdue. Uncharted kills 3fixme and every action adventure game fan knows this. :)

[iNcRiMiNaTi]

but was there really any doubt it was in-game? hopefully this makes MS push for better graphics on 360 if possible. im tired of seeing UE3 games and its texture loading and bugs.

this teaser looks awesome by the way. looks like ill finally be picking up the ps3. theres some games i want on it now and i think its worth getting now. im gonna start with uncharted, LBP, heavenly sword, and MGS4. if there are other games im missing help would be appreciated

[ezcex]

All the games you mentioned are excellent choices, I picked up Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction on ebay for 29.99. It is on Amazon for around 33ish. I've only heard great things about it so for that price I say go for it, although I can't say personally since it hasn't arrived yet. If you like shooters Socom or R2. R2 is more like Halo, run and gun. Socom is slower and more realistic.

[iNcRiMiNaTi]

yea im a big shooter fan. 90% of my 360 library are shooters or have alot of shooting involved. :P

i havent many great things about socom, in here anyway, but ill definitlely be picking up R2, gonna get the first one first so i understand the story and im also getting killzone 2. thanks for the suggestions tho. i hear warhawk is also fun online so ill have to check that out.

[Traveler]

Great decision, man. I have the PS3 and the 360 and I absolutely love them both. You will love the PS3.

Oh, and for those of you that don't have a 360, you really are missing out as well.

Own them both, that is the only way to go.

[cayal]

I love Ratchet and Clank. Amazing games.

[bmatthews]

who would possibly think that the trailer was not real-time??

Uncharted 1 anyone? that game used real-time, in-engine characters...

why would Uncharted 2 differ, I don't get the reasoning...

[PoSTedUP]

ah isn't it great....

[LarVanian]

I can tell from the teaser that Naughty Dog will have innovative snow effects in Uncharted 2.

[jesuisankit]

I dont have a PS3 but I got to play MGS4 and uncharted on a friends ps3.. the first one being my game of the year for 2008.. second one made me a fan.. I felt it was a lil short gameplay wise and on content too.. Uncharted 2 looks ABSOFREAKINGLOTELY AMAZING... I am saying this being a lil bit of xbox 360 fanboy :P. But the gamer inside me says I cant wait to be inside the Uncharted 2 territory again :D..!!!

[Jamaicangmr]

You know from day one i said it's real time in engine. Not because of any fanboyish love for the PS3 and it's games. Quite simply because this is Naughty dog where talkin about. They have done amazing things on PlayStation hardware without using CG in any of their games. A great point of refference is Uncharted one, how can anyone doubt that this is in engine after playin or should i say experiencing Uncharted?

No amount of jealous fanboyism will change that, so if it bothers you that much then you clearly have some degree of interest in the game. Just get a PS3 and enjoy it with the rest of us...

[devilhunterx]

uh why the suprise?

[GVON]

moved post to 1.13

[mt]

that Naughty Dog still has crash .

[Dark General]

I personally never liked the graphical style of Uncharted. The only thing i didn't like about the game really. Love the story, characters and gameplay. Love the new snowy environment the game is looking to have. Still the graphics don't tickle my fancy but the gameplay and story is what i love. It made the game my favorite game of this gen and cracks my top 10 fav games of all time.

[Traveler]

What are you talking about? Uncharted has some of the best graphics I have ever seen on a console. Are you talking about the art direction? Personally, I loved the art direction and can't imagine how somebody could not like it. Uncharted for me was close to perfection in nearly every category.

[N2NOther]

I'm not sure what you didn't like about the graphics but they were pretty amazing.

[joevfx]

i knwo cause i have worked on some trailers for games before. The trailer IS IN REAL TIME FROM THE GAME ENGINE,....BUT, its sweetened up after in a compositing program with pre rendered elements from Maya or live action stuff like snow or smoke. So yes its real time from teh game engine, but no it prolly wont look exactly like that in game.

[ScottEFresh]

Please please please please have multiplayer!!!!

[Dark General]

No. No Multiplayer. Seriously what's with you guys and wanting just about every game to have multiplayer?

[DiabloRising]

Nathan Drake is probably one of the most likeable, awesome characters created so far this generation. I only hope Mr. Hale and Mr. Fenix can learn a thing or two from Naughty Dog.

[Traveler]

Yep, the characters in Uncharted had a level of depth that is seldom seen in video games. Nathan Drake, in particular, is simply an awesome character.

[Xi]

but I also wasn't that impressed by it. Seems like the average pre-rendered cutscene now and days. Did like the snow wave effect though.

[Lf_sIcKmAn]

It's name is Phurbu (pronounced PURBA) and it appeared in THE SHADOW movie... mystical dagger from the tibet that is said to drive bad spirits away and protect the people around it...

(Tibetan: “peg,” or “nail”), a ritual dagger used in the Tantric (esoteric) rites of Tibetan Buddhism to exorcise evil. The dagger has a three-sided blade and a hilt that terminates in the head of Hayagrīva (Tibetan: Rta-mgrin), the fierce protective deity identified by a horse’s head in the headdress. Other symbols characteristically used to ornament the phur-bu are the knots of immortality, head of a makara (crocodile-like creature), and entwined serpents.

[Figboy]

the trailer wasn't real time.

Uncharted is, hands down, the best looking game i've seen this generation (yes, including MGS4, which comes in at second; of course, their art design is so different it's hard to directly compare them).

i'm playing the game again on Crushing difficulty right now, and i'm amazed at how well it stands up, even a year later. it is STILL one of the best-looking games out there, even when compared to current titles like Gears 2, Resistance 2, MGS4, LBP, etc.

the graphics engine used in Uncharted is fantastic.

i never doubted the trailer was real time. looking at Drake's character model was enough to prove to me it was.

i don't see how the awesome snow effects wouldn't be possible in real time either, considering that the scene consists of one person, a dagger, a LOT of snow-covered ground, and snow falling from the sky. i doubt it's taxing the PS3's capabilities.

i can't wait to see the rest of the game. i have no doubt that by the time Uncharted 2 comes out next holiday season, it will look even better (it still has a year of development time left, you know).

[DiabloRising]

Stop posting such intelligent things. This is N4G after all ;-)

[bviperz]

You sound too much like a sound and reasonable person. That's not allowed here! :D

[Figboy]

what i meant to say was:

Uncharted AM FAIL!!teh trailer iz clerly CG!

show us sum gameplayz SONY!!!

is that better?

[VMAN_01]

YOU FORGOT INCOGNITO!!!!!!!!

[CrippleH]

What is Incognito doing right now?

[LinuxGuru]

Uh, incognito was broken up during the last part of development of the first warhawk expansion, I believe.

Are you thinking of insomniac?

[Figboy]

a few months back that they are working on a new game, NOT tied to Warhawk.

i don't think they've been dissolved.

i think they were in danger of being dissolved last year, due to the difficulties in developing Warhawk, but now that the game has been released, and has been critically and commercially successful, they were saved from the chopping block.

Sony very rarely dissolves ANY of their companies, instead choosing to nurture that talent, and make sure their next endeavour is more successful by backing it with all they got (see, Team Ico with Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, and Guerrilla Games with Killzone and Killzone 2).

[pornflakes]

Uncharted 2 + the Midgetstaion3 will save SONY finally in europe/ usa and.. japan?

I say it in PS3tard words

"Wait until uncharted 2 comes out" + "remember my words"

LOLz!

PS3 200k worldwide
360 half a Million worldwide

which console is TEH FLOP? yeah the ps3... ppl dontc are about ps3s BS games! PPl also dont care about RRoD cause after 4 years they still buy it, right?.. only Ps3midgets care!

Teh real losers are ps3boys!

[blackblades]

Have ya'll ever played the 1st game, if you played it thats answers your comments.

[ppthedipshit]

UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES (GOTY 09) CONFIRMED AAA

I think every Xbot just commited suicide like the lemmings they are after finding out the awesomness of Uncharted 2, that and the fact they have no games for 2009.

[jack who]

so was killzone back at E2 05

[ash_divine]

and it lived up to that trailer(so even if it was CGI, that's still how the game would look). something the other consoles would not have have been able to do. explain that mr. oblivious troll?

PS: if you played the game,(which you've just proven that you haven't). Then you would have known the second you laid eyes on the new trailer that is was real-time.

[jack who]

1 800 you need glasses called they said its time for your weekly check ups

edit: for the dumbass back at E3 05 killzone 2 was known as killzone ps3 not killzone 2 you happy?

[ppthedipshit]

let me get this straight, your comparing a last gen Killzone 1 with games on your 360?

Confirmed Xbox 360 = POS
PS2 Vs Xbox 360, Ps2 wins

Xbox 360 Confirmed to be the laughing stock of the video gaming industry.

Jack Who also confirmed to suck Cliffy B's c0ck.

(you said Killzone not Killzone 2 f@glet)

[redmac]

[UPDATE] - I'm noticing a lot of people saying, "So what if it's real-time? It's a cutscene not gameplay." If we refer back to a Richard Diamant interview I gave in 2007, the differences between cutscenes and gameplay were few and far between in the original game;

"Patrick: The characters in Uncharted are some of the most impressive video game models to date. They look even more impressive up close in the cutscenes. Are the in-game models any different from the cutscene models?

Richard: Thanks! Nope, the in game models are the exact same models that are used in the cutscenes. They also use the exact same textures. There really is no difference between them at all.

The only difference between the cutscenes and in game is a little higher quality lighting and shadowing. Hopefully not too noticeably different. We really wanted to keep the players immersed as much as possible. This meant using the same assets across the board."

[Traveler]

There is no doubt that it is real-time and it looks awesome. I can't wait to see the first trailer. Uncharted is one of the finest games ever created, in my opinion, and did not receive nearly the recognition that it deserves. Knowing Naughty Dog, Uncharted 2 will be an even better game than the first one, and that just blows my mind.

[smurfie4]

The denial of the xboxfanboys is hilarious. The first Uncharted game was 100percent real-time including the cutscenes. The only difference between cutscene and gameplay was a slight increase in lighting, aa, and what not. This game is going to look incredible, just accept that.

[Traveler]

As amazing as the teaser trailer looks I never doubted that it was real-time. Having played through the first one, I am not surprised that Naughty Dog could achieve something like the graphics seen in the teaser. Besides, why are people still arguing it? The developers said that it was indeed real-time and so...that's that. I can't wait for Uncharted 2.

[chinesesoldier]

And I'm getting it with the 160GB PS3 bundle. Imagine Uncharted 2 with that new Pinoeer 400GB Blu-Ray disc! Sure it will cost a fortune in itself, but it will rock.
and this time there should be some sort of mutiplayer. Maybe mercenaries Vs. explorers or something?

[mjcrow33]

I loved the first Uncharted,and I have no doubt the second will be great as well.

[Reshun]

make Drake the next protagonist in MGS5

[Sgt_Bon3head]

I thought Uncharted was crap till i saw the trailer. It looks really awesome. Maybe i shoud exchange my 360 for a much better PS3.

[PS360PCROCKS]

Um of course it was real time, real time engine, not real time game. Just like the Gears videos, the MGS videos, ratchet and clank videos etc and so on... looks close, but the games aren't anywhere as sharp, or as highly detailed

[NaiNaiNai]

if thats real-time thats pathetic. >.> real pathetic. SO4 looks better.
-nai-

[ONYX737]

Games like this will make me never regret buying a ps3!

[ChickeyCantor]

Why would anyone give a crap if it's real time or not?
People liked the first one right? So people will mostlikely like this one too even if it wasn't real time.

[ppthedipshit]

Uncharted 2 GOTY 09

[ppthedipshit]

Uncharted 2 GOTC (CENTURY)