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Why Naughty Dog's Still Got It - Gaming's Greatest Companies

GamingUnion: "Although they haven't produced bucket loads of original IPs in their lifetime, Naughty Dog has still become a staple brand within the game industry. The IPs they've created have offered gamers the very best in terms of creativity and graphics and you'll be pushed to find someone who will disagree. With Crash Bandicoot, Jax and Daxter, and, of course, the Uncharted series under their belt, many would say Naughty Dog has got it made. In honor of the recent announcement of the Last of Us, we're taking time out to focus on what makes Naughty Dog such an excellent developer and how the brand got started."

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tweex4894d ago

Doing it right. I love em!

Bioshocking4894d ago

I love Nd too.... they are one of my favorite dev's amoungst Irrational and Rocksteady..

Looking forward to the last of us....

Now... everyone wait for J-Blaze to make a troll comment

ChiVoLok04894d ago

I've noticed ND usually takes ideas that have already been shown (Uncharted being similar to Tomb Raider) and shows them in a new, interesting way. Yeah they are doing right alright.

mephman4894d ago

I'm hoping The Last of Us can continue their hot streak.

kneon4894d ago

What's with the disagrees? Are people really so pathetic that they hope for a game to not be good?

Drekken4894d ago

Yes they are... Someone probably logged into 5 accounts to disagree because they are jealous. It's very pathetic, but common place on n4g.

solidsheep4894d ago

I don't agree/disagree on peoples comments but felt i had to do it this one time.

/facepalm up to 10

Fylus4894d ago

It's funny that there are some hidden trolls running through this comment section disagreeing with every positive comment about ND (Which is all of them so far), and not bothering to explain their disagrees. Ignorant children...

soundslike4894d ago

I haven't been the one disagreeing but I will say that: No, it doesn't. I only play on ps3 now, and these shameless fanboy articles/posts just make me puke in my mouth a little bit. Can't say I'm the only one.

ND is great but some of y'all are drinking the kool-aid

Blastoise4894d ago

Agree`d. Chances are they have never owned a PS3

trenso14894d ago

was thinking the same thing, why disagree it makes no sense.

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Radiowrecker4894d ago

There good, Uncharted 3 was kinda ify but seeing the uncharted 2 team was working on LOF i can forgive them. Hopefully LOF will be something more than just generic zombie game

Megaman_nerd4894d ago

What do you mean by ify?

Uncharted 3 graphics are better. Multiplayer is better. And the overall gameplay is much more better. Weapon have better feedback, the set pieces were even bigger, puzzles were more challenging, platforming sections were more interesting and many new gameplay elements were introduced like: jumping off a ledge to knock down enemies, throw back enemy grenades and the melee system was hugely expanded.

Only thing it lacked was in the story department but even then it still was pretty good story.

Radiowrecker4894d ago

yeah it was a great game no doubt but the story is where is fell apart for me, they started with a good concept with his char development but it felt like they concentrated on the action sequences and fitting the plot to them instead of the other way around. They asked some questions or brought up something from Drake's past but seemed to drop it shortly after, and they could have elaborated what happened between him and elena (probubly butchered her name)

again i highly enjoyed the game and they did a great job improving what they needed too but i still feel they could have had an amazing game if the story wasn't.....in lack of better words chopped up

PinkFunk4894d ago

I thoroughly enjoyed UC3. Every aspect of it.

The only thing that I could qualify as being a "letdown" was that the ending seemed simplistic. I don't necessarily blame them for it. It's just they raised such an intrigue throughout the game, just so that they could stop the evil spirits from getting out and sink the city.

I just find that they build up such mystery in order to never really delve deep into what could be an epic. But again, the game is fantastic.

Thatguy-3104894d ago

Gameplay is better? Enlighten me on that please because from what I remember Among Thieves had way smoother gameplay than drake deception. Then the combat where every time you want to hit someone it will lead to many moves where eventually you'll get stuck fighting one guy while the other agents shoot. Uncharted 3 has the Best Graphics and technological wise it surpassed Among Thieves by a mile stone but gameplay it was a set back IMO and even the story didn't do it for me. Multiplayer is where this game really improved on and is what keeps me playing the game. There are chapters in the campaign thy I really enjoy but it's just because of how amazing it looks like the shipwreck level and the desert scene is Mind Blowing. Here's hoping that TLOF will offer and emotional driven story that will be talked about for many years :) ND deserves it.

ilovemyps34894d ago (Edited 4894d ago )

Maybe people complain about uc3 end, but after uc2 last fight against lazarovic, who almost costed me a new dualshock,it was sooo frustating, when you had to hit him just one more time, and grenades were all over you,and he run so fast.. that was sooo frustrating for me,I felt like throwing the gamepad against my tv.

I was wishing uc3 end wouldn't be that hard and frustating.I want to finish the story and keep my smile, don't want a almost impossible to beat final boss, that will spoil all the pleasure. So for me, uc3 end was cool.

I still have most of the levels printed in my face and memory.though London undergroud was a bit boring and too dark, all the rest.. wow.

When we see Elena and start wlking in the village, those houses are the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in a game.the lights, colors,houses surface, simply incredible.

There's one thing that scares me. I can't imagine what naughty dog will be able to do, with ps4. Whatever may be, it will look insane.

There must be some frustated Xbox gays, I mean, guys, who come to ps3 channel and do a mass disagree.
Even if you say "naughty dog is the studio who developed the uncharted games", you get 10 disagrees.

Come on, kids, you want to participate in our debates, but you didn't learn how to read and write, yet. therefore, you can only click on buttons, and disagree one looks nice to you. Why don't you come back, when you can read and write, in, well, 10 years ?

Meanwhile, just pick you brother's playboy, and watch pictures.you don't need to read anything, there. That will keep you away from spamming the ps3 channel with your disagrees.

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respect-sony4894d ago

naught dog is my fav studio
but what annoy me , there is no someone famous in it represent it .
like vavle= gabe , epic=kliff , ..etc

Lex_Dangerously 4894d ago

Exactly. It's about a team and not a single man. -_-

LarVanian4894d ago

Amy Hennig? She's one of the most famous female game developers after all.

SaffronCurse4894d ago (Edited 4894d ago )

Evan Wells and Christophe Balestra .

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

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

RaidenBlack25d ago

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

VenomUK25d ago

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

RaidenBlack24d ago

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

arkard24d ago

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

crazyCoconuts24d ago

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

Flewid63824d ago

Sounds horrible. The downvotes are right on this one.

badz14924d ago

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

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OtterX25d ago

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

RaidenBlack24d ago (Edited 24d ago )

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

darthv7225d ago

...Way of the Warrior 2: Electric Boogaloo

Amplitude24d ago

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

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Lightning7725d ago

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

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

pwnmaster300025d ago (Edited 25d ago )

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

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

Lightning7724d ago

OK I gotcha. That makes sense.

jznrpg24d ago

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

Notellin24d ago

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

badz14924d ago

so a 2028 release at the soonest

Lightning7724d ago (Edited 24d ago )

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

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

pwnmaster300025d ago

This dude is busy.
So who is running intergalactic?

Knushwood Butt25d ago

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

pwnmaster300024d ago (Edited 24d ago )

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

vTuro2425d ago

Cuckmann is going to be Naughty Dog's downfall.

itBourne24d ago

Going to be? The damage is already done lol.

Flewid63824d ago

Sunlight is good for you, I promise. lol

vTuro2424d ago

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

StormSnooper24d ago (Edited 24d ago )

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

Flewid63824d ago

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

mkis00724d ago

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

DarXyde24d ago

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

Maybe wait and see?

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StormSnooper24d ago

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

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Ex-Naughty Dog Dev Says Resident Evil 4 Inspired Uncharted and Many More Action Games

Former Naughty Dog dev says Resident Evil 4 inspired Unchartted and even Gears of War, particularly the over-the-shoulder camera view.

CrimsonWing6926d ago

It revolutionized third-person shooters, in a genius way that gives you full control of aiming.

CrimsonWing6925d ago

No, I mean RE4. Like the whole snap to over-shoulder and precision aiming was what I meant.

I won’t deny Winback does pave the way in some respect. But it’s not the same at all.

InUrFoxHole26d ago

Both are great series. That's awesome

Samonuske26d ago

I thought this was common knowledge. Resident Evil Revolutionised over the shoulder aiming in 3rd person shooters/action games

italiangamer26d ago (Edited 26d ago )

Influenced basically every third person action game made after it, GTA uses the over the shoulder perspective when shooting since the 4th installment, Red Dead Redemption 1 & 2 too and the Batman Arkham series has the over the shoulder perspective as the main camera throughout the whole game series.
Obviously there are a ton more examples but you get the point 🗿.

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Intergalactic Being a Hit Could Spark a Chain Reaction For Naughty Dog

Naughty Dog has a lot of scope to extend the Intergalactic IP to other mediums, provided the sci-fi game turns out successful.

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Knushwood Butt45d ago

Opinion piece?
Can the mods add a new category for, 'Trash'?

Cellblock1145d ago

What makes this "Trash", exactly?

StormSnooper45d ago (Edited 45d ago )

Did you even read it? The article is legit. Can you elaborate?

On topic: the article has a point. I can see that happening

raWfodog44d ago

I could see this game having a similar feel to 'The Expanse' if it was to be adapted for TV. That's just based off of the looks and vibes that the trailer gives me since we don't know anything else about this game LOL.