Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Gets Beautiful Leaked Screenshots

Check out these gorgeous Uncharted 4: A Thief's End screenshots, leaked ahead of tomorrow's embargo.

[kaiserfranz]

It's going to win this year's GOTY hands down. Now it doesn't even have the competition of Mass Effect Andromeda

[slate91]

Mass effect has been delayed into 2017 I believe.

[mikeslemonade]

Zelda wins over Uncharted. Now if this was TLoU2 it would win easily!

[mike32UK]

New Uncharted 4 gameplay... https://youtu.be/bcYJDwXdHv...

[Deadpooled]

Lmao at the well deserved disagrees on mikelemonade.

On topic - Brace yourselves, this is going to be epic. For the players!!!!

[GribbleGrunger]

Here's some details that were leaked early. Sorry for the bad translation:

thanks to the greater openness of the environment and the resulting different possibilities of approach. the landscape offers numerous strategies to face the enemy, accerchiandolo, sticking his head down or quietly, with stealth killings calibrated to the millimeter. the innovations introduced here thus refer the detection-system AI enemy and Nate's ability to act through stealth movements, favored by the natural shape of the location. the battle can be divided into two simple stages: the first consists in the approach to the target, with the possibility of mark the enemies from a distance, by pushing the buttons L2 and L3; mechanical performance rather trivial in the application because of a too wide range that allows the player to activate profusely markers on enemies are not in visual range.

The second, however, is the classic phase of engagement, already present in other earlier chapters, in which the user can decide how to proceed in the clash: the level design of Uncharted 4: End of a Thief in fact allows all types d ' action, emphasizing stealth attack in favor of a boarding without rules. Naughty Dog has provided in this chapter carto the slaughter of unsuspecting enemies of the presence of Drake and, in the vicinity of some contextual areas - such as evergreen shrubs borrowed from a long line of previous games, the body can be automatically hidden from view.

Often the latter technique is necessary to eliminate the large number of soldiers present: their projectiles causing high damage to Nathan and throw himself openly in the battle is only recommended for experienced players. This constant urge towards a silent approach has led the Californian software house to design a detection system consisting of the three states "ignorant", "alarm" and "fighter", each determined by a specific color and by a device placed over the roar opponent's head. The system is surprisingly responsive and the look of the sentries is natural and well designed, without encountering thus casus belli generated by X-rays of a friendly guard armed named Clark Kent. Last but not least it is inevitable to mention the grappling hook, already known after the introduction trailer released in the previous months; it can be used not only to solve puzzles related to the environment but also in battle, to rappel from above on unsuspecting enemies or to move quickly on the pitch.

[GribbleGrunger]

A little more:

Never before in this chapter are the fatal events to lead our to make the difficult decision to leave for distant lands is not the promise of a millionaire treasure, nor the fame and glory; but a dramatic situation that can overturn the cards on the table.

The desert environments with strong colors red blood that stand before the players are in fact fully explorable and at first glance seem to propose different approaches to the mission: in fact the suspension of disbelief does not have such a long life, the locations are built so that they can recreate the feeling a huge open space despite the existence of a single junction and only need the continuation of the story.

The immense landscapes stand out on the retina of the player, featuring a broad and rich in minute details; details that only a few software companies in the world are able to carve and donate to their productions.

Uncharted 4: End of a thief managed to dispel almost all of the (very few) doubts that tormented me before the single-player test, carried out last Friday behind closed doors in that of Milan. The game seems to granite in every aspect: the story of this new chapter starts from a premise more mature than previous episodes - without neglecting the typical humor of the series - while the already solid gameplay has been touched up with some interesting additions and supported by a level design that allows a variety of different approaches. The only question appears on the narrative front: Naughty Dog will be able to reconcile the lockout and masterful storytelling of previous episodes with the new (albeit apparent) freedom of action typical of this fourth chapter? There are only a few weeks to find out, but on May 10 has never been so far away.

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

Uncharted vone bigger, badde, and better

Jesus man this is gonna be awesome

[GribbleGrunger]

Someone disagreeing with a translation? LOL.

[Alexious]

The stealth part is very promising. Glad they have taken this from The Last of Us, it was never that great in the first three Uncharted games.

[Bathyj]

@Alexious
Actually you could already see an improvement in the stealth in UC3 and when TLoU was announced I wasnt even surprised in the direction as it seemed like a continuation of that.

I'm very excited that you can tackle a section the way you want to do it. Thats how it should be. I'll be going stealth whenever I can. This game looks better than ever.

[jb227]

Thanks Grib!

The marking enemies thing is the craziest part. I trust that ND would streamline the systems to keep the pace up considering the devs have been saying exactly that in the dev diaries, but the emphasis on stealth sounds like a more methodical approach. Really pumped to see how it all plays out, game is getting deeper & deeper w/ systems...first new traversal mechanics like the rope & piton, then dialogue options, now a deep stealth system...they still haven't showed off the treasure hunting threads though, I'm most pumped about that and the Lemur.

The Lemur is the new Giraffe.

[starchild]

The improved stealth mechanics really sound great. I'm a big stealth fan--from Tenchu to Thief to Splinter Cell--I just love those kinds of games. And I love that more action games are starting to give us the options to handle things in that manner.

I'm looking forward to the embargo being over in order to find out more about the game and to hopefully see more footage/screenshots. Uncharted 4 is the PS4 game I've been most looking forward to and I'm excited it's almost here.

[rainslacker]

I think I'll enjoy stealth more than trying to glitch through walls.:)

[Kryptix]

The stealth mechanics should make Crushing and higher difficulties (Brutal?) very interesting and tactical, like an always changing puzzle. I'm really glad they added so many new elements to the gameplay and atmosphere, man. Last of Us did so amazing with the survival, stealth aspect that Uncharted 4's evolution of the formula will attract every sort of gamer, but it's Naughty Dog...you never should miss out on a Naughty Dog game.

[Imalwaysright]

Stealth is my thing. That'll make me enjoy this Uncharted much more than previous installments.

[PC_60]

You would know because you have played uncharted 4

[TwoForce]

Seriously ?

[trooper_]

Someone sounds jelly.

[Bathyj]

Yeah but salty, bitter jelly. Yuck!

[Clunkyd]

It's Uncharted let alone Naughty Dog, we know it's going to be good. lol

[ShadowKnight]

If The Legend of Zelda doesn't come out this year, Uncharted 4 has a great chance getting GOTY.

[CrazedFiend]

IF The Legend of Zelda doesn't come out this year?!?

Seriously though I'm curious to see which sites are going to try to hate for hits in their reviews.

[showtimefolks]

kaiserfranz

honestly the only other game i could maybe see winning is Horizon zero down(if it actually does come out in 2016)

uncharted 4 will win any and all awards i think

[butchertroll]

Best graphics to date on consoles, that's for sure.

[MasterCornholio]

Please don't overhype the game. I would hate to see the reaction if it got anything less than stellar reviews.

That's why I'm predicting a minimum metacritic of 7.

[Bathyj]

A 7 on metacritic would be an abomination of games journalism. While I am wary of overhyping too, mainly because it will unearth a slew of websites marking the game down to prove how impervious they are to hype, everything we've seen in this game screams absolute top shelf. The gameplay, the graphics, the strategic options, the emotion, pacing. Everything.

The only way this game can possible fail is if the story is unfulfilling or the ending sucks. Or if the multiplayer isn't what everyone wants, which lets face it, everyone ALWAYS complains about ALL multiplayer games. You never make everyone happy but that's irrelevant to me.I can't see this game having any faults so bad to drown out all the things it does so peerlessly.

And this is Naughty Dog after all, the most proven dev of the last decade. This game won't average less than 8.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

That would be a pretty low point for a series of such acclamation to go out on.

[slasaru01]

I see it has very good lightning. All the rest comes straight from PS3 - low poly environments, bad skin (i'm not talking about movies where). Still, I have no doubts the gameplay will be king and awesome.

But the game itself does not look better than other games and I don't see open world here unless you mean panoramic screenshots made from bird's view, the game itself still running through a narrow wooden scaffolds

[G20WLY]

There are multiple routes through levels, how is that 'running through a narrow wooden scaffolds'? In fact, I'm not even sure that makes sense lol

It's not open world, we've known that since launch - no, since the first Uncharted actually. This is definitely the least 'linear' of the series.

What adventure games don't set you a goal to get from point A to point B? How wide does it have to be before you'd consider it not narrow?

For the record, I also disagree with you when you say the graphics outside of lighting is on par with PS3. That's absurd. Go and watch ANY tech breakdown video and they're all praising the heck out of the tech and saying it's a step up overall even than The Order: 1886.

Not that any of the above points (whether your view or mine) is going to stop everyone from enjoying this game (and it's MP) something mental when it releases! :^)

[kevnb]

Win goty from who? We all know uncharted will probably win goty from at least some places, but what does that comment mean?

[gillri]

Now Mass Effect Andromeda has been delayed I agree, it eould have been a good fight between those 2 otherwise

[Saijahn]

there's still GOTY hype-worthy games coming down the line, mainly Deus Ex.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Nothing is goty hands down this year. The calendar is packed. And who cares? Uncharted 4 will be a great game with many more great games. I'll never understand how a game winning some award validates someone's enjoyment with it.

[LavaLampGoo]

Looks incredible. Everything they've showed is outstanding. Just need to drag myself away from DSIII to play it.

[LavaLampGoo]

(When they come out of course)

[Alexious]

Well, you have about a month to play DS3 to your heart's content!

[uth11]

Bloodborrne was much more fun than anything in the Nathan Drake collection, so I doubt UC4 could drag me way from DSIII

[CrazedFiend]

U forgot to add IMO to your comment.

[Majin-vegeta]

Gawwd cant wait.

Guys be careful with leaks You know we will be having trolls just commenting spoilers Like someone did to me hopefully its not true.

[Alexious]

You mean someone told you about the plot of Uncharted 4? Unless it was someone with friends/family at Naughty Dog, I doubt there was any truth to it. You can rest easy, mate.

[Chris_Wray]

Well, it looks pretty. But it will, it's Uncharted. Will it be yet another game that's just a bit too shallow though? more than likely. Uncharted, to me, is just a simple popcorn game. One you go into, turn your brain off and watch the shiny lights!

[Overload]

Naughty Dog's last game didn't win so many awards for being pretty but shallow.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/...

You might be confusing Uncharted and Naughty Dog with something else.

[DarXyde]

I looked through that list and noticed The Last of Us was nominated once by Polygon and ended up not winning. In fact, that year, it tied with Bioshock Infinite and lost to Towerfall, A Link Between Worlds, and Gone Home...really?

Moving past that, these screenshots look great. What's more, the environments are shockingly colorful. Usually when a game looks to be really pushing hardware, the colors get a little...monochromatic. To me, it says the best has yet to come.

[Chris_Wray]

Yes, but The Last of Us isn't Uncharted. Uncharted follows the story of Nathan Drake and unless this outing dramatically varies from the previous three (not including the non-Naughty Dog spinoffs) then it's still going to be a shallow game where the large-action set pieces are decided before the script. Something ND have openly admitted they do in the past.

[OB1Biker]

Ha I dont know that Uncharted games are...what you said?
I wish more games were like that... cant wait ;)

[Eonjay]

Taking a look at the story trailers for Uncharted 4 reveals a plot that is anything but shallow.

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

Shallow because it doesn't have RPG mechanics or what? Uncharted does it's job well and need nothing else other than go bigger and improve further.

But yeah let's believe this series are just graphics... Not the first time I've heard the same unoriginal comment

[TricksterArrow]

Thank God for that.

[jb227]

Open environments, drivable vehicles, multiple pathways, marking enemies, deep treasure hunting system, full stealth scenarios, dialogue options.....

This ain't your daddy's Uncharted....all of the fun of a popcorn summer blockbuster w/ all of the substance of deeper games.

Either way even if all of those new mechanics don't amount to much, there aren't any devs in the industry that do "pretty lights" as well as ND, and none I trust to weave all of these elements into a cohesive gameplay experience while still keeping up the pace that you expect from a pulse pounding thrill ride.

Bugs me when people try to under sell the complexity of a game like Uncharted. Takes a lot of talent to make these systems feel so effortless.

[Germany7]

Shallow just because of the great action sequences, cutscenes and a lot of shooting? I guess every action game is "shallow" then.

[Chris_Wray]

Shallow because they've openly admitted that they decide on the large-action set pieces first, and worry about what holds them together after that.

[TwoForce]

Don't be troll.

[rainslacker]

Yeah, I see your point. Naughty Dog games have a habit of being all flash but no substance. /s

I think your issue with UC may be due to the fact that you were eating popcorn, thus not likely playing it the way it was intended.

[WelkinCole]

The voice acting, script and animation in Uncharted is better than all other games with the only exception being TLOU.

[Bruneblomst]

Har du inhaleret en prut lugte Finn;)

[Deadpooled]

Shallow? Popcorn game? Shiny Lights? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahaha

[StormLegend]

My god this game looks so amazing!!! Can't wait for May!!!!

[-Ghost]

Awesome screenshots. I hope there's a photo mode.

[DopeTech]

It's already confirmed It'll have Photo Mode.

LINK: http://www.gamespot.com/art...

[Prubar]

I'm not sure about you guys but the sudden burst of Open world games is wearing a little thin on me. I'm personally pumped that we get Quantum Break, Gears 4 and Uncharted 4 all in the same year. Games I don't have to invest a whole lot of time into to enjoy. And yes I enjoyed The Order for that exact reason.

[Alexious]

Personally I'm a huge fan of open world games, but I can see where you're coming from.

Not every game needs have an open world. At the same time, I'm glad to have a far larger environment to explore in Uncharted 4.

[Prubar]

Yea it's not like I want them to go away. It's just for a while the only games worth a damn were open world.

[The 10th Rider]

I love open world, but many so many now rely on repetitive quests that make traversing the world feel like a chore.

[starchild]

Yeah, I tend to love a lot of open world games too, but I'm glad not all games are like that. I would only have time for a small handful of games a year!

I like to see the different gameplay approaches and different designs of the worlds the game developers come up with. Having some shorter single player games means that I can experience more games overall.

[nix]

I can't do open world anymore. That's why i love linear story lined games.

[Rimeskeem]

I like the way they are making it open enough to let players decided what to do and not the game making a linear path. I think that will make the story a lot more playable compared to previous games.

[Aenea]

I hear ya, I like diversity, I love open world games, but I also like to mix it up and then play a more linear game after it. And way too many games adopt to open world.

I loved, loved The Witcher 3, but in the end I was kinda burned out on all the side stuff, especially the ? markers near Skellige, you knew they were smuggler's caches with items you had no use for, but the completist in me made me do them. Which meant when the DLC came out I still had a hard time getting really into it...

Still, I am looking forward to CD Project Red's next open world RPG just the same :)

[DopeTech]

OMG Can't wait for this game to come out!!

I'm playing Quantum Break right now and It's AMAZING!! You guys should pick it up along with Uncharted 4.

[Horyzon]

I was playing it yesterday and it's awful.

[kraenk12]

Compared to U4 it looks like a last gen game.

[starchild]

That's definitely not true.

[DonkeyWalrus]

I was always a fan of the Uncharted series so I hope it lives up to the hype. Honestly the only thing that has me worried is that it seems this gen many of the games that look really good end up lacking in content because the devs gotta make cuts to bring a game to a certain visual level and/or meet a deadline (Battlefront, Ryse, The Order, even Halo 5 in my opinion and I say that as a huge halo fan as well), so hopefully Naughty Dog aren't focusing too much on just graphics.

Only a slight worry though. I thought the fact the game was delayed was actually good news for the development it gives them more time to ensure they put out a complete package. I wish Halo 5 had been delayed a few months, because they've been adding free content since launch that makes it more complete, but it would've been better if it had all released as one package.

[Orionsangel]

Is that game play footage or cinematic moments? Because Drake leaping around in a cut scene is alright but I wanna see what I'll actually be controlling.

[IIFloodyII]

It's gameplay footage, when the embargo lifts we'll start getting videos.

Also, there's a ton of footage on YouTube of the rope swing mechanic in action, and characters leaping around from the 2 betas. It was very responsive and smooth, a massive improvement over it's predecessors.

[hotd63]

Uh cinematics are same as gameplay so it's real amazing...cinematics are in game not fmv so what u see is what u control

[hotd63]

Gameplay equals 0 diff in cutscenes persay as its all in game no stop to load cutscenes its seemless

[hotd63]

Mind blowing actually nd are the world's best at tech period..if they made a PC game your eyes would melt

[Germany7]

The game will be huge, another masterpiece of Naughty Dog.
I already pre-ordered. ^^

[Realms]

U4 will be the first legitimate system seller for Sony as great as Bloodborne is it doesn't have the kind of established appeal that Uncharted has. ND always improves there games and I think they have pushed themselves yet again with U4.

[TwoForce]

Ah, Bloodborne sell 1 million PS4 unit.

[DragonDDark]

2 million

[LamerTamer]

It looks "OK" but nothing better than other games on the system. There are many others that look as good or better. Honestly many textures look a bit blurry and low res.

[dRanzer]

You were kidding right?

[TwoForce]

Try throwing down people thoart ? What an disrespectful and ignorant.

[rainslacker]

What games look good or better?

The blurriness is because the pics were compressed. Plenty of other sources out there which show much better textures and what not.

[Alexious]

Really, "many others"? Come on!

[XanderZane]

Game has always looked good. Now we'll wait for it to be released and see how well it plays on the PS4. I can wait, as I still have lots of other games to finish playing.

[jb227]

Game has 3 other installments that have all been praised for their gameplay. The game could literally have not advanced at all & still play well. Good fun gameplay is a foregone conclusion, the only thing left to find out is how much better it can actually get.

Take all the time you need, games don't go anywhere...I'll be playing this one day one. Only thing I'm worried about is how I can pace myself so I don't finish it all in one sitting. Gotta try to savor it.

[XanderZane]

@jb227
I'll be playing the game on Day One as well, as I have it preordered. Gameplay is never a guarantee until you actually sit down and play the game. If it plays as great as the 2nd game I'll be happy.

[jb227]

Judging by the preview it doesn't seem like you have much to worry about in the gameplay regard. The key for the devs is keeping the core style & tone of the initial gameplay & controls while adding new interesting elements. The marking enemies put me off for a split second when I heard about it, but seeing it in action makes so much sense.

Naughty Dog haven't ever let me down in the gameplay department so I have no real reason to believe they will here. Hope you have a blast w/ the game when it drops!

[Inzo]

Nothing is ever gets "leaked". Also if you want to see what attention to detail really is, just have a look at Drakes hair.

[MasterCornholio]

Please don't overhype the game.

With that said I love the way it looks.

:)

I'm pretty sure it will be a good game.

[Alexious]

I believe Naughty Dog still has to release a game that is just "good".

[MagicBeanz]

There is going to be so much salt and hurt feelings when this game gets released.

[MasterCornholio]

Try and be respectful to the feelings of others. If we can all do that N4G would be a happier place.

:)

[MagicBeanz]

N4G was filled with disrespect, immature comments, and trolling long before I ever got here. And those very individuals are the ones I'm specifically referring to in my comment. I can appreciate your Kumbaya, We Are The World, mantra but it wont fix the N4G comment section.

[Liqu1d]

There already is.

[Sharius]

If this truly nd last uncharted game then they really make sure the other studio will have hard time to make other spin off of this series if sony hand this series over for them

[Frisky]

Animations in this game blow my mind away. I really hope the game is all that we are getting to see.

[MRJefferson]

UC4 have the best graphics except the shadows its blurry, and jaggies.

[Alexious]

Unfortunately PS4 can't handle high quality shadows. You need NVIDIA's HTFS/PCSS and VXAO/HBAO+ for that.

[slasaru01]

Oh no, again this tilted camera on screenshots. I thought it was super fashion last gen

[Aurenar]

This game is an "instant-buy".

[trooper_]

Game looks sick.

[link2Dpast]

Uncharted easily most hyped and overrated game of the new gen. When people take it to uncharted territory of greatest games or top 10 like Arnold swarzneggar say "baloney" easily top game in the 8 category of scores, no better 8 game that uncharted

[MRMagoo123]

.......I have no idea what you are saying I'm just gonna hit disagree and hope for the best.

[Picnic]

The hype is a little overblown.

It's still just a 'realistic cartoon', in fact it arguably looks more cartoony than ever.

Yes, that's its style but the thing is, Naughty Dog just aren't that great at lighting / shadows. If there is an gaming award for best lighting / shadows it has to go to another game and one largely stands out to me- Quantum Break (I rate QB's character models over Uncharted's too, apart from the new lady in UC4 who is on a par with QB).

Naughty Dog do the little details where they choose to (the 'high moments') but then they choose not to make backgrounds have more fidelity. Some of the environments look as if they're made out of clay - what I've seen lacks the sharpness of parts of Uncharted 2.

It's all about hitting a high moment, quickly getting through a relatively mundane section and then hitting another high moment. Uncharted always feels like a smoke and mirrors trick by a magician, they might as well have signs saying 'keep moving- nothing to see here any more. big explosion done'. It's the cinematic rollercoaster of movies such as Indiana Jones of course but the thing is - Indiana Jones is mostly pretty shallow stuff. Uncharted strives to inject meaning but it's still the big kid seeking treasure. More replayable than ever before but it would take some thinking outside of the box for me to want to- I usually can't bear to replay the clichedly designed puzzles, relics of a point and click kind of age.

I'll play the multiplayer many times of course but it feels much more casual than previous entries, ability to heal included. Single player-wise, I don't expect to feel too surprised unfortunately.

[MouseT]

http://youtu.be/6Ux_UqDJosE

Yeah..... No .... Just ....No !

You must try harder maybe bring in Ryse or another mediocre rated Xbox one game. Buy some glasses while you at it.

[ecchiless]

". Uncharted always feels like a smoke and mirrors trick by a magician, they might as well have signs saying 'keep moving- nothing to see here any more. big explosion done'."

I think that game is named QB, with all the magic in the resolution, what was called? oh yea the magic of reconstruction or was the power of reconstruction.....

[Deadpooled]

The power of the cloudzzzzz!

[kraenk12]

I'm actually just watching QB and it looks like a 360 game in comparison. Very shallow lighting.

[bluebenjamin]

I wanna see the Ps4.5 game play footage, a game like this deserve better hardware to operate with

[Picnic]

Graphically, it just looks like a Far Cry meets Metal Gear Solid with nice mud. The game will sell on the strength of our familiarity with the characters and as an easy going game to complete more than anything. It looks really pretty open compared to previous Uncharted games and that will aid replayability.

[ecchiless]

XDDD nice joke..... oh wait are you serious? thats more funy xDDDD

[ottmanie]

Can anybody say something about this temporal shadow of the small statue in the video around 2:36. Is this due to the temporal anti-alising approach???

[theFAYEsorceress]

yeah, i can: it's not a big deal lol

[theFAYEsorceress]

this game will be good. unless they completely changed how this game plays, there's nothing to worry about. is it goty? just have to wait and see. but as a game, it will be solid and only nitpickers will find things wrong with it~ uncharted has always been a good game and i doubt it's going to suddenly disappoint now.