Although Nathan Drake's story possibly concluded with A Thief’s End, there's no doubt that Sony and Naughty Dog will continue the franchise with more games.
Naughty Dog's acclaimed action-adventure franchise has remained dormant for quite some time but may be due for a resurgence.
Yes it is. Think he just meant, didn't they see the ending and that Drake was done done.
The ending of U4 was about as satisfying and definitive as it's possible for a piece of media to be.
That was the conclusion of the series, yes a spinoff is possible but if there's a straight U5 featuring the old gang then ND have lost their way and I don't see that happening.
Yeh but "Uncharted" is very much a franchise now, and much like Resident Evil series could have multiple lead characters like it already does. So Uncharted 5 doesn't have to even feature Nate.
Perhaps we can get a Tom Holland character that plays a new treasure hunter. Or...better yet, a buxom female who wears tight shorts and skimpy clothes regardless of the location whose more badass than any man could ever be.
I am satisfied with the outcome of the story of uncharted 4. even if it is a new game or a sequel to 4, I will buy it day one.
Amazing series! I only wish they could reverse their decision and release a new entry.
Played them on Steamdeck (UC 4 and Lost Odyssey) and both performed very good and looked stunning.
It is amazing that those games were released on previous gen system
Well they already ended nathan's story. They could continue the series with nathan's daughter or probably a new protagonist.
If you played Uncharted 4 you would realise that the series ended pretty conclusively. Unless they're going to refresh it like God of War 2018, why not ask to see their new IP that they got going on?
Dude they're moving on to new things
Not every franchise needs to be ground into the dirt
Uncharted ended with a bang I respect naughty dog for not milking the franchise, I'm playing uncharted 4 on ps5 this time around it's still sucha mf vibe and it feels well crafted, graphics still amazing for a 2016 game, why most devs rarely have topped graphics wise games like spiderman 2018, red dead 2, uncharted 4, horizon series smh
It would be nice to bring back Uncharted: Golden Shower in any capacity from PSV. It was a solid game. I guess touch controls are the problem.
Uncharted is in the same universe as TLOU technically canon so they next time we see Nathan its probably him and Sully killing people to steal their stuff in a fungus zombie apocalypse
Given that Naughty Dog is giving up on one of its staple franchises, now is the best time for Tomb Raider games to capitalize on that.
This nonsense article also neatly sidesteps the fact that just because Naughty Dog are moving on from the franchise, that doesn't mean the franchise stops. ALL of the Uncharted games were amazing and the last one was a moving finale for Drake, but you can bet your bottom dollar the franchise will return after a well-earned hiatus with a BANG, even if it's handed to one of Sony's other studios to develop.
I love Uncharted (2 and 1 are my favourites). But there is such a thing as franchise fatigue especially with story or character driven games. So it makes sense to let a series rest, it’s good for the audience and it’s good for the developers who get to express their creativity on new projects. Like he⬆ said, it will return and if the gap is long enough that will be exciting for everyone.
Yea I don't see how naughty dog possibly giving us a new ip is a loss at all, it's exactly what I and most others want.
All the uncharted were awesome bit that series had its time now it's onto bigger and better things.
In 10 yrs time then sure I'd be up for another one but not now.
To some live service nonsense most likely.
I’ll be screencapping this reply for the time they do announce their new game.
It’ll be an open world Souls ripoff with microtransactions and events
Sony Bend did great work on Uncharted: Golden Abyss. Since it is unlikely we are getting a Days Gone 2 I would like Bend to continue the franchise (and finally port over Golden Abyss to any other platform then Vita 😞)
It's silly to think that one of Playstations most successful franchise sony will stop making even after making a blockbuster film about it.
Since when is not milking a franchise until it's diluted down to garbage like Call of Duty a bad thing? They have a golden franchise full of amazing games, no need to keep trying to squeeze more money out of it at expense of the quality of the game.
I agree. I’m actually glad that they’re not just making more Uncharted titles just to keep the franchise going. It ended. It was great. Let it rest.
"Loss"? "Giving up"? Bowing out after 6 extremely successful entries is not a loss, nor is it giving up. It's a well earned retirement. And honestly i dont have much hope in TR anymore, especially after being bought by Amazon.
Yeah, especially from a team like naughty dog who are well known to change it up from generation to generation
Naughty dog have amazing talent and I traditionally bought all of their games day 1. That is until TLOU2 (which I bought and enjoyed until 1/2 way through). Woke garbage.
They've been making the same two IPs since the PS3.
What exactly have then been switching up.
And I actually love their games; just trying to see what they've been actually switching up.
Are people just going to ignore the last PlayStation games medley commercial? There is a new Uncharted game coming; it’s just not created by Naughty Dog.
https://youtu.be/TXwhpK4y-5...
"They've been making the same two IPs since"
Same guy who never criticizes Xbox for Halo, Forza, Forza Horizon, Gears studios for only ever having worked a single IP EVER. Hypocrite much?
Naughty Dog at least is working on a new IP and will average 1 new IP each generation. Which Xbox studios even make 1 new IP each gen?
Literally always gives credit to Sony where I feel it's due.
Said I really enjoyed Halo Infinite's campaign, but acknowledge that they dropped the ball with the online.
Loves Forza Horizon, yet don't have any interest in the original series.
Yes I do love Gears of War.
I also love Uncharted and the Last of Us (mainly the first one).
What does that have to do with me asking someone who claims Naughty Dog switches up their stuff every generation, when all they have made over three generations have been two IPs?
Please tell me how I'm wrong. I'll wait.
I agree with you first and foremost! This year is different though, because Microsoft bought Bethesda.
Hi-Fi, Redfall, and Starfield are all new IP'S. Without Bethesda, Microsoft would have nothing new as far as IP'S this year. Hi-Fi is fantastic. Redfall I am not getting a good vibe from, and doubt it will be nearly as good as Deathloop. That leaves Starfield. I am taking a wait and see attitude. If it's a buggy mess that will suck. With 1000 planets, are they going to be empty?
All that said. Uncharted is probably my favorite Playstation IP. Fantastic story telling with top notch graphics!
@MadLad
Uncharted and TLOU were on ps3 and ps4 so that's two generations not three. They're making a new ip for ps 5 right?
"What does that have to do with me asking someone who claims Naughty Dog switches up their stuff every generation, when all they have made over three generations have been two IPs?
Please tell me how I'm wrong. I'll wait. "
I was quite frankly happy to hear they're not going to milk this franchise. I absolutely love it, and would hate to see it fall into Assassin's Creed territory. Another series I loved so much back in the day, I got a tattoo for it. At this point, I haven't even played half the AC games and never will. They hit it out of the park time and time again with Uncharted. Let it rest with dignity and on a really high note.
Uncharted 4 finished Drake's story perfectly, and after the medoicre 3rd entry in the TR reboot series I don't see how ND lost anything personally.
Pretty sure there will be another Uncharted game. It's Tomb Raider that has to actually prove itself as the last game in the series IMO, was not very good.
Tomb Raider should focus on getting back to being a Tomb Raider game, not Uncharted with open hub and small RPG elements.
Uncharted did their own thing and seeing Lara become a full on Rambo is pretty sad
Coming from someone that claimed that Core Design TR games were adventure games wich just shows how unbelievably ignorant you are about the TR IP.
Lol what a dickish response
You’re ignorant of the old TR games and clearly don’t care for them so you try and spin that shit onto me. You have no clue and your replies on TR articles show that this the disagrees.
Hey if you like the new ones good for you but don’t try and pretend the new ones are true sequels to the classic PS1 games.
Funny considering that I always get the last word when you go on one of your ignorant rants about TR case and point when you were claiming that Shadow of the Tomb Raider had copied Uncharted due to the simple fact that it featured Lara when she was a kid. If you weren't so ignorant about the IP you would know that kid Lara was featured in TR Last Revelations wich was a game that was released well before ND created Uncharted. Also I don't have to pretend anything considering that the reboots have all the elements that the original TR set as standard for action adventure games because this may come as a surprise to you but Core Designs TR game weren't adventure games, they were action adventure games.
Also disagrees? Is that supposed to make me laugh? We're on a website in wich you can say something and back up every single thing you said by providing links and still get your comments disagreed to hell so that's quite a pathetic argument you have there.
Pocahontas
Calling me a moron while you're displaying your ignorance is something that I find amusing. Grim Fandango, Monkey Island, Walking Dead from Telltale studios, The Longest Journey, or Life is Strange are examples of adventure games. TR games are and have always been ACTION adventure games and Core Designs TR were pioneers in 3D action adventure games. Many of the things we see in action adventure games to this very day were built upon the standards that were established by the original TR games and that includes the latest TR trilogy from Crystal Dynamics.
@Pocahontas
Ignore him
He clearly doesn't understand Tomb Raider, he won't get it and refuses to let it go.
Tomb Raider was an third person platform adventure-shooter game with puzzle elements and small action elements
Tomb Raider 2013 is a third person action game with open world hubs and small RPG elements
They are not the same and if you called the 2013 something brand new like "The Island" with leading character "Laura Caine" you would NEVER know it was supposed to be a new Tomb Raider game.
if you are gonna be a a little sissy about details: monkey island etc were point and click adventure games, not adventure games.
Michiel1989
If you weren't an idiot you would realize that the "point and click part" doesn't change the fact that those are adventure games wich are nothing like action adventure games.
The reboot and its sequel pre-date UC4 and I can't imagine the prior Uncharted games inspired them to make the game less linear. CD did a good Job rebooting the franchise.
-Foxtrot
"adventure-shooter" Even by attempting to play with semantics you end up proving my point. The "small action" you're referring to was because of the "shooter" part of your comment so you just played yourself. Trying to pretend that TR wasn't a action adventure game is absolutely ridiculous especially considering that Lara's dual pistols are almost as iconic as Lara herself. Hell if you asked people, that unlike you actually played the original TR, what was the most memorable part about the game I wouldn't be surprised if most of them would say that it was the fight against the T-Rex.
"They are not the same and if you called the 2013 something brand new like "The Island" with leading character "Laura Caine" you would NEVER know it was supposed to be a new Tomb Raider game."
And yet a certain game made by a studio named Naughty Dog wich had a debonair lead character called Nathan Drake was given the nickname "Dude Raider" because of the obvious similarities it had with Tomb Raider...
Didn’t read it
Just jumped straight to the reply
Please. Stop. It’s over. Give it a rest man
You don’t get it and it’s okay
Of course you didn't... and once again I get to see you running away with your 2 tails between your legs.
343i ran Halo into the ground and the Gears games were good but the formula got stale and the games didn't change enough to appeal to the masses.
Or the same tired junk over and over with no changes - Mario Kart, Pokemon from Nintendo.
Not sure about the mario kart as it's a racer just like GT7 and I don't believe they've become stale even though they have the same formula.
But agree when it comes to same old FPS or 3rd person action shooter.
Never played a Pokémon game soni couldn't comment on that one.
To be fair to Nintendo they do sell like 20-50 million for Mario Kart and Pokemon and they heavily depend on 1st party game sales.
I think it's more a case of the saturation of shooter genre. So many games were inspired by Halo and Gears of War and delivered results to a comparable standard that Halo and Gears lost the standout value the franchises once had.
Racing games are a bit different in that bumping graphics and mild gameplay tweaks are sufficient to move units, there just aren't as many racing franchises. Mario Kart has timeless appeal for many people but I have not played a Mario Kart game since the Wii days.
Pokemon is so popular it doesn't have to innovate but it'd be awesome if another studio was given the chance to develop a more technologically ambitious Pokemon game for the next Switch.
Can we not just ban "gamerant" articles on this site ? They haven't written anything but trash.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an article featuring a headline that’s not automatically glowingly positive about a PlayStation - or any PlayStation franchise - get anything more than abuse in the comments. That’s N4G for you. Too many single nerds, too focused on creating an identity around the stuff they buy.
I like how Uncharted ended and I'm happy to leave it there.
Tomb Raider went to crap with the recent trilogy. I want a new adventure and I've my eye on Indiana Jones to provide it.
That TR is on its nth reboot attempt just proves that, once their stories are done, just like Uncharted IPs need to be shelved.
I really liked the exploration in the Uncharted games and the Tomb Raider Survivor trilogy but I was less keen on the action sequences.
I really hope Naughty Dog make an adventure game at some point but I don't see happening as the genre doesn't sell as much as games with more action.
Tomb Raider may have become more relevant in the industry by copying Uncharted but the increased emphasis on action made the later part of Rise of the Tomb Raider a real slog. The adventuring and puzzle were far more fun. Shadow of the Tomb Raider was a nice change of pace
Good to see Sony isn't forcing Naughty Dog to milk their franchises into the ground.
I have much respect for a studio that can reboot an iconic franchise well but even more for one that can walk away from one. I am reminded of Bungie being willing to walk away from Halo but being able to build Destiny. They could have failed to make anything of Destiny but they gave it a shot. CD are a talented bunch, it would be cool for them to make something original but they have to do what they have to do.
ND may be done with Uncharted but that does not mean Sony is.
As for Tomb Raider I wasn't as much of a fan of the most recent reboot series because they made the puzzles optional. They need to make them a mandatory integral part of the game again. Even if the story lacks in comparison to Uncharted I think brining back the puzzles will win fans over again.
Uncharted is one of the most incredibly iconic series ever. ND has certainly earned a break from the series but rest assured it'll be back with a bang when gamers don't expect it.
Someone else(Sony Studio of course) will most likely make Uncharted it just won’t be Naughty Dog at the helm. I do think if a Sony studio makes another Umcharted, Naughty Dog will help with the transition .
It’s not a loss at all . Naughty Dog will work on New IP and most likely a different studio will make one later at some point. The first Tomb reboot Raider was pretty good but 2&3 were not fun I didn’t finish either of them. Uncharted was much better gameplay and story wise .
The Tomb Raider reboot is a weird series for me. I think the first was great, the 2nd... I mean it had moments but then became a slog for me to get through and I didn't think the story was all that compelling. The third starts off strong, like reeeaaaalllly strong, but holy crap once you reach Peru or wherever its pretty boring.
My experiences with Uncharted felt like I was playing a fantastic adventure movie. None of them let me down. I just don't think Tomb Raider will ever be on the level of Uncharted. Is Crystal Dynamics still going to develop them?
Very excited for the next tomb raider! Been a huge fan since the first ever game. I hope the franchise lives on strong 💪. Shame about uncharted, but only a small shame as whatever naughty dag puts its name to, becomes a classic 😎🙌 roll on their new project
Who said Uncharted wasn't going to continue? It definitely is, just not by Naughty Dog.
I mean tomb raider is more like Indiana jones , just doesn’t know when to quit lol
In order for TR to gain anything at all, they need first and foremost to fix the robotic and clunky movement of Lara. No one in the industry including devs/platforms can't touch ND's fluid and realistic characters movement tech.
"Giving up" implies they tried and failed with Uncharted which couldn't be further from the truth. Tsk, tsk, Gamerant.
No it's not. For one simple reason. There are not enough creative people to actually make a great and innovative Tomb Raider game right now. The industry is trending more toward color by numbers. Maybe in the future, but at the moment what solid "DEV" squad that is not currently working on a good game could actually pull this off?
3rd person adventure shooter and wall climber game.... is everyone's gain... and why there is a bunch of existing and announced IPS that play just like them. you should refer "Naughty Dog" as Neil Druckmann-dog. Naughty dog was a different crew of peeps. They retired or jumped ship for good reason.
I get it. Lara isnt done yet! Shadow of the tomb raider is 5yo and still looks amazing.
I've played all the Uncharted games and all the Tomb Raider games and honestly I prefer Tomb Raider over Uncharted. I was literally bored to tears playing Uncharted 4, but all the Tomb Raider games kept my attention.
Oh great, yeah, we all really just want another clone of this type of third person action stealth shooter regurgitated one more time…it would be nice if they at least included some other vehicles and weapons. I’m waiting on next Just Cause to be please be good. Tired of linear climbing, forced walk and talk, and puzzles that take a minute to figure out but 10 minutes to complete. Be better devs, too bad hardware is holding back big game moments we thought we’d have on the reg by now.
@MadLad
Ps1 crashbanicoot (hit franchise)
Ps2 jack&dexter (hit franchise)
Ps3 uncharted & the last of us (two mega franchises in one console cycle) one of which had one of the best multi-player components of any game past or present.
A HBO series (hit t.v show)
This studio is beyond exceptional, I think they can make any game they set their mind to but they always finish what they start and then they move on and they know when to do so.
Giving up???
You mean they wrapped up the story? Cuz thats one happened. Nobody gave up anything.
I'm wondering what would be a good approach for the next Tomb Raider, if they decide to make another reboot I mean. I'd say definitely more exploring, climbing puzzles, next to no human enemies and that desolated feel without going full Beksiński.
Devin Rardin: Leaving the Uncharted series behind is a good move for Naughty Dog, allowing them to move forward and explore broader horizons.
Naughty Dog's Uncharted is dead. Not the franchise, the franchise is being worked on by another studio now. We never claimed that the franchise was dead.
I missed read but still lets just say its retired. You never know they might one day not in our lifetime go back to it.
Why would any company shelve a very successful franchise now especially the uncharted series that also had a successful film. Uncharted isn't gone
It's Dead when it's Dead but naughty dog as said my very likely one Day make another one. Absolutely not off the tabel. It's retired that's it.
You should know better then to call something Dead. With all the feeling's around this Game.
Whoever makes Uncharted 5 will have great support from Sony's Visual Arts studio who helps with every Naughty Dog game so the IP will be fine indeed
It finished strong and didn't overstay it's welcome. ND needs to work on something else anyways. Just hopefully Drakes story is done. I would love a young sully though.
That’s ND’s MO, and I respect that. After the 6th gen, many were put out that Jak and Daxter was retired, but if ND kept focusing on that we likely wouldn’t have gotten Uncharted. I respect a company who knows when to end a series so they can focus on something new, and here’s hoping whatever they create next will be just as amazing.
Yup. I had my awesome time with the series, id much rather them make a sci-fi or fantasy new IP with that same degree of quality and polish.
Can't wait for a sequel where they kill Nathan and spit on his corpse, so that his daughter can have a revenge story.
Please leave that character in happy retirement.
They'll never do that. Uncharted had many opportunities to kill one of its main cast, but it never did. The games are light-hearted in their nature unlike The Last of Us.
is it dead tho?
someone can still pick it up like.
its on hold more than it is dead
It’s totally ok for a franchise to end. I would say that franchise was a very intricate part of Sony developing great franchises. As much as people love it, who knows what new projects they could come up with at naughty dog.
What is this now, article #10 about the same topic? The IP will get used again. Hopefully in the distant after ND gets a reorg and loses the nail in the foot called Neil. So nice that they spent all their resources on Neil’s version of the walking dead during the last decade. Oh yeah, and that third person stealth-cover system, please for the love of Daxter, do something…anything new.
Can Naughty Dogs The Last of Us die next please? It's already been run into the ground.
How so? There has been 2 main entries and one DLC in 10 years. Buying a remake/remaster is optional for those who have already played them.
So how did they run it into the ground?
All Open World games has run into the Ground. Time for something New and different from open world games (imo) they became Boring same "shit" over and over and over again.
Neither TLOU or Uncharted are open world games. Some wider gameplay area, but a farcry from open world.
@vengeance
That's an opinion, definitely not a fact. TLOU has scope for much more and provided Naughty Dog feel they can continue to do it justice, we will see more.
Much like your criticism of Last of Us has been run into the ground... but you don't stop. Oh well.
it's not dead or retired.
It's sleeping.
Uncharted 4 sold 15 million copies.lol.
They will make another one, if they don't want to use nathan, they could use his daughter grown up and she gets stuck in a bad situation and then the team come to help her. That's what I would do.
That's the last thing I would do. I have no interest whatsoever in playing as his daughter. The game would just be compared to a Tomb Raider clone and the fist fighting would be bloody ridiculous. Sony's franchises already have female protagonists with Horizon and The Last Of Us. I also wouldn't let woke warrior Neil Druckman anywhere near the project to inevitably sap all the fun out of it.
If it were up to me, I'd start afresh with a completely new cast of characters, universe and timeline. Just off the top of my head, perhaps a swashbuckling adventure playing as Sir Francis Drake.
A hug would certainly be most enjoyable Gayingmincenever & Fun&bum, however, not from either of you two velvet joy boy sphincter squirrel mincers.
I get what your saying.
Personally they were my biggest problems with both TLOU2 and Nadine. Huge muscular women beating up men. I've had this convo before.
But that's a good story, playing as the original Sir Francis Drake.
Nathan Drake's story is over. If they continue another uncharted let it be another protagonist. Nathan, sully, elena let them retire now.
They need to let Nathan and the gang rest for a couple of years. For christ sake they deserve after 5 dangerous adventures
If one has found themselves writing this article, maybe they should look for different work — but that's okay.
For a long time Crash was dead. They kept making games but the Crash that became the PSX mascot died after Crash Bash... Possibly WOC if you're feeling generous. I long say Naughty Dogs missing presence was the reason why, then Toys For Bob revived him in all his past, present and future glory. I was wrong. Tomb Raider had some of the highest highs and lowest lows, but each decade some new developments brings it back with a new flair.
Uncharted might have a great next outing, or it might be trash. It may end up remembered as a once great series, or continue long into the future as the modern day Indiana Jones. No matter what happens, we got four fun, and funny, as hell games out of it. That's more than a lot of developers could dream of.
My thanks and apologies, I didn't forget Golden Abyss it just wasn't a ND game but I realise I could have worded that better. 😜
Kill the whole franchise. The story is over. Anything more at this point from a different developer is just cynical money grabbing because people develop parasocial relationships with fictitious characters and you can easily exploit people if you can bypass their logic centers and tickle their emotional response. It's not like they can create an original story that doesn't rely on all of the pre-established Uncharted story-telling tropes that were tired in Uncharted 3 and felt like parody by 4. And I played and thoroughly enjoyed the 4 mainline entries.
I just accept everything I love and enjoy will either fade away or become a languishing corpse of it's former self, let's just leave this series on a high note for now.
It's not dead it leaves the door open to other possibilities like a game with Chloe and Nadine, Drake's daughter, Drake's brother Sam with Sully, or possibly a younger Nathan. Dead would mean nothing not even a peep like Wild Arms, Killzone, Resistance those great titles are pretty much dead. And I mean there was an Uncharted movie so there is still something alive with Uncharted.
I am pretty positive they said they're never going back to their old IPs at this point. But yes, I'd like another Jak and Dax game.
I'm happy with what we got, I wouldn't want the series to drag on and become a shadow of it's former self with mediocre sequels and spinoffs like some franchises. I really don't feel that there's much more they can do with Nate and friends, it ended well enough.
I'd like to see them start a new IP or franchise.
I remember when everyone said the "Tomb Raider franchise is dead" after Angel of Darkness.
Fast forward a years later and the franchise was revived for a few more games
Its not only okay, its preferred. At least by me. I want ND to move on from Uncharted and develop a new IP.
I still want his daughter to be the new protagonist. I think it's appropriate because she'll want to proof herself to her treasure hunting family and it can lead to something really interesting to be written for her. Of course there's always Stonehenge
If anything, I’d want a survival game with the daughter at the center, a true reimagining of a Lara Croft-Edwin character.
I’d want minimal shooting, and for it to be closer to PUBG difficulty, or bow and arrow stuff.
I don’t want them to try to top Uncharted’s action this decade. I’d rather be blindsided by a giant leap in tech for the franchise.
Also, I’m eager to see that fantasy concept art developed into an actual game 🤞
I think they should continue the franchise, it's one of Playstation's most successful. The most obvious idea that everyone's thinking is that it should be continued by Nathan Drake's daughter.
I’m sorry but uncharted ran its time and got a beautiful ending.
I’m ready for something new
Don’t drag it out, im tired of drake. Give me an exciting new IP already!!!!