E3 2015: What They Didn’t Show You in the Uncharted 4 Presentation

Overmental: Despite a small hiccup at the beginning of the Uncharted 4 presentation at the Sony Press Conference, the game looked like the kind of high-octane action that we’ve come to expect from the franchise. But what if I told you that there was a whole extension of that sequence that folks at home didn’t get to see?

[SniperControl]

I just keep looking at this game in total awe, some of those screenshots, jeez, absolutely stunning.

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First we are getting the Nathan Drake collection then Uncharted 4, it's such a good time to be a PS4 owner.

@Ezz2013 below

It's voodoo i tell ya, voodoo!

[Ezz2013]

I just don't know how ND do this ?!

[I_am_Batman]

Yeah. Expectations for ND games are extremely high and yet somehow they still manage to exceed them every time. It's crazy how good they are.

[UltraNova]

Absolutely phenomenal looking! ND never seizes to amaze us...

[UKmilitia]

i always think the same thing everytime they release a game.

"it cant look any better "
yet the next game seriously blows me out of the water and just wows me,they seem to be the industry lvl setters for everything and i dont understand why other devs are not doing same way.

[itBourne]

Didn't read the article because I seen stuff about story. I realllllly hope ND doesn't give away to much of the story like they did with uncharted 3.

[Gazondaily]

Lets be honest, whislt those are in-engine, the game doesn't have that high detail when it comes to actual gameplay. All the past games do that.

BUT saying that, the visuals are still untouchable when you see the gameplay in action. From the wide open spaces, the abundance of NPC's and then the physics of objects in the game; it looks like UC4 will be the best in its class, again.

[Forn]

You must be joking? The game literally looked like that during gameplay. Not to mention all that is going on around Drake during motion makes it all the more impressive.

[D3athc3ll]

@Septic

Fanboys will always be blind, deaf and dumb!

Your'e statement is one of the best in this comments section.

It looks good no doubt, I'd even go as far and say it looks like the best graphics game to date!

BUT!

Downgrade is downgrade and we will continue to see lots of them this gen. At least it aint as big as a downgrade as Killzone 2 fake trailer lol years back on ps3 lol.

I do own a ps4 and will get this game no doubt. But I will always remember last year's e3 stating in-engine graphics and ND stating it will look like that. Well, it is not even close!! Still great like Septic said, it is still the best out there for now.

Truth is, fanboys..... Blind as *%*&$&

[RocketScienceLvlStuf]

It's incredible. It looks like there was zero aliasing in that whole demo.

[aceitman]

Does anyone no where part 2 of the demo is. A link plz.

[WickedLester]

Jesus!

[icerob]

its gonna be a long 9 months for PS4 owners..

[dja1nhb]

scripted or not you have to agree it looks good full of action that just make you want to keep playing as an xbox owner having played previous uncharted games im tempted to get a ps4 for this and the remasted games this gears 4 and forza were my games of e3 this year

[UKmilitia]

when u compare it to the nearest game (tomb raider) there is a huge difference and as with last gen ND will set the lvl expected in this type of game.

[ltachiUchiha]

With the team who made UC2 & TLOU behind UC4 there is no doubt this game will be nothing less then SPECTACULAR. U already know UC4 will be in the mix for GOTY in 2016. Its a long wait but luckily Fallout 4 will hold me over until then.

[chrisx]

Naughty gods is a fitting name

[monkeyDzoro]

"What this would seem to imply is that Uncharted 4, or at least the parts they’ve shown so far, is a pretty heavily scripted game. You can expect enemies and enemy vehicles to take similar, if not identical, paths in each play-through."

Or maybe they record that playthrough because they didn't want to show off too much like they did with Uncharted 3. It seems that w/ the new level design, there are multiple paths between point A to B, BUT you must go through those points necessarily and there lies the script.

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For example, at 3:45 (on the video) instead of going right through the bushes you can continue on the road. %At 3:55, there's the script - the humvee comes in. At 3:58, you can take the 2nd little path on the left side of the humvee, instead of taking the 1st to the left.
The thing is, the humvee will always find a way to catch up until you reach that tower, there lies the script.

But I find it weird that people always try to point out "the scripted side" of games when it comes to PS exclusives. When they're so many scripted games out there.
Doom, Halo, Gears, Tomb Raider, GTA, The Witcher....

Don't mix LINEAR/OPENWORLD and SCRIPTED. Open worlds games can be heavily scripted also.

[christian hour]

Exactly, uncharted couldnt deliver some of the thrills it does without being somewhat linear and scripted.

A great example of this is Alan Wake, originally it was goin to be an open world game, but they couldnt deliver the pacing and tell the story they wanted in such an environment, so a decision was made to make it linear, which I totally get.

Certain gameplay mechanics/genres suit certain stories more so than others, and when pacing is incredibly important to your story, a linear approach is always best.

It's amazing how many people don't understand this, but then again they're not the ones making videogames so i wouoldnt expect them to understand.

I think if you are creative in any shape or form, be it music, art etc, you'll understand the art of storytelling a lot better and be moe comfortable with the decisions developers make.

If you aren't, you will find it hard to understand why every game isnt open world and just lets you do what you want and you'll think the idea of scripted events is sacrilege.

At least thats what I've gathered from my 20+ years among the gaming community.

[crazyclown]

So here's the closure of drake...they get married have a kid (or two) and the kid (or kids) will become the new drake...and the legend continues.

[Sevir]

People only like to put this criticism to Uncharted because it was the one game that did these things on a level that no other game dared do it and it achieved it without doing it with QTEs.

And after 3 amazing games and everyone trying to copy it... people get tired... but here's the thing.. NOBODY does it like ND. NOBODY!

As impressive as Rise of The Tomb Raider's presentation was... it was THE MOST Scripted Set piece heavy thing and PEOPLE never once levied any kind of criticism to Crystal Dynamics's linear approach, even though we know the game will be a bit more open this time. But Uncharted 4 and somehow the media still wants to question the Dogs...

There were so many subtleties in this game that stood out. The world itself is destructible and degradable. The bags of rice when shot in the play through had holes which spewed rice dust and emptied. . when Nate had to hug the cover and move around Sully while crouching he literally maneuvered around him realistically.

Drake Punched a guy and he fell back and totally destroyed the shelf. The physics and particle system in this game is unreal!!!!

This attention to detail is exactly why Andrea Pessino said that Uncharted 4 is a game only Naughty Dog can do. and No one else has this level of pristine attention to detail.

This game is next gen in every way. not just graphics. but playability.