Uncharted 4: A Thief's End isn't out yet, but with development concluded on the swashbuckling PlayStation 4 exclusive, it's hard not to ponder what's next for Naughty Dog. Speaking with Games Radar following today's round of preview coverage, creative director Neil Druckmann has hinted that the studio may return to The Last of Us next – but only once it's completed the single player DLC for its upcoming outing.
He said: "Our next focus is the single player [Uncharted 4] DLC and then, once we have enough resources, resurrect all those [The Last of Us] prototypes; see where we're at, see where the team's at [and] what they're excited for, and go from there." Druckmann and his partner in crime Bruce Straley apparently started work on these prototypes before being brought in to finish off Uncharted 4 after Amy Hennig left.
According to the high-profile employee, Naughty Dog has got other ideas for all-new projects – but is there anyone on this Earth that doesn't want at least one more The Last of Us game?
[source gamesradar.com]
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"Studio will decide where to go next after Uncharted 4 DLC" wink wink we know it's TLOU 2
@adf86 Personally, I actually hope it is. I want at least one more The Last of Us.
@get2sammyb The Last of Us is definitely one of the best games I have played in my 30 years of gaming. It was that good it almost doesn't warrant a sequel, and of course will be hard to top the original. Im kind of on the fence with how I feel about a sequel. I definitely want more of the IP, but the first games story is going to be very hard to top. I have never cared for two characters like I did for Joel and Ellie.
Never understood the love The Last of Us gets. It had a pretty good story, but the gameplay was lacking. The same 3rd person shoulder-shooter that's been around since (and was done better by) Resident Evil 4. It felt too much like a movie.
As much as I'd like another last of us, I'd much prefer they do a new IP first.
Would be happy with another TLOU, however a new IP would probably have me more excited.
@EXP Are you joking a pretty good story i never seen such good acting. Yeah fast fighting and shooting would have made the story more intense..... The slower gameplay made it much better and it showed the chemestry between the characters.
Personally I wasn't as impressed by the Last of Us. Its story was quite weak and predictable, Joel wasn't a great character and the supporting cast weren't very memorable either. By the time I reached the end, I couldn't have cared less if they went the proposed route or the ending it had.
Game-play wasn't that special either, Ellie was weak one moment and killing in the next. I got fed up with having to use a pallet every time I got anywhere near water too.
Whilst I can't fault the visuals for what they were, the colours were quite muted and very similar over and over again. The crafting was very basic and more an inconvenience than a benefit to the game play.
As a story, I think it reached its natural conclusion and doesn't really open itself up for a natural sequel. As a one-off it ok but I think its best left as a one-off. It felt to may that ND needed to do something different - a bit darker than Uncharted but it also had a very uncharted feel - just without the fun, the humour and the depth of characters either.
Personally I would like ND to do something different. I admit I do like ND's attention to detail and that suits a more realistic world rather than returning to something like Crash. I would love to see something more super-natural from them.
@EXP Really? I thought it really elevated the survival horror blueprint that Resident Evil 4 obviously introduced. I loved the way it added stealth and these almost sandbox environments that let you approach how you wanted.
In fact, Uncharted 4 seems to have been heavily inspired by it, as that's the direction they're going with U4.
@get2sammyb would you prefer a direct sequel or a different story? I like the idea of each game chronicling Ellie's life, 2nd one with her in her early twenties and a third one been in her 40s. I also wonder if Sony will form a second team at the studio again.
If they care about their fans then they'll make TLOU 2.
@EXP I'd agree with you, but the gameplay is the only place it's slightly lacking, everything else about the game is spot on, I'm also slightly biased as I don't really like third person cover shooty games, it's stealth elements though we're decent.
@adf86 I want a story with an older Ellie. I don't want Joel to be in it outside of references, though - I feel we need to see who Ellie becomes on her own now.
I guess I am of the minority, but I would rather see how Joel has managed with his decision in the years following the original game. See how living that lie has tortured him, or not. Would also be cool if they introduced a real cure this time and dealt with the idea of killing those who can now be saved. Just an idea I suppose.
I'd actually go one further and say The Last of Us 2 has seen more than what Neil Druckmann is hinting at here - especially since comments from Naughty Dog staffers and actors have also hinted at its existence.
@get2sammyb I just hope Joel doesn't tell her about what he did
I'd rather get something new from them personally.
In Naughty Dog I completely trust! They can literally do whatever they wanted next and I'm behind them a 100%! I would love to see a new TLOU but also would be intrigued to see what new IP they could do. Hearing them hint a while back with ideas for a sci-Fi game too. Would love to see what Naughty Dog could do in that genre.
It's a shame that Amy Hennig left, because I genuinely believe we could have seen TLOU2 a year and a half after UC4 (which itself would have come out sooner). As it is, it's likely to be a good two and a half years at least, and splitting ND into two teams a few years back hasn't achieved much.
Hopefully it's Uncharted Team Racing.
I kind of feel like some of the other posters here being nervous about a sequel. TLOU is easily top three GOAT for me and it would be pretty sad to play a terrible sequel.
um my favorite PS game of all time, screw Uncharted 4 DLC! I want TLoU before the PS5 comes out.
@get2sammyb Unless that is the only way we're getting shirtless Joel.
@AyeHaley In my innocence I Googled to see if someone had done a silly drawing of Sexy Joel. Turns out... Don't ask Google for The Last of Us fan art.
I think the world needs tlou 2 the first game left me wanting to see more of their world and learn more about the characters
@get2sammyb - I think playing as an older Ellie is the only way to go.
I'm crazy about the TLOU. I've played remastered over 10 times.
Since I deeply love the first one, I don't want any sequel.
But I also know it's definitely hard to against temptation to get it if it were released.
How they can make a sequel? Its story is completely finished.
Even if it were totally new, wouldn't it be kind of the same thing?
To avoid misunderstanding, I love naughty dog, especially after I saw the latest game play of Uncharted4
Absolutely adore the first game, honestly think it was the closest thing to a 'perfect' game I played in the last console generation. I'm a little bit conflicted about whether the game needs a sequel and what direction it should go in but at the same time have so much desire to see what happens next with the characters!
Hmm to me, TLOU was possibly one of the best examples of narrative gaming ever made. I would love to revisit the world but at the same time, I think the story of Joel and Ellie is done. It would have to be something really really clever.
Personally, I think a prequel with Joel would be good - showing what happened after the initial outbreak and how he got across country.
Love TLOU and Uncharted but would be cool to have a different IP for their next game...
@get2sammyb I don't think that would work, The dynamic between the 2 (Joel, Ellie) is really what drove the story. Ellie in the future would be a hard sale, what would that even look like?
@wittypixel I imagine she'd be rolling with a new crew and the dynamic would be about them. They could even do a romantic story with Ellie and her partner if they wanted, rather than the platonic love story between Joel and Ellie.
It'd be a big challenge for them, but I think these are the kind of challenges Naughty Dog revel in.
@get2sammyb I agree they seem to shine in working the hard angles, Last of Us being on the pedestal that it is will be immensely difficult to follow up. I hope they're up to that challenge.
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