Uncharted Creator Amy Hennig Working On a New Star Wars Game

Finally I've been extremely bitter ever since those c**ts at EA cancelled the other one she was working on so I'm happy she's finally getting to make her Star Wars game. I'm a Legacy Of Kain Stan so I'm always happy to get a game she directs and I'm a massive Star Wars fan so I'm hyped ^__^

Henning+Star Wars=sold

Can Ragtag just be reinstated please 😭

In all seriousness, this is so far out from release. I really wish they wouldn’t announce like this but I get it for employment purposes

Hopefully we'll get something much better than fallen order. Cancelling the EA exclusivity deal was the best thing that could happen to Star Wars.

Excellent news! EA better stay far, far away. (Pun fully intended)

"narrative-driven action-adventure game featuring an original story in the Star Wars galaxy."

SOLD!

Loved Jedi fallen order. So a good narrative driven SW game can be done.

Amy Hennig puts in a dash of her Uncharted/Legacy of Kain magic into the SW universe and we off to the races!

@Rhaoulos Fallen Order was good!

@MightyDemon82 No, it really wasn't.

Maybe 10 years ago, I would have cared. Disney have ruined Star Wars. It just isn't special anymore.

@willi3su I thought it was alright. Worse games out there and worse things with the Star Wars name attached!

@Apfelschteiner I sort of agree with you. There is just so much stuff now and it's no longer an event when they happen.

Im actually really excited with these two games coming from this studio. Knowing Amy Hennigs pedigree i can see these being great action packed SP experiences that this industry filled with live service and NFT crap comes as a warm welcome.

@MightyDemon82 If it is an Uncharted quality game, I might become interested.

I dont know but every time I hear about her she seems to be working on a different game and then 🫧😅

I'm here for it! Lots of great Star Wars content to look forward to on PS5, it seems. I totally understand the hesitation related to the franchise becoming oversaturated, but I personally really dig the MCU-style interconnectedness and gap-filling/plothole-filling strategy that's been behind a lot of the recent shows and games. Just such a fun world to get lost in, even despite the varying levels of quality

@willi3su I think lots would disagree

@Boucho11 Sure, and they'd be wrong. EA puts out an extremely mediocre unfocused bugged out game that happens to not have multiplayer or microtransactions and suddenly all is forgiven for Battlefront 2.

Star Wars 1414 incoming! 😃

Just what the PlayStation needs, another narrative-driven action-adventure game /s

…so much /s

@commentlife What else could they do with the Star Wars franchise?

@willi3su hmmm I don’t think so somehow. I have a feeling more people would agree with me that Fallen Order is a GREAT game that agree with you that it’s not. Just a feeling though….

I never understood the hype around Hennig since after leaving ND she hasn't done any major new games, right? Anyway, hope it's something as good as the Uncharted trilogy

Feels like we are on the edge of Star Wars over saturation.

"You get a Star Wars game!" "And you get a Star Wars game!" "You all get a Star Wars game!"

@Apfelschteiner JJ Abrams (and Disney) ‘ruined’ Star Wars, you mean. The sequel trilogy still had some great scenes (mostly in episode 8) and Rey and Kylo are great characters - just a shame they weren’t given better movies. I know it’s sacrilege to say but I never liked episode 4 - it’s painfully slow and dull for the most part. It’s the one I rewatch the least (after episode 9 - the absolute worst).

@Boucho11 Fallen Order was brilliant. Can’t wait for part 2!

@OmegaStriver I say we're pretty far from the edge of Star Wars over saturation. We've gotten far less games now than we had back in the 90s and early 2000s

Nice can't wait for my kids to try it. Prob cross-get title with PS6

@Floki I have a weird way of looking at it. Games take years to release now and they feel over saturated quicker with the release of only a few similar titles. Versus when the output of games was way quicker in the early 2000s and over saturation literally happened.

For me, it’s like, it already takes forever to get high quality games, and now a handful is all Star Wars.

It seems like there are a lot of Star Wars games at the moment but in the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube gen there were a lot more (List Time!):

Rogue Leader
Rebel Strike
Kotor
Kotor 2
Clone Wars
Revenge of the Sith
Super Bombad Racing
Jedi Starfighter
Racer Revenge
Battlefront
Battlefront 2
Jedi Outcast
Jedi Academy
Obi-Wan
Bounty Hunter
Republic Commando
Starfighter
Lego Star Wars

There were other games that released on these consoles but were cross-gen with Xbox 360 and sometimes PS3/Wii:

Lego Star Wars II
Republic Heroes
Force Unleashed

I might even be forgetting some! Then there were also the handheld games released in the same timeframe which we don’t really get anymore. I think it just seems like a lot at the moment because we are getting the Aspyr ports. Also interesting how many were exclusives back then; each console got their fair share of awesome games.

Last gen, besides Ports we only got:

Battlefront (2015)
Battlefront II (2017)
Jedi: Fallen Order
Squadrons
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens

@BritneyfR_ee Same, I think the sequels tell a really great overarching story if you’re reading a wiki summary.
(The insane religious system of the Jedi that created Darth Vader is reinstated by Luke, who, having learned nothing from the past, immediately creates another Darth Vader. He is unable to forgive himself and exiles himself until a new young force user learns from him and creates a new age of Jedi without the heartless system that caused all the problems to begin with.)

However, stuff like the incredibly boring and politically pandering Canto Bight sequence in Episode 8, inexcusable writing such as Luke trying to kill Ben before he even does anything evil despite seeing the good in Vader, introducing tons of new characters in each film and immediately abandoning them and a general sense of “wow, they did not plan this at all”, weakens these movies considerably.

@RubyCarbuncle @Boucho11 fallen order is a brilliant game although it wasnt perfect but then again what game is? Everybodys entitled to an oppinion but just make sure it conforms with everybody elses..

sorry but ive had enough of starwars and marvel.

@BritneyfR_ee Disney ruin everything because they don't seem to understand the concept the value of scarcity. Also, if they put a bit more effort into each film rather than releasing 10 at once alongside 5 TV shows and 8 games, they might be able to retain some of the Star Wars magic.
My hot take would be that the imagination of the fans is what makes Star Wars great and not necessarily the movies. If you watched them as a kid and bought the toys and discussed Star Wars with your friends, you are getting a much different experience to someone who just watches the movies today and is left wondering what all the fuss is about.

@K1LLEGAL Your listing skills are...

...especially if you did all that from memory!

As far as I'm concerned, anybody who remembers Super Bombad Racing is a freakin' hero.

@Constable_What well, thanks for the clarification! Hopefully she can ship this new SW game

@Rhaoulos nothing wrong with star wars fallen order was a great game however those other EA star wars games not so good

@RogerRoger haha weirdly Super Bombad Racing…. Was my first PS2 game haha (back before I had a memory card). Oh the shame!

And thanks - It was from memory apart from those cross gen releases at the end

@K1LLEGAL I think it was my third PS2 game but, before that, The Phantom Menace was my sole reason for getting a PSone, so methinks my nerd points balance out.

No shame in it, my friend; whilst it's easy to point and laugh at nowadays, Super Bombad Racing isn't the worst game ever made! I'd genuinely love to see it remastered, and remember being annoyed that they didn't make a follow-up with Attack of the Clones characters a couple years later!

Big fan of hers. This is exciting.

@RogerRoger it was Star Wars Kart racer. Like how many other games can say that? I had fun with it but I was around 10 or so. Unfortunately I don’t see that getting a remaster! But sequels with the other films would have been cool!

And man the amount of time I spent on Phantom Menace (on PC, trying to jump over that gap at the beginning where Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon get separated)… got a lot of nostalgia for that one.

@K1LLEGAL Alas, I think you're right. Maybe we could start a petition? Surely they'd have to take notice once we gather signatures from everybody who'd support us? All seven of 'em!!

Same! I only got myself a capable gaming PC a couple years ago, and the first thing I did was track down an old copy of The Phantom Menace game, so that I could finally experience its "proper" version. Not that the PSone port was a disaster by any measure, but it's still night-and-day. Felt like a remaster!

@RogerRoger there must be some fans out there somewhere. I’m sure a campaign to have it remastered would get some attention. Even if it is just 7 sigs lol.

And to think I was playing the superior version if Phantom Menace that whole time…

@K1LLEGAL Yeah, you were living the dream!

@RubyCarbuncle @MightyDemon82 @Northern_munkey @Boucho11

Well I agree with you guys it was a great game played it a couple of times. I can understand if someone doesn’t agree but it’s the way in which they deliver their opinions which I think is meant to stir an argument. Best to move on but again clearly there’s a fair bit of love for Fallen Order.

@Rhaoulos Seriously I don't understand the hype around Fallen Order that's not exactly a standard I want for Star Wars games it was meh at best

@KidBoruto let’s hope so!

Always some edgelord who needs to put it out there how "over" star wars he is, but still has to let everyone know at every opportunity.
Star wars is alive and well with the high republic books, mandolorian, visions, fallen order, etc... even if episode 9 and Solo dropped the ball.

@Keyblade-Dan It was ok, but far from great. Jedi academy was way more fun back in the days. I was expecting a lot more when some critics said it was "uncharted in the star Wars universe". The exact same thing made by the guys who made uncharted would have been a trillion times better.

@tameshiyaku Agreed it's beyond tedious the same thing with Marvel if you don't care then leave right?

@Keyblade-Dan absolutely! These jaded complainers who can't get any joy out of media and arts, but rather through kindling fires on socials. Many seem to have their memories clouded by nostalgia. I love Star wars legends stuff, but for every Jedi Knight you got a masters of teräs Kasi. Also with marvel movies like Elektra and fantastic four. I guess fandom has become spoiled.