Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

[curryking1]

Wait wait wait.... It's actually shirt 'wrinkles?' Like.. it's actually wrinkling??? I want to see a gameplay video focused on this so I can be sure!

If so though, I will... be playing next gen... when I have this game...

Stop arguing with MILR people, MILR you are part of it too, you have to stop as well, everyone doing the arguing is ruining the thread. Just stop, you said what you had to say but you don't have to fight to get it out, all you do is press the god damn post button, stop feeling threatened and don't respond to something you don't have to and shouldn't to.

If you really want to say what you want, just say it and be done with it, don't argue about it for countless posts after, ok?

And MILR, don't think you're the good guy here, because you're not. You're being as stubborn as anyone else and you need to stop too.

Stop arguing. Enough already.

I want to talk about god damn shirt wrinkles now ok?

[makeitlookreal]

I wonder if the hair in this game is actually individual strands or not.

[masteratt]

I mentioned the painted look a long time ago. I will continue to "harp" on it all I want.
Whining masteratt can stand but stubborn attitude is a big no-no.

You belong in the ignore list, friend.

Wait wait wait.... It's actually shirt 'wrinkles?' Like.. it's actually wrinkling??? I want to see a gameplay video focused on this so I can be sure!
just watch any video.

It's clear when he is rolling.
Watch REALLY closely......

WARNING: You might start to feel pathetic for trying to catch something like that lol

[yoshaw]

One more thing that struck me visually was how awesome the jungle looks. It looks exactly the way they realized in the concept trailer of 2006. Highly stylized green! Infact, the concept trailer was a great mix of stylized painted look and polygons. Bravo to Naughty Dog for bringing the stylized painted vision all together. I hope they keep repeating this again n again n again n again n again ........... :roll eyes:


Wait wait wait.... It's actually shirt 'wrinkles?' Like.. it's actually wrinkling??? I want to see a gameplay video focused on this so I can be sure!

haha, I'm surprised you didn't notice? Check gamersydes video for plenty of wrinkle action ;)

[makeitlookreal]

Everyone, IGNORE ME! IF you don't like me please ignore me RIGHT NOW! Don't wait! Do you think I really care? DO IT!

Are you chicken! Start an ignore fest! DO IT NOW!

By the way, the jungle does look great. I was in the jungle several years ago on a mission trip and the jungle does look like in this game.

[curryking1]

WARNING: You might start to feel pathetic for trying to catch something like that lol

Then I will feel pathetic with... honour... wait.. interesting... olololololwtfbbq.

[yoshaw]

Then I will feel pathetic with... honour... wait.. interesting... olololololwtfbbq.

Welcome to the club! :laugh:

[curryking1]

Holy ***t, t3h shirt wrinkling!!! I'm feeling the pathetic and awesome, all combined into one! XD

P.S. I think I used to say this a long time ago, but I still think I like the red sleeved shirt better for some reason lol :P

But holy ***t wrinkles!!! I want that shirt now, that shirt is the best. Dirty Uncharted shirt = t3h awesomeness.

Edit - I wish we had cleared shots at the ocean water, it looks really nice in the Full Level Gameplay video thing but the resolution is too low to really get the look of it I think.

Edit 2 - I think I'm actually getting to used to the non-red sleeved shirt.. it's growing on me! :O

[Nameless]

MILR :huh:

[yoshaw]

P.S. I think I used to say this a long time ago, but I still think I like the red sleeved shirt better for some reason lol :P

But holy ***t wrinkles!!! I want that shirt now, that shirt is the best. Dirty Uncharted shirt = t3h awesomeness.

LOL @ wanting the shirt.

But dude, hell no, that red shirt wasn't cool. I dig Nathan more as a lead character with a simple white than red. Maybe that red will be a hidden costume or something who knows lol but white is better to highlight the wrinkles and dirt from the level. Red made him skinny looking :P

[curryking1]

I know! If they have hidden costumes, they should have different shirts and pants, and a police costume! How funny would that be? :D

I didn't think he looked that skinny before tho lol, I think he looks the same, but this shirt definitely gives the more gruff appearance. I think it fits the overall art better too now. I think the red shirt fit more in the concept trailer, everything was a lot cleaner in the conceptual stuff, everything now is very sharp and rugged and defined. The 'rolled up' sleeves on the new shirt are pretty slick touches too.

[jaxmkii]

:whogives:
Everyone, IGNORE ME! IF you don't like me please ignore me RIGHT NOW! Don't wait! Do you think I really care? DO IT!

Are you chicken! Start an ignore fest! DO IT NOW!

By the way, the jungle does look great. I was in the jungle several years ago on a mission trip and the jungle does look like in this game.:whogives:


This game is shaping up to be fucking dognuts!

this needs to be bundled with HS/MS for a new PS3 pakage

[yoshaw]

I didn't think he looked that skinny before tho lol, I think he looks the same, but this shirt definitely gives the more gruff appearance. I think it fits the overall art better too now. I think the red shirt fit more in the concept trailer, everything was a lot cleaner in the conceptual stuff, everything now is very sharp and rugged and defined. The 'rolled up' sleeves on the new shirt are pretty slick touches too.

No, actually I disagree somewhat. He sure is buff in the real game than the concept trailer. I think one of the bottom row of pics in the lengthy comparison pic from last page shows exactly what I mean.(edit: here the comp. pic)
http://xs220.xs.to/xs220/07402/nathan.jpg

Hmm, I think the concept trailer wasn't clean. Rather cartoonish, maybe. The real game now has added a lot of flesh, err for lack of a better word, to the cartoonish stylized concept of 2006. I cant put my finger on it but you already agree that the game looks better than the concept in so many ways. I think your 'rugged' description fits the bill perfectly.

Rolled sleeves? I didn't notice. *Leaves to watch video*.

Maaaaayen, the things you find after careful inspection. wow. I feel like gaming has gone back to the olden days when it was so much fun to discover lil things all over. It means, ND is doing something very very right!

[curryking1]

Definitely doing something very right. Touche with the e and the accent ague thing, he does look like he was a lot smaller.

[section]

He went to the gym inbetween the trailer and the gameplay. That made his chest magnetic for the metal pendant to stick at.

[VonGak]

He has gone from scrawny looking to be built like me :D

[Red]

Heard the new PSM got some new Drakes Footage with Screens with the amazong looking Jet Ski Level:


Well... shortly: Uncharted GOTY

Many extras, many new areas not seen at the moment, very good IA, jetski level with 6 millon polygon in screen (plus water refraction), volumetric explosions...

[BruceWayneIII]

Well... shortly: Uncharted GOTY

Many extras, many new areas not seen at the moment, very good IA, jetski level with 6 millon polygon in screen (plus water refraction), volumetric explosions...


... not rivaled by the author :P

[Epix]

Heard the new PSM got some new Drakes Footage with Screens with the amazong looking Jet Ski Level:http://forums.e-mpire.com/showpost.php?p=1695832&postcount=1148
http://forums.e-mpire.com/showpost.php?p=1696337&postcount=1167

[LaLiLuLeLo]

Did he like, count the polygons? Hahaha I hate that shit. It's so trivial in practical application.

[curryking1]

:O

I want to see Jetski pictures plz :)

[LiquidEagle]

What's IA again?

[yoshaw]

^haha AI ofcourse

[Luis]

Inteligencia Artificial :-p

[yoshaw]

http://forums.e-mpire.com/showpost.php?p=1695832&postcount=1148
http://forums.e-mpire.com/showpost.php?p=1696337&postcount=1167

I don't see no jetski pics in your 2nd link. Please re-host at http://xs.to

thanks!

[VonGak]

:P VG-A

Q & A from DarkG, a Naughty Dog spanish designer in a forum. Sorry, text in spanish.

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kill - Uncharted, en el making off, ponia 24fps, pero es una version sin acabar, las cosas mejoran mucho en las versiones finales.

Uncharted tiene su propio estilo de graficos, tiene un estilo 1 poco de dibujos, pero hacerlo de otra manera no quedaria tan bien, para representar una selva, sin usar el cryengine xD.

DarkG, hablanos de tu trabajo, soy mapper aficcionado, y me gustaria saber como trabajais, tu diseñas los mapas, los modelas o como va la cosa?

DarkG - El juego correra a 30 fps....... menos de eso lo consideran un bug y tenemos que arreglarlo. Asi que tened seguro que va fluido a 30 fps practicamente en todo el juego.

Uncharted y todas sus texturas estan hechas a mano, de ahi que el look que tiene es un poco a dibujos, pero cuando lo ves en pantalla, con toda la resolucion, es genial ver como hemos podido aprovechar la PlayStation 3. A mi el look que tiene me gusta, pero bueno, todo esto depende de cada uno.

Mi trabajo......... siempre he hecho de todo, texturas, modelado, diseno, es decir, en Europa haces de todo. En EEUU te especificas en una tarea. Esta ha sido modelar environments. Asi que lo que hago es participar en el diseno, porque tienes que saber lo que estan haciendo, controlar el tamano del nivel, tiempo que puedes tardar en hacerlo, tema de visibilidad para poder hacer el streaming entre niveles, etc. Es decir, el disenador necesita a la persona que va a construir el nivel, ya que la mayoria de las veces tiene mas experiencia haciendo niveles y por lo tanto, es el que se enfrenta a los problemas finales. Los programas que usamos son Maya, Zbrush, Photoshop y muchisimas utilidades internas creadas para el desarrollo del juego.

La verdad es que no somos muchos environments modelers, asi que la paliza que nos hemos pegado todo este tiempo ha sido de las buenas. Pero cuando ya ves todo en conjunto la verdad es que se agradece.

Kill, cuando hablas de GT5 y de poligonos, te digo unos datos aqui del juego........... el nivel del agua con el jetski es de los mas grandes y tiene unos 6 millones de poligonos mas el reflejo en tiempo real de los modelos en el agua con bump mapping, refraccion, jitter, sombras, etc........ aparte de personajes, fisicas, AI, explosiones volumetricas, bla bla bla smile_:).......

WINSTROL - Jolines, que maravillla de titulo la verdad, espero que vaya sin relentizaciones smile_smile_:-( y graficanente es la repera.

DarkG - Winstrol, te puedo asegurar que el juego va fluido a 30 fps.............. en algunos momentos hasta 45 smile_:) con todo activado. Pero la idea es no bajar de 30 fps.

gustavoooon - IM-PRESIONANTE.......... DarkG cuentanos masssssssssss de estoooo. Hype +10

DarkG - :0) gracias por las imagenes de la revista. En cuanto las vi en el foro fui a comprarla jejeje. No se os escapa ni una ehhh. Es el nivel de las ruinas, que usas el jetski.......... A que no sabeis quien lo modelo smile_:) ???

kill - DarkG por curiosidad, ¿Desde cuando llevas trabajando ahi?

DarkG - llevo ya unos 14 meses creo. Hubo problemas con las visas americanas. Realmente fue un tema complicado. Pero todo salio bien y aqui estare por un buen tiempo smile_:)

marvicdigital - ...eso ayuda a que el hype haga su trabajo sucio..lo mejor es tener algo de cautela y esperar a que salga y lo valoren los jugadores...no alimentemos el hype que luego vienen la lluvia de piedras y desilusiones; no se si ya se ha aprendido esto..ojala que si..

DarkG - como bien dice marvicdigital, sois vosotros los que tendreis la ultima palabra y si os gustara o no. Y como bien sabreis, el estudio dependera de vuestras reacciones. El juego no ha tenido una publicidad a lo Halo (mas nos gustaria jejeje) y todo este hype creado ha sido mostrando el gameplay y videos. Realmente habeis visto todo el proceso y como se ha ido mejorando. Solo esperamos que os guste.

GreenBlood - hombre, por los videos vistos el juego parece muy bueno, ahora toca saber la duración, yo le echo unas 12 horas en modo normal, luego modos más chungos durará más. A ver si le han metido modos de búsqueda de objetos, misiones secretas o cosas así.

DarkG - el juego se va a las 12 horas. La AI es muy buena, y te las puede hacer pasar mal en algunos momentos si ven que eres un buen jugador. Es decir, aprende de ti smile_:)........... y cuando llegas a los niveles donde estan los snippers, un tiro y estas muerto. A mi me encanta, pero para algunos es bastante dificil. Lo que pasa que cuando juegas al Rainbow Six eres mas paciente que cuando juegas al Gears of Wars y sales a lo rambo a cortarle a uno en rodajas smile_:)............. asi que en Uncharted, si asomas la cabeza, pues zaaasssss. Pero bueno, es una dificultad bastante ajustada. Aparte, 12 horas, si lo repartes bien, te dura el juego bastante.

Schna - A mi el juego también me parece buenísimo, pero hasta no catarlo tampoco soy partidario de darle una puntuación.

DarkG - smile_:o) te entiendo Schna.

kill - Este hilo sin DarkG no tiene gracia smile_smile_:P.

DarkG - jejejee hago lo que puedo kill smile_:)............ pero muchos de vosotros manteneis el hilo bien activo y wowww esta genial. Yo en cuanto tengo un rato, aunque sea ahora, casi las 2 de la madrugada, os dejo unas lineas a todos smile_:)

hardcore087 - video de 800 megas...............

DarkG - woww hardcore, a mas de uno por alli le habran cortado el internet por pasarse del limite de bajada smile_;)........ genial el video.

zachide - A mi me gustaria preguntar una cosa, ¿ el juego traera alguna opcion de "autoapuntar" ? la verdad es que no soy muy bueno apuntando con el mando de la play, y es una duda que siempre he tenido. Aunque de cualquier manera, lo traiga o no, el juego caera seguro smile_smile_[sonrisa]

DarkG - zachide, no trae la opcion de autoapuntar. Si no la incorporan a lo ultimo de todo en el modo facil, no creo. Pero tampoco es tan dificil. Aparte de disparar, este juego es de correr, cubrirse, buscar el flanco debil e intentar colarte por aqui y por alla. Tambien puedes pelear cuerpo a cuerpo. Es decir, tu eliges la mejor opcion para ti.

Una cosa os puedo decir, nunca pasan dos veces la misma cosa. Los enemigos improvisan de tal manera que te la lian fijo.

jose_mi - el juego es IMPRESIONANTE

DarkG - upssss smile_:)............graciassss, prepara la tele HD y los 5.1 jejeje

Zenthorn - Video con entrevista a Naughty Dog bastante interesante. Siempre he mantenido que este, Little Big Planet y Ratchet & Clank serán los juegos que den el espaldarazo definitivo a PS3 y parece que así será.

DarkG - ojala que todo le vaya bien a Sony, a todas las empresas, desarrolladores, microsoft, lo que sea......... al final, somos nosotros los beneficiados con grandes titulos. Estaria genial la bajada de precio tambien para la PS3.

Blade - Creo que nuevas

DarkG - esas imagenes estan un poco quemadas ya sea de la camara de fotos, video o no se. El juego tiene un color mas vibrante. Al final del proyecto, os pasare los ajustes del televisor que tengo a mi lado en el estudio.

shadow000 - Espero ke corrigan esos fallos minimos y el juego puede ser una obra maestra en cuanto a graficos, si lo arreglaran, estariamos hablando del Gears of War de PS3, por lo menos asi lo pienso yo.

DarkG - todo el tema de efectos en el momento que salieron esas imagenes aun estaban sin tocar mucho. Casi siempre se espera al final para meterse de lleno con ello. Sobre todo para ver el impacto con el framerate y poder optimizar todo bien.

Vincent_Kazuwa - Por cierto, ¿soy el único que encuentra el apartado técnico de este juego cojonudo? Lo digo porque veo siempre críticas de los gráficos, y yo encuentro que es un paso adelante en este tipo de juegos smile_smile_[boing]

DarkG - creo que Gears of Wars puso el liston bien alto entre la diferencia del antes y despues. Para nosotros este es el primer juego para PlayStation 3. Tenemos un nuevo engine propio que es bien potente y muchas herramientas para poder seguira mejorandolo. Solo el tiempo lo dira smile_:)......... pero creo que si.

Az@zel - Que ganas de que llegue ya Diciembre y comprarme el juego, es una auténtica maravilla.

DarkG - heyyy Az@zel hacia mucho que no te veia por aqui smile_:)

paulcarrack - Hola se ha visto mucho de este juego, aunque aún queda más por ver, aún así hay una cosa que me gustaría ver y aún no se ha visto nada. A ver si DarkG dice algo al respecto. Se trata de las fases de conducción, por lo visto en los trailers hay fases de conducción, pero aún no se ha visto nada en juego.

DarkG - hay todavia muchisimas cosas que no habeis visto. Esto es una peli, y como tal, pasan muchas cosas smile_:).......... creo que estas sorpresas sois vosotros las que tendreis que verlas a la hora de jugarlo y luego comentarlo por aqui. Si te fijas en las imagenes de gustavoooon, en unos posts anteriores, tambien vas por el agua. Creo que el juego combina un poco de todo. Momentos de accion, shooter, plataformas, acertijos, enigmas, carreras, etc

surkoman - Joder, cada vez más "must", que no tenga hype como otros le viene de lujo a este juegazo.

DarkG - como os conte en su dia, nos vino una gran presion en este ultimo E3, ya que dimos un lavado de cara enorme al juego. A partir de ahi ha sido trabajar y trabajar. Yo no se si sera hype o no, pero esta claro que con la mitad de marketing del halo 3 el hype serie enorme jajaaa smile_:)

davicc - Avance en meristation sobre este juego.
Segun comentan el juego llegara el 23 de noviembre a España y ofrecera unas 12 horas de juego

DarkG - cachis y los uqe hacemos el trabajo feo, donde nos ponen smile_:)............ Tendre que hablar con Zeeeta para hacer una complain a las revistas espanolas jajajja.

Red 5 - sobre el tema HDR

DarkG - se calcula la iluminacion en base a la imagen, es decir, si cubres el environment con un cielo rojizo........... todos los tonos de esa imagen se proyectaran sobre el environment, creando un efecto sunset cuando el sol se va escondiendo. Todo esto se calcula en tiempo real.

Al trabajar en 720p nos permite poner mas geometria en escena, es decir, muchos mas poligonos. No creo que en esta generacion se pueda mover lo que tiene Uncharted a 1080p. Aparte, las actuales consolas con la memoria que tienen para ser full HD se quedan cortas, sobre todo a nivel de texturas.

El trabajo es lo mismo, sea a 720p que a 1080p. Tienes que modelar, crear texturas, hacer la iluminacion, poner todo en framerate y listos. Para mi el gran cambio de esta generacion y con la calidad de las nuevas televisiones, es que todo tiene que ser perfecto. El minimo error se ve. De antes podias disimularlo un poco, sobre todo en Playstation 2. Pero ahora, con estas resoluciones, se ve hasta el minimo detalle, normalmaps, etc.

256k - Una cosa interesante k he visto en los making off... cargan el juego desde un pc o lo cargan desde una ps3..?, lo digo xk pone claramente... FPS: 21-24

DarkG - el nivel se crea en tu PC y este se transfiere a una ps3 de desarrollo (devkit). En este devkit tu ves TODO........ gpus y tanto por ciento que se esta usando, memoria de texturas, memoria del nivel, como afecta al streaming, memorai de sombras, buffers, etc.............. y por supuesto, un pequeno texto con el famoso framerate smile_:)

metallah - DarkG, ¿qué nos puedes decir acercade la IA y el Cell? Es que tampoco sé muy bien qué preguntar. A ver si tú puedes decirnos algo acerca de este tema.

DarkG - La IA me encanta. Eso de que aprenda de la persona que juega y ella misma se encargue de ir ajustando la dificultad esta muy bien. El Cell, pues aun no hemos llegado ni a la mitad de lo que puede dar de si. Aparte de la potencia del procesador, estan las GPUs que trae la PS3, donde puedes ir mandando algunas tareas para ir liberando al CELL de "digerirlas" con lo que te deja mas CPU libre. Asi que aun, a la PS3 le queda mucho por decir.

unknown_18 - Es verdad jefe esa pregunta la tendras mas trillada que el carajo,pero si es verdad que vemnos por ejemplo en esrte uncharted cinematicas que casi llegan a una CG?crees que algun dia veremos cosas mas fuertes?y en potencia bruta algunos desarolladores dicen que es pozo sin fondo,es eso en parte cierto?
Muchas asias tio!

DarkG - En esta generacion aun no esta todo dicho. Tanto como CG en tiempo real............ pues no, pero cerca cerca. Tal vez en la proxima generacion si que te permita acercarte a ello. Todavia hay bastantes limites.

surkoman - Solo me lo preguntaba , por los posts de DarkG y la ausencia de haters/trolls, por supuesto hay hilos mejores, como los de mi firma (mucha diversion y hype)

DarkG - jeje, me acuerdo de los primeros posts donde me pusieron una imagen de fantasmon smile_:).............. pero creo que si, que el hilo esta realmente genial gracias a todos.

porculeo - Es un honor tener a un componente de desarrollo entre nosotros en el foro, asi tenemos informacion de primera mano y en ambas direcciones.

DarkG - el honor es mio. Recordar que fue Zeeeta uno de los primeros en postear aqui sobre el desarrollo de un juego, que era Rainbow Six Las Veas y de ahi me anime a hacer lo mismo. Mientras no hablemos de algo que no podamos, siempre os podremos contar un poco sobre el tema. Aparte, sois vosotros los que haceis que el hilo sea realmente agradable de leer con vuestros comentarios.......... luego cuando lo jugueis, ahi ya me comereis jajaja

ZoL.........y pensaba que tenia modo cooperativo

DarkG - hubiera estado genial, aunque fuera el controlar a la chica............ pero eso requiere mas tiempo y es algo que no teniamos para acabar el juego en noviembre. Hay muchas ideas que se han quedado en la mesa, quien sabe, quizas para Uncharted 2 smile_:)

porculeo - Despues de leerme el post entero. Ver todos los videos y fotos. Los grandes comentarios del compañero darkg. Acabo de hacer el pedido, el pre-order a play.com y sale por Pre-order EUR 51.49 Delivered | Due for release on 30/11/2007

DarkG - jajjaja no ahbia visto esto........... el hype es grandeeee y te ha pillao pero bien smile_:)......... estoy seguro que lo vas a disfrutar.

kroatonthejoker... ¿incluirán algunas búsquedas extras, ya sean objetos o especies animales o algo así? ¿Qué pensáis?

DarkG - como bien se dice en muchos videos (ingles) el juego tendra enigmas a resolver, palancas, etc.......... no todo es disparar. Aparte durante el juego podras ir encontrado cosas smile_:)

HunterZero - [modo tocahuevos ON] ...al igual que el Gears es calcado al killswitch de ps2 precisamente en lo de cubrirse y disparar...[modo tocahuevos OFF]

Coñas aparte, este va a ser en mi opinión el juego del pelotazo si ninguna duda

DarkG - tienes razon HunterZero. Pero cuando una cosa funciona y lo hace bien, porque cambiarla ?? smile_:).......... y en PS3 se necesitaba algo asi. Si a esto lo combinas con 3000 animaciones que tiene el caracter principal......... ya ni te imaginas.

unknown_18 - DarkG yo algo bueno que tengo es que soy sincero y si de verdad este juego fuera una mierda te lo diria mil veces,pero de verdad tio no se que cojones habeis hecho,es INCREIBLE,el unico qwue juego que cuando se acerca al lanzamiento mas impresiona y por mucho,tecnicamente a dia de hoy es el mas bruto.Es increible maldita sea,yo espero que la gente responda como tiene que responder porque esto es una puta maravilla de verdad,si me dejas ser sincero no creia que veria esto en una PS3;al menos tan pronto.
Por cierto todas las cinematicas son CG´S o movidas en tiempo real?es el unico dato que me queda ya parta confirmar una cosa,te lo agardeceria mil.
Gnete como tu es la qwue merece comer de este tema,me alegro de verdad ver este tipo de cosas.
Saludos y de nuevo asias mil tio.

DarkG - Este tema nos lo dice la gente nada mas ver el juego. Quizas nosotros ya no somos la mejor persona para juzgarlo, porque lo estamos viendo cada dia, 16 horas, everyyy day. Llega un momento que te resulta monotono. Pero cuando alguien que no lo ha visto, se sienta delante de un televisor HD de 40 pulgadas o mas y juega, le ves la cara que pone, se mete en el juego, ahi te das cuenta de que lo que hemos hecho, esta bien......... al menos divierte smile_:)

Las cinematicas usan el mismo engine del juego en tiempo real, con sombras y demas. No hay CG, todo es tal y como lo ves.

trilitri - Yo voy a empezar a dejar de ver videos porque madre mía. Al final me voy a saber el juego! Y no me va a sorprender nada!
Jejeje, juegazo.

DarkG - pues ahora te pego este peazorrrrr post para rematar la faena jajjaja



Se esta trabajando en los making of y creo que tendreis todo el material que habeis pedido en el foro. No todo sera posible, pero creo que os gustara. Espero no haberme dejado a nadie por ahi sin contestar. Me he tirado aqui mas de una hora copy and paste jejeje y no me gustaria dejar a nadie sin contestar.

[Luis]

LOL, give me a few minutes to extract some highlights! I'll edit this post.

- They're still optimizing the frame rate, will end up running at constant 30 fps. Sometimes it goes up to 45 fps with all effects on, but they aim at constant 30 fps as already mentioned.

- All textures have been drawn, there are no scanned textures. That's why it looks somewhat cartoony.

- Jetski level has 6 million polygons + water reflection + refraction + bump mapping + jitter + shadows + a good number of characters + physics + AI + volumetric explosions + etc :-p

- It should take 12 hours to complete.

- The AI will learn your behavior and react accordingly. Experienced gamers will have a hard time. They're proud of the AI.

- There are no scripted events when you fight with the AI. You'll never see the same situation twice (to some extent, of course).

- No auto-aim.

- The effects still aren't final. They'll improve close to the very end of the project for optimization's sake.

- There's a lot of stuff we haven't seen yet. It's like a movie where a lot of things happen, and it will have lots of varied action: shooting, fighting, platforming, puzzles, enigmas, races, treasure hunting ("you'll be finding things"), etc.

- Real time HDR lighting: if there's a sunset, everything on screen will have a reddish tone. Everything will be real time.

- 720p allows better geometry. We might not see anything better than Uncharted geometry-wise at 1080p.

- PS3 devkits let them know all the game stats when they're developing it (duh): GPU load, texture memory, level memory, shadow memory, buffers, how is streaming affected, frame rate, etc.

- "I love the AI. The fact that it learns from the player's actions and that it adjusts the difficulty itself is awesomenage. We haven't even exploited half of what the Cell can do. Besides the CPU power, we've got the GPUs (sic) inside the PS3, where you can send some tasks to spare Cell from "digesting" them, so that you get more free CPU time. PS3 still has a lot of untapped power.

- They didn't have the time to include a co-op mode and getting the game finished in November. Tons of ideas left out of it, might make it to Uncharted 2. (This is usual in game development)

- Nathan Drake has 3000 animations.

- Real time cutscenes, no prerendered stuff. It's all real time, in-engine.

[VonGak]

Can't wait :D

[section]

What's the talk with 21-24 FPS and 24 FPS? Is it about videos? I gather from this



DarkG - El juego correra a 30 fps....... menos de eso lo consideran un bug y tenemos que arreglarlo. Asi que tened seguro que va fluido a 30 fps practicamente en todo el juego.

That the game is solid 30 fps. fluido a 30 fps en todo el juego :)

I gather also they talk about it lasting 12 hours in normal difficulty. Means I spin it in 20.

[Luis]

Reposting at the turn of the page.

[Luis]

- They're still optimizing the frame rate, will end up running at constant 30 fps. Sometimes it goes up to 45 fps with all effects on, but they aim at constant 30 fps as already mentioned. Less than 30 fps is considered a bug.

- All textures have been drawn, there are no scanned textures. That's why it looks somewhat cartoony.

- Jetski level has 6 million polygons + water reflection + refraction + bump mapping + jitter + shadows + a good number of characters + physics + AI + volumetric explosions + etc :-p

- It should take 12 hours to complete.

- The AI will learn your behavior and react accordingly. Experienced gamers will have a hard time. They're proud of the AI.

- There are no scripted events when you fight with the AI. You'll never see the same situation twice (to some extent, of course).

- No auto-aim.

- The effects still aren't final. They'll improve close to the very end of the project for optimization's sake.

- There's a lot of stuff we haven't seen yet. It's like a movie where a lot of things happen, and it will have lots of varied action: shooting, fighting, platforming, puzzles, enigmas, races, treasure hunting ("you'll be finding things"), etc.

- Real time HDR lighting: if there's a sunset, everything on screen will have a reddish tone. Everything will be real time.

- 720p allows better geometry. We might not see anything better than Uncharted geometry-wise at 1080p.

- PS3 devkits let them know all the game stats when they're developing it (duh): GPU load, texture memory, level memory, shadow memory, buffers, how is streaming affected, frame rate, etc.

- "I love the AI. The fact that it learns from the player's actions and that it adjusts the difficulty itself is awesomenage. We haven't even exploited half of what the Cell can do. Besides the CPU power, we've got the GPUs (sic) inside the PS3, where you can send some tasks to spare Cell from "digesting" them, so that you get more free CPU time. PS3 still has a lot of untapped power."

- They didn't have the time to include a co-op mode and getting the game finished in November. Tons of ideas left out of it, might make it to Uncharted 2. (This is usual in game development)

- Nathan Drake has 3000 animations.

- Real time cutscenes, no prerendered stuff. It's all real time, in-engine.


Sorry it took a bit long, I haven't been here all the time :-p

[Epix]

^ Nice summary VG. :thumbl:

[BruceWayneIII]

^^ Gracias, my Spanish friend :thumbr:

Wow, can't wait to play this game. Might be a real masterpiece.

[Red]

http://forums.e-mpire.com/showpost.php?p=1695832&postcount=1148
http://forums.e-mpire.com/showpost.php?p=1696337&postcount=1167

I can't see any screens.

[VonGak]

Great, worth the wait it was. :D

[Epix]

I can't see any screens.That's because I removed them at the forums request. I can send out PM's later on this evening to anyone who requests them.

[GTAce]

*requests*

And thank you VG cant rep ya. 8(

[VonGak]

6mil, that's a rather unheard off level of polygons.

[Cyrus]

THANK you VG! A lot of very interesting info! Cant rep you yet though. :(

Nice that they dont add autoaim. I think it often ruins games even though for some games it still is the best decision (like for example Halo wouldnt be the same game without it)

[Sephiroth_VII]

Thank you, and +rep!
AA is perfect for Warhawk, wouldn't be a fun game without it.

[curryking1]

Thank god no autoaim! I hate autoaim.. I always, always play worse with it. It's absolutely terrible in Halo 2, in Halo 3 it's ok, Resistance it's kind of ok, but for all games still I would prefer to never have autoaim, I despise it.

[yoshaw]

Epix,

Yoshaw requests for the 3rd frikking time. You got a vandetta or something against me :cry2:

[curryking1]

Ya me too :( lol

[Epix]

Epix,

Yoshaw requests for the 3rd frikking time. You got a vandetta or something against me :cry2:


Epix, you need to see a shrink man. Obsession for rep , can you even read what you writing there? I'm sure everyone here appreciates your efforts n all but you're acting really retarded I'm afraid.
:thumbl:

[makeitlookreal]

I would like to see the scans. Please send them to me via PM.

[yoshaw]

Ohhhhhh @ Epix's post. That ain't me!!!!! I must be drunk!!! Or you must have really really really pissed me off!!

In any case, I'll take that like a man n say sorry. Would understand if you'd still keep em scans to yerself

>.>

[Red]

Epix please respond i wanne see the screens. You got a pm.

[Epix]

Ohhhhhh @ Epix's post. That ain't me!!!!! I must be drunk!!! Or you must have really really really pissed me off!!

In any case, I'll take that like a man n say sorry. Would understand if you'd still keep em scans to yerself

>.>I'm just teasing. I haven't sent PM's because I don't have the files here at work (they're at home). I'll take some better pictures (those weren't that great) and send some PM's later tonight.

[makeitlookreal]

+ Rep Epix

[Segitz]

No Autoaim?? I dunno, I like the Autoaim in Warhawk... But since Uncharted is a slower game, I think I can live with it.

12hrs is ok I think. EU import will set me back bout 55€, so the price seems really ok for 12hrs. But I saw reports, where it is "delayed" in Europe until early December, which pretty much sucks. But, this game is sure to sell some systems, especially when there is a 400€ system on its way (if the rumors hold true).

[boybergamo76]

please if you can epix me too :(

[curryking1]

12hrs is ok I think. EU import will set me back bout 55€, so the price seems really ok for 12hrs. But I saw reports, where it is "delayed" in Europe until early December, which pretty much sucks. But, this game is sure to sell some systems, especially when there is a 400€ system on its way (if the rumors hold true).

Ya, I think you're right and I hope so at the same time. Either way though, I expect Uncharted to be by a long shot my favourite PS3 game when it hits, I think it'll manage to show a number of awesome qualities totally untouched by anything else out on anything yet.

It'd be really cool to see some Uncharted bundles, hopefully some nice prices for a bundle like that, like on sale or something, that'd be sweet.

[Epix]

Here's the scans. Enjoy. (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D09HY118)

[curryking1]

Yay! \o/

Thanks so much Epix :D

[yoshaw]

Can someone http://xs.to them for me.

Megaupload is blocked down here.

[boybergamo76]

nothing for me ps3 browser don't like megaupload :(

[Luis]

:look:

[LiquidEagle]

I need to pull this magazine out of my car and actually read it...

[masteratt]

I need to pull this magazine out of my...........
Right there I was getting ready to lol because I thought it was going to be

I need to pull this magazine out of my ass

But unfortunately it wasn't :(

The scans weren't that exciting, I took a peek when he had them in his post.

[BruceWayneIII]

Making of - part 2:

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_5247_en.html

[Luis]

Here's a comparison i've done between the Gamer's Day build and the newest build.

GD
http://i24.tinypic.com/ae6xdd.jpg

New
http://i22.tinypic.com/s6ka4j.jpg

GD
http://i21.tinypic.com/505c81.jpg

New
http://i20.tinypic.com/ftgavl.jpg

GD
http://i24.tinypic.com/339mu6s.jpg

New
http://i22.tinypic.com/2d15vt1.jpg

GD
http://i22.tinypic.com/rc7fv7.jpg

New
http://i20.tinypic.com/15evmuo.jpg

GD
http://i20.tinypic.com/jhfxj6.jpg

New
http://i22.tinypic.com/j75dlz.jpg

GD
http://i23.tinypic.com/66y8zr.jpg

New
http://i24.tinypic.com/zxtz13.jpgNice improvement!

[VonGak]

Indeed, seems like ND are doing their games more like puzzles than straight from A to B.

But if that's true then how in the world have they been able to almost spew out a new game each year when the staff isn't that big? Connections to the Devil me think.

[curryking1]

I liked the old girl better :(

[BruceWayneIII]

I liked the old girl better :(

Yeah, but it wasn't mutual. It's just a phase, you know? You need to move on, buddy... :P

[Luis]

Bruce is PSINext's moderately offensive comedian :laugh:

[Epix]

Can someone http://xs.to them for me.

Megaupload is blocked down here.

nothing for me ps3 browser don't like megaupload Check your PM's.

[boybergamo76]

thanks epix :)

[VonGak]

Epix or his substitute, I'm ready to put some rep on your Plate of Melons.

[Epix]

Epix or his substitute, I'm ready to put some rep on your Plate of Melons.Check your PM. :wave:

[TEEDA]

http://i24.tinypic.com/vknmh.jpg
the jetski part

[VonGak]

Tieno at NeoGaf made the comparison easier on the eyes :D

http://i24.tinypic.com/2u6nuj8.gif
http://i21.tinypic.com/21dk76o.gif
http://i20.tinypic.com/244rzph.gif
http://i23.tinypic.com/2vuws2f.gif

[masteratt]

Easier on the eye? you kidding me?
*has seizure*

Darker on....hang on *presses ESC so the images doesn't rape his eyes* okay.

So the Darker one is the new version right?
Awesome.
Very very awesome.
It has like 20 times more textures or something.

[VonGak]

Screen-grabs made by BruceLeeRoy at NeoGaf

Direct link to his post in case you do not bother to click all the links (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8083494&postcount=2184)

01 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc2.jpg)
02 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc3.jpg)
03 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc4.jpg)
04 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc5.jpg)
05 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc6.jpg)
06 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc7.jpg)
07 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc8.jpg)
08 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc9.jpg)
09 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc10.jpg)
10 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc11.jpg)
11 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc12.jpg)
12 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc13.jpg)
13 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc14.jpg)
14 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc15.jpg)
15 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc16.jpg)
16 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc17.jpg)
17 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc18.jpg)
18 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc19.jpg)
19 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc20.jpg)
20 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc21.jpg)
21 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc22.jpg)
22 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc23.jpg)
23 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc24.jpg)
24 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc25.jpg)
25 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc26.jpg)

[VonGak]

Easier on the eye? you kidding me?
*has seizure*

Darker on....hang on *presses ESC so the images doesn't rape his eyes* okay.

So the Darker one is the new version right?
Awesome.
Very very awesome.
It has like 20 times more textures or something.

LOL, when the Japanese can take it then you can too!

They have worked on the textures but I really like there being less aliasing and the bloom/reflexion on the water.

[curryking1]

Seriously...

They just couldn't make it switch any slower, that was pure eye rape-age!

[BruceWayneIII]

Here's a nice little one I haven't seen before.

EDIT: and another one...

[LaLiLuLeLo]

That's called good lighting, fool.

[LiquidEagle]

Yarrr, those be some fine pictures ye have thar, VonGak...

Thanks :)

This game is looking REALLY sharp! :)

[Segitz]

The better lighting engine really comes to light at the fire extinguishers! They look great now.

And the girl is much "nicer" (smaller chin, blondier hair and some other minute differences). Cannot complain

Looks like ND removed the crates to let you see more water :D

But in the second pic, the hills in the back look very garbled

[Domination]

Screen-grabs made by BruceLeeRoy at NeoGaf

Direct link to his post in case you do not bother to click all the links (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8083494&postcount=2184)

01 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc2.jpg)
02 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc3.jpg)
03 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc4.jpg)
04 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc5.jpg)
05 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc6.jpg)
06 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc7.jpg)
07 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc8.jpg)
08 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc9.jpg)
09 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc10.jpg)
10 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc11.jpg)
11 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc12.jpg)
12 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc13.jpg)
13 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc14.jpg)
14 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc15.jpg)
15 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc16.jpg)
16 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc17.jpg)
17 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc18.jpg)
18 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc19.jpg)
19 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc20.jpg)
20 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc21.jpg)
21 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc22.jpg)
22 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc23.jpg)
23 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc24.jpg)
24 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc25.jpg)
25 (http://www.globalstudio.com/ps3/uc26.jpg)

but....but....but the Sony hype.

I tell yah, Sony is really proving a lot of the naysayers wrong one naysayer at a time with the PlayStation 3. But it's like I tried to explain before, you have to give the console time to improve instead of judging it on the spot. It has always been that way with the PlayStation brand. The improvements are slow but surely the longer the console remains on the market. Ultimately speaking in this case, however, I must say with the PS3 those improvements are even greater than what they were before since it's not just visuals we are dealing with this time, but rather, everything -- whether that be online, content, eye-candy, accessories or updates and so forth. It potentially has a lot going for it, but you're not going to see that right away. But, I believe those who've purchased the console(s) before can better relate to this more so than others who had not.

[curryking1]

That's how they roll XD

[Nameless]

It looks like GT5 Pro, Uncharted, R&C & Heavenly Sword will set the standards for console visuals this holiday season...

[chartwel]

looks like the game just got 1080i support with solid framerate.



In regards to the UK release date, I believe its December 7th. We’re doing simultaneous localization in 13 languages (most, if not all, of which will be in the US version) and should be released in all territories within 3 weeks of each other.

As for multiplayer, we opted to stick to making the most compelling single player game possible this time. But there is a lot of game there and some pretty good replay value with multiple difficulty levels, hidden treasures, medal points, and some really cool unlockables.



Hey guys, I appreciate all of these comments. And in fact, you have just helped us out immensely. I wasn’t fully aware of how important it was for us to support 1080i. Up until earlier today we were only supporting 720p (and SD of course) but reading through these comments, it was brought to my attention the number of people who had HDTV’s but would not be able to experience Uncharted in high-def. So we immediately went to work and I’m pleased to announce here, for the first time, that we have now implemented 1080 support! Thanks for pointing this out to us, so now even more people will get to enjoy Uncharted the way it was meant to be… in glorious high definition!


It will play in 1080p but it’s software scaled to help out those with 1080i sets, so if you have a 1080p TV you’ll still want to play it in 720p (which it will default to).

And yes, our game runs at 30FPS

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2007/...#comment-23172

[LiquidEagle]

Sounds good, too bad I don't have a Hi-Def TV... Anybody wanna buy me one? :-D

Anyhoo, Evan Wells is pretty awesome about responding to feedback on that particular blog post, props to him for that!

[yoshaw]

Wow @ them gifs. The girl has definitely become easier on the eyes!!

[Cyrus]

It looks like GT5 Pro, Uncharted, R&C & Heavenly Sword will set the standards for console visuals this holiday season...

Pretty much yeah. But tbh this was kinda expected ever since the titles received their release dates. :p

Btw hell yeah at the multiple difficulty settings! First time for ND..

[Nameless]

I wonder how the game will looked being scaled to 1080P?
Also, will the function be an option in the settings menu or will you have to force your PS3 to "1080P only" in order to get the scaling to kick in...

[cpiasminc]

Tieno at NeoGaf made the comparison easier on the eyes :D
Whoooooaaa... a game where nearly all of the crates are actually sitting on top of pallets! That is utterly unheard of.

[VonGak]

^LOLzer you are actually right, the crates are indeed on pallets... they got too much spare time

[Passive]

after looking at these "easy on the eyes" shots...



._. < my eyes.


but wow big improvements which im loving, seems this'll be the Indy for the games industry ;) oh yeah i picked it early.

[tolkyn]

The lighting in this shot is incredible

http://i22.tinypic.com/s6ka4j.jpg

[Passive]

i personally wouldn't say "incredible"... :P I'd say "pretty good"

[EvilTaru]

Check your PM. :wave:

Melons plz rawr?http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v500/EvilTaru/Indifferent2.gif

[Epix]

Melons plz rawr?http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v500/EvilTaru/Indifferent2.gifhttp://forums.e-mpire.com/showpost.php?p=1702387&postcount=1303

[LiquidEagle]

Whoooooaaa... a game where nearly all of the crates are actually sitting on top of pallets! That is utterly unheard of.

Well they don't need to move those crates, virtual characters don't have real jobs LOL!

Anyhoo, those pictures show a lot of nice improvements overall, and after seeing the new design for her I can't get into the old design at all... she looked so plain and her hair (both from a looks and a graphical standpoint) looks much cooler now. Don't get me started on her nails... :-p

[curryking1]

I liked the plain! :'(

But man the graphics are totally fantastic!! :D

[LaLiLuLeLo]

The woman's (forgot her name) wet suit says Ottsel on it. Which is a reference to Daxter! Awesome.

[GTAce]

YEAH i knew i heard that word before lolol.

Totally forgot that.

[Nameless]

It looks like we may have a demo of this title later this month or early November... :drool:


Today Sony Computer Entertainment and Naughty Dog launched the official website for Naughty Dog's first next generation game; "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune".

Along with the opening of the official website, the company revealed that the game entered Beta testing on September 16, confirming that it is on track for its North American release this November.

Furthermore Evan Wells, Naughty Dog's co-President, confirmed they would create a demo for Uncharted: Drake's Fortune for the PlayStation Store. The final date for the demo is yet to be determined, but it will be made available prior to the games release.


Uncharted is scheduled for a November release in Europe, and will be released in North America on November 20.

Source:
http://www.psu.com/Uncharted-demo-confirmed-News--a0001460-p0.php

[Luis]

I bet the demo file will be huge and that it will last like 10 minutes :-p

[GTAce]

Great.
The waiting kills me.
At least i have Warhawk now, but there is so much awesome stuff coming, its pervert.


I bet the demo file will be huge and that it will last like 10 minutes :-p
Enough! lol
Just want to play the game on my TV, control it for myself.

[Epix]

If the demo follows the same timetable as RAC, then we can expect it about 4 weeks.

[dnpmakkah]

New level of Uncharted shown on Gamespots "On the Spot" starting at the 18 minute mark. It's spoiler free although a new room is shown and the A.I. seems to be tougher or maybe the guy playing just sucks.

Watch Video Here (http://uk.gamespot.com/video/0/6180443/videoplayerpop?rgroup=9841&ont_override=12656)

[boybergamo76]

too bad i can't download with ps3 nooooooooo :(

[EvilTaru]

http://forums.e-mpire.com/showpost.php?p=1702387&postcount=1303

Awesome thx. W00taru!!!http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v500/EvilTaru/Indifferent2.gif

[EvilTaru]

New level of Uncharted shown on Gamespots "On the Spot" starting at the 18 minute mark. It's spoiler free although a new room is shown and the A.I. seems to be tougher or maybe the guy playing just sucks.

Watch Video Here (http://uk.gamespot.com/video/0/6180443/videoplayerpop?rgroup=9841&ont_override=12656)

The AI definitely holds up, with the ability to flush the player out of cover with grenades and the now destructible cover, as well as their flanking abilities, it's going to be very interesting, their sliding into cover is extremely sweet as well.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v500/EvilTaru/Indifferent2.gif

[Viper]

Screw the lighting, I like the emotion and how all 3 appear to be actively doing something and not just standing in one place swaying side to side like a limp flag caught in a confused breeze.

[curryking1]

I bow down to the God's of Insomniac and Naughty Dog. I grow to respect them more and more with each passing day...

I am not worthy!!! Not worthy!!!

:worthy: :worthy: :worthy:

[wotter]

Nice new video that shows the facial work:

http://au.media.ps3.ign.com/media/812/812550/vids_1.html

[LiquidEagle]

Great.
The waiting kills me.
At least i have Warhawk now, but there is so much awesome stuff coming, its pervert.


BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Sorry, that gave me a really good laugh.... phew.

[wotter]

Yay!

http://i23.tinypic.com/vorksp.jpg

[Luis]

It looks like the European cover will be different to the US one:


http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61YE0U3vfML._SS400_.jpg

[GTAce]

Both VERY nice in there own way, couldnt say one of them looks better.
And yes, its rated 16 for Germany.

[Luis]

Awesome face trailer! (http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/812/812550/vid_2151628.html)

[Nameless]

^ Agreed! Great overview of the attention to detail....

[curryking1]

Yay faces! :D

I actually like the US cover better than the European one for once! The US cover is wicked! Can't wait to have that sitting on my shelf :cloud9:

[yoshaw]

Me likes the first cover with Nathan climbing on the rock. Looks like a man on a mission in both but the first one conveys it better.

[julps31]

I prefer the US cover personally because he looks more bad ass/intimidating imo. Both are good tho. The trailer was dope as well. The animation is amazing...

[9thPower]

new videos http://gamevideos.com/video/id/15243 and http://gamevideos.com/video/id/15242, the first one begins outside the custom's house, in the balconies, with a cutscene, staring nathan and elena, and the next is the awesome gameplay video, notice in the end when he is punching the fat guy, the screen shakes, and it makes it look like you are really punching the guy, not like the floating punches that occurred before.... enjoy...

[Epix]

HOLY. SHIT.
There are a whole slew of different types of unlockables that you'll be able to snag, including behind-the-scenes footage, artwork, additional costumes and even other playable characters (though Nathan will still appear in the cutscenes). You'll also be able to unlock different rendering modes, like a black and white mode, a sepia-toned mode, a next-gen filter (with appropriate super bloom and saturated colors) and even a mode that doesn't utilize textures, allowing you to see how the geometry was put together more easily. It's worth noting that any unlockables you earn are shared between all the save games on the system, and that you can carry over Medals that you've earned into a second or third play through in order to help you find all the treasures and unlock everything.

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/825/825460/uncharted-drakes-fortune-20071005051552128.jpg

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/825/825460/uncharted-drakes-fortune-20071005051553910.jpg

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/825/825460/uncharted-drakes-fortune-20071005051557113.jpg

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/825/825460/uncharted-drakes-fortune-20071005051558738.jpg

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/825/825460/uncharted-drakes-fortune-20071005051603816.jpg

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/825/825460/uncharted-drakes-fortune-20071005051609550.jpg

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/825/825460/uncharted-drakes-fortune-20071005051613253.jpg

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/825/825460/uncharted-drakes-fortune-20071005051605363.jpg

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/825/825460/uncharted-drakes-fortune-20071005051555441.jpg

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/825/825460/uncharted-drakes-fortune-20071005051600410.jpg

New Movies
http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/812/812550/vids_1.html

[Nameless]

This game looks incredible and the combination of melee and gun play is going to be hot! This game looks like it has potential to be GOTY material...

[masteratt]

Not the best quality shots :-/

[makeitlookreal]

There are a whole slew of different types of unlockables that you'll be able to snag, including behind-the-scenes footage, artwork, additional costumes and even other playable characters (though Nathan will still appear in the cutscenes). You'll also be able to unlock different rendering modes, like a black and white mode, a sepia-toned mode, a next-gen filter (with appropriate super bloom and saturated colors) and even a mode that doesn't utilize textures, allowing you to see how the geometry was put together more easily. It's worth noting that any unlockables you earn are shared between all the save games on the system, and that you can carry over Medals that you've earned into a second or third play through in order to help you find all the treasures and unlock everything.

How about a mode where the painted look is removed and replaced with a more realistic look (as they initially planned).

[-gin-]

lovin the texture work in that catacombs picture with the skulls.. it looks amazing everywhere, what am i saying.. can't wait.

[Sephiroth_VII]

There are a whole slew of different types of unlockables that you'll be able to snag, including behind-the-scenes footage, artwork, additional costumes and even other playable characters (though Nathan will still appear in the cutscenes). You'll also be able to unlock different rendering modes, like a black and white mode, a sepia-toned mode, a next-gen filter (with appropriate super bloom and saturated colors) and even a mode that doesn't utilize textures, allowing you to see how the geometry was put together more easily. It's worth noting that any unlockables you earn are shared between all the save games on the system, and that you can carry over Medals that you've earned into a second or third play through in order to help you find all the treasures and unlock everything.
:lol:

Does that remind you guys of anything? (http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=224) I think the ND devs read VG Cats, haha!

[Epix]

Direct Grabs from 720p Video:

http://i21.tinypic.com/2rwlqub.jpg

http://i24.tinypic.com/2hczy3o.jpg

http://i20.tinypic.com/fcusdk.jpg

http://i23.tinypic.com/2yx2bms.jpg

http://i20.tinypic.com/2ajopea.jpg

http://i20.tinypic.com/2nvfm9c.jpg

http://www.vertigogaming.net/HUD/drake1.jpg

http://www.vertigogaming.net/HUD/drake2.jpg

http://www.vertigogaming.net/HUD/drake3.jpg

http://www.vertigogaming.net/HUD/drake4.jpg

http://www.vertigogaming.net/HUD/drake5.jpg

http://www.vertigogaming.net/HUD/drake6.jpg

http://www.vertigogaming.net/HUD/drake7.jpg

http://www.vertigogaming.net/HUD/drake8.jpg

[Shogun042]

oh

my

GOD.

[Raijin]

The quality of this video is really poor and yet the game manages to shine. Impressive, to say the least...

[Passive]

Wow... this game is looking fantasic i can't wait to see those laser sights moving. :P something that always looks cool to me

[dnpmakkah]

I wonder if this game will maintain it's 'real world' characters throughout or will there be other types of characters/creatures in the game. There was a picture of big spiders (I'd love that).

[Luis]

*jaw drops*

[B Dizzle]

1st Party GOTY: Uncharted

3rd Party GOTY: COD4 or Orange Box


That is all

[makeitlookreal]

I am excited because this game might have a mode that allows for a more realistic look.

[Luis]

I think I'm avoiding all Uncharted threads from now on everywhere as well as news articles because I've seen too many environments and even cutscene screen captures. I still know pretty much nothing about the storyline although each time I see something new I could take better guesses. What I know is that the jungle environments we've seen until recently are just the tip of the iceberg and that the game will have a lot more to offer.

I'm much more than sold on Uncharted and I don't need or want to see more of it before I play it :-p

[Passive]

I dont know about that, i think id rather is be real world instead of leaning to a fantasy type game. This game to me gives of the Indiana Jone vibe. that was slighlty fantastical but nothing like big creatures and such.

[B Dizzle]

I am excited because this game might have a mode that allows for a more realistic look.

You wont let it lie, will you. This game look stunning and if you don't like it, dont buy it.

[Smokey]

Yay!

http://i23.tinypic.com/vorksp.jpg

wtf is a schicksal?

[Segitz]

wtf is a schicksal?

The literal translation would be destiny, but fortune also works in a way

[Smokey]

sounds like he's off to do a circumcision lol

[Jay Gee]

I am excited because this game might have a mode that allows for a more realistic look.
No, it WON'T. It's still going to have the painted look, and you're still not gonna have enough money to buy it anyhow. Shut UP.

EDIT: Disavow this post. He's going on ignore. I don't wanna get banned/neg repped for trolling this one trick pony.


wtf is a schicksal?
I think it's German for "AWESOME." Seriously, still liking this name better than the US one. LOL

[yoshaw]

sounds like he's off to do a circumcision lol

:laugh: LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh shit!!! I was thinking the same but didn't feel like sayin it. +rep for breaking my ribs with laughter!!! lol


And HOLY SHIT at the new pics!!! :drool: GOTMFY

[El_Indigo]

Man, oh man the new video from gamersyde brought tears to my eyes, Naughty dogs new streaming engine is amazing. Some textures are insanely high detailed, I haven’t seen no low res textures 'pop' into higher detail al of a sudden either yet and unlike gears the level of detail of the textures in the distance is pretty fucking amazing for a console game.

[Epix]

I think I'm avoiding all Uncharted threads from now on everywhere as well as news articles because I've seen too many environments and even cutscene screen captures. I still know pretty much nothing about the storyline although each time I see something new I could take better guesses. What I know is that the jungle environments we've seen until recently are just the tip of the iceberg and that the game will have a lot more to offer.

I'm much more than sold on Uncharted and I don't need or want to see more of it before I play it :-pI agree and I'm now boycotting all things Uncharted.

[Passive]

Lol what is it with people avoiding games because of 'spoilers'??? if you dont want a game spoiled why are you signed up to a gaming forum? :P or why do you go into the thread in the first place?

[LaLiLuLeLo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v368/Lalilulelo/itsbeautifulcat.jpg


I am excited because this game might have a mode that allows for a more realistic look.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v368/Lalilulelo/1190780839322.gif

First off, that doesn't make any sense. Is your head so far up your a** that you can't see what you're typing?

And 2nd:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v368/Lalilulelo/1190628492691.gif

[Passive]

Hey check this out :P

Same video shown at Gametrailers and Gamevideos but different graphical settings, Really shows how good this game can look.


Have a look (http://gameplanets.blogspot.com/2007/10/uncharted-gametrailers-vs-gamevideos.html)

[Nameless]

^ I saw the same thing not sure if it's a different build or the filters that will be included with the game? If you look closely at the Gamevideos trailer the characters look more detailed, but the enviornments look a little different (less detail).

[cliffbo]

oh NO!!!!!!!!! he's shooting a gun in a church... quick, fax the pope

[yoshaw]

You get on it Cliff. I'll dial the direct red line to Washington then. :P

[julps31]

Omg...they'll be an orgy of blood. We better stop this... :crazy2:

[Epix]

Lol what is it with people avoiding games because of 'spoilers'??? if you dont want a game spoiled why are you signed up to a gaming forum? :P or why do you go into the thread in the first place?GTFO

[makeitlookreal]

Lali....

The little baby have another temper tantrum... let me get you a lollipop...........

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/45/70/22187045.jpg

[Nameless]

Here we go... :norris:

[yoshaw]

http://www.c4dnexus.nl/forums/style_emoticons/default/roll.gif

First ignored, now Bantt!!

[makeitlookreal]

Once again, Lali was the one that started with the insults.

Anyway, I am very excited that this game will have many different outputs.

[Nameless]

^ You knew that stupid fucking post about a "realistic filter" would cause insulting responses and don't play dumb... :rant:

Now all we need is your post saying the final level should take place on a space station... :crazy:

[makeitlookreal]

No, but I would like to see some mutated monsters or giant dinosaurs!

[Nameless]

^ Well at least you got a sense of humor...
*I hope you were joking...* :doh:

[makeitlookreal]

I am serious. There is a guy searching through the jungle for hidden treasure. I have seen a bunch of movies where heros such as him have to fight giant lizards, dinosaurs, or other monsters. I think it could be fun.

[karibu]

I am serious. There is a guy searching through the jungle for hidden treasure. I have seen a bunch of movies where heros such as him have to fight giant lizards, dinosaurs, or other monsters. I think it could be fun.

Why the hell you want every game to be exact copy of another?
That would suck so much monkey balls.
Game where's no monsters, dinos, aliens, supernatural beings...
oh god yes, yes!.

[makeitlookreal]

We all have different opinions. There is nothing wrong with you liking a game without those things. There is nothing wrong with me liking games with dinos, aliens, supernatural beings, vampires, ghosts, etc.

[Nameless]

^ So let me make sure I got this right; you want realistic graphics with unrealistic plots and characters... :huh:

[cpiasminc]

MILR's hope of a "realistic" mode is simply borne out of the fact that he doesn't have it in him to think that a "painted" or "stylized" look could be anything other than flat out NPR (http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/siggraph/EOHpicaEmberBIG.jpg).

A stylized look couldn't possibly mean color filtering towards greater color saturation or boosting contrast, or playing with the palette in order to evoke mood... no, it means the greatest and most unspeakable sin possible by man, god, or devil was committed, and the game was meant to look like TF2 or Wind Waker...

[yoshaw]

^
http://www.c4dnexus.nl/forums/style_emoticons/default/haha.gif

Normal http://209.85.62.23/86/93/emo/rory.gif babies: Milk Tits Milk Milk Tits Milk

MILR http://209.85.62.23/86/93/emo/rory.gif baby: Realism Tits Realism Tits Realism Tits Realism

[LaLiLuLeLo]

That picture of the girl with the all day lollipop is awesome, so I mean, I'm not even slighted in the least. It's adorable. But I'm not having a temper tantrum, my mood is pretty flatline most of the time, I'm just miffed that even when I am nice, it's like talking to a brick wall, none of it sinks in anyway, so why bother when the result is always nil? If I'm gonna sit up here and type anything, I might as well have some fun while I'm at it, since there's no effect either way.

[makeitlookreal]

I drink, sleep, and eat realism.

[VonGak]

Do anyone remember the interview/preview where the mentioned the balancing between platforming, puzzle solving and shooting in percentages?

[Media]

Your expectations for realism are unrealistic.

(I am clever)

[Jay Gee]

That you are. +rep (when I can rep you again)

[LaLiLuLeLo]

I drink, sleep, and eat realism.

In video games anyway.

[LiquidEagle]

I just hope they always keep the AWESOME filter on this game 'cause it looks sweet and I can't wait for it.

[EvilTaru]

wtf is a schicksal?

Schicksal for teh shizzle.

Schicksal is fucking beautiful.

Schicksal is awesome-wowsome.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v500/EvilTaru/Indifferent2.gif

[makeitlookreal]

This game is awesome.

It has great textures, geometry, animation, etc.

And it will have multiple rendering modes.

[dnpmakkah]

I am serious. There is a guy searching through the jungle for hidden treasure. I have seen a bunch of movies where heros such as him have to fight giant lizards, dinosaurs, or other monsters. I think it could be fun.Yep I want something wierd in the game too. I don't know about dinosaurs but something out the norm would be cool but only if done right.

[masteratt]

I want an alien dressed like a dinosaur.

[makeitlookreal]

I think there could be a lot of really cool monsters in this game. I think a giant lizard would be cool or perhaps gigantic crocodile.

[woundingchaney]

I wouldnt mind some crocodiles or other wildlife, but Im not overly sure about dinosaurs and other giant lizards, aliens, ghosts, etc.

[gibmonster]

Depends on how its all done.
After all, the game's title is Uncharted...Not sure about dinosaurs as that may come off as too Tomb Raider-esque.

[yoshaw]

Sure. Can I have my game with fries and a large coke too? :roll eyes:







Seriously!!! :P

[Passive]

lol i was thinking the same thing yoshaw.

mine was more along the line of having a cake and eating it too

[cliffbo]

I drink, sleep, and eat realism.

smart answer! lol

[Bsack]

Why would you want some fantasy island type creatures to appear on this game? That would be lame...

[flipflop]

I think i read somewhere the game has a super natural element to it.

[LaLiLuLeLo]

This game is awesome.

It has great textures, geometry, animation, etc.

And it will have multiple rendering modes.

No, it won't. It's just the final polish being put on the game's one visual style.

[nMIK-3]

I can't wait for that game.
I just don't understand why it will only support resolutions of 720p/1080i letting out 1080p.

[LaLiLuLeLo]

Because 1080p is expensive. On graphics, I mean.

[nMIK-3]

I thing their problem is time.
In the recent interview a developer said that they have like a million of bugs and the game is set to release next month.

Since its made by Sony and regarding the fact that almost all games by Sony running at 1080p, I was expecting the same from such an important title.

[LaLiLuLeLo]

By most you mean, a select handfull like some lackluster sports titles and....ridge..racer? Resistance-720p, Heavenly Sword-720p, Ratchet and Clank-720P, Killzone 720p....uh..what.


Lair is the only one that's 1080p that comes to mind, and while pretty, did make a few visual sacrifices.

Unless you're talking about all those eyeblistering downloadable titles :laugh:
the problem isn't just time, it's resources. It's just not worth it to sacrifice the level of visual fidelity most designers want to achieve for a resolution so few people have (hey nameless) as of now, and few will notice. I can see it from their perspective as a waste of time, money and man-power.

[cpiasminc]

I think a giant lizard would be cool or perhaps gigantic crocodile.
How about this... a crocodile in a small pool of water that's just large enough that you couldn't possibly jump over it, but there's a vine swinging back and forth that you could use to swing across the little pool of water and just barely evade the crocodiles if you time it just right that you don't go near them while their mouths are open!
http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/pitfall/screenshots/gameShotId,39699/

EDIT : Made it a link... I'm too lazy to put it somewhere else.

[LaLiLuLeLo]

gif is blocked, no hotlinking :(

[curryking1]

I have 1080p on my monitor... even though my monitor isn't 1080p XD

Looks amazing tho :)

Hahahah @ cpi, that was good XD

On the 720p/1080p issue... it's all going to be dependent on what the devs are going for. 1080p is perfect for GT5, but it's not for Uncharted or R&C. It's just what they want to do. Maybe in the future of what they want to do will be able to include 1080p, and maybe not, maybe they'll want even more resources in 720p instead of opting for the same in 1080p if that choice happens, who knows??

[Nameless]

How about this... a crocodile in a small pool of water that's just large enough that you couldn't possibly jump over it, but there's a vine swinging back and forth that you could use to swing across the little pool of water and just barely evade the crocodiles if you time it just right that you don't go near them while their mouths are open!
http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/pitfall/screenshots/gameShotId,39699/

EDIT : Made it a link... I'm too lazy to put it somewhere else.

Classic... LMAO! (+rep)

[LaLiLuLeLo]

Excellent.

[Jay Gee]

How about this... a crocodile in a small pool of water that's just large enough that you couldn't possibly jump over it, but there's a vine swinging back and forth that you could use to swing across the little pool of water and just barely evade the crocodiles if you time it just right that you don't go near them while their mouths are open!
http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/pitfall/screenshots/gameShotId,39699/

EDIT : Made it a link... I'm too lazy to put it somewhere else.
I already knew what game he was referring to as soon as I read "crocodile."

[makeitlookreal]

That sounds like a great idea CPI! I hope something like that is in Drake's Fortune.

[warmachine]

@cpi: But why not use the newly gained 3rd dimension, which is only available on true next-gen systems, and just run around the pool? :shrug:

(I think there are some grammar mistakes hiding up there... -_-)

[Luis]

I think they should also incorporate a random wormhole that transports Nathan to Sun's surface where you get to fight Hitler riding a T-Rex with torpedo launchers. I hope that's a final boss fight!

:shifty:

(I wasn't supposed to be here, but then again I knew this thread wouldn't be discussing the latest news...)

[GTAce]

:laugh: VG wins.

Can we now go back to the "real" Uncharted? 8)

[Sephiroth_VII]

I thought R&C was 1080p?

[BruceWayneIII]

Oh dear...

[Luis]

Uncharted date, demo chatter (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=84884)
08/10/07 10:53

Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells has said that Uncharted: Drake's Fortune will probably be released here in early December, with a demo due out before launch.

Speaking on the comments section of his latest official Sony blog update, Wells wrote: "In regards to the UK release date, I believe its December 7th. We're doing simultaneous localisation in 13 languages...and should be released in all territories within 3 weeks of each other."

In answer to queries about the demo, he said: "Yes, we will be creating a downloadable demo for the PSN. We don't have a final date on when it will be up, but it will be before our release date." By that he presumably means the US release date of 20th November.

Even more heart-lifting was one of Wells' later comments, where he thanked everyone for chipping in to the discussion before explaining that - having read arguments about including 1080i support - the team had gone away and added it on top of the native 720p support. "[I]t was brought to my attention the number of people who had HDTVs but would not be able to experience Uncharted in high-def," he told the audience. "So we immediately went to work and I'm pleased to announce here, for the first time, that we have now implemented 1080 support!" He went on to say that the game runs at 30 frames-per-second.

For more on Uncharted, check out our recent preview/interview (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=83545).

[curryking1]

I think they should also incorporate a random wormhole that transports Nathan to Sun's surface where you get to fight Hitler riding a T-Rex with torpedo launchers. I hope that's a final boss fightt![/COLOR]

Omg that sounds like Dino Riders! Dinosaurs with rocket launchers ftw!

[LaLiLuLeLo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v368/Lalilulelo/dinowar-1.jpg

[curryking1]

Hahaha! That was so timely XD

[Red_Eyes]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v368/Lalilulelo/dinowar-1.jpg

This game looks badass!

[yoshaw]

LOL :laugh:

[BruceWayneIII]

Don't know if this has been posted:

Evan Wells

Hey guys,

So I see a lot of questions about the length of the game. It’s always a tricky question to answer since people’s skill levels vary so much. But I think it’s safe to say that it would be hard to finish it the first time in less than 10 hours. And I think a much more average play time is probably closer to 12. We have 3 selectable difficulty levels from the start of the game (Easy, Normal, and Hard) and one that is unlockable (Crushing!), so you can decide how much of a challenge you want. We’ve also made it possible to change your difficulty setting mid-game, so if you feel you made a mistake a couple of hours in, you can switch without having to start over.

And as for replayablity, we have a bunch of hidden treasure to search for throughout the environments and Medal Points you can earn by showing off your skills as you play the game. These can all be used to unlock some pretty cool secrets (concept art, behind the scenes movies, skins, cheats, etc.)

Hope that answers you questions!

[curryking1]

Skins! Cool! I hope that means costumes! :D

[FLCL]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2351/1518111410_9b8baa247c_o.jpg

Mod Edit: Oversize, man.

[Nameless]

^ Where is that from?
Looks incredible... :drool:

[BruceWayneIII]

Someone posted in on NeoGAF -don't know where it originally came from. But it looks really great. :)

[makeitlookreal]

This game looks badass!

I would like a modified version of that.

In my opinion, it would be cool if he encountered a few large lizards or perhaps a dinosaur living in the jungle. There are legends and sightings (in recent times) of all kinds of creatures lurking in the jungles. From giant snakes, lizards, and even unknown creatures!

To read up a little more on cryptozoology...

http://www.cryptomundo.com/index.php

[Luis]

*knows he shouldn't be here, spoiling Uncharted himself*

That one came from here (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2007/10/08/uncharted-drake&#37;e2%80%99s-fortune-moves-closer-to-gold/):


Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Moves Closer to Gold
+ Posted by Evan Wells // Co-President, Naughty Dog

Hello again! The countdown is on and we are only two weeks away from a Gold Master. We’re down to the point where every minute matters. The QA departments are working around the clock (and around the globe … in Europe and Japan) looking for any last bugs that we need to get cleaned up before we can ship.

Things are hectic around our studio as we’re trying to juggle several tasks at once. Not only are we trying to wrap up production on the game, but we’re also working frantically on helping with the package design and the strategy guide as well. We’ve also scheduled one last impromptu focus test this weekend in our office so that we can check to make sure that any of the last minute tweaks we’ve made to certain aspects of the game haven’t thrown off any of the previous game balance tuning that we’ve done.

Richard Lemarchand was up North in the Bay Area doing a whirlwind media tour on Thursday and Friday of last week. He stopped by the offices of many magazines and websites to show off the latest build of the game and to give some last minute updates before we send off the final disc for review. Be sure to keep an eye out for coverage and gameplay footage online. This preview (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/825/825467p1.html) from IGN is one of the first I’ve spotted.

We’re also preparing to create another trailer to be released in the coming weeks. Taylor Kurosaki, our video editor, is working on selecting the music to use in the next one and planning out the flow and the structure to tease the story just enough without giving too much away.

The final mixes of sound, music and dialog are all being added to our cinematics and it’s really coming together nicely. We’re also getting back all of our localized assets so that we can ship Uncharted simultaneously around the world in 13 languages!

For more information, be sure to visit the official game Web site (http://www.us.playstation.com/Uncharted/).

Also Read:
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (Update) (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2007/10/03/uncharted-drakes-fortune-update/)
Inside the Developers Studio: Evan Wells & Richard Lemarchand (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2007/07/06/inside-the-developers-studio-evan-wells-richard-lemarchand/)

[Fats]

*sigh*

Deleted.

[Rockmond]

Naughty Dog is win.

[Epix]

Deserves attachment:

8600

[jaxmkii]

^ oh fuq pick up that M79!!!

[BruceWayneIII]

More:


I’m back!

Let me answer a few of these questions quickly:

RE: Multiplayer – Uncharted does not feature a multiplayer mode. We really wanted to focus the entire teams efforts on creating the most engaging single player experience.

RE: Screensots – Our screenshots are all captured directly from the game. There is post processing and depth of field, but that’s all being calculated real-time, and how it really looks in the game.

RE: Languages – We do have spoken Dutch, but you can set it to spoken English with Dutch subtitles if that’s how you’d prefer to play it. In fact you can pick any combination of spoken language and text that you like.

RE: Demo – Yes we will have a demo before the game hit’s the shelves, but we don’t have an exact date set yet.

RE: International Release Dates – I hope I didn’t put my foot in my mouth too badly. We are gold mastering all the languages at once, but due to the distribution differences between the various territories around the world there may be a few weeks difference between street dates from country to country.

RE: Advertising – We are working closely with our advertising agency working on a wide range of marketing executions. The TV spot is being worked on and coming along nicely. All of this will start hitting soon. We want to wait until closer to release to for the big push. After all, it doesn’t do you much good to see something on TV that you can’t run out and buy!


He seems to share my view on advertising...

[BruceWayneIII]

Btw, there seems to be a new 'Behind the scenes'-movie here:

http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/812/812550/vids_1.html

I haven't seen it yet - still downloading. If it's new I will upload it tomorrow (it's late here) to FileFront.

[Epix]

Btw, there seems to be a new 'Behind the scenes'-movie here:

http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/812/812550/vids_1.html

I haven't seen it yet - still downloading. If it's new I will upload it tomorrow (it's late here) to FileFront.Make it RapidShare or MU.

[yoshaw]

Click image for 720p
http://xs320.xs.to/xs320/07412/uncharted-drakes-fortune-2.jpg (http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/825/825460/uncharted-drakes-fortune-20071005051600410.jpg)

http://www.c4dnexus.nl/forums/style_emoticons/default/wow.gif
Holy Sheeeeeeeeeeet

[curryking1]

Oh my god... you've got to be kidding... that looks too sexy....

[makeitlookreal]

I think the vegetation is the best part of this game.

[julps31]

Yea man. The environments are huge in this game. Very impressive. Love the amount of detail too. Tomb Raider eat your hear out lol. ;)

[makeitlookreal]

The environments look MUCH better than any of the Tomb Raider games.

[yoshaw]

It's here that we saw some of the refined animation features in place in the current build. Thanks to the game's blending technology, different animations can be run together to create more lifelike reactions to the goings-on. For instance, if you shoot someone in the hip, he could hold his side while running for cover, or limp away if shot in the leg. The enemies react a little more realistically now as well, taking cover and getting out of fire if you blanket the area with bullets.

http://www.c4dnexus.nl/forums/style_emoticons/default/drool.gif


Getting our hands on the game, we noticed that the camera has come a long way since the first time we played Uncharted and the whole movement and aiming system feels great now. Taking cover and rolling to dodge gunfire also works very smoothly, and Drake overall feels like he has more weight to him than earlier builds that we played. Naughty Dog's experience shows here with how well the controls have been refined and tuned.

http://www.c4dnexus.nl/forums/style_emoticons/default/super.gif

[VideoGame mania]

WOW the game looks amazing, finally PS3 has surpassed Gears graphics.

[flipflop]

WOW the game looks amazing, finally PS3 has surpassed Gears graphics.
Heavenly Sword, Motorstorm are the released games that have already surpassed GEOW technically. I really feel Gears is a red herring though because it's a corridor shooter and hence it's resourses are very concentrated.

[LaLiLuLeLo]

The environments look MUCH better than any of the Tomb Raider games.

Yes, this is absolutely true, only because we haven't seen a next-gen tomb raider.

[Epix]

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Most of our issues with prior builds of an already-promising game seem to have been fixed. We'll still have to see how the final product turns out once it releases in six weeks.

As the PlayStation 3 hits its second holiday season, few titles have gotten as much fanfare as Naughty Dog's Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. The adventure title has been as much of a showcase for the platform as Resistance: Fall of Man was during last year's console launch. Of course, the two titles have their differences across genres, but both are holiday flagship titles from two of SCEA's leading exclusive development houses. While we've tracked the progress of Uncharted for some time, we were presented with not only a few new levels to try out last week, but with a new enhancement to the game experience: a prototype of the Dual Shock 3.

For those of you who (like us) are thinking about importing Dual Shock 3s from Japan, the rumble is a very welcome feature, and unlike many of the existing PS3 titles on the market, Uncharted won't need a patch. Instead, as Line Producer Sam Thompson told us, rumble support will be included on the Blu-ray disc. No need to wait for the US launch next spring to feel the effects of gunshots on the game's hero, Nathan Drake.

For those who haven't heard much about the game, you'll be stepping into the shoes of treasure hunter Nathan Drake as he searches for clues to the lost city of El Dorado, which legendary historical figure (or pirate, if you're not British) Sir Francis Drake was in search of. The journey eventually takes you to a lost Spanish colony somewhere in the Pacific. Both Thompson and Naughty Dog Lead Designer Richard Lemarchand stopped by our offices to show off two new stages, The Customs House and Catacombs, which you'll be able to watch video footage from right here. The Customs House is an abandoned facility from the colonial era, while the Catacombs will take you into subterranean quarters in search of more clues.

The biggest difference we noticed from our last hands-on with the game (we played the same build between Sony's Croatia event last month and Tokyo Game Show) was that we got killed a lot less. While we're fairly adept gamers, we noticed that the enemy AI has been toned down from "11" to tolerably tough. It also appears that just before the game went into beta testing a few weeks ago, the team decided to scrap the dynamic difficulty that it had been plotting out from the beginning. To be honest, after pumping slugs into bullet sponges and taking more damage than them, we weren't sure how it would all come together in the end product. Given the wild imbalances in previous builds we played, we're glad that the team has opted for more traditional difficulty settings, as it wasn't coming together as well as one might have hoped.

Another important and very evident last-minute addition that we noticed was the implementation of destructible cover. According to Lemarchand, it had been on the table, but the team was on the fence in regard to incorporating the mechanic into gameplay. We noticed it during our jaunt in Customs House. We'd mentioned in past coverage that Naughty Dog has done a great deal in the animation department to capture Nathan's emotional state throughout the adventure, especially fear, as he hides behind bullet-chipped walls. Now it looks like said walls also run the risk of dissolving under a hailstorm of ammo, so it'll be up to you to play wisely.

It also appears that the death animations have been toned down. Lemarchand mentioned that there had been some complaints regarding the "excessiveness" of pirate and mercenary deaths, and some found the flopping around to be a bit much. It wasn't a huge complaint of ours; we were more concerned about it taking multiple shots to the head to drop an enemy more than how spastically he died, but we're fine with the changes. Except, Lemarchand said, for the sniper rifle and grenades, the likes of which you can watch in our video clips.

We're also happy to see that there are more animations in place so that you can differentiate wounded enemies from non-wounded ones. It was something that we occasionally noticed during our last demo in the courtyard section, as mercenaries would flank in large numbers, and it was tough to tell who we'd already injured. There has also been some weapons tuning. Look for rifles such as the AK-47 to give you a faster rate of fire, but with less damage, while handguns will give you more stopping power up close, but with much slower reload times.

We also got the skinny on more regarding the game's visuals. It looks like the final product will come in at thirty frames per sec ond, and it runs natively in 720p. However, unlike last year's issues regarding Resistance playback on older HD sets that only rendered 1080i or 480p (thus downscaling that game to 480p), Naughty Dog has ensured that Uncharted will also support 1080i output. It also looks like as of now, the cinematics are mostly done, but haven't been completely finalized. Also, the game is still being bug tested, but we've been told that Naughty Dog's beta process turns around faster than many developers, so the game's likely closer to completion than the build we played last week.

While we've given lots of positive coverage to Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, we've also been very quick to point out what issues Naughty Dog needed to address. The team seems to have done a fine job tweaking things to address most of our major gripes. While the game isn't finished and we can't pass judgment until it hits stores, we've seen most of our problems with the game addressed. Getting hands-on with a new build that tweaks the difficulty, balances weapons and allows for us to see where we've wounded enemies has gone a long way in boosting our confidence in the game. We'll see how it all pans out once we've got review code.

[EvilTaru]

Yes, this is absolutely true, only because we haven't seen a next-gen tomb raider.

I doubt whatever next-gen TR Crystal Dynamics puts out will look or play all that great anyway. Toby Gard sucks as a director and CD doesn't even have Hennig and Lemarchand anymore and both were instrumental in making Soul Reaver great. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v500/EvilTaru/gladtomeetya.gif

[curryking1]

I agree with Lali we haven't seen a next gen Tomb Raider, but I also disagree with the part that it's 'only because we haven't seen one it's not better than Uncharted.'

And with that I agree with EvilTaru that to see a next gen Tomb Raider I would wonder if it would be able to surpass Uncharted.

[Segitz]

Well, the last Tomb Raider (not the Anniversary thing) was okeyish... Not that bad, but nothing special.

At least, we Europeans get a timely release this time around (not like with Lair and most, if not all PSN releases). 3 weeks is a tolerable wait time.

And, I like it, that you can a) select a diffculty from the get go and b) change it mid game, if it gets too hard. I always loved this in games (Oblivion, NWN et al). I prefer games to be a challenge, but not unfair (some games just get unfair, like MK2 or SF2 (on very hard at least)).

I doubt, a TR game will surpass Uncharted, at least anytime soon. The problem is multiplatforming. Gameplaywise it may (we cannot tell how well Uncharted plays yet so, this is a moot point) do so, but graphically and scalewise, it will surely not rival a first/second party game.

[jaxmkii]

We also got the skinny on more regarding the game's visuals. It looks like the final product will come in at thirty frames per sec ond, and it runs natively in 720p. However, unlike last year's issues regarding Resistance playback on older HD sets that only rendered 1080i or 480p (thus downscaling that game to 480p), Naughty Dog has ensured that Uncharted will also support 1080i output. It also looks like as of now, the cinematics are mostly done, but haven't been completely finalized. Also, the game is still being bug tested, but we've been told that Naughty Dog's beta process turns around faster than many developers, so the game's likely closer to completion than the build we played last week.

if you set supports 720p and 1080i you would be a fool not to use 1080i as your default. as the frame rate will never reach the 60fps need to take advatage of 720p.

[Epix]

if you set supports 720p and 1080i you would be a fool not to use 1080i as your default. as the frame rate will never reach the 60fps need to take advatage of 720p.You're going to want to use 720p if you can and 1080i if you can't.

[jaxmkii]

um no... if the frame rate is capped at 30fps than both 720p and 1080i will have the same refresh rates. mine as well use the higher 1080i rez

[Epix]

um no... if the frame rate is capped at 30fps than both 720p and 1080i will have the same refresh rates. mine as well use the higher 1080i rezIt's not really higher rez. The game is 1280 x 720p native and has an option to output 960 x 1080i that's then upscaled to 1920 x 1080i. 1280 x 720p is the way you want to go if you have the option.

[jaxmkii]

so its not realy a 1080i?... lame

[Epix]

so its not realy a 1080i?... lameWell, it's not natively rendering in 1920 x 1080i if that's what you're asking. They're just adding the ability to output 1920 x 1080i for HD displays that can't accept 1280 x 720p to allow them to play in (upscaled) HD resolutions. Still better then the alternative of playing in 720 x 480p but play in 720p if you can.

[jaxmkii]

my TV takes both 720p and 1080i...

honestly i prefer 1080i native games as my tv upscales all signals to 1080i

[BruceWayneIII]

^ I just have a feeling that the PS3 scales the image better than your TV.

[user friendly]

720p>1080i for gaming.

[Luis]

Progressive is always better for gaming, but whatever.

[Segitz]

All HDReady sets must support 1080i, but does it make sense? I'd say no, and I mean always no.

Interlacing is a bad stepbrother from the past, when analogue tv engineers da the choice to do progressive low res or interlaced mid res tv... Since CRTs deinterlace "physically", it didn't matter much, but nowadays, it pretty much sucks. LCDs and Plasmas always display progressive pictures, no matter the input. So, interlaced material needs to be deinterlaced (it needs to be put back to progressive) beforehand. So, your material always suffer. Only very high end tvs usually do very good deinterlacing, but those sets are very expensive and usually not gamers choice.

Mine does and okeyish job at it. In gaming it is not that bad (GTHD), but just use the internet browser and you see what I mean.

I hope, interlacing dies soon :D It really is something best forgotten.

[Epix]

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Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is one of Sony's biggest guns in the PlayStation 3's holiday arsenal, and also vaunted developer Naughty Dog's first stab at making a game on next-generation hardware. The majority of Uncharted that we've seen so far has been set in the tropical jungle where Drake and friends will battle a team of crack mercenaries on their way to hopefully discovering the lost treasure of El Dorado to become rich beyond their wildest dreams. At least, that's the plan. But what else is in the game? Naughty Dog stopped by our office recently to show off some indoor areas from later in the adventure, which proved to us that Uncharted will be much more than a simple steamy jungle romp.

The game will be split over 20 chapters, and you'll see a chapter title tastefully pop up onscreen every time you begin a new section. This smacked of a good adventure novel to us, and lead designer Richard Lemarchand indeed said it's meant to evoke the classic adventure serials (think Indiana Jones), which inspired Uncharted in the first place. Our demo began at the outset of chapter 11, about halfway through the game, as Drake entered a customs house, an old 16-century Spanish governmental building originally used to coordinate the shipping of goods. The outside required Drake to leap across a few broken walkways and such to reach the interior. But those darn mercs had set up shop in the main, ruined room of the building, which required our hero to run from cover to cover, taking them down carefully and methodically as the tactical combat demands.

We were more impressed by the next section, which was set in an ancient monastery. In terms of design, this dimly candle-lit cathedral was the most starkly different setting we've seen yet in Uncharted and quite dissimilar to the typical jungle environments that make up the early game. We played through an intense firefight in the main room here, ducking or rolling between pews and columns as we fought off a number of mercs up close with shotguns. Toward the back of the church, we used high-powered, laser sight-equipped rifles. After we cleared the room of enemies, we uncovered a minor puzzle via a mysterious diary that required us to ring two bells at the same time (we'll leave the fairly intuitive solution to the player) that led us down into some subterranean catacombs, complete with Lara Croft-style chasm-jumping and ledge-grabbing.

Naughty Dog has been listening closely to player feedback from previous demo showings of the game, especially on certain Internet gaming forums that shall remain nameless. As a result, it has implemented a wide range of tweaks to the combat and navigation that we found improved the overall experience from the previous times we've played the game. Primarily, enemy resistance to damage has been reduced, so you won't unload half a clip of ammo into one guy before he goes down anymore. The targeting has also been tightened and refined; thus, overall, it felt like we were putting forth a much more effective offense than we were able to do in the past. Another nice addition will help you navigate some of the more acrobatic obstacles in the game. Whenever Drake is clinging to a ledge or overhang and you press the stick in the direction you want him to jump, he'll extend his arm toward the next available handhold--if there is one. This will give you a clearer visual cue that it's safe to leap without plunging to your doom.

Uncharted represents a departure from Naughty Dog's traditionally whimsical, cartoon-style roots, but the team's trademark design elements are still evident throughout the game. For one, you'll find a rewards system built into the game that's all but identical to the one seen in the Jak & Daxter series. You start out by earning medals, each of which has a point value attached to it. Some medals will be granted when you simply discover hidden treasure throughout the game. Others come from your actions, similar to Xbox Live achievements; for instance, scoring five headshots in a row might grant a medal. You'll see a little in-game pop-up that shows which medal you've just acquired, along with the number of points it's granted you.

There will be dozens of available rewards, each with a point cost. So as you accumulate points, you'll unlock more and more of the rewards, which will let you modify the game in all sorts of interesting ways. You'll unlock the requisite concept art and making-of videos, of course, but you'll also go on to open up new costumes for Drake and his friends. You'll eventually even be able to play through the game with different characters, such as Elena and Sullivan, on subsequent play-throughs. The rewards get really crazy when you get up to the graphical effects and gameplay tweaks that really change the look and feel of the game. You'll be able to play the game in slow-motion or black and white or sepia-toned for a nostalgic look. Then later, you can crank the light bloom up to searing intensity or remove all the texture maps from the game to make everything look completely featureless. We're not just being polite in saying that Uncharted looks better every time we see it. One of the pleasures of the prerelease previews process is seeing a developer put the final polish and refinement on a game over its last few weeks, which is what Naughty Dog seems to be doing here. Between the thoughtful gameplay tweaks and the smoother frame rate than we've seen previously, Uncharted was playing very well. And we're pleased with the direction this one's going. That said, we'll have to wait until the release date in late November to see how all these elements coalesce into one story-driven experience.

[Nameless]

^ This game better get higher visual scores than Halo 3 period... :norris:

[masteratt]

I read the whole thing :pleased:!
(some bits were pasted weirdly)

I am very impressed with the preview...Well, more like relieved.
I knew they would put it all to perfection and they seem to be doing just that.

The reward system bit made me lol, i just kept reading and reading and it went on for like 15 lines lol
so many rewards to unlock :)
Great stuff.

[Rockmond]

Naughty Dog has been listening closely to player feedback from previous demo showings of the game, especially on certain Internet gaming forums that shall remain nameless.

ZOMG~! NAUGHTY DAWG IZ WATCHING US!!!!!

[Nameless]

Naughty Dog has been listening closely to player feedback from previous demo showings of the game, especially on certain Internet gaming forums that shall remain nameless.

They are only listening to my comments... ;)

[curryking1]

:O

Nameless is haxor! :P

Nice find, reading now :)