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Neil Druckmann: Next big Naughty Dog game being worked on – "We're already into our next Project"

FunkMiller

Member
In episode 2 she's bitten a second time by a clicker in the museum, and the bite has no effect on her (that second wound confirm her total immunity to Joel). So according to the show she's really immune. Of course they could have other people like her somewhere.

Seems like She’s immune to the ‘bad’ cordyceps, because she has the ‘good’ cordyceps. I was surprised show Marlene pretty much said as much. Means that there’s every chance others are immune too.
 

kyliethicc

Member
interesting

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Insomniac is running circles around these clowns. If it wasn't for TLOU part 1 and the UnchartWe cant aed Remasters they wouldn't have released anything in nearlt half a decade. What they hell have they been doing all this time?
What, are you high? The Last of us Left Behind DLC, Uncharted 4, Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy DLC, TLOU2 and soon Factions. That 5 projects they've been able to pump out while also releasing remasters, PC ports and a TV show.

How are you not entertained?
 

Dr. Claus

Vincit qui se vincit
What, are you high? The Last of us Left Behind DLC, Uncharted 4, Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy DLC, TLOU2 and soon Factions. That 5 projects they've been able to pump out while also releasing remasters, PC ports and a TV show.

How are you not entertained?

Medicore DLC, the worst Uncharted Game, a mediocre Uncharted spinoff, and the worst game I ever played.

Totes entertained.

Bring back Hennig and fire Druckman. Maybe then we can get games that are fun to play that don't endlessly drag on and make you fall asleep.
 

yurinka

Member
So nothing for years...Will we get a naughty dog game on ps5 that isn't the last of us online?
Sony has been growing and will continue growing its internal development teams, and hired internal support and porting teams to help them to develop more games at the same time and release them faster. Sony also wants more coproductions where different teams collaborate in games. Druckmann said ND has multiple teams to work on multiple projects.

ND already released in PS5 Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection and TLOUP1, and soon (I assume next year) we'll get TLOU Online, headed by Vinit Agarwal, Joe Pettinati and Anthony Newman. Kurt Margenau is directing another game, if we count the number of asterisks they match with UNCHARTED 5, which pretty likely evolved from the Uncharted spinoff they were codeveloping with Bend years ago, and also what apparently teased in the 'Live from PS5' campaign:

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We don't know in which projects Josh Scherr (lead cinematic animator in all main Jak and co-writer of all ND Uncharted games + TLOU2) or Shaun Escayg (the other Uncharted Lost Legacy co-director) have been working on.

Josh Scherr left ND last year after doing story development for an unannounced game during over 2 years. TLOU Online? Uncharted 5? A new IP? TLOU3? Who knows.

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Shaun Escayg left ND in 2018 to join Crystal Dynamics to work in Avengers, then directed a film and went back to ND in 2021 as Creative Director of TLOUP1. Shaun and Matthew Gallant (TLOUP1 game director, also worked in TLOU1+2+Uncharted 4) are now free to work in other project after TLOUP1. With all the recent TLOU success, pretty likely they may have got the TLOU3 first story draft that Druckmann wrote to develop it.

In the past ND had a new IP every generation, and in recent years ND mentioned to be interested to continue working on TLOU, Uncharted and on new IP. In TLOUP1 they including this, which may hint a new IP they could be working on, in addition to or instead of one of the possible projects I mentioned:
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I think that in addition to Legacy of Thieves, TLOUP1 and TLOU Online we'll get for PS5 at least the next Uncharted (pretty likely codeveloped with other studio as could be Bluepoint since Bend left to work on their next new IP) and a new ND IP plus post launch content for TLOU Online.

I think TLOU3 will be released after all this, for PS6, and if they release other project for PS5 would be a Nathan Drake Collection remaster/remake for PC/PS5 or at least a remake of Uncharted 1 codeveloped with the Sony Visual Arts team from San Diego who pitched and codeveloped TLOUP1.
 
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Pelta88

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interesting

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Stop posting clowns who claim to have inside sources. Dudes inside source: Neogaf discussion.

You do not need a soothsayer to confirm that TLOU 3 is currently in production. It makes logical business sense for Sony. Yes, on certain forums there was a hate towards the ip. Outside of that bubble the game sold well and resonated. These insiders posting the most obvious conclusions are nothing but attention whores.
 

Men_in_Boxes

Snake Oil Salesman
Stop posting clowns who claim to have inside sources. Dudes inside source: Neogaf discussion.

You do not need a soothsayer to confirm that TLOU 3 is currently in production. It makes logical business sense for Sony. Yes, on certain forums there was a hate towards the ip. Outside of that bubble the game sold well and resonated. These insiders posting the most obvious conclusions are nothing but attention whores.

All the Gears of War games sold well. Epic walked on the franchise because sales weren't improving and costs of each game ballooned with every release. Naughty Dog is looking at the same trajectory with different numbers...unless they go open world with TLoU.
 

Pelta88

Member
All the Gears of War games sold well. Epic walked on the franchise because sales weren't improving and costs of each game ballooned with every release. Naughty Dog is looking at the same trajectory with different numbers...unless they go open world with TLoU.

Meanwhile and in reality...

Both Sony and Naughty Dog confirmed the game was a financial success. But you keep living in a world where the game isn't a success and didn't just increase the audience of the ip. Comparing Microsoft's mismanagement of Gears to what ND and Sony have done with TLOU says a lot.
 

kyliethicc

Member
Stop posting clowns who claim to have inside sources. Dudes inside source: Neogaf discussion.

You do not need a soothsayer to confirm that TLOU 3 is currently in production. It makes logical business sense for Sony. Yes, on certain forums there was a hate towards the ip. Outside of that bubble the game sold well and resonated. These insiders posting the most obvious conclusions are nothing but attention whores.
he's the guy who leaked that Ashley Johnson played Anna in the show, among other things he accurately leaked about the show
 

DrFigs

Member
I thought Sony was dumb for not making an uncharted 5 after the success of 4. so maybe they really are just that goofy.
 
Meanwhile and in reality...

Both Sony and Naughty Dog confirmed the game was a financial success. But you keep living in a world where the game isn't a success and didn't just increase the audience of the ip. Comparing Microsoft's mismanagement of Gears to what ND and Sony have done with TLOU says a lot.
Sure, TLOU2 was profitable, but I don't think it reached the financial goals it hoped it would. You don't see Sony bringing up total units sold like they have with God of War or Spider-Man. Naughty Dog is Sony's most talented studio and TLOU2 is Sony's most expensive game. Given the mixed fan reaction and underwhelming sales, it would make the most sense for Naughty Dog to try a new IP and postpone TLOU3.

Not to mention, I highly doubt Neill Druckmann would be able to direct part 3 while simultaneously getting TLOU tv show off the ground. That is the most likely reason I don't see Part 3 as ND's next project
 

Men_in_Boxes

Snake Oil Salesman
Meanwhile and in reality...

Both Sony and Naughty Dog confirmed the game was a financial success. But you keep living in a world where the game isn't a success and didn't just increase the audience of the ip. Comparing Microsoft's mismanagement of Gears to what ND and Sony have done with TLOU says a lot.

All the Gears of War games were financial successes too. The reason they moved on from the franchise is because revenue from each game was relatively similar (Gears 1 sold about as well as Gears 3) while the budget of each rapidly ballooned.

Naughty Dog is likely witnessing the same trend with different numbers.
 
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Pelta88

Member
Given the mixed fan reaction and underwhelming sales, it would make the most sense for Naughty Dog to try a new IP and postpone TLOU3.

This is a forum bubble and narrative.

Reception, outside of a couple of gaming forums, is overwhelming positive. TLOU2 last updated sales number from June 2022 is 10 million. Do you know how many previous PS exclusives hit that 10 million figure?

You're not basing your detraction of facts. You have every right to dislike the game but implying things lifted directly from the forum echo chamber, against actual facts and you'll run into a myriad of problems. Like when you claim TLOU2 is sony most expensive game do you have sources to back that claim?

I got numbers from bloomberg and dev cost statements from devs which would prove otherwise.
 
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Dr. Claus

Vincit qui se vincit
Go play Forspoken . It suits you.

Considering how little work she had done on that game, not really a great "gotcha" like you wanted, kiddo.

I will go back to play Uncharted 1-3 and Golden Abyss, also Jak 1-3, oh and Crash 1-3, games that blow anything that Druckman at the helm made out of the water.
 
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Three

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Druckmann lies like a politician when it comes to The Last Of Us.

Of course it's TLOU3.

There's no way they're ending that story at the conclusion of part 2.

They have yet to address the nature of Ellie's immunity - which will be a major plot point of the final game.
I said the same thing about Half Life 2 all them years ago
 

Hobbygaming

has been asked to post in 'Grounded' mode.
Insomniac is running circles around these clowns. If it wasn't for TLOU part 1 and the Uncharted Remasters they wouldn't have released anything in nearlt half a decade. What they hell have they been doing all this time?
5 years is nothing in video game years, that's about the standard for a new IP

My guess is that their online game will show how much work they've been doing, though I hate that it won't be my kind of game given it's multiplayer focused
 

Three

Member
Yeah, but Valve spun off in completely another business direction from game development, so not really surprising they never got around to it.
True, but ND might do the same with Factions. We might get a Rare scenario where they go all in on GaaS and we don't really see sequels to their old franchises anymore.

Hopefully they are working on all of them at once though.
 

FunkMiller

Member
True, but ND might do the same with Factions. We might get a Rare scenario where they go all in on GaaS and we don't really see sequels to their old franchises anymore.

Hopefully they are working on all of them at once though.

I doubt they'd leave the multimillions on the table a third game would inevitably earn them. I love the Half Life series, but it's nowhere near the size of The Last Of Us.

I can easily see them developing Factions 2 and TLOU3 alongside one another, using many of the same assets.
 

StreetsofBeige

Gold Member
So I'd guess the games are Faction 2 now, and LOU3 in around 2027.

Sony releases LOU games during the last year of a console, before the new one comes out (to maximize sales across the biggest active user base).
 
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Dr. Claus

Vincit qui se vincit
Maybe not as verified as they wanted it to be, it was from Naughty Dog Central and it was basically the same tweet as the one below.



So they will actually do something decent for once? Or by "pushing the bounds of story and gameplay" will it have a mediocre plot and shallow, pointless gameplay systems inbetween 30-50 minutes of slow walking?
 

BennyBlanco

aka IMurRIVAL69
So they will actually do something decent for once? Or by "pushing the bounds of story and gameplay" will it have a mediocre plot and shallow, pointless gameplay systems inbetween 30-50 minutes of slow walking?

It’s why I look forward to their MP game. ND quality and attention to detail with no slow walk and chats talking about “bigot sandwiches” and shit.
 
Only Rockstar games tops Naughty Dog when it comes to technical ability, so I'm really happy to hear they are working on a new IP(if true). TLOU2 gameplay still ranks as the best 3rd person action adventure game I've ever played. The character animations in that game are unreal. We got Factions coming later this year or 2024 and new IP in 2025/26. Sony studios going full multi-team with their premiere studios is amazing. Fuck buying mediocre publishers with a ton of baggage. Sony should just continue to expand their studios, as they have been doing
 

TheInfamousKira

Reseterror Resettler
It's The Last Of Us, Part I again isn't it?

You've seen the hit HBO show! You've played the original classic on the PS3! You've played the bold remaster of the classic PS3 game on the PS4! You've played the remake of the remaster of the classic PS3 game on PS4 on PS5! You've played the terribad intern project PC release of the the cutting edge PS5 Remake of the remaster on PS4 of the classic PS3 game on PS3! NOW, FOR THE NOT LAST BUT NOT LEAST REMASTER OF THE PC VERSION OF THE PS5 VERSION OF THE PS4 VERSION OF NEIL DRUCKMAN MAKING FLIGHT SIMS IN COMMODORE 64 WITH A CONTROLLER CONVERTED FROM A FUCKING ETCHASKETCH TROY BAKER IS SUCH A CUTIE METRO
 
It's The Last Of Us, Part I again isn't it?

You've seen the hit HBO show! You've played the original classic on the PS3! You've played the bold remaster of the classic PS3 game on the PS4! You've played the remake of the remaster of the classic PS3 game on PS4 on PS5! You've played the terribad intern project PC release of the the cutting edge PS5 Remake of the remaster on PS4 of the classic PS3 game on PS3! NOW, FOR THE NOT LAST BUT NOT LEAST REMASTER OF THE PC VERSION OF THE PS5 VERSION OF THE PS4 VERSION OF NEIL DRUCKMAN MAKING FLIGHT SIMS IN COMMODORE 64 WITH A CONTROLLER CONVERTED FROM A FUCKING ETCHASKETCH TROY BAKER IS SUCH A CUTIE METRO
A prime example of why drugs are bad.
 

Shubh_C63

Member
ND won't do sci fi. Sony might say it conflicts with Horizon.
They won't do fantasy because it might not play to their strengths of believable characters simple story.

My vote is historic setpiece like something ancient. How about Apocalypto ?
 

Dr. Claus

Vincit qui se vincit
It’s why I look forward to their MP game. ND quality and attention to detail with no slow walk and chats talking about “bigot sandwiches” and shit.

Yes! Fucking thank you, finally someone who gets it.

Their gameplay works wonderfully in a MP environment. It is shallow, yes, but works for the 5-15 minute gameplay match loop insanely well. Super excited for that.
 

Dr. Claus

Vincit qui se vincit
This is a forum bubble and narrative.

Reception, outside of a couple of gaming forums, is overwhelming positive. TLOU2 last updated sales number from June 2022 is 10 million. Do you know how many previous PS exclusives hit that 10 million figure?

You're not basing your detraction of facts. You have every right to dislike the game but implying things lifted directly from the forum echo chamber, against actual facts and you'll run into a myriad of problems. Like when you claim TLOU2 is sony most expensive game do you have sources to back that claim?

I got numbers from bloomberg and dev cost statements from devs which would prove otherwise.
Laugh Lol GIF
 

Camreezie

Member
Insomniac is running circles around these clowns. If it wasn't for TLOU part 1 and the Uncharted Remasters they wouldn't have released anything in nearlt half a decade. What they hell have they been doing all this time?
What? The last of us part 2 was three years ago?
 
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