During an hour long but extremely interesting presentation at at the Semana Informática in Lisbon Naughty Dog Lead Programmer Jason Gregory took some time to explain a few of the inner workings of the studio, specifically how they keep their relatively small programming teams efficient and happy, and on how they prioritize between story, gameplay and the various elements of a title to turn it into a great game.
Episode 32 of in-game chat, speaking about the changes on Twitch, an interview to Neil Druckmann and Jason Gregory and much more.
There was no new information on Uncharted 4: A Theif’s End at Gamescom, but Naughty Dog hasn’t been completely silent, and they provided quite a lot of insight on their past and future in a lovely interview featuring Game Director Neil Druckmann and Lead Programmer Jason Gregory.
Good article. It is interesting to find out about how ND works and how the staff move from project to project.
ND is currently the best video game developer in the video game industry.
Please no Uncharted remastered. There has to be a TLoU2. Please implement the best gameplay elements from TLoU to Uncharted 4.
Uncharted games remastered won't make sense because the games ran fine on the PS3. TLoU's potential seemed to be stunted by the PS3 hardware, so the PS4 remaster made sense.
If a team of only 20 or so got this game running at 80FPS @ 1080p, I wonder what a team of 200 can do.
I'd still say ONE of. Yes naughty dog so far has been unmatched visually and story wise but no dev is "the best". Naughty dog is definitely in the top 3.
I cannot live without Naughty Dog. I found them completely by accident while getting Uncharted. Then my brother got me Uncharted 2 which i proceeded to put 2 weeks of pure gameplay into the amazing and extremely balanced online as well as beating the game on every difficulty. Then I had to get Uncharted 3 of course, which was, what some say a step down. I enjoyed the story, but the online was not nearly as balanced as Uncharted 2s and so it threw me off. When TLOU came and started getting 10/10 from nearly every site I picked it up and was extremely happy to. It really was a masterpiece. When announcing Uncharted 4 I had what some call a nerd orgasm. I am so excited for the game! Since all of this has happened I am willing to follow Naughty Dog to the end of the earth and back.
I know this sounds cheesy but Naughty Dog is one of the reasons I'm think of myself as a gamer.
#NaughtyGods
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Holy crap how did i forget about Jak and Crash. I played all 3 Jaks and loved them but never got a chance to play Crash.
If so,u really have missed out on alot of classics by ND. Crash bandicoot 1 - 3, CTR, and Jak&Daxter 1-3 all amazing games by them. If u can, try them sometime :3
If you only just discovered them last gen you should check out the first three crash games and the Jak and Daxter series (which was remastered on the PS3) Those games are definitely worth a look.
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woops, two above me beat me to it, maybe I should reload before I comment next time :P
The article stated that Naughty Dog is working on Uncharted 4 and their next big project which is in very early development. If it's not The Last of Us 2, then my guess is they will work on this after Uncharted 4. It seems customary now for teams to work on at least 2 projects at a time.
All I want from Naughty Dog is Savage Starlight....is that too much to ask? Give me sci fi...please.
Naughty Dog's Lead Programmer Jason Gregory discussed a bit about what it has been like bringing the game to PS4 and the lasting thoughts they've been left with for future work on the PS4.
Looks really good so far especially for a remastered game and looking how uncharted 4 looks either, dear Lord! ND never fails at what they do.
Naughty Dogs are legends that are stained in this world and the after world make gamers eat crows for a decade.
@NaughtyDogs
I'm Uchiha Sasuke mofo, so that's all you need know!
I speak on behalf of everyone at N4G, but do you even play games? Or you just always here just to get the first comment...
Okay then, I think there is a new episode of Naruto. Go and watch it instead of always getting the first comment
@XiSasukeUchiha
You're a fictional children's cartoon character? And we're on the same plane of existence? Holy f*cking sh*t!!! This whole time I though I lived in reality!
I guess th-th-th-th-the-thaaaat's ALLL FOLKS!!!
This did it.
http://static1.gamespot.com...
Nobody should doubt the PS4 after these gifs.
http://a.pomf.se/qmzfuo.gif
There is nothing even close on other consoles. You be hard pressed to even find better looking games on PC.
I like ND and all but realistic graphics =/= great game.
To me infamous > uncharted. Even if it doesn't look as amazing as Uncharted, it is more fun to play.
"realistic graphics =/= great game."
I never said they did. Why do people instantly jump to this? It's OK to have both.
Then you lost me with your stupid Xbox comment...
I also enjoy Xbox exclusives and very much looking forward to Quantum Break.
Just play games and stop the nonsensical bull crap.
Interesting read. Thanks for the share.
Naughty Dogs! One of the Best available today
Naughty dog truly one of te best game devs out there! and 4 ever !
Naughty Dog is a great game! Yeah! Go Nasty Dog! Best ever!
I think naughty dog should put there names before any game they release like Disney's movies, cuz they always bring new ips and I doubt casual know about them all