Josh Scherr has been at Naughty Dog for fifteen years and he explains the evolution of animation at Naughty Dog from Crash Bandicoot to Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.
+Ross Holmes Im so happy they are releasing the nathan drake collection. I almost sold my xbox just because i wanted to play The last of Us and Uncharted. I ended up buying a ps4 because of TLOU. Fucking awesome developers.
Yeah when I play them I'm like 'How can they top this!?" It's so amazing still I wonder what they can do next. they used most of the ways of transport :P plane, ship, bus, train. I'm looking forward to it though I hope it will top all of them.
Md Ray Well they did say in a recent interview that they would focus on making those kind of levels more emotional and personal in Uncharted 4. So I wouldn't be surprised to see another plane crash level or another train level or another sinking ship level but with a lot more feels this time. I think I might stack up on some tissue boxes.
Naughty Dog you are my favorite developer and please dont stop making awesome games such as TLOU and Uncharted Series. I hope that uncharted 4 is not the final series. We still have so many treasures to collect and places to explore. I love what you did and make my PS4 a meaningful and fun experience thanks a lot!
Love these interviews, it gives you a good feel for what style of animation they are trying to do in their upcoming games. Which most studios do not do. Thank you Game Informer, Naughty Dog
Yeah the train level in Uncharted 2 is one of my favorite levels too. Even my mom who hates games loved that scene while I was playing it LOL. I still play UC2 and 3 until I beat it and still can't get enough of it.
yeah I forgot just how good it was, borrowed my bros ps3 with uncharted 1-3, onto the 3rd one now but uncharted 2 is still one of the best games ever made, just finished the chapter in the 3rd with the burning building, game making at its finest!
perfectperfecto I tried animating once uploaded a video of it. It's 3 minutes long and looks shit xD and took me months to do. Needs hundreds of people and a lot of time.
I really love how the people working at Naughty Dog keep on giving props to other game franchises and how they're clearly not hiding the fact that they're gamers who play all kinds of games for enjoyment and inspiration. 10/10 gaming company.
Their last game was a new IP. :P I think they will make U4 and TLOU2 and then move on to two different new IPs on the PS4. I'd love a space game in the realm of Cowboy Bebob by them though
Cee Marshall naughty dog has been known to stick with one ip for each console, crash, jak then uncharted, they actually have 2 teams now so whoever is making uncharted 4 there will be another game being made, no idea what it is but it shouldn't be too long after uncharted 4........ which will be the last uncharted ever
Love the Uncharted series and Naughty Dog and hearing 20:20-20:40 has me even more excited. They're always trying to improve on their games and this is what makes them amazing.
What do you mean Uncharted can't have something like space aliens? You already did feral Nazi/Spaniard descendants, giant practically indestructible purple guys in Yeti suits, and flaming haired Djinn.
They can reinvent crash with what people play now days. Plants Vs Zombies proved you can have an awesome cartoon multiplayer. The campaign can be a more complex story than just simply collecting crystals to stop cortex because a lot of fans will be older, so it can appeal to both. Keep it true to the real crash (not of the titans) but add something new aswell. Hell you could even give us a crash bash party mode on it. That's a fucking awesome idea for a game.
+Simao Pereira last of us in early stage, it was supposed to be Jak 4 but they made it look too realistic so they decided to make a new series, unfortunately
Drake's face in 2 has always looked weird to me, looks very square with lots of edges and his jaw and chin look like it got a couple of millimeters chipped off and it just comes off goofy looking when compared to Drake from 1 and 2, even with Drake's plastic skin in 1. Sully has always looked fine, smooth bastard. Chloe's hair looks too big for her small head/face in 2 and it looked like they fixed that in Uncharted 3 E3's trailer but then they changed her back for some reason. ...and Elena turned asian in 3. What where they thinking? if it ain't broke don't fix it, damn it I still prefer "last year's model" Jak in 2 and 3 looked like he had a cleft lip and once again for the love interest kept changing faces. Drake 1, 3 and 4 looks like he's grown older over time like Crash did for each game, at least in the art. jak 2, 3 and Drake 2 just look like stand ins for the real hero, though I didn't mind Jak as I did Drake 2
I think Uncharted has become their test series where they can try different things....and I think they will have other IPs to give they studio a change of pace. ...I think Sony santana monica needs to take notes leave the GOW series behind n start a fresh
No they should not, God of war is a awsome franchise and i don't want them to stop making nrw Gow games, however i agree with you when u said they should start a new ip.
Evans Sarpong even though i love uncharted i really hope naughty makes at least 1 new ip just because it is nice to shakes things up and i really dont want to see uncharted 5
Naughty Dog are awesome every game I have bought from them has never ever disappointed me they continue to amaze me and I have no doubt that The Last of Us 2 will be another masterpiece
considering the massive amount of aliasing going on in the footage, no it's ps3 captured. Besides, the screen said 30fps multiple times and remakes on ps4 run at 60. It would be fun to have a remade uncharted pack, definitely. But i don't see it happening soon as uncharted 4 takes all of their time.,
Why spend so much energy animating reality? Games like jak n daxter have way more life and personality in them with 1/16 of the tech... Plus they were extremely fun.. Come onnn let your animators make something unique like that again
django chubbinz If they did a new series in a fantasy setting similar to the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, I'm sure they could have that level personality going.
Put up a commercial for a good full game instead of jak and daxter final frontier and half games and the market will respond. Kids need a new jnd or crash platformer the parents would buy just to play it themselves buy crash back. Its an investment but it, jnd, and spyro used to move consoles (inmy town atleast)
well the one thing that made the gameplay more survival-ish was being more restricted. you make it open world and by-by balance. not to mention naughty dog talks all the time about how they're not interested in open world because of the lack of balance and pacing and tension in both story and gameplay. like the fact you have to go save someone but decide to go steal a sports car and drive up a mountain to snipe people even though your character isnt supposed to be morally corrupt. etc.
Joseph Fitzpatrick Well those are certainly valid concerns for the genre and I think The Witcher 3 is a prime example on how to overcome Open-World concerns but the genre doesn't have strict limitations. A game can be made where if you go steal the sports car the individual your supposed to save dies or is taken somewhere else, and that story line progresses seamlessly along side other stories. But you are right, Naughty Dog does seem to have a lack of interest in open-world.
This guy's a great speaker.
+Quiet Giant That's probably what got him the job for these games.... Almost all Naughty dog's people are really good people!
he is!
The train level in UC2 is still one of the best levels ever in a video game. Some much going on at once. Naughty Dog has a great, great team.
nah
Yeah
Naughty dog are the only reason i have a PS4
+Ross Holmes Im so happy they are releasing the nathan drake collection. I almost sold my xbox just because i wanted to play The last of Us and Uncharted. I ended up buying a ps4 because of TLOU. Fucking awesome developers.
great reason
check out god of war, infamous second son, spiderman and death stranding
Yay the cut-scenes are real-time now. What they showed at E3 trailer was mindblowing.
Can't wait to see what they've done in Uncharted 4 similar to that train level in U2 and that plane crash level in U3.
Volcanic eruption!!!
Yeah when I play them I'm like 'How can they top this!?" It's so amazing still I wonder what they can do next. they used most of the ways of transport :P plane, ship, bus, train. I'm looking forward to it though I hope it will top all of them.
I would like to see more with the convoy scene like driving and shooting down helicopters
From what we've seen from the concept art, an underwater level would be cool.
Md Ray Well they did say in a recent interview that they would focus on making those kind of levels more emotional and personal in Uncharted 4. So I wouldn't be surprised to see another plane crash level or another train level or another sinking ship level but with a lot more feels this time. I think I might stack up on some tissue boxes.
Naughty Dog you are my favorite developer and please dont stop making awesome games such as TLOU and Uncharted Series. I hope that uncharted 4 is not the final series. We still have so many treasures to collect and places to explore.
I love what you did and make my PS4 a meaningful and fun experience thanks a lot!
i come from the future and just want to say that uncharted 4 is amazing.
Obsidian Entertainment.
Love these interviews, it gives you a good feel for what style of animation they are trying to do in their upcoming games. Which most studios do not do. Thank you Game Informer, Naughty Dog
naughty dog is the only reason I'm a playstation guy
Yeah the train level in Uncharted 2 is one of my favorite levels too. Even my mom who hates games loved that scene while I was playing it LOL. I still play UC2 and 3 until I beat it and still can't get enough of it.
yeah I forgot just how good it was, borrowed my bros ps3 with uncharted 1-3, onto the 3rd one now but uncharted 2 is still one of the best games ever made, just finished the chapter in the 3rd with the burning building, game making at its finest!
This is such a great and informative insight into the life of video game development
Makes me wish I could animate :(
perfectperfecto I tried animating once uploaded a video of it. It's 3 minutes long and looks shit xD and took me months to do. Needs hundreds of people and a lot of time.
I really love how the people working at Naughty Dog keep on giving props to other game franchises and how they're clearly not hiding the fact that they're gamers who play all kinds of games for enjoyment and inspiration. 10/10 gaming company.
Man, I have so much respect for these guys. I kind of want a new IP from them, the main Uncharted series had wrapped up nicely as a trilogy.
Their last game was a new IP. :P I think they will make U4 and TLOU2 and then move on to two different new IPs on the PS4. I'd love a space game in the realm of Cowboy Bebob by them though
practiceyourart I know, I just don't think TLOU or Uncharted need another game in the series.
Cee Marshall naughty dog has been known to stick with one ip for each console, crash, jak then uncharted, they actually have 2 teams now so whoever is making uncharted 4 there will be another game being made, no idea what it is but it shouldn't be too long after uncharted 4........ which will be the last uncharted ever
Man, great questions! Great interview.
im so glad that naughty dog knows the Da Vinci quote I don't know why but I admire that
marty ramirez what is the quote?
Bigmonongo "Art is never finished(he paraphrased completed), only abandoned."
John Sollows Wow! What a great quote haha. Thanks!
Please, please, please do this with the history of the sound design of this game...
+Cameron O'Connell
Yes! And rigging, effects, and shaders~
YES
If you have games like Crash Bandicoot, Uncharted 2, and The Last of Us under your belt it's obvious that you're an amazing developer.
The Jak Trilogy?
Really interesting and great interview.
Thank you Josh, you've just summed up everything I like about Mocap-based gameplay animation :)
They have really come a long way. With Jak and Daxter and TLOU, they will make Uncharted 4 a true experience for gamers to enjoy.
There's a big step between U2 and U3. Unbelievable graphics for a PS3 system and it still looks not worse (or even better) than modern games.
Love the Uncharted series and Naughty Dog and hearing 20:20-20:40 has me even more excited. They're always trying to improve on their games and this is what makes them amazing.
After Uncharted 4, I wanna see a new Jak and Daxter game, that would be awesome!
Wow that was really interesting to hear him talk about that.
Yep
Uncharted 4 is going to be amazing. Hope it isn't the last one in the series.
What do you mean Uncharted can't have something like space aliens? You already did feral Nazi/Spaniard descendants, giant practically indestructible purple guys in Yeti suits, and flaming haired Djinn.
Look at Mass Effect now. This man predicted it.
Great discussion!
No lie turned up the brightness when the zombies appeared in the original ... This wasnt in 07 either lol
11:26 Jesus christ. I remember that scene. Twas brutal.
Great episode. Can't wait for this game to drop. Really liked all the Uncharted games.
They can reinvent crash with what people play now days. Plants Vs Zombies proved you can have an awesome cartoon multiplayer. The campaign can be a more complex story than just simply collecting crystals to stop cortex because a lot of fans will be older, so it can appeal to both. Keep it true to the real crash (not of the titans) but add something new aswell. Hell you could even give us a crash bash party mode on it. That's a fucking awesome idea for a game.
Its crazy when you realize they have never before uncharted 4, brought a game to the new console.
Yes, they have, The Last of Us: Remastered. Or did you mean a game originally released on PS4?
Tontete
yeah originally
What could possible top the train & plane levels from previous UC? Can't wait to see how they top that! ;)
#hyped :D
I WANNA NEW CRASH !!!!!!
dear Naughty Dog, WERE THE FUCK IS JAK 4
Simao Pereira you edited this and you still misspelled "where"
Axel Reigns distarction
+Simao Pereira last of us in early stage, it was supposed to be Jak 4 but they made it look too realistic so they decided to make a new series, unfortunately
Ok
+MSLcorp I still want a Jak 4. It shouldn't be that hard to keep the cartoonish style I mean look at the Ratchet & Clank reboot!
The uncharted games are amazing
I am calling it now: Uncharted 4 will top and surpass TLOU
peterpansyndrome94 Destiny anyone?
***** I hope it doesn't have 1 quintillion dollars of dlc and not a boring grind with terrible story and dialogue
***** woah calm down i was joking dude of course i expect it to have little to no dlc and amazing gameplay and an amazing story
It's still possible TLOU2 will still come out in 2016-2017 and yunno top uncharted 4
+GSlovers Rock waht?!!! be realistic, if last of us 2 or whatever there next game is comes out 2017 or sooner I'll eat my own hand
Drinking game:
Take a shot every time Josh says "uh" before a word.
We need Uncharted Remastered for PS4.
***** Your dream has come true my friend..
Ya got it
+FCB 10 um uncharted the collection
well i never said anything about uncharted 4 but ok
Just got Uncharted Collection :)
"Jak-of-all-trades" ^^ (I don't think he realized he made a pun there)
Drake's face in 2 has always looked weird to me, looks very square with lots of edges and his jaw and chin look like it got a couple of millimeters chipped off and it just comes off goofy looking when compared to Drake from 1 and 2, even with Drake's plastic skin in 1.
Sully has always looked fine, smooth bastard.
Chloe's hair looks too big for her small head/face in 2 and it looked like they fixed that in Uncharted 3 E3's trailer but then they changed her back for some reason.
...and Elena turned asian in 3. What where they thinking? if it ain't broke don't fix it, damn it
I still prefer "last year's model"
Jak in 2 and 3 looked like he had a cleft lip and once again for the love interest kept changing faces.
Drake 1, 3 and 4 looks like he's grown older over time like Crash did for each game, at least in the art. jak 2, 3 and Drake 2 just look like stand ins for the real hero, though I didn't mind Jak as I did Drake 2
I can't begin to imagine how good The last of Us Part 2 will be
what do you think about it now
TLoU II for the win
Interesting video, nice.
20:42 they're needs to a be a big head mode. I want a fat drake to take on rafe
Sam looks like Flynn.
At the end of the vid he said 'I think this is going to be the best one YET' meaning Uncharted 4 is not the last Uncharted.
I think Uncharted has become their test series where they can try different things....and I think they will have other IPs to give they studio a change of pace. ...I think Sony santana monica needs to take notes leave the GOW series behind n start a fresh
No they should not, God of war is a awsome franchise and i don't want them to stop making nrw Gow games, however i agree with you when u said they should start a new ip.
Yea I don't mean stop making them but take some time away and create a new game and get their creative juices flowing again
Evans Sarpong even though i love uncharted i really hope naughty makes at least 1 new ip just because it is nice to shakes things up and i really dont want to see uncharted 5
flesh toast You disgrace me!!!
is uc4 going to be the last uncharted game by any means because i do not want the series to end very soon
Why Naughty Dog stopped doing crash games after CTR?
Naughty Dog are awesome every game I have bought from them has never ever disappointed me they continue to amaze me and I have no doubt that The Last of Us 2 will be another masterpiece
I wish Naughty Dog would make a new Jax and Daxter game :T
This guy looks like Jak
“Our characters are original creations” *Ellen Page enters the chat*
it says 2015 instead of 2016 in uncharted 4 a thieves end 17:55
That's because Uncharted 4 was originally set to come out in 2015, but it was delayed after this video was made.
Confirmed The last of us two.... He said "I'm sure people would like to have the chance to do stuff like that"
kind of reminds me of Nic Cage
LAST OF US 2
idk these ps3 games look amazing. i wonder if the footage is from an unannounced uncharted ps4 trilogy hd pack
***** won't happen. You wanna play the older Uncharted games, PS Now is the way to go.
considering the massive amount of aliasing going on in the footage, no it's ps3 captured. Besides, the screen said 30fps multiple times and remakes on ps4 run at 60. It would be fun to have a remade uncharted pack, definitely. But i don't see it happening soon as uncharted 4 takes all of their time.,
gtafan110010 they have already announced uncharted hd pack and i think is coming before uncharted
4
Make more Jak & Daxter games!
10:16 **cough** Andromeda **cough**
bang bang
First view, first comment, first like.. I LOVE YOU NAUGHTY DOG!!
After hearing this, there's no hope for a Jak 4 I suppose
These jerks need to make a next gen Jak and Daxter and a HD remaster of the first 3.
There's already an HD remake of the first 3
for ps4? haven't heard
Danny2Times No, for PS3
Hi
Why spend so much energy animating reality? Games like jak n daxter have way more life and personality in them with 1/16 of the tech... Plus they were extremely fun.. Come onnn let your animators make something unique like that again
django chubbinz If they did a new series in a fantasy setting similar to the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, I'm sure they could have that level personality going.
this dude does not brush his teeth
Ayo?
to bad they screwed up sonic boom
oh nvm it was ex naughty dog employees that did it
Sonic boom? Wrong company
Big red button made sonic boom and they're made up of former ND employees.
THE LAST OF US 2 pls
IWANT NEW ND PLATFORMERS JAK4 AND A NEW CRASH
Put up a commercial for a good full game instead of jak and daxter final frontier and half games and the market will respond. Kids need a new jnd or crash platformer the parents would buy just to play it themselves buy crash back. Its an investment but it, jnd, and spyro used to move consoles (inmy town atleast)
Make The Last of Us 2, open world! :)
+The Rational Man let's hope not
Joseph Fitzpatrick The Witcher series pulled it off.
well the one thing that made the gameplay more survival-ish was being more restricted. you make it open world and by-by balance. not to mention naughty dog talks all the time about how they're not interested in open world because of the lack of balance and pacing and tension in both story and gameplay. like the fact you have to go save someone but decide to go steal a sports car and drive up a mountain to snipe people even though your character isnt supposed to be morally corrupt. etc.
Joseph Fitzpatrick Well those are certainly valid concerns for the genre and I think The Witcher 3 is a prime example on how to overcome Open-World concerns but the genre doesn't have strict limitations. A game can be made where if you go steal the sports car the individual your supposed to save dies or is taken somewhere else, and that story line progresses seamlessly along side other stories. But you are right, Naughty Dog does seem to have a lack of interest in open-world.
lost legacy was kinda open world tbf
Uncharted 4 nathan dies
+Pro Hej no he doesnt
yea he does
+XxStonedKillerxX no what i have played the game
its in the secret ending, you have to collect all the treasure and it shows nate dying of old age.
XxStonedKillerxX oh ok
Naughty Dog used to be good