Possible Uncharted Announcement 22/03/12 ?

[Mavrick]

PlayStation Norway has posted a picture of Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen, accompanied by a mysterious teaser site pointing to a March 22 reveal.

In the image, which was published on Facebook, Nansen's face is obscured by the word 'uutforsket', which translates to 'unexplored', or uncharted if you will.

According to his Wiki page, Nansen is famed for crossing Greenland and also reaching a record northern latitude of 8614′ during his North Pole expedition.

While the teaser website attached to the post doesn't have any overt references to Uncharted, the imagery and music is very reminiscent of Naughty Dog's franchise.

On top of that, Sony Denmark launched a similar teaser campaign in the lead up to the release of Uncharted 3, which let visitors follow in the footsteps of fictional treasure hunter Wilhelm Von Bernhoff.

Naughty Dog is currently split into two teams. Its newest - which includes many of the people that have steered Uncharted to success - is working on The Last of Us. Neither Sony nor Naughty Dog has provided any details about what the Uncharted team is up to.

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[Omegaice]

Mother of God!!!

[Classical gas]

I remember the rumor that members of the Naughty Dog team had travelled to Scandinavia popped up before Uncharted 3 was revealed. The irony is, that at that time they were probably sweating in a Southern California desert.

Like the dog that didn't bark in the night in the Sherlock Holmes story Silver Blaze, I think the absence of information about Uncharted is more revealing than anything else. When people, like Nolan North, stop talking about Uncharted (due to NDA's), then we can expect another Uncharted.

I think a December 2012 reveal is more likely, as was the case for previous Uncharted games.

[Mavrick]

It might not be UC4 or even Uncharted related at all

I think It could be Uncharted related but not UC4. An expansion for UC3 maybe. Or another new IP or Vita related game. At least we only have to wait until tomorrow

[Vashetti]

Please don't be Uncharted 4, they need to save that for the PS4.

This series is quickly becoming over saturated.

Uncharted 3 was a great game but came too soon after Uncharted 2 to make any real noticeable sense of progression, hence the lukewarm response.

[Classical gas]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

It might not be UC4 or even Uncharted related at all

I think It could be Uncharted related but not UC4. An expansion for UC3 maybe. Or another new IP or Vita related game. At least we only have to wait until tomorrow

Good point. I just wanted to remind people that all of the Scandinavian explorer stuff started before Uncharted 3.

With the focus on The Last of Us, I don't think Naughty Dog is going to do anything to upstage that.

[Monkey]

If/when they do make Uncharted 4 please get rid of the QTE crap. Make it closer to Uncharted 1 and 2 in terms of gameplay and feel.

[Bageara]

Originally Posted by Monkey

If/when they do make Uncharted 4 please get rid of the QTE crap. Make it closer to Uncharted 1 and 2 in terms of gameplay and feel.

Actually Uncharted 2 had some extremely annoying QTE crap too. I hope they make U4 more difficult, U3 was far too easy, even on crushing

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by Bageara

Actually Uncharted 2 had some extremely annoying QTE crap too. I hope they make U4 more difficult, U3 was far too easy, even on crushing

It has been a while but I don't recall anything nearly as annoying as fighting the big guys in Uncharted 3.. Plus just the regular fighting mechanics in general are too sluggish in Uncharted 3.

Personally I'd prefer the combat to be like Uncharted 1 where everything just flows but with more moves of course. Uncharted 1 has the most satisfy hand to hand as well as using moves like punch punch shoot or shoot shoot punch. No need for the final boss type QTE either.

[Ascended_Saiyan]

Originally Posted by Vashetti

Uncharted 3 was a great game but came too soon after Uncharted 2 to make any real noticeable sense of progression, hence the lukewarm response.

From what angle are you looking at, to say no real noticeable sense of progression? From a tech perspective, there was definitely a sense of progression. There were dynamic objects moving on and over dynamic objects WHILE on top of a wave simulation! There were increases in animation and A.I. Improved lighting and dynamic fire was in there, too! Not to mention split-screen play/true S3D...

It wasn't as big a leap from Uncharted to Uncharted 2, but that's only because that leap was such a huge leap to begin with.

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by Ascended_Saiyan

From what angle are you looking at, to say no real noticeable sense of progression? From a tech perspective, there was definitely a sense of progression. There were dynamic objects moving on and over dynamic objects WHILE on top of a wave simulation! There were increases in animation and A.I. Improved lighting and dynamic fire was in there, too!

It wasn't as big a leap from Uncharted to Uncharted 2, but that's only because that leap was such a huge leap to begin with.

On a technical level no doubt Uncharted 3 was the best and made improvements. In terms of just being fun for me I like the first two more.

[Toxa]

apparently it's a fake

[Bageara]

Originally Posted by Monkey

It has been a while but I don't recall anything nearly as annoying as fighting the big guys in Uncharted 3.. Plus just the regular fighting mechanics in general are too sluggish in Uncharted 3.

Personally I'd prefer the combat to be like Uncharted 1 where everything just flows but with more moves of course. Uncharted 1 has the most satisfy hand to hand as well as using moves like punch punch shoot or shoot shoot punch. No need for the final boss type QTE either.

What, You dont remember QTE fighting the big guy on the train in U2? It was terrible, so annoying far worse than any QTE in U3

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by Bageara

What, You dont remember QTE fighting the big guy on the train in U2? It was terrible, so annoying far worse than any QTE in U3

Ah yes. At least it was a rare occurrence.

[owa]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

I think It could be Uncharted related but not UC4. An expansion for UC3 maybe.

Either one, UC4 or an expansion for UC3 would be great!

[Classical gas]

Originally Posted by Ascended_Saiyan

From what angle are you looking at, to say no real noticeable sense of progression? From a tech perspective, there was definitely a sense of progression. There were dynamic objects moving on and over dynamic objects WHILE on top of a wave simulation! There were increases in animation and A.I. Improved lighting and dynamic fire was in there, too! Not to mention split-screen play/true S3D...

It wasn't as big a leap from Uncharted to Uncharted 2, but that's only because that leap was such a huge leap to begin with.

Also, because Naughty Dog may be reaching the limit of what is possible on the PS3.

[Monkey]

I don't care if they improve on the graphics. Even Drake's Fortune still looks better than 99.5% of the console games out there.

They can easily do more games with just the same engine and I'd be happy as can be. Most important improvements can be with the melee.

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Toxa

apparently it's a fake

Any more news on this?

I know it was posted by Sony via their FB page but thats about it.

[Ascended_Saiyan]

Originally Posted by Classical gas

Also, because Naughty Dog may be reaching the limit of what is possible on the PS3.

Of course. That part of what I'm saying. The leap from Uncharted to Uncharted 2 was much larger than any other sequel game this gen. Plus, it depends on where you place the additional resources gained from engine improvements. In Uncharted 3, the additional resources were put into less noticeable places for some (Lighting, A.I., animations, physics simulations, split-screen, etc). That, at least, matches the leap of the biggest sequel exclusives on any other platform at any time.

[Classical gas]

Originally Posted by Ascended_Saiyan

Of course. That part of what I'm saying. The leap from Uncharted to Uncharted 2 was much larger than any other sequel game this gen. Plus, it depends on where you place the additional resources gained from engine improvements. In Uncharted 3, the additional resources were put into less noticeable places for some (Lighting, A.I., animations, physics simulations, split-screen, etc). That, at least, matches the leap of the biggest sequel exclusives on any other platform at any time.

Agreed. That's an excellent point about how the additional resources were used in Uncharted 3. For example, they animated the cycling of the semi-auto handguns. Most people would never even notice that, but its there. I don't think Uncharted 3 has really gotten the credit it deserves for the improvements that were made to the game.