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The link to the interview posted by Kiwi Talks (Start at 9:41)

https://youtu.be/GLK-QXpStiY

He does not directly name the people or project, but it lines up with timelines and stories that have been reported before.

He states that the project was in production for roughly 3 years and corporate (likely Sony) came in and questioned the project even though their past 3 projects were successful.

He says the leader of the project was “surrounded by people who were always saying yes and were living in the glory of their success going into their fourth project.”

He then says a director from another team at the studio was asked to weigh in on the project. In the meeting this director openly stated “this game sucks“ to the team working on the game. This director apparently was explaining that the game had no objectives, it was hard to follow what was going on and that the controls were clunky. Also saying that what they were working on was not up to standards reached in the past.

After corporate looked at the project, they were threatening to pull funding for the project unless they figured it out. They ended up removing the director (Amy Hennig) and according to the developer in the interview, this director was replaced with this director from the meeting and two other people who came in and fixed the game.

Looks like they are potentially hiring developers for Part3 already. Based off the recent rumours that Part3 is in development, could they be ramping up more on this?

With the growing rumors about TLOU 3, I can’t help but think about where the story might go next. It seems like so much has already been covered, yet there’s still potential for something fresh. The challenge is expanding this world without losing what made it so powerful in the first place. What are your expectations? Where do you think it’s heading?

For reasons that'll become clear, I don't think the wait for TLOU P3 will be as long or as excruciating as some people are suggesting. I think we're about to get another iconic 2013-2020 like Naughty Dog run. Hear me out.

Naughty Dog has always delivered a game every two to three years. If you look at the timeline of their modern game era (some call it the Neil Druckmann era), TLOU was released in 2013. Then, three years later, we got Uncharted 4 in 2016, which had a very troubled development; they had to redo a lot of things after Neil and Bruce took over. Then, in 2017, Lost Legacy was released. And after three years of that, in 2020, we got TLOU P2, their biggest game yet.

Now in 2020, Sony pumped a lot of resources into live-service games due to the COVID spike in gaming, and that's when things started going south. The multiplayer game took a lot of resources away from ND's pre-production of Intergalactic, and this is one of the biggest reasons, IMO, why it is taking so long for ND to put out Intergalactic. Yes, they also remade TLOU P1 in-house, but that would've been a very small team with external studio support, as hinted by Shuhei Yoshida in an interview with Kinda Funny.

All of this rambling is for this. We know Intergalactic is a 2027 game, and if rumors are true, we also know that the next Uncharted game has been in development for 3 years, and because the principal ND team is not developing U5, I think U5 is a smaller-scale project compared to Intergalactic or TLOU P2.

So, here's me smoking copium laced with hopium: I think, after the release of Intergalactic in 2027 (assuming it's not gonna slip into 2028. There are a lot of assumptions in this post because I'm trying to get high), the production would shift to finishing U5, and because it would've been in development for three-four years already by a small team, and the ground work would've been laid, keeping in mind it's a smaller scale game compared to main-line ND games, I thing it'll take another 2-3 more years for us to get U5 after intergalactic. And because by then, by late 2029-30, Neil and the team would've laid the groundwork for TLOU P3, since after intergalactic's release, as U5 is not Neil's project, he's only a top-level producer on it (we know this through one of his comments on an interview), ND will shift to producing TLOU P3. And, it's safe to assume that TLOU P3 will be a very large-scale game, as it's the baby of the studio's president, so it might take longer than the usual 2-3 years of full-scale dev time. I'd bet 4 years.

If you think this is too much copium laced with hopium to smoke at once, remember, ND developed U4, a 10-yo game that still stands shoulder to shoulder with current AAA games, in 4 years, even after scrapping almost a year's worth of development, and most of TLOU P2's development started after Lost Legacy's release in 2017 (source, Grounded 2 doc).

So here is the timeline in an ideal situation:

• In summer or late 2027, we get Intergalactic.
• Uncharted 5's release window would be 2029-30.
• And finally, we could get TLOU P3 between 2032 to 34.

Whatever happens, ND is going to release banggers in the next decade.

Not talking about intergalactic as they’ve almost finished that and I also doubt that if they’re working on an uncharted game, it’s unlikely to be close to finished. And Neil Druckman has been hinting at the beginning of development on TLOU3. After uncharted 3 lacking a bit in story because a lot of the team was split on also working on the first Last of Us, do you think they can do the same thing again but successfully? Ngl if Neil is heading both he seems to care a lot more about TLOU as a whole. Love both series so fingers crossed

Boy, it's peak, first time playing it and graphics are visually masterpiece!

Although it feels weird calling it “lore” for some reason.. Like sure I guess technically by definition, but idk I place Naughty Dog games in their own special category outside of normal gaming standards.

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clickers are cute idc you cant change my mind lol!

Finally got a ps5 after playing on PS4 for over 10 years! Was playing TLOU Part 2 remastered and found the Sic Parvis Magna ring in the bank vault, which made me decorate the PS5 a bit. Already had the ring and sticker so why not :)

Hello everyone!!

I’m a printmaker and I’ve been making “gamescape” prints inspired by games that I feel nostalgic for in an effort to capture the feelings that I had playing these games as a kid.

I just created 9 brand new prints inspired by my favorite 3D platformers. Of course Jak and Daxter made the cut. I wanted to share my work with a community that I thought might appreciate it! 😁

I made a post about this print half a year ago, but wanted to share it here once again since I only have a few left 🙂

🍃Sage’s Hut🍃

This is a three-layer color-reduction linocut gamescape print based on Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. Forever grateful for the PlayStation 2 Jampak demo discs that introduced me to soooo many games that I would eventually play in their entirety. One of the “big three” of the PS2’s best 3D platformer franchises. this one plays so well. The movement alone is so smooth and makes the game fun to play. The fact that there are no loading screens in this game, a PS2 game, is incredible.

If you’re interested in seeing more of this or checking out my other work, you can find me on Instagram @emvkoopa and I will put my etsy link in the comments. I mostly just wanted to share my work with the community!! ☺️

I think with the PS5 we have sort of plateaued in terms of​ graphics. As such I would like to see Playstation games embrace different technologies. Particularly the controller. I am not allowed to play the Last of Us 2 remastered with a duelshock 4 because it's important for the "experience" that I only use the Dualsense. Fine, okay, but it doesn't feel justified currently. Almost everything in Naughty dog games(besides strumming the guitar) could be done with a duelshock 3. Compared to Until Dawn the difference is night and day.

Here are a few examples

When viewing an item in Until Dawn the right trigger is gripped and you can move the item in game using the motion controls. In Uncharted 4(PS5) you use the left joystick.

In Until Dawn you would hold the controller still to avoid being spotted. In the Last of Us 2 PS5 you balance on the skybridge using the left stick.

In Until Dawn pages of a book are flipped by swiping the touchpad left or right. In Uncharted 4 and the Last of Us 2 you use the left stick.

I understand this requires extra development time. But there is a whole mode dedicated exclusively to playing the guitar (in Last of Us 2).

I like these games but I feel like this a weak point for them. We've gotten some great free updates for The Last of Us 2. But I would have traded it all for proper Dualsense support.