Game Articles and Videos Thread

Ezekiel

Elite Member
May 29, 2007
1,401
637
118
Country
United States
Game looks boring as fuck, and awkwardly switching between third and first person reveals how rigid the third person animations are and that they went with first person because they're too incompetent to do third person, which would suit the melee combat and platforming (which is automated, lol) much more.

Responding to the title, Uncharted isn't Tomb Raider or Indiana Jones anyway. Sony wanted a cinematic Gears of War. Cover shooting. Spectacle. Naughty Dog used to make platformers (I didn't play Crash and Jak & Daxter.), so of course that carried over, only more automated, with climbing linear and those objects coded yellow so that the action wouldn't stop for too long and you wouldn't remember that it's a video game. Complete opposite of what the Tomb Raider (and Indiana Jones) games used to be.

"One of the cool things about Uncharted 1 is, we had no f***ing idea what we were doing," former Naugty Dog developer Lucas Pope said in a new interview with Ars Technica. "Uncharted 1 was announced, and then Gears came out. And Gears invented the modern third-person shooter. Suddenly, Gears came out and showed them how to do it. So we changed everything, six months before release."

Following the release of Gears of War, Uncharted was on the receiving end of a huge overhaul: the camera perspective, the gun-based controls, and the general movement mechanics were all rejigged to give the game a third-person feel akin to Gears of War. Before Gears inspired this revamp, it seems, you would've seen Uncharted adopting a framed-from-behind sort of style more like the classic Lara Croft titles.

Game is selling badly. I predicted this. My generation and our seniors mostly see through 'memberberries, and our juniors would rather play multiplayer.
 
Last edited:

BrawlMan

Lover of beat'em ups.
Legacy
Mar 10, 2016
29,815
12,402
118
Detroit, Michigan
Country
United States of America
Gender
Male
Responding to the title, Uncharted isn't Tomb Raider or Indiana Jones anyway. Sony wanted a cinematic Gears of War. Cover shooting. Spectacle. Naughty Dog used to make platformers (I didn't play Crash and Jak & Daxter.), so of course that carried over, only more automated, with climbing linear and those objects coded yellow so that the action wouldn't stop for too long and you wouldn't remember that it's a video game. Complete opposite of what the Tomb Raider (and Indiana Jones) games used to be.
Didn't stop people from making the comparisons nor connections regardless if it made sense or not. You're not the first to make this complaint nor point out how they're different or opposites from each other. A few angry viewers were doing that back into youtube days. Especially Darknessthecurse. I can see where either your points coming from, but it comes down to semantics and minute differences at this point. Of course, the old Tomb Raiders didn't play like the newer uncharted games at the time, but many people felt UC Picked up where TB dropped off. I was never that big of a tomb raider fan nor an I a hardcore Unchartered fan. Indiana Jones I did see as a kid but I don't have hardcore nostalgia for it. I still love Harrison Ford but I really don't need another movie. I always referred the Brendan Frazier Mummy movies.

I'm not surprised the game is not doing too hot on sales. I still wish the best for it, but that's what happens when you do these exclusive deals (at $70+ as the starting price(. Especially on a console that's really lacking in any meaningful first party titles.
 

NerfedFalcon

Level i Flare!
Mar 23, 2011
7,265
1,014
118
Gender
Male
Lilith is a succubus in Darkstalkers. Not an angel.
I don't think Dizzy is technically an angel either. I'm fairly certain she's a half-Gear with a wing that happens to resemble an angel's wing (and an angel itself) and one that looks like a devil. I admit I don't know enough about Street Fighter 3 to say whether Gill is genuinely an angel or not, but the thumbnail's already off to a bad start.

Probably won't end up watching the video to see where it goes from that first impression.
 
  • Like
Reactions: BrawlMan

BrawlMan

Lover of beat'em ups.
Legacy
Mar 10, 2016
29,815
12,402
118
Detroit, Michigan
Country
United States of America
Gender
Male
Gill is genuinely an angel or not, but the thumbnail's already off to a bad start.

Probably won't end up watching the video to see where it goes from that first impression.
Gill is 100% human, but likes to see himself as an angel messiah figure.
 

NerfedFalcon

Level i Flare!
Mar 23, 2011
7,265
1,014
118
Gender
Male

I can't remember if this video's already been posted, I feel like it has, but I can't remember where it was, so I'm posting it here so I can find it.
 
  • Like
Reactions: BrawlMan

Drathnoxis

I love the smell of card games in the morning
Legacy
Sep 23, 2010
5,812
2,131
118
Just off-screen
Country
Canada
Gender
Male
 
  • Like
Reactions: BrawlMan

Ezekiel

Elite Member
May 29, 2007
1,401
637
118
Country
United States

I'm here for the retro future look and feel
Shaving head in reveal reminds me of the first Last of Us II trailer just being two dancing girls staring into each other's eyes before kissing. All these people wanna do is trigger. It's embarrassing. Their stories don't feel honest and their gameplay is only mediocre.

The dislike ratio and disabled comments are beautiful.
 

Casual Shinji

Should've gone before we left.
Legacy
Jul 18, 2009
20,237
5,023
118

I'm here for the retro future look and feel
I'm just here for the pivot alone - it's been 13 years of contemporary settings from Naughty Dog.

Looks like the dumbfucks over here are already getting heated over a shaved head as well. TLoU2 REALLY broke people's brains. If this character had hair, the trigger would've been her not being white. If she was white, the trigger would've been that she's a woman. Then the trigger would've been her jaw or something. Whatever the case, Naughty Dog did it to be controversial and trigger people... with a shaved head. A shaved head is already enough now. Nothing gay, nothing muscled, just a shaved head. Fuck, some people are losers!
 

Chimpzy

Simian Abomination
Legacy
Escapist +
Apr 3, 2020
13,005
9,547
118

Ezekiel

Elite Member
May 29, 2007
1,401
637
118
Country
United States
I'm just here for the pivot alone - it's been 13 years of contemporary settings from Naughty Dog.

Looks like the dumbfucks over here are already getting heated over a shaved head as well. TLoU2 REALLY broke people's brains. If this character had hair, the trigger would've been her not being white. If she was white, the trigger would've been that she's a woman. Then the trigger would've been her jaw or something. Whatever the case, Naughty Dog did it to be controversial and trigger people... with a shaved head. A shaved head is already enough now. Nothing gay, nothing muscled, just a shaved head. Fuck, some people are losers!
This is what Naughty Dog wanted. Could have revealed Last of Us II with anything, but chose the lesbian scene; could have revealed Intergalactic with anything, but chose the protagonist shaving her head.

Is it true that the trailer on the Naughty Dog channel was published with comments already turned off? So, they want the discourse, just not in front of their advertising where it might hurt sales.

Oh, and this camera in a melee action game again. Let me guess... Warning icons, because the player can't see shit.