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Uncharted 4 - A Thief's |Reviews Thread| Nateness Awaits
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Not enough to spell her name correctly
Whoops. Lol.
Yeah, most characters are hers, of course... I meant the focus and direction of the story. Btw, she isn't credited in the game per se, they just expressed their gratitude for her contributions to the franchise. Which is a great touch.
Anyway, like you and Nightengale said... She possibly laid the groundwork that served for Neil's own version of the story.
redflamingolingo
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The average score on N4g just went up to 9.6 out of 79 reviews.
http://n4g.com/channel/uncharted-4-a-thiefs-end
I have no doubts this will hit 95 Metacritic in the coming days. IGN review be damned.
http://n4g.com/channel/uncharted-4-a-thiefs-end
I have no doubts this will hit 95 Metacritic in the coming days. IGN review be damned.
The Artisan
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if there wasn't any bad blood then why did they kick her out of ND? they could've just kicked her off the Uc4 project but kept her on the team still.
Comrade Crunch
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I forget, was she really kicked out? I thought it was an amicable split.
bryanee
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Aww man the one time I go with Simplygames they decide to follow the rules for once and wont ship until Monday.
Ricky Ricardo
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I have never seen the amount of handwringing and mathematical operations around a review score as I have seen in this thread.
I'm not sure if this is some sort of meta-game or if you guys are actually serious about this, but it's kind of sad.
redflamingolingo
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I think some of us just want it to cement itself in a higher bracket that'll be harder to touch.
But you are right. It is pretty sad. Hehe
I get the vibe that he's a serious coke-head.
That's no slight on his character, though, he's evidently a great guy.
At this point, we don't just want Uncharted 4 to be the highest rated original game of this gen, we want it to murder other games with the superior 95 MC rating.
I jest
Coolbgdog12
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If this game doesn't hit a 95 it'll personally etch itself into my mind as another failure by ND FAILING to reach Uncharted 2's masterful score.
DragonKnight
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When I heard Lucy was reviewing Uncharted 4 this was my initial reaction.
No your initial reaction should have been to ask yourself why you even care in the first place lol
You want an EA studio to do the next Uncharted?
It's EA, they'll be Star Wars to the death.
Damn, mine still hasn't shipped.
DragonKnight
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Why again?
Nightengale
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Bad blood or not, something happened that forced everyone involved to sign 30 sheets of NDA to never ever bring up that story for a long, long time.
And no normal split causes that.
I'm just speaking from personal experience, but regardless of how valid a reason it was, pulling the plug on an ongoing project, replacing the leadership altogether as well as reshuffling a lot of the roles in the project, and then making large changes to the point that it's effectively a new project...
There is no world where there's not some friction caused by something like that.
And no normal split causes that.
I'm just speaking from personal experience, but regardless of how valid a reason it was, pulling the plug on an ongoing project, replacing the leadership altogether as well as reshuffling a lot of the roles in the project, and then making large changes to the point that it's effectively a new project...
There is no world where there's not some friction caused by something like that.
SneakySneaks
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She's going to making Star Wars games from now on. Hope she does something like 1313.
Speaking of that, have we seen what she's been working on yet?
schaft0620
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Throw it at a wall and see what sticks.
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Amy <3
For me it would just be symbolic if it ends up as the highest ranked this gen, mainly because MGS5 is the current "champion" and I found it to be disappointing, so yea I'd be glad to see another game takes its place but other than the symbolic thing it really doesn't matter, even if it drops to 93, reviews are awesome either way and I'm sure the game is going to be a big success (that's what most important for me, as someone who generally prefers his games to be more linear I have a big interest in U4's success)
well said
perhaps she has just cooled down on it in the subsequent few years (likely)
disappointing? yet worthy of an avvy?
Oppo
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well said
perhaps she has just cooled down on it in the subsequent few years (likely)
disappointing? yet worthy of an avvy?
Well that avatar can at least tell I'm being sincere with my feelings, I was very hyped for it before release, didn't change it since.
Nightengale
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Actually, I think the things I said are quite factual.
- Nate's brother (Todd Swastick said that his role was recast and replaced by Troy)
- Pirate theme (the visuals from the first teaser hinted on that to begin with)
And in regards to the last Uncharted, this was a line from LA Times interview.
This, imo, was a strong hint that before Bruce and Neil came onto the project, it was never a story meant to be about Nate's final adventure.
and it is a damn fine avvy
To be honest, I'm wondering about this myself. If a highly anticipated game disappointed me, I would dump that avatar and virtually burn it with a fire. But thankfully, that hasn't happened to me.disappointing? yet worthy of an avvy?
She's at EA for now. I just think it would be great to see her heading the next Uncharted game.
Corpsepyre
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What do you guys think happened between ND and Amy?
I think a lot of the main plot is hers. The pirates, the brothers thing.
They end the credits with a heartfelt message to her too. Tought it was a nice gesture.
Finished the game this morning, and loved it immensly. They perfected the Uncharted formula, and weren't affraid to take risks (slowing the game down for storytelling/worldbuilding like TLOU Left Behind did). New ideas like the open levels, the grapple and the jeep are brilliant. And graphically it is something else...
And the final chapter hits all the feels. Brilliant.
Like SomTervo said I kind of like the avatar aesthetically, and I'm a big fan of the series, my previous avatar was MGS1's Solid Snake art.
I still have my The Order stache. Have a problem with that?
Music to my ears.
I have seen your avatar since forever............, but I just realized it 's DD int it and not Big Boss :/
his nose shadow always looked like Big Boss's right eye to me
True, I assume it was a decision made by the higher ups, maybe Amy showed the game to Sony and they didn't like it, causing a mass reshuffle. I've seen it described as some type of hostile take over on the part of Neil and Bruce, but I'm not sure that's possible. For whatever reason they were asked to take over, I just hope there isn't friction between Amy, Neil and Bruce.
Nightengale
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I think we know too little to make anything more than very generalised and broad assumptions.
I have seen your avatar since forever............, but I just realized it 's DD int it and not Big Boss :/
his nose shadow always looked like Big Boss's right eye to me
He might as well be DD. They talk around the same.
The whole her getting kicked out thing wasn't true was it? Or at least the details on how it was reported, ND even went as far as to release this.
Like I said, we'll probably never know what really happened, but it doesn't seem like she's upset about it, if she was she'd probably just avoid talking about the game. Though it's definitely possible that she's just got over it and is happy for her friends and where she ended up.
I have seen your avatar since forever............, but I just realized it 's DD int it and not Big Boss :/
his nose shadow always looked like Big Boss's right eye to me
Lol took you long enough, tell me the truth, you just skipped my msgs and never really noticed
The Artisan
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this forbes contributor is a bit iffy. according to ign she was "forced out" - i don't know how else you could force someone out of your company except by firing them.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertc...tedly-forced-out-at-naughty-dog/#3ec8661f350e
yeah i'm not 100% sure. that could've been naughty dog doing damage control but amy hennig is responding positively about Uc4 on twitter now so it might not be that either. i really don't know man.
dragonflys545
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Anyone in NYC getting the game early? PM me please!
Fair enough, it's your avatar, not mine.
Ironically, so do I. And while The Order is nothing more than a decent game IMO, I wasn't really disappointed by it.
Hard to know of course.
I think it had to be something with Todd Stashwick, casted to play Nate's brother. He's friends with Amy, others at Naughty Dog may not have thought he was good in the role and wanted him out, Amy wouldn't accept that. I think the fact that he's now working with Amy on the Visceral game (I think he is, correct me if I'm wrong) is further proof to this.
This however is very true, so it's just my theory.
I wonder how she's credited. Probably a 'Special Thanks.'
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I guess there's a difference between "disappointment" like Gurish experienced and sheer vitriolic rage like Ishida experienced
Haha, this is so true. Every time I see a post from Ishida about MGSV, I can't help grinning and feeling sorry for the poor dude. He really wanted to destroy the world when he found out the twist.
that is lovely
The whole experience sort of fucked him up, haha.
I might have felt the same way had I maintained my hype right up to release. Luckily for me, the insanely negative noises from the spoiler thread re the story made my expectations very low indeed, so I was pleasantly surprised by all of MGSV's plot
also, Ishida has calmed down a lot on MGSV now
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