[Neil Druckmann] - "I've started thinking about how many of these games I have left in me - And its not that many" (at least not at this scale)

[Danja]

Oh you’re one of those “Amy was better” even though ND’s best games were without Amy and she can’t get a project to the finish line no matter where she goes. Ok.

Amy was better when it came to Uncharted... Let it go already.

 

[flaccidsnake]

Games are taking longer to make, it's very stressful as well. I can see his point. He aged so much between Uncharted 4 development and then TLOU 2.

Would love to see him eventually create a subsidiary within Naughty Dog that focuses on smaller AA games with producers taking turns pitching their concepts.

+1 Folks who would rather see an elite developer like Naughty Dog lower their ambition than do what Sony is doing: growing their first party proactively with multiplatforms like computers.

 

[Nhomnhom]

Better than Uncharted 2?

Yeah right.

 

[Danja]

+1 Folks who would rather see an elite developer like Naughty Dog lower their ambition than do what Sony is doing: growing their first party proactively with multiplatforms like computers.

How is making AA games lowering their ambition? The Lost Legacy is a Naughty Dog AA game and It was fantastic?

Naughty Dog games should have never touched that filthy peasantry they called PC... Ever since they started porting to PC the studio been cursed

I bet PC was the caused of Factions problems in the end.

 

[flaccidsnake]

How is making AA games lowering their ambition? The Lost Legacy is a Naughty Dog AA game and It was fantastic?

Naughty Dog games should have never touched that filthy peasantry they called PC... Ever since they started porting to PC the studio been cursed

I bet PC was the caused of Factions problems in the end.

Lost Legacy is lower ambition than Uncharted 4. This is uncontroversial.

 

[Danja]

Lost Legacy is lower ambition than Uncharted 4. This is uncontroversial.

It's not lower ambition? It was meant to be a DLC for Uncharted 4 and it was even initially included in the Season Pass for the game lol.

Ambitions grew and it became a stand alone game. That they made in a year and it was better than the bloatware that was Uncharted 4

 

[flaccidsnake]

It's not lower ambition? It was meant to be a DLC for Uncharted 4 and it was even initially included in the Season Pass for the game lol.

Ambitions grew and it became a stand alone game. That they made in a year and it was better than the bloatware that was Uncharted 4

they charged $40 for it.

 

[Danja]

they charged $40 for it.

And it was worth every penny and gave you access to an underrated multiplayer game? What's the issue? Great value proposition

 

[flaccidsnake]

And it was worth every penny and gave you access to an underrated multiplayer game? What's the issue? Great value proposition

great game

 

[Box]

What if younger game directors were raised on phone games and gaas?

This is such a boomer take

 

[Puff]

 

[Systemshock2023]

This is such a boomer take

It's true though. It's highly likely they did.

 

[anonpuffs]

I have bad news for all the anti woke people here:

Any potential replacement for Neil will likely be of the same politics as Neil, if not even more extreme.

 

[Yobo]

Let other younger game directors take over, please. I understand that Neil’s contributions to gaming are very significant, but let joy and happiness take over ND’s games.

Go play nintendo

 

[Box]

It's true though. It's highly likely they did.

Most people playing mlbile garbage like candy crush are boomers though.

Gen Z and Alpha play a wide variety of games

 

[Remember_Spinal]

It funny how people will dismiss Jade Raymond for the same thing Amy Henning is also known for. Neither one has put out a game since they left their respective companies but people treat the latter like a god because they hate druckmann

 

[Yobo]

Hennig is also the one who struggled big time once Straley wasn't involved, while Druckmann went on to win another GOTY

 

[Danja]

Hennig is also the one who struggled big time once Straley wasn't involved, while Druckmann went on to win another GOTY

We are still pushing this nonsense? Uncharted 3 suffered? Straley was replaced by the incomparable Justin Richmond. We already know the fallout became that Hennigs Uncharted 4 team wanted more resources and The Last of US was sucking up the resource air within the company which started internal issues. And then she went and publicly criticized Neil's use of feminism by making Ellie kiss a girl... And the fallout happened

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

Well he's in his 40s now? with roughly 7 years a pop per game that means he does 3 more and he will be in his 60s.

So yeah, he will not make 5 of those games for sure.

 

[Eternal_Wings]

The DEI team will make sure he's replaced by a more inclusive choice, preferably someone who has demonstrated their ability to not work too much so they don't stress out the rest of the studio.

Then may Hiroki Totoki close Naughty Dog studio forever. He already put pressure on them via public speaking. If they want to stick to this woke madness, then I pray TLOU 3 will flop hard.