Elena VO mentions new Uncharted work

“when it simply isn’t.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_received_by_Uncharted_2:_Among_Thieves

O’rly?

X-Play – Best Writing
GamePro – Best Storytelling
Gametrailers – Best Story
IGN – Overall Best Story
Writers Guild of America – Videogame Writing
International Game Developers Association – Best Writing
Game Audio Network Guild – Best Dialog
British Academy of Film and Television Arts – Story

and so you can shut up:

*Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences* – Outstanding Achievement in Story – Original.
Nuff said.

surely she wouldnt be allowed to post that on her twitter?

I usually hate resorting to critics to prove my point

(I see it as an inability to express one’s own opinion, plus most, idiots, dismiss it with the phrase ‘I don’t listen to critics’… which pisses me off as critics are people with opinions, they are just trained to write those opinions in an intelligible manner!)

Anyway, back on point. Erthazus was right (jesus, what have I done?!) to post those as they demonstrate a consensus which is very hard to argue with.

“I usually hate resorting to critics to prove my point”

Same, but that was just too obvious.

I like how awards mean nothing when they’re talking about Halo or Modern Warfare, but now critical acclaim becomes relevant all of a sudden. no really, double standards ftw. heh.

@50 I fail to see how that’s so difficult to understand

I don’t care what people like. That’s none of my business. But if they argue an underlying quality to what they like, then they need to define that as well.

There’s a big difference between what I like and what I think is good writing.

It’s hard to start analyzing all the stuff you’ve seen, but off the top of my head, I’d say the best shows in terms of acting, directing and writing at the moment would have to be Mad Men and Breaking Bad. For movies that would be Apocalypse Now, Dr. Strangelove, Fight Club (although the screenplay is 95% identical to the book) The Great Dictator, Up, Taxi Driver.

Those are all favourites of mine, but basically I’ll watch anything from Hellraiser to Magnolia.

@51 Nice work, moron. Those are all for Uncharted 2. I haven’t said a word about that game, as I haven’t played it. The idiocy just keeps on coming with you, huh?

@55 If Erthazus actually lived in the same reality as us, that sort of logic would actually mean something.

@55 +1

@56 Except that they are the same in most cases. Story was not better than from a first one. They are equal.

@55 Oh just shut up already. Halo is overrated. It’s just overrated by the marketing campaign. When i saw something like critical acclaim there was always a question: Does someone played FPS before?
It’s like a trolling system: Halo invented FPS, duh…

Modern Warfare? There are a lot of critical acclaims that this game deserved in FPS genre clearly because in that year there was nothing better than THAT game. Basically what was awesome from FPS when MW2 came out? Nothing much in FPS genre. Modern Warfare 1 really did a good job.

@58 Right right right….

So where are the awards for Uncharted, again? Equals indeed!

Not that the people actually handing them out have ever played a videogame in the case of Bafta and the Writers Guild.

@56
I actually love, and watch, all those things you listed.

And I completely forgot what game we were discussing… Forgive me, I’m working on 4hrs sleep here!!

@59 none of them except of shitty IGN.

but if you want to judge the story first of all play two games. Not just first game by one hour. Full games.
In the story aspect they are absolutely the same. SAME.
Uncharted 2 just had more dialogs and thats it. Writer is the same Amy Hennig who did story for Legacy of Kain series and Uncharted series.
Legacy Of Kain had not much awards and what? The story is still awesome.

@61 Bullshit. A game is a game. If it really needs a sequel to justify itself, then clearly it isn’t a very good game.

I realize you have no idea what you’re talking about as usual, so now you’re just left babbling like an idiot again, but seriously man. Just get a clue, and stop trying.

Your argument was that Uncharted 2s writing was great based on the awards it’s won. Given that Uncharted won none, that would suggest the exact opposite.

Can we please move you up to a 5th grade comprehension of logic now? It gets pretty tiring to see you run away from what you’ve just said, every time you’re called on all your bullshit.

LOL!

‘shut up’?
look, man. say, are you on acid?

I wasn’t even talking with you, imbecile. heh. perhaps it will surprise you, but this a comment section, akin to a forum thread you’re posting in. I was commenting on another nice example of your pathetic nature.

no really, Erthazus is nothing but sad cunt. sorry, continuously posting your own opinionated bollocks doesn’t negate the fact that Halo (as well as MW2 that you continuosly bash) won all those things, and got universal acclaim. you’ve been caught on double standards.

if I were him I would at least admit it, I guess he really has zero dignity.

@DSB
I agree that Uncharted 1 was a disappointment, Uncharted 2 was fully deserving of the praise it got though. Gunplay was much, much improved. Engine and environments again much better. The only thing lacking for me was the puzzles were a bit easy. The battles made up for that though – as mentioned that is the primary focus, lots more variety, some great tactical options and different approaches too.

I think what Erthazus is trying to say (in his own, special, way) is that Amy Henning helmed writing on both games, she also worked on the Soul Reaver games which had decent writing.

Amy’s writing wouldn’t have changed much over a two year development cycle and her stamp could be found in both games. So if the 2nd receive plaudits, perhaps the first is of merit as well?

I’m not sure I agree with him, but I will draw your attention to the state of consoles in 2007 and 2009. Drakes Fortune released in 2007, at a time where the PS3 was still being lambasted by many people. 2007 was also the release of many fantastic titles such as The Orange Box, Left 4 Dead etc… Uncharted could have been lost in the shuffle come awards season.

In 2009 the PS3 had just been granted a breath of life with the slim relaunch and had a better reputation. Come awards season the only real competition for it was MW2 and ACII… It would have garnered far more attention.

I realise I’m making Uncharted 2′s plaudits seem like consolation prizes ‘well done, there wasn’t much to chose from so CONGRATS!’ but what i’m really trying to point out is that more attention would have been on Uncharted 2 in 2009 leading to more awards; perhaps Uncharted: DF would have received similar accolades if released in 2009?

I think that’s it from me, I can’t be arsed to write anymore. Know that I respect your opinion, I just hope you can understand why many people enjoy the writing and story in the Uncharted series.

EDIT: FUCK ME, that’s an Oldergamer-esque post!

You’re both grasping at straws onlineatron. You don’t judge a writer on the books he’s done in the past. We’re talking about a single game.

That fact that Hennig may or may not have done well before or since doesn’t mean that her abuse of 1980′s action lines get any more impressive.

Either you stick to the subject at hand or you shut the fuck up. I think that’s a principle we’ll never teach Erthazus

@62
Though you want to maybe swat up on your logic before mocking someone elses. There are plenty of real world examples where if A then B is true but if not A then not B is false.

Errgh, you’re irritating me now DSB.

I was trying to finish the convo in a playful manner. Throwing out some hypotheticals for closures sake and you carry on like there is only one school of thinking (yours!).

Give it a rest, it’s a fucking game, it exists, people enjoy it, you don’t… so what?!

So lets bring this back for the Uncharted fans, DSB its obvious you dont like the series so from now on i dont think this convo will appeal to you. Anyways what do people want from UC 3?

Like someone said i wouldnt mind seeing what ND can do with sand, like sandstorms or quicksand could be intergrated im to UC setpieces really well.

Story wise id like to focus on Drakes past something like that. Gameplay wise hmm melee weapons and a none lethal way of taking enemies as well. Rather do away with boss battles or make them way better.

@67 This is getting old in a hurry.

You could also argue that awards don’t prove anything on their own, and that people would only resort to an argument like that because they have no informed input on the subject themselves.

And so it goes on… And on… And on…

@69 I have nothing against the series. I just didn’t like the original game.

I want Victor ‘Goddamn’ Sullivan to be in it more.

@69
I’d like to see some more difficult puzzle elements, and the lead me by the nose help turned *off* by default, not on. I’d also like to see a few more elements where the climbing stuff is used for more than a way to get from A to B. Online wise keep the co-op drop the adversarial stuff.

@ 70 so if you dont like the first game you wont like the sequel man hence why i said you dont like UC….

Yea more Sullivan is a must, the guy is a ledge.

@73 Facepalm. Whatever, man. I’ll decide on that when I get to it.

@70
Don’t care so much about the actual argument – it’s all opinions and context, just you were berating someone for their lack of knowledge of logic and using flawed logic yourself

@73
It depends why you didn’t like the first surely? I didn’t enjoy much of the first but absolutely loved the second.

@Hindle

Yeah, before all this rigmarole started I said I want to see a desert setting mixed with underwater stuff (atlantis?).

Sullivan needs to be in it, I know he departed ways with Drake last game but plot needs to ensure that he’s more prevalent this time round. I’m not sure if I want to see too many new characters, just more Chloe, Elena etc.

As for gameplay, more set-pieces, more variety, more co-op mp.

Oh and speaking of Uncharted 2, this looks hella lot like it: http://www.destructoid.com/see-enslaved-s-full-opening-the-escape–183204.phtml

@ 76 well yea good point. And a baddie that isnt English or Russian as well!!!!!!!!!!

@77
They would absolutely have to nail the underwater controls. Could go horribly wrong if they went that route and didn’t. I’d like to see a Chinese angle to it, lots of myths and legend to delve into there, not to mention a dash of martial arts too.

I like Uncharted! Oh please somebody pick on me because I have an opinion contrary to yours!!!

+100 posts FTW!

Another Uncharted game was predictable.

Yeah, that’s what I want to see… underwater gameplay that works!

@78
Indeed, the bad guy needs to be pitch perfect. DF’s baddie kinda sucked and AT’s was close, he just needed to be a tad more brutal (perhaps kill a character who is important to the player, not just a poxy camera man?).

An evil force works best if the audience is shown what destruction it can wrought before being told to be afraid of it. I want an evil that is so brutal, and unforgiven that it gives the story a sense of jeopardy and weight.

Uncharted 2 was fantastic, but I never felt like the world was at stake. Perhaps Naughty Dog could allow the enemy to get it’s hand on the mystical relic this time and actual cause chaos in the world before being defeated?

83 posts in and we’re back to relevant news story conversation: http://kotaku.com/5631154/hmmm-uncharted-voice-actor-doing-some-new-uncharted-work-this-week

The official word from Sony is that it’s voice work for DLC. So what, more Co-op levels?

Both uncharted 1/2 are my fav games this gen, however im amazed how uncharted 1 didn’t win as many awards as uncharted 2. it still stands among the best looking games this gen, and i actually preferred the story in 1 over 2. I loved the chemistry between Nathan and Elena, it was done perfectly, right till the credits. Plus i loved the wit and sillyness from Nathan in the first game, in the second game it felt like they forced it upon him sometimes and tried to add one liners to try make him seem funny, where as in uncharted 1 it came about more naturally. even though the gameplay and sequences in uncharted 2 topped uncharted 1 overall, i still feel uncharted 1 needed many more awards.