Uncharted 2 Live Chat Summary
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Article written by djhsecondnature in Hot, PS3 News, on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 23:25.
This evening, Naughty Dog Creative Director Amy Hennig and Co-President Evan Wells kindly participated in a Live Chat on the US PlayStation Blog, and like the kind folk that we are, we’ve cherry picked and summarised it for you. Many questions were asked and great responses were provided by the two Naughty Dogs, but we’re just going to cover the main ones – feel free to check out the entire Live Chat via the source link.
Lets not beat around the bush any more and get straight to it; the length of the game will definitely be longer than the first Uncharted, including over 90 minutes of cinematics alone – sounds like Metal Gear has some competition. Whilst the release date is still currently pinned for “Fall”, an official date will be announced very soon – which is great news as I can then book my holiday around it. When questioned about the inclusion of split-screen Evan replied, “We are only supporting online multiplayer. We didn’t want to compromise the visuals going from single player to multiplayer and to include a split screen option at this time would have meant making that sacrifice.”
For all of those of you that missed out on the multiplayer beta are in luck as there will be another multiplayer demo before the game hits the shelves, yet a date for such hasn’t been finalised. Several unannounced multiplayer modes will be present in the competitive mode and at least two more cooperative modes when the game ships; with a Cinema mode allowing you to play back any of your matches and view it from any angle. You’ll also be able to upload those recordings so others can download them and view them on their PS3’s, as well as upload screenshots from that mode as well.
We all know that if Carlsberg made snow, it would probably be the best snow in the world. However, Naughty Dog told us that the snow in Uncharted 2 would be the best snow we’d ever seen, but how on earth will they do it? Evan begins by saying, “Screen Space Ambient Occlusion, deferred rendering, cloud computing, parallax mapping, high dynamic range tonemapping, per object motion blur, cascade shadows, sub surface scattering simulation…” before continuing to explain more effectively, “We’re using a variety of rendering techniques to give our snow and ice a realistic look. Drake and the enemies will leave footprints in the snow with 3D clumps that build up around their feet, and it even has gameplay implications when the weather really whips up and visibility becomes an issue.”
When queried on the incredible quality of the games graphics, one user asked whether Naughty Dog share their tech with other PS3 developers, to which Evan responded, “We’re very fortunate to have a great group of first party developers within Sony that we’re able to collaborate with. We’re frequently exchanging technical ideas and even share some code from time to time. We’ve even posted the entire source code of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune to Sony’s internal servers so that any first party developer can look through it, or borrow from it… and we plan on doing the same thing when Uncharted 2 ships. We also have a group of programmers here at Naughty Dog called the ICE team. They’ve been busy writing highly optimized code for the PS3 for the last 5+ years, and that code has been shared externally with the PS3 dev community in the form of the EDGE libraries. So, in short, yes we share our tech.”
Source: US PS Blog
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nofi | 30/06/2009 23:29
Wants a custom tag.
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Excellent stuff.
X_Yoshy_X | 05/07/2009 21:46
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Yer brill
can’t wait
2ofclubs | 30/06/2009 23:30
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Sounds awesome and I’m liking the sound of Naughty Dog sharing their tech. How kind. They aren’t Naughty Dogs at all, they are Nice Dogs.
Manorhowze | 30/06/2009 23:31
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Cinema mode sounds awesome. I’m really getting stoked for this game now. I am going to have to make sure I have enough pennies for this one when it comes out.
markglynne | 01/07/2009 10:32
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Lol at least now you can brag and have proof now ;D
tantalus_blank | 30/06/2009 23:38
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top guys by the sounds of it
ManeoriX | 30/06/2009 23:39
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90 mins of cinematics? The story immersion is what made the first game for me, and the sequel looks like it’s going to be just as good or even better! REALLY excited for this now!
djhsecondnature | 30/06/2009 23:47
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I loved the first Uncharted cutscenes as well. Well excited.
markglynne | 01/07/2009 10:22
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the first Uncharted cutscenes were some of the best due to motion acting
YOURMUMANDME | 30/06/2009 23:42
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Snowballs as weapons, how much fun would that be ?
These guys are wicked , them sharing info with any other developer is definately the way forward . Do any other developers do that ?
djhsecondnature | 30/06/2009 23:48
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Insomniac share some of their advanced tech at GDC every year.
YOURMUMANDME | 30/06/2009 23:58
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Well I think they all deserve a big hug or a cigar or some feel good , token of appreciation …. maybe sex ….. I don’t know but they are awesome .
Maybe today could be marked as ‘ Naughty Dog Day ‘ on the TSA calender . The patron saint of data sharing ?
Sheel | 30/06/2009 23:50
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I know Guerrilla Games have said they share their code to the first party developers within Sony as well. It’s a very good thing, and one of the reasons I believe the first party games from Sony are awesome.
Watchful | 30/06/2009 23:43
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Great read! Not fussed about the competitive multiplayer but bring on the single player and co-op. This is vying with AC2 for my most anticipated title at the moment.
Carl | 30/06/2009 23:47
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A load of the questions that got through were already known, so that is rather disappointing
Zuler | 30/06/2009 23:53
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The live chats are always like that. Any question that involves information that the Devs don’t want to divulge, they don’t go through. But this chat answered quite a lot of questions in comparison to some of the other chats. I wonder if TSA might give this a go one day….
Carl | 02/07/2009 22:25
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This is the first one i have actually read.
TheDeathAvenger | 30/06/2009 23:49
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Some ready good questions and answers. Loved the first Uncharted, and it looks like i’ll love the second one even more. Can’t wait.
radiobridge | 30/06/2009 23:51
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I’m an old git 34,is it wrong to be this excited about Uncharted 2,This game is gonna be officially awesome.
Aitrus | 01/07/2009 09:09
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Yes, that is wrong. (It’s OK for me though since I’m only 33!)
seedaripper1973 | 01/07/2009 12:23
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bollocks, its right to be this excited (I’m 36) abso-fuckin-lutely loved the 1st game…and I’m garnering moisture with relation to its sequel…
(excuse ones french, but ‘I cannae wait cap’n')
Ducer15 | 01/07/2009 12:51
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And I’m a bit older than all of you three, but who’s counting? I know I stopped.
Alex_Assassin_08 | 30/06/2009 23:53
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god I can’t wait
haz360 | 01/07/2009 00:00
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Can’t wait for this game. Loved the first one, this seems to raise the bar and then some!
spooner_22 | 01/07/2009 00:14
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Awesomes…can’t wait! Sounds like it’s gonna be a good one!
matty | 01/07/2009 00:16
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i can’t wait for this game loved the first one got it on day one i didn’t even know what it was about but i got it bought and didn’t put it down till i finished it
3shirts | 01/07/2009 07:04
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You played alll the way through and don’t know what its about? It’s not the most complex plot in the world.
Downey92 | 01/07/2009 09:17
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I think he meant he didn’t know what it was about when he bought it.
It’s Hard to tell due to the lack of grammar.
Raen | 01/07/2009 09:11
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The snow is being done with cloud computing? :S