Naughty Dog president Evan Wells says Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is just about done. Which is good news, partly because it's a promising PS3 game that's not being delayed. he good news doesn't stop there: Wells also rolls up his sleeves, trawls through the comments on the post and decides that due to fan feedback they'd go ahead and implement 1080i support, where previously they'd only been gunning for 720p.
Q: What feedback have you taken from the E3 build? Elena Fischer: It's far more valuable to get critical feedback than to hear any praise, in many ways. That's why we have a lot of focus testing in-house and out of house. We read everything when we have a public demo of the game. Obviously, we've adjusted the aiming settings quite a bit, and aiming assistance. We've changed the enemy AI and how they interact with the aiming, so they're not fighting the player's controls. We added variety to the enemy behavior, and some dynamic difficulty adjustment. We added some new weapons, like the sniper rifle. I think the main things we got out of the feedback was with the gunplay and the aiming.
"Near the Drake demo booth, the friendly people from Naughty Dog let us know a couple of things:
- The engine was built from the ground up
- There is meticulous detail and focus on the life-like motion and facial expressions.
- The gameplay focuses on things like exploration, cave exploring, hand combat, with a flawless jungle environment influenced on Tomb Raider, with an inflection on foliage detail and everything in general."
Although glitchy, the game is said to have great potential, with amazing animations and mechanics. Control as well as camera issues lead the writer of the piece to come to the conclusion that it might be in Naughty Dog's best interest to delay the game past the already busy month of November.
A synopsis of an interview with the lead game designer stating: The game should be out by the holidays, there is a large emphasis on facial expressions, more on gameplay, drakes character, and motion controls.
The Official site - http://www.us.playstation.com/Uncharted/ "Begin yor hunt now at the official game site" Basically a teaser site, contains minor details such as Drake's companion's name - Elena Fish...(the business car is folded over and trails off)and that she's a TV host
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