Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection

My preload is already completed I think, and it says 1 hour 35 minutes to go before I can play it. Rock Band 4 just came out today though, so the whole release date thing is becoming a bit more muddled these days. ;)
 
Been playing the first few chapters of drake's fortune... It looks really, really good. Also, the dithered shadows in the first game seem to be gone with the v1.01 patch. The aiming feels great as well, much, much better than the original game!

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Can't wait to play the rest, Bluepoint did a fantastic job with this :yes:
 
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BoardBonobo said:
I'd definitely be up for a remaster of KZ2 (and a complete remake of KZ1 - just so I can learn to hate Rico all over again and experience using Anti-aircraft guns to annihilate Helgast to a background of lush parkland and falling cherry blossom).
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Yeah, Helghast Yeah!!

Although Guerrilla Games have a new IP game which looks good, I would prefer they handled a complete remake of Killzone 1, Liberation, Killzone 2 and Killzone 3 using PS4 specific latest dev tools with a 1080p 60fps first person shooter target including co-op mode for all and in game engine real time cut scenes like Killzone 2 did.

I mean Resident Evil got that heavy remake for 1, and 0 way back and recently Ryu Go Gotoku aka Yakuza 1 is getting a major overhaul remake with added stuff not found in the original PS2 game!!

Clukos said:
Oh, according to IGN's review this collection doesn't have any behind the scenes stuff that was available for all games on Ps3. I think that alone saved them some serious space. I wish they would just have it as an optional download for people who want to watch this stuff, i enjoyed them on Ps3.
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Digital Foundry pointed out that for Uncharted Collection the real time in engine cut-scenes would have been challenging...perhaps the videos of the cut scenes jusy filled up that Blu Ray disc.

Still it would have been nice to have such features as a bonus disc and not rely on youtube channels with intrusive ads.

SumoSaki said:
I cancelled my pre-order as was very disappointed with the demo.

I'm still playing MGS5 and felt like it wasn't worth stopping playing this for something that's aged so badly.
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Comparing MGS5 to a console remaster, specially one as well done as Uncharted Collection is downright silly.

It's like saying people would refuse to play MGS-PS2 because they can't go back to the graphics after Uncharted 3.

Anyway about the skills, cover, stealth action in games and A.I. simulation as well as Hive-mind A.I.

There's always a few games that tackle this issue like an old PS2 Zeonic Front (Mobile Suit Gundam franchise) where charging in guns blazing will get you killed.

A lot of this has to do with general audience's perception of game difficulty as well as reviewers not being well informed or informative.

Hive mind is easy to implement as most games work as a once you know how to shoot, then just kill kill kill and win.

Skills based shooters will always demand some type of accuracy and patience from the gamer which isn't compatible with someone seeking to win really fast or play...like another game.

Gears 1 suffered from cheap bullet sponge enemies where skills were irrelevant, I know because I approached that game by skill and found it heavily scripted...boss can only be killed by certain weapons or hitting an object or spot which greatly cheapens the explosive nature of grenades, bazookas and emptying entire clips of rifle bullets to the head.

However if a game demands skills and doesn't have a proper training tutorial for gameplay then the gamer will be intimidated and frustrated...specially if their attention span is very short.
 
Textures look on point, the first game with better aiming/movement, no tearing and 60 fps is really very enjoyable. Many don't rank it along the other two but this collection will probably make many people reconsider imo.

Texture work in random rocks
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Drake
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Foliage looks clean
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Some other pictures i got
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More here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/128836441@N08/albums/72157659579288941

I think it looks fantastic
 
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Akumajou said:
Yeah, Helghast Yeah!!

Although Guerrilla Games have a new IP game which looks good, I would prefer they handled a complete remake of Killzone 1, Liberation, Killzone 2 and Killzone 3 using PS4 specific latest dev tools with a 1080p 60fps first person shooter target including co-op mode for all and in game engine real time cut scenes like Killzone 2 did.

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:oops::oops::oops::oops: whhaaaaaaatttt?!?!?!?

Now now, my good man. Let's not get too crazy up in here. As much as i love me some Killzone, Horizon looks AMAZING! I wouldn't want GG to work on anything else at the moment.

Let BluePoint work on a KZ2 remake in the ShadowFall engine. Supermassive proved that the tools are developed enough for another development studio to just pick up and run with.

In any case I'm getting a bit off topic now. Back to uncharted :)
 
DF face-off on Uncharted 2: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/d...-thieves-nathan-drake-collection-ps4-face-off

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Key improvements from these two screenshots:
  • Better AF
  • Better AA
  • Higher quality AO
  • Better lod
  • Higher quality textures
  • Added geometry
  • Added specular detail (look at the tent/foliage)
  • Higher quality character models (textures and polys)
  • More vibrant colors (?)
Keep in mind this is a lossy gif, it's better if you open up the two separate images on your browser and swap between them:

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goonergaz said:
The problem with U1 (and I plat'd it) was going back after playing U2, it was a bit clunky - I understand they have updated the controls so really looking forward to playing these...man I just wish I had more time to play, so many games stacking up :(
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This is why I'll play the original first. I've not played it for a good five years as I mislaid my copy and I can only remember bits and pieces from the campaign - the submarine uhh.. that's about it. :yep2:
 
Clukos said:
DF face-off on Uncharted 2: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/d...-thieves-nathan-drake-collection-ps4-face-off

Key improvements from these two screenshots:
  • Better AF
  • Better AA
  • Higher quality AO
  • Better lod
  • Higher quality textures
  • Added geometry
  • Added specular detail (look at the tent/foliage)
  • Higher quality character models (textures and polys)
  • More vibrant colors (?)
Keep in mind this is a lossy gif, it's better if you open up the two separate images on your browser and swap between them:

Ps3

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To be honest I do not think that all changes are good:
- Higher quality AO - for example on PS4 AO seems to be missing in upper-right corner behind the roots - in the end lightning in this area looks "flat"
- More vibrant colors - in some places contrast is too high, some areas are very dark as result. Same applies to updated lightning - some areas seems too dark.

So while other changes are obvious improvements (texture res, geometry,lod, aa, af) - changes related to ao, lighting color and contrast are mixed bag for me. Still I am going to buy collectors edition as I consider Uncharted series to be the best series of last gen consoles.
 
That's a huge download for me :-/ ! I will get around to starting it around Friday, I mean the download ...God knows when I will play it !
Anyways, I will play them all after MGS gets done. The only thing that can massively distract me is the Witcher expansion which just had such a spectacular trailer yesterday that it blew my lid off !

Fallout can eat its socks , I don't care anymore
 
DSoup said:
This is why I'll play the original first. I've not played it for a good five years as I mislaid my copy and I can only remember bits and pieces from the campaign - the submarine uhh.. that's about it. :yep2:
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Just started this, going very smooth. It really is a very good game, aged pretty decently even taking into account the fact that it had a lousy frame rate in some sections back in the day. It's clearly playing far better now, so much so that I'm thinking of dialing up the difficulty. Also really nice that it has an explorer difficulty, and all the language support of the original, that is becoming increasingly rare ... Great for my son to be able to fully understand - though the language is a bit rough at times!
 
Sigfried1977 said:
When is the Witcher expansion coming out? I think enough time has passed for me to get back into it.
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October 13 and it costs very little, download will also be smaller and it will give as much, if not more, fun as a new game ....and to top it the trailer was just rad :runaway: !everything points to that getting played before UC, the raid in Destiny and maybe even MGS (which makes me sadbut I am an ass when it comes to managing multiple games :cry: ! )
 
London-boy said:
I guess this has been answered already, but is there no way to download each game separately?
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It's unknown but the best guess is that it's a package deal to get people into Uncharted 4.

However I noticed a remark from one of the reviews which said (I believe it may be..GT-review) like the ring Drake carries that says "greatness from simple beginnings" you can see a technology progression from Uncharted 1 to U2, to U3.

That and the size is essentially a filled up Blu Ray disc...it's probably better to just get the physical copy.

Anyway I saw the couple of Digital Foundry comparison videos and yeah, great job Bluepoint Games and Naughty Dog as well.

Some of the loses imo may have been time issues after all there was a 1GB patch already.

Wonder if Digital Foundry will do a comparison of the retail disc versus the 1GB patch.
 
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