Ever since Naughty Dog announced the title of Nathan Drake's fourth outing on home consoles, it's been heavily speculated that Uncharted 4: A Thief's End would be the last adventure for the wise-cracking explorer.
There's no definitive proof that the forthcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive will be the final entry in the series, but some hints have been dropped in the past and the name itself sort of hints at the prospect of life without Nate. Naughty Dog has remained tight lipped about the story, but the game's director, Neil Druckmann, recently posted something to Twitter that will make every Uncharted fan shudder.
Commenting on the massive Uncharted 4 banner installed at the LA Convention Centre where this year's E3 is taking place, Druckmann said that Nathan's "looking mighty good for his last E3", along with a devilish emoticon. There's always the chance that the guy is just trolling fans, but we'd put money on it being the last Uncharted to feature Nathan Drake. Not much money, mind – just a quid.
What do you reckon? Is Neil Druckmann channelling his inner Hideo Kojima, or will this really be the last round for our mass-murdering charmer? Cheeky quips down below.
[source twitter.com]
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Good! Don't want to see this series treading water. Should help give it some punch!
My initial reading of that Tweet was: Uncharted 4 will be out by the time it's E3 2016. However, the devil emoji does change the context a bit, I guess. I agree that Drake's probably going to die in this game, and I don't think Naughty Dog will make another one.
I can't see Sony dropping the character, though. They'll just do prequels or something if he does bite the dust.
@get2sammyb I don't think they'll kill him off, they might lean heavily toward doing so but will keep him going while simultaneously ending the series, just like Snakes story in MGS4. He's just too happy go lucky to die. That's what I think anyway!
@kyleforrester87 Yeah, I could also see that. It'll be interesting to see what they do: they've kinda set the expectation of some kind of finale now, but I do trust Naughty Dog to deliver whichever direction they take.
they could end his story and if they wanted to do another game at some point just have a son or something as the lead instead
Pretty happy to see some new Uncharted 4 footage/gameplay very soon!
I REALLY hope they kill Drake off, would be damn ballsy.
@BLPs I dunno, man - The Last of Us was definitely dark, but I don't think I'd describe Uncharted 1-3 that way. And to be fair, Jak 2 was pretty 'dark' compared to the original game.
Good! I love uncharted but with the last of us naughty dog proved that they can make new Ips of the same if not better quality than uncharted. One thing that always bothered me was that he kills in the hundreds but still smiles like he just ordered some icecream on a sunny day...
I can see ND killing Drake off in this one too. Maybe even with Sully?!
Historically they don't seem to follow a franchise for too long which is refreshing and as @Sanquine says, they have proven time and again they can make good new IP's.
If Drake dies and they want to make a new Uncharted some time in the future they can easily just create a new lead character or make it as a prequel.
Maybe its the end of the 'Drake' lineage but that doesn't mean another 'explorers' lineage can't be followed. Sir Francis Drake wasn't the only explorer, they could do an Uncharted with a descendant of Magellen for example...
God of War anyone¿. That's what happens here
Prequel with Sully as the main character plz.
serous, they could set it in Vietnam in the early seventies. It would be immense.
I'm just happy with Uncharted Trillogy, because now I'll be able to finally play the whole story!
Goodbye generic looking brodude!
The interesting thing is that ND usually does trilogies but in this one they went with the 4.
@Johnnycide
Agreed. Kinda like MGS3, a prequel where we see more of Sully's past than the meager flashback we got in Uncharted 3.
I still maintain that the 'Thief' that will 'End' is Sully. I think that the consistent trolling is all to take away from that voiceover at last year's E3 that practically screamed out 'Sully is going to die in this game and Nate's replacement partner in the series is his brother.'
I don't think anyone (out of the regular cast anyway) is dying. This is probably the last game, and I don't really think they're trying to hide it. They've told all the story, so there isn't really any reason to make any more. Heck, the series could have ended at three. In hindsight, a fourth main title is surprising in a way.
Call me a wimp for this, but I honestly don't want to see a mainstay die, even if it fits the tone. Killing Drake will just end the series on a sour note, and Sully dying seems more predictable than Nate's, therefore the possibility of less effect exists. Will it happen, maybe. I personally don't want to see it, but ND have their direction and they'll stick with it, and it'll probably still be a good game regardless.
I don't want drake to die...maybe go missing and his son takes up the mantle and sets off to find his long lost dad years later.
Maybe finds him alive but in a indiana jones and the last crusade style elderly state to give him a proper send off and fully pass the mantle to his son.
apart from tomb raider of which i really don't like the character there isn't many games like this..it's a shame to kill of such a great thing after only 5 games.(6 if you include the strange card game!)
This is good And bad news (if it's what we think it is) bad because uncharted is an amazing it's hard to imagine it ending, but on the other hand, I dont like it when series get taken to far, and get further and further away from the magic it once was. Either way I'm really excited for this game, and the idea of the last of us 2 being developed (or waiting to be) is beyond exciting! This really is time for the players
My only question is: If Nathan Drake retires after this game, does Uncharted as well? Or will they introduce someone new to take the reigns?
I started to lose interest when the original team walked out.
My theory that if it is indeed the last Uncharted, then it is the last Naughty Dog's Uncharted.
No way in hell Sony is going to let this system seller vanish like that. Even God of War, which has become less popular in the last 5 years is still good enough investment for Sony.
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