Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Demo Back on the World Map

SinsToJudge  |  November 10th, 2007 at 3:51 am

What an amazing demo! Cannot wait for the full game.

Great jobs guys, hope you are all proud of what you’ve achieved

fizan  |  November 10th, 2007 at 3:55 am

I am actually impressed… its nice to see this blog functioning the way its meant to… great work NaughtyDog & SCEA! Now I am gonna shut my PC down for the next 4 hours… gotta allocate every last bit of my bandwidth to download the demo.

bnz  |  November 10th, 2007 at 4:07 am

Yea…played the demo as well now. Beautiful visuals and great gameplay. I just thought the animation was maybe not as smooth as you tried to sell it to us, but still very good. I just couldn’t help, but smile when that guy got wet after placing him under the waterfall I think you’ve got a winner here.

EViD  |  November 10th, 2007 at 4:24 am

you guys are AWESOME

djwaves  |  November 10th, 2007 at 4:28 am

just downloading now for the 3rd time, 1st time didnt know what was wrong so i downloaded it again and it was still the same then read on the forums about the demo lock was a bit mad but iam used to it being in the uk…so hopefully it will work now , i still think its a plot to generate more hype and then more sales of this game and as for not knowing you can connect to other psn stores thats proberly true if you are in the usa beacuse they get everything first so why would you need to

JamesH  |  November 10th, 2007 at 4:32 am

omg i didnt expect them to fix it :O i jsut expected them to let the europe psn release it wowow this is soo good thank you!!

JPan  |  November 10th, 2007 at 4:34 am

Good to know that it wasn’t done on purpose and thanks for resolving the issue. And on behalf of all Europeans sorry for the hysterical remarks of yesterday.

SONY: You need a global PSN store the european ones are sad empty affairs. We want to give you money. Let us do so.

Rogerjak  |  November 10th, 2007 at 4:45 am

@159
I agree.

Once again thank you ND, for solving this problem lightning speed!! More companies should be like you guys, actually listening to people!!

Now, take a vacation, go to some place warm, just relax, so you guys can be at full power for the next project (hopefully a Jak game :P)

Kudos to you guys, and I hope we get a lot more games from you this gen!

heisert  |  November 10th, 2007 at 4:48 am

A big thanks & respect to sony & naughty dog!
the demo looks awesome. ill buy it!

Flanders  |  November 10th, 2007 at 4:49 am

Hey look….Sony actually made a smart PR move for once!!

I’m not used to that…..not sure how to react……

AgainstFive  |  November 10th, 2007 at 5:17 am

Wow, this demo already support Dualshock 3. Rumble is coming back to us.
It’s really comfrotable feel with the good old touch past PS/PS2 era.

iapetus  |  November 10th, 2007 at 5:19 am

Well, having played the demo last night I put in my pre-order this morning - I’m going to be buying this instead of another game I was planning on getting.

Rubin  |  November 10th, 2007 at 5:29 am

Me *heart* Naughty Dog

you’re awesome!

pitifau  |  November 10th, 2007 at 5:40 am

This game is abosolutely amazing, incredible, funny, great, great animations, great story, great gameplay, real graphics and the ai is awesome, they always flank me in the demo specially when i’m out of ammo lol, i love to dropkick those guys, they just splash on the ground, awesome, awesome job Naughty Dog, who knows in the future a game mixed with assassin’s creed and uncharted = Best game ever created of all time for 100 years, awesome game Naughty Dog.
Now my list is:
1-Uncharted
2-Assassin’s creed

Caliber  |  November 10th, 2007 at 5:47 am

Great job ND, I’m impressed by how quickly you fixed it. This gave me even more faith in you.

h4rri3r  |  November 10th, 2007 at 5:59 am

Naughty Dog is the producer! Thanks and keep with the good work!

Uncharted = GOTY!

TheDevilsJoker  |  November 10th, 2007 at 5:59 am

Naughty dog, for the win.
Very very impressed with how you respond to gamers!! *10 thumbs up*

Gavi  |  November 10th, 2007 at 6:06 am

Re-downloading as I type. Well, well, well. Is this a turn up for the books? No, not really. Naughty Dog shouldn’t have been underestimated. They and Insomaic are the shining light for other developers out there about how to please gamers on the PS3. I didn’t approve of the backlash that they recieved yesterday, but it’s pleasing to see a lot of the people coming back with apologises and now they’ve turned nto ND fans. Can’t wait to play the demo and then look forward to when the final game hits the shelves.

Well done Naughty Dog and SCEA for sorting this out. Much appreciated.

hostes  |  November 10th, 2007 at 6:08 am

nice, thx a lot!!!!

other game developers wouldnt care…
respect

nuffmon  |  November 10th, 2007 at 6:46 am

Thank you oh so much. Naughty Dog are the best. Sorry for any cursing that i may have sent your way previously.

uwv  |  November 10th, 2007 at 7:03 am

hmmm…on the other thread, with all the whining and crying, there are 419 comments. here, only 176. What is this world coming to? haha. I guess we’re never going to get rid of wars and poverty as a species.

ajj  |  November 10th, 2007 at 7:04 am

NAUGHTY GODS!

seriously, take back what i said in the other post. this demo is amazzzzzzzzzzzzzing

GAME-HERO  |  November 10th, 2007 at 7:22 am

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NAUGHTY DOG “IS A 1ST CLASS

COMPANY” AND “YET AGAIN” NAUGHTY

DOG “EXCEEDS CUSTOMER

EXPECTATIONS” NAUGHTY DOG IS THE

TOP DOGS IN MY BOOK

(NO PUN INTENDED) BRAVO!

nOObert  |  November 10th, 2007 at 7:23 am

thank u christophe u are my hero
honestly i didn’t expect an update and now I began the day with coffee and kotaku reading this story and then there was this big smile on my face

I

Athanasios  |  November 10th, 2007 at 7:32 am

@179 You’ve got that right!

Great work Naughty Dog, you guys repeatedly show how much you care about your audience.

djee  |  November 10th, 2007 at 7:44 am

ordered

p-s-3  |  November 10th, 2007 at 8:03 am

Nice 1!;)

TwoBlack4America  |  November 10th, 2007 at 8:04 am

Thanks!!!

Makasu  |  November 10th, 2007 at 8:14 am

This is the best game ive played sofar on the ps3. Textures are jawdropping and oozes of moisture and wetness, which even makes your clothes wet as you move into the water. Atmosphere is constantly changing with trees and plants moving in the wind. The idea of mixing the action parts up with platforming is really fun and jumping/climbing has never felt this fluid ever. Kudos to Naughty Dog for pushing the limits and making the best game on the platform! Can’t wait to play the whole game and thanks again for making this available for PAL.

toye  |  November 10th, 2007 at 8:28 am

Wow. Not only do you guys give us info on this blog. You are actually listening on our complains and problems. The region problem is one thing, but in such a short time to actually fix the problem and come back to us.
I have always respected Naughty Dog since Jak & Dexter when they proved that it was possible to eliminate loading times without a hard drive and still make the best platformer on any console at that time.

Now the show that they are a company that listen to us in Europe and deliver a fix in such short time.

Thanks a lot Naughty Dog and Sony for letting them upgrade their Demo on PSN before a thursday

Reservoir_Dogg  |  November 10th, 2007 at 8:37 am

Only the fact that you guys at Naughty Dog reacted like this makes you the best developers in the whole universe!!!

deurbouf  |  November 10th, 2007 at 8:41 am

Thanks a lot for this demo update! I just tried it and it’s reaaaaaally wonderful.

Thank you so much from France!

edwineverready  |  November 10th, 2007 at 8:47 am

i just played the dmo and this is insane. the grafics are like a movie. there is still a little screen-tearing. will ps3 games of this quality (top end grafics) always have a bit of screen tearing?

Bierbeer  |  November 10th, 2007 at 8:47 am

Just played the demo, damn this looks amazing. Its clear that the future lies in animation story and gameplay, graphics are very very very nice!

wh0am1  |  November 10th, 2007 at 8:56 am

Are the rumors true?

Is it coming on the 15th instead of the 19th?!

wh0am1  |  November 10th, 2007 at 9:00 am

After playing the demo so many times (lost count) here’s my rundown of Nathan Drake.
And let me tell you, every new play through I catch something new about the guy through observations made during gameplay.

Nate is an everyman in the movie sense of the word and not in the everyday sense.
Very much in tune with Rocky the under dog;the bum who went the distance.
Or John McClane, a happy go lucky city cop who just happens to find himself in dire suituations one after another.
These are supposedly ordinary people doing extraordinery acts while being in extraordinary situations.

And Nate has very simmilar character traits.
Nate is not a very graceful guy;he lacks finesse. Every posture of his spells buffoon.
He’s very clumsy. It’s never one swift motion. He’s always doing something odd with his body.
It’s always slightly awkward and all his action are hardly athletic.
His gymnastics are kind of clown like.
He looks like he’s walking on a tight rope when he wobbles across a giant log.
He also jumps like a maniac with his hands and legs flailing in the air.
If he does fall to his death, either from the log or a high place, it’s more of laugh than a shock really.

His combat skills are even worse, it’s down right laughable as a matter of fact.
When he sees the enemy he sprints into action running in the opposite direction with his hands covering his head and his body slouched over while looking for a place to hide.
And he says very odd things during the most inappropriate times.
Openly telling us that he’s truely frustated by what’s going on and he’s probably gonna crap his pants.
His aim is unsteady, you have to constantly steady your aim after every recoil.
It gets worse with the AK-47.
His hand to hand combat skills are less than steller, he looks like a drunk with his fists flying in air, doing wild erratic random motions just hoping to hit whatever comes his way. It’s not really a combo move, just a few randoms punches and kicks in succession.

He lacks the acrobatic finesse of Lara Croft and yet he manages to pull of incrdible feats of daring-do….somehow.
He definitely does not have the military calm and courage of a Space Marine, Marcus and his comrades are always inching forward to the next cover closer to their objectives and they don’t flinch nor complain. But Nate on the other hand, he lingers throughout the area, running around the same spots back and forth for ammo and for cover. He only goes forward because he truely has no other option and his only reason for being there in the first place is less than honorable;he’s a treasure hunter and he thinks he’s a decendant of a historical figure. What an ego!

I was truely atonished at how well the character is realized and presented through the in-game model and gameplay actions alone.
Never mind the superb voice acting!

I think Uncharted is the epitome of the genre.
It refines ever element that came before it and then some.

alex_dlc  |  November 10th, 2007 at 9:03 am

thanx naughty dog for a very quick fix, i dont get why people sayd the 22

JordanBlack68  |  November 10th, 2007 at 9:17 am

Naughty Dog, You are one of the best developers ever that listen to gamers unlike some COUGH EA COUGH. This game is excellent and I hope you guys support the PS3 all the way, Crash perhaps on PS3 just kidding. Thanks a billion, can’t wait for this game

kulisama  |  November 10th, 2007 at 9:21 am

Hi Christophe,

A french player in Singapore here, just registered on the site to say thank you for the great demo which displays some of the best character animation and environments I’ve seen in a video game so far (Kind of remind me of what prince of persia and flashback did in their time). There has without a doubt been some amazing work done in the production of this game.
Was planning to get the game and after playing the demo i will definitely be standing in line to buy it.
And of course great work in getting the demo fixed so quickly

Lowfyr  |  November 10th, 2007 at 9:24 am

Just registered to say great work ND.

Fixing a demo for people that cause of Sony’s idiotic idea to divide the world wasn’t supposed to have really shows you caring about the fans.

The demo was a blast and the game is a “must have”

And to Sony: unify PSN now!

gamesblow  |  November 10th, 2007 at 11:13 am

Naughtydog, I want to congratulate you on 2 things.

1- The best game Ps3 has to date. It’s amazing! & 2… being so in tune with what the consumers want. You and Insomniac are class acts.

RobinNL  |  November 10th, 2007 at 11:21 am

THANK YOU

Love the demo, the graphics are amazing!!

Top_Shelf  |  November 10th, 2007 at 11:44 am

Nicely done. I’m in the US and already played through the demo, but I think it’s great that you guys are working so hard to keep your fans happy.

I wish the demo hadn’t ended when it did though! haha. Great looking game - I’ll be buying it!

Bloodpool11  |  November 10th, 2007 at 12:23 pm

i already had the demo…but…i praise your speed for the fix….naughtydog u are awesome!!!!….now only if everything at SONY was THIS FAST!!!!!!