Naughty Dog: Uncharted 4 op 60 fps krijgen is extreem lastig

De Uncharted-games stonden op de PlayStation 3 al garant voor visueel spektakel en met Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End voor de PlayStation 4 wil ontwikkelaar Naughty Dog de lat wederom hoog leggen. Het ontwikkelteam mikt al vanaf het begin op 60 frames per seconde voor deze vierde Uncharted, maar dat gaat extreem lastig worden.

Volgens game director Bruce Straley en creative director Neil Druckmann van Naughty Dog wil men nog steeds de grenzen opzoeken, hoe lastig het ook is:

It was really hard on The Last of Us: Remastered, and that’s a game we had finished and we knew exactly what the end result needs to look like.

And here we’re trying to push the boundaries of what this game can look [like], and do realistic, real-time cutscenes – and trying to do 60FPS is really hard. The objective for us is just to make the best experience and right now we’re trying to push the look. Then we’ll see where we’re at and re-assess. We’re constantly making choices throughout production of what’s going to make the game feel best and look its best.

Naughty Dog is in elk geval blij met de kracht en mogelijkheden van de nieuwe hardware:

It’s pretty amazing, to tell you the truth. There are things that aren’t issues that used to be issues in the past. It’s amazing how quickly you forget. There’s always limits on resources, but all the problems that used to exist are gone. We just have a new set of problems now.