21 September, 2010

No Move Support for Next Naughty Dog Project

That being, most likely, Uncharted 3. As interesting as the game might be with motion control, it's cited by Naughty Dog staff that the yet-to-be-named title is simply too far along to incorporate it at this point:
"Maybe in the future. Right now, it's kind of difficult because we're so focused on the next thing. It would be too late for us to start thinking about that. Move certainly has potential."
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"But I think if we were going to tackle a game that supported Move, we would want to do it from the ground up. We're too far along into what we're working on next to really do it justice." 
The Uncharted series thus far has been know to its keen attention to detail and extremely high production values. The second entry is widely regarded as one of the best games (or at least single-player experiences) of all time.

With games like Resident Evil 5 Gold and Heavy Rain, we can already see that, while fun, simply patching Move support in doesn't allow it to work like it's really supposed to. Keeping Naughty Dog's commitment to quality in mind, I can respect the decision not to shoehorn it into their upcoming release. Not to mention, Nathan Drake's arms never seem to get tired, unlike ours.

They certainly seem optimistic about the device's future, though, and it seems highly likely that they'll find a good way to incorporate it into the next project, from the ground up this time (maybe a triumphant return for Jak and Daxter)?

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