[–]bloodfurn 110 points 4 hours ago
First, I just want to say that NaughtyDog is my favorite game company of all time, I think you guys do an amazing job. Jak and Daxter is my childhood game and The Last of Us just topped it for my all time favorite game. I still want to get the Crash Bandicoots, and the Uncharteds are awesome. You guys can make a game about reading a phonebook and I will pre-order and platinum that game.
Ok, now for the questions. I understand if you choose not to answer some of them.
- Do you see yourselves ever making games for all platforms, or are you guys sticking with Playstation?
- What was the biggest challenge NaughtyDog as a team had to go through?
- Are you purposely making trilogy after trilogy or is that just coincidence?
- I've read that during the development of Uncharted 3 you split into two teams, the second began working on The Last of Us. Are there still two separate teams? If so, does this mean you work on two different games simultaneously?
- On /r/thelastofus I've seen some debate on whether or not Bill is gay and if David intended to rape Ellie. So, just to put the questions to rest, are those true?
- In The Last of Us, there are stuffed giraffes scattered throughout the game. Were these intended to foreshadow the giraffe scene or are were they just props?
- Do you plan on making more comics after The Last of Us: American Dreams?
- In The Last of Us were Joel and Tess ever romantically involved?
- What exactly was running through Ellie's head at the end of the game?
- In The Last of Us campaign, why weren't there any 3 way fights between Joel, hunters, and infected? Was it a technical issue?
- In The Last of Us, will Infected be incorporated into multiplayer?
- In the Last of Us, when and how does an infected become a bloater? I know the four stages (runner -> stalker -> clicker -> bloater), but it was said that when an infected feels like it's about to die it finds a corner to release more spores. So does the bloater happen before of after the spore release stage?
- I have a friend whom I regularly play The Last of Us with. He's currently attending DeVry University and is currently working toward a degree in graphic design, It's his dream to work with you guys at NaughtyDog. What are his chances?
- What will be your next game be?
- Do you guys plan on making a big entrance into next-gen with your next game?
- Is it likely you will ever return to Jak and Daxter? And do you consider The Lost Frontier canon? Basically (this is the big one), will there be a Jak 4?
Thanks!
[–]Neil-NDCreative Director 232 points 4 hours ago
Holy shit that's a lot of questions... alright, here we go: 1) We're owned by Sony. No chance of seeing Naughty Dog games on competing platforms. 2) Growing to become a multi-project company has been extremely difficult. 3) Coincidence.
4) There are still two separate teams working on two different projects. 5) Open to interpretation. I will say Bill was written to be a gay character, but W. Earl Brown has said his performance is open to interpretation. \ 6) Both. 7) Don't know yet. Entertaining some ideas, though. 8) What do you think?
9) A lot. 10) Not a technical issue. We actually had the tech to do it, it just never fit with the story. 11) No plans 12) Bloater happens if the body is strong enough to survive for longer than a clicker. It's a rare occurrence. 13) Relative to his skill & passion. 14) Don't know yet. 15) We always make a big entrance.
16) No plans. We gave it a shot at the beginning of the project and couldn't make it work for ourselves.
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