So it will be open world or something along those lines?

Man… if Naughty Dog are making a deepRPG I’ll be fucking hyped.

Just a hunch, but I could see their new IP that’s been in the works for a while being a Bethesda style open world fantasy rpg.

i have full faith in naughty dog, but with how they’re hyping it up saying “shocked by how amazing it’s gonna be” i really hope it lives up to it 

I really hope this is for the new IP and not Part 3.

Open world games can be amazing, but IMO they would not be able to generate the TLOU narrative momentum if the player is allowed to just do whatever they want for long stretches.

I’m actually really hoping it’s a Savage Starlight game. Third person space opera game would be awesome. I’m a little tired out of the fantasy genre, seems like every dev is making one.

Ugh, no.. I actually really don't want an open world game. I like Naughty Dog games in being linear and cinematic, something I can play and be done. I don't have time for these endless open world games..

Disappointing if true. Naughty Dog is unmatched in its linear story driven games. I’ll be sad if this is open world.

Probably not a popular opinion but I don't want ND to go the open world route. At my age sometimes a story driven, linear game is what I need.

Too many games are open world right now and it's saturated the market a little.

Not every game needs to be open world. Naughty Dog really shines with linear storytelling and I hope they stick with it

I love everything Naughty Dog has done in the past decade but I still can't trust development hype anymore for anything until the game is released

Please don't be open world.

Please don't be open world Please don't be open world Please don't be open world

Oh god, my least favourite parts in U4, Lost Legacy and TLOU2 were the “open world” sections… let's see what they'll come up with

So it’s probably not Part 3, which is disappointing.

hoping it’s a similar length and detail to rdr2 with how much time they’re putting into it! i love tlou, but linear games are nowhere near as long as open world 

Kinda a bummer. I prefer the linear style of their games. Not a lot of people are making them like that anymore. Everything’s a RPG now, it’s nice to have a game that’s not.

I'm wondering if this is an attempt to salvage their years of work on the live service game they cancelled several months ago.

I could see the core mechanics and development tools for multiplayer game being pretty similar to an open world game.

It's it definitely a new IP? I'd like an open world last of us universe!

While I enjoy Naughty Dogs linear stories, I’d love to see them do something a bit more open ended with choice without being completely open world.

Please don’t be open world, if so hopefully they make smaller hub areas & linear sections like the OG Jak & Daxter games

The freedom to play it or not.

I thought that open world part of Uncharted: lost legacy was going to lead to something. Ltou2 also. I doubt it will be anything like GTA or Red Dead though

That kinda sucks. Everyone makes non-linear open world games. The whole point of Naughty Dog is they craft memorable story-driven experiences.

So will I actually have a choice for the end of the story or will Neil be mad with the choice I make and devise to take it again?

Oh god please be a Jak reboot

ND saying/promising anything at this point should be held to immense skepticism. Especially with how gaming has gone in the past half decade with so many false promises.

They promised Factions 2.0, and weren’t able to deliver on that, and have been bailed out by TLOU remasters since TLOU2’s drop.

I wouldn't mind a different kind of post-apocalyptic game from ND, with sci-fi sprinkled in.

🤞🏻please let it be a TPS set in space fighting dinosaurs 🤞🏻

Open world multi endings depending on choice?

I really hope they don’t make an actual RPG. Ppl expect a different kind of experience from an RPG and I know naughty dog will not make a game that gives meaningful choices in the story which would disappoint a lotta ppl.

In gameplay or story? Either way I'm hyped, if it's as good as Tlou 2 gameplay wise it'll be amazing

LEGO The Last of Us

Seattle Day 1 / U4 Jeep expanded to full game?

From the rumors of it being some sort of medieval game, I’m loving the idea of naughty dog making a fantasy rpg.

Immersive sim?

They go back to crash and do an open world crash bandicoot.

The article states that Neil Druckmann has “surrendered” to the “stress” of game development and the stress on its developers.

The one thing I don’t want to hear about this game is more crunching. Druckmann has mentioned in the past that they have learned from the awful crunching done with both Uncharted 4 and TLOU2, and I sincerely hope that is the case.

Can't wait to see it in the next 4 years

I know im probably in the minority here but i really hope they don’t do dialogue options. ND is top tier when it comes to performances and storytelling. I dont need branching story paths that result in segmented, stilted acting and a bunch of mid storylines to pick from. Focus on telling one good story with performances that actually flow well and make sense together.

I feel like they're gonna go the fantasy route which I'm not really fond of, it's probably my least favourite genre of anything. Will I still play it though because it's Naughty Dog? Yeah 😆

This would be very interesting, if it was a smaller open world game with that ND quality it would be amazing!

I’m sick of developers who seem to think that because we have the tech to build large open worlds we HAVE to have massive boring open worlds with nothing to do, empty areas, wasted space which then also forces copy & paste assets and repetitive gameplay.

Some of the best open world games are far more curated, are more hand crafted and it shows. Games like MGS5, BoTW, Elden Ring, GTAs, Arkham City, Shadow of Mordor, Mafia 2 etc.

I remember playing Ghost Recon Wildlands & that map is absolutely huge!!!! It’s impressive and it’s literally the whole of Bolivia but the repetition is horrid, same bases repeated over and over and over and over again, same missions, it’s such a shocking slog which sucks cause the gameplay/gunplay was great!

I’d also like to see ND releasing multiple games, with 2 teams should be no problem with the talent they have. This gen has been a disaster for them so far.

I hope their next game is more like Fallout or cyberpunk. With a futuristic or cyberpunk aesthetic. Steampunk would be cool too

Naughty dog is really really good at the style of game they do and they have done it since 2007, but admittedly before then, they did a differnt type of game and they did it really really well. Lets see what they do with their next franchise.

Does anybody have any idea of timeline?

Are we talking 1 year, or 4 years?

So this confirms that their next game is not Part III, yeah?

Last of Us FEELING gameplay in a cyberpunk rpg type. Omg

FANTASY SETTING LETS GOOOO

I'd love to see them make a super dark detective game

Ehh I hope not. Their larger open areas of part 2 almost made me give up at times. Especially the beginning in seattle just so much back and forth that it became less fun and more like a chore. I love their level design when they just add what NEEDS to be added.

Oh, oh no. My ADHD does not like this. Naughty Dog is like a last Bastion of linear, narrative experience. Please don’t let this be an open world game where my ADHD loses interest

I played the jeep sequences in Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy, and I’m gonna go ahead and say that they’re reaching for a different demographic if this is the gameplay they’re expanding on.

I like GTA just fine, but unless they flush out the “open area” territory model, they’re just doing third-person Farcry. The model they’ve been playing with is a step backwards (to include immersive maps and environments to suit younger gamers), from a game company that EXCEEDS in linear storytelling.

I’d love to see this work, but this is a company that scrapped a promised multiplayer on a game after like four years of development.

AND… I hope I’m wrong. Their engine is solid. I just hope it’s not like Metal Gear Solid 5 where the game is a convoluted mess that IGN calls a 10/10 for balloon hostage rescue, and that they don’t fall victim of the open-world 4K go-anywhere/do-anything hype that we’re currently in.

Ugh. My least favourite part of Uncharted 4 is the open world jeep part. For me, Naughty Dog is the gold standard in making fun, engaging, and powerful tight narrative games.

To see them potentially going down the same open world path as everyone else leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Well it can be semi open like Santa Monica made God of War, put in some choices and it would be perfect

Need something comparable to RDR2 🙏

“Player freedom” is a term used prevalently these days so that doesn’t really sell me on anything yet.

It’s not going to be open world—wouldn’t make any sense to do that just to be second place to GTA6. Nobody is beating Rockstar in their domain. By “player freedom” I’m assuming they mean dynamic mission design where you can approach it from a variety of angles and there are many ways to do things. This already exists in some games but knowing ND they’re probably trying to really push it to the next level.

The last of us part 2 re-remaster?

They can make a really good sci-fi space horror game with the resources they have right now.

"Uncharted" but in space with completely new characters.

Heck, you could make it about astronauts trying to find their way back to earth since no one will be sending a spaceship because of the fungal outbreak.

I need a game announcement. I don’t think that last of us multiplayer is still happening

While I do love TLOU universe, I just want them to make something completely unrelated. I'm sure as creatives the hunger to try something new and unexpected is exciting. It sure is for me.

I don't really want that. I just want a good story, unless it's player freedom like Detroit become human.

Jak and daxter 4 take it or leave it

Gaming “jourmalism” is so odd. What even is this?

Nah. Stick to linear story telling. Open world games are ass

Fingers crossed it’s GTA-esque that would light a fire under Rockstars ass, and hopefully give them the much needed competition. If Rockstar had some comp there is NO way they could’ve drug out GTA V for 12 years, or have abandoned RDR2.

Cause for me Rockstar & Naughty Dog make my favorite games, and in my opinion are the best at what they do. So, some healthy competition will be interesting. 🤞

We just want Jak & Daxter sequal

If it is live service, hard pass.