Naughty Dog has shed more light on its decision to make Uncharted: The Lost Legacy a standalone adventure when it launches this year exclusively on PS4.
The upcoming Uncharted 4 DLC was originally due to release as supplementary content for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, being the series’ first ever single-player add-on. However, it was ultimately decided to release the content separately as its own, self-contained videogame.
Speaking with Game Informer, Josh Scherr and Kurt Marganau who serve as writer and director on the upcoming action-adventure title, respectively, revealed that the game presented itself as a ‘unique opportunity’ to do something standalone from Nathan Drake’s epic swansong.
“We had the unique opportunity to do something that was truly stand-alone,” said Scherr. “This is something we can do completely independently while still in the same universe with the same characters, and exploring new relationships with them.”
In addition, the studio confirmed that the project was originally going to be comparable in size to The Last of Us’ Left Behind DLC, but quickly evolved in scope in order to accommodate the team’s growing ambition.
“We tried to keep it small,” added Margenau. “As we started coming up with story ideas, it just became clear that with new characters and in this genre of Uncharted, it has to be big. With the gameplay stuff we wanted to explore, it felt like it needed more room to breathe.”
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy release date news
While Sony has yet to announce an official launch date for Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Claudia Black, who voices Chloe Fraser in the game, revealed on Twitter last week that we should hear something on the release date soon. One thing we know for certain, however, is that Drake won’t be popping in for a cameo role in The Lost Legacy.
Set six to 12 months after the events of Uncharted 4, The Lost Legacy sees Chloe teaming up with Nadine Ross, as the pair embark on a hunt for a mythical artifact known as the Tusk of Ganesh. Naughty Dog has confirmed that the standalone adventure will boast one of the largest stages in the series to date, and that tonally, the game will be something a little different to previous Uncharted outings.