Has Naughty Dog put themselves on a lose-lose situation?

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My biggest worry is that Uncharted is going to have a darker storyline like TLoU, since Amy Hennig left.
I have no doubt that Naughty Dog will deliver on the graphics front, but will the game change course on the gameplay aspect? Naughty Dog makes great linear, story based games, will they attempt to be ambitious, and go the open world route this time since it is supposed to be the last game in the series? should be interesting.

I feel some reviewers will praise the graphics but knock it dependent on gameplay and story. They might not like the story as much, since the person behind the first three will not be there for the final installment. Also like I mentioned earlier dependent on gameplay (open or linear) they might say "open" route needed to be tightened up, or "closed" route is just more of the same, while good wanted Naughty Dog to be more ambitious on the final chapter of a marquee franchise, that is also going to have a major motion picture come out also.

I can see the catch 22 scenario playing out. Doesn't matter to me though. It will be a day one purchase for me. I purchased a Vita just for Golden Abyss, I really enjoy the series, I'm also a big Indiana Jones fan too.