yeah, the game was avarage at best, i only could play until the first boss then i got bored of it

Something doesn't make sense in regards to Gears being the influence.

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune began development in 2004, Gears started at roughly the same time (with an even smaller team of 30 people, which I found shocking). Uncharted was then revealed in 2006 and released in 2007, while Gears was released one year before hand and was first announced in mid 2005. What I don't get is how Uncharted took influence from Gears and implemented those influences (the main gameplay mechanic in the game) within a year. The fantasy take on the franchise was obviously in concept art stages, they didn't take a game and turn it into Uncharted, they were just forced into creating Uncharted over a different type of game.

I'm willing to bet that the developer is referring to the original Xbox and it's games like Halo, Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon.

I could be all wrong though, I just found it odd that people referred to Gears as an influence when they were both roughly in development at the same time.

thats what i got out of this.

especially since Uncharted would have already been under development for almost a year by the time we knew much about gears of war

This is why I think this statement made by a Naughty Dog guy seems strange. It might be that Sony wanted to push for more realistic games (which comes with the graphics technology).

This guy might as well have made up the 'Sony wanted to copy gritty Xbox shooters'. Might as well claim Resistance Fall of Man was influenced by Gears of War when they released around the same time. Or Heavy Rain copying Alan Wake or Prototype copying Infamous or vice versa.  

... and gears lifted many of the gameplay features that people ignorantly credit to it from games like killswitch...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UaM-b3pvJk

Bolded:  Thats the bad part CGI lol.. thats exactly what I was referencing in 1st post.

Just think..we coulda had Jak4.. :(

Jak is good but nowhere near Uncharted good me thinks

"runs away fast"

:P

Of course you feel that way... your one of  the people that Uncharted was made to attract to.

SONY's IP's are not valueble.. games like Resistance, Infamous(definitely this one), Killzone and maybe LBP need to be canned and replaced

Uncharted and GoW are the only SONY's IP' that see grwoth

hehe cant argue with the first line :D UC2 is for me one of the best games of all time

I don't think those franchises need to be canned..ESPECAILLY Infamous!most of them need reboots with a fresh start

Resistance, haven't played the new one yet but will soon...but from what i have seenthey have taken the right path. this game should be a shooter with a strong story and Survival Horror..

Infamous...it's doing just fine. consider the type of game it is and it is selling really well..and the quality has been top notch..Infamous 2 > Infamous 1 in almost every possible way

Killzone..this is tricky..i love K3 MP..but the SP needs to be worked on..a LOT! the pacing was horrible in KZ3..it was jumping all over the place...the game needs a strong SP and a great marketing campaign.

LBP..you are right tbh..i think this game should stick to Vita for a while..but don't want another LBP for a long long time on the home console.

I am really interested in seeing the next GOW..i guess they would keep Kratos but my hope is they would make a NEW GOW series. new lead, new setting etc. and im a HUGE fan of the series..and actually one of the few who likes Kratos

PS: you know what..actually thinking about it..you are right about KZ..they should can it and make GG make a new IP. fresh start. a more likebale cast of characters etc.

I thought this was obvious, anything you do nowadays has been done already. That doesn't mean it can't be good, Uncharted combined all of the elements of a great game, story, character development, etc. and pulled it all together to make one hell of a game. Just enjoy it.