Here are the additional details from the digital issue:
-“The lack of Sam being in Nathan life for so long is what’s driven him in the last games”
-Sam is five years older than Drake
-Teases Elena and Sully
-Sam is even more reckless than Drake
-Sam is jealous of Drake, sees him as the ‘better at everything little brother’
-Lots of rivalry between them
-ND didn’t want to talk about Drake and Sam past
-Artifacts (collectibles) may contain notes poiting to more treasures/artifacts
-Enemies can grab your leg if you try to push them over ledges
-More tools besides Rope and Piton (metal spike)
-They’re not ready to talk about them yet
-Wants to incorporate the tools into puzzles
-GI saw an extended demo with a new scene. Drake is beaten down while Sam is rested, they start arguing the existance of Avery secret, then something catches Drake’s eye, he moves forward, pull some foliage, revealing a gray monument with a carving.
-Focusing on navigational freedom for this entry
-Showed multiple paths, one finding an extra cave, other bypassing a group of enemies
-Plenty of side stories if you’re looking for them
-In the demo they showed Drake taking a more riskier climbing route, that almost makes him fall in -the sea
-All paths have consequences, there’s no “Golden path”
-Rehauled A.I system
-Compared Sam A.I to Ellie, but says Sam is a grown up treasure hunter, so he’s much stronger than Ellie
-Trying to “explore what it’s like to be with somebody as capable of Nathan Drake”
-Not giving a straight answer if this is Drake last adventure
-Still plenty of humour in the game
Update Some more details from the Magazine:
-There are 60 different animations just of Drake picking up objects.
-Talk a lot about how weight distribution plays a big role in the animations
-You can attack enemies from all sides with unique animations to them, you wont magically warp in -front of them if you punch.
-Lots of talk from Druckman on the cost of adventuring on Drake’s life, it will be a major focus of the story. Compares his addiction to treasure hunting to a drug addict.
-All the new items they added were chosen cause it can help keep the pacing and gives you a better sense of exploration and adventure.
-Cutscenes are now all real time
-Tools will be used to enhance traversal and puzzle solving
-They said the large puzzle rooms from Uncharted 3 will still be there, they say U3 had the best puzzles of the series and they want to build on that.
-TLOU moments where the characters react to what they see or read will happen in this game.
-Lots of talk about brotherly banter and building a bond between the NPC and the player, “there are some nice cooperative moments between Nate and his brother.”
-On the gigantic setpieces, this is exactly what they say “So now our concept of a set piece is ‘what’s something impactful we can do to switch expectations and how can we have it emotionally charged?’ --We want to constantly surprise the player, so it can be really intimate, or really big and bombastic.”
