Behind the Scenes - Uncharted: Drake's Fortune [Early Prototype, Motion Capture and Making of]

The beta version (Project Big tech demo), motion capture footage, behind the scenes vídeos from Naughty Dog and the announcemente trailer at E3 2006.

[@MT-tu8dt]

Glad they changed the Drake model. He looked like a surfer.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Michael Tardi He was based off of Johnny Knoxville from “Jackass” who is known for doing extreme and dumb stunts.

[@guts-141]

No wonder he looks like a literal Jackass

[@SageofSorrow]

I didn’t like his final version either. He just didn’t look natural. He had the “something about Mary” stiff edge hair. He always looked weird to me. Drake didn’t start to look natural until UC4.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

SageofSorrow Hair has always been one of the hardest things to make look convincing in computer graphics. But I recall being impressed by Uncharted 1’s hair. Look at most games of the time. Most characters had helmet hair, where it was just part of their was model and a texture. Very few had transparent meshes like Drake’s. The only game I could think of from that time period with decent hair was Resident Evil 4’s.

[@SageofSorrow]

DoctorWeeTodd well there were the Silent Hill and MGS games(the hair moved and flowed). But I see what you're saying. It's just Drake always had a.....fake look to him I couldn't put my finger on. The other characters looked more natural than him to me. He looked like a cartoon character in a world with character with more realistic features to them

[@aadipie]

Drake used to look like a 14 year old drug dealing kid

[@kurikuraconkuritas]

he used to look like johnny knoxville

[@cynicshminic]

Yeah his model was literally Jonny Knoxville. Jackass era

[@LisaAnn777]

@@kurikuraconkuritas who probably sold drugs at that age.

[@miyuruify]

Uncharted ... one of best things ever happened in gaming history

[@CA-ud6sv]

Miyuru Eranda History in general

[@grathlar]

yessir 💯

[@historiasdegachastudio571]

Nop

[@marcosantosuosso5466]

Miyuru Eranda agre.... the best thing

[@ZxDspeed]

And the university

[@olivia.martin]

To think the iconic look of Nathan Drake as we know him today... almost looked like a surfer dude instead

[@bigman6424]

*mad stuff bruahh* 🤘

[@F3nax]

*TOTALLY DUUUDDDEEEE*

[@CinematriX_TX21]

He kinda looks like his brother

[@imacg5]

Yeah, like a healthier Jonny Lee Miller.

[@radegast2346]

Knoxville

[@Krillinish2]

Just played Uncharted 1-4 for the first time since they were free recently. What a great series.

[@harveytwo-face8083]

Glad you liked it😀

[@peopleidontlike]

Ps plus to?

[@simonbaschiera608]

@@peopleidontlike You didn't need the ps plus for it to be free

[@allisonstrahan9280]

Honestly could watch the raw mobcap performances for hours.

[@SebastianTheGreat]

God damn, Nolan’s voice is so I iconic

[@bananachild1936]

Still can't believe Nolan North is not a Hollywood actor

[@perryXferry]

He is he's in several tv shows in which he's made special appearances like modern family and haven

[@PretendoDirects]

@@perryXferry don't forget rick and morty

[@keithm7004]

he is

[@FueledFromFiction]

Perry Ferry I saw him in Pretty Little Liars and was screaming because I only knew him prior from Assassin’s Creed and Uncharted.

[@yannycandelario7606]

I really want to see the behind the scenes of Uncharted 3's Airplaine Chapter. I heard it took them 8 hours or more to finish the part where Nathan falls out of the plane and make it back onto the plane. Edit: I meant it took em 8 Hours of a 9 second segment for the motion capture of Nathan falling and hanging at the end of the cargo

[@1gta4gta]

Really? Lol

[@escapefromtibet2530]

I think 8 hours is an understatement. Weeks or months probably. 8 hours of work on a game is nothing

[@yannycandelario7606]

@@escapefromtibet2530 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4akooxva998fZI (1:46 to 1:55) It took them about 8 hours to make that 9 second scene (At least the motion capture part took 8 hours) Nolan North said in an interview that a stunt man was hanging above the ceiling and had to fall onto hanging blocks and had to hang at the end of it.(Which they had to retake many many times, the stuntman must've had good strength) So yeah making the full 9 second scene probably took weeks or months but I was talking about the motion capture part. I should have addressed that earlier.

[@nero9105]

The stuntman who did that is Reuben Langdon, super cool guy!

[@kldodo]

Drake used to look like that 25 yrs old dude who still hangs around his highschool

[@PirataMundoTV]

This is when his early look was based on Johnny Knoxville from Jackass

[@unr8ted77]

Some of those animations, like the gunfire response didn’t even make the cut until Uncharted 4. And multiple melee opponents were planned for U1, I remember the trailer, didn’t make it until U3.

[@dean8793]

I love that the changed drake’s design not just his face but his clothes I remember in the first E3 trailer in 2006 it was drakes proper face but he still had those really light jeans and that white and read baseball shirt

[@imben5008]

huh I guess that's why you can unlock a baseball shirt drake skin. Interesting stuff.

[@dean8793]

Im Ben yeah that is roughy the one from the first trailer

[@deviantrat6001]

*Thank you NeoGamer, this is nostalgia paradise.*

[@TheHitmar99]

master class developers

[@bigyaum]

Makes sense why the final product before it was on disk was over 1 terabyte of space taken up and this was like early 2006

[@tritonmosquito9348]

I just stumbled upon this channel? That's a good trip down memory lane, good job mate ! :)

[@ArchangelExile]

I, too, stumbled upon it because this video was in my recommended list.

[@unap16]

I have seen almost all the behind the scenes for Uncharted and TLoU but have never come across this before. Holy shit! Thanks mate!

[@justinl2005]

Kind of looks like Sam when he was young IMAO

[@ElSocketFace]

You can see at the beginging that there's a couple of mecanics that ND didn't use until later on the franchise, its easier to understand how ND put out such a high quality animations when you see that they been working on them since 2005.

[@joedotphp]

Wow Nolan wasn't kidding. The brown mocap suit looks fantastic on him. XD

[@roberto-oe1pr]

Drake looked like a Subway Surf character!

[@jeelanmousa8212]

My favorite game 💓 if you have more behind the scenes of Uncharted please share them here😀💓

[@yeahwellthatsjustlikeyouro7466]

Drake's Fortune is your favorite? That's a first.

[@maxvandekamp6489]

Yeah well,that's just, like, your opinion, man it’s my favorite too

[@devketchem1955]

Theres something special to me about the first game. Its an adventure thats timeless.. The single island. The music. The story. Its the first. I lived in this game , w no internet back in the day, its all i had

[@Atari-Dude]

Drake's Fortune is my favourite Uncharted too!

[@legacyteam5581]

1:06 that looks more like Nathan Fillion.

[@silentapprentice]

Motion capture and voice over acting is my dream job

[@biadrum]

Prototype Nathan looked like Teen Sam from uncharted 4 lmao

[@ianhenry6874]

Damn this is so cool. I remember playing Drake's Fortune back in the day, Great to see this franchise is still booming and Naughty Dog going strong as always. One of my fav franchises

[@drdrugs-lo6lq]

Wow I really like these type of development process videos of my favourite games

[@aarondavid826]

dito that brother

[@CrashFan95]

Awesome footage, dude. Thanks for uploading it.

[@zardians_of_galaxy]

5:50 that line different in final game

[@EscepticismoRacional]

Awesome, and what a good actors. Excellent work of this fellas

[@GameAnim]

Great job. Been following your channel for a weeks now. Love the edits and the fact you're documenting all this stuff in an entertaining way.

[@oni5909]

My favorite game series ever made

[@stevenoconnor5693]

Thank you for showing me this awesome.

[@hidetheapplejuice]

liked before i started watching since i love the uncharted games

[@1gta4gta]

1:27 wtf? Why is this not in the final version??

[@kivoro1970]

sleeping dogs

[@randomb.s7124]

3

[@doomfry3163]

Kivoro um sleeping Dogs was released in 2012 and Uncharted Drake’s Fortune came out in 2007 where’s the logic in that dude?

[@isoul7484]

DoomFry I’m pretty sure the joke was that the game studio is naughty dog. And they didn’t include it in their game...

[@MrLaafish]

8

[@anthonybolony2460]

Im glad i was able to play this game growing up :)

[@leo_misha]

Really love these kind of videos :D

[@jasminecharlotta4230]

this is so fascinating to watch

[@vrowepeaked1162]

Now I believe younger Sam Drake was based off of the early Drake model

[@blakemanke64]

How come I've never seen this? Awesome!

[@Leo_164]

Someone else was curious to look for Uncharted 1's Behind the Scenes after seeing Nolan North play the game on Retro Replay??? 😅

[@susantherestorer]

And none of this would've been possible without Weta Workshop's work on The Lord Of The Rings, and Narnia and Andrew Adamson's work on both Shrek and Narnia.

[@FanBolt98]

Awesome!! My favourite series ❤ if you have the others, please share them ✋

[@lauralai9694]

When I look at it as a movie, the environmental details, water reflection, wave simulation, etc. are terrific! This video also offers the possibility to view actors' work in the studio - they need to pretend a lot, they're excellent! - and video designers working on computers. The later are like magicians, the settings they video-create are magic in comparison to the studio setting. It's sensational! :-)

[@grathlar]

Oh it was meant to be similar to Crash - somewhat of a platformer - NICE! glad they changed it 💯

[@majagi8579]

this is PURE gold!

[@ludologian]

7:53 um .. Good job there . they used mocap instead of manual key framing

[@hiimsaulcaveman]

This first version of drake looks like roman Atwood

[@neoblitz126]

Literally the best video game franchise ever 🔥🔥🔥🙏🏾

[@jelloaceomega]

Even Prototype Drake had more life than Reboot Lara Croft.

[@charlie182x]

When Uncharted was meant to be on PS2.

[@shereenj3018]

Not sure what you mean? Pretty sure Amy Hennig has said that they were making it for PS3, just a couple years before Sony had announced it so they had to guess on the specs

[@jonhewitt8259]

@@shereenj3018 I'm no expert in comedy here but I think he was joking

[@soulbro55]

who knew this game would become into one of the best game franchises

[@santiagofranco91952]

Prototype Nate: Timothy Olyphant Original Nate: Tom Cruise That's what you may call "A Recast"

[@fatetaker4507]

THAT DUDE LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE SAM IN HIS YOUNGER VERSION..... Did they fucking use this model for Sam in UC4 but remastered?!

[@Prietzelo]

Am I the only one who thinks that he kinda looked like younger sam drake from uncharted 4?

[@gurs6714]

So ahead of it's time

[@labenvenci1584]

I like the Prototype's cartoony / Comic style. Yeah, probably changed for the better though.

[@theswissmiss69]

I love that song in the beginning! I hate that it only shows up in Golden Abyss and A Thief‘s End.

[@krtlkid]

HI IM JOHNNY KNOXVILLE AND WELCOME TO UNCHARTED!!

[@CarlosTheFunny]

Drakes first model is used for teen sam in uncharted 4 they got the same outfit.

[@Indigo_1001]

I find it funny how the combat in this they showed Nathan dodging enemies before he punches them. If that was an original command from the player or not It’s cool to see that it took all they way till The Last of Us 2 to have that in combat.

[@dirtybird6496]

Hi I'm Johnny Knoxville welcome to Uncharted

[@LightningCayo]

By far my favorite Uncharted game, even if Uncharted 2 blows this one out of the water.

[@legoindianajones8363]

I just noticed this old drake model looked like young sam in uncharted 4 well a bit

[@Crota0100]

Nice

[@ilqarnurusov70]

Wooow Naughty dog 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jonkeiser6092]

I knew Nolan used his face, but I didn't know he did all the movements.

[@sebastianarritola]

Can’t believe this game released in 2007.

[@acidrink]

the previous model looked great, ya know edit: please notice that i dont hate the new model, but i like both of them

[@brad3910]

This Character model was actually based on Johnny Knoxville believe it or not 😂

[@ItaloMJ]

I'm glad they changed his looks. He looked like Ace Ventura

[@mihoubibessem5608]

Best game uncharted Drake's Fortune Ps3 Best game uncharted Among Thieves solo online Ps3

[@thehighlifem8]

Lol what

[@Asmeenradee]

Wtf?

[@moisesfreire6408]

It would be a strange world if we got two iconic videogame characters who looks like Johnny Knoxville. Travis from No More Heroes...and Nathan Drake. Ugh, glad they changed.

[@howverydeadly23]

Nate’s early concept looks a lot like young Sam!

[@maxpalombella11]

Kind of looks like Sam Drake

[@aarondavid826]

He looked like Johnny Knoxville, thank god they changed it

[@Faz13able]

Glad they changed the models

[@phristo]

He looked like someone I dont want to control

[@user-pk8ze9ti1u]

Can't stop laughing at this Drake

[@Rin_husband]

5:03 ok now i get it why some expressions in uncharted looks cartoonish with this part. Elena's faces looks different between the actress and her. Because there's no mokap for expressions like we have now 16 years later so is animated separetly

[@ManoMagic2001]

5:16 The Ark of the Covenant? I guess that was either what the original plot was going to revolve around or just a placeholder for the real El Dorado concept.

[@robertcortez4956]

Funny enough, it think that’s like the second Indiana Jones reference I found considering its based off that series. Not to mention Drake makes a joke about finding Nazis on a submarine.

[@REDHAIRED4078]

the animations in the prototype were better than the animations in the complete game

[@erik_gotinside5166]

Oh the sett peaces

[@RIELTURO]

Hi my name is Johnny Noxville welcome to Uncharted.

[@agafebriawan5715]

Damn early Drake looks like a cross between Remedy's Max Payne and Knoxville

[@alfie4234]

I really wish they put improvised weapons into the game, would’ve made a great inclusion.

[@theswissmiss69]

Nathan looked like human Shrek in the beginning!

[@jrmizzgaminglounge]

Pretty sure I remember Nolan saying the original used johnny Knoxville for inspiration for Nathan

[@Indigo_1001]

Wow, that makes a lot of sense now

[@dibblelibble1734]

Early prototype Drake looks like Johnny Knoxville

[@mrdoh450]

Doctor: chinese drake isnt real, he cant hurt you Chinese drake:

[@Seedle]

Drake used to look like That guy from The walking dead s3 from telltale i think the name was david

[@blitz7633]

the music i must have

[@no00ob]

Wait Nate's model is that low poly and yet it looks 100 times more detailed than my models damn...

[@guts-141]

Which PS are you using?

[@no00ob]

PS4?

[@guts-141]

Hmmm Strange indeed Maybe it's PC developement in progress

[@scottshorrorcollectables4123]

Nathan drake in this early prototype looks like Johnny Knoxville

[@jqyhlmnp]

Original Nate looks like teen Sam 🤔

[@stephcroft1844]

Can you upload Shadow Of the tomb Raider motion cap?

[@alcappacino]

Modeled after johnny knoxville , fun fact!

[@Deeone282]

Prototype Drake looking like 2006 Dane Cook.

[@sumogre1822]

This looks like a mafia city ad lol

[@caiocesarheadbanger]

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