{"id":1933221,"date":"2026-05-13T13:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1933221"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:21:30","slug":"uncharted-4s-binned-original-version-would-have-had-a-much-bigger-role-for-nathan-drakes-love-interest-elena-fisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1933221","title":{"rendered":"Uncharted 4&#8217;s binned original version would have had a much bigger role for Nathan Drake&#8217;s love interest, Elena Fisher"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/uncharted-4-thiefs-end\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Uncharted 4: A Thief&#8217;s End<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Uncharted 4&#8217;s binned original version would have had a much bigger role for Nathan Drake&#8217;s love interest, Elena Fisher<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Mixing business with treasure.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Elena-Fisher-on-the-phone-in-Uncharted-4.-She-has-her-blonde-hair-pulled-back-loosly-and-a-blue-top-on.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Elena Fisher on the phone in Uncharted 4. She has her blonde hair pulled back loosly and a blue top on\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Elena-Fisher-on-the-phone-in-Uncharted-4.-She-has-her-blonde-hair-pulled-back-loosly-and-a-blue-top-on.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Naughty Dog<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-13T13:21:30+00:00\">May 13, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/uncharted-4-amy-hennig-original-version-elena-fisher-cut-content?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          9 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"5344931f-e8e9-4115-8615-9e3a79a1716e\" data-name=\"Uncharted 4: A Thiefu0027s End\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Uncharted 4: A Thiefu0026#39;s End\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Uncharted 4: A Thiefu0026#39;s End\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Uncharted 4: A Thiefu0027s End\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Uncharted 4: A Thiefu0027s End\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Uncharted 4: A Thief's End\" title=\"Follow Uncharted 4: A Thief's End\"><br \/>\n  Follow Uncharted 4: A Thief&#8217;s End<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/uncharted-4-thiefs-end\">Uncharted 4: A Thief&#8217;s End<\/a> recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, and to mark the occasion YouTuber Thekempy has released a deep dive exploring what Amy Hennig&#8217;s original version of the game could have looked like.<\/p>\n<p>Hennig created the Uncharted series, which debuted with PlayStation 3 adventure Drake&#8217;s Fortune in 2007. She also helmed the subsequent two series entries, Among Thieves and Drake&#8217;s Deception, but during development of part four, Hennig was removed from the project. Reasons for her departure &#8211; from both Uncharted and developer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/naughty-dog\">Naughty Dog<\/a> &#8211; are still somewhat unclear, though in 2022, actor Nolan North said she was &#8220;dismissed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection - Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2EJfut9ftVw?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2EJfut9ftVw\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection &#8211; Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2EJfut9ftVw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We had shot Uncharted 4 with Amy Hennig for about seven months. We were well into the game. And she was dismissed from Naughty Dog&#8230; and they got rid of everything we did,&#8221; North, who portrayed Nathan Drake in all the mainline Uncharted games, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nolan-north-discusses-amy-hennigs-uncharted-4-departure\">said at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After Hennig&#8217;s departure, Uncharted 4&#8217;s development was passed on to Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann, who served as the game&#8217;s directors. A number of changes were then made, including recasting. Actor Alan Tudyk was originally set to play Uncharted 4&#8217;s antagonist Rafe, while Todd Stashwick was cast as Nate&#8217;s brother, Sam. However, with Hennig gone, Warren Cole took over the role of Rafe, while Troy Baker was cast as Sam. The character of Cutter, who last appeared in Uncharted 3, was cut, and the new project leads introduced the character of Nadine, played by Laura Bailey.<\/p>\n<p>And that brings us back to Thekempy&#8217;s new video, which has uncovered additional details on Hennig&#8217;s original vision for Uncharted 4. Her version would not have included the playable flashback sequence with Sam and Nate at the orphanage. Rather we would have had a cutscene of the younger Drake brother being dropped off at the orphanage, before the scene moved on to a playable section with an older version of Nate in a prison cell. As for the relationship between Nate and Sam, the fact the two are brothers would not have been revealed right away, instead being introduced over the course of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Elena Fisher &#8211; Nate&#8217;s ongoing love interest throughout the Uncharted series &#8211; would have had a much more significant role, especially in earlier sections of the game. She was to start Hennig&#8217;s version of Uncharted 4 diving with Nate and Victor &#8220;Sully&#8221; Sullivan in the Bahamas, where the trio would come across a shipwreck. Then, after things went awry, both Nate and Elena would attend a gala posing as guests to steal back the artifact taken from them in the Bahamas. Cutter (wearing prosthetics for a disguise) and Sully would both feature in the gala&#8217;s ballroom scene as well. A scene similar to this does feature in Uncharted 4, though it is Sam that joins Nate and Sully here, not Elena and Cutter. Meanwhile, Elena and Cutter would have also joined Nate and Sully in Scotland, and this area would have included an ATV for getting around.<\/p>\n<p>Thekempy&#8217;s video is full of behind-the-scenes footage from Hennig&#8217;s version, and if you are a fellow Uncharted fan, I&#8217;d fully recommend giving it a watch. I honestly hadn&#8217;t appreciated just how much work had gone into the original Uncharted 4, before the game changed hands.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Uncovering Amy Hennig's Uncharted 4\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qJ7RN3wBr94?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/qJ7RN3wBr94\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Uncovering Amy Hennig&#8217;s Uncharted 4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Uncovering Amy Hennig&#8217;s Uncharted 4. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qJ7RN3wBr94\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nate and Elena&#8217;s story was wrapped up with Uncharted 4: A Thief&#8217;s End, although there have been rumblings of another series entry, which is yet to be announced. The series&#8217; fellow treasure hunter Chloe Frazer would go on to star in her own game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/uncharted-the-lost-legacy\">Uncharted: The Lost Legacy<\/a>. These two most recent chapters got a PS5 re-release in 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/uncharted-legacy-of-thieves-collections-is-out-today-heres-some-of-our-best-work\">packaged up as the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves collection<\/a>. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/naughty-dog-confirms-uncharted-legacy-of-thieves-pc-release-date\">PC version followed that same year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for Hennig, she is currently working on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra\">Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra<\/a>. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/former-uncharted-creative-director-amy-hennig-is-working-on-a-new-marvel-game\">announced in 2021<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heres-a-first-teaser-trailer-for-amy-hennigs-new-captain-america-and-black-panther-game\">first teaser arrived the following year<\/a>. Since then, we&#8217;ve received a few more smallish updates, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fresh-marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra-details-and-first-look-at-wakanda-revealed-by-writer-amy-hennig\">peek at Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra&#8217;s take on Wakanda<\/a>, as well as a look at its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heres-a-jaw-dropping-look-at-amy-hennigs-new-captain-america-and-black-panther-game\">use of Epic&#8217;s MetaHuman Creator<\/a>, which is intended to give each character remarkable detail.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/uncharted-4-thiefs-end\">Uncharted 4: A Thief&#8217;s End<\/a> recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, and to mark the occasion YouTuber Thekempy has released a deep dive exploring what Amy Hennig&#8217;s original version of the game could have looked like.<\/p>\n<p>Hennig created the Uncharted series, which debuted with PlayStation 3 adventure Drake&#8217;s Fortune in 2007. She also helmed the subsequent two series entries, Among Thieves and Drake&#8217;s Deception, but during development of part four, Hennig was removed from the project. Reasons for her departure &#8211; from both Uncharted and developer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/naughty-dog\">Naughty Dog<\/a> &#8211; are still somewhat unclear, though in 2022, actor Nolan North said she was &#8220;dismissed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection - Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2EJfut9ftVw?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2EJfut9ftVw\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection &#8211; Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2EJfut9ftVw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We had shot Uncharted 4 with Amy Hennig for about seven months. We were well into the game. And she was dismissed from Naughty Dog&#8230; and they got rid of everything we did,&#8221; North, who portrayed Nathan Drake in all the mainline Uncharted games, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nolan-north-discusses-amy-hennigs-uncharted-4-departure\">said at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After Hennig&#8217;s departure, Uncharted 4&#8217;s development was passed on to Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann, who served as the game&#8217;s directors. A number of changes were then made, including recasting. Actor Alan Tudyk was originally set to play Uncharted 4&#8217;s antagonist Rafe, while Todd Stashwick was cast as Nate&#8217;s brother, Sam. However, with Hennig gone, Warren Cole took over the role of Rafe, while Troy Baker was cast as Sam. The character of Cutter, who last appeared in Uncharted 3, was cut, and the new project leads introduced the character of Nadine, played by Laura Bailey.<\/p>\n<p>And that brings us back to Thekempy&#8217;s new video, which has uncovered additional details on Hennig&#8217;s original vision for Uncharted 4. Her version would not have included the playable flashback sequence with Sam and Nate at the orphanage. Rather we would have had a cutscene of the younger Drake brother being dropped off at the orphanage, before the scene moved on to a playable section with an older version of Nate in a prison cell. As for the relationship between Nate and Sam, the fact the two are brothers would not have been revealed right away, instead being introduced over the course of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Elena Fisher &#8211; Nate&#8217;s ongoing love interest throughout the Uncharted series &#8211; would have had a much more significant role, especially in earlier sections of the game. She was to start Hennig&#8217;s version of Uncharted 4 diving with Nate and Victor &#8220;Sully&#8221; Sullivan in the Bahamas, where the trio would come across a shipwreck. Then, after things went awry, both Nate and Elena would attend a gala posing as guests to steal back the artifact taken from them in the Bahamas. Cutter (wearing prosthetics for a disguise) and Sully would both feature in the gala&#8217;s ballroom scene as well. A scene similar to this does feature in Uncharted 4, though it is Sam that joins Nate and Sully here, not Elena and Cutter. Meanwhile, Elena and Cutter would have also joined Nate and Sully in Scotland, and this area would have included an ATV for getting around.<\/p>\n<p>Thekempy&#8217;s video is full of behind-the-scenes footage from Hennig&#8217;s version, and if you are a fellow Uncharted fan, I&#8217;d fully recommend giving it a watch. I honestly hadn&#8217;t appreciated just how much work had gone into the original Uncharted 4, before the game changed hands.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Uncovering Amy Hennig's Uncharted 4\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qJ7RN3wBr94?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/qJ7RN3wBr94\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Uncovering Amy Hennig&#8217;s Uncharted 4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Uncovering Amy Hennig&#8217;s Uncharted 4. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qJ7RN3wBr94\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nate and Elena&#8217;s story was wrapped up with Uncharted 4: A Thief&#8217;s End, although there have been rumblings of another series entry, which is yet to be announced. The series&#8217; fellow treasure hunter Chloe Frazer would go on to star in her own game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/uncharted-the-lost-legacy\">Uncharted: The Lost Legacy<\/a>. These two most recent chapters got a PS5 re-release in 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/uncharted-legacy-of-thieves-collections-is-out-today-heres-some-of-our-best-work\">packaged up as the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves collection<\/a>. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/naughty-dog-confirms-uncharted-legacy-of-thieves-pc-release-date\">PC version followed that same year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for Hennig, she is currently working on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra\">Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra<\/a>. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/former-uncharted-creative-director-amy-hennig-is-working-on-a-new-marvel-game\">announced in 2021<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heres-a-first-teaser-trailer-for-amy-hennigs-new-captain-america-and-black-panther-game\">first teaser arrived the following year<\/a>. Since then, we&#8217;ve received a few more smallish updates, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fresh-marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra-details-and-first-look-at-wakanda-revealed-by-writer-amy-hennig\">peek at Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra&#8217;s take on Wakanda<\/a>, as well as a look at its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heres-a-jaw-dropping-look-at-amy-hennigs-new-captain-america-and-black-panther-game\">use of Epic&#8217;s MetaHuman Creator<\/a>, which is intended to give each character remarkable detail.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Uncharted 4: A Thief&#8217;s End Uncharted 4&#8217;s binned original version would have had a much bigger role for Nathan Drake&#8217;s love interest, Elena Fisher Mixing business with treasure. 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