Goldenboy from BulletLAG writes: "First off I have to tip my hat off to Sony. They are a company that truly does deliver on unique IP's that continue to push this industry forward. With that said, the recent news about Nathan Drake's second outing in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves regarding the inclusion of Multiplayer is exciting news. Playing through the first game I couldn't help but think about the possibilities for Multi-player, and how Naughty Dog would approach it. Now that it is a reality with Uncharted 2 we here at BulletLAG want to speculate on what exactly would be included in an Uncharted 2 with Multi-player."
In a list of games that defined the PlayStation 3, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves would certainly be one of the top contenders. The blockbuster sequel to 2007’s Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune not only received critical acclaim and became a massive hit for Sony’s third console when it was released 15 years ago on October 13th, 2009, but it also cemented Naughty Dog’s future as a developer of cinematic, story-driven action-adventure games as opposed to its history of colorful platformers like Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter from previous PlayStation generations. To this day, Uncharted 2 stands as one of the PS3’s best exclusives and one of the most important PlayStation games of all time.
I loved this era on multiplayer games from Sony. People used to call the modes tacked on multiplayer but they were enjoyable. I loved Factions even more. I'm Still gutted that the second one isn't coming out.
Yeah, that one game where it not only has an amazing single player but the multiplayer was also just as good.
A fresh a breath air with it's more "skill focused, less is more" multiplayer in a time during COD fever where every other game with online was trying to be like it.
Shame NaughtyDog eventually did do COD like things with Uncharted 3 and 4, they ruined what made the original so good. It become an over the top arcade fest in the end.
Ironic cause the MP was basically Halo, and Bungie helped on the technical side of things too. MP was more simple back then, I've said this before but I played U2 MP religiously. I sucked at it like you have no idea, but mah gawd did I have so much fun. Can't find an MP game that hooked me like U2s these days. Then Factions came along and while it had its problem I found new religion with it. Agh damn it why did they cancel Factions 2 bruhh.
It is for sure my favorite game in the series. It's such a blast to play. The train levels still hold up and are fun as hell as well as the entire game.
Still remember the first gameplay video ... shooting the chasing truck and then the beautiful visuals & details whilst traversing the dilapidated Nepal streets ... perfection
Too bad Sony never ported the trilogy to PC ...
I'll say, the PS3 really did sequels better than people give it credit for. Resistance 2, Uncharted 2, Motorstorm Pacific Rift, Infamous 2... all were better than their initial offerings and still hold up to this day.
During MCM Comic Con London X EGX, CGM got the chance to be part of a press group interview with the stars of the Uncharted titles, namely the legendary Nolan North, who played protagonist Nathan Drake, Emily Rose, who portrayed Elena Fisher and Richard McGonagle, who took on the role of Victor ‘Sully’ Sullivan,
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naughty dog and insomniac are great friends. I bet 100 billion space cash that insomniac will help with uncharted 2's multiplayer and make it lag free just like resistance 2.
i hope is something like gears of war, i mean both games do have a certain degree of simularities, if you can get past the stories and the gore of course.
i mean i can see hiding and shooting, moving from one object to the next or just simply running and gunning, another player gets close to you, what do you do? well melee ofcourse this right here is where naughty dog would have to think.
other than that, give players the options to customize their characters. mercenaries, pirates or simply treasure hunters like drake into the mix i dunno.
but i could see it all work out well if its well implemented, hopefullly this doesnt affect the single player experience which is what got me hooked into this franchise.
the crisp graphics couple with solid gameplay and sounds and a great compelling story is something i wouldnt sacrafice, but naughty dog is well? naughty dog so we'll have to wait and see how this turns out.
also the fact that they can go to guerrilla games or insomniac for help is great for them and all of us as well.
but we'll see. how all this unfolds later this year.
wouldn't it cool of they can incoporate the platforming part in MP?
then again, run-cover-peak third person shooters have stupid MP just like GTA4 and queers of lag 2
In the first Uncharted there was great outdoors and big settings, but inside the temple and nearing the end I just noticed that the game was lacking in tigher spaces. It was not so detailed and gameplay didn't work as great as in outside (but still very good).
By the many images we've seen of more closed spaces, I guess they are giving more attention to this passages in the game now. That's just amazing!
The thing with this game as being a sequel people assume Naughty Dog will be strapped for time to focus either more on SP or MP. The first one had to have an engine made for it which consumed at least 2 years of the development process. On the sequel all you do is tweak the engine to get more out on the hardware, so you can focus more on the SP and the MP. That's why sequels to games on the same generation of consoles takes 2-3 years.
With that said people need to think about the MP this way. They are having a beta for it. It obviously shows they care about the MP enough to want to make it not suck if they are BETA testing. Some developers are so inclined to just take your cash and not beta test, because they are poor developers.(Gears of War 2---Cliffy B and EPIC can die in a ditch without a beta test for that garbage dump of a game)
With this beta I expect the results to be a great success and we'll be treated to a lot of MP fun this summer. :)