Uncharted 3 could be even better than this. Hope it doesn't get any problems because it has some of the best graphics I've ever seen. PS3 is really showing what it can do compared to 360.

spu's.. why arent other developers doing what they are supposed to to make games work as smooth as this.

When a good portion of your "in-game graphics" are pre-rendered movies, yeah, it will take up nearly 50gb. God of War III is the same way - tons of background movies are playing in a lot of the levels to give the illusion of amazing in-game graphics. Why do you think you can't change the camera angles in that game?

That's the main edge PS3 has in this generation - the storage space to put lossless enough videos into their games that pass off to 99% of people as "rendered in-game". It's kinda like the evolution of the pre-rendered backgrounds in the original 3 Resident Evil games. Parasite Eve 2 on the PS1 was one of the first games I saw that used pre-rendered movies for some backgrounds. The effect was very cool, but it was obviously limited on the PS1.

When it comes down to graphics, it's more in the hands of top-tier developers like Naughty Dog, Epic Games, Rockstar and Santa Monica Studios, and much less the hardware itself.

if i remember correctly i read in an article that naughty dog put some parts of the game on the disc twice to help load stuff quicker.

Hey FanBots do you understand now why PS3 is a beast?

uncharted 2 was only 18 gb

Naughty Dog said they wanted to fit everything on Uncharted 2 without the need for a dual layered disc.

Didn't they also say that MGS4 barely fit on PS3? It's probably because they just don't bother to compress anything.

This is hard to believe.

almost didn't fit? Uncharted 2 is only around 22gigs and a dual layer can hold 50gig, so that's not even half of its space.

BDXL can hold up to 128gigs.

Heavy Rain was larger than Uncharted, God Of War III is almost double its size.

When they said memory, I believe they meant the RAM and not Blueray.

It's nice to see a developer really pushing themselves and their tools to the limit, with 3 weeks to release they must have been shitting their pants about having to delay the game at the last minute.

Split ram is hurting development. Wow. I hate to see what the ps2 couls do with 1 gig of ram. It looks good now but they should have went with a more streamlined approach with the ram.

It's going to be hard to find developers that even come close to the hard work and dedication of Naughty Dog. They optimize the hardware they're working on to give us the best game we can find. Then use their awesome writer to give us the best cinematic story.

It's a nice thing to see in an industry full of repeats (Call of Duty), and ONLY using the newest hardware as a benchmark rather than optimizing and pushing the hardware that is used by everyone (PC Gaming, I should have been able to play Crysis on a 4 year old, from now, Graphics card and have it look and play amazingly).

Naughty Dog deserves an award for their efforts.

imo uc2 was the best game on the ps3 alot of memory was used for the sound and cutscenes

uncharted 2: among thieves disc image have 22.32 Gigs

yeah, right...
i hate this type of lie...

As a lifelong software engineer I always chuckle when I read things like this. Developers patting themselves on the back for solving contrived problems. Great job, Naughty Dog!

Still a great game. Non-tongue-in-cheek good job on that one.

Just another reminder of why Sony is awesome for the risks they take.

Sure, they could have made a mid range PC, slapped it in a box and called it a console but instead they did something different.

They used they own chip which they had been developing for years.
The same with their optical disc's.

I can still remember how happy I was when they announced PS3 would have The Cell and Bluray because I had been following both technologies since before PS3 was even announced. I guess it was all part of the master plan.

Anyway, they took the risk and its paying off, and we the gamers are the ones that benefit, Bravo.

If it was on 360, it would've used like 11 DISCS.

Awesome!

Uncharted looks better than any game on the Xbox 360 and only used 2 of the PS3's 6 SPUs...WOW...that is crazy...

Whatever. Get off the games nuts already. You one console only fans are idiots. And it still didn't sell like call of duty lol.

the PS3 is gonna catch on fire.

whats uncharted 2? is this game new?

COD : Uncharted 2 = McDonalds : Lobster. Zitty emo 360 cheerleaders wouldn't understand the word quality if Major Nelson tweeted the Webster's Dictionary definition while shaving his chest.

Meh, i'll pass.. didn't like Uncharted and then bought Uncharted 2 based on hype and it still didn't catch...so...i think i will skip this game

Yeah Right!!! I think Naughty Dog kiss their own ass too much.

Well that shows PS3's limitations bc it wasnt as if the game was that spectacular. the story was good, animations were very good, but the game wasn't OMFG!! Not even in scale. God of war did more in terms of scale. The game was linear and with that alone should show why it wasn't OMFG. It told a story and the cutscenes drew you in more. You wanted to see what happened next. IMO, God of War 3 looked better and so did KillZone 2. For what Rockstar is doing L.A. Noire, they will change the way we look at games and characters. Actors like Nolan North will soon be visible and not just "a voice"

must big A BIG ASS FILE THEY HAVE.

Absolutely a big impact on PlayStation but I'd say leadership is the key factor. When leadership changes so does the studio. Leadership is so important for the counties success of a developer.

I might be hated and downvoted but I don't care:

I wouldn't mind Sony to give us a remaster of the trilogy for PS5 and finally releases it on PC, or even remake Among Thieves.

It was such a well made game, you could tell how much love was poured into it.

Such a shame Amy Hennig got forced out and never got to be there when Nathan Drakes story ended.

That’s definitely an opinion.

One of the best ps3 games of all time imo. The adventure I felt in that game is still one of the best I've ever played. They did amazing with MP as well, god I miss it.

U2 set the standard for PS exclusives, and a standard for how stories were told in SP games in general. The seamless transitions from gameplay to cutscenes, fancier camera work, cinematic feel in in-game set pieces, organic voice acting/line delivery. Devs can deny it all they want but everybody was trying to be U2 after it's release. I prefer it over U4 even cause it's a much more straight forward game in its genre.

Final fantasy 7

From the very start the train sequence was wow… one of the best most memorable opening i can recall.

I love UC2, beat it many times on PS3, and beat it once for PS4, played tons of multiplayer as well. Most important? I wouldn't agree. A game that cemented the entirety of the PlayStation branding against its competition, not just a single company, would be more important.

Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo. Or if you want to count GTA III since it was a temporary exclusive and propelled PS2 hardware sales beyond what anyone could have ever imagined. After a single year on the market, PS2 took over nearly the entire console marketshare to itself.

i havent played 1,2,3 been a later bloomer only played thiefs end and lost legacy am i missing out

Absolutely is. It made uncharted 1 look so mediocre. It also set a bar so high, not just for gaming, but for Action Adventure games. I played the MP religiously and made some amazing friends through it. I especially loved mercing the ND devs.

Hopefully ND comes back swinging with the next game release. They sure know how to make quality storytelling