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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | The Official Thread
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fatigues_gasolini
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Im happy to see the Host Migration is included. Helps stay in a game.
Thrakier said:Yeah. Uncharted is more arcade without going to heavy in the UT direction. It's like...the best of two worlds.
Agreed. It's really the range of movement that makes Uncharted 2's multiplayer so fresh and fun for me. Sure there are other 3rd person shooters out there with cover mechanics, but leaping out of buildings, grabbing onto a ledge, and pulling your opponent over said ledge to his or her doom is such a welcome addition to the genre.
Also hearing your character say "See ya, bye-bye" with a cigar in their mouth after a well-tossed grenade is officially the best thing ever.
FunkyPajamas
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LaneDS said:
D'you want me to quote your avatar?
Yeah, the whole multiplayer aspect just rocks too hard. I love it. I'm still getting used to it (and frankly I'm doing a bad job at it), so I hope I can be able to finally climb to higher ground without getting my behind capped in the process
Question: I'm used to firing in controlled bursts (for the assault rifles), but it seems I'm doing it too slow or it doesn't really make a difference (re: accuracy), since I always get killed first by people going full auto. Do you guys go full auto with the assault rifles, or do you try controlled bursts? Does it make a difference? (maybe I just suck badly, so that's another option
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IronFistedChampion
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How bad are the spoilers in the G4 video review?
Note: I already watched the IGN video review.
Note: I already watched the IGN video review.
Shining Sunshine
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polyh3dron said:
iamcool388
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IronFistedChampion said:
There are definitely spoilers in the video... You can guess a little bit about what happens during the game, especially with the characters (who is friend, who is foe, who might backstab, that kind of thing.) I am sure there will be many twists and turns in the story, so in the grand scheme of things it probably doesnt matter as much, but its still there. Oh, and they also show a lot of the environments.
If you REALLY dont want any spoilers, I would suggest putting it on and just listening to the audio. Sessler does a good job of explaining his views of the game, and would probably get you hyped as well.
FunkyPajamas said:D'you want me to quote your avatar?
Yeah, the whole multiplayer aspect just rocks too hard. I love it. I'm still getting used to it (and frankly I'm doing a bad job at it), so I hope I can be able to finally climb to higher ground without getting my behind capped in the process
Question: I'm used to firing in controlled bursts (for the assault rifles), but it seems I'm doing it too slow or it doesn't really make a difference (re: accuracy), since I always get killed first by people going full auto. Do you guys go full auto with the assault rifles, or do you try controlled bursts? Does it make a difference? (maybe I just suck badly, so that's another option
Haha, yes Mr. Sullivan is my goto guy for multiplayer and thus a fitting avatar while I ride the UC2 excitement.
Even when I do terribly at multiplayer, I'm having fun. The game seems pretty friendly to new players (granted, we're all varying degrees of new players presently) and I don't ever see that changing too much down the line.
Are you using the Down the Irons booster? That seems to help considerably for the rifles. If you're actually aiming, use short controlled bursts, especially with the AK which loses accuracy very quickly if you hold the trigger. The M4 is much, much better but even then you'll do well by using burst fire.
That said, you can get pretty good results with a combination of running, decent blind fire aim, and a punch to the face. Follow it up with some sort of insult ("kitty got wet" is a popular one I hear) and you're golden.
FunkyPajamas said:Question: I'm used to firing in controlled bursts (for the assault rifles), but it seems I'm doing it too slow or it doesn't really make a difference (re: accuracy), since I always get killed first by people going full auto. Do you guys go full auto with the assault rifles, or do you try controlled bursts? Does it make a difference? (maybe I just suck badly, so that's another option
The AK-47 is full auto up close from midsection to head, the recoil will usually fuck it up though, so adjust accordingly. From mid-range to long-range use controlled bursts.
FAL is 3-shot bursts always, so only use for mid and long-range.
M4 is just awesome, go full auto.
But to really piss them off, grab the shotgun run up close and personal and just press R1, oneshot kills.
iamcool388 said:There are definitely spoilers in the video... You can guess a little bit about what happens during the game, especially with the characters (who is friend, who is foe, who might backstab, that kind of thing.) I am sure there will be many twists and turns in the story, so in the grand scheme of things it probably doesnt matter as much, but its still there. Oh, and they also show a lot of the environments.
If you REALLY dont want any spoilers, I would suggest putting it on and just listening to the audio. Sessler does a good job of explaining his views of the game, and would probably get you hyped as well.
The audio only thing is good advice (it is pretty spoilery and as such I won't re-watch it till after the game is finished). That review, as I said many pages back, is maybe the only game review that almost gave me chills at the end. The Sess has some big words for it at the end.
Lyonaz said:
I can't tell if I love or hate the blindfire shotgun stuff. I've certainly abused it after being on the abused end of the stick enough times, but it really does seem too easy to just wreck people by running in and spamming R1 with minimal actual aiming.
If there's one thing in the multi I think could use a bit of a nerf, it's probably that.
fortified_concept
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I'm in love with the multiplayer. I currently suck at it but it's so much FUN that I just can't stop playing.
Naughty Dog is the best developer of the generation. There, I said it.
Naughty Dog is the best developer of the generation. There, I said it.
FunkyPajamas
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Awesome, thanks. I kept tapping no matter how close they were. I'll change my tactics tomorrow and see how it goes. Thanks again!RefigeKru said:
I got the first two boosters without really knowing what I was getting (for some reason the small green letters describing the booster are really hard to read on my POS SDTV), then I realized they were for increasing accuracy when NOT aiming. To be honest, I think I've only fired once without aiming (a guy was in pursuit while I was carrying one of the idols/treasures on a treasure hunt game). The guy died, though I was so terrified that I don't really know if I killed the guy or if a teammate assisted, lol.
Is there a list of boosters anywhere? I couldn't find one in the op (maybe a link? I didn't see one, sorry).
Also, sorry to nitpick, but there's a typo in the OP. "Platnium" instead of "Platinum", when listing the trophies. Just one minor issue in an otherwise impeccable OP.
LaneDS said:
Nope, I just started yesterday and didn't really play that much. I managed to unlock two boosters (Point and Shoot and Bandoleer), and I think I'll try to unlock some others today, but won't be purchasing anymore until I get to the ones that increase accuracy while aiming (probably Down the Irons, as you suggested). I'll try the different rifles today as well, is the AK47 the default one when spawning? I picked up the FAL (Although I think I was using a modified version named FAiL, ha!) and couldn't land a shot with it. I even got the impression that my character was running slower while carrying it. Maybe I'm just too old. I'll keep my eyes peeled for the M4. Thanks for the advice!
Lyonaz said:
Excellent, will keep that in mind. Thanks a lot you guys, I'm going to get some more practice in about 5 hrs. Hopefully I'll see some of you online. I have a headset, and while I'm not really a talkative guy, I do like to coordinate when playing.
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iamcool388
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LaneDS said:
Yeah definitely. He got into some rarified territory towards the end while describing the game.
Adam Sessler said:
FunkyPajamas said:Awesome, thanks. I kept tapping no matter how close they were. I'll change my tactics tomorrow and see how it goes. Thanks again!
I got the first two boosters without really knowing what I was getting (for some reason the small green letters describing the booster are really hard to read on my POS SDTV), then I realized they were for increasing accuracy when NOT aiming. To be honest, I think I've only fired once without aiming (a guy was in pursuit while I was carrying one of the idols/treasures on a treasure hunt game). The guy died, though I was so terrified that I don't really know if I killed the guy or if a teammate assisted, lol.
Is there a list of boosters anywhere? I couldn't find one in the op (maybe a link? I didn't see one, sorry).
Also, sorry to nitpick, but there's a typo in the OP. "Platnium" instead of "Platinum", when listing the trophies. Just one minor issue in an otherwise impeccable OP.
As you play more you'll probably fall into more blindfire techniques. And on certain gametypes, like sniper/pistole battles, you might prefer the blindfire boosters over the aiming boosters.
For the platinum typo, you should PM Kilgore, as he requested folks do that a few pages back if they find errors (he can't read through every post).
FunkyPajamas
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Ah, great. I haven't really tried any custom gametypes, I think, just the regular deathmatch and team-based modes; I'm starting to see the depth in the game already, I wasn't considering all of those variablesLaneDS said:
This is awesome!I'll PM Kilgore, thanks for the heads up.
Lagspike_exe
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beast786 said:
Dammit, I read the cons and they include a small spoiler...
TheExecutive
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Dont fire in controlled bursts but instead learn to compensate for the recoil. You cannot get enough bullets on the enemy to kill them in control bursts, or at least it will take you much longer. The key for me was learning to compensate for the recoil.FunkyPajamas said:D'you want me to quote your avatar?
Yeah, the whole multiplayer aspect just rocks too hard. I love it. I'm still getting used to it (and frankly I'm doing a bad job at it), so I hope I can be able to finally climb to higher ground without getting my behind capped in the process
Question: I'm used to firing in controlled bursts (for the assault rifles), but it seems I'm doing it too slow or it doesn't really make a difference (re: accuracy), since I always get killed first by people going full auto. Do you guys go full auto with the assault rifles, or do you try controlled bursts? Does it make a difference? (maybe I just suck badly, so that's another option
TheExecutive
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Cant0na said:
I am guessing this was a weird glitch.
slipknot2009
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-viper- said:
Hands down. I mean, the multiplayer demo says a lot about who they are as devs. They could have just stayed the course and done another purely singleplayer game, but they insted gave us a really great multiplayer game in addition to what should be a great SP campaign. What seperates the MP of this is how full the maps seem, it's not just running across a flat battlefield, there's almost infinite places to drop down into, climb, hide, etc. Really changes the game every time you play it.
Cant0na said:
Did it happen after the host dropped the game and everyone spawned back at the beginning? If so, just go check their spawn. Happened to me once and I don't think the guy actually knew that we couldn't see him. I went to his spawn, killed the body that was standing still and when he respawned it was back to normal.
Weird, I know.
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