Lagspike_exe
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She has $133,649,100 cash. :lol :lol
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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | The Official Thread
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She has $133,649,100 cash. :lol :lol
So I finished this game last night, goty goty and all that. But I have a couple of story questions:
Yeah, I loved the game but the last half of the story seemed kinda random in the polo plot and instead was more of an action movie plot to stop the badguy.
1. What exactly happened to Marco Polo's crew? They drank the resin and it made their teeth black and then...? What did they "become" that was so scary? Why did they all kill each other? I was expecting Lasaravich's crew to answer this when they drank it but then drake killed them all before anyone had a chance to "change" :lol Are the purple inhabitants of the lost city supposed to represent what happens when you change?
2. So was the cursed cargo that Polo was carrying on his ships the crew itself that had drank from the tree of life? Because he didn't actually take the stuff back, right?
3. I'm fairly confused about Shafer's expedition. First of all why were they in some random ancient tomb if it wasn't where shambala was? Second of all if they hadn't made it to shambala, then they wouldn't have drank from the tree of life, so uh, why would shafer have killed them?
2. So was the cursed cargo that Polo was carrying on his ships the crew itself that had drank from the tree of life? Because he didn't actually take the stuff back, right?
3. I'm fairly confused about Shafer's expedition. First of all why were they in some random ancient tomb if it wasn't where shambala was? Second of all if they hadn't made it to shambala, then they wouldn't have drank from the tree of life, so uh, why would shafer have killed them?
Yeah, I loved the game but the last half of the story seemed kinda random in the polo plot and instead was more of an action movie plot to stop the badguy.
JustHadToJoin
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how the hell are you guys winning 300+ games and only losing <90 ? I mean I feel like I'm good but I never get that kinda luck with my teams. Or are you guys mostly partied with each other?
Contrary to my posts here, I'm not really one of those players who rage every single time I die or lose. In fact, the only time I show signs of raging is when I'm playing Gaf-only games and even then it's more like fake rage because I know everybody. (Lagaru, CHRP the Lagswitcher, and Ryanardo "The Bastard" DaVinci)
I think my rage stems from a series of unfortunate events culminating in the matches and subsequent losses against this lady's team. I mean, I started the night out pretty well with high (15-20) kill counts while playing with a full party. (I usually only do that well when playing with only one other person.) Then, a few of us left and we kinda became a revolving door party (which isn't all that uncommon, but we were switching things up pretty constantly.) My performance started to meander into the underwhelming territory, and some of the party started tiring. To add to that, I started having controller resync issues and dropped down to three bars instead of my usual five. (I started to freeze up during matches.) Somehow, in our first match against UNCH, I managed to pull off either 16 or 19 kills, but we still end up losing. Good ole gokkyun started making my ears bleed in the first couple of seconds though.
In addition to my connection issues, I also had somewhat of a headache after watching 5 straight hours of VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments followed by two hours of bowling.
We lost fair and square, so don't think I'm trying to come up with excuses, but it managed to piss me off something fierce.
I think my rage stems from a series of unfortunate events culminating in the matches and subsequent losses against this lady's team. I mean, I started the night out pretty well with high (15-20) kill counts while playing with a full party. (I usually only do that well when playing with only one other person.) Then, a few of us left and we kinda became a revolving door party (which isn't all that uncommon, but we were switching things up pretty constantly.) My performance started to meander into the underwhelming territory, and some of the party started tiring. To add to that, I started having controller resync issues and dropped down to three bars instead of my usual five. (I started to freeze up during matches.) Somehow, in our first match against UNCH, I managed to pull off either 16 or 19 kills, but we still end up losing. Good ole gokkyun started making my ears bleed in the first couple of seconds though.
In addition to my connection issues, I also had somewhat of a headache after watching 5 straight hours of VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments followed by two hours of bowling.
We lost fair and square, so don't think I'm trying to come up with excuses, but it managed to piss me off something fierce.
cjtiger300
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Kittonwy said:As long as she plays on those servers, we'll find her and we'll get her.
Damn right! Wish I was there!
triplestation
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Question about the end of the game:
What causes Shambhala to crumble to the ground?
bangladesh said:
My impresion was that once Drake ignites the resin from the tree of life itself, it starts a chain reaction throughout the city. You've seen other blue resin trees in Shambhala, they're probably interconnected by their roots, or something to that effect.
Bebpo said:
Besides what Kitton's already explained, I thought
Shafer may not have been a Nazi himself, just their guide. His expedition was well before WW2, if I remember correctly. You make the discovery about his team just about as he must have. It happened as they were almost upon Shambhala. He speaks of what was at stake, what he had to do. He realized what it would've meant to allow the Nazis to have the power contained in the lost city, so he turns on them before that can happen. I think the resin only came to play with this expedition in that they recognized it was important and should carry some. Drake knows this too, but never seems to have any extra on him.
Dedication Through Light
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The stats look questionable or maybe people leave their PS3's online on Uncharted all night
Global Average of Games: 35
Global Average of Time :>920hrs!!!!!
Global Average of Games: 35
Global Average of Time :>920hrs!!!!!
triplestation
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& Gryrian:Killthee said:
Aw man. So that tree is like the heart of Shambhala. How'd I not get that? Well, I'm so happy it makes sense now.
Lagspike_exe
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Dedication Through Light said:
They were around 880hrs yesterday. :lol
Lagspike_exe
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kikanny said:
Not yet, although arne stated that he was aware of the problem.
I have decided to never do another plunder match without a premade team. I didn't think it was possible, but the people in this game are actually dumber than the people in WoW. When you pick up the treasure and start throwing it to your enemy's chest, there are no words on this earth to describe how fucking stupid you are.
JustHadToJoin
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I hate how the only trash talkers I ever come across trash talk our own team. Its demoralizing
Also I was just running through single player again and I came to the
, anyone notice that there is no Mp 130 sub machine gun in multiplayer? Strange
Also I was just running through single player again and I came to the
cave with Tenzin where you find Schafers men
JustHadToJoin said:
No Handcannon, either. This one I miss the most.
Bebpo said:Why does matchmaking coop keep putting me with afk people so I have to quit since we can't activate the checkpoint with the dude just standing at the starting point
Objective co-op with randoms is very hit and miss, especially if you want to attempt the higher difficulties. Add a few of us here. Running through it with people you know will be dependable is a lot more fun.
Just sent out a FR request to everyone in the last couple of pages who asked for an invite to the chat room. I'll send invites tomorrow once you guys respond to the FR.
If anybody else wants an invite just send me a FR along with "GAF, invite plz" in the message body. PSN ID is the same as my GAF user name.
If anybody else wants an invite just send me a FR along with "GAF, invite plz" in the message body. PSN ID is the same as my GAF user name.
Kos Luftar
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Killthee said:
How do you get access to this chat room?
ConradCervantes
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Goddamn the lag has been terrible tonight. I just stop in place for minutes at a time. Ridiculous. Also I encountered a glitcher on Fort, PSN ID brendiez. He shot at me from the ceiling while I was going for a grenade.
Rewrite
Not as deep as he thinks
I always play co-op, but today I decided to play the other modes. I picked Plunder since I thought that mode was fun in the beta. Anyway, I picked it and I was stuck with not only my shitty team, but the other team who were grouped together as a clan as well. I was the only person who managed to successfully bring the treasure back to our base, but my team mates would never help me out or even bother to put the treasure back to it's chest even when it was in front of them. Not only did my team mates suck, but the team we were against were like level 60 + and up. They didn't even bother getting the treasure. They were just busy going for kills. Seriously, what the fuck is up. Isn't the point of the game to return the treasure back to your base? People treat that mode like fucking deatmatch. Sigh.
Kos Luftar
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Killthee said:
Thanks a lot.
I am at work now but I'll send your the request tonight.
Rewrite said:
Some people treat all the team modes like deathmatch...and often it's people on my team (sorry gaf
) and I have to shout at them to help me. Sure enough when the match ends I have 5 kills and 20 deaths, to there 40 kills and 10 deaths - but hey we win.I like it when we work in a team...and sometimes that team needs some brute force to keep the enemy back as 2 people do the treasure hunting
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I guess I'll just drop in here and state that I played Uncharted 2 up to Chapter 3 and quickly realized that this game is equally not for me as the first one in the series was.
The opening train climb probably should have been all I needed to figure this out, but it was the second chapter's raid on the museum that really sealed it.
I just hate traversing the world.
The game has very cool ways of moving around, but I hate how "puzzley" the travel is instead of a fun game mechanic. There are too many times when I saw ways to get to where I needed to go, only to see Drake jump up like an idiot and grab onto nothing. Or kick off the wall because there's nothing for me to grab onto.
As much as people talked about how visually stunning this game was (and it is), there were still some frame-rate issues that really bothered me, primarily in the opening sequence.
The cover system is just awkward and wasn't always working, and the melee felt simplified, which isn't a good thing in my opinion.
...I've bought both games in the series and have been disappointed with both. I think I just need to realize that this game doesn't appeal to me and forget about it...but with all the positive praise it gets, I can't help but think I'm missing out on something, so I keep coming back.
The opening train climb probably should have been all I needed to figure this out, but it was the second chapter's raid on the museum that really sealed it.
I just hate traversing the world.
The game has very cool ways of moving around, but I hate how "puzzley" the travel is instead of a fun game mechanic. There are too many times when I saw ways to get to where I needed to go, only to see Drake jump up like an idiot and grab onto nothing. Or kick off the wall because there's nothing for me to grab onto.
As much as people talked about how visually stunning this game was (and it is), there were still some frame-rate issues that really bothered me, primarily in the opening sequence.
The cover system is just awkward and wasn't always working, and the melee felt simplified, which isn't a good thing in my opinion.
...I've bought both games in the series and have been disappointed with both. I think I just need to realize that this game doesn't appeal to me and forget about it...but with all the positive praise it gets, I can't help but think I'm missing out on something, so I keep coming back.
Lagspike_exe
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RubxQub said:
I didn't like the opening chapters at all and just when I was started to think that this is yet another overrated game - BAM! Game gets that incredible flow and incredible things start to happen that REAAALLLLLLYYYY make you change your opinion. Like the first one, this one drew me in after some time, but when it did it, it just blew me mind.
Now, I didn't have the same problem as you, my criticism was pointed somewhere else, but I urge you to give it a shot. Some later levels are some of the best level design I saw in my life. It's an experience like no other.
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