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Uncharted 3 |OT| All Developers Dream, But Not Equally
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Around 60% through the campaign after almost five hours and loving every minute of it. Only complaints are the controls feel slightly unsuited to the more confined scenes and the shooting seems odd, likely due to (what feels like) faster moving enemies. Those guys dart around like crazy.
New combat feels great and the storyline is well delivered and develops characters fantastically. There have been some awesome set pieces so far with the ones featured in demos and trailers yet to come.
So far I do feel Uncharted 2 is the better game, but only marginally. We'll see where Drake's Deception goes from here. The third act is supposed to be where it all starts to go down.
Gotta say one area in particular early-on seemed fairly glitchy. Nate went through a wall at one point and sections of the map vanished for several seconds at a time. Could be our PS3 acting up, but I was wondering if anyone else experienced something similar?
New combat feels great and the storyline is well delivered and develops characters fantastically. There have been some awesome set pieces so far with the ones featured in demos and trailers yet to come.
So far I do feel Uncharted 2 is the better game, but only marginally. We'll see where Drake's Deception goes from here. The third act is supposed to be where it all starts to go down.
Gotta say one area in particular early-on seemed fairly glitchy. Nate went through a wall at one point and sections of the map vanished for several seconds at a time. Could be our PS3 acting up, but I was wondering if anyone else experienced something similar?
NotTheGuyYouKill
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hey_it's_that_dog said:
BruiserBear
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I'm slightly concerned about numerous mentions of the shooting feeling "slightly off" or "different". The shooting felt great to me in U2, so I really hope someone didn't think it was wise to "fix" what wasn't broken.
RyanardoDaVinci
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BruiserBear said:
Well, since the shooting in the MP is more than "slightly off," I'm sure the shooting in the SP has suffered as well.
DerZuhälter
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Got mine today and played till Chapter 5 (took me a bit more than 1 1/2 hours) on hard. It's probably because the characters are much more likeable and feel more fleshed out, and I got attached to them.... but man: This is the first game this entire year that put a smile to my face playing the first chapters.
Missing out on all the last trailers and such is definitly paying out now.
Missing out on all the last trailers and such is definitly paying out now.
MoonsaultSlayer
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Any chance someone can make the uncharted 1 cover have the same rebranded ps3 border to match 2 and 3? Thanks.
hullostranger
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http://forums.naughtydog.com/t5/General-Discussion/Possible-to-add-the-SP-tweaks-options-in-a-patch-UPDATE/td-p/601961
Looks like ND won't be adding in SP tweaks later on in a patch.
Looks like ND won't be adding in SP tweaks later on in a patch.
We already knew this! Lol it's good that they're letting everyone else know though.hullostranger said:http://forums.naughtydog.com/t5/General-Discussion/Possible-to-add-the-SP-tweaks-options-in-a-patch-UPDATE/td-p/601961
Looks like ND won't be adding in SP tweaks later on in a patch.
EatChildren
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Loudninja said:
Personally, I'm of the opinion that as a pure third person shooter Uncharted, as a series, is pretty average. The cover system, aiming, accuracy of weapons, hit boxes, encounter design and basically everything else isn't in the ballpark of the best you'll find in the genre (which is Vanquish as far as I'm concerned).
That being said, playing Uncharted 2 again reminds me how much of an improvement the shooting is over the original. People tend to cite Assassin's Creed 2 as the biggest improvement in a sequel, but I think at times Uncharted 2 quite easily matches it. Everything about the shooting and encounter design is so very much superior to the original. The environments are more open, the enemy spawns are better, there's more varied tactical options, and most encounters have really solid basic stealth support. That and the general aiming system feels so much tighter and competent than Uncharted.
Naughty Dog really stepped it up with Uncharted 2's combat and encounters, and I have to commend them for it.
Unregistered007
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GlamFM said:
Keep talking... NO ONE IS LISTENING...
EatChildren
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Unregistered007 said:
Opinions that aren't your own; get used to them, or I'll kindly show you the door.
Zombie James
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Hopefully my copy arrives on launch day...
Raitosaito
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BruiserBear said:
I think people are mistaking the feel of the shooting controls for the fact that the enemy encounter is designed unfairly at certain points in the game. I played UC2 just a couple days ago, and it's really not the mechanics that feel off at all. The puzzles and platforming made great improvements, and are actually a challenge at certain points, but the shooter aspect of the game seem to have gotten worse when it came to what kind of enemies you actually have to fight.
And I thought the rabid Uncharted fanboy type comments died in the review thread? So much for that.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
What's the meaning of "region ALL"? That's strange.Wario64 said:
It's not like any PS3 game has been region locked, that symbol just referred to the region of publication.
MoonsaultSlayer
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Edit: sorry, misread.The_Monk said:
crimzonflame
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I had to go to the gym but now Im back. Gonna return to the game. I played about an hour and a half and I already like it better than Arkham City.
autobzooty
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just put my money down on amazon for release date delivery. i heard some horror stories concerning release date delivery when Dark Souls came out, but hopefully this works out for me. don't usually buy through amazon.
MoonsaultSlayer
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Dumb mistake.
MoonsaultSlayer
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WHAT?! You mean a guy who has a pizza delivery man as his avatar likes the Uncharted series better than any other games!?crimzonflame said:
Lol. Had to.
Damn mobile. This is what I meant to do...
LowEndTorque
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RyanardoDaVinci said:
That is an auto-aim issue. Auto-aim in MP was scaled back significantly making the aiming feel "off"
A couple of posters in the Subway thread brought it up, but were ignored by gaf and ignored by ND.
JimmyRustler
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I'm really struggling to get into this game. I totally loved Uncharted 2 but the third entry just can't deliver that epicness - not at all. Also, this game has fantastic setpieces some really decent gameplay but the transition from one to the other is very poor.
GAF and people how generally pay no attention to the story will love the game. People who do and like the characters will probably not. Or well, I sure don't.
GAF and people how generally pay no attention to the story will love the game. People who do and like the characters will probably not. Or well, I sure don't.
hullostranger said:http://forums.naughtydog.com/t5/General-Discussion/Possible-to-add-the-SP-tweaks-options-in-a-patch-UPDATE/td-p/601961
Looks like ND won't be adding in SP tweaks later on in a patch.
That's kinda disappointing, I enjoyed going through again playing around with the extras unlocked.
Represent.
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After reading this im 100X more thankful I went on a media blackout. Watching everything before hand really ruins the first time experience.Incendiary said:
get2sammyb
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Just finished the game. I cannot stress how incredible of an experience it was. You guys, that have kept yourselves cold and still have your first-play through ahead of you are in for a treat. In a way I'm kinda of jealous.
It's an absolute masterclass. Naughty Dog really is the master of its trade. Its testament to the strength of the series that the very opening scene prompted a massive grin across my face. And the appearance of
mid-way into the game sent
I'm quite surprised by some of the comments so far. Each to their own of course, but I'm really staggered anyone could feel disappointed. The game is definitely a bit more slow-paced than previous entries --
-- but that's great because it puts an emphasis on Uncharted's other strengths. I actually played a lot of the game in stealth, and you'll do a lot of melee brawling, which is really great.
I do think the game has some ill conceived difficulty spikes in places. On the odd occassion, you'll feel overwhelmed and a touch frustrated. But the checkpointing is spot-on, and the game reloads you into the action in seconds so it's not as frustrating as it could have been.
I should probably add -- for the majority of the game the shooting is really fun. The weapons feel solid, and the enemy AI is challenging and fun to fight against. I definitely feel like the game could stand tall just on the merits of its gunplay. That it's just -- relatively -- a small portion of the gameplay is phenomenal. Like I already said, I really enjoy the stealth and brawling in this game too.
As far as I'm concerned, the difficulty spikes -- and there are only a few of them -- are the only real blemish on what is otherwise an absolutely outstanding game.
I preferred the story immensely to the previous Uncharted titles. The characters really ground the plot, and make it intriguing from the off-set. As always the dialogue is absolutely top-notch, and the new faces are fantastic.
I didn't feel like Uncharted 2 had much of a plot at all really, other than great character development. But Uncharted 3 does all that its predecessor did, while weaving a real plot around it this time. It's well researched, and, I personally found it intriguing. It really adds some background and depth to
which I strongly enjoyed.
I feel like most great games have one or two memorable moments at best. I always point to the Nuke from Call Of Duty 4, or the train from Uncharted 2, or the ride into Mexico from Red Dead Redemption. And so on. But -- and I'm looking at a list of notes here -- Uncharted 3 has at least six gob-stopping moments that I don't think I'll be forgetting in a hurry.
Even with Uncharted 2 being a banner game -- and a massively improved sequel -- I still feel like Uncharted 3 takes the franchise further. For me, it's the best in the series.
It's an absolutely sensational game. I started up a second playthrough almost immediately.
It's an absolute masterclass. Naughty Dog really is the master of its trade. Its testament to the strength of the series that the very opening scene prompted a massive grin across my face. And the appearance of
Elena
my heart fluttering. LOL.
I'm quite surprised by some of the comments so far. Each to their own of course, but I'm really staggered anyone could feel disappointed. The game is definitely a bit more slow-paced than previous entries --
you don't really fire a gun for a good hour or so
I do think the game has some ill conceived difficulty spikes in places. On the odd occassion, you'll feel overwhelmed and a touch frustrated. But the checkpointing is spot-on, and the game reloads you into the action in seconds so it's not as frustrating as it could have been.
I should probably add -- for the majority of the game the shooting is really fun. The weapons feel solid, and the enemy AI is challenging and fun to fight against. I definitely feel like the game could stand tall just on the merits of its gunplay. That it's just -- relatively -- a small portion of the gameplay is phenomenal. Like I already said, I really enjoy the stealth and brawling in this game too.
As far as I'm concerned, the difficulty spikes -- and there are only a few of them -- are the only real blemish on what is otherwise an absolutely outstanding game.
I preferred the story immensely to the previous Uncharted titles. The characters really ground the plot, and make it intriguing from the off-set. As always the dialogue is absolutely top-notch, and the new faces are fantastic.
Even the very minor super-natural elements are well handled, and make for some interesting encounters.
I didn't feel like Uncharted 2 had much of a plot at all really, other than great character development. But Uncharted 3 does all that its predecessor did, while weaving a real plot around it this time. It's well researched, and, I personally found it intriguing. It really adds some background and depth to
Drake, Sully and Elena
The emphasis on Sir Francis Drake and Laurence of Arabia is also really pleasant, and perhaps the reason I enjoyed the plot so much.
I feel like most great games have one or two memorable moments at best. I always point to the Nuke from Call Of Duty 4, or the train from Uncharted 2, or the ride into Mexico from Red Dead Redemption. And so on. But -- and I'm looking at a list of notes here -- Uncharted 3 has at least six gob-stopping moments that I don't think I'll be forgetting in a hurry.
Even with Uncharted 2 being a banner game -- and a massively improved sequel -- I still feel like Uncharted 3 takes the franchise further. For me, it's the best in the series.
It's an absolutely sensational game. I started up a second playthrough almost immediately.
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