[PS3] Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

[Buzzman]

No news really until the VGAs, but Entertainment Weekly got the teaser trailer on their site.

t won't all be sand and buzzards though. Entertainment Weekly (who have been to Naughty Dog HQ to check U3 out) have already seen some of the series' trademark kinetic platforming through crumbling, shifting environments, and have reported a decidedly non-desert location. It looks then, that this will be another Uncharted 2-style globe-trotting adventure, with Drake and co. taking a winding journey to their ultimate location.

And speaking of that co., it seems that Sully will be making a big reappearance following what was largely a no-show in Uncharted 2. The story this time will deal heavily with Drake's relationship with the smooth old moustachioed cigar-chomper, as well as revelations regarding Nath's own identity (Sully is Drake's dad? Place bets now!), and plenty of deception both by and in the direction of gaming's biggest treasure-hunting man-crush target.

As for the obligatory blurring of fiction and historical fact, Uncharted 3 will draw upon the experiences of T.E. 'Lawrence of Arabia' Lawrence, riffing on his early days as an archeologist. Consider him Nath's new sandy historical hero, in replacement of Sir. Francis Drake. Also, expect to be blown away by the game's look in the same way that you were when you first trudged through Uncharted 2's snow, all teary-eyed with joy at the wonder of it all. Apparently the decision to go to the desert came from Naughty Dog's masochistically self-challenging nature. Says Creative Director Ann Hennig:

“When we first came up with the idea of sand, you see everyone’s eyes light up here and go, ‘Yeah, that’s going to be really hard — let’s do it!’”

We rather suspect this will be no mere slab of brown and orange polygons. If fact a showboating "Look what we can do!" sandstorm scene is almost guarranteed. Will It be as mind-blowing a technological leap from Uncharted 2 as Uncharted 2 was from Uncharted? We wouldn't bet against it.

Other details? The gameplay tweaks detailed so far include improved climbing and better combat against multiple enemies (given the joy that was Uncharted 2's ultra-fluid gun, melee and environmental system, this is bloody exciting indeed). And the release date? Late 2011. Naughty Dog won't be drawn on anything more specific than that at the moment, but this has Christmas depth-charge written all over it. Don't be surprised if we get an official date at the Spike TV Video Game Awards on Sunday, when Uncharted 3 will be more fully revealed.

Pumped? We're pumped. You pumped too? Yeah? How pumped?

 

[IamMedellin]

VGA'S are big shit now huh

 

[KNUBB]

:chewbacca:

 

[JayDizzle]

I just caught the Teaser on GamesRadar...

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Scheduling 10 seconds on Saturday for Mr. North. :wub:

 

[stevsta]

I would put money on this being delayed to 2012

 

[jms493]

Uncharted is so fucking awesome....hope they make 10 more.

 

[Buzzman]

I would put money on this being delayed to 2012

why? This is the same time it took to make Uncharted 2 after the first, and just like 2, the first trailer was shown at the VGAs.

 

[JayDizzle]

So basically I get all my 2nd and 3rd-hand info from PA... :shifty:

The game cover:

 

Screens:

 

 

[wingsfan77]

I still haven't beaten 2 which I got about a month ago....I need to get on that haha.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

:fap:

I would put money on this being delayed to 2012

:boothisman:

 

[Maynard]

why would it be delayed?

they made such a good size leap from 1 to 2 i wonder what they will do to make 3 seem new. I loved the gameplay in UC2, but i just wish it wasnt so linear

 

[stevsta]

why would it be delayed?

they made such a good size leap from 1 to 2 i wonder what they will do to make 3 seem new. I loved the gameplay in UC2, but i just wish it wasnt so linear

I just think they will hit a snag

Just my opinion of course

 

[Blade]

I saw in the trailer maps for Arabia, and a news clipping with a headline that says "ELPHIA RESCU", which makes me think Philly is involved somehow. :shrug:

 

[Boucher]

Fuck me i havent played either one

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

i can only imagine how super killer sweet online is gonna be for the third one. MP in the second one was beyond bare bones yet still one of the most fun MP games of last year.

 

[tigstah]

i just picked up 2 for 20 bucks, will be playing this again soon. was a fun game.

 

[Twigg4075]

i can only imagine how super killer sweet online is gonna be for the third one. MP in the second one was beyond bare bones yet still one of the most fun MP games of last year.

I was blown away by how good the MP was. I seriously thought it was going to be the typical tacked on bullshit that most single player games are including these days. Boy was I wrong.

Not only is it very good but they have constantly supported it with updates and maps with a lot of free content. How many other developers can say that?


As far as this game is concerned. because of the info released by the director of the Uncharted movie, there is speculation that all of that nonsense about how the movie will mostly be about Nate's family may be connected to the new game.

 

[JayDizzle]

That and the constant glitching, bug cheats and overall cheating of it's MP community... :shifty:

Not to mention the ever-present bitching involved with the patches and weapons damage.

It takes a GREAT game to overcome that shit.

 

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

:megawhoner:

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

That and the constant glitching, bug cheats and overall cheating of it's MP community... :shifty:

Not to mention the ever-present bitching involved with the patches and weapons damage.

It takes a GREAT game to overcome that shit.

i pretty much stopped playing before glitches and cheats took over the game. honestly i could do without the perk system but that seems to be what the kiddies like so im sure it will still be in there and ND does need to tweak it. not being able to change perks on the fly was a bummer. i loved the perk where you could move faster with the gatling gun, but the gun only spawned once a match so you had a useless perk the entire match after that. and leveling up after 40 was such a grind.i figured out i had to play (roughly) 8 hours of just plunder to level up once which is pretty ridiculous, and there were a lot of cool perks i never got to use since they were near level 50.

edit - checked my stats and i had 48 hours of total game play and i was level 42.