Official Uncharted 3 Thread.

Developer

Naughty Dog

Publishers

Sony Computer Entertainment

Director

Amy Hennig (Creative director)

Series

Uncharted

Platforms

PlayStation 3

Release dates

* NA November 1, 2011
* JP November 2, 2011
* EU November 4, 2011
* AUS November, 2011

Genres

Action-adventure
Platformer
Third-person shooter

Mode

Single-player,
online multiplayer
online co-op
split-screen co-op

Media/distribution

Blu-ray Disc

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

is the third game in the Uncharted series, created by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation 3, and due for release in North America on November 1, 2011, Europe on November 4, 2011 and Australia on Q4 2011. It is the sequel to Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.[1] It was first announced on December 9, 2010.[1] Officially it was announced at the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards with a debut trailer, which was on December 11, 2010. The worldwide demo of the game was premiered on the American late-night talk show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on December 14, 2010.

Uncharted 3 will see protagonist Nathan Drake and mentor Victor Sullivan, travelling around the world to such places as the Rub' al Khali desert, in search of the legendary lost city, the Iram of the Pillars. Chloe Frazer and Elena Fisher will also return in Uncharted 3. The plot will draw from the archaeology days of T. E. Lawrence.

Development

Creative director Amy Hennig has explained that the desire for a desert-themed Uncharted stemmed from wanting to push the team creatively and technologically, as "organic" elements such as sand, water, and fire are "technically difficult to credibly render with animation".

New features in Uncharted 3 will include "character creation for the main single player campaign, we hope this should emotionally immerse the players in the story as it's their own character", automatic ammunition pickup, and the ability to fight multiple enemies at once. Friendly AI is improved, providing the ability for players to form squads of up to 6 people. Multiplayer and co-op features will also be greatly expanded. It will also support stereoscopic 3D.

Game director Justin Richmond explained that the game will feel more open than other Uncharted games mainly due to the great new character creation feature. "We're not an open-world game, we're never going to be an open-world game but; we can try. It's still up in the air how much gameplay we're going to let you wander around. But we aim to let you just ride a thousand miles off into the middle of nowhere and still find action and adventure as you go." Ultimately the feel we want to get is, yeah, your character is lost in the desert. So it needs to feel like that. We aim to make it feel open-world."

In regards to whether or not PlayStation Move would be supported in Uncharted 3, Naughty Dog explained that "A Great Move game is a game made around Move and we started Uncharted long before that. It would be very difficult for us to adjust it. We tried a couple of things but it wasn't making a lot of sense."

Naughty Dog community strategist, Arne Meyer, has said that Uncharted 3 is created like a Hollywood film. The Uncharted series has received praise for its movie-like sections, which Naughty Dog hopes to continue to work on.

Gotta thank the PSN outage for this. :P

Gotta thank the PSN outage for this. :P

MrGanny

I Guess ND didn't realize how many people would download the beta lol :P

Uncharted 3 Beta is pretty much broken in my opinion. constant freezing and horrible lag

I d/l'd the beta when it was posted about 4:45 est..When I got back like 6:30 I couldn't connect to any games..Finally did hours later & holy crap the laagggg, most likely from servers getting hammered but from my short experience it seems ppl can join mid-game?? Last thing I want is constantly being thrown into the tail end of games..

Everything else is fine. It's just the lag and game freezing.

They have to compensate for the uneven matchmaking

I d/l'd the beta when it was posted about 4:45 est..When I got back like 6:30 I couldn't connect to any games..Finally did hours later & holy crap the laagggg, most likely from servers getting hammered but from my short experience it seems ppl can join mid-game?? Last thing I want is constantly being thrown into the tail end of games..

CarefulSheKills

Uncharted 3 Beta is pretty much broken in my opinion. constant freezing and horrible lag

ipumpmygun

i completely agree with this, i want to play it, but its so difficult to suffer through all the lag and freezing

They shouldn't have patched the matchmaking. It was fine from the start.

Well, I leveled up to level 3 on my first TD, so that was kind of odd to level up so quick. I have to ask, why does every 3rd person shooter that has a running feature have to zoom in and make turning feel clunky (same as in ME2)? I'm sort of confused on why there are random cutscenes in TD, they just sort of drag it out. For some reason it seems like it takes a lot longer to kill someone than in the 2nd game. There are some neat things from what I've played so far. Having rocket launchers be an earned perk rather than scattered on the map is a plus; hopefully not everyone will make it their perk. Customization is just sort of there, and isn't really that interesting. Really, I hope this isn't a reflection of the single player part of the game, because I am not really impressed by much that they did. Someone else mentioned hit detection problems, and yes that does need to be addressed. Granted, this is a beta, and coming off of the success of the 2nd game I can't imagine this game'll be bad by any means, I just hope they don't ruin it by trying to add mechanics that are just added for the sake of adding something. I will continue to play the beta just to try out the other modes and see if it begins to grow on me, which is very possible.

Well, I leveled up to level 3 on my first TD, so that was kind of odd to level up so quick. I have to ask, why does every 3rd person shooter that has a running feature have to zoom in and make turning feel clunky (same as in ME2)? I'm sort of confused on why there are random cutscenes in TD, they just sort of drag it out. For some reason it seems like it takes a lot longer to kill someone than in the 2nd game. There are some neat things from what I've played so far. Having rocket launchers be an earned perk rather than scattered on the map is a plus; hopefully not everyone will make it their perk. Customization is just sort of there, and isn't really that interesting. Really, I hope this isn't a reflection of the single player part of the game, because I am not really impressed by much that they did. Someone else mentioned hit detection problems, and yes that does need to be addressed. Granted, this is a beta, and coming off of the success of the 2nd game I can't imagine this game'll be bad by any means, I just hope they don't ruin it by trying to add mechanics that are just added for the sake of adding something. I will continue to play the beta just to try out the other modes and see if it begins to grow on me, which is very possible.

blueboxdoctor

They 5-6 months to work on the game. every thing will be fine tuned Just like uncharted 2 it will take longer to level up witht he final product.

[QUOTE="blueboxdoctor"]

Well, I leveled up to level 3 on my first TD, so that was kind of odd to level up so quick. I have to ask, why does every 3rd person shooter that has a running feature have to zoom in and make turning feel clunky (same as in ME2)? I'm sort of confused on why there are random cutscenes in TD, they just sort of drag it out. For some reason it seems like it takes a lot longer to kill someone than in the 2nd game. There are some neat things from what I've played so far. Having rocket launchers be an earned perk rather than scattered on the map is a plus; hopefully not everyone will make it their perk. Customization is just sort of there, and isn't really that interesting. Really, I hope this isn't a reflection of the single player part of the game, because I am not really impressed by much that they did. Someone else mentioned hit detection problems, and yes that does need to be addressed. Granted, this is a beta, and coming off of the success of the 2nd game I can't imagine this game'll be bad by any means, I just hope they don't ruin it by trying to add mechanics that are just added for the sake of adding something. I will continue to play the beta just to try out the other modes and see if it begins to grow on me, which is very possible.

ipumpmygun

They 5-6 months to work on the game. every thing will be fine tuned Just like uncharted 2 it will take longer to level up witht he final product.

True enough. I think I was just expecting to be blown away by some crazy new things, but like you said, there is still time for them to work on it. Regardless, Uncharted started as a sp only game, so as long as they continue the superb quality of the sp experience then I'll be happy with it.

After being able to play a match from start to finish, my initial impressions have changed...Somewhat. The hit detection seems fine. When there is no lag. The shooting mechanics have improved...slightly. The AK is much more useful now. I like that they made the snipers zoom in only. I really wish there was no melee option. And I despise the overtime in TDM. If you lose, you lose. Work harder next match. ACx7

If it doesn't work, I'm sure ND will take it out or change it.

the beta is awesome but can someone explain how to play split-screen?

the beta is awesome but can someone explain how to play split-screen?

ApaZulu

go to the option to turn on 2nd player (which is on the bottom)

[QUOTE="MrGanny"]

Gotta thank the PSN outage for this. :P

ipumpmygun

I Guess ND didn't realize how many people would download the beta lol :P

[QUOTE="ApaZulu"]

the beta is awesome but can someone explain how to play split-screen?

killerband55

go to the option to turn on 2nd player (which is on the bottom)

a little more detail would help. my brother and i want to play split-screen. do i have to make a new user and get him to sign into psn? i have never used this dual-login support for split-screen before.

I love the beta so far. The customization is deffinately better this time around. Still wish that there were more weapons. The power weapons are not powerful at all. Except maybe the sniper since its usually a one hit kill.

It's okay but needs some work yesterday it froze for me halfway through a match.

I don't get why all these people are complaining. I only downloaded and tried the beta after version 1.01 came out, so I don't know how bad it was before, but some people are still saying that the patch made no difference, when it runs just fine for me. And gameplay-wise, I think the game is awesome, a definite step up from Uncharted 2's multiplayer. It's not perfect, though. There are some issues, but I think most of them only exist because of all the new ideas that Naughty Dog's trying to implement into the multiplayer, most of which, mind you, are excellent in concept. I really like stuff like the customization, UnchartedTV, and the buddy system. It's just that because they haven't tried these things before, there are some balancing issues. For example, I like how the pace of the gameplay itself is not nearly as fast as, say, Call of Duty, but it still keeps you on your toes because of everything that's going on, like the medal kickbacks and power plays. I do think some of these are overpowered, though, such as the "double damage" power play.

That was just my two cents. Overall, there are a lot of great new ideas that they just need to spend some more time with to balance, and this beta is definitely going to help in that regard. Remember that there are still over4 months left before the full game comes out, so things can be changed. I always knew Uncharted 3 was going to be a great game, and this beta has just reassured me of that. This here is a potential GOTY (though I think Skyrim will win that).

HELP PLEASE! anyone else having trouble just updating? i have a slim ps3 and everytime i go to update the game my ps3 just resets and doesnt nothing. im not going to try anymore in fear it might cause my ps3 harm but is anyone else having troubles updatingriver_rat3117

Everythings white, you know?

anyway i'm looking to finish the first 2 uncharted in prep for drakes deception...