I humored myself today by logging on Uncharted 2 again, few friends were playing so I jumped in with them. I was just appalled by what I was greeted with though.

Any strategy you had beforehand is completely useless now. Naughty Dog basically DESTROYED co-op in it's entirety now.

I'm never writing a review for this game. It doesn't need to be done. The single player is the only redeeming quality to this game now.

Why is it broken? Well let's start with how fast you die. Naughty Dog saw fit to make you die as fast as possible in co-op now. Couple this with the already unfairly balanced AI, and you're pretty screwed. I'd say you die as fast as if you were playing on a mix between Hard and Crushing difficulty, it's unacceptable. Not only that, the enemies move speeds have all been practically doubled, and they get across the map faster, and they walk faster than you can run. Really, these are some smart choices they've made huh?

Speaking of enemies, Head shots are nearly impossible to pull off now. Skilled controller wizzes such as myself are forced to use shotguns and other no-skill requirement weapons in order to achieve points. I haven't played for a week or so since I picked it up just an hour ago, but I know there's no way I suck that bad. I "always" achieve 10 headshots at Round 1, and I couldn't even get two, because they made the headshot hitbox a "LOT" smaller.

Why? And by strategies, I meant exactly what I said. For one, my strategy against the enemies that run up and choke you was to shoot them once while running towards them, then I'd kill them in practically 2 hits using a follow up melee attack. Now you can't do that. They're speed is MUCH faster now, and before you even get the shot off the will grab you. Remember, all they do is bum rush so now they're akin to someone using a speed hack. It ruins the fun of this game even more.

I mean, why make people die faster? What's the point? They're just trying to get people to go play the competitive mode, and come on man, that is never fun. How is playing against other people ever any fun? All you need to do is throw a grenade or grab the next one hit kill weapon to play. Or you can just camp against the wall and wait for someone to run into you. There really is no strategy involved, there is no tactics involved, only pre-pubescant third worlders ruining the game. Naughty Dog needs to stop giving in to these guys. It's similar to what happened with Persona 3 and 4, Atlus started giving into the losers who wanted a dating sim and not hardcore JRPG.

But I'm digressing. Fortunately, enemies on the higher rounds were not affected too much in this latest patch from ND, still, it doesn't mean they don't kill you in practically only a few shots. What's the point of cover, then? They'll just immediately overwhelm you and surround you quicker than they came into the map because you can't kill them fast enough anymore. Playing with just two people is impossible now, or maybe my partner just sucked, but head shots are few and far between now. And still, what is the damn point? We're not getting our worth for making a head shot!!

There is a fine line between making something challenging, and making it just completely unfair and not fun at all. The enemies have the ability to make miniscule shots through things you would never think possible to fire through, and their bullets only hit in ONE place: You. I moaned about it before, but I'll do it again because before it was somewhat stable, now it's just ridiculous.

This game has lost any enjoyment it had once given me. Not to mention they added in some new impossible to get trophies. I probably should have went and tried to get the Platinum before this, but there's no point now. They're all trophies for playing competitively, obviously.

Co-op in this game is to be avoided now, sadly. It was good while it laster, but ND has made it clear they don't care about it, and only want to support the one-sided area of the multi-player world.

By the way, it's obvious you're cheating if you kill someone with a weapon that doesn't one hit kill them.