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Uncharted 2: In One Word?

Fall Damage have been longstanding opponents of Quick Time Events (note that's 3 words) in all their trappings. However to say this is in any way shape or form a major factor in Uncharted 2 is stretching the truth. The author can only remember 2 or 3 encounters that required QTE's of any kind. And even these were the most forgivable types of QTE's imaginable.

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gaffyh5294d ago (Edited 5294d ago )

Well this article is true, there isn't much QTE in this game, in fact when I was playing, I actually thought it needed more QTE. Why? Because QTE allows you to become part of the cutscenes, unlike just sitting there and watching them. For example, when you have to catch Tenzin or Elena, I would have liked a little QTE sequence there.

The ONLY true QTE sequences in the game are when you are fighting and have to press triangle to counter an attack at the right time. Every other bit is not QTE, because you don't have to do it Quickly, in a certain amount of Time, although it does trigger an Event.

LukaX235294d ago

EPICNESSSIZZLESAUCEAWESOME

Jinxstar5294d ago (Edited 5294d ago )

Just plain "Epic".

HardcoreGamer5294d ago

expect GOTY going to batman arkham asylum - REASON - its on 360 aswell so theres no arguement.

but uncharted should 100 perecent be GOTY but they will come up with bolsheeet that is . batman AA i goty because its available on both platforms???

i hoope its not true but thats what im guessing. as fallout 3 got it last time

mistajeff5294d ago

@suunyd

Lol, that's EXACTLY what I said when VGArabia responded to that article where someone called them out for making a sales prediction for Uncharted 2.

God bless the internet. It's just so entertaining!

Syronicus5294d ago (Edited 5294d ago )

Thisgamewillmeltyourfaceoff

;-)

starvinbull5294d ago

One word review?

White-knuckle.

I think that this author mistakes QTEs with anything that requires a single button press. There are for instance no single button press instances during cut scenes.
A good example of where a QTE requires input in Uncharted 2 is when an enemy grabs hold of you and pressing sqaure puches them. A better example is when you have a pistol and an enemy grabs you, you have to aim and shoot to kill them or if not they will damage your health.

Naughty Dog have actually done a great job reducing the players experience of QTEs in the game by requiring you to perform complex actions (as opposed to single buttong presses) at massive action points in the story.
A good example is in Resi 5 where you are in a turret truck and must shoot and kill men in chasing trucks by firing at them, though it should be mentioned that you are stationary and can ONLY fire the turret you are permanently glued to.
In Uncharted 2 the trucks are physical moving platforms that you can shoot at, destroy, hang from, ride in, jumpt to, at will. No smoke and mirrors, no invisble walls or capping of the players ability to meet the limitations of the hardware it's all realtime.

The opening sequence is 95% playable. That may not sound like much until you consider that you or hanging off a cliff in a mutli carriage train which is hanging 90 degrees off horizontal.
The only unplayable sections are the intro (30 seconds), falling out of a window (3 seconds) and grabbing hold of a cliff face (5 seconds).
When you climb into the top carriage and the train slides off the cliff you aren't told to press a specific button you are merely forced to run towards the camera as you would be able to do in any other playable part of the game.

Shang-Long5294d ago

Supercalifragilisticexpialidoc ious

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gmxracing5294d ago

you misunderstand me, i love ps3 but i've played through uncharted two and there is no denying that it raised the bar, but i was not overwhelmed by it, its just my opinion, but calling me an xbox fanboy is just offensive.

FamilyGuy5294d ago

The point of calling something a "quick time event" is because you have to quickly input the buttons in a timed event. Uncharted has times when you press triangle repeatedly to push things or open doors and these are NOT QTE, yet they seem to be what that older article was talking about. Seems really dumb on their part.

mal_tez925294d ago

there's no boobs in it. lol jokes

My one word to describe it is Epic.

TotalPS3Fanboy5293d ago

64 perfect scores is evidence of that.

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TheFreak5295d ago (Edited 5295d ago )

What is average about it? have you played the game? AAAH I see you dont own a ps3 so you must hate because you cant afford more then one console I see I see. Hey if you get a job as a paperboy or something, maybe you can afford to get a ps3 and uncharted 2 so you get the to experience one the greatest games this gen.

chaosatom5294d ago

I love taking his bubbles away.

sakura20095294d ago

pointless to take away his bubbles. microsoft trolls would just bubble him up

chaosatom5294d ago

you mean his multiple accounts, then yes.

But I can try, right?

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skatezero2465294d ago

wrong page dude this isn't odst ... this is uncharted 2 9.7 on metacritic isn't average bud

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nycredude5294d ago

Even fighting isn't really QTE. I don't know what that idiot was talking about. I played the game twice and don't remember any QTE. Haters are such losers.

PotNoodle5294d ago

There were two or three QTE's in the boss fights, but that is about it.

mistajeff5294d ago

I did chapter 4 on easy to get the steel fist master or expert trophy (whichever one involves shooting 10 enemies in a row from the hip and then punching them to sleep) and I noticed that when you get in a melee fight and you have to counter, it pops triangle up on screen (at least some of the time), which it doesn't do in the harder difficulties except during the countering tutorial. Maybe PS3informer couldn't handle it on normal?

Mixmoff5294d ago

Good catch! That's the only explanation that makes sense as to why someone would think the QTE's were at all prevalent in this game.

I didn't know about that since my playthrough was on Hard.

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Recharting Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Retrospective Review

Nevada Dru from Bits & Pieces revisits Uncharted 2: Among Thieves to see if this legendary game has stood the test of time.

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Abnor_Mal1448d ago

Currently playing Drakes Fortune on crushing, next will be to replay Among Thieves, but I'm sure it still holds up today.

P_Bomb1447d ago (Edited 1447d ago )

Recently re-platinumed 1-3. Uncharted 2 aged better than I even expected. I enjoyed it more now than I did a decade ago. It’s more polished than 1, tighter than 3 and Yemen in 3 was gorgeous. Shambhala out-prettied Ubar though. 60fps w higher res’ made for a damn good rerun.

Abnor_Mal1447d ago

Question: When you say Uncharted2 aged better than expected, are you talking about the original PS3 game or the remastered collection on PS4. I ask because I think that a remastered version of the game would look and play better than the original.

I doubt that the original ran at 60 frames, how many years old is the remastered collection anyway.

I need to replay the original trilogy along with the collection, not a fan of the collection trophy of beating levels in a set time and don't think the originals required that for platinum.

P_Bomb1446d ago (Edited 1446d ago )

@abnor_mal
It’s true that the remasters have upped the resolution and given it 60fps, but the base game is the same. The art design and base textures/physics/ animations are the same yet still look contemporary. More-so than UC1 which isn’t as tight, or UC3 in some cases which I found a bit clunky in close quarters.

UC2 level design was a great evolution in bringing the verticality from the jungle into rural/urban settings while maintaining smooth animation transitions. Drake still moves better than the ginger in Star Wars Jedi. Outdoor areas are better lit.

UC2 also has more action and better pacing imo, which helps when replaying a game 10 years later. Kept me engaged.

You don’t need to time trial for platinum. They stuck the speedrun trophies in a seperate extended dlc category so have no fear.

MadLad1448d ago

I thought the originals were good, but not great. I understand that puts me in the minority here. That said, Uncharted 4 was freaking fantastic.

Profchaos1447d ago (Edited 1447d ago )

Yeah I understand the hate for 4 prior to playing it I was firmly against it and felt like 3 wrapped things up already but now after playing it I think it was the best in the franchise.

Now I look back at two and I feel like I'm playing an on the rails shooter everything is so tightly scripted including the infamous train scene you simply can't make a mistake

Rimeskeem1447d ago

I think Uncharted 2 is a lot like AC2. Both games took the idea and basically improved it in every single way.

Movefasta19931447d ago

Uc2, AC2,Halo2, Soul calibur 2, Killzone 2, Infamous 2 , Dishonored 2 and a few more. The only negative thing I have against uc2, and imo it annoyed me,are the blue apes, uncharted 1 handled the super natural far better.

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Imalwaysright1483d ago

My favorite is the building collapsing on Uncharted 2.

goldwyncq1482d ago

The entire final chapter of The Lost Legacy is the best setpiece in the series and it wasn't even mentioned.