PSU.com writes:
"Earlier this week, developer Naughty Dog confirmed that its upcoming post-apocalyptic romp The Last of Us would feature a multiplayer mode of some description. This was met with some trepidation from gamers, as the subject of multiplayer being shoe-horned into a largely single-player experience has been a highly contentious issue for the last few years. Just look at Dead Space 2, Mass Effect 3 and Assassin’s Creed and you’ll see what we’re talking about."
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"Uncharted 2 and 3 are a testament to how the studio is able to craft a thrilling campaign and supplement the action with a compelling multiplayer. We think the same case will definitely apply for The Last of Us."
With Uncharted 2 it worked because it was simple and fun yet they didn't work on it much meaning hardly no resources were wasted on multiplayer which could of been used on the single player game, hell they actually threw it in the game because they were FINISHED with the game and had some time left, with U2 they made a basic multiplayer and it worked. With Uncharted 3 however they went overboard and they felt they had to compete with the "big boys" aka COD which then lead to them giving the online COD like gimmicks like every other multiplayer game these days and it took away resources from the single player because they worked on it at the same time...come on Uncharted 3 was amazing but the story especialy character development was no where near as good as Uncharted 2 and I think it's pretty obvious that the multiplayer was the problem, they spent too much time on it instead of just tweaking what they had with Uncharted 2, all they had to do was take U2 before the 1.5 update, put it in Uncharted 2, add some new weapons or reskin the old ones and then add then customization.
It's why I hope they just make it like Uncharted 2 again so they can work on the single player more.
Besides Uncharted 2 it worked because multiplayer fitted that type of game. With TLOU being this survival type game, where resources are limited, it's not the type of game to have multiplayer. A few co-op missions fair enough but at least add an AI so single player gamers can play through it by themselfs.
MP U2 > U3
Coop U3 > U2
I'm sure some of the team from U3 is helping TLOU team out so the MP won't detract too much from SP. I also wouldn't mind seeing The Last Of Us with COOP. But with separate missions like Uncharted,
I am looking forward to the Last of Us and I hope the multiplayer is co-op based :)
In Uncharted 3 it's more about "What kind of high lv weapons have you unlocked", "My kickback is better then yours" or at the end of the day plain luck because of the use of gimmicks in the match.
I've been more killed in U3 because of people spraying from the hip then in U2 where people used to actually use the cover and tried to hide so they could surprize you later.
They've added a classic like mode in U3 and it's better then anything thats in U3. It's too late though now, my interest is completely gone from the game they should of had that mode in it from the start.
Besides, ND have gone on record as stating that they had to rewrite the story quite late into development because one of the voice actors (Cutter) had to leave the project early for filming The Hobbit. That's the type of thing that has an impact on the story and character development of a game, not multiplayer.
I'm not sure though (kinda a question).
i'm buying the last of us DAY 1 because the story
the multiplayer is just a bonus
http://gamingbolt.com/the-l...
Not to mention Mass Effect 3 and Assassin's Creed have very well-done Multiplayer portions, with Mass Effect 3's MP being handled by a team MADE to make DLC and ME3's MP mode (ME4's about to be their first full game).
Gamers are honestly starting to sound like old senile folk who sit there screaming about the world ending (MP ruins everything, change sucks, change is needed, popular games are the cause of gamings downfall, etc) and how everyone should get more Jesus (aka return to SNES, Sega, early PC and PS1/2 games).
Uncharted 2-3, Mass Effect 3, Assassin's Creed, Gears of War 1-3, and Halo 1-4 all had good/fantastic Multiplayer modes and managed to have fantastic single player modes also.
Single Player only gets ruined by Multiplayer if the team is inexperienced with Multiplayer modes or poorly managed.
Cod 4 was great also, can't deny that despite what the series has become.
Goes to show if youre a developer you can't win! Fans will always be divided. I personally wish they'd just slightly tinkered with uc2 multiplayer rather than an overhaul.
Sorry but it feels to me that the ending of Uncharted 3 may have been compromised. It was like a deja vu of the second game. It's still a decent game, just a bit more gimmicky in the way that it throws things at you to cover all the bases than the second game was. Lovely ocean sections though, perhaps the high points of Uncharted 3 were more thrilling than part 2 but because part 3 feels so puzzle heavy early on you're not as inclined to revisit it.