Impressions: Uncharted 3′s multiplayer should concentrate on being Uncharted and not Call of Duty

One of the surprises about Uncharted 2 was that the multiplayer was actually good. The combination of small maps as well as being able to scale the maps allowed for a fast-paced multiplayer game that was addictive. Uncharted 3’s beta proves that it can be a competent successor, but has it lost its identity in the process?

[WhiteLightning]

What a great article

THANK YOU

Exactly what many of us U2 veterans are thinking

[LOGICWINS]

I've noticed that the majority of people who are unhappy with the beta are UC2 veterans. I had UC2, but I hated the MP so much that I just gave the game to my friend. UC3 is a god-send IMO. I hope ND doesn't back down this time and decrease the health of players.

[BrianG]

Agreed, I've already played UC3 Beta more than UC2 multplayer. I find it to be a better experience.

[omi25p]

So your saying its good that fans of the old game dont like it and that ND are aiming for a wider audience?

[MidnytRain]

I think some UC2 veterans (I am one, but don't feel this way) don't like the fact that they have to master new skills, or at least that's part of it.

[telekineticmantis]

but that's probably because I'm just as good as I've always been.

[-Alpha]

They ripped off too many COD ideas and lost the core gameplay, but it's still fun. They had a beautiful menu in UC2 but the one in UC3 is much like COD, but a lot more uglier and cluttered. Not fond of booster upgrading, the female voiceover reminding me to use my kickback and the silly creepy crawler kickback. There is a lot of worry about potential balance issues. Much like MW2, I fear that they threw in a bunch of things and that there could be a balance issue that we are not yet seeing. But overall, it seems fine.

They took too much inspiration from COD. UC2 took more from Halo. I prefer that simplicity. IMO a good game shouldn't have to throw in too many gimmicks and constantly dangle a carrot in front of a player to retain player support. A good game will have followers based on its gameplay. But many devs add all these things to ensure players stick around and are constantly awarded. That is the "COD effect" that some don't like

My main concern is the weapon loadouts. I feel that when people get a great loadout they wont bother going for the power weapons, which was key to winning in UC2. I don't like the macro as a secondary pistol and think it needs to be a pickup weapon. They need to up the pistol a bit too IMO.

UC2 was more a halo-like style where you battle for map control. The maps were better in UC2-- smaller yet spacious and always frantic. UC3 maps are a bit too big and I feel that they lost the simplicity of UC2. I find myself running looking for enemies more than I need to. UC2 had smaller maps, but even the big ones like Plaza were designed better-- less obstruction, well placed power weapons, etc.

I like UC3 despite the change, it's not necessarily bad, just different. But I wish it retained the core UC2 element.

If they can get rid of mods/loadouts and add more weapon pickups for Hardcore I'd have no complaints. As it is now, they need to work on some of the balancing of power plays. But it's still fun. Love overtime too, very clever feature

For the people who didn't play UC2 much, try to understand how it feels for people who supported ND. It's easy to just casually play UC3 and give it two thumbs up if you've never gotten into UC2. But UC2 was a fantastic game and brilliant because of its simplicity and fluidity. I'm a UC2 player. I like the game, just disappointed in a few things.

[Rainstorm81]

@mantis

I played U2 mp constantly and adapted through the 1.05 debacle and all and the U3 Beta if fine IMO, nice additions to to an already good MP.

YES you must adapt with new skills/tactics, but its the same Uncharted gameplay.

All U2 vets arent against the MP

@ Alpha

I had two matches that went into Overtime then into Sudden Death in Three team DM.... I loved U2 MP but U3 MP is a welcome change but i do agree that the maps couldve been designed a bit more like U2s MP maps....small and tactical but hey its only 2 maps in the beta....who knows?

[-Alpha]

@Rain

IMO the huge map design, lack of well placed power weapons (the sniper in UC2's Village makes sense, the TBolt in a CQC hallway does not), and the class loadouts are the main issues. UC2's beta maps were so much better

They need smaller maps, and IMO need to get rid of loadouts for hardcore mode.

[sdtarm]

how is this game going more CoDish? if anything it is going the opposite way, more health and slower paced MP will be harder to kill ppl... all the UC "veterans" are just mad cuz they exploited the game to get bullsht ass kills but they cant do that anymore

[NiKK_419]

all they're doing is updating it and making it better. what is the problem with that?

[SilentNegotiator]

I REALLY don't think they made that many changes anyway. EVERYONE is doing the unlocking tree BS, so why just make a stink about it over Uncharted? Where are all of the complaints for Halo Reach taking so many hints from COD? It was the same thing with Killzone 3; they added some unlocking things and took of a few of the lead body weights that the characters were wearing in Killzone 2, and it's "ZOMG it's teh COD wannabez!!"

I'm still moving around without a fixed reticle-aim, climbing stuff, shooting from edges, tearing people off of the edges....what's not Uncharted about it?

"One of the key themes to the update is Naughty Dog’s attempt to make the game more ‘cinematic’. Maps now start and end with short cutscenes, putting into context your battles and the consequences of your battle. Maps like Airstrip continue this starting the map on a runway as the plane is chased by a horde of trucks. The concept is interesting by making the game more ‘cinematic’, but at the moment is hampered due to poor spawn placements that can result in one team being spawn camped"
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Ummm......10 second cutscenes are that bad? And when the heck does this lead to spawn camping?

"Free –for – all also makes an appearance, which is most pointless because Uncharted’s multiplayer was always team orientated. This addition seems to be one that caters to COD players"
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I guess I forgot that COD invented the Free-for-all match. How dare ND add a MP option.

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What an awful article.

[Biggest]

Beta. Send your complaints to Naughty Dog via the proper channels. This is not a proper channel.

[Black-Helghast]

Pfft, whats the big deal? I'm an Uncharted 2 veteran, hell I was playing UC2 before the beta went live and I don't see ANY problems with UC3. I love the buddy system, Character customization, New weapons, Kick backs, that 1-Shot kill sniper<3, Sprinting, EVERYTHING. I just LOVE Uncharted 3. I played UC2 alone cause all my friends hated Uncharted 2 and now I'm playing UC3 with all my friends. They even said they'll buy it day 1 cause of the multiplayer. Good job ND. Keep up the good work! (:

[KimDongHwan]

I am a semi Veteran U2 Player, and i also find this beta awesome, the people that complain is always the people that is hard to adapt, because they get to used to the same gameplay that even the minor update for them is the end of the world, like when they downgraded the fire rate of the FAL. This happens in real life also, like when facebook changed and everybody was against, but now everybody is used to this one, until another update arrives.

[Dee_91]

What the hell is this crap ..COD ? really ?
I play MW2 daily I didnt see a bit of COD

@MidnytRain so u just wanted another UC2 with more maps ?
like COD

I dont why every game has to be like or get something from another game .. If they do something similar they are copying if they do something new you dont like it because your not use to it .. get over it people .. this goes to show you can never please everyone ever

[MaxXAttaxX]

COD didn't invent 'FREE-FOR-ALL'. And UC3's multiplayer is even more slow paced than before. Which means better and less COD like.
I've been playing it for 3 days straight and have not witnessed any "spawn camping" of any sort.

And if you don't like Boosters or Kickbacks. TRY HARDCORE MODE!
There are no Boosters or Kickbacks for you people to bitch about. Just skills.

The ONLY thing I liked better in UC2 was the maps. But so far we've only seen 2 maps from a bunch more in the final game.

(P.S. I think Kickbacks are kinda fun and Powerplays keep things a bit interesting from time to time.)

[MaxXAttaxX]

Same Uncharted gameplay.

[Kur0]

No bunny hopping for you. I'm happy the way U3's MP is going. Hopefully they wont concede to the 1.05 babies and lower the health.

[WhiteLightning]

Bunny hoping...I never did anyway seemed noobish to me

All I mean is that ND are focusing way too much into making this like COD instead of Uncharted...which made Uncharted 2 before the 1.5 patch so great.
Theres a ton of things I love about U3 but it's the problems ND want to hear. It's the whole point of the beta

[Chinner]

At least hardcore mode is there. shows the potential the game has without the unfair COD stuff.

[Ser]

Agreed Kur0.

I'm quite enjoying the beta so far. Bunny hopping was one of the worst things about U2's multiplayer.

[MidnytRain]

@WhiteLightning

Before that patch, power weapons were overpowered. If it takes an entire clip to kill me, but only half a second to blow you up with my RPG, then you have almost no chance but to hope I miss. The decrease in health balanced out the weapons.

[nycredude]

I don't see how anyone can think this is codish. It plays nothing like cod.

[KingDustero]

The only true Uncharted 2 vets are the ones who supported the game from launch up until 1.05. I played the hell out of the game during that time period and loved the hell out of it.

After the patch though I just gave up with it. The game was ruined by it. I tried multiple times to get back into, but never could.

Uncharted 3 so far takes what made Uncharted 2's MP pre-1.05 so amazing and adds to it content that increases the depth of it.

The way I see it CoD has many good ideas in their games. However they're no implemented well. Uncharted 3 however has gotten inspiration from some of those ideas and has figured out how to put them in the game to make them work well, for the most part. Some things are unbalanced, like the rapid-fire AK mod. However this is just a beta. It would be stupid to judge how balanced a game is from a beta. That is the whole point of a beta, to balance the game.

So it is true that ND has created things similar to stuff in CoD games in Uncharted 3. However they haven't done it in a stupid way. Power Plays, weapon mods, kickbacks and boosters all work pretty well already. There are just a coupe minor issues with them, but overall they're pretty well balanced.

This is coming from someone who has already reached level 26 and I'm still playing the hell out of it right now. Uncharted 3 will easily have one of the best MPs this year.

[LOGICWINS]

Btw, does anybody know if gun customization is in hardcore mode? I don't think it is.

[WhiteLightning]

That's what I'm thinking. The hardcore playlist will be pointless if they will include those things.....it's the whole point of a classic/hardcore playlist

It bugs me that you can still spawn next to your buddy like the buddy system in the hardcore playlist is still there.

It's funny how unlike the forums on ND, you can't say anything bad since your apparently "attacking"/"ha ting" the game. The amounts of times I've commented on U3 articles in the past how excited I am for the game.

^^^

That wasn't directed at you LOGICWINS, you said something on a comment yesterday about U3 and you got disagreed to death. I meant N4G in general just saying

[LOGICWINS]

Relax man, I'm not attacking you. It's your opinion. Btw, I don't see how spawning next to your buddy gives a player that much of an advantage. But I agree that hardcore mode should have NO gun customization in it...it defeats the purpose of harcore mode.

[bwazy]

LOL the buddy spawning system is interesting. More than once I've been in a fire fight with a person and all of a sudden his buddy manages to spawn on him (it works both ways as i've done the same).

They just need to tweak it ad make sure its working properly.

I absolutely hate it when my buddy disconnects mid game, feels like im at a disadvantage.

[Baba1906]

i loved the UC2 multiplayer and i like the UC3 Beta a lot too so i dont see a problem. =D

[xPhearR3dx]

Uncharted 3 trying to be COD? Funny, I thought that about Uncharted 2's MP. Very casual pick up and play easy game.

[Anderson8]

it took me a game or 2 to adapt but i'm pleased with the new game a few minor tweaks and it will be as fun as the last 1...

but if i see a supranational awareness booster they'll be problems

[Anderson8]

situational*

[the_kutaragi_baka]

this game i s just a more over-team based version of CoD multiplayer, seems to be the common trend these days. -___-

[Gray-Fox-Type0]

At this rate Uncharted 3 Multiplayer is looking nothing too great, and won't be known as the big boy multiplayer games.

Halo , COD , Gears Of War , Battlfield .

I am still playing it looking forward to trying the cinematic and moving matches but from what i have played on the two maps only uncharted fans will stick around to play and other players will move on in couple of hours.

[Gray-Fox-Type0]

Airship map with intro and jumping from trucks to trucks is a nice touch and finally arriving at the map. Maps are too big and running around finding your enemies can be tiresom.

I believe the campaign will be a blast but multiplayer forgettable.

[Dee_91]

the airfield map is average size to me
the other one is a bit too big for the amount of players playing

[helghast102]

Stop claiming to be a "UC2 veteran", anyone that cared about that games multiplayer left at 1.05.
Why is this so hard to understand?
Uncharted 2 was pure Uncharted until that update, whence it became Call of Drake.
Uncharted 3 is what Uncharted 2 was, one of the finest multiplayers of the generation.

[Headshot81]

U3 is shaping up to be a great game. I played with some of the U2 vets on my friend's list. They're liking the beta a whole lot more than the U2 game. I just don't see the complaints.

[Dee_91]

yea all you see is complaints on the internet but for the normal people who dont over analyse and actually play the game for what it is and dont treat it like it was suppose to be tailored for their liking are too busy playing it right now like myself

[Downtown boogey]

As an Uncharted 1&2 'Platinumist', I am not thinking of that.

[Chinner]

Just for reference, although I'm critical of the beta, I don't think its bad, in fact I think it's incredibly fun!

[JimboJones]

Honestly i was worried in my first game, but UC3 is a different experience to Uncharted 2. Both are good in their own right. Although Uncharted 3 has much more customisation options and high-fives :D

[Chinner]

Haha, I do love the high-fives!

[bwazy]

I like air humping the crap outta the players I own.

[Ser]

It's even better when said air hump restocks your ammo. Daredevil perk ftw.

[FailOverHero]

Killzone 3 did it, Socom 4 did it, now UC 3 is also trying to be the next COD...why can't sony see that that is not what we want?
Sure a couple of die-hards will now claim UC 2 MP wasn't that great and claim to have played this beta more than the full UC 2 MP but we all know they are lying thru their teeth and if we were to rewind just 2 days ago they would have pulled your head off if you dissed anything Uc2.
In the end however, this will up just like kz3 and socom 4, fail in attracting CoD crowds and alienate true series fans

[Redempteur]

it's not trying to be COD .

it's totally different.

Every game that try to change thing get unfairly accused and it's really funny

[Thoreau]

if you played kz3 you would know that the kz3 is nothing like cod, uc3 however, is somewhat similar.

[HeavenlySnipes]

What? I didn't know COD had dynamic changing maps, or climbing or high health, or a working match making system, or a feature forcing you to have to get medals to use killstreaks (in UC3, u have to get medals to use kick backs, you don't get medals by just killing someone. You have to get headshots, buddy assists, edt). UC3 is far from COD. Only similarity I see are the emblems (but in UC3 thd top players emblem displays across the map).

[perdie]

um black ops has changing maps, climbing and in some stupid laggy cases high health. and the match making system is better because I get games way faster.

[Neko608]

Glad I'm not the only one...

Soon as I started the UC3 beta it eerily felt like the KZ3 beta.

[r21]

i agree. dont wanna bring hate, but when i see most of U3 beta MP, i always get the strange feeling that its like CoD. especially when i saw that Creepy Crawler kickback which looked like that RC car thing in CoD...but more unfair.

[Hicken]

I'm a UC2 vet. Played hella games on it and loved. And I love UC3's multiplayer just as much, if not more. Hell, everybody that i played with on UC2- all of whom also played lots of that game- are all loving the UC3 beta.

Resemblance to CoD? Where?

[leogets]

i dont see any resemblance either mate. i think people are chatting shit AGAIN. least theyre leaving DICE alone at the moment lol

[Gran Touring]

The resemblance is in the boosters, kickbacks and customization, and the article was saying how these things don't make the game balanced but rather reward players who invest more time.

[Hicken]

Except that won't matter if actually take the time to learn the game and the weapons at your disposal.

Additionally, there's the nice fact that Power Plays kick in to balance things quite nicely. So nicely, in fact, that my friends and I lost a game thanks to one. Yeah, it sucked, but even though we had better "perks" than the other team, we still had to work hard to win, and in the end, we lost by one. It happens.

[Redempteur]

customization is a good thing

COD didn't invent the boosters online ( and so far the booster doesn't make you overpowered )

the kickback aren't as broken as the killstreak of COD ( where killstreak give you mre killstreaks
Here there is a set must be spent before getting another ..

[DreamTension]

I've played about 5 hours of the beta so far and not once did COD enter my mind.

[Series_IIa]

I don't mind the changes, but I do feel that some of the additions are really unnecessary and is in danger of being inadvertently classed as a COD clone.

I still do prefer pre-1.05 UC2 though... OOPS!

[Gran Touring]

...So do I.

[El_Assenso]

What I want to see is 'Hardcore versions' of ALL the multiplayer game modes in Uncharted 3. I played Hardcore mode and loved it, was a bit like playing Uncharted 1.04 NOT 1.05!!

Perks and sprinting? To be honest I never use them as I'm so used to Uncharted 2, plus to me they are worthless as I pick my gun and gun'em down. My tactic is the same as always: I see, I shoot, I kill, I conquer. Simples!

[XabiDaChosenOne]

This was a good read. I disagree a little, but the points are spot on though.

[dkgshiz]

Its nothing like COD.

[manman6]

That what I am saying. Not every game that is a shooter is try to be like Call of Duty. Uncharted is completely different from any Call of Duty.

[consolez_FTW]

@dkgshiz
Exactly! what was the author smoking while he wrote this? I think UC3 MP is really fun and requires skill, unlike COD.

[helghast102]

People don't like it when games require skill, this is why Uncharted 3 is so good but is getting so much heat.
You'll constantly hear people bitching about the high health, BUT THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT GOOD. Good players can fight back, bad players can not.
In low health scenarios NOBODY can fight back, whoever gets the jump wins the fight, NO EXCEPTION.
If you people want this low health BULLSHIT, stick to Uncharted 2 or Call of Duty, same thing.

[SAE]

sign in just to replay ..

it's just like gt5 , gt5 is a hard game and that's why some people hate it , it's hard that's why it makes it special , it's realistic , it's huge , it's challenging , it's fun for car fans but it's not for others ..

simple answer , if you are good at it you will love it but if your not then you will hate it ..

[Jac5al]

Where is the resemblance to CoD? Sure, there are boosters which are basically perks. But, the game is nothing like Call of Duty, and it's not trying to be like it either.

Do you want the same multiplayer experience from Uncharted 2? Then go play Uncharted 2! If it was exactly the same as U2 MP, people would called it Uncharted 2.5. STOP BITCHING PEOPLE!

Learn to adapt.

[Beastradamus]

The game is slower than U2 and and as a result feels totally different. I'm so so so so so sad about the changes they made to how the game feels.

[Anderson8]

i dont like that they've added a sprint button that does seem pointless as the runnin speed in UC2 was perfect for me and i think the aiming assist is ridiculously strong.. but other than that i dont mind the changes, i like the customization and the kickbacks have yet to feel unbalanced in a match i'v played.. i sunk many days of my life in UC2 and i'll do the same for 3 it seems

[telekineticmantis]

why didn't anybody tell me that, I waisted my time. There's no chopper gunners, no nukes... seems pretty balanced to me. The fact that a shotgun is a power weapon in UC3, shows how well balanced this game is, in fact that's one the things that impressed me the most about this game. Once you learn how to use sprint and a shotgun thi game becomes beast

who cares if it has some simlarities, to COD, COd has some similarities to Killzone, Gears of War has some similarities to starhawk, as long as it's not a Clone.

[khan_saab]

after I read all the previews I thought that it was going to be like COD but after I played the beta I found it to be totally different. and anyone who says it is the same and plays this game in a typical COD fashion is going to pay by getting murked by all those that know of the difference and play it as such

[BIGBOSS08]

theres nothing similar to cod at all. i dont know where people are getting that from.

[Beastradamus]

I think dooderized or noobified would be better words to explain what people are feeling. It's less a game of quickness and skill and more a game of run around and find someone to kill now. The maps are too big, they are set up like FPS maps, the cover to cover system that was so awesome in U2 is totally screwed up because no cover spots are close enough.

[admiralthrawn87]

i like hardcore mode but overall huge disappointment. can't wait for the awesome campaign though :)

[espiritu604]

I had uncharted 2 but i found the online to be mediocre. The online is actually improved in uncharted 3 and i dont care if its closer to cod, as long as it improves its fine for me. I did see a COD resemblance but its still uncharted.

[BIGBOSS08]

i loved Uncharted 2's multiplayer and i love Uncharted 3's multiplayer even more! so much more tactics involved this time round, tighter controls and the guns are so much more realistic. seriously " U2 veterans" keep playing and it'll come back to you. you'll be getting 20 kills per game in no time. i sucked at first too, kinda still do actually compared to how i was at U2.

[Beastradamus]

Respectfully asking, how can you like it after liking U2 so much? I love Uncharted 2 and I can't stand this beta. They took everything I loved about U2 and crapped all over it. I still beast the hell out of people but I'm sticking with U2. Long live the community.

[kza]

Its the stupid perks because if i play hardcore whitch is more like U2 and about SKILL i do ALOT better than in TDM whitch is just about who is the highest rank!!

[nycredude]

Then just play hardcore then. WHat is the problem? Jebus people just love to complain.

[flightdown]

I like both for different reasons. UC2 had its own charm in terms of multiplayer. Particularly liked the co-op component. It was epic at times! I liked the fact that at times it was just you left after your team mates died - no respawn. Also not having a sprint but a medium pace run was ok.

UC3 has better competitive play - but i think characters move a little slow. Sprint is ok - just different. Also the recoil on guns is better. But so far i have preferred UC2' co-op. Maybe its an enemy type thing. The mini-gun guys were tense. However i do like the buddy system idea and there are a lot of good ideas in UC3.

Also so far thought UC2 had more striking graphics - maybe that was just the locations being more variable and weather effects - rain, snow, mountains - look at the colour in the High Rise map (personal fav).

Notice the vistas in UC3 aren't as detailed as UC2. Also weapon noises are a bit off in UC3.

I just hope UC2 has a thriving community even after UC3 comes out. I like UC3 but it is different and more mainstream.

[Mr Tretton]

I will be playing Hardcore mode only. I don't like this killstreak type crap.

[Haseo106]

I'm a U2 veteran and I love U3 Co-op mode. About Competitive Multiplayer, I feel a little awkward at first but now I'm getting used to it. I like how ND lets players customizing their guns, characters, boosts, & kickbacks!

[Thoreau]

thank you. Uc3 feels like a fps

[mantisimo]

I don't like fps and love Uc3.

[TreMillz]

i fail to see how its even close to being like CoD...theres no 1 hit kill melee, theres not players jumping around like ninjas knifing everywhere, i dont see grenade being thrown halfway across the maps, definately dont see noobtubing, all i see is an improvement on UC2s MP. As a UC2 vet only thing i dont like is the sprint system the movemeny pace in UC2 was fine.

[supersonicjerry]

UC3 kickbacks are dumb don't like that, what I dislike most of all the power play that has to be the biggest mistake they ever made that beats the whole point of having skill and being good at the game because it can just easily turn the whole game around it happened already to me because I didn't have a good enough team to help I was carrying them and so we lost when power play came in to action. I play UC2 still even tho the UC3 beta is up no need to play it since I got UC2 and I don't use any boosters on UC2 now until i get come get some and another one that don't help me in any way. ND had me then lost me adding all these things that are not needed, my money is going to BF3 and looks like MW3.

[SCW1982]

Maybe the reason you actually lost was because you can't speak correct English and your teammates didn't know what you were saying. Glad I won't be playing against you in the beta. We don't need 5 yr olds taking up the servers.

[supersonicjerry]

I can speak great English guy. I know that because my teacher asked me to be in language arts honors which is a higher and more advanced English class in my high school so that's where you're wrong and second of all if I do play with friends that ask me to play I will be playing Hardcore where all the UC2 vets will be playing. So don't worry about seeing me in the beta because I know you need boosters to help you get kills in the game.

[Game0N]

wow this article is full of fail, i expect more like these in the coming future until release. noone can be satisfied.

[SCW1982]

People who compare this to COD are absolute idiots. Just like those who compare it to Gears are morons. I swear this article is written by a 10yr old.

[Neko608]

A-FREAKING-MEN!!!

Here's the thing...

Nobody makes CoD games better than IW and 3Arc. If I wanted to play this style of multiplayer, I pop in Black Ops and will probably get around to MW3 after UC3 and BF3 have run their course.

It may be somewhat n00bish, but I don't mind CoD... it can be a lot of brainless fun sometimes.

BUT I enjoy games like MAG, UC2, and KZ2 because they offer something DIFFERENT. KZ3 tried to out-duty CoD and look what happened. UC3 is heading down the same road.

ND should stick with THEIR strengths, not IW or 3Arcs, and build upon that.

[liore]

SOCOM 4 ALL OVER AGAIN

[Jdub895O]

no...lol socom 4 just sucked bad.There was nothing Socom about socom 4.Besides the name.

[TwistedMetal]

Im an uncharted 2 veteran and love the mp. you others better shut up complaining you morons. Your gonna end up ruining the game and having no one to play with online idiots. Just shut up and play the game. This way there will be millions of people to play with versus less then 50 thousand who only play one match type and then move onto different game in a week so you have no one to play with and cant get any trophies online. You guys just better be quiet right now.

[wenaldy]

I enjoyed the beta, and I'm U2 vet (lvl. V).. :)

[maxmill]

LMAO most you UC2 ppl just suck ass, this game is way better. The only legit issues are:

The sprinting seems pointless

The paid boosters are dumb, they should just be the random things you get from the treasure boxes

The power plays last too long and are too often

WTF is there an accuracy mod on the GMAL?

And some gfx issues (but its a beta)

But this game wrecks UC2

[Longsama]

I'm a UC2 guy and I luv the beta lets not generalize

[Klaykid123]

Enough with comparing every god damn game to Call of Duty.

What works, works.

[mab636]

good god, you people with your comparisons to call of duty are so annoying.

[InTheLab]

Like the two above me said, stop with the CoD nonsense. Every time a game with guns and multiplayer pops up, you get some douche comparing it to Dall of Cuty.

Reach adds armor abilities...they're trying to be like CoD.
Resistance adds sprint...they're trying to be like CoD.
Uncharted rewards you for time spent playing....They're trying to be like CoD.

Non of those games mentioned besides CoD have broken multiplayer with terrible spawn points, unbalanced weapons that favor automatics, terrible maps, Knife kills from 10 yards away, and most importantly, no killstreaks racking up kills while you hide in a hole somewhere camping.

UC3 is nothing like CoD. UC has changed and people hate change. Write an article about that.

[Longsama]

Uncharted 3 feels nothing like COD to me, the advantages given by boosters aren't so effective that they debalance the game. They just give slight advantages to make the player feel like they're working toward something. If you get killed by a guy who has something you don't are u more likely to cry and stop playing or work harder so that u get what that guy had. Sometimes people like to play for more than just bragging rights. The beauty of Uncharted 3 is that even with boosters and kickbacks games never feel unbalanced cause there's so many opportunities to catch up. I've gone into sudden death at least 4 times and there's no way that can happen in an game without balance. Good job Naughty Dog you took what you had and made it that much better.

[king05]

The multiplayer actually reminds of me Halo, and that's definitely not a bad thing.

[XboxInnovation]

Sony needs to stop telling these companies to make their game like Call of Dooty. They did it with Socom 4 and now Uncharted 3. Uncharted 3 is much worse, they even took exact emblem logos from Black ops, it's ridiculous.

[Peaceful_Jelly]

Why is always a no name site the one making the pointless remarks?

[blackburn10]

God, people think everything is like COD. They would compare it to Mario Kart if they could. The bottom line is not everyone is going t o like the new changes. I love how they improved the MP in UC3 and I am a UC2 veteran. I am happy that they actually took steps forward to improve it instead of most MP shooters when they just release the same multiplayer every year.I never get why people complain about perks in either game. Some were annoying yes but you could use them too. How can it be unfair if I can use it too?

It needs some fine tuning but I seriously hope ND doesn't mess up the MP format again trying to please everyone. Like people complaining that the videos of UC3 are always on at the bottom of the menu screen and that taunts are childish and stupid. Are these even genuine complaints? Besides if they had kept it the way it was people would complain that they won't buy it because it isn't anything new. @ InTheLab damn straight. Any passing resemblence to COD is automatically 'copying'.

[Sheikah]

What is up with the hate? I'm seeing loads of love for the beta.

I'm absolutely loving it - and I played a loot of UC2. I'm getting the feeling that it's a minority making these articles about "how bad it is" seeing how the VAST majority of the community has naught but scorn for the UC3 beta nay-sayers.

[NLGSean]

Chances are the author of this article just sucks at the game. The Uncharted 3 Beta rocks! Can't wait to buy the whole game! And huge props to Naughty Dog... the airport level is very original and cool.

[Kakihara]

I've only played two games of it so far but I'm liking it a lot, I wish there were more sections like the plane section from the start of the airstrip map though and I wish the beta had a capture the flag mode because I usually hate deathmatch.

One thing though, forgive me if this sounds dumb but... aren't the graphics looking like a step down from UC2?? Don't hit that bubble down button yet, mr. nerdrage. I should mention that I know it's a multiplayer demo and the graphics aren't indicative of the full game but I had the Uncharted 2 multiplayer BETA and was blown away by the graphics on that. Maybe I'm remembering it wrong but I can't imagine I'd have been as blown away by these graphics even back then as I was by UC2.

[maxmill]

no, theyre actually better

[Ashriel]

stop comparing everything with COD

[WillGuitarGuy]

I saw Uncharted 3 and Call Of Duty so I decided not to read the article.

[boss_killa]

I've been playing UC2 mp off and on ever since it came out and I'm loving the UC3 beta.

The new custom options are pretty cool and the power plays give the opposing team a chance at coming back.

The overtime feature is awesome. It adds a sense of urgency to close matches.

[gypsygib]

U3 MP felt nothing like COD and was a lot more fun than U2 when it didn't freeze.

[Tikicobra]

This game's multiplayer is way better than Uncharted 2's multiplayer. How has it lost its identity? Because there's a sprint button? It's the same game with better controls and improved mechanics.

[Manberg900]

I'm and UC2 vet and I love U3 MP Beta. I do think it's very unfair for newbies though. You can become a god at higher levels with actual skill.

[orange-skittle]

F*CK ALL HATERS! Many hated the MP and didnt play it after 2 weeks of trying to enjoy it. This new version is absolutely AMAZING! I love it to death and cant wait to play more maps. They are well balanced and they get more intense as people start to figure out the buddy system. I also like the fact that they made hang out spots destructible. If you have a sniper spot or a sit behid turrets, Bye Bye...blow that b!tch up for good.

[prettyboy12]

i dont get it.the beta is pretty damn fun,hell its better then the second to me anyways.i say change is always welcome in the gaming industry

[flightdown]

Hope it improves sound of guns, speed up characters a little, calms down kick back lady who keeps telling me to use my kickback, makes further illustration which bad guy is what like UC2, improves some of the climbing - not always smooth, ups the graphics a little (at moment UC2 looks better- its smoother and has great weather effects), stop the grenade dropping unless they cooked it first, sort melee out, improve animations (UC2 better) and makes the menu more Uncharted and less generic.

Then they have a winner!