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Uncharted 4’s multiplayer, does it suck?

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is an absolutely stunning masterpiece in every aspect, well, for the single player game, at least.

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Sako3331d ago

I agree, the single player is fantastic, but the multiplayer is severely lacking. I also really don't like the "mystic" powerups as I feel they get in the way of what could be an awesome cinematic multiplayer shooter experience

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Crimzon3331d ago

Lacking is definitely the right word to summarize the multiplayer component. Where are the co-op story missions? Where is the co-op arena mode? Where are all the multiplayer modes? They've really scaled-back the amount of content and variety compared to the last couple of games which is really disappointing. While the map design is also mostly of a high quality as well, the game really would have benefited from launching with an extra couple of maps as well. The whole multiplayer component is just barebones in general, which is surprising considering the delays that the game had.

Aloy-Boyfriend3331d ago (Edited 3331d ago )

Lacking what?
There are 4 modes, and more are scheduled to come

There are many weapons, skins, customization, and more to come

There are 8 maps, and there's more to come

Cop op mode is coming as well.

The multiplayer is fun and great. I haven't played much because I want to finish the story. Pretty much I put insane hrs into the beta, and this new build is better. I would put a lot in ranked matches to play with people of my level

"Lacking" like you say, it doesn't mean it is bad. It has enough to be entertaining. Some said the same thing about Titanfall, and yet I was addicted to it like nothing else.

PurpHerbison3331d ago

Lol the damage control when a new game comes out is always so crazy. Check your disagrees. You said nothing wrong.

Crimzon3331d ago

@XiKurapikaKurta

I said what it was lacking in my post...

Also, DLC being scheduled doesn't help those of us that are playing the game right now, does it? So what if they're pushing out some kind of co-op DLC at the end of the year, that's a long way from where we are right now. The game should have launched with more multiplayer content, it's as simple as that.

Nitrowolf23331d ago (Edited 3331d ago )

@Xikura

Compared to past modes available, yes it's lacking there. Yes we know it's coming as free dlc, but at the current state it's lacking them. That's like saying battlefront isn't lacking because it has planned content.

Everything else content wise is great, though the grinding for anything cosmetic wise is rough.

I don't think it's sucks at all, I feel that as a fan of the uncharted series, the mp for all of them have a huge identity crisis. Each iteration mp is so different from the last it's hard to say if it's good when you can't really compare each of them as much as you'd hope. I still think uc2 had the best mp, and I feEl uc3 was okay, but uc4 mp is clearly taking bits from the last of us, and then some from 3 and 2 and throwing them together.

Here's hoping they add classic uncharted 2 mode that gets rid of all these purchasable

Genuine-User3331d ago (Edited 3331d ago )

@ Crimzon

You were absent in every single Uncharted 4 review thread (maybe you were busy?), not a word of praise or goodwill. But here you are.

Crimzon3331d ago

@Genuine-User

So what? I'm flattered you spent all that time scouring the comment section of each article for my name, though.

joab7773331d ago

Yeah. But we all know how ND supports multiplayer. It will be fine. And considering the fact that they'd sell just as many copies without a multiplayer, I give them props b/c it's pretty damn good, and offers a lot of extra content.

BlackTar1873331d ago (Edited 3331d ago )

The point is Crimzon you are only here to be a hater. You're living up to that quite well.

I find the MP in UC to be cool but more modes? Sure why the hell not compared to UC2 it is lacking but i wouldn't call it crap because of that. I am however tired of the trickle effect games are taking to MP now.

I wish they would just release a TLOU mode :) TLOU is the most underrated MP of all last gen. What a freaking gem of a MP mode. No need to make TLOU 2 just put of TLOU MP only game rich with content :) I know off topic.

NarooN3330d ago

>speaks truth
>gets disagree-bombed due to UC4 fanboys having anxiety attacks over perceived negativity regarding their holy game

Never change N4G.

candystop3330d ago

Honestly UC shouldn't even have a Multiplayer. By having (slightly lacking) Multiplayer it seems odd this would not have affected review wording but not necessarily the score. There needs to be two separate sets of reviews for a game being both Single-player and Multiplayer.

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DivoJones3331d ago

I tried playing multi in Uncharted 2 and didn't enjoy it at all.. though I was also particular bad at Gears of War multiplayer so maybe 3rd person cover shooters aren't my style. Anyhow I'm not surprised that UC4 sounds equally unsatisfying.. it always felt like an awkward addition to a great single player game.

Wallstreet373331d ago

Awkward addition? Maybe for you but Uncharted has the best tps mp out there imo since UC2. I dont buy Uncharted just for the sp but also for the mp. You can get on to UC2 mp right now and still find a solid faithful community. As a matter if fact when UC2 was reviewed and received all those 10's many reviewers mentioned the fun, solid mp as a big reason.

Please we all have opinions and yes maybe your not good at it but dont say an "awkward addition" as the masses have weighed in and the consensus is Uc series has a great mp. UC4 mp is awesome!!!! One of the best out there.

supersonicjerry3331d ago

yeah 3rd person cover shooters aren't your style because UC2 was fun as hell and the best UC multiplayer.

KwietStorm_BLM3330d ago

It's not awkward in any sense at all. Like you said, it's just not for you.

fatsodubmo3330d ago

Agreed. TLOU multiplayer was awful for me to. And I dont think its a tps multiplayer thing as I am perfectly at ease with The Division.

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hulk_bash19873331d ago (Edited 3331d ago )

To answer the author of this opinion piece, No it doesnt suck. The multiplayer is fun but definitely has plenty of room for improvement. More modes, the arena/coop modes in previous games and minor gameplay tweaks would make a world of difference.

-Foxtrot3331d ago

Why are people disagreeing....ARE WE THAT BLIND are we just going to ignore what is lacking within the multiplayer

Jesus Christ man it's like if you criticize this game it means you hate everything about it. Regardless of disappointing multiplayer it's still a 9/10 or 10/10 game.

The Mystics, Sidekicks and loadouts along with weapon mods for each of them, recharging grenades and mines etc, paid one off stuff just make the game chaotic and you hardly use cover. It becomes who see's who first.

Then there is the lacking content in the BASE game. Nobody give me that free "more is coming" excuse. I'm judging it at what I was given regarding the delays and the like.

4 Modes. No Classic and no co-op at launch. Oh and there is no XP or levelling up. Yeah no rank system.

The characters are lacking. 20 and missing so many characters from past Uncharted games to even ones in this game. Taken from the official ND forums talking about missing characters from the base games, not expansions.

"Uncharted 2

Cameraman Jeff
Karl Schäfer
Doughnut Drake
Marco Polo
Dragan
Zorskel
Lieutenant Draza
Genghis Khan
Skelzor
Dutch
Blaine

Uncharted 3

Sir Francis Drake
Dead Agent
Doughnut Talbot

Other Characters

These characters were either not included or were DLC in past games. However for the last Uncharted game they should have been skins from the start.

Rika Raja
Daniel Pinkerton
Marisa Chase
Roberto Guerro
Jason Dante
Hector Alcazar
Vargas
Evelyn"

Come on guys. More content to follow or not the base game is lacking and is a huge disappointment.

If this was EA or anyone else we would be calling them out. Lets not be fanboys and bury our heads in the sand because it's ND. God I can't believe this site sometimes. The official forums have no problem calling them out over this and that's full to the brim of ND fanboys.

Nitrowolf23331d ago (Edited 3330d ago )

Agreed, people need to understand we aren't hating the game. In fact we love it, but the multiplayer side to it is just a different story. It's not something to bring the score down at all, because at the end of the day it's still a 9 out 10 game, it's just the mp isn't up to par to what it should be.

Like you listed, theyes just so much it could have added. And let's not get into the microtransactions, unless I'm doing something wrong here, it is a grind Fest just to earn a random item that you may or may not want.

war boy3331d ago

No level up system! Wow what, Did they say why they Took it out of the game? That makes no sense to me why they would do that, so shocking.

NotanotherReboot3331d ago

Agreed. The damage control by certain users on here (always the same names) is truly cringe worthy

Aloy-Boyfriend3330d ago (Edited 3330d ago )

Uncharted Golden Abyss seems not to be canon to ND, so you can forget about those characters.

You are also forgetting that many of those characters in previous games were absent at release, just like some are missing here as well. Also, ND said they would be releasing new characters FOR FREE, yet you complaing like if there will be none ever.

I mean you are right, they are not present day 1, and so what? They are still coming. So who is gonna bitch about it when you can play the game and give them time to add everything else? Again, I highlighted many stuff this game has atm above. It's not like it lacks content. Pretty sure they know what it needs to be done. And even so, this game has more content than Battlefront and Hardline. Go figure!

-Foxtrot3330d ago (Edited 3330d ago )

@XiKurapikaKurta

Some of those characters weren't present at release...urmmmm yes they were. You obviously didn't read what I copied and pasted on there. The ones listed EXCLUDING the "other characters" section were all in the base games and like it said for being the last Uncharted games most of them should have been in. Hell the heroes team isn't even equal to the villains side. Jeff, Karl, Evelyn, Sir Francis and Marco Polo should have been in at least

Not cannon? Well Rika and Daniel were in Uncharted 2 so they obviously care about them.

It's not about bring free the point is with its long release and the delays they SHOULD have been in it's hilariously lacking compared to past games with a shorter development time. Even co op I'd rather pay to get the mode now, not when some people get bored and move on especially during the holiday season when other games come out

Come on man don't white knight them. If this was EA, Ubisoft or Activision you'd be all up in their shit. Why do you defend ND to death, they are not perfect no one is but calling them out doesn't mean we hate them or the game is crap

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AndrewLB3331d ago

Why are review sites ignoring the multiplayer portion of the game and basing their scores solely on the single player campaign? The score decided upon in a review is supposed to include both but it seems reviewers are more intent on giving the game perfect 10/10 scores than actually doing their jobs.

Wallstreet373331d ago (Edited 3331d ago )

Ummmm they did the same with Halo remastered whos online didnt even work for like a year and tons of games.

You act like if they take the mp into account it would get lower? Imo it would get higher as im loving the mp and it does so many things well. Max Payne 3 and Tomb Raider had atrocious mps imo yet they scored high.

Kombatologist3330d ago

Maybe because online multiplayer support wasn't added until the day one patch?

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Genuine-User3331d ago (Edited 3331d ago )

No. It's absolutely fantastic. Weapon feedback, movement/seamless animations, sound and graphics are all great. Animations are beyond anything in the third person multiplayer space.

I can safely say that UC4 multiplayer is the absolute best in the third person shooter market.

Movefasta19933331d ago (Edited 3331d ago )

Weapon feedback, movement/seamless animations, sound and graphics are all great. Animations are beyond anything in the third person multiplayer space.
And still it's inferior to uc2 ,arena style multiplayer is way more fun then summoning ai to fight for you,mysticals,and summoning rocket launchers ect.You should have to fight for those power weapons.

Genuine-User3331d ago (Edited 3331d ago )

Don't be rediculous. Uncharted 2 multiplayer has aged; the two are not even comparable. This is coming from someone who played the fudge out of UC2 multiplayer and absolutely loved it.

If you don't like mysticals than don't use them. If you can't go up against mysticals and human players then get good. That said, there's no cure for shi* players.

@Crimzon

Did you intentionally miss this line?

"If You don't like mysticals than don't use them. If you can't go up against mysticals and human players then get good."

@ Foxtrot

I disagree with most of what you have said but I do think ND should add a mystic free mode for old school players like yourself.

@Nitrowolf2

Do you lot lack reading comprehension? I did not say people that don't like mysticals are shit at the game.

It is the best third person shooter in the online space unless there's something I'm missing. Care to share?

I do think the game needed something new, mysticals are fun to use and takedown. Keeping it plain is not the way forward, in my opinion. Going plain or simple doesn't equate to skillful play. Cheap tactics can be a thing in any mode, mysticals or not.

Crimzon3331d ago

Yup. I'm great at this game and dominate most multiplayer matches but I fully agree with Movefasta1993 and the others expressing disappointment. The idea that anybody who dares to voice criticism for this game must somehow be bad at it is laughable and pathetically fanboyish.

-Foxtrot3331d ago

@Genuine-User

"Shit players"

Despite people using gimmicks like mystics, AI sidekicks, paid one off stuff and weapon mods to make them more likely to win.

Maybe we should scrap that kind of crap like every other multiplayer game driven by those types of gimmicks and everyone else can "git gud". If you've played Uncharted 2 like you've said then you'll know that game required skill and people actually used the cover system to play it smart. Now you just go in run and gun, throw sidekicks and mystics around to gain more kills to use more sidekicks and mystics

Uncharted 2 has not aged, it's just been left to die after the 1.5 update didn't get fixed. Now you have a new generation of consoles, nobody can go back it's why they should have brought a mode similar to it forward on this gen.

Nitrowolf23331d ago (Edited 3331d ago )

@genuine

LOL best third person multiplayer shooter? I mean it's all opinion, so your right in your own but I'm sure others are gonna beg to differ. Sure, if you said single player I'd agree.

The excuse of saying that people who don't like the MP are shit players is absolutely bs. I consider myself pretty good when I can be but even so for the multiplayer I am a bit disappointed.

I don't think the game needed all these gimmicks like others have said they should have just kept it plain and simple like the old ones . People demanding for a Uncharted 2 style multiplayer are people who are demanding a game not focused on cheap tactics to get kills but a game that focuses more on skills

Nitrowolf23331d ago (Edited 3331d ago )

"Do you lot lack reading comprehension? I did not say people that don't like mysticals are shit at the game. " -genuine

It's funny that you say I lack reading Comp. When if you read my reply I didn't even say you said that, I said the excuse of people not liking the mp doesn't make them a shit player, like what you are pretty much implying with all your comments about people with any kind of negativity about the mp.

And like I said, the best tps is all opinionated. I personally prefer the survival aspect of the last of us mp over uncharted. It also uses the very same currency system that naughty dog decided to add in uC4 a whole lot better because the gameplay is actually built around it.

Other people will like other tps more. It's like saying cod is the best fps, to some it is, to others they like battlefield, or something else.

Aloy-Boyfriend3330d ago (Edited 3330d ago )

If the arena mode is better, then why aren't developers doing that? Naughty Dog is not the only culprit for not doing arena shooting. The fact that developers have abandoned that mode is proof that it is archaic design. Giving players options to create their playstile is also pretty competitive. It's my style and fav weapon VS yours.

I agree with Genuine! The MP needed something new instead of going simple like U2. That doesn't mean skills. Skills is not running toward a certain point to pick weapons... I'm not a fan of mysticals and I don't use them, yet they can be avoided and dealt with. Now I love the sidekicks. The hunter one is pretty fun

@fox

So you are telling me that killing players and pick up treasures to get cash and get a weapon is not earning them? But racing toward an RPG or some shit is? Yeah right!

Hard8times3330d ago

Only casual bums disagree with you but your post is exactly how I feel

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Wallstreet373331d ago

I agree 1000000 idk wth ppl are going on about especially if you ever played other tps mps like Tomb Raider and Max Payne 3 Uncharted has always been so much better.

spicelicka3330d ago

If you've ever played Gears of war, I think you would agree it's the absolute pinnacle of TPS multiplayer. But this gen we won't know until Gears 4 actually comes out.

detroitmademe3330d ago

If grand theft auto is included in that market I'm not sure about that

Gazondaily3330d ago

You think Uncharted's mp is absolute best in the tps market? It's decent but the best tps mp? Not even close

NarooN3330d ago

@Genuine

Did you seriously tell someone to "get good" after defending bullshit gimmicks that serve no purpose but to act as crutches for bad players? Holy shit the state of competitive multiplayer gaming today is so bad LOL. UC2 was great but then they patched it to oblivion because of baddies constantly crying to ND that it took too much skill. Then UC3's MP was an absolute travesty in comparison with all the "press one button to spawn an insta-gib power-weapon" and perk shenanigans. Now UC4's MP is even more pathetic and hand-holding.

Come at me with the disagrees fanboys, I know you can't handle legit criticism for your favorite games because you're so mentally-stunted that you misappropriate it as "hating" and "untrue no matter what" but it is what it is.

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ILive3330d ago (Edited 3330d ago )

I really dont understand all the negative criticism. I mean it runs really smoothly and i cant think of any third person multiplayer out there that comes close at all. I mean im not saying people shouldnt have their opinion but dont present it as the universal truth. Could more be done? Of course but with what its doing already i think its doing it well. I mean the expectations people have sometimes baffles me.

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DigitalRaptor3331d ago (Edited 3331d ago )

Tell us what you think in the title. Asking a question that hints at negativity is only done so to draw in the hits.

The real answer here is no, it doesn't suck. It's a really fun, great, well designed multiplayer suite. Lacking content in certain areas? Sure, but the roadmap is healthy, and lots of free content to come.

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Livecustoms3331d ago

I prefer UC3 MP compared to this one, the magical stuff can get extremely irritating.

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