Was Uncharted 2009 E3 Demo Better Than Uncharted 3's E3 2011 Demo? You Judge (Video)

Uncharted 3 is undoubtedly one of the best games that will see a release on November 1st this year exclusively for PS3. And just like its older sibling, the game will surely win countless awards during its lifetime. It’s no doubt one of the best franchises to hit the gaming world this generation, and we must give props to Naughty Dog for what they’ve achieved.

Last week at E3 2011, Naughty Dog Co-presidents Evan Wells and Christophe Balestra came on stage to present the latest demo for Uncharted 3, a demo prepared just for E3, and it was unforgivingly awesome. Two years prior, however, the same two guys showed up at Sony’s press conference to debut the E3 trailer for Uncharted 2. In your opinion, which one was more exciting, more epic and more effective? We’ve prepared a video for your quenching and opinionated pleasure below the break.

[rabidpancakeburglar]

I'd say it's about even because although the U3 demo looked amazing and looks like another step up in the uncharted series, the helicopter fight demo in U2 was too epic to give U3 the win.

[malamdra]

it's a good point but I think this is mostly related to the 2011 demo taking place on a mainly dark setting, which didn't show all its graphical detail and quality on online streaming or the TV broadcast

so it was a little harder to see how good the 2011 demo was, I could only watch properly when I downloaded the press conference from the PSN in HD

[limewax]

Either way, I personally wont let a demo give me any indication of Uncharted 3. The demo could have been of one of the most boring sections and I would still buy it because Uncharted is about the overall experience and I don't doubt that ND will deliver on that front.

Although the 2009 demo was a spectacle in itself, These sorts of demos can often put me off the idea of a game personally as it can be an indication of the gimmick filled game to follow. To be honest I prefer a demo showcasing the features in as brief a manner as possible leaving plenty of mystery to the game

[paintsville]

They look pretty much identical..meh.

[afterMoth]

Uncharted 2's easiyl for me. Though UC3's is still great!

I love both Uncharted 1 and 2 but 1 is still my favorite to play through.

[hakis86]

Let's not forget that Uncharted 3 runs in 3D (2x 720p).

[ps3bestever]

Uncharted 2 was Really Fantastic, But U3 is epic epic epic .... EPIC !

[Ares84]

I agree that it does look great but so far the locations that I've seen I'm not so excited about. Uncharted 1 & 2 had much better locations so far.

Also, I'm not so happy that they are focusing so much on MP now. Looks to me that MP is the most important aspect of U3 because that was shown the most and it is the main focus of ND this time around. I'm not so happy about this.

[jdfoster00]

I disagree. I'm glad you put 'so far' in their though. Like ND are allways saying they like to work with different things and out different things in their game. Forexample in this they have shown you fire, now water... what next? They are putting more effort into mp ... Is that a bad thing? No. Like ND has said this will be the best solo experience yet and they have now a SEPARATE dedicated MP team whereas for UC2 they didn't have a dedicated team.

[RedDead]

I thought the Uncharted 2 demo was miles better, the building falling was just..great.

[theIMP]

I love the way they made that part feel. It really felt like you were in that building falling.

[DrFUD]

2 looks a lot better in the videos

[theonlylolking]

I say the UC2 demo is better.

[koehler83]

I don't think people understand or can appreciate what they saw of Uncharted 3 at E3.

Procedurally generated waves and real-time physics acting upon the entire level in a entirely unpredictable sequence.

[THC CELL]

epic take note, this is how u do a 3rd person shooter. and both demos are awesome. the water alone makes the uncharted 3 demo epic i cant wait to see the sand.

@ below clean ya glasses

[The_Ultimate_Guy]

Why should EPIC take note? The Gears franchise has outsold the Uncharted franchise by 3.73 million copies. Demand is represented by sales. Looking at the difference in sales, Gears is higher in demand than Uncharted.

Also note Gears 3 now holds the title for the fastest selling pre-order on the 360. What is the fastest selling exclusive pre-order on the PS3?

EPIC don't need to take any kinds of notes. They know damn well how to make a 3rd person shooter and have it sell better than Sony's highest rated 3rd person shooter.

[Nes_Daze]

yeah because sales indicate quality huh? Look at Uncharted 2's metacritic score, good, now wipe that brown stuff of your mouth.

[DrFUD]

It's a different set of consumers with the Uncharted/Gears comparison.
360 owners buy anything (proven with the sale of the RROD 360 itself) and fee for online multiplayer.
Because of 360 consumers we have DLC today because they were happy to buy instead of boycott and complain.
Hell I'd go as far as to say if Cliffy B took a shit and yanked out a shitty ass hair just to put it in a copy of Gears to sell as a Special Collector's Edition I guarantee some dumb fuck would get excited about that and would buy it.
PS3 customers are different and complain about everything and want everything free.
They do NOT buy everything.

[theIMP]

@ DrFUD
"360 owners buy anything", well that’s better than PS3 owners buying nothing isn't it. STFU with that bullshit. Charts show that both groups tend to buy the same type of games, stop being such a delusional, sensationalistic fanboy.

[cooperdnizzle]

They only sale better because there is no other game to look forward on the 360. You guys have nothing else to buy hahahah. And sales don't mean crap. Just because a game sales more doesn't mean that it is better. If that were the case gran T 2 is one of the best games of all time. Your logic is flawed to the fullest. Uncharted is miles better than gears. (And if ya don't think i have played gears one and two here's my xbox account. TRXVamp. I have all achievements for both of them) Uncharted > Gears.

[the_kutaragi_baka]

graphically the game looks great, but UC3 isn't as beautiful as UC2 was. I mean, based on what they have released so far which I admit UC3 looks worse.

[koehler83]

Give them another 5 months.. or about one quarter of their entire development time.

Polish is always the last step.

[ElDorado]

Believe me. Uncharted 3 will look a lot better than Uncharted 2 (fucking amazing graphics). ND are amazing talented team and they know what to do. The graphics so far are a lot better than U2, but you don't see that because of the locations. The environments in Uncharted 2 are more colorful and Uncharted 3 so far is a little bit more dark. Uncharted 3 will amaze you.

[additup28]

2 has the shock and awe factor. 3 was much more of a technical showpiece...hey look at whats going on with all the waves and the entire level moving while you play. not as nice to look at but more impressive. also i think they wanted to show that drake can swim now.

2 for the popcorn, 3 for the technicality.

[Rubberlegs]

Exactly what I thought. The E3 2011 demo shows off more of the new tech with the water and its similar to the train level in Uncharted 2. Like the train level in UC2, the boat the way it moves around is powered by the physics and not scripted.

[Game0N]

uncharted 2 of course, they showed a larger setpiece, but trailer from uncharted 3 was better!

[BeastlyRig]

UC2 demo was more exciting! UC3 demo looked ok but nothing new..

[SpaceSquirrel]

I liked both equally.

[InTheLab]

I thought UC2's trailer was better than UC3's...but that really due to the graphical leap going from UC1 to UC2.

[Oldman100]

Uncharted 2 demo: Most visually impressive

Uncharted 3 demo: Most technically impressive

For me, anyways.