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Uncharted 3 beta PS3 crashes continue despite Patch 1.01

Sadly, it looks like Patch 1.01 hasn’t fixed the crashing and freezing issues players are suffering from in the Uncharted 3 beta, with a worrying number of participants reporting that their PS3 is locking up completely and requiring a hard reboot.

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Emilio_Estevez5065d ago

Mine froze every time I played last night. Like 8 times, no joking. It played fine earlier in the day though, so I don't get it. Every time it froze I was doing something different also.

zootang5065d ago (Edited 5065d ago )

It is a beta. What do you expect?

BreakNeckSpeed5065d ago (Edited 5065d ago )

Well the purpose of a beta is to test the game. You can't test a game if it freezes all the damn time. It sounds like a problem with the game engine more so than a server side issue. Hard locks aren't normal.

Ah well.. ND have until October to get their shit together, hopefully by then the MP isn't as broken as it is now.

I've been on the connecting screen for the past hour. SMH!

kza5065d ago

to actually be able to TEST it!!

koehler835065d ago

@BreakNeckSpeed

If you're having issues, don't waste your energy telling the readers of N4G. Go tell Naughty Dog.
That's the point.

"My system is freezing" is a useless and unhelpful statement. What version of hardware do you have? What kind of internet connection? What kind of display/audio equipment? HDMI? Component? Composite? Where are you freezing? Are you playing in 2D or 3D? Single player or Splitscreen?

Answer all those questions and post it to the ND forums. Try helping rather than complaining about your lack of entitled gameplay.

BeaArthur5065d ago (Edited 5065d ago )

Honestly I'm sick of this "it's a beta" excuse. The point of a beta is to test the gameplay in order to find glitches and balance issues. This doesn't function, making actual beta testing nearly impossible. So enough with excusing the poor net coding by saying "it's a beta".

Emilio_Estevez5065d ago (Edited 5065d ago )

Thanks bro, I had no idea! /s

I am aware of Beta's as I have particpated in many. Can't exactly test a game if I can't even play through a single match without it freezing.

I do have confidence in ND though, I'm sure they will fix these issues, just wonder how long it will take.

6wl5065d ago

Tbh, reporting system information is probs less useful on a console than say a PC. Its unlikely that specific hardware is directly causing the issue.

As for a crashing game, any number of things could cause it. Net code, a single QNAN somewhere, renderer draw limits, a line of code thats not thread safe.

Worse, there could be several crashes in there, so narrowing it down might be tricky. Hopefully ND have got some good logging going on server side, without a good stacktrace / callstack it might be tricky.

Best advice, just try and give as much info as to what was happening in game at the time. Had a certain animation just finished, a certain weapon or explosion triggered, sound effect - basically, anything that could be considered a pattern or cause.

SupeerSteebbi5065d ago

I expected a playable beta.

joab7775065d ago

It is a betabut there's one thing I haven't reallyseen talked about. When the psn came back online, they gave everyone a months free subscription to psn +. About a quarterof my friends paid for psn + but they all have it nowand most of them downloaded this beta. So, the initial numbers they were expecting probably tripled. Couple that w the fact that its summer and many of us have played through our AAA titles and r looking for something to do, and naughty dog most likely wasn't ready for the numbers. Also, U3 is a much more anticipated game than U2, & its been boasting about its multi,so...its reasonable to expect issues. Crysis 2 had none of theseissues and put out a demo that was unplayable. Maybe it shoulda been limited to infamous 2 pre orders, cuz now i have a worthless cose

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MaxXAttaxX5065d ago (Edited 5065d ago )

NOT a multiplayer demo labeled as "Beta" as other games.
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@socomnick
Are you serious? Naughty Dog may have been new to MP back in UC2 BUT they actually got it right and gameplay is better than many other games out there!
So GTFO here with that bs.

Bereaver5065d ago

Weither zootang is a 1 bubble troll or not. He speaks the truth. A beta is a beta. Failure is a part of testing.

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rajman5065d ago

Its all the traffic from everyone trying to connect causing all of this, because y'day (before the beta hit EU & US) I downloaded it off the HK store and played it for about 4 hours and not once did I get a disconnect or any kind of bad lag/freezing..it was near flawless. But as soon as the beta kicked off in the EU & US thats when I started to get connection problems and massive amounts of lag and freezing.

Crazyglues5065d ago (Edited 5065d ago )

Yeah this is sad, the beta was totally unstable for me too, which just seem strange because even though it's a beta, I wasn't expecting this..

I expected it to be much more stable.. Let's just hope they can fix whatever is happening here and get us back to testing..

Customization seems really nice.. shoot not yet right needs some serious work to make it fun again..

-But Naughty dog is a top developer so I'm sure they are looking at everything and tweaking away..

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DarkTower8055065d ago

A beta isn't only designed to find glitches and bugs in gameplay, it's also to test server loads and stability. Even when your ps3 freezes during gameplay, you are helping out IF you post your issues in a ND or playstation board. Again, the whole purpose is to iron out these issues before the demo and retail release.

dc15065d ago

You get the prize DarkTower805!

You are spot on!

evrfighter5065d ago

Your talking about actual betas and not marketing betas.

Uncharted 3 unfortunately for you guys is a marketing beta.

StanSmith5065d ago

I've not had a single issue in game etc. until it was opened up to EU & US account holders. The only thing that was an issue for me was it would reset my console when i tried to quit & go back to the xmb.

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TrevorPhillips5065d ago

Everytime I press start it says “Error initializing session manager” :(

C'mon ND, I want to get back into the beta!

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koehler835065d ago

It's a beta people. We don't need to hear about the problems with a damn beta. It's NOT NEWS!

DarkTower8055065d ago

People do need to hear about the problems, specifically ND. How else would these issues get addressed?

Some people do need to drop the self entitlement attitude though and learn why a beta is called a beta.

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Intergalactic Being a Hit Could Spark a Chain Reaction For Naughty Dog

Naughty Dog has a lot of scope to extend the Intergalactic IP to other mediums, provided the sci-fi game turns out successful.

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Knushwood Butt11d ago

Opinion piece?
Can the mods add a new category for, 'Trash'?

Cellblock1111d ago

What makes this "Trash", exactly?

StormSnooper11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

Did you even read it? The article is legit. Can you elaborate?

On topic: the article has a point. I can see that happening

raWfodog11d ago

I could see this game having a similar feel to 'The Expanse' if it was to be adapted for TV. That's just based off of the looks and vibes that the trailer gives me since we don't know anything else about this game LOL.

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The Last of Us Complete Now Available on PS5, Physical Collector’s Edition Coming July

Two award-winning masterpieces, together in one incredible collection.

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Christopher31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

As expected. Unless it's going to Xbox or Switch 2, we can stop hearing about these older games now? We can move on to just news about new games?

darthv7231d ago

....until the PS6 remake followed by the PS7 reboot

Christopher31d ago

Man, first year of PS6 is going to be 90% remasters. I'm going to hate it and likely hold off until new games actually get released that I can't play on my PS5.

Cacabunga31d ago

Yes I’m waiting for complete remaster…. On ps5

OtterX31d ago

...20 years later, "you haven't heard the last of us yet!" *releases The Last of Us Retro Collection*

cloganart31d ago

@Christopher

Oof, yeah. I don't think I'm picking up the PS6 until "Pro" comes out 😂

Cacabunga31d ago

I haven’t played Tlou1 since PS3 and i have the greatest memory of it

Notellin30d ago

I'm already dreading all the cross generation games and remasters we'll see with the next round of consoles.

LonDonE30d ago

lmao this is getting ridiculous but thing is if people keep buying them.. then why would they stop making them?
Peeps STOP BUYING this game.. that actually hurts me to say this as the last of us is high up on my greatest games of all times.. its one of the few games i played through start to finish 3/4 times back to back as i loved it so much. But sony need to stop, give us a Resistance 3 remaster, i would love and buy that.. such an underated series as was killzone.
Or give us infamous.. so many great series and titles i would gladly buy but they just want to keep giving us last of us.

I am done buying that game.. i would only buy part 2 remaster if they remade it and kept joel alive, or i am not interested. Hate last of us 2s story killing off joel.. the actual game is stunning and incredible, they improved so much in the gameplay department but i hate the story with a passion.

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Profchaos31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

We can stop hearing about it when they stop re-releasing them I guess.

I reckon the ps6 version will be 8k 240 and I'll still not care.

I miss new games from nd

Inverno31d ago

And HBO just announced season 3 even tho LoU2 couldn't possibly be so long that it wouldn't be able to fit in 1 season. They're just milking it at this point.

darthv7231d ago

speaking of the HBO series... I felt they should have made part 1 across two seasons, then address part 2 in seasons 3 and 4. so now i have a feeling they rushed through part 1 in season 1 to make season 2 a cliff hanger with Joel's impending demise being the starting point to Season 3.

-Foxtrot31d ago

I love how they decided to rush, chop and change things for Season 1 to get through the game yet for TLOU Part II it’s like “we’re going to do multiple seasons and take our time”

Inverno31d ago

Okay after seeing that there's only 7 episodes I take it back. Though I think it's incredibly stupid not to have just made the season longer. Another season just to finish what could've just been a 13 episode season seems counterintuitive but aiight. I put that on HBO tho.

Neonridr31d ago

This will be the 4th time Sony sells us The Last of Us Part 1.. And the 2nd time on the PS5.

Knushwood Butt31d ago

They don't want Metroid Prime holding that record,

NotoriousWhiz30d ago

Strange, I thought the record went to Street Fighter 2.

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FPS_D3TH31d ago

We are approaching Skyrim levels here

Profchaos31d ago

At this point we are at Skyrim in terms of frequency. Skyrim was one per generation. If you exclude VR Skyrim we've now exceeded it

Tlou 1 PS3, 1 PS4 2 ps5
Skyrim 1 ps360 2 PS4/x1/vr 1 ps5/sx

Tlou 4
Skyrim 4

Christopher31d ago

Not quite. Skyrim had:

PS3/360/PC
PS4/X1
VR
Switch
Skyrim Special Edition PC/PS4/X1
Skyrim Special Edition PS5/XSX

VersusDMC31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

Also add skyrim bundles like the one below and all the humble bundles since that's what everyone is doing here

https://www.xbox.com/en-CA/...

darthv7231d ago

@Chris, LoU is getting just as bad by milking the same user base. At least Skyrim was able to sell to a wider audience via different platforms.

Christopher31d ago

@darthv72: I don't know why you're telling me that. I only corrected on number of Skyrim re-releases/ports/etc. I didn't say anything else.

Profchaos31d ago

@christopher guess I forgot just how much was out I think the special editions are technically one release despite being cross platform though would the Alexa version count

Christopher31d ago

@Profchaos: I guess, but I'd consider it a separate release since it rolled them into one at a later date but definitely there is a PS5/XSX version with PS5/XSX supported updates specific to them.

Chevalier30d ago

"LoU is getting just as bad by milking the same user base"

Weird. Like 35% of PS5 owners are NEW to Playstation. Plus this is really for new fans from the TV series for season 2 of TLOU.

I recall the same idiotic comments when the 1st one was remade just before TLOU TV Series came out and it went on the be one of the best selling games that year.

So maybe get your FACTS straight. Unlike Skyrim getting literally releases in 3 generations and 10 releases.

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Neonridr30d ago

I gotta figure RE4 is up there too

FPS_D3TH30d ago

No. Those are remakes. Not remasters

Neonridr30d ago

@FPS - we've had quite a few RE4 remasters, only 1 remake.

CrimsonWing6929d ago (Edited 29d ago )

@FPS_D3TH

It blows my mind how people do some mental gymnastics to try to cope with a game they like doing the same thing (technically more) they’re complaining about for another game.

RE4 - PS2, GC
RE4 w Motion Controls - Wii
Literally RE4 HD Remaster - Xbox 360, PS3
I’m assuming a port of RE HD - PS4, Xbox One
RE4 Remake - PS5, Xsex

1 Remake and the bunch are Remasters… how, I mean how—Y’know what, it doesn’t matter anymore…

P_Bomb31d ago

Store says I already own it. I guess it’s just a straight twin-pack. Looks like they added 4 maps to ‘No Return’.

VersusDMC31d ago

You don't need to buy this to get the maps, marlene and bill. It all got patched in to the game on the 3rd.

P_Bomb31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

Good to know. I’ve watched runs of ‘No Return’ but have yet to try it myself. Soon, soon 😉

Knushwood Butt31d ago

Yeah, No Return got a content update.
Three new trophies too.

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Naughty Dog Working On a New Game by Uncharted Director Shaun Escayg, In Development for Three Years

A new report claims Naughty Dog has another game in the works, led by Uncharted: The Lost Legacy director Shaun Escayg, and it’s already three years into development.

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-Foxtrot44d ago

I miss Uncharted, hope it’s true

Really hoping it focuses on Chloe and Cutter

Cacabunga44d ago

It’s a game developed by uncharted director, it didn’t say it’s uncharted.
Chloe and Cutter? 🤢

-Foxtrot44d ago

Oh that's a shame, I was reading the Reddit GamingLeaksandRumours thread earlier and it was worded like it could be Uncharted not a new IP. Shame

" Chloe and Cutter? 🤢"

What's wrong with them?

VenomUK43d ago

It’s a game by the Uncharted SPIN-OFF director.

H943d ago

What's wrong with Chloe and cutter, honestly that's what should have been in The Lost Legacy

Cacabunga43d ago

Fox

It’s personal thing but they’re painful to listen to.

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LoveSpuds43d ago

Cutter was a fantastic character, I was always sad that he never made a return.

Relientk7744d ago

"the game is said to be led by Shaun Escayg, the director of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and Marvel’s Avengers"

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - Yay!
Marvel's Avengers - Boooo!

I would love to see Uncharted return. I had a blast playing them and replaying them. Uncharted 2 is still the best for me. An amazing game and absolute thrill to play, especially the train chapters 🚂

cloganart43d ago

He worked only on the Campaign, which was the best part of the game that got hogged down by GaaS.

Pyrofire9544d ago

I'm hungry to see something new from ND
I don't really care to see a return of Uncharted or TLOU as their BIG PRIME releases
Something more the size of Lost Legacy aka the size of any of their PS3 releases would be fine.
truthfully that's the size I'd prefer in general. they've shown they can produce high quality games at $40 and we wouldn't have 7 years between releases.

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