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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_Estevez5116d 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.

zootang5116d ago (Edited 5116d ago )

It is a beta. What do you expect?

BreakNeckSpeed5116d ago (Edited 5116d 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!

kza5116d ago

to actually be able to TEST it!!

koehler835116d 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.

BeaArthur5116d ago (Edited 5116d 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_Estevez5116d ago (Edited 5116d 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.

6wl5116d 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.

SupeerSteebbi5116d ago

I expected a playable beta.

joab7775115d 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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MaxXAttaxX5115d ago (Edited 5115d 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.

Bereaver5115d 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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rajman5116d 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.

Crazyglues5116d ago (Edited 5116d 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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DarkTower8055116d 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.

dc15116d ago

You get the prize DarkTower805!

You are spot on!

evrfighter5115d ago

Your talking about actual betas and not marketing betas.

Uncharted 3 unfortunately for you guys is a marketing beta.

StanSmith5116d 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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TrevorPhillips5116d 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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koehler835116d ago

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

DarkTower8055116d 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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Neil Druckmann Reveals He’s Working on an Unannounced Game at Naughty Dog

Neil Druckmann, the creative director of The Last of Us, is working on a new, unannounced game at Naughty Dog.

RaidenBlack41d ago

I know they've expertise in third person games.
But given the lack there of in PS catalog, I'd want the other project to be a narrative first person ND game.
Look, there are lots of 3rd person Sony games in variety of flavors. And ND is already doing intergalactic. And since they're pretty expert at gameplay and tech wise in whatever they do, they can easily venture a new genre and ship a first person game/shooter.

VenomUK41d ago

Hopefully the lead character is a boss babe who will challenge the patriarchy.

RaidenBlack41d ago

So, judging from the dislikes, hardcore Sony fans here don't like first person games, anymore?

arkard41d ago

Let naughty dog do what they are great at, 3rd person games

crazyCoconuts41d ago

I don't really have a big opinion on first vs third person perspective. That's one of the least important things to me when rating how much I like a game

Flewid63841d ago

Sounds horrible. The downvotes are right on this one.

badz14941d ago

I actually hate 1st person. very hard to associate with a character you only see their hands most of the time.

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OtterX41d ago

funny thing is with failures like Concord and soon to be Marathon, Factions could have been Sony's guaranteed huge success with a shooter! I don't ever play online shooters anymore, but I would have come out of shooter retirement for a new Factions game.

RaidenBlack40d ago (Edited 40d ago )

{ coming from the above thread }
So PS Fellas hate first person games now? (Understandable)
But praise Killzone and Resistance series, as well?
And hope for a return of first party first person games? ~ but from where? insomniac is deep in marvel territory, guerilla is deep in aloy territory ... suckerP are not as big to undertake that change + dedicated to Ghost series
The only options are ND and Santa Monica, who are rumoured to be involved in parallel projects. ~ so take your pick.
And the other 'new' studios at Sony are not that hot right now with knee deep in live service fiasco

darthv7241d ago

...Way of the Warrior 2: Electric Boogaloo

Amplitude41d ago

It’d be cool if they bought the Parappa licence and made Parappa 3 that’d be the real good timeline

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Lightning7742d ago

Wait I thought they cancelled a game? Or did they announce another project?

https://wccftech.com/naught...

pwnmaster300042d ago (Edited 42d ago )

I’m assuming it’s the unannounced game in the title you posted.

“Naughty Dog Reportedly Canceled a Single Player Game This Year, But Another Unannounced Game Is Still in the Works“

Lightning7741d ago

OK I gotcha. That makes sense.

jznrpg41d ago

Devs cancel games all the time early stages if it doesn’t turn out the way they envisioned it. We just don’t hear about every one of them.

Notellin40d ago

Yeah only a narcissist like Druckmann would announce a game this early that has a 99% chance of being cancelled.

badz14941d ago

so a 2028 release at the soonest

Lightning7741d ago (Edited 41d ago )

Some speculate it could be Uncharted spin off. It's already 3 years in production so yeah 2028 maybe 2027 at the absolute earliest but most likely 28 release.

Also to add. kojimas next game that's not OD is said to be 5 to 6 years out for PS. That metal gear inspired game. These games are just too far off it seems.

pwnmaster300042d ago

This dude is busy.
So who is running intergalactic?

Knushwood Butt42d ago

'We have several directors on Intergalactic. I work with two game directors: Matthew Gallant and Kurt Margenau, [and] I have a co-writer in Clair Carré.'

pwnmaster300041d ago (Edited 41d ago )

Okay you got me, I skimmed the article and video .
Thanks lol

vTuro2441d ago

Cuckmann is going to be Naughty Dog's downfall.

itBourne41d ago

Going to be? The damage is already done lol.

Flewid63841d ago

Sunlight is good for you, I promise. lol

vTuro2440d ago

Damage has been done but it's not too late yet if they dump him now. Probably won't happen though. It's sad, honestly. We'll see what happens after Intergalactic. That game is going to have a huge impact one way or another.

StormSnooper40d ago (Edited 40d ago )

Yes because they didn’t make some of the greatest games. Right, we all just agree to live in your fantasy from now on.

Flewid63841d ago

yall say that about ever developer and then they end up becoming more successful lol

mkis00741d ago

Downfall? If anything he is a huge reason they are on the map! A few apes don't like the material hasn't stopped his games from being massive hits.

DarXyde41d ago

I have grievances with Druckmann, but he does deserve some benefit of the doubt. He's been in crucial roles at the company through all of their successes.

Maybe wait and see?

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StormSnooper41d ago

Interesting. So they are working on more than we knew.

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Ex-Naughty Dog Dev Says Resident Evil 4 Inspired Uncharted and Many More Action Games

Former Naughty Dog dev says Resident Evil 4 inspired Unchartted and even Gears of War, particularly the over-the-shoulder camera view.

CrimsonWing6943d ago

It revolutionized third-person shooters, in a genius way that gives you full control of aiming.

CrimsonWing6942d ago

No, I mean RE4. Like the whole snap to over-shoulder and precision aiming was what I meant.

I won’t deny Winback does pave the way in some respect. But it’s not the same at all.

InUrFoxHole43d ago

Both are great series. That's awesome

Samonuske43d ago

I thought this was common knowledge. Resident Evil Revolutionised over the shoulder aiming in 3rd person shooters/action games

italiangamer43d ago (Edited 43d ago )

Influenced basically every third person action game made after it, GTA uses the over the shoulder perspective when shooting since the 4th installment, Red Dead Redemption 1 & 2 too and the Batman Arkham series has the over the shoulder perspective as the main camera throughout the whole game series.
Obviously there are a ton more examples but you get the point 🗿.

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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 Butt61d ago

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

Cellblock1161d ago

What makes this "Trash", exactly?

StormSnooper61d ago (Edited 61d 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

raWfodog61d 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.