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Uncharted 2 : Seriously.

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  • -Loki--Loki- Don't pee in my mouth and tell me it's raining. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Did it scare the living shit out of anyone else when
    They first introduced the yeti/monster things? When it shows you walking along the ledge and the camera pans across and the see just the tip of it's face and it growls, I nearly shit myself.

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    So what does it mean when some weapons have a merc face icon? Is it just telling you the item was dropped by an enemy?

    Also, can the OP be updated to indicate those with and without headsets? I need to play the co-op with sociable people.

    If you have a HDTV you can see it's a ninja mask, not a merc face. And if you stealth kill an enemy they drop special ninja loot, which is usually more powerful weapons and extra grenades.

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  • EggyToastEggyToast Jersey CityRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Yeah it's a little ninja dude, and it's a bonus for stealth kills. Grenades from bad guys, for example (they don't normally drop them as something you can pick up).

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  • David_TDavid_T A fashion yes-man is no good to me. Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I'll just throw this out and see if I'm the only one who feels this...

    When you get the GAU, and the camera goes right up close behind Drake, it feels like someone stuck a camera on the most badass animatronic action figure ever, put it in an beautifully modelled scale replica of somewhere and started streaming it to the PS3. It doesn't look like a real person but it does look like a real miniature.

    Am I the only one? Of course, now I want Drake action figures... "Victor Sullivan, with real moustache action".

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  • MuttonChopsMuttonChops Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    There is, hands down, no line in this game delivered as heartfelt and convincingly as "I am so sick of climbing shit!"

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  • ChanceChance Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    -Loki- wrote: »
    Did it scare the living shit out of anyone else when
    They first introduced the yeti/monster things? When it shows you walking along the ledge and the camera pans across and the see just the tip of it's face and it growls, I nearly shit myself.

    Yeah I thought that was frickin' awesome. My little brother happened to be watching as I was replaying that part too, and he thought it was great. It's absolutely impossible to see coming, the first time.

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Uncharted 2: The only game with a tutorial that's just as epic as the main game

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  • -Loki--Loki- Don't pee in my mouth and tell me it's raining. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    elliotw2 wrote: »
    Uncharted 2: The only game with a tutorial that's just as epic as the main game

    It helps that it is the main game.

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  • BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    elliotw2 wrote: »
    Uncharted 2: The only game with a tutorial that's just as epic as the main game

    I did find it a tiny bit irritating they made you do it twice if I'm honest.

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  • Lenore03Lenore03 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I play on a 19'' screen and the only thing I couldnt read was the bit in Drakes Jounal dedicated to his past girlfriends?

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  • Radikal_DreamerRadikal_Dreamer Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    BigDes wrote: »
    elliotw2 wrote: »
    Uncharted 2: The only game with a tutorial that's just as epic as the main game

    I did find it a tiny bit irritating they made you do it twice if I'm honest.

    They skip a lot the 2nd time and the dialogue your hear during the 2nd time is different and really lets you in on Drake's absolute frustration. I don't think it would have worked without that being there again.

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  • Darth_MogsDarth_Mogs Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    BigDes wrote: »
    elliotw2 wrote: »
    Uncharted 2: The only game with a tutorial that's just as epic as the main game

    I did find it a tiny bit irritating they made you do it twice if I'm honest.

    They skip a lot the 2nd time and the dialogue your hear during the 2nd time is different and really lets you in on Drake's absolute frustration. I don't think it would have worked without that being there again.

    Actually, when I got to that point, I was so happy.

    I was like, "Do I want to do this part again?", and then, a few seconds later I went, "Fuck yes, I want to do it again."

    It does help that he actually talks during the second run, as well.

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  • fmz65fmz65 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Man, just beat the game today after taking all of last night off against...
    Lazarovic,

    I have to say that is some damn find end-game video.

    "What's a 10?"
    "Clowns"
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    GOD I WANT UNCHARTED 3 TO COME OUT ALREADY!

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  • EggyToastEggyToast Jersey CityRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I'm quite surprised he actually got with a girl named "Shamfufu."

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  • BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Darth_Mogs wrote: »
    BigDes wrote: »
    elliotw2 wrote: »
    Uncharted 2: The only game with a tutorial that's just as epic as the main game

    I did find it a tiny bit irritating they made you do it twice if I'm honest.

    They skip a lot the 2nd time and the dialogue your hear during the 2nd time is different and really lets you in on Drake's absolute frustration. I don't think it would have worked without that being there again.

    Actually, when I got to that point, I was so happy.

    I was like, "Do I want to do this part again?", and then, a few seconds later I went, "Fuck yes, I want to do it again."

    It does help that he actually talks during the second run, as well.

    Yeah it wasn't a huge gripe more of a, "really? huh" moment.

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  • Lenore03Lenore03 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    My favorite line. Surprising noone I bet.

    Endgame spoilers:
    Lazaravic: "How many people have you killed today alone? What's one more?"

    Or maybe it's the "Were you impressed by all those guys I killed?" said to Elena literally minutes after an incident that leaves her emotionally shaken.

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  • Vincent GraysonVincent Grayson Frederick, MDRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    -Loki- wrote: »
    Did it scare the living shit out of anyone else when
    They first introduced the yeti/monster things? When it shows you walking along the ledge and the camera pans across and the see just the tip of it's face and it growls, I nearly shit myself.

    Definitely. That was probably the most effective camerawork I've ever seen in a videogame.

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  • Eight RooksEight Rooks Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Lenore03 wrote: »
    My favorite line. Surprising noone I bet.

    Endgame spoilers:
    Lazaravic: "How many people have you killed today alone? What's one more?"

    Or maybe it's the "Were you impressed by all those guys I killed?" said to Elena literally minutes after an incident that leaves her emotionally shaken.

    The first one isn't anything special. You need more than that to work that argument - see Shadow of the Colossus for starters.

    But the second line - well, hey, the ending proper did a lot to make up for how much I hated the last boss.
    Christ, they'd better be a couple for Uncharted 3, I swear to God. So tired of everything using the Bond girl approach.
    -Loki- wrote: »
    Did it scare the living shit out of anyone else when
    They first introduced the yeti/monster things? When it shows you walking along the ledge and the camera pans across and the see just the tip of it's face and it growls, I nearly shit myself.

    Definitely. That was probably the most effective camerawork I've ever seen in a videogame.

    And yet it's nothing films haven't been doing for decades, and it's the sort of thing videogames should have been all over as soon as depth of field was implemented, or even before.

    Still very, very well done, though. Hey, I jumped.

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  • AegeriAegeri Tiny wee bacteriums Plateau of LengRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    THEPAIN73 wrote: »
    So please hunt down whoever squats on recently killed people ala Halo.

    It's so immature.

    Jesus.

    Actually, 90% of the time when this happens it's them picking up your gun that have fallen near you. I thought someone was teabagging me last night, until they ran off with my shotgun and it dawned on me that the ammunition pickup animation looks very teabag like.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Aegeri wrote: »
    THEPAIN73 wrote: »
    So please hunt down whoever squats on recently killed people ala Halo.

    It's so immature.

    Jesus.

    Actually, 90% of the time when this happens it's them picking up your gun that have fallen near you. I thought someone was teabagging me last night, until they ran off with my shotgun and it dawned on me that the ammunition pickup animation looks very teabag like.

    Yeah, the only way to crouch is to take cover or pick up weapons..

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    So you know what I'm playing instead of Uncharted 1/2 right now? Prince of Persia. And guess who voices our snarky hero?

    It's a fucking sign or something from the gods that I need to finish UC1.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Oh hey, I didn't know he was doing a character in Alpha protocol. Or ODST for that matter

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  • -Loki--Loki- Don't pee in my mouth and tell me it's raining. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I wonder what voice he did in Guild Wars Nightfall - I played the shit out of that campaign and don't recall his voice anywhere - the voice work in it all seemed really average.

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  • deadlydoritodeadlydorito __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2009
    single player rocked my world, multiplayer not so much.

    MUST buy for the single player, the multi is a bit of a plus.

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    single player rocked my world, multiplayer not so much.

    MUST buy for the single player, the multi is a bit of a plus.

    Hey, for a while the MP WAS all we had of the game.

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    so this morning i got just past 'trapped' on my drake's fortune / among theives crushing double play

    uncharted seems more patient. it trusts its gameplay more than uncharted 2, which is a bit hyperactive and can't sit for more than a segment or two with just straight combat. i also like that there are fewer mid-battle checkpoints - it makes the combat more tense, and you don't get that occasional feeling of blindly stumbling across a checkpoint, dying, and being respawned in a situation you were never in to begin with.

    dialogue is a little more stiff than i remembered, but it still has some fantastic scenes and the characterisation is as good as it ever was. the story is still the best-crafted in videogames

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    It also has far fewer jackass shotgunners popping up from behind that pillar to blindside you after you think you cleared an area

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    ...but many more grenades chucked at your feet in a small room after you think you cleared an area

    oh, and uncharted's baddies are quicker. those shotgun dudes can really move, let alone the pistol and ak-wielding pirates

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Man. Just finished the single player, what a ride. The epilogue was superb.

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  • KizKiz Melbourne, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    So Australia once again has the 'Buy a 40+ inch Bravia and get a free PS3'. I think I've got two of my friends on board with it solely because of how much I rant about this game. This is a game that everyone must experience. Not necessarily play, but experience. I don't know if I can wait for my girlfriend to be around until I play it again...

    Also, competitive multiplayer with randoms kinda sucks. I'm looking forward to do some of my first PA gaming with this! I missed the boat with Killzone 2 and just played with/against randoms. I was wrong.

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  • GrisloGrislo Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I've been fairly happy playing with randoms in both competitive and coop modes. Except for Elimination, where there's always one cunt that can't help himself. I assume it's a 'well, if I'm not having fun...' thing.

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  • Mr_GrinchMr_Grinch Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I've had more luck with Multiplayer recently, I'm not as bad as when I started and most people I've played with have been fine. Though I do tend to find on "plunder" a lot of people just run around shooting each other and completely ignore the whole treasure aspect. You also get people who HAVE to capture it themselves and won't throw the damn thing.

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  • deadlydoritodeadlydorito __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2009
    eye problems + not allowed to uncharted2 = D:!

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  • AntihippyAntihippy Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Mr_Grinch wrote: »
    I've had more luck with Multiplayer recently, I'm not as bad as when I started and most people I've played with have been fine. Though I do tend to find on "plunder" a lot of people just run around shooting each other and completely ignore the whole treasure aspect. You also get people who HAVE to capture it themselves and won't throw the damn thing.

    Play with people you know. Or at least people you know who's willing to work as a team.

    Makes plunder alot of fun.

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  • KizKiz Melbourne, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Had my first bout of coop tonight. Did one objective based one but forgot to change the difficulty from the default (easy? really? ugh). Seemed pretty fun, but the randoms didn't speak at all. I then tried arena and it seemed cool but we got dropped from a connection error at the start of the fourth wave, boo.

    Not a single one of my old mates has a PS3, and most of them live in the dark ages and don't play games online anyway. I added a whole bunch of PAers tonight and am hoping to catch some of you through next week and play the multiplayer how it was meant to be played!

    Does anybody have a list of PSN IDs of PAers that play during Aussie nights? I know there are a few of us out there.

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  • AntihippyAntihippy Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Hey, I'm an aussie! I normally come on during 4pm-5pm though.

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  • KizKiz Melbourne, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I'm usually rock climbing at that hour :(
    I'm around most nights from around 7pm onwards though, just not always on the PS3. I think I need to start being more active in joining PA groups so that I can know when to jump on!

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  • Unco-ordinatedUnco-ordinated NZRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Did you guys know that if you run in front of Elena in the bit where the bridge is (usually) collapsing and you have to climb up it, it doesn't collapse? Just happened to me now. It's probably a glitch, since I did that entire part completely differently (I backtracked and sniped the snipers from afar) but still, it's pretty neat.

    Anyway, I'm at Chapter 23 in my Crushing playthrough. Haven't had much troubles so far, though I've already had Normal and Hard playthroughs to learn a lot of the stealth routes you should take. There's still a couple of fights I think will probably be pretty annoying but I'm guessing they'll be easier than I'm expecting.

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  • Mr_GrinchMr_Grinch Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Antihippy wrote: »
    Mr_Grinch wrote: »
    I've had more luck with Multiplayer recently, I'm not as bad as when I started and most people I've played with have been fine. Though I do tend to find on "plunder" a lot of people just run around shooting each other and completely ignore the whole treasure aspect. You also get people who HAVE to capture it themselves and won't throw the damn thing.

    Play with people you know. Or at least people you know who's willing to work as a team.

    Makes plunder alot of fun.

    Oh I do, trust me. It's just most of the people I play with are from here, and the vast majority of you guys are American so tend to be on at different times to me. Sometimes it's a necessary evil to play with people I don't know. It's still entertaining, it's just I end up shouting "WHAT ARE YOU DOING" in to the microphone a lot.

    It's worrying when I frequently come out on top during matches because I'm fairly hopeless at the game :)


    ::Edit:: Kiz - you lucky bugger, getting to climb in Australia. I'm limited to the dank and flat Yorkshire moors (hence why I tend to stick to indoor walls)

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  • AntihippyAntihippy Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Kiz wrote: »
    I'm usually rock climbing at that hour :(
    I'm around most nights from around 7pm onwards though, just not always on the PS3. I think I need to start being more active in joining PA groups so that I can know when to jump on!

    Good luck finding any of the americans at that hour. Probably still sleeping. Lazy buggers. :P

    If you ever come on at my time I'll be happy to play.

    Real rock climbing or indoor rock climbing?

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