According to the game's developer, more than 2.7 million players have taken up arms to shoot friends and strangers online since multiplayer shipped with the second game in the series. Two elements are key to its continued success: bringing the spectacle of cinematic gameplay from the single-player campaign into the online mode and giving players the chance to customize the look and feel of their experience. To do this, gameplay is moving beyond simple team deathmatch (though that's getting plenty of love too) and its variants as it will focus more on objective-based matches. The studio hopes that by bringing the monkeylike climbing and scale of scripted campaign moments to multiplayer, Uncharted 3 will become the destination for PlayStation 3 owners online.
Two new modes--the often fan-requested Free for All mode and Three-Team Deathmatch--were announced at the event. The former gives everybody in the game a gun and birthright to blow away the competition; the latter offers a new buddy-based game type where you're paired up with a friend or stranger and need to stick together to complete goals as a pair. Uncharted 3 represents a step toward more cooperative multiplayer, which we'll get into in a moment.
Adding new modes doesn't mean the old ones are getting the flick, and Deathmatch is set to receive a raft of improvements through the Power Play system. Essentially, it's a battlefield event system designed to work like rubber banding in racing games; giving teams on the losing side a better chance to catch up. That's not to say that whitewashes are out of the question, and good players will still be able to dominate their more skills-challenged counterparts. Matches with close score margins will now receive overtime at the end of a game, which means an additional minute of play has been added to stamp out deadlocks. Sudden Death goes even further and is tacked on after an overtime extension to regulation play; it limits players to a single respawn per team member, with the last man standing taking the prize. Late Join has also been added, and as the name suggests, it will now allow players to join matches already in progress. It's a simple change and one that Naughty Dog hopes will keep games fuller and flowing better.
Taking a handful of pages out of the customization book, Uncharted 3 will let you tinker with your weapon loadout, as well as customize the look of your avatar by selecting and coloring individual items of clothing. It also includes a multilayered decal system that displays your logo on you and the environment. It sounds a bit like the custom sprays from Counter-Strike, but with fewer pictures of genitals. It's not all purely cosmetic changes, though, with individual weapon mods able to be bought and applied that have tangible effects on your play by altering the munitions rate of fire and accuracy.
Boosters and kickbacks have been tweaked both for individual performances and co-op play, which can be bought in game using the cash earned during matches. Using them in play in turn levels them up, increasing their potency and unlocking additional functions like the ability to respawn instantly.
Killing enemies triggers a chance for them to drop treasure, which comes in the form of glowing items on the playfield that need to be collected for a reward. These disappear randomly, and it becomes a risk-versus-reward decision as to whether you stick out your neck to dash in and loot the item. Inside, there will be item sets to unlock and collect, as well as some treasures rewarding players with short- and longer-form objectives, such as making 30 kills in 15 minutes. Some begin instantly, while others will be triggered at your discretion. Completing these contracts earns you cash that you can then spend on pimping out your Drake.
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Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception E3 2011 Gameplay Trailerby thelensoftruth1,135 views
looks beasty!
kalu164 8 months ago