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Uncharted 2 beta details (co-op and competitive available)

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SolidSnakex

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When you boot up the beta you’ll find we’ve included 2 playlists for you to try out: co-op and competitive. If you’ve got friends, we’ve made it easy to play together – just hit the triangle button to see your PSN friends list and you can send them an invite, join their party, or just check out their profile. Keep in mind that for the beta, the party size is limited to 5 for competitive and 3 for co-op!
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The competitive playlists contains 2 maps, with 2 game types available on each: Deathmatch and Plunder. Deathmatch is pretty similar to what you’ve come to expect out of “team deathmatch” in other games. Plunder is Naughty Dog’s take on “capture the flag.” At the start of a round, we’ve placed a treasure in a neutral location on the map and the first team to bring it back to their capture chest scores a point – three points to win. What takes this mode into the UNCHARTED universe? Easy; you can now throw the treasure quite a ways in any direction – in some cases, you’ll HAVE to if you want to score a point.

The biggest thing to keep in mind while playing in competitive matches is to keep thinking three dimensionally. There are many, many different places to climb, hide, and shoot from above ground level. The best advice I can give: remember to look up. And keep moving – if you stay in one place too long, you are likely to have your neck snapped from behind or even be pulled off the ledge you are perched on!

As for the cooperative playlist, we’ve put in a snippet of one of our co-op experiences. Our co-op setups are really rocking right now with three people playing as Drake, Sully, and Chloe as they fight their way through a war-torn city to recover a treasure worth a fortune. In this mode, teamwork is everything and running off alone is a sure way to get killed. Thankfully, in most cases – except for, say, being blown up —you’re not out of the game. If you’ve been downed, you can be revived by one of the other players before your timer runs out! If everyone wipes, you start at the last checkpoint you passed, but be careful, if everyone wipes three times the match is over and you have to start over again. Oh, and keep an eye out on the combo meter on the upper right of the screen. Keep your combo meter increasing by getting kills, picking up treasures or completing objectives and you’ll get a multiplier to the points and cash you’re accumulating. Enemy kills are worth different point amounts depending on what gun you used, so experiment to get the best results. I’ll give you a hint, pistols are awesome.

A quick note on your rank and the Profile screen. You are ranked on the total amount of online cash you have earned. This includes both the co-op and competitive modes, so you can rank up either way. In competitive, you earn cash for defeating enemies, and earning medals. In co-op, you earn cash for your point score and by earning medals. You can see your rank both next to your name in the lobby and scoreboard, as well as in the Profile screen. In the Profile screen you can see your rank and how far until the next level, you can select Boosters to give yourself a leg up in competitive multiplayer, and select your player skins for competitive multiplayer. Remember to select your boosters before playing competitive multiplayer, and be aware that boosters do not apply in the co-op playlist.
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http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/06/01/uncharted-2-among-thieves-multiplayer-beta-starts-june-3/
 
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Deleted member 30609

Unconfirmed Member
DAMMIT AUSTRALIA!

*kick wall and cries
 
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Nemo

Will Eat Your Children
This is going to be so sweet. My main relaxing drug this week. :D

I'm totally Chloe btw.
 
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Deleted member 30609

Unconfirmed Member
TheFatOne said:
Is there still a chance to get into the beta without buying inFAMOUS? Is any site giving beta keys away?
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this much I would like to know
 
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SolidSnakex

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Fenderputty

Banned
Man ... I just got Infamous and don't want to put it down. The beta code is a catch 22 for me. Of course I'm going to play it, I just have to pull myself from the fun that is running, jumping and gliding over buildings. :lol
 
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Fenderputty

Banned
BTW ... I've been out of the new loop, I knew competitive MP would be included in the game, but a co-op is new to me. Am I just late to the party, or is this info new as well?
 
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alba

Little is the new Big
Fersis said:
If the Beta is shareable i will share it with you :3
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Yes, we'll play all together and have tons of happles
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____

Member
If anybody is sharing a code or the actual beta itself, keep me in mind.

I'm gonna buy inFAMOUS when I get paid Friday, but I'll be late to the beta and the code might not even be there by then ;_;
 
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Dementia

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TheFatOne said:
Is there still a chance to get into the beta without buying inFAMOUS? Is any site giving beta keys away?
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Buy inFAMOUS you nub.

I'll share with you if the beta is shareable
 
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Lord Error

Insane For Sony
Two multiplayer maps, means that they will just have the two sceneries we've already seen in the videos - so I guess I'll be playing this after all. It won't spoil any locations I didn't get to see already.

U2 in any playable shape is so close, it's crazy. It will be so much fun, I can smell it :-D
 
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Lince

Banned
Thrakier said:
Do you knwo if you have to use a uk account or can we use our native accounts?
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I really don't know but here in Spain some retailers have been giving away beta keys with the Collectors Edition of Infamous (priced the same as the reg. edition) so I guess native accounts should be ok?
 
indigo-cyclops

indigo-cyclops

Member
Qore code set and ready to go...Can't wait actually; does it mention the exact time the beta goes live? I thought I read June 2nd, 12am?
 
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