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Uncharted 2 multiplayer demo details

expy said:
Will the voucher code work even though the validity period is listed as "Valid *8/19/2009-9/18/2009"?

I know there's a fine print that says that the dates are subject to change, but I just want to be sure.
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yes. i think gamestop has communicated that change at least on their website.
 
Lion Heart said:
Thats what im worried about, seems like it can only do harm imo. Well maybe not, but its still risky giving that much away, people might get sick of it. Or maybe people who intended to buy the game will get turned off by this. I think that happened with KZ2's single player. Anyway, I hope not.
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I kind of see this demo the other way around, they go ahead and pack it full of content and get people who weren't in the beta or who are still unsure of how the multiplayer will be in the game since the first didn't have it, and they use this to show them just how good it is. The multiplayer beta was so good, I don't know how anyone could get sick of it, even with there only being two maps and two gametypes offered during it, I played the shit out of it every night it was available and never grew tired of it. :D

On another note, I really hope the final games' got some decent stats tracking for multiplayer. I had some damn good matches during the beta and I kept thinking how I'd love to have gone back to see the accumulated stats over the 3-4 weeks that I played.
 
I'm thinking of skipping this, as I don't want to ruin the excitement when I pick up the final game. We'll see if I can hold out or not. =\
 
Ballistictiger said:
I was already in the first beta I'm not going to spoil myself with this one.
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I was in the infamous beta, and I am spoiling myself rotten with this.

Will be spending LOTS of time in cinema mode with some friends working on... well, we'll see, won't we :D
 
Can't wait to play the ice caves. Gamestop better email me the code on Monday like it says, I bet they start this at midnight like the first time and I want to be on asap.
 
arne said:
YouTube upload isn't in. Nor can you export the video. you can trade the data file. It's limited to using a capture card. which reminds me, I want to get a capture card setup going... finally I think I will!
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How exactly? Via PSN message attachment?
 
Flunkie said:
PS3 has Twitter too eh?
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Since before 360.

TTP said:
How exactly? Via PSN message attachment?
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I'm assuming it's from Naughty Dog's server, from where your friends can access it if you share it with them.

It's too bad SCE isn't willing to set up a small render farm so game files get encoded in HD for players to privately download :D
 
arne said:
YouTube upload isn't in. Nor can you export the video. you can trade the data file. It's limited to using a capture card. which reminds me, I want to get a capture card setup going... finally I think I will!
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Wait, what? No YouTube uploading is fine, but if I can't even export/view the video on the XMB then it's somewhat pointless for me.

I thought since there was a limit to how many past recordings you can have at once, if you export the video then you can clear up a spot while still having the vid available on the XMB vs in-game (thus no longer editable)... meh, if I can only view the thing in-game and can only house a dozen or so of them, the feature's value has somewhat diminished for me. :\

At least tell me the screenshot capturing exports the image onto the XMB.
 
I comtemplated skipping this demo, but it would be torture knowing I could play this game and not be doing it so I went and got the early access code thing. This demo sounds awesome. Probably all I'll be playing until the game comes out. The new map looks pretty cool. Can't wait to try it out. This is going to be so fun. Looking forward to seeing how it feels compared to the beta.
 
Sentry said:
Wait, what? No YouTube uploading is fine, but if I can't even export/view the video on the XMB then it's somewhat pointless for me.

I thought since there was a limit to how many past recordings you can have at once, if you export the video then you can clear up a spot while still having the vid available on the XMB vs in-game (thus no longer editable)... meh, if I can only view the thing in-game and can only house a dozen or so of them, the feature's value has somewhat diminished for me. :\

At least tell me the screenshot capturing exports the image onto the XMB.
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You can't export video because it isn't a video file, but rather a file in which actions of every player is written down, which is then used to render everything again. There is no video involved.
 
Lagspike_exe said:
You can't export video because it isn't a video file, but rather a file in which actions of every player is written down, which is then used to render everything again. There is no video involved.
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Well obviously what he is hoping for is the image output could be run as a "video export". I wouldn't mind letting the game take it's sweet time rendering / encoding each frame of the action with an mp4 or whatnot as the result!
 
Kuroyume said:
Will the demo be available after a certain time for anyone who doesn't preorder?
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29th I believe..

xenorevlis said:
Well obviously what he is hoping for is the image output could be run as a "video export". I wouldn't mind letting the game take it's sweet time rendering / encoding each frame of the action with an mp4 or whatnot as the result!
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Pretty much, obviously it's not a simple video playing back for you but the way you can alter the camera and pretty much make scenes would have made it ideal to have as a video file..

I thought not having a YT upload feature was just fine since I could always export to XMB, slap it on a USB stick, throw that into my laptop, and then upload it wherever I want.. but even that's not possible.

Oh well, I might be alone but I sort of assumed it would work that was as well... just would have been nice.
 
Lagspike_exe said:
You can't export video because it isn't a video file, but rather a file in which actions of every player is written down, which is then used to render everything again. There is no video involved.
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But, theoretically, the game could capture a video of the "not-actually-a-video" and upload that.
 
TTP said:
But, theoretically, the game could capture a video of the "non-actually-a-video" and upload that.
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Realy sucks that this is not possible. This makes the feature really niche. It's not like everyone has a capture card.
 
Bah, my PS3 died and I'm waiting for the Uncharted 2 bundle before I get a new one, so no demo for me. =(

I could always fix my PS3 for the 3rd time (easy YLOD fix), but I'll pass for now. I can finally finish the backlog on my Wii for a change and come back for Uncharted 2!:D
 
Lion Heart said:
Thats what im worried about, seems like it can only do harm imo. Well maybe not, but its still risky giving that much away, people might get sick of it. Or maybe people who intended to buy the game will get turned off by this. I think that happened with KZ2's single player. Anyway, I hope not.
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word. people will just play the beta to death and call it a day once the game is released.
 
Lion Heart said:
Thats what im worried about, seems like it can only do harm imo. Well maybe not, but its still risky giving that much away, people might get sick of it. Or maybe people who intended to buy the game will get turned off by this. I think that happened with KZ2's single player. Anyway, I hope not.
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How can it be a turn off when the main draw in for Uncharted 2 is the single player mode? You'll still need to buy the game to experience the single player campaign.

For me, multiplayer is just the icing on the cake. On Day 1, I'll finish the single player mode from normal to crushing first before I'll even look at multiplayer.
 
Xater said:
Realy sucks that this is not possible. This makes the feature really niche. It's not like everyone has a capture card.
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But everybody has a camera. And it's not really frowned upon too much to do your game videos offscreen. Some might say, "I can just film offscreen while I'm playing." Well, replay mode's beneficial because a) you can playback and record specific moments instead of dealing with a large video file on your SD card and editing it with movie software, b) you don't have to waste the camera's battery life, c) you don't have to waste time setting up your camera every time you play- you can just set it up if you happen to do something unbelievable.

But it would be really really really nice if it had a YouTube feature. I don't know how GT5 will do it, but my guess is it won't be generating the video in realtime, as they need all the power they can get directed at rendering the graphics and physics and AI. Maybe it renders it based on the replay data after the fact. I'd prefer that way anyway, because then I'm not having to actually record every moment of my gameplay and restart it every 10 minutes.
 
This is probably the most awesome multiplayer demo I've ever heard of! Good work, ND!

I've preordered the European special edition. Preordering gives me early access to the demo and gives me the Currency Multiplier (earn in-game cash faster), and the special edition includes gold weapons and two extra multiplayer skins (plus an XMB theme).
 
I still haven't gotten my email code from Gamestop yet, and they said they would be sent out August 18th.

Ok, the site says they'll be sent out on the 14th!
 
Could someone spare a code please?
is it going to be like KZ2 where they put the demo on the EU store the same date as early preorder demos?
 
Need to ask this somewhere, I'm playing on Crushing now on the original, if I use any cheats/bonuses like Fast Mode and such, will that prevent me from getting the trophy?
 
Just making sure. So if I activate even one, I won't get a trophy? I'll have to restart, I was just messing around and trying out the cheats during chapter 2 :lol
 
Cheats are disabled on crushing, how are you playing it with those on?
 
Arsenic said:
Sorry if this been answered already in previous threads, but is Amazon.com emailing demo codes with preorders?
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Amazon preorders give you a video to show you where the treasures are in the game.
 
brandonh83 said:
The weapons are locked out, I'm talking about stuff like the running fast mode, changing the graphics filters, etc.
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If they allow you to use it I doubt it matters. Once you finish it on crushing they allow you to use all cheats so I'm almost certain the ones you're allowed to activate to get the medal are the non cheating one you have access to now.
 
I'm curious to see the new maps, the ones the beta weren't that great, Village especially. Map design is something that gets better with experience and online MP isn't exactly ND's bread and butter.
 
dralla said:
I'm curious to see the new maps, the ones the beta weren't that great, Village especially. Map design is something that gets better with experience and online MP isn't exactly ND's bread and butter.
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I really liked both maps. Did you watch the flyby of the new multiplayer levels on IGN?

Kaako said:
Where be my Qore Multiplayer Demo Code? :D
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Didn't know there was a Qore multiplayer code... I thought it was only pre-orders?
 
Kinda sucks about the no video thing. Doesn't that kinda defeat the purpose of all the machinema stuff if you can't output to some sort of video file?
 
xenorevlis said:
I really liked both maps. Did you watch the flyby of the new multiplayer levels on IGN?


Didn't know there was a Qore multiplayer code... I thought it was only pre-orders?
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Well I got both covered so I should be good.
 
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