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Uncharted 3 MP Beta Thread: Cinematic Murder Testing

spawns need some tweaking, I was in this truck trying to get into the plane and two enemies spawned right in my back when I was looking their way... .... ... 'surprise'
 
Lince said:
spawns need some tweaking, I was in this truck trying to get into the plane and two enemies spawned right in my back when I was looking their way... .... ... 'surprise'
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Not much room to spawn there. The plane part really needs a lot of work.
 
fair enough guys... other "Beta's" were demos, it still doesn't help that fact that to most consumers all they know is uncharted 3 doesn't run.

I hope they can get it figured out because like I said its genuinely fun (besides power plays)
 
Jocchan said:
Not much room to spawn there. The plane part really needs a lot of work.
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there were 3 'empty' trucks ffs... but I guess it's more fun to spawn behind the poor pirate guy... lol, this is a minor nuisance and I reckon it will be fixed for retail.
 
Looks like the ND servers are down...

When the everything works the game is really fun but there still is a lot of iffy stuff in there.

First of all is the matchmaking. Seems to be even worse than Uncharted 2. The waiting times yesterday were better but it really wasn't an improvement over U2. That is the first thing that needs fixing for the final release. I am not going to play your game online if I have to wait minutes inbetween matches. Why the fuck does the game have to look for new players between every match anyway? Is it so hard to keep a group like in COD or Halo?

There also still seems to be a lot of problems with the hand to hand combat. I had a co-op match were at one point hand to hand combat just stopped working. And that was for every player? I also got caught and strangled a couple of times by invisible enemies.

Oh and @duckroll: It's a fucking beta and just because you decided to play at weird times doesn't change that it worked hours for me yesterday and today. If you can't handle what can happen during a real beta test you better not participate.
 
Crewnh said:
Download manager error, what's up with that?
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It seems like some kind of error with the Download Manager.

Trolololol ;)
 
Lince said:
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this x 1000

I remember you guys usually gathered to test everything after each patch (and even without the excuse of a new patch), I'm positive your work in just one night is equally if not more valuable than whatever QA staff Naughty Dog is paying for each day.

Apart from that I don't know what was wrong about my 'dedicated servers' comment, I said they could turn them off when the player base no longer justifies the cost and let users set up their own server or activate the p2p code, as in Warhawk, difference being Warhawk still runs both official and custom dedicated servers... for 4 years now...
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It's what we do bro!!!!
 
Xater said:
Looks like the ND servers are down...

When the everything works the game is really fun but there still is a lot of iffy stuff in there.

First of all is the matchmaking. Seems to be even worse than Uncharted 2. The waiting times yesterday were better but it really wasn't an improvement over U2. That is the first thing that needs fixing for the final release. I am not going to play your game online if I have to wait minutes inbetween matches. Why the fuck does the game have to look for new players between every match anyway? Is it so hard to keep a group like in COD or Halo?

There also still seems to be a lot of problems with the hand to hand combat. I had a co-op match were at one point hand to hand combat just stopped working. And that was for every player? I also got caught and strangled a couple of times by invisible enemies.
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I agree, this is such basic stuff that ND gets amazingly wrong. I'm enjoying it, but I quit UC2 because I often had to wait 20 minutes between launching the game to getting in a match
 
This is what happens when betas have become synonymous with demos available just a couple weeks before the retail version.

When a real beta comes along everyone freaks out like they're entitled to something.
 
Xater said:
Looks like the ND servers are down...

When the everything works the game is really fun but there still is a lot of iffy stuff in there.

First of all is the matchmaking. Seems to be even worse than Uncharted 2. The waiting times yesterday were better but it really wasn't an improvement over U2. That is the first thing that needs fixing for the final release. I am not going to play your game online if I have to wait minutes inbetween matches. Why the fuck does the game have to look for new players between every match anyway? Is it so hard to keep a group like in COD or Halo?

There also still seems to be a lot of problems with the hand to hand combat. I had a co-op match were at one point hand to hand combat just stopped working. And that was for every player? I also got caught and strangled a couple of times by invisible enemies.

Oh and @duckroll: It's a fucking beta and just because you decided to play at weird times doesn't change that it worked hours for me yesterday and today. If you can't handle what can happen during a real beta test you better not participate.
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Fully agree. Can't comprehend why it doesn't just retain the same guys you played against like in literally every other multiplayer game. The matchmaking waiting times are absurd.
 
the fact that the Uncharted 2 beta was so polished spoiled us... I didn't think any beta could 'top' Killzone 3 beta this year, seems I was wrong. And to me understanding it's the same problem again, not enough resources to handle the large amount of 'beta testers'... didn't they know about the free PSN+ month and Infamous 2 selling reasonably well ?
 
Lince said:
there were 3 'empty' trucks ffs... but I guess it's more fun to spawn behind the poor pirate guy... lol, this is a minor nuisance and I reckon it will be fixed for retail.
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Well, I just meant that most spawn locations are easily exposed to the opposite team, regardless of where you spawn.
 
Metalmurphy said:
This is what happens when betas have become synonymous with demos available just a couple weeks before the retail version.

When a real beta comes along everyone freaks out like their entitled to something.
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Which is why "real" betas should be reserved for closed situations. Open betas serve their purpose, but they should have a balance between actually functioning firstly and getting the feedback ND needs and should comes after early kinks get worked out in a closed environment.
 
Jocchan said:
Well, I just meant that most spawn locations are easily exposed to the opposite team, regardless of where you spawn.
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This happened in U2 often too, mind. I was playing Train Wreck yesterday, and two guys spawned a few paces in front of me, they both got mowed down by me of course :lol
 
uncharted 3 beta is completely fubar for me. I've gotten "in" two team death match matches, and both times upon loading, the game is instantly over (won both matches though :)! ). When I tried co-op, after many failed attempts at matchmaking, I finally got a game loaded, and before it started, I was shot back to the menu and a prompt came up telling me I was kicked due to killing my teammate. ugh. also framerate in the menu is complete garbage, and it locked up my ps3. worst beta i've played, and i havent actually even gotten to play it.

Any way to turn off uncharted tv??
 
They probably should have had limited access to this until things were running ok then roll it out to everyone. Not being able to connect I have no problems, or even weird bugs, low framerate etc, but crashing the system like 7 times already not good no beta has been like that and I use to beta test in the ps2 days.
 
Xater said:
Oh and @duckroll: It's a fucking beta and just because you decided to play at weird times doesn't change that it worked hours for me yesterday and today. If you can't handle what can happen during a real beta test you better not participate.
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Weird times? 6pm? 9pm? I'm sorry but if you want to accuse me of something at least get your facts right. This has nothing to do with "handling" what happens during a "real beta test" or anything. It's a frigging free download on PSN. It's even being promoted by banners. They are inviting people to download and play. If someone downloads and is unable to play, obviously that person is going to be pissed.

I've played in tons of multiplayer betas before. Please don't give me that holier than thou shit.
 
JetBlackPanda said:
fair enough guys... other "Beta's" were demos, it still doesn't help that fact that to most consumers all they know is uncharted 3 doesn't run.

I hope they can get it figured out because like I said its genuinely fun (besides power plays)
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Most consumers probably don't even know that there is an Uncharted 3 beta. I'm sure this franchise has plenty of fans that never go on gaming forums. We are helping them test the game so that they can iron all this stuff out before Joe Consumer picks it up at walmart.
 
Hulud said:
Most consumers probably don't even know that there is an Uncharted 3 beta. I'm sure this franchise has plenty of fans that never go on gaming forums. We are helping them test the game so that they can iron all this stuff out before Joe Consumer picks it up at walmart.
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It's being advertised on the scrolling bar in the XMB. People know.
 
Is anyone experiencing download issues? I have the beta, but I cant download the 1.01 update.

Every time I try, I get the please wait screen and the PS3 resets.
 
duckroll said:
Weird times? 6pm? 9pm? I'm sorry but if you want to accuse me of something at least get your facts right. This has nothing to do with "handling" what happens during a "real beta test" or anything. It's a frigging free download on PSN. It's even being promoted by banners. They are inviting people to download and play. If someone downloads and is unable to play, obviously that person is going to be pissed.

I've played in tons of multiplayer betas before. Please don't give me that holier than thou shit.
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Sony games send people insane dude. Think about 5-6 people put me on ignore one time because I said I didn't really like Motorstorm 2.

Anyway on point Naughty Dog should really of sorted this Beta from the get go. For all the shit everybody gives Epic for their dodgy releases in the past the GOW3 beta was solid as a rock.
 
highluxury said:
Is anyone experiencing download issues? I have the beta, but I cant download the 1.01 update.

Every time I try, I get the please wait screen and the PS3 resets.
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Try again. Happened two times to mean then it worked.

@duckroll: If you have previous beta experience then you should know better. I don't care about how it's promoted, it's clearly labeled as a beta.
 
I dont get this trend of if things are broken then its a REAL beta but if a beta seems to work well from the start then its somehow a DEMO and not a beta. Its always a beta until the game goes gold. If companies want to release REAL betas to the public then there needs to be release notes. We dont know what the beta is testing and we dont know which areas need more work than others. There are so many stages of a beta and we dont know what stage is being released.

Devs need to say "hey look, we're testing for matchmaking efficiency, weapon balancing, and server load capabilities". People will be more lenient. Im starting to think these betas that test for multiple game mechanics and such need to be invite only. Public betas should be introduced later in development to test for exploits and server load......not core mechanics.
 
Xater said:
Try again. Happened two times to mean then it worked.

@duckroll: If you have previous beta experience then you should know better. I don't care about how it's promoted, it's clearly labeled as a beta.
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Just tried. It worked! thanks :)
 
Fuzzy said:
It's being advertised on the scrolling bar in the XMB. People know.
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Yeah, but I don't think it's enough people to be called "most consumers". I know a few people myself who can't be bothered to download the beta but will most likely buy it when it comes out.

I may be underestimating the amount of people that pay attention to PSN scrolling messages/adverts, I guess.

To me this still doesn't feel like a huge Halo 3 style beta that could impact how people view the game before release.
 
Still awesome. The kickbacks are a lot, lot of fun. The latter part of Airstrip is already my Village though, just too hard for my weak ass. D:

Lol, game just glitched, made it Chateau when people voted for Airstrip, ha
 
Lince said:
the fact that the Uncharted 2 beta was so polished spoiled us... I didn't think any beta could 'top' Killzone 3 beta this year, seems I was wrong. And to me understanding it's the same problem again, not enough resources to handle the large amount of 'beta testers'... didn't they know about the free PSN+ month and Infamous 2 selling reasonably well ?
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Okay this shit is going to far. Don't fuckin compare KZ3s garbage of an excuse of a so called beta to this.
The UC3 beta is sooo much better because I at least got to play it. Unlike KZ3 which was completely broken for more than a week.

People are just overreacting here.
 
Shogun PaiN said:
Sony games send people insane dude. Think about 5-6 people put me on ignore one time because I said I didn't really like Motorstorm 2.

Anyway on point Naughty Dog should really of sorted this Beta from the get go. For all the shit everybody gives Epic for their dodgy releases in the past the GOW3 beta was solid as a rock.
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Yeah because that was not a beta it was a fuckin demo. The game is done waiting to be released. I wouldn't really compare the two.
 
Yo, you know what's cool? Fucking kickbacks. Shit is awesome. I love killing a guy, raiding a chest, and then being rewarded with Sonic legs. So fun.

I enjoy the power plays too. Basically, I'm liking this a lot more than U2 so far, in terms of gameplay.

EDIT: OK, who's 'NEOGRAF'?
 
fuck this fucking shit game and this beta man fuck the gunplay why am I losing so much FUCK.

I rage so hard at this game. I keep getting shot from behind walls and I never see enemies in time.
 
Xater said:
First of all is the matchmaking. Seems to be even worse than Uncharted 2. The waiting times yesterday were better but it really wasn't an improvement over U2. That is the first thing that needs fixing for the final release. I am not going to play your game online if I have to wait minutes inbetween matches. Why the fuck does the game have to look for new players between every match anyway? Is it so hard to keep a group like in COD or Halo?
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This!

As it is right now, it takes to damn long. It's mind boggling why they don't take the whole group to the next match like in every other MP game. It seems like such a basic thing.
Also, why waste time with map votings? Do like BC2 where the game randomly picks a map, it works fast and you save another 30 seconds or so.
People dont like to wait all day ND! The matches need to follow up quickly or it breaks the flow and fun.

If they want this to become "the go to" MP game on PS3 they will have to make a lot of improvements on matchmaking.
 
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