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Uncharted 3 MP Beta Thread: Cinematic Murder Testing

Willeth said:
Someone on another forum posted something he ran into with split-screen and I thought I'd cross-post it here where it has a chance of being noticed by a few more folks:

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Has anyone other than me used the split-screen mode much? I have been playing alot of this beta with my cousin on the same PS3/TV using the sign in second profile thing. I played a few rounds with my brother then when he was done we signed him out and signed in my cousin. My cousin's PSN name appeared as the second profile fine but it was my brother's character and Emblem instead of hers. I figured we found our first bug ,not properly clearing data for a second profile when signing them out. We decide to quit out and switch local profiles (the ones on my PS3) and sign me in as the second player. Crap thing was my cousin had to remake her character and emblem because she still had my brother's for some reason.

tldr; when switch to a different second PSN account for split-screen the first PSN account character and Emblem data may hang around and overwrite the next split-screen partner
Following on from this, I just played some split-screen co-op Arena and there's a lot of ironing-out to be done. UI elements from my co-op partner were constantly showing up on my screen:

- The default emblem was displayed for me and he didn't have any. I don't know if that's stuck for me or what.
- Whenever one of us was grabbed, the prompt to mash triangle appeared on both screens.
- Whenever he would level up, I would get the icon saying that I'd levelled up and not him, even though it displayed the correct level for his progress and it is correctly attributed post-game.
- It appears that the fade for HDR on Airstrip doesn't work. We didn't test this fully, but it appeared that when only one of us was in a dark area it wouldn't ever adjust to a visible level until we were both in.
- It didn't look like Treasures were spawning. Not sure if that's true.
 
KAL2006 said:
I wanted to try Plunder, but can't see it in the list
Plunder is part of team objective. So is King of the Hill, Turf War, and Chain Reaction.

Hopefully ND came/comes up with some new ones cause the latter 3 are awful.
 
shwimpy said:
Plunder is part of team objective.

Yep, I know but I wanted to try the full on Plunder mode, the reason I got interested in the first plcace was from Team Objective, I really liked the Plunder parts in it. Speaking of Team Objective, I find that mode really fun, today was the first time I tried it out.

EDIT: Nevermind, I was talking about Co-op arena and not Team Objective.
 
just to bump this

alright, i'll have 3 creepy crawler codes (US store) to hand out today.
so i don't waste anyone's time they are only compatible with the US download of the beta
And once redeemed tied to that account, e.g you can't copy it to another user

like last time, to enter just draw something uncharted 3 in paint
will pick 3 winners at 6pm GMT/ 10am pacific / 1pm eastern / 12pm CST

Creepy_Crawler.jpg
1kUuQ.jpg
 
Great, great matches yesterday. I actually lost the track of time before realizing I had played for about 6 hours straight. Reached Lv 25 and having a great time. Even though I still have a soft spot for hardcore mode, I have warmed up significantly towards boosters and kickbacks, and yesterday finally started to use them in TDM.

Played a few matches with Kitton before he joined with the GAF crew also.
 
shwimpy said:
Plunder is part of team objective. So is King of the Hill, Turf War, and Chain Reaction.

Hopefully ND came/comes up with some new ones cause the latter 3 are awful.
I agree, never liked those 3 modes in UC2. I hope they get replaced with completely new ones. We want Plunder-esque fun, ND!
 
As a PC gamer I am surprised how much I am enjoying this beta, too bad I never got to play Uncharted 2 multi as the game kept hanging during the connecting phase (the bar would never progress). Game is tight and defiantly well put together, I especially love all the climbing and pulling people to their deaths in this, I wish there were more melee options.

Graphically its really mediocre though, the environments are totally static and none of the weapons affect the environment at all. But whatever, I have the game pre-ordered, can't wait for it.
 
Mikey Jr. said:
Little bit of a Simpsons quote in there.

Find the idea of 5 Drakes running around a little ludicrous, lol.

I like to imagine that it's similar to the CreepyCrawly kickback, where there's some kind of giant 'daddy' Drake that erupted into the 5-6 Drakes you see running around.
 
The game is very fun but what the hell happened to the graphics? UC2 looked A LOT better than this game. Something is strange about the lighting (the airplane map is awful, we're talking Resistance 2 level lighting).
 
^Guess they were focusing on the game play first!? The graphics might improve during the last phases of development!?

Uncharted 2 was a great looking game! Especially the single player
 
JB1981 said:
The game is very fun but what the hell happened to the graphics? UC2 looked A LOT better than this game. Something is strange about the lighting (the airplane map is awful, we're talking Resistance 2 level lighting).

They have improved the smoke and fire effects, though. There is still a little bit time left before release, so I'm sure ND will tweak the rest.
 
JB1981 said:
The game is very fun but what the hell happened to the graphics? UC2 looked A LOT better than this game. Something is strange about the lighting (the airplane map is awful, we're talking Resistance 2 level lighting).
Ah no it doesn't,not sure where you are getting the"alot better" from.
 
Do people still play Uncharted 2? I might give it another go (hopefully it will connect). How will a level 1 newbie fare with the high level players?
 
KAL2006 said:
Here is a reminder of how great the maps looked in Uncharted 2, they were also much more fun than the ones on this Beta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYoVX8QK5fo&hd=1

Eh? They don't look that great. I've never thought much of U2's multiplayer visuals to be honest, and some levels like The Lost City have kinda average texture quality. As far as I'm concerned the U3 beta is decidedly better looking. Chateau looks better than any U2 map.

p.s. best U2 map is High Rise and that's a fact.
 
My entry for the voucher giveaway:

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Sorry about the small text, a slightly bigger version can be found here.

Yeah, i know, my career in web comics is just about to take off.
 
I'm quite partial to Village myself, both visually and gameplay. Best multiplayer map in UC2.

But I still don't get the complaints about UC3 visually, Chateau is beautiful and Airstrips lighting is godly, the shadows are some of the best I've ever seen in a multiplayer game.
 
finalozzo said:
i was doing co-op and then "unknown string'', lolwut? Dat beta.

LOL, I was like what the fuck does this mean, did we win?

I had a few other major bugs, one was after the airplane level, I was sent to the other map by myself, and I can go thorough walls.

Another was in co-op arena, basically some of the enemies froze and you couldn't kill them, the times went on forever going to the minuses, and you couldn't pick up weapons. Me and another player were like WTF, the other player killed himself with a grenade, then I also did this, but even after I killed myself the game continued while we were dead, so I had to switch the PS3 off.
 
last bump, 30 mins left

alright, i'll have 3 creepy crawler codes (US store) to hand out today.
so i don't waste anyone's time they are only compatible with the US download of the beta
And once redeemed tied to that account, e.g you can't copy it to another user

like last time, to enter just draw something uncharted 3 in paint
will pick 3 winners at 6pm GMT/ 10am pacific / 1pm eastern / 12pm CST

Creepy_Crawler.jpg
1kUuQ.jpg
 
I've played a good chunk of the MP so far, about 12 hours maybe and today I've gotten two lockups where I've had to pull the plug just for it to shut off (After it froze). Should I be worried? Did something change in the beta recently that's causing my PS3 to do this?
 
sorry was busy looking at the new steam sale items (pretty sucky today)

anyway, winners are andrefpvs, blitzcloud and #1 defender
you can see their drawings by clicking on their name

i think i'll manage to get at least 1 more code in a few days so theres still hope
brush up on your paint skills guys, later
 
Now that it's been a week ND should really consider adjusting matchmaking so that it matches according to levels too. I was just dropped in a middle of a match that was going 1-20. :P That's just sad to watch.
 
I love running past a group of two or more guys who don't notice me because they're shooting and my teammates while I drop a grenade at their feet.
 
Here's a code from my inFamous 2 purchase. Got PS+ so I don't need it.

MDME-5ENP-KTTT

If it's used... dealwithit.gif
 
iNvidious01 said:
sorry was busy looking at the new steam sale items (pretty sucky today)

anyway, winners are andrefpvs, blitzcloud and #1 defender
you can see their drawings by clicking on their name

i think i'll manage to get at least 1 more code in a few days so theres still hope
brush up on your paint skills guys, later

THANK YOU! Second time I ever win something with poorly drawn stick figures, feels good man :)

TheHakku said:
I love you. And I HATE THESE PEOPLE.
Aww, I love you too, buddy
due to mutual hate.
 
So as anybody has this happens to them ? In the second part of plane map, I was waiting to spawn and my buddy was doing some climbing close to the border of the map. Well I actually appeared outside the border of the map, seeing through everything (sadly I couldn't shoot anyone :p) with no way to go back inside. Thankfully I had a grenade to kill myself to go back into action.

Also on the Manor map, I joined a game already started of coop. The round was supposed to be gold rush, but there was no gold to be seen and a siege zone. Also no more enemies were spawning. And well , the two other guys were actively trying to find spots to go out of the map border, so I won't be surprised if they were the cause of that glitch.

On a side note, fuck grenades. Fuck them (except when you're stuck outside the map that is).
 
Drac said:
Also on the Manor map, I joined a game already started of coop. The round was supposed to be gold rush, but there was no gold to be seen and a siege zone.
This happens every once in a while when joining a game in progress. The game mode it shows on top doesn't match the actual round. If there was a glowing zone, it was probably supposed to be Siege.
 
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