Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Multiplayer Beta Review

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First up, we speak about the character customization options in the game which allows you to tailor almost every aspect of the characters that are classified either as ‘heroes’ or ‘villains’. The humorous taunts can be changed to anything from Laugh, Flex, Kiss, Flurry and our personal favourite – Dance. Like modifying your weapons? Uncharted 3 gives users a range of loadouts. But that’s not all. Leveling up the character lets you earn money useful for unlocking weapon mods like weapon accuracies, larger ammo clips, faster reload times etc. First time players may find it difficult to earn money, but once they do, it’s worth all they’ve played for. Treasures appear when certain players die and can be picked up to complete sets and unlock additional character customizations.

A unique Uncharted TV at the bottom right of the screen can be enlarged and watched while other players join in. Its content subsumes behind the scenes interviews, plays of the week and much more. And this we think is a nice addition to game considering the long time it takes to find players amongst so much traffic. Remember the Twitter integration in the previous game? Naughty Dog has done away with that. Instead there’s Facebook for sharing achievements directly from the game.

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Goodbye, Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta, You Taught Me Plenty

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Naughty Dog pulled the plug on the Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception multiplayer beta this Friday. I was online, jumping from one round of Team Objective to another when those multiplayer servers went dark. I'll miss you, Uncharted 3 multiplayer beta, because I learned a lot during our three weeks together.

Having already fooled around with Uncharted 3's multiplayer component for hours in advance of the beta that spanned three weeks and was enjoyed by some 1.5 million players. I sampled brand new Three Team Deathmatch and Free For All modes back in April, exploring two of the maps (Chateau and Airstrip) featured in the widely played beta.

So, I spent much of my time in competitive modes like Plunder—the "capture the treasure" mode returning from Uncharted 2's multiplayer suite—and Team Objective, the newer, much improved highlight of Uncharted competitive multiplayer. I spent less time playing cooperative Hunter and Arena modes. I'll wait until more friends and colleagues on PSN (and Facebook) are playing alongside me. I sampled all of Uncharted 3's early multiplayer offerings, minus one, learning a few things along the way.

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Ted Price: Uncharted: Golden Abyss might be PS VITA's Killer App

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Insomniac President Ted Price in a recent interview to IGN spoke about importance of Uncharted: The Golden Abyss to PS VITA. Ted was asked whether traditional handheld still have a place in the market?, at present the mobile gaming market is at its peak, and so how does this affects the success of Sony's upcoming handheld PS VITA.

To this Ted replied, "I guess it depends on the application. If you have a killer app for a handheld, one that you must have, it really helps drive the sales for that particular device. Right now Uncharted on the Vita is looking pretty darn cool and is really fun to play. That might be the game that kicks it off with a bang."

To some extent Ted is right, Uncharted on the Vita is looking pretty damn cool, to proof this check out Uncharted: Golden Abyss graphics comparison HERE, you will definitely love this. Do let us know what you guys think, Uncharted: The Golden Abyss is PS VITA killer app? [SOURCE]

E3 11: Uncharted: Golden Abyss interview

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