Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
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| Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | |
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| Developer(s) | Naughty Dog |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Engine | Naughty Dog Game Engine 2.0 Havok (game physics) |
| Native resolution | 720p |
| Version | 1.09.078 |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 |
| Release date(s) | NA October 13, 2009 JP October 15, 2009 AUS October 15, 2009 EU October 16, 2009 |
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, third-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, online multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | BBFC: 15 CERO: C ESRB: T OFLC: MA15+ OFLC: R16+ PEGI: 16+ |
| Media | Blu-ray Disc |
| Input methods | Gamepad |
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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is an action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation 3. It was released in North America, Australia, Japan, and Europe in October 2009. It is the sequel to Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. The game follows Nathan Drake as he tries to stop ruthless war criminal Zoran Lazarevic from getting his hands on the fabled Cintamani Stone. Also characters from the previous game return like Elena Fisher and Victor Sullivan. New characters also make their debut like Lazarevic, Harry Flynn and Chloe Frazer.
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Development 
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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves was first revealed by Game Informer in December 2008, which revealed the game's title as Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and that the game will feature Marco Polo and his explorations as part of the game's plot. The game's first teaser trailer was released on December 1, 2008 that featured Drake in a snowstorm reaching for a dagger, which was rendered using the in-game engine.[1][2] A second teaser trailer was released on December 15 which showed a badly wounded Drake waking up in the remains of a wrecked train hanging over a cliff.
In February 2009, Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells stated in an interview with IGN that the new character Chloe Frazer had been in a relationship with Drake before and that Uncharted 2 will make more use of the PS3 than its predecessor did. Wells also stated that the game will not take place entirely in a jungle environment, but will also include concrete and urban environments and ice and snow environments. Wells also stated that the game will feature[[Amy Hennig|
Added by Kevin VinzzIn March 2009, co-lead designer Richard Lemarchand stated that Uncharted 2 will feature a more realistic climbing system and that the game has animations and technology that allow Drake to climb and explore the environment in a much more free-form and realistic manner. Lemarchand also stated that a lot of work was put into the design of the snow and ice environments, such as how the snow has a distinct look as it falls and is blown by the wind and the way Drake leaves footprints in the snow. Lemarchand also stated that Drake will crouch down as he moves around if he has not been spotted by enemies in order to get around his enemies stealthily.[4]
In late April 2009, Naughty Dog confirmed that the game will feature both competitive and co-operative online multiplayer. The multiplayer aspect will feature different modes such as deathmatch and that players can play as various characters such as Drake, Sullivan, Elena, Chloe, and others online. Naughty Dog representatives also stated that people who purchase Infamous will receive a voucher code for an Uncharted 2s multiplayer beta.[5]
In May 2009, Naughty Dog revealed more about Uncharted 2's single-player mode. Nate will be teaming up with Chloe Frazer to find Marco Polo's lost fleet and obtain the mythical Cintamani Stone a massive sapphire that can grant wishes. Game director Bruce Straley stated that the game's villain will be Serbian war criminal Zoran Lazarevic, who is also after the Cintamani Stone.[6]
On June 30, 2009, in a question-and-answer session on the official PlayStation blog, Evan Wells stated that the game's single-player campaign will be longer than Drake's Fortunes and that the game will feature more than 90 minutes of cutscenes and a more robust story than Drake's Fortune. Wells also stated that they are still finalizing the Trophies for the game and that they may include a few online-centric Trophies, though they do not want to force players to play online to obtain them. Regarding the release date, Wells stated that it will be released in fall 2009 and that the game will not feature offline multiplayer as they would have to compromise the visuals for offline co-operative gameplay. Wells further stated that another multiplayer demo will happen before the game is released. Amy Henning stated that the there will be roughly the same amount of puzzles in the game as there was in Drake's Fortune. They also stated that Drake will have his own journal in the game rather than using Francis Drake's diary, which players can use for reference to figure out puzzles. They also stated that the game will take place in Turkey, Borneo, Nepal, Tibet, and the Himalayas.[7]
On July 21, 2009, Naughty Dog stated that the game will be released in North America on October 13, 2009, and revealed the game's box art.[8] On July 28, 2009, Naughty Dog stated that the game will not require an installation, as the game's preorder box incorrectly displayed a 1.7 GB required installation.[9]
On September 4, 2009, the limited edition of Uncharted 2 was revealed, titled the "Fortune Hunter Edition". It will not be sold at retail and will only be available through contests and giveaways. The limited edition will feature the game, a life-sized replica Phurba, a collector's artbook and case autographed by Naughty Dog, and downloadable content.[10]
GameplayEdit
Gameplay in Uncharted 2 is a combination of stealth, 3D platforming and third-person shooter gameplay elements. Platforming elements allow Nate to jump, swim, grab and move along ledges, climb and swing from ropes. Although a wide variety of weapons are present in the game, the player can only carry a primary weapon (Rifle or Shotgun), and a secondary weapon (Pistol or Desert-5) . These weapons are obtained by picking up weapons dropped by a downed foe or from those scattered around the various maps.
Multiplayer Edit
Main Article: Uncharted 2 Multiplayer
Uncharted 2 features both competitive and co-operative multiplayer. The co-op multiplayer allows a maximum of three players to take the roles of Nate, Sully, and Chloe and features missions involving gunfights, platforming, and teamwork-based objectives. Players will also need to assist their comrades should they become critically injured or be grabbed by an enemy.
The competitive multiplayer will allow a maximum of ten players to play against each other. Four competitive modes are included: 'Deathmatch', 'Plunder', 'Elimination', and 'Chain Reaction'. Deathmatch features two teams of five, with one team acting as 'heroes' and the other as 'villains'. Players will be able to choose their own appropriate character models (such as Nate, Sully, Elena and new characters Tenzin and Chloe for the 'heroes' team). Players will also be able to select two Boost abilities which will assist them in the matches. Plunder is similar to the traditional capture the flag game mode, and sees each team attempt to capture the treasure from a central point in the map and return it to their base; the player carrying the treasure is slowed down a great deal, and may also choose to hurl the treasure away at any point, in order to keep it out of reach of the enemy, or to pass it to a teammate. 'Elimination' has two teams of five players against each other with the objective of killing everyone on the other team. Eliminate out the other guys three out of five times, and the team still standing wins. 'Chain Reaction' has the player capturing flags, but the player must do them in a specific order - one team works out from their base needing to capture 1 through 5 while the other team starts out from their home and needs to snag 5 through 1.
'Gold Rush' is a cooperative mode of play where 2-3 players must team up to get a treasure, randomly spawned on the map, and take it back to their base much like Plunder. However, AIl enemies will try to stop the players from returning the treasure. If a player goes down and is not revived before the timer goes out, they will not come back until the next round. In each consecutive round the enemies will become tougher to defeat.
Due to the reduction of the quality of the game's visuals if a split-screen multiplayer were to be included, Naughty Dog has stated there will be no offline multiplayer for the time being.
DLC: Downloadable Content Edit
Main Article: Downloadable Content
There have been several Downloadable Content packs released for Uncharted 2. These are:
- Drake's Fortune Multiplayer Pack
- Siege Expansion Pack
- PlayStation Heroes Skin Pack
- Sidekick Skin Pack
Plot Edit
Added by Kevin Vinzz
Added by Kevin VinzzEn route to the temple containing the clue, the pair runs into Elena Fisher and her cameraman Jeff, who are tracking down Lazarevic to find proof to show to the public that he is in fact still alive. The four reach the temple and discover that the stone and Shambhala are in the Himalayas. Just as they are about to leave the group is ambushed outside the temple, and Jeff is shot by one of Lazarevic's men. Despite Chloe's insistence to leave Jeff behind, the group pushes on further until they are finally caught by Flynn and Lazarevic. Chloe reluctantly pulls her gun on Nate to protect her "cover", while Lazarevic executes Jeff. Lazarevic and Chloe then leave for a train, but Nate and Elena manage to escape just as Flynn is about to kill them. The couple rushes to the train yard and catch up with the leaving train on a stolen jeep. Nate boards the train and fights his way through many of Lazarevic's men, before finally confronting Lazarevic's lieutenant, Draza. Succeeding in knocking him unconscious, Nate retrieves the dagger from Draza's pocket, only to be choked by a reawakened Draza moments later. Chloe arrives and shoots him dead. She is upset about Nate having taken Elena and Jeff along earlier and refuses to leave with him ("I never asked for any of your bloody heroics"). As they argue, Flynn suddenly arrives with some reinforcements and shoots Nate in the abdomen. Chloe holds him off while Nate retreats to the next carriage, but the men are soon in pursuit. With no other option, Nate shoots a pile of propane tanks, killing Flynn's men but sending Nate's half of the train towards a steep cliff.
Returning to where the story began, Nate escapes the train and travels through a snow storm, occasionally coming across enemies. After a while, Nate collapses, and stays awake just long enough to see a mysterious figure approaching before blacking out. He wakes up in a Tibetan village in the care of a man called Tenzin, where he is reunited with Elena and is introduced to a elderly German man named Karl Schäfer. Schäfer tells Nate that the phurba is the key to finding Shambhala, but Nate tells Schäfer he is no longer interested. Schäfer sends Nate and the village leader, Tenzin, to find the remains of the men in his expedition, who were looking for Shambhala and the stone 70 years earlier. Traveling through a series of ice caves to an ancient temple filled with yeti-like creatures, Nate and Tenzin discover that Schäfer's men were SS members on an Ahnenerbe expedition and that he had killed them to protect the world from the power of the stone. They return to find Lazarevic's men attacking the village. After securing the village, Nate and Elena find out that Schäfer has been kidnapped along with the phurba, and the couple track Lazarevic's convoy to an abandoned monastery. The two locate a mortally wounded Schäfer, who tells Nate that he must destroy the Cintamani Stone.
Nate locates Chloe, who surrenders the phurba after he promises to take Lazarevic down. Nate and Elena use the phurba to unlock the secret passage to Shambhala underneath the monastery, but Lazarevic corners them and forces Nate to open the gate. When the gate opens the group is attacked by the monsters from the ice caves, but Lazarevic manages to kill them off and reveals that they are actually the Guardians of Shambhala, powered by the Cintamani stone and dressed like monsters to scare off anyone who trespass the city. Just as Lazarevic prepares to kill both Elena and Nate, another wave of Guardians attack which allows them and Chloe to escape. Making their way to the stone, Nate discovers that the stone is in fact a giant amber of petrified blue resin embedded in a giant Tree of Life. As they prepare to go after Lazarevic, a wounded Flynn arrives and detonates a grenade, killing himself and seriously wounding Elena. Nate leaves Elena in Chloe's care and sets off to confront Lazarevic at the tree. Nate arrives just as Lazarevic drinks the tree's sap, which heals his scars and renders him nearly indestructible. Lazarevic then engages in a cat-and-mouse fight with Nate. However, by detonating the pockets of explosive resin in the tree, Nate defeats Lazarevic and leaves him to die at the hands of the Guardians, just as the city begins to break apart. Nate reunites with Chloe and Elena and they escape the city as a series of explosions begins to destroy Shambhala.
Back in the village, Chloe asks Nate if he loves Elena. He does not deny it, and Chloe bids Nate goodbye as Sully carries a recovering Elena over to him. While Sully chases after Chloe, Elena and Nate pay their respects at Schäfer's grave before embracing. They share a kiss and together they walk over to the edge of a cliff and watch the sun set behind the mountains.
Fortune Hunter Edition Edit
Added by Roger MurtaughNaughty Dog’s creative director, Amy Hennig, revealed a special Fortune Hunter edition of Uncharted 2. The Fortune Hunter edition contains the game, a replica of the Phurba dagger artifact with stand, an art book, and a collector's case autographed by Naughty Dog. It is also said to include a "host of downloads."
Only 250 copies were produced and they were distributed through various promotional contests during the first few months after the game's launch date.
Game of the Year EditionEdit
Added by JaKhris- Skins: PlayStation Heroes Skin Pack, Drake's Fortune Multiplayer Pack, and Uncharted: Eye of Indra.
- PSN Avatars: Uncharted 2 Packs 1 & 2 and Uncharted Packs 3 & 4
- Expansion Maps: Drake's Fortune Multiplayer Pack and the Siege Expansion Pack
- Motion comics: Uncharted: Eye of Indra
It also includes the pre-order game bonuses (default golden guns, revenge booster unlocked), a double cash multiplier for levels 1 to 10, and the PSP Pinball Heros Uncharted game.
It had been confirmed a month earlier by Peter Dille, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America, "We're looking to have a Game of the Year SKU with Uncharted 2's DLC in order to bring it back for consumers."[1]
ReceptionEdit
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Uncharted 2 has received universal critical acclaim. The first publication to review Uncharted 2 was the French edition of PSM3. In their review, they called the game "Long, visually stunning, deep and explosive, Uncharted 2 combines all the qualities you can find in a videogame, and more! A new milestone has been reached in the videogame history." The magazine awarded the game its first ever, 21/20. The second review was by PlayStation: The Official Magazine, which awarded the game a perfect score. In their review, they stated, "Forget Game of The Year. This is one of the greatest games of all time!". The UK edition of the magazine also gave the game a perfect score. IGN gave the game a 9.5 out of 10, saying "No, Uncharted 2 is not perfect, but it's closer than pretty much any other game out there these days." GameSpot gave 9.5/10 saying "Uncharted 2 is a complete game that is completely awesome." Gamesradar gave it 10/10, saying "Simply put, Uncharted 2 is a reason to own a PS3." G4 gave the game a 5 out of 5. Adam Sessler remarked Uncharted 2 is the "best single-player game I have ever played", while listing one of the game's cons as "It has an ending". 1UP.com scored it A+, commenting on the game's high quality music and sound and Eurogamer scored the game 10/10 stating that "The attention to detail is beyond compare." PSX Extreme said, "it is without question the best game the genre has seen in a very long time." GameTrailers scored the game 9.3/10, saying that "if you own a PS3, you got to have this game." The Guilty Geek said,"The game is everything that the first was but bigger and better," stating it could easily obtain the Game of the Year award. Edge gave a 9/10 saying "Ultimately, no one will disagree that Uncharted 2 is one hell of a ride, and the best PS3 action game to date."
TriviaEdit
This is the only Uncharted game in the main series, so far, to not have the prefix Drake's In the title
Gallery Edit
References Edit
- ↑ Uncharted Sequel Named. IGN. 2008-12-01. Accessed 2009-11-19.
- ↑ Naughty Dog: Uncharted 2 Teaser is Real-Time. gamezine.co.uk. 2008-12-03. Accessed 2009-11-19.
- ↑ Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Interview. IGN. 2008-02-03. Accessed 2009-11-19.
- ↑ Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Interrogation. IGN. 2009-03-18. 2009-11-19.
- ↑ Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Hands-on. IGN. 2009-04-27. Accessed 2009-11-19.
- ↑ Uncharted 2's Sizzling Single-Player Session. IGN. 2009-05-15. Accessed 2009-11-19.
- ↑ Lots of New Uncharted 2 Details. IGN. 2009-06-30. Accessed 2009-11-19.
- ↑ Uncharted 2 Gets a Release Date. IGN. 2009-07-21. Accessed 2009-11-19.
- ↑ No, Uncharted 2 Doesn't Require an Install. IGN. 2009-07-28. Accessed 2009-11-19.
- ↑ PAX 09: Uncharted 2 Special Edition Will Be Tough To Get. IGN. 2009-09-04. Accessed 2009-11-19.
See also Edit
- Uncharted 2 Walkthrough
- Uncharted 2 Characters
- Uncharted 2 Rewards
- Uncharted 2 Trophies
- Uncharted 2 Medals
- Uncharted 2 Quotes
- Uncharted 2 Multiplayer
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