{"id":25727,"date":"2011-11-15T10:11:48","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T08:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=25727"},"modified":"2011-11-15T14:05:14","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T12:05:14","slug":"uncharted-3-drakes-deception-multiplayer-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/25727-uncharted-3-drakes-deception-multiplayer-overview","title":{"rendered":"Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Multiplayer overview"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve read MyGaming’s Uncharted 3 review (and weighed in your position on the 10\/10 for visuals) you’ll recall we mentioned the multiplayer needing its own feature.<\/p>\n

Well this is that feature.<\/p>\n

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is an epic single-player game that is a succession of astounding events that keep you captivated from beginning to end.<\/p>\n

But that’s only where the fun begins – once you tap into the game’s multiplayer, you see why you’ll find that hours of your time drain away as you battle it out with or against your mates.<\/p>\n

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Multiplayer modes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uncharted 3 offers a whole bunch of multiplayer and co-op modes for you to enjoy:<\/p>\n

You have your tried-and-true free-for-alls (one-man army, really), team deathmatches (two teams of five) and capture the flag (or in this case, treasure – in a mode called “Plunder”) – with some variants like three-team deathmatch (three teams of two) and objective-based rounds.<\/p>\n

On the co-op side, you have a horde-mode called Arena, where you and a buddy need to survive waves of enemies a la Gears of War; and Hunter Arena – which pits two teams up against each other as one team tries to hunt down treasures and the other team tries to kill them.<\/p>\n

The Co-op Adventure mode strikes some similarities to Uncharted 2’s Objective mode – where you’re required to fulfill certain goals during the level – except on a much grander scale.<\/p>\n

This mode is made up of 5 chapters that tell a mini-self-contained story, involving characters from both Uncharted 2 and Uncharted 3, with dialogue and set pieces and everything – it’s like a game within a game!<\/p>\n

And serious fun, to boot.<\/p>\n

The Buddy system Naughty Dog<\/a> set up allows you to essentially tag a friend or teammate as your buddy, and you share rewards, treasures and even get the benefit of spawning them near you to make things easier. I unfortunately didn’t get to explore the system too much, as I was too busy constantly dying – and my buddy failed on an equal level to me.<\/p>\n

Best of all – all game modes – bar free-for-all – can be played locally with split-screen; all you need is another PSN account, and both accounts operate independently as they would over the internet.<\/p>\n

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But wait, there’s more<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uncharted 3’s multiplayer also features a whole bunch of modifiers.<\/p>\n

You can fully customise your character, making it entirely unique to you – and you then progress and level him (or her) up, unlocking new weapon mods like more ammo capacity or better scopes.<\/p>\n

The boosters from Uncharted 2 are also back – these bonuses give you the edge during matches and can be leveled up. Boosters do pretty much what their name implies – they boost your character by increasing their abilities – like moving faster or being able to detect enemies over larger distances – so that you can work more efficiently.<\/p>\n

And if you accrue enough medals (gained by making kills and using skills etc), you can access once-off “paid” boosters during the match, too, called “Kickbacks” – these are more powerful boosters, or even weapons, for you to use during that specific round.<\/p>\n

Of course, if the scales are tipped a little bit too much in one team’s favour – power plays kick in.<\/p>\n

Power plays are mini-modifiers that balance out the round by giving the losing team extra points for accomplishing certain tasks – like in one round, our losing team’s damage got doubled, making kills a lot quicker.<\/p>\n

The down side for the losers is that the winning team gets added rewards for surviving the losing team’s attempts at gaining on them.<\/p>\n

If things are too close to call at the end, apparently overtime kicks in, followed by Sudden Death (last man standing) – but we never really got to that point seeing as we sucked, big time.<\/p>\n

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It goes on and on and on<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uncharted 3’s multiplayer takes all the best bits from Uncharted 2’s venture and adds so much more to it. After playing through the epic single-player story, it’s amazing that you’ve still got so much to do.<\/p>\n

It will be a little lost to those who would rather not go through the hassle of gathering 8 people to play a free-for-all murder-fest – but if you and your friends play online regularly, then there is plenty here to keep you going.<\/p>\n

The mechanics operate the same as the main game, and the visuals remain 10\/10 astounding – there’s just so much here to extend the time you’ll be spending with Drake’s Deception.<\/p>\n