This will be set a little before the games, which centre on older versions of the characters. Collecting these treasures, along with completing certain feats within the game, is tracked by the awarding of medals, which gives the player in-game money to use to unlock extra content on the disc, including concept art, game movies, and game cheats such as guns with infinite ammunition. Naughty Dog's creative director Amy Hennig revealed a special Fortune Hunter edition of Uncharted 2 that was not obtainable in stores. Survival is the second cooperative mode of play, where 2–3 players must work together to defeat a total of ten waves of enemies, each wave becoming more and more difficult. [22], Exclusive to the PAL region, the Uncharted 2 special edition contains the game, gold versions of the Beretta and AK-47 weapons, two post cards, a PlayStation 3 theme, and multiplayer skins. Players can choose their own appropriate character models (such as Nathan, Elena, Sully and new characters Tenzin and Chloe for the heroes team). Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. [18] As a result, the game has more realistic environments and animations. [33] The "Golden Guns" DLC was released in Devember 12. [19] However, Evan Wells later pointed out: ... now it's at least busy 100% of the time, but it's still not fully-optimized code. In the interview, Christophe Balestra also pointed out how important it was to ship every system with a hard drive: The fact that every PlayStation 3 has a hard drive is huge for us. Nate reunites with Elena and is introduced to German explorer, Karl Schäfer (René Auberjonois). Flynn double-crosses Nate, leaving him to be arrested. "[55] The UK edition of the magazine also gave the game a perfect score,[56] named it the 2nd best PS3 game of all time,[60] while readers of the same magazine voted it the greatest PlayStation title released. This FAQ is empty. Two of the six new skins are from Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and the other four are new and exclusive to the game. A contractor must evade a gang of home intruders inside a house he designed and built. He fights through it to find Chloe, but she refuses to leave with him after he compromised their mission to help Jeff and Elena. An Uncharted apartment was released in May 6, 2010 for European and North American versions of PlayStation Home called the "Uncharted Fortune Hunter's Apartment". A large portion of the in-game medals are used to award trophies. The goal is to eliminate the other team three out of five times. [75] Uncharted 2 is now part of Sony's selection of Greatest Hits. [13][14], The development period was 22 months, with six months of the total spent in pre-production. [29], Several packs were released in 2010: "PlayStation Heroes Skin Pack" was released in January, containing Sev and a Helghast soldier from Killzone 2, Nathan Hale and a Chimera from the Resistance series, and Cole (Evil and Good) along with Zeke from inFamous. King of the Hill has players capturing a hill, spawned on the map to score points. After Jeff is shot in an ambush, Chloe insists on abandoning him; Nate and Elena help him but are caught by Lazarević. [79], Uncharted 2: Among Thieves received numerous Game of the Year awards and has been called one of the best video games of all time for its set pieces, graphics, motion capture acting, original characters and performances, as well as the story and multiplayer. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. 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[67] Tom Bramwell of Eurogamer found that "there are ... a few occasions where the platforming lets you down ... despite the feeling you were jumping in the right direction". When enabled, a hint system provides gameplay clues, such as the direction of the next objective. When speaking about Uncharted, directed by Ruben Fleischer (Venom) and co-starring Mark Wahlberg as Drake's mentor Victor "Sully" Sullivan, Holland talked about … [24], A Game of the Year Edition was released October 12, 2010. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. [9] The beta phase of the multiplayer was playable by those who bought early copies of the game inFamous. He escapes the hanging train car, recovers the phurba, and falls unconscious. It's the combination of Blu-ray and hard drive. Feature film based on the popular '70s TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man". 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The game had three main writers: head writer Amy Hennig, Neil Druckmann and Josh Scherr. [38] The user who placed first on the Fortunate Thieves leader board won the Fortune Hunter Edition. [15], In E3 2009 videos from Naughty Dog showed the voice actors of the characters performing the motion captures in some of the scenes. We don't require an install. Story is great and with great characters like Nate Drake, Chloe, Sully and more. [66] In a review for The New York Times, Seth Schiesel described it as "perhaps the best-looking game on any system, and no game yet has provided a more genuinely cinematic entertainment experience". Uncharted will chronicle the early days of Nathan Drake, and is also set to star Mark Wahlberg as Victor "Sully" Sullivan, "an American treasure hunter, … [11] The beta codes from Qore began to be sent out on May 8, 2009. Plot unknown. Nate discovers that the stone never left Shambhala, and locates a temple containing the bodies of Polo's crew, as well as a phurba and map detailing that its carrier will gain passage to Shambhala through a temple in Nepal. Uncharted 2 is a great game. The player can also have Drake fire while moving. It was also said to include various downloadable content. The magazine awarded the game 21/20, a score that was reached five years prior by Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Sequel to the 2018 film 'Venom'. Users had one final chance to win the Fortune Hunter Edition from 8 am PT December 18 to 12 pm PT December 21. The action sequences in Uncharted 2 look as if they were shot by a team of cinematographers, then edited into a coherent and thrilling narrative. Mark Wahlberg is set to play Sully, a mentor-type to Holland's Nathan Drake. A Tibetan Sherpa, Tenzin (Pema Dhondup), brings Nate to his village. In September 15, another beta was released and an open beta was released to the EU and US on September 29 via the PSN store. This DLC pack contained gold skins for the AK-47 and Beretta weapons.[34]. The story begins in medias res with this opening. [68], IGN gave the game a 9.5 out of 10, praising its "stunning visuals" and saying that "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is fantastic", and calling the multiplayer mode "one of the best multiplayer experiences that you'll find in any game around ... it almost feels like Naughty Dog has given us an extra game for free". Between those times, users had to try to get in first place on the "Fortunate Thieves" mini-game leader board to win the Fortune Hunter Edition. After reacquiring the phurba from Chloe, Nate and Elena unlock the secret passage to Shambhala underneath the monastery, but Lazarević corners them. The film stars Tom Holland as a young Nathan Drake, alongside Mark Wahlberg as a young “Sully,” as the duo get into a fresh adventure involving an architectural find and plenty of intrigue. [16] The actors act out the scene wearing specially designed motion capture suits. However, AI enemies try to stop the players from returning the treasure. Uncharted (Image credit: Sony) Release date: ... Mark Wahlberg is set to play Sully, a mentor-type to Holland's Nathan Drake. [54], The game was placed 19th in Dengeki online's reader poll of the best games of 2009, making it the only non-Japanese game in the list. Nate and Tenzin travel through ice caves and fight off strange monsters. Users had to play the "Torch Race" mini-game and be first on its leader board in the Uncharted 2 space.[39]. The co-op multiplayer allows a maximum of three players to take the roles of Nathan and two other "hero" companions and features missions involving gunfights, platforming, and teamwork-based objectives. After the gate is opened, Shambala's true guardians attack, allowing Nate, Elena, and Chloe to escape. The story is a prequel to the games, starring Holland as a younger Drake, showing us details of how he came to meet and befriend Sully. Qizilbash also mentioned that only residents in the US were eligible to win. An adventure racer adopts a stray dog named Arthur to join him in an epic endurance race. Lead character artist Richard Diamant remarked that the trailer was rendered in real-time, using the game's engine. The pack contained Rika for the heroes and Pinkerton for the villains. Hall of Fame listing, PlayStation Official Magazine issue 107. The player can direct Drake to take cover behind corners or low walls using either aimed or blind-fire to kill his enemies. At the temple, Nate and Chloe use the phurba to uncover Shambhala's location in the Himalayas. Uncharted 2 is an action-adventure platform video game played from a third-person view, with the player in control of Nathan Drake. Never formally announced, the Special Edition was discovered on the game's official European launch site, with the only link for the special edition leading to one of Britain's major game retailers, Game. [62] The game also received a Metacritic score of 96 out of 100,[41] making it the most critically acclaimed game of 2009. Throughout the game are 101 special treasures that may be hidden or in difficult-to-reach places that the player can collect. [17], Naughty Dog intended to maximize the utilization of the Cell's SPUs, as their estimates for utilization in the first Uncharted were only around 30%. Unbeknownst to Flynn, Chloe and Nate had worked together before, and Chloe plans on blackmailing Flynn and escaping with Nate and whatever treasure they find. In PlayStation Home, the PlayStation 3's online community-based service, Naughty Dog has released a themed game space for Uncharted 2, developed by Outso. The New York Times noted that "... its finicky controls can frustrate at times". Plot unknown. If Drake is undetected by his enemies, the player can attempt to use stealth to take them out, such as by sneaking up behind them to knock them out with one hit, or by pulling an unsuspecting foe over a ledge from which Drake is hanging. [35] This makes the second game space to be released from Naughty Dog, the first being the game space for Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. It was released to promote the game Uncharted: Eye of Indra (2009). Three months later, Chloe helps free Nate with his longtime friend Victor Sullivan (Richard McGonagle). The one thing I did was, when I looked at their game I was like, damn them! [22] A collector's edition of Uncharted 2 was not announced for sale in the United States. It also enjoyed great commercial success, with over six million copies sold worldwide. [8], Uncharted 2 features an online multiplayer component; Naughty Dog hired a dedicated multiplayer designer in August 2008 to work on this aspect of the game. Uncharted at this point is probably the Mario or Halo of PlayStation. Nate leaves her in Chloe's care and confronts Lazarević at the base of the tree. [78] As of March 2015, Uncharted 2 has sold 6.5 million copies. Only 200 copies were released. In Borneo, Nate and Sully infiltrate Lazarević's camp, with Chloe as a mole. [45] IGN described certain repetitive gunfight sequences as "a little aggravating" and complained about the "very linear" climbing sections, yet calling it a forced complaint. Uncharted 2 uses between 90 and 100% of the Cell's processor and uses all 25GB of a single Blu-ray Disc. [3] In most areas, if all of the foes patrolling are killed stealthily then other waves that would normally appear do not. [30] An DLC pack that contained two new multiplayer maps, six skins based on Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, 12 PSN Trophies, and 13 medals was released in February. The user who placed first on the Uncharted 2 space's leader board won a copy of the Fortune Hunter Edition. [7] A second teaser trailer was released soon after, showing a badly wounded Drake stuck in the remains of a wrecked train hanging precariously over a cliff. Both expired on October 12. SCEA marketing manager Asad Qizilbash told readers of the PlayStation Blog at the time that the limited edition giveaways took place on that blog, PlayStation Home, the game's multiplayer demo, and a few other unnamed places. [70], NPD Group's sales data show that Uncharted 2 was the top-selling game in the United States for October 2009, at about 537,000 units sold,[71] while Media Create's sales data has Uncharted 2 selling 47,000 units for its first day in Japan. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 producer Gordon Van Dyke said that "Uncharted 2 is an amazing-looking game. The actors would even rehearse together in a room and had discussions with the creative directors of the game before carrying out the performance to create the highly realistic and cinematic dialogue throughout the game. First revealed by Game Informer in December 2008, the first teaser trailer showed a weary, wounded Nathan Drake marching through a snowstorm to reach a phurba half-buried in the snow. Sully backs out, so Nate and Chloe continue to Nepal, which has been ravaged by Lazarević's mercenaries. In their review, they stated: "Forget Game of The Year. Between the hours of 8 am PT on November 5 and 12 pm PT on November 6, there was a contest in the North American Home (in which only U.S. citizens could participate), where users could win the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Fortune Hunter Edition. But we're reaching that level of quality. A new co-op game mode, titled "Siege", was also added, in which 2–3 players must team up to secure a zone while holding off waves of enemies. They encounter Nate's ex-girlfriend journalist Elena Fisher (Emily Rose) and cameraman Jeff (Gregory Myhre), tracking Lazarević. Nate and Flynn break into a museum in Istanbul and find the lamp, which contains a map and flammable resin that reveals Polo's fleet was shipwrecked in Borneo, and was carrying the Cintamani Stone from the fabled city of Shambhala. The couple pays their respects at a memorial for Schäfer and kiss. Naughty Dog also aimed to improve the game's proprietary engine, creating the game to run exclusively on the company's Naughty Engine 2.0 system. [71][74] As of February 2010, the game has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide, becoming the fastest selling first-party title on any PlayStation platform. Development for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves began immediately following the critical and commercial success of the first entry. [9], One of the inspirations for the Tibetan village sequence was the 2008 video game The Graveyard by Tale of Tales. The competitive multiplayer allows a maximum of ten players to play against each other in two teams of five. Drake can pick up weapons, automatically replacing the existing weapon he was using, and additional ammunition from slain enemies. The apartment was released on May 27 in the Asian version. Beta codes from inFamous shipped inside the game's packaging, on May 26. Uncharted 2 uses Naughty Engine 2.0, a revamped and optimized version of the original engine that has allowed the game to have real-time moving environments, more realistic textures, and animations. This allowed the developers to record extensive motion capture and more in-game cinematic sequences, as well as include an online multiplayer component; a first for the series. 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! There's also an Uncharted 2 Blog that lets users access the Uncharted 2 blog. [5] 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. With Chloe's cover blown, Lazarević forces Nate to open the pathway to Shambala. Flynn, left for dead by Lazarević, ambushes them in a suicide attack, seriously wounding Elena. You can play the entire game without loading. [1] The development team drew inspiration from explorer Marco Polo, and specifically, from his expeditions through archipelagos and eastern Asia. 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