Uncharted 2 Pushes PS3 to its Limit?

Plus: tonnes more details

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Drake's Fortune
Drake's Fortune
Fresh details about Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, which follows Nathan Drake's quest for some ships that Marco Polo carelessly lost, have made their way onto the Internet. Chief among them is the apparent assertion that the game will push the PS3 nearly to the limit of its horsepower.

According to a poster over on the GameFAQs forums who got his mitts on the first preview (courtesy of GameInformer) Naughty Dog says that it will use nearly 100% of the PS3's computing power. Evan Wells, co-president of Naughty Dog, stated that the first game only used 30% of the PS3's power. If that's true and Among Thieves does push 100%, SPOnG's very excited to see it, given what an enjoyable experience the first game was. We'll will also expect it to make our tea for us given the much-vaunted but as yet unseen power of PlayStation...

Other details include the revelation of a new female compatriot, dubbed Chloe Frazer. Chloe will be voiced by Claudia Black (Stargate, Farscape, Crysis). She was apparently spotted using a rocket launcher, although it's unclear whether this weapon will be usable in the game or was just part of a cinematic.

Nolan North will return to play Drake. Naughty Dog was asked whether Elena and Sully will return, but no comment was given.

On the weapons and combat front, Sixaxis tilt control has been ditched for things such as throwing grenades. Players should be able to use weapons from any stance (such as hanging from walls and what-have-you), while it will be possible to move while aiming from behind cover. It also looks like the melee combat has been fleshed out, with the phrase 'more dynamic' having popped up. A video was reportedly shown that showed Drake getting all stealthy to take out guards and escape a city.

On the technical front, load screens have apparently been eliminated.

Greg Edmonson, composer from the first game (and Firefly), is handling the score.

A pic of the preview in question can be seen here, while you can catch the teaser trailer here.

Source: GameFAQs

Comments

Uncharted Fan 11 Dec 2008 16:24
1/4
I hope the SIXAXIS grenade control is still available as an option, I thought that was a great use of the SIXAXIS, in fact it's probably one of my favourite uses for the SIXAXIS!
daman 13 Dec 2008 16:51
2/4
hmm, wonder where theyve managed to ulilize it.I wouldnt have thought the graphics and controls/charachter will be much better (probably a bit)nout wrong with them in first place really. there must be a load more stuff on the screen or something. but i could be entirely wrong. Cant wait to se now.
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TimSpong 15 Dec 2008 09:04
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Uncharted Fan wrote:
I hope the SIXAXIS grenade control is still available as an option, I thought that was a great use of the SIXAXIS, in fact it's probably one of my favourite uses for the SIXAXIS!


As far we are aware from the text of the news story, "On the weapons and combat front, Sixaxis tilt control has been ditched for things such as throwing grenades."

Cheers

Tim
Rico 15 Dec 2008 18:39
4/4
better AI (always!) and better skin textures - that's where I think the other 70% should be used
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