Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PS3)

- PlayStation Move wird nicht unterstützt. Naughty Dog hat zwar mit dem Bewegungs-Controller herumexperimentiert, doch er macht für Uncharted 3 keinen Sinn.

Danke Naughty Dog!

Uncharted 3 Preview




(...) Three weeks before shipping Uncharted 2, we couldn’t even fit the game in memory. (...)

(...) Balestra has an analogy that goes some way to answering that, involving the “six-lane freeway” of working with PS3’s SPUs. If Uncharted used two of those lanes, then Uncharted 2 used all six but at street-car levels of performance; Uncharted 3 is more like Formula 1. “We’re at full speed, optimising code specifically for the SPUs,” he explains. “Everyone was complaining when [PS3] came out because everything was about single processors. They wanted to work the same way, all very simple. But that’s not how it works. If you look at Google, they have tons and tons of machines, even more complicated than having just six CPUs. Now people get it and they’re really taking advantage. It’s a great resource because [the SPUs] are extremely fast, and if you optimise, they get faster than you ever thought they could be. That’s where the quality of our images comes from.” (...)



(...) “I love Indiana Jones. That, not so much,” admits lead designer, Justin Richmond of movie number four, The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull. “I love the character and I love certain aspects of the fourth one, but it wasn’t a very solid film. It’s hard. It’s one of those things where you see what you remember from when you saw it at 14, and you lose some of that childlike wonder. But I don’t think it was true to the character. And it was one of those projects where it had been going on for years, with a million scripts. Even in games you hear of these projects where it takes them years to figure out.” He looks over at his colleague and there’s a pause. “I don’t remember it,” says Naughty Dog co-president Christophe Balestra. (...)

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A New Look At Uncharted 3 and Marlowe



Uncharted 3 Has a Hard Target. Your Heart. Nathan Drake is a klutz. That's why we care what happens to him.

Back when Naughty Dog was first developing Uncharted they knew they wanted a character-driven game. Making sure that happened was one of Amy Hennig's main axes to grind when she came on as the series creative director and head writer.

"We have always been very deliberately focused on character-driven versus plot-driven stories," Richard Lemarchand, co-lead game designer on Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. "The way [Hennig] got there was a very interesting. Rather than piling on special attributes and super powers, she made them very human, fragile and flawed.
"That expresses itself in the game mechanics."

So Drake isn't always as sure-footed as you might expect from the leading character in an action game. He stumbles, or barely makes a jump. Sometimes Drake nearly falls, hanging for a moment on a life-ending precipice.
"Fragility comes over in our story from the play mechanics," Lemarchand says.
' Rather than piling on special attributes and super powers, she made the [characters] very human, fragile and flawed.'
His awkwardness isn't always physical either. When he first runs into his ex-girlfriend in Uncharted 2, the writers made sure that players could tell that Drake was in way over his head.
Uncharted 3 will continue down that road, though Lemarchand declined to say just how the story is shaping up.
"We are keeping it close to our chest," he said. "I can tell you Drake and Sully are back together and that relationship is a big focus for us this game.

"Sully is a favorite of ours. We hadn't used him much in Uncharted 2, and this was a great way to return to this relationship and examine it."
The subtle exploration of the almost father-son bond between Sully and Drake will likely play a backseat to the more over conflict of Uncharted 3, though.
"Because we are focusing on the relationship between Drake and Sully it wouldn't be wrong to call it a sort of bromance," he said.
The main story line will revolve around the ownership of Drake's ring, an heirloom that Drake claims comes from Sir Francis Drake, who according to history had no sons.

Katherine Marlowe, introduced to gamers at an event last week and voiced by English actress Rosalind Ayres, is the head of an order of conspirators.
"I'm relishing the way we are developing Marlowe's character," Lemarchand said. "She taps into this history of spy fiction."
While Uncharted 3 will continue to develop its characters, in part, through gameplay mechanics, that doesn't mean that the team is relying on all of Uncharted 2's techniques.

One of the most interesting, in terms of plot, was how Uncharted 2 opened on a pivotal scene that takes place maybe halfway through the game.
"We looked to cinema a lot in making Uncharted 2, was saw that as a common cinematic technique," Lemarchand said. "But we don't want to overuse that. I can't say too much on what we're doing this time [to open the game], but we are certainly keen not to repeat ourselves.

'"Multiplayer is extremely important to us. We see it as an important part of the future of video games.'
While Uncharted and Uncharted 2 were best known for their gripping, evocative story-telling, the second game did have a robust multiplayer element.
Lemarchand said that multiplayer remains a high priority for the team in Uncharted 3.
"Multiplayer is extremely important to us," he said. "We see it as an important part of the future of video games. We love both styles of gameplay."
While he declined to say if or how multiplayer will change for Uncharted 3, Lemarchand did say that the multiplayer team is "going all out."
"They're working very hard," he said. "They are doing some new things."

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is due out for the Playstation 3 on Nov. 1 in North America and Nov. 3 in the U.K.

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Uncharted 3 Collector’s Edition & Pre-Order bonuses announced

Sony announced there will be a collectors edition for the North American fans of Uncharted 3, set to release in November, 2011.
The Collector’s Edition goodies can be found in a swanky looking Travelling Chest replica

- full size replica of Drake’s necklace
- belt buckle
- Nathan Drake statue
- Steelbook

It looks like there is going to be some very nice pre-order bonuses for Uncharted 3 as well

- Best Buy: Regeneration Booster for multiplayer games
- Amazon.com: Kickback and two weapons mods
- Wal-Mart: Callout weapon mod



Quelle: collectorsedition.org