The guys over at IGN go and interview Naughty Dog co-lead designer Richard Lemarchand about Among Theives, who reveals that Uncharted 2 will feature more complex platforming mechanics integrated with shootouts, even more animations than the first game, relalistic snow, and also a hint at a feature to increase the replayability of the game.

We've also made sure not to separate out the times when you use these new abilities from the combat sequences. We wanted to create a seamless experience of "traversal combat," flowing freely in and out of combat as you travel through the world. That means that you'll definitely find yourself in the middle of a firefight while running, jumping and climbing around the environment. Again, to keep things realistic, we've made sure that Drake can fire his gun during all of these actions. So if you're trying to get to higher ground and an enemy is already up there shooting down at you, you can fire at him and take him out as you're climbing your way up. This has opened up the design possibilities available to us in a massive way, since we can now throw combat into the game anywhere it looks like it will be interesting.

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