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No Patches Allowed in Uncharted 2 Multiplayer

July 09, 2009 in News comments 13

Naughty Dog has let loose some incredible new information on their PS3 blockbuster, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. The action-packed sequel will do away with a bane of online enabled games, patches. And despite this, they'll still be able to do awesome things to change aspects of the multiplayer mode.

"On tonight’s episode of GameTrailers TV, Evan Wells and his team, Naughty Dog, revealed a surprisingly awesome fact about Uncharted 2’s multiplayer mode."
JohnDraisey via playstationlifestyle.net »
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    Slumpy monkey Jul 10, 09
    So it will be like Halo 3?

    This is good as it makes the game feel more fluid. More developers should do this.
  • 1
    BANDITO ATTACK Jul 10, 09
    patches are the bane of online games? :l

    didn't know that.
    • 0
      HisServant77 Jul 10, 09
      Same here. I'm always glad for online patches. It means the online aspect hasn't been forgotten or neglected, and something has improved.
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    dwg14390 Jul 10, 09
    okay then, but what if there's a glitch that allows for cheap wins?

    No game is perfect, and there WILL be glitches, that's why there are patches. Here's hoping that the online is really great from the start or they might run into some problems.

    I don't get it whats so bad about patches? There a GOOD thing.
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    Red 9* Jul 10, 09
    Do you guys NOT UNDERSTAND what they're trying to say?

    They're saying the game will be constantly updated in real time, meaning if any changes take place, you won't have to download a patch; it will just be there as soon as you boot up multiplayer.

    You're making it sounds like they're planning to just release multiplayer and never touch it. Watch the GTTV episode featuring Uncharted 2 if you still don't get it.
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      Fallen Royalty Jul 10, 09
      Won't that create a minute but constant amount of lag after however many would-be patches are implemented since you haven't actually installed any updates on your end? All the data that's different from what you've actually got on the disc would have to be constantly streamed.
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        Slumpy monkey Jul 11, 09
        No. It works. Bungie did it with Halo 3 and it worked fine and was an excellent way of updating the multi-player. More devs should do it. It is really good.
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    Daweii Jul 10, 09
    Essentially as Red says they can fix bugs, they can add things to levels, take things away, move items around so everytime you play the game feels different. They can even if they wanted to modify the levels and take out walls and stuff like that in real time so the game can be changing and you never have to download a thing. Really this is the future of additional content, essentially they may even add new maps to the game without the need for a download everyone can just stream the level from the same server doing the auto updates and randomising stuff.
    • 0
      dwg14390 Jul 10, 09
      wow that's really advanced stuff. Wonder if it was hard to do that.

      So essentially they can change the game without us ever knowing it? Awesome.

      I mean obviously we'll find out, and they'll more than likely announce that they changed stuff, but no downloading is really cool.
  • 0
    HisServant77 Jul 10, 09
    Well I understood that they got rid of the download side of updating and that's a good thing. But the thing is . . . what's so bad about patches, that earned it the title Bane of online games?
    • 0
      dwg14390 Jul 10, 09
      It's more likely an overreacting drama queen since it's only function is to aid games. There's basically no downside other than the fact that it can't make the game perfect which even this new way can't do aswell.

      It's the same as an update with the added fact that we don't have to do anything.
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    Dehshizknight Jul 10, 09
    This is awesome! Makes me happier that Uncharted 2 is on the top of my priority list for 2009.
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    Taker4ever Jul 11, 09
    HisServant77, the term "bane of online games" is probably a bit strong, but surely you can't deny that it's frustrating putting the disc in for a quick bout of gaming, only to find out you need to first download and install a patch?

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