It's still unlikely that anyone venturing into the online menu after completing the main story will feel too disappointed. Maybe with less time spent implementing bog-standard deathmatch features that fit awkwardly into the game, both thematically and mechanically, the promise inherent in these miniature jaunts into Nate's world would have been better realised. The co-operative modes are more enjoyable than the brief beta glimpse suggested, but they also feel like a timid toe dipped into unfamiliar waters. That's not far off what we've ended up with. the sort of thing that you'll definitely want to spend time with once you've finished the single-player adventure, but unlikely to take on a life of its own and sustain the game for months past release". Co-op revisits bits of the single-player you may be familiar with, such as some roads and that.Īt the end of the beta phase, I said Uncharted 2's multiplayer was "inviting but flawed. Eventually you're simply mobbed by grapple-happy armoured grunts and chaingun wielding super-soldiers, and all the teamwork in the world won't save you. There are limited depths here, and as the levels tick past the game becomes more and more unfair as it tries to break your winning streak. You can throw the treasure, if you fancy trying to relay race to the score zone, or the other players can try to divert attention away from the carrier. Again, the co-operative element comes naturally to the fore, with the player lugging the treasure reduced to one-handed pistol play and forced to rely on support from their companions to reach the drop-off point unscathed. More entertaining is Gold Rush, a teamwork twist on Plunder in which three players swipe artifacts from swarms of AI soldiers. Survival is a relentless gauntlet of spammed enemies, which thrills in short doses but quickly outstays its welcome. Once you've got the measure of a scenario, all that's left to do is to bump up the difficulty or keep grinding through the same firefights for easy cash. Where it struggles is in the lack of maps - a fact which is sadly unlikely to change through DLC - and the scripted nature of each encounter. The excitement is whatever happens to you and your friends along the way - last-minute revivals, bold heroics, desperate last resorts, all of which happen organically and are all the more satisfying for their player-driven narratives. The obvious comparison is Left 4 Dead, since the game is essentially supplying you with a vague scenario and a prescribed route to the end. Once the climber reaches the top, there's a cache of sniper weapons so they can pick off enemy shooters while their teammates make the ascent. If one character gets to clamber up a tower, the other two provide cover. Co-operation comes naturally, as Naughty Dog deploys all the signposting tricks from the single-player to ensure that players know instinctively what everyone should be doing. Each has checkpoints and objectives to meet, but skews towards gunplay and action, with ferocious pitched battles punctuating a quest for some sought-after treasure. The mechanisms are borrowed, but the character is missing.Īt its most basic, the co-op mode offers up three mini adventures for three players. Too much of the competitive play feels tied to Uncharted in only shallow surface details. Most notably, it's here that the connection between the story and the online modes is felt most. Where the multiplayer redeems itself is in the co-operative play. So far, so typical: hyper-aggressive, n00b-baiting mayhem that really only becomes fun once you've poured enough hours in to earn the powerful toys.
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