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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:08 am

Highlights, News

We’ve known it was coming for a while, but (presumably) in order to shift a few copies of a print magazine, Game Informer has the official exclusive on Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.  The magazine (which is a US one) features 10 pages of world-exclusive details, apparently, and says that “Nathan Drake returns with a whole new adventure which revolves around the 13th century explorer Marco Polo and his voyages”.

Naturally, this is exclusive to PS3 too, and the title will add a “free climbing mechanic and stealth gameplay”. Look out for all-new locations (as you can see from the teaser), new characters and a focus on the game’s story. The magazine also has a scoop on Guitar Hero: Metallica if that’s your thing. Here’s the teaser:

We’ll get all the info as soon as we can, but as fredrikpedersen says in our comments below, Nathan’s clearly looking for the Phurba, a three-sided peg, stake or nail like ritual implement traditionally associated with Tibetan Buddhism or Bön, routing the teaser at least to somewhere like Nepal.  Interesting stuff.

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4.8 / 5 (21 votes)

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37 Comments For This Post

  1. dirtyhabit Says:

    WOOOOOP!!!!

    Uncharted2, looking forward to taking Drake for another spin.
    All these other so called “system sellers” uncharted is where its at IMO.

    Rating: 3.5/5 (6 votes cast)
  2. Soli Says:

    Well after all the holiday season spending, theres something to look forward to again.OMG U2!

    Rating: 5.0/5 (2 votes cast)
  3. fredrikpedersen Says:

    Something about this feels kinda hinky..

    Lol, just kidding ;)

    Rating: 5.0/5 (3 votes cast)

    aaronobst Says:

    lol nice one sully

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  4. thelastguy Says:

    I have just burst out crying REAL TEARS after watching the trailer for Uncharted2
    It has set off my bi polar!!! I feel so happy right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Rating: 3.4/5 (5 votes cast)
  5. fredrikpedersen Says:

    Check this out (see below). It might look like it will be set somewhere along the Himalayas, maybe in Tibet, China or India.

    Wikiinfo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phurba
    Excerpt from teaser: http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/hk2art/u2.jpg

    Rating: 5.0/5 (2 votes cast)

    Pixl1983 Says:

    Wow! Good find!

    I’m very excited for this one! I loved the original :D

    Rating: 5.0/5 (2 votes cast)
  6. djdustb Says:

    This has got to be THE game to look forward to next year. I loved the original and played it to death, even came back for a while with trophies. Lets hope the new one is slightly longer than the original.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

    fredrikpedersen Says:

    With all this snow I bet they can get away with a snowboarding/jet skiing multiplayer mode :P

    Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)
  7. tomellmes Says:

    im looking forward to this game, loved the 1st one

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)
  8. andytorr Says:

    Yeaaaah great news :)

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  9. BrendanCalls Says:

    This is the game of 2009 IMO,
    Gonna be brilliant

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)
  10. Jeebers Says:

    Cool! I exchanged the last one before the trophy patch came out, that was probably my best (only) chance at a decent level of trophy collecting! It was one of the PS3 highlights so far.

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  11. Radboud Says:

    WOW! Gotta love it, that is for sure.

    Been playing the original lately again for the trophies, still one of the best games out there imo.

    Looking forward to the sequal :D

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  12. mayflame Says:

    I can’t wait to see the full trailer at the SpikeTV Video Game Awards.

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  13. Shrui Says:

    Can’t wait!

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  14. axelz0r Says:

    I’m planning on not getting caught up in the hype machine on this one. I’m going to ignore all media about this until the game comes out lol

    I wonder if Elena is going to be in it.

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

    nineself Says:

    I don’t think she will be. I think there will be a new lady for this Drake adventure.

    Rating: 1.0/5 (2 votes cast)

    SteveTheSkorie Says:

    She better be in there!
    They wouldn’t put all that character development to waste.
    Plus, there was that almost kiss that they had!

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)
  15. 3shirts Says:

    My only concern is ’stealth gameplay’ which is rarely well implemented in games.
    I’ll be getting it no matter what though, the first rewwarded me my first platinum trophy

    Rating: 5.0/5 (2 votes cast)

    yogh_wayne Says:

    I think the option to sneak will fit perfectly to the Uncharted gameplay. In fact I missed it at points of the first one (don’t get me wrong, I really love this game!!)

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)
  16. BioshoX-1h Says:

    Can’t wait for this! Uncharted is 1 of those games i could play over and over even after the impossible trophy,looking forward to seeing more on this.

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  17. axelz0r Says:

    The graphics of Uncharted 1 blew me away - hopefully they can pull off the jaw dropping graphics again. The thing that won it for me was the lush tropical environments and its realism. Hopefully it isn’t too bland and snowy for the majority of the game in Uncharted 2 (oh wow, another snow capped mountain…)

    I do like that they are trying something different and taking a risk by changing the environment and mixing it up with the game play style.

    Naughty Dog and Criterion games are probably my two favorite developers at the moment.

    BTW the story in Uncharted 1 was freakin’ awesome - the ending scenes caught me by surprise. The game was leading up to something sinister but I didn’t expect anything like that!

    Rating: 5.0/5 (2 votes cast)
  18. dyslekt Says:

    HELL MOTHERF%&#ING YEA!!!

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)
  19. RocketSOL Says:

    i only played the demo for the first one. damn! i really need to buy it.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

    djdustb Says:

    BUY IT!

    Seriously no excuse not to have it. (no thumbs!?! oh sorry…) it is cheap as anything now, it is awesome and still one of the best games around imho.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (2 votes cast)
  20. colossalblue Says:

    The main page image looks like that scene from Wanted with James McAvoy hanging from the train and Angelina Jolie sadly still clothed.

    I bought the original Uncharted months ago but only played the first level before other games made me forget about it. I feel suitably ashamed and will now return to it in an effort to see just what all the fuss is about.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

    RocketSOL Says:

    i dont see what all the fuss is about with jolie. theres much better looking women around.

    Rating: 4.0/5 (4 votes cast)

    3shirts Says:

    Sorry but there aren’t.

    Rating: 2.3/5 (3 votes cast)
  21. rothbury Says:

    Awesome news! Not a massive fan of the name though :/

    Rating: 2.5/5 (4 votes cast)
  22. wolfehound22 Says:

    Great news I loved the first one. I played thru it once before the trophies and when the trophies were released I played thru it 3 more times. I enjoyed every minute of it. Even those time I nearly thru my controller acrossed the room while playing crushing. Can not wait. My list of PS3 games for 09 is already starting to grow.

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  23. Roynaldo Says:

    I simply cant wait for this, any1 got a rough date for release apart from “next year”. 1 game was really tickling my balls in anticipation and that was Final Fantasy XIII but now theres this 2.

    My balls are so lucky.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (2 votes cast)
  24. SteveTheSkorie Says:

    OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD!!!!!!!!!!!

    I can’t stop smiling!

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  25. kamiboy Says:

    i-i-i-i want the knife….. please.

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  26. legalisemurder Says:

    Can’t wait for this game!Uncharted is easily one of my top 10 games of all time.But like someone else said,i’ve seen enough botched,nailed on attempts at stealth to fear this news.But free climbing sounds interesting.

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  27. BioEye Says:

    Nice change

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  28. Alib8000 Says:

    Marco..

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

    3shirts Says:

    go on then… Polo

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  29. kamiboy Says:

    Running around in barren monochrome snow covered landscapes does not sound nearly as fun as running around in the lush vibrant stunningly beautiful jungle and ancient temple set pieces of the first Uncharted. Colour me a bit worried.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

    Mike Says:

    Perhaps the game might not be in that one location? Maybe it’s good that it’s having a big change, if it was set in a similar location as the first one that it would just look all the same

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

    kamiboy Says:

    Yeah, but that same “the same” was different from everything else. It had colours man, colours. I sure hope there is some globe trotting, no game set in a dark or generally monochrome landscape has been fun visually.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

    colossalblue Says:

    The white snow, blue glaciers, grey and black mountains and the vibrancy of the Tibetan/Nepalese villages could work out ok. If it went tropical again everyone would think it’s just like that Tomb Raider game that EA paid everyone to like.

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  30. MartinT702 Says:

    AWESOME!

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  31. TheParody Says:

    The first game in the series was awesome, and I’d love to be able to go on mountains, through snowy forests etc. so I’ll probably get this. :] If I can afford it, that is. :/

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  32. Pingu Says:

    Uncharted 2 just has to be good, I loved the first one, and I will play it again very soon. Uncharted 2 has to be better, I mean, Naughty Dog, the name says it all.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)
  33. jtickner1 Says:

    Fark I can’t wait for this. Uncharted DF is one of my favourite games ever.

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  34. Cortex-Neo Says:

    This looks wicked, but I hope it is a tad less linear, it has to compete with Tomb Raider. :)

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  35. JDreturns Says:

    It looks awesome but a tad unrealistic… you’d think he would’ve changed his clothes since the last one or at least put a coat of considering the weather conditions. Hopefully I wont be sh**ing bricks come the end of the game like the first one!

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  36. cc_star Says:

    ‘Stealth gameplay’

    I hate stealth, I just prefer racing in all guns blazing and hope for the best

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  37. aaronobst Says:

    Well the first one was pretty much a 8-12 HR orgasm and I can’t wait 4 this one!!!!! :):):)

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

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