Uncharted 3 MP Update Brings Fixes, New Maps

Jim Hargreaves 30 Comments

Naughty Dog has announced that the latest update for Uncharted 3’s early access multiplayer has gone live. Aside from fixing a few bugs players have been experiencing, the first patch also adds two new maps, Highrise and Molten Ruins.

Those who purchased the multiplayer DLC for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will immediately recognise the two latest additions, Molten Ruins being a volcanic twist on the Drake’s Fortune map with Highrise now being set during the night.

From hours of experience with Uncharted 2’s multiplayer I can say that both maps are exceptional and do a fine job in showing off the gameplay’s verticality.

The total number of multiplayer now stands at 8, and they’re a varied bunch I can tell you, though it seems that even more are on the way. When cycling through the multiplayer menus you will notice that in the background is a section from a multiplayer map which cycles at random.

Prior to ND’s latest announcement we had actually spotted a background which looked identical to the newly announced Molten Ruins map. Having also seen an updated version of The Museum and a snowy backdrop (which also features a frozen submarine,) we suspect more maps are inbound, hopefully launching before the full game launches on November 2nd.

We’ll have the full review soon.

Source: Naughty Dog

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30 Comments

  1. Loving this so far, so much better than UC2 mp imo. Really tempted to pre-order now when just two weeks ago Ii wasn’t really fussed at all

  2. kind of what you said Spoofer, spending much more time on UC3 Demo than BF3 Beta

  3. Lucky bastards.

  4. Really enjoying it, shame it’s my last day with PS+ today but at least I get to sample these before picking the game up.

    I would actually by thr MP digitally if it means I could have it installed

    • hi cc_star, you not carrying on with P+? Is it just financial reasons or something else?

    • Its my last day of PS+ too :( I’ll be renewing in the new year however. Cracking little service but I’ll have plenty of games to play between now and 2012 to worry about the various freebies

    • Funnily enough, i only renewed my PSplus subscription to play the UC3 multiplayer.
      (yes, its that addictive to me)

  5. Loving the maps but im finding the gameplay unbalanced and inconsistent at times.

    • Seconded. It’s unbalanced and imprecise compared to the imo brilliant UC2 multiplayer.

      • Did they sort the massive imbalance of the double damage coupled with the double fire speed perks from the earlier beta?

        Seemed pointless using anything else at the time and they should have made sure that both were options in the same slot only.

      • The increased fire-rate weapon-attachement is removed. As for the other one, is that the 1-game-booster, -thing? If so, I’m not sure as I haven’t tried out any of those. It’s not a regular booster or weapon-attachment though.

      • I’ve been very disappointed, at first it was great for me but as I play it more and more it gets worse.

    • Naughty Dog have fixed some balances with weapons today (check their blog.) In my opinion the weapons are tuned almost perfectly. Positioning and tactics are more key to grabbing kills than firepower alone.

      • I played four matches today. In 2 of them I was absolutely battered, the teams were so unbalanced with far more higher ranked players on the other team and the guns were simply not working. Then the next two matches I came first with above 20kills, it’s not me being inconsistent it’s the game dishing out unbalanced teams.

  6. Can’t get enough of this game at the moment, reached rank 30 last night :) Only thing I dont like is the melee system, it feels… weird

  7. Loving the MP so far.

    sure im not the best player (still rank 13) but despite that, i am still really enjoying the game.

    my only problem with the game is the fact that i keep getting disconnected at important moments (which was my main gripe with Uncharted 2)

  8. Still not as good as the July Beta. People running and gunning like mad men. Too fast paced (and I’m not saying that because I’m losing, I’m not, I’m just disappointed after a stellar Beta).

    • Personally I think its the size of the maps that is causing that kind of gameplay. Unlike in Uncharted 2 where maps were quite small and most fights took place in a single room, the maps in U3 insist on you leaving cover and hunting people down, resulting in maniac blind-firing when you finally spot someone lol.
      Like you though, I prefer the slower approach in U2 (and indeed the U3 beta strangely)

      • I don’t think it’s the size of the maps. The July beta worked fine. But the sprint is now too useful, and the game has been quickened a bit. So it’s harder too aim because people are evading easily. So people rely more on close combat.
        They tweaked this a bit since the beginning of the subway beta, and it’s a bit better, but it’s still not as fun in my opinion.

  9. That’s great, will try out, right about now actually. Both maps are visually outstanding, though in my opinion all DLC-maps for UC2 were considerably worse and less balanced than the originals. I guess they’d fit well better in UC3 then… ;)

    Enjoying the beta so far, admittedly a lot of fun. The hugely overpowered blindfiring and melee though, is proving a bit of a game-breaker, it’s quite ridiculous to be frank. Hoping that’ll be fixed before the full release.

    • Running and gunning would be hugely better than the gameplay the ‘see through walls’ booster from UC2 created though. That totally put me off UC2.

      • True, Situational Awareness was ridiculous. Still, the number of deaths one can expect from cheap blindfire-kills in UC3 outnumbers the deaths one’d get from SA in UC2, as such I find it even more annoying. (not that blindfiring in itself is a sin)

    • What grinds your gears about the melee? I thought it was pretty much identical to U2.

      • I find it too overpowered, about 25% of the kills in the MP comes from stuff like this, which in my opinion takes little skill and isn’t a lot of fun either.

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwnkVUaprAw
        It’s not too far off, this video. :P

      • So that’s why i didn’t get on with the beta, I was aiming..

  10. Anyone know if/when the mp is available to non p+ subscribers? Will it be before the game ships?

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