Posts Tagged ‘hands-on’

Hands-on with the Uncharted 2 multiplayer beta

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

If you’re reading this and you’ve not yet played the beta, then yes, either by robbing a bank or bribing Naughty Dog you somehow need to get into the Uncharted 2 multiplayer beta right now.  It’s that good.  For those who have pre-order Uncharted 2 or managed to snag a beta key, access is granted from September 15th.  I’m led to believe that general availability of the beta is September 29th.

My initial thoughts:  graphics are dripping with quality, gameplay is solid and spot-on, and overall it’s serious fun!

I dn’t know where to start with this initial hands-on look.  I suppose I’d like to mention first that I was very, very sceptical of the prospect of multiplayer within the Uncharted franchise.  After all, the original Uncharted remains my favourite game so far, and going through the single player adventure was enjoyable, but it was my experience, and so Uncharted felt like my personal, special game and I didn’t really want to share it with anyone.

Now that my disclosure is out of the way, I’d like to tell you right now that everything I thought before was wrong.  Naughty Dog have treated the Uncharted franchise with continuity, fluidity, and respect.  So much so that the multiplayer experience behaves and feels like the authentic Uncharted experience you remembered from the first game: perfect.  Added game mechanics, such as grabbing riot shields for cover, and lugging around heavy relics, feel like natural extensions to existing abilities.

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Tags: gameplay, hands-on, multiplayer, playthrough, Uncharted 2, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
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Hands-On With The PlayStation 3

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

Hands-On With The PlayStation 3- I don’t know why I didn’t link to this sooner, but it’s an article written from the perspective of the (primarily) Xbox 360 gamer we all know and love: Rockers Delight.  The discussion going on in the comments is really worth a look.  Good stuff.

Tags: games, hands-on, hardware, PlayStation 3, PS3, Rockers Delight
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Hands-on with LittleBigPlanet

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

LittleBigPlanet is here, and gamers everywhere are giddy with excitement- and that’s just the adults!  Children are going to love this game, as in fact, will anyone really.  From what I’ve experienced, I can totally see how this can be a cult classic for the cool, hardcore gamers, but still be fun for all the family.

You’ll be glad to know that my woes with Amazon did not last long.  The package was waiting for me when I arrived home.  As I hadn’t been on my PS3 for quite some time, the usual formalities were required: download firmware update, install update, restart PS3.  Time for some LittleBigPlanet goodness then?  Apparently not: two updates needed to be downloaded and installed before I could so much as look at the loading screen.

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Tags: exclusive, gameplay, hands-on, Jim Noir, LittleBigPlanet, Media Molecule, My Patch, PlayStation 3, PLAYSTATION Network, PS3, PSN, sound, soundtrack
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