Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is releasing this year. Does it feel like its taking centuries to come? It absolutely does. As a nice little bonus included with the fantastic inFAMOUS, was a beta code for Uncharted 2. As a huge fan of the first Uncharted, I was more than psyched to play it. After having numerous hours with the online and co-op modes of the game, here is what I’m thinkin so far.

I was curious to see how this would work. The first was a purely single player action game, and it worked phenomenally. Now that multiple people were brought into the plot, co-op could work, and so far it absolutely does. It works exactly as you’d expect it to, and its a whole lotta fun. Enough of that. Now the online is what made me think. Does Naughty Dog have it in them to turn this previously solo-adventure series into a worthy contender in the competitive online world?

It does. From the countless hours of Uncharted 2: Among Theives’ online, I can tell you now that if a strong enough community can get behind the online, this could be huge. It controls pretty much the same as the first Uncharted, which will let fans of the first feel right at home. There are two game modes. Your typical team deathmatch, and plunder. Team Deathmatch pitches two teams against eachother. You either play as the villains, or the heroes. Simple. Plunder is a little more complicated, but a whole lot more fun in my opinion. Its like a game of capture the flag, except with big gold relics. You’ll be frantically trying to jet across the map with this big cumbursome statue in your hand, and begging for cover. In some cases you’ll have to throw it up ledges just to get it to the retrieval point. It really works well, and theres alot of fun to be had.

New guns have also been introduced. Theres the FAL which is the ultimate weapon in my eyes. Its great for mid-range, a scope for long range, and can easily pump bullets from close. Theres a chain gun of sorts, that seems like somewhat of a rip off of what was had in Halo 3. Its very powerful, but leaves you much less agile. Returning are the original pistols, the Ak-47, the M4, the Sniper, the shotgun, and your grenades (which are no longer controlled by motion). There is also a perk system that comes with experience, but its nothing substantial like Call Of Duty 4. Its things like more ammo, bigger clips, more damage, etc. Its a nice addition but other than perks, the leveling (shown by money) is good for nothing other than a rank next to your gamer tag.

So far I have high hopes for the online and co-op portions of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. I am still most excited to continue the single player part, but this is a great extra to an already great series. Keep it up, Naughty Dog.

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