Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Story

In the midst of an elaborate con to settle a twenty-year old score, Nathan Drake stumbles into a centuries-old conspiracy that puts him back on the trail of his infamous ancestor, renowned explorer and privateer Sir Francis Drake. But his search for a lost 16th-century treasure leads him to an even greater discovery – an ancient secret that ensnares him in a web of deceit, pitting him against a shadowy clandestine organization and the occult treachery of its cunning and ruthless leader.

Aided by his partner and mentor Victor Sullivan, Drake embarks on a daring trek across Europe and into the Middle East, tracing the footsteps of the famed Lawrence of Arabia as they follow a centuries-old trail of clues leading to a fabled lost city buried for millennia in the heart of Arabia’s Rub’ al-Khali desert – a legend Lawrence christened “The Atlantis of the Sands.”

But the vast and pitiless wasteland of the Empty Quarter conceals a terrible mystery, and before the end of their journey, the race to unearth the wealth of the lost city descends into a desperate bid for survival, an ordeal that will push Drake to the limits of his endurance and force him to confront his deepest fears.

Game Features

• Signature UNCHARTED gameplay evolves: Nathan Drake can now take on opponents in more ways than before: hand-to-hand combat with multiple opponents, contextual melee attacks, and new stealth options. UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception™ also features expanded and diverse traversal moves with deeper gunplay.
• A new breed of Action Adventure Multiplayer: Competitive and co-op multiplayer return with brand new experiences and massively expanded feature sets. The UNCHARTED universe provides a unique multiplayer experience, for the first time bringing the exciting cinematic elements of the single-player campaign into multiplayer.
• Award-winning storytelling and blockbuster cinematic action sequences: Combining story with dramatic action sequences and a thrilling pace, UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception™ delivers an interactive cinematic experience that blurs the line between games and Hollywood films.
• New locations, new challenges, stunning environmental detail: Nathan Drake’s journey will take you to a variety of spectacular locations around the world from Europe to the Middle East.
• UNCHARTED raises technology bar yet again: UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception™ features new innovations in sand, fire, smoke, and water dynamics and effects. Full support of high-resolution stereoscopic 3D.

Multiplayer Gaming

Uncharted 3 provides a unique Action-Adventure online multiplayer experience, applying the cinematic quality of the single-player campaign to the multiplayer mode with explosive adventure, interactive environments based on the same vibrant locations found in the single-player campaign and big set pieces that deliver intense moments to competitive play:

Brand new collection of competitive multiplayer modes to offer a robust set of unique online gameplay options, such as six-player Three Team Deathmatch for 2 vs. 2 vs. 2 gameplay or eight-player Free For All. Popular Team Deathmatch mode also returns supporting up to 10 players for 5 vs. 5 gameplay.

New and improved customization features give players a variety of options to create their own unique play style, including four load out slots allowing players to pick among starting long gun and sidearm options, two upgradable booster slots, one paid booster slot, and weapon modifications allowing for thousands of combinations. Player characters are also completely customisable through hundreds of mix-and-match items, while customizable character emblems represent players throughout online play.

A new inherent player balancing system ensures that matches stay competitive. Matchmaking is based on player levels, unique Power Plays reward the winning team with increased cash opportunities while providing the losing team with an opportunity to close the gap, and new gameplay modes such as Overtime or Sudden Death increase the intensity between two evenly matched teams in the closing moments of a heated match.

Team up with friends using the Buddy System in competitive play to use unique buddy boosters and create opportunities where working together will help earn additional cash. This unique system gives players who work together an advantage over other opponents. Players can collect treasures from all game modes – some far more rare than others. Completing treasure sets will unlock unique items in-game.

Earn Medals and powerful Kickback rewards based on performance that are designed to give you increased combat proficiency. Expanded multiplayer features including the ability to join late to games already in progress; as well as two-player split-screen supporting two separate PSN logins, which allows for more flexibility when playing with friends.

Enhanced Cinema feature introduces a suite of new editing tools - including an added rewind—giving players the freedom to create highlight reels and upload clips to popular social media sites YouTube and Facebook from directly within the game. Deep social media integration including new UNCHARTED TV highlighting the best user generated content and videos from YouTube.

Multiplayer mode will be playable in Stereoscopic 3D. Uncharted 3 will also support multiple co-operative modes. More features to be communicated in the future!

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Uncharted 3

Published by: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developed by: Naughty Dog Software
Genre: Third-Person, Action, Adventure
Release Date:
US: November 1, 2011
Japan: November 2, 2011
Exclusively on: PlayStation 3
MSRP: $59.99
RP-T+ for Rating Pending
Also known as: Uncharted 3