October 7, 2011

Introduction to the UNCHARTED 3 Multiplayer Experience

Just a few days ago we teamed with Subway to launch the full competitive multiplayer experience for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception in the United States. We are pumped to see everyone online one month before the full game’s release on November 1st. The PlayStation.Blog spoke with Game Designer, Robert Cogburn, to learn more about what you should do when you first log on to the full competitive multiplayer experience.

When you first get online to play there are some very important menus in your profile to navigate. Not sure what kickback or load outs to use? How do you get more cash and rank up? Want to know Robert’s suggestion for the best guns and load outs for new players? Check out the video for answers to these questions and more valuable information:

Even if you have already jumped headfirst into the action, be sure to watch the video as it will provide some great pointers to help amp up your experience. If you still haven’t made that trip to Subway hopefully this video whets your appetite to get there and dive into the complete Uncharted 3 multiplayer experience.

It’s as easy as picking up any specially marked 30oz Uncharted 3 themed cup, taking the code printed on that cup, heading online to the Subway Taste for Adventure website and redeeming that Subway code. This will generate a PlayStation Store code good for a download of the full competitive Uncharted 3 multiplayer experience!

Don’t forget that not only do you get to be one of the first people to play the full competitive Uncharted 3 multiplayer experience, all aspects of your profile progress earned during the Subway Taste for Adventure carry over into the final retail copy of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be rolling out additional updates to the full competitive Uncharted 3 multiplayer experience, including new maps and level cap increases. To kick off the second week of the promotion, we’ll be adding two brand new maps to the multiplayer experience on Monday, 10/10. So you’ll have a total of 8 competitive maps to explore! There also will be more videos with tips and info that will help maximize your Uncharted 3 multiplayer experience. Consider them your field guide and survival guide during the Subway Taste for Adventure and into the full retail release of Uncharted 3.

In-depth details about upcoming updates, the profile carry-over and its finer points, will be forthcoming as we roll up to the launch of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception on November 1st. So stay tuned to the blog for the latest info and good fortune hunting!

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LJS1678
October 7, 2011 at 12:10 pm PDT

The maps are totally AWESOME especially the one with the sand storm EPIC!
TheUndertaker85
October 7, 2011 at 12:35 pm PDT

Will you all please open this promotion up to Canada? I have a few Canadian friends who want to get into the multiplayer early and try for themselves but there isn’t a promotion available in Canada. I’m even willing to go buy a few more drinks just to get them the codes. PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN!
WelmoscaBR
October 7, 2011 at 12:45 pm PDT

I really really want that someone on the Naughty Dog read this…you guys spoiled the multiplayer of this game…so I ask why…why you guys made this so different from UC2?…UC2 is the meaning of perfect….the multiplayer is the best ever made….but in UC3 you guys tried to do an FPS…because all that’s missing is the first person view….all that was bad in the beta you guys made even worst…sounds of weapons,menus and layouts,scoreboard,the screen”killed by”,also the score which was up in the middle of the screen now stands in the low right corner and this was the worst idea I’ve ever seen…even the awesome nate’s theme at main menu you guys worsened…also the soundtrack is too weak compared with the UC2,so many FPS elements…what’s the reason for that?…weapon customization?sprint on L3?…WTF?Uncharted is awesome because is not a FPS…now not even need to hide or go in cover…because now its just run and shoot…a lot of confusion.I’m really disappointed…I’m a die hard sick fan of Uncharted and for me is the best game ever made along with God of War….
WelmoscaBR
October 7, 2011 at 12:46 pm PDT

but I’m sad to say that I’m gonna buy UC3 just for the single-player…I always like single-player more in all games especially Uncharted but I really love Uncharted 2 multiplayer…I still cannot believe the team is doing UC3 multiplayer is the same who made UC2 amazing multiplayer…well the maps on 3 is freaking amazing and also character customization and emblem was an awesome improvement…but I’m really sad to say that UC3 online multiplayer is 90% garbage…I never imagined I talking like this of my beloved game.But the truth is ruthless.

I’m saying this because I played the first BETA and was bad…so I complained at ND official forum for beta…but I ask why you guys talk to people complain and do critics…if you dont read?…..and I played the subway multiplayer so I had my deception…I think the deception of drake is the online of this game.

A sad fan.
cwsluke
October 7, 2011 at 12:54 pm PDT

HELP please!

The multiplayer lags at the start and end of every match and sometimes completely freezes for 3-6 seconds then goes back to normal. Also I have been completing missions, upgrading boosters, and editing my emblem, but after I disconnect from the multiplayer and come back, everything is gone. I have lost over 15 hours of kills/wins/cash and my upgraded boosters from this issue.
For the first 2 days I played Uncharted 3 multiplayer I had none of these problems.
knicksrulez220
October 7, 2011 at 12:56 pm PDT

Hey Eric, I’m loving the MP, and this is a Day 1 purchase (I wonder if my avatar gave it away ha).

But I have an unusual question. I am in love with how you guys use the music in MP. And the song playing in the background in the beginning of the video is one of my favorites. Is there a name for it? I really want to go on Youtube and just listen to it again but I can’t seem to find it.
- Eric Monacelli
  October 7, 2011 at 3:59 pm PDT
  
  It’s a track from the Uncharted 3 OST called “Atlantis of the Sands”. We’ll have more information about the OST shortly!
feelmuhpino
October 7, 2011 at 1:13 pm PDT

I’m curious if the multiplayer skins are ever going to be released on the PSN?..Like a timed Subway exclusive? Or are these forever lost once the subway promo is done?
acerotex
October 7, 2011 at 1:15 pm PDT

HOW TO GET FOOTLONG TAUNT ??? I PUT ALL THE CODES AND NOTHING…NO CHOISE FOR THIS.
Sharingan_itachi
October 7, 2011 at 1:31 pm PDT

please fix the treasure issue….its the only thing I want it to be fixed…
Sh1nato
October 7, 2011 at 1:38 pm PDT

I’ve been looking everywhere for an answer to this, so I thought I’d try here. Does any of this progress get carried over to the full game? Also, I’m wondering if the missions will ever reset? The reason I am asking about the missions is because if this progress does carry to the full game then I may miss out on a trophy for completing missions.
feelmuhpino
October 7, 2011 at 1:51 pm PDT

@60…In the blog, Eric Posted “all aspects of your profile progress earned during the Subway Taste for Adventure carry over into the final retail copy of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception”…so that means yes to your first question. Good point about the trophies though. I’m guessing if they have the ability to save your stats, they’ve got the trophy portion figured out too.
station3fever
October 7, 2011 at 2:07 pm PDT

Subway fail. Who the heck came up with this b.s.
Can I go to subway & get one maybe, do I want to? NO!
It should have been a PLUS Member thing.
If I do buy the game used, I’m NOT BUYING AN ONLINE PASS! That’s freakin crazy.
Blah blah blah, whatever!
DragonNutz
October 7, 2011 at 2:30 pm PDT

I agree with WelmoscaBR on his points. Add to that that I am fairly new at multiplayer and liked U2 because it wasn’t an FPS. Also, the matchmaking is horrible. When I started playing at lvl 1, I was helpless against everyone else because they were all lvls 20+.
Teflon02
October 7, 2011 at 2:35 pm PDT

new update destroyed team objective and i now will never buy this game for it. and why the hell is it 10 seconds to respawn it should never be more then 5 seconds and respawn times never make sense to have in tdm.. it ruins the fun, and now on team objective its 10 secs to respawn.. and on top of that cant sprint as long.. ND just droped in my list of devs and this game will never be bought by me. ps uncharted was my fav series of the gen till this, all it makes me do is wanna slap everyone at ND for what they did and even worse the default rpg kick back is now one of the hardest kickbacks to get way to treat the newer players smh, cant even adjust to the game cuz 6 deaths make u miss a minute of the match.
Whitefire78
October 7, 2011 at 3:41 pm PDT

@64.. You ok? Just because you can’t aim, use melee or what ever is wrong with your skills to get medals does not mean anything. Heck they even try to help you out because you get medals for dying. And because the game is already intense enough, they don’t need to lower the timer. If you really wanna not wait go play COD. Don’t buy BF3, HALO Uncharted, or any other game with a spawn delay because when they show your killer and the time counts down its usually the same as 10 seconds. And they upped the sprinting since the BETA to 6 then lowered it to 4.5. Do you wanna know why? For balancing, people where running across the whole map and blind-fire melee-ing the heck out of people so it needed a nerf. And guess what They added stopping power, and reduced the running time.
b1gm1ke2521
October 7, 2011 at 4:15 pm PDT

Can you please put out a patch to fix the connection issues. I’ve never had this many disconnect messages in any game except for this one. I’m showing zero bars even though I have 5mb internet without any other devices connected.
Zoidzerg
October 7, 2011 at 4:41 pm PDT

So, uh, I played the beta when it first came out and it wasn’t much fun. Has it got better in your guys opinion?
angelspawn77
October 7, 2011 at 4:55 pm PDT

Thank you guys for the fixes. Enjoying the beta, but there were some issues. I will continue to give feedback on the game and hopefully this can be a fun experience for months to come, I still played UC2 MP from time to time before this came out.
emiru69
October 7, 2011 at 5:08 pm PDT

Great tips. If you don’t mind I will like to add a request regarding the respawn points. They need to improve, several times during my play time I just respawn in front on an enemy. Is there any way that the minimum distance between myself and my enemy could increase when I respawn? Thanks!
Teflon02
October 7, 2011 at 5:10 pm PDT

@65.. your joking right.. if i could get cinema to convert my videos without freezing, i would upload a video just to show u how good i am, i always top my team, and im the one who usually does all the work. just doesnt make sense to have the longest respawn times out of any game other then MAG and those type of games, and ps i play battlefield and im good at it. assuming things just makes u a trolling idiot. they wanna fix the bs run and gun and melee fix the melee distance. i purposely protect those videos to prove it. and my aim in the game is great and ur forgetting theres a hit marker and it shows i always hit and the sound effect. go on ND forums u’ll see others complain about the same thing and yeah good finally theres something to slow down those people. so why cuz down sprint time if they are only goin to add stopping power.. thats upping it to much, and no matter what u or ND or anyone says, a 5 on 5 multiplayer game should never have a 10 sec respawn time. and im not a call of duty player genius.
Teflon02
October 7, 2011 at 5:11 pm PDT

and i never have trouble getting medals lmao, i have a friend (which when i try play with crashes the game) who is new to uncharted and he played 5 matches and has only 16 kills and never got to use a kickback once. dont try that crap with me tho. cuz ND, insomniac and Level 5 and i guess square (final fantasy). crash 2 and ctr are in my top 10 fav games. but i cant stand playing this since yesterday ak is overpowered as well as gmal. theres nothing i dont know bout those companies and especially nd and insomniac. u want u can even look at my profile. and i can even upload videos showing how broken the multiplayer is on my games profile in the game.
HeLLeVeN11
October 7, 2011 at 5:23 pm PDT

What in Canada whe get nothing??? HOLY…
HeLLeVeN11
October 7, 2011 at 5:23 pm PDT

*we
nick6raphael
October 7, 2011 at 5:25 pm PDT

Hey Eric, I have an important question, I gave a code for my Asian friend, he played it, I just wonder would his stat carried over to his region 3 Asia version copy when release or does it matter which version that he decided to buy?
Muerthoz
October 7, 2011 at 8:15 pm PDT

Over the past week I checked with 3 Subway’s in my area. 2 said they didn’t have the cups and 1 had a stack behind the counter but they said they were told not to sell them. Great promotion you got going on!
durrani11
October 7, 2011 at 9:33 pm PDT

CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME IF THIS OFFER IS FOR ONTARIO TO????
bakerarmy
October 7, 2011 at 9:44 pm PDT

@75, that sucks. But that is what people do. Every one is out for themselves.

Just like the Online Passes, or any company with day one DLC. They don’t care about consumers anymore.
How hard is it for a publisher to make gamestop accountable. Publishers do business with that company for reserves, bonus content, midnight sales, and alot more. Just put something in that contract, and make them puck up the tab. Publishers can’t have it both ways. Or here is a quick fix, charge me ten bucks less and if I want MP I will buy it myself. Also the online Trophies shouldn’t be part of the normal list. They should be add on and not count for 100 percent.
Lemm
October 7, 2011 at 10:47 pm PDT

The biggest issue with the current beta is what happened to the gunplay. The long range weapons are now completely worthless. The addition of more recoil, more restrictive hit boxes and poor hit detection, and lack of auto-aim have made Uncharted 3’s multiplayer experience incredibly unbalanced; no one uses long range weapons anymore. To make matters worse, the faster sprint combined with the aforementioned issues makes it even more difficult to aim long range weapons.
Freducken
October 7, 2011 at 11:59 pm PDT

Subway Franchisees are ruining the promo! First they tell me that they aren’t participating (they all are according to corporate), then they sell me a Sub and don’t give me the sticker with the codes on it. After showing them the e-mail from corporate that the sticker on the sub should be included they finally give it up. Now they say they are already sold out of the Cups, Chips and Sub Stickers and will not be getting anymore! WTF Subway? Such a fail promotion.

The girl was in the middle of making my sub, I asked about the promotion (cause all the UC3 signs were taken down), she told me they weren’t doing it anymore. I just told her to stop making the sandwich and walked out of the door. The only reason I went in was for the codes.
WarHawk_
October 8, 2011 at 12:11 am PDT

Will the stats be reset?? or are the stats we have now going to stay??
Rene_Led
October 8, 2011 at 12:33 am PDT

@64 so you not buying Uncharted 3 just becuase YOU are dissed with the online?

Why don’t you get it for the awesome story?

Kds these days, all they care about is Multiplayer, MULTIplayer,MULTIPLAYER!
Also even worse…kids judge an online game from a Beta…Betas are not intended to be fun(ctional), they are check for errors and bugs.
-_-
Excelerate1
October 8, 2011 at 3:51 am PDT

Will co op modes become available in the next couple of days/weeks or should we wait untill 11-01-11 ?
papolatte
October 8, 2011 at 6:53 am PDT

I eat at Subway fairly often. Shoot me a message, and when I get a spare code, I’ll send it your way.

I already have all of the downloads and don’t mind sharing the love ^.^
Teflon02
October 8, 2011 at 7:47 am PDT

78 yep thats exactly what i say about everything u said lol. especially the trophies online make no sense
Teflon02
October 8, 2011 at 8:01 am PDT

81 LMAO i`ll let you know, i play way more offline games number 1. number 2 it`s not a beta, are you slow. do you know how much times ND said its the full multiplayer experience. dont assume ppl are lil dumb kids. im 20 and all i wish games would do is have 4 players spit in all games multiplayer (main reason i hate respawns) cuz i dont like to have to play online. ive grew up on ND`s crash games, Snes, n64, ps1, ps2. etc. my reason is because, why buy the game if im not using the whole game. i have a friend who will lend it to me 2 weeks after it release. because i refuse to have the multiplayer paid 4. and im not even talkin =errors and bugs im talking making settings in the system ruin ur system, breaking the gameplay on Team Objective, and making it harder for those who are beginners like my friend, who said the games impossible he wont bother to try no more. and that goes to a next thing. devs need to stop this we ll fix with a update and get it right from the start. 90% of games arnt finished when released.
Teflon02
October 8, 2011 at 8:06 am PDT

and i have to ask, why doesnt canada have there own ps blog since they never get most the stuff shown on here
PirateHarlock
October 8, 2011 at 8:35 am PDT

Whitfire78 needs to buy himself a clue instead of this game. EVERYONE is having the same problems with online not one person only. Yet he thinks hes perfect at ever online game ever and bugs don’t exist for him so he can he can come on here trolling & calling others s**z cause he likes to pretend bugs don’t exist in the game. Thats exactly the sort of garbage this hobby can do without.
Deathspear666
October 8, 2011 at 8:59 am PDT

@Teflon02..Learn how to talk because half of what you said sounded like you had a mouth full of something(hmmmm) and i seriously doubt you’re as good as your boasting. To not buy a game that the MP isn’t as good as it’s story is completely retarded..You are an EPIC FAIL..derp.

@ All the people here that doesn’t understand English…THIS IS NOT A BETA!! This is the REAL MP!!!
Deathspear666
October 8, 2011 at 9:00 am PDT

@Teflon02..Learn how to talk because half of what you said sounded like you had a mouth full of something(hmmmm) and i seriously doubt you’re as good as your boasting. To not buy a game that the MP isn’t as good as it’s story is completely moronic..You are an EPIC FAIL..derp.

@ All the people here that doesn’t understand English…THIS IS NOT A BETA!! This is the REAL MP!!!
Deathspear666
October 8, 2011 at 9:03 am PDT

@PirateHarlock…You mean Teflon02 :)
x0xave
October 8, 2011 at 9:20 am PDT

I have a code, and I live in Canada! I’m so happy! It’s awesome!! I’m so glad! I’m so happy I’m being Elena! She’s my favorite, and Marlowes wicked!
frankenteen
October 8, 2011 at 11:36 am PDT

Arne, if you’ve one a code from various contests on the internet, or had a friend in the US give you a code to redeem the MP, will you’re stats still carry over? (for example im in canada and have a code)

PLEASE REPLY ANYONE
Mnky_Let_It_Rain
October 8, 2011 at 11:55 am PDT

91st woooo looo loooo take that Anthony !!!
soldiercell
October 8, 2011 at 12:33 pm PDT

Just cancelled my pre-order! Multiplayer servers are terrible! I die in two shots everyone else takes 2 rockets a grenade and two punches in the face! If your one of those players with a crappy connection this is the game for you! You’ll own!

UC3 = FAIL
jasonmask
October 8, 2011 at 12:59 pm PDT

So we have to sign up on subways web site and give information like our email so they can flood our inbox with junk?
Ninkujin
October 8, 2011 at 1:10 pm PDT

I love the whiny brats on here who complain about how bad the suck and than say the game is garbage.

U3 is great and i can’t wait for the release and thank you Naughty Dog for this 2nd Beta so that on release day we can have a smooth running experience!
Yelzah_802
October 8, 2011 at 1:14 pm PDT

The first portal should come to the Playstation Network Store! Come on people! We want the first Portal to come to the PS store!
station3fever
October 8, 2011 at 1:52 pm PDT

DID I MENTION SUBWAY FAIL!!!!!! NICE JOB DOG!!!
Teflon02
October 8, 2011 at 2:43 pm PDT

@88
please tell me your joking lolfirst of all ur the one trolling, cuz ur just talking bare crap with no facts, cuz im good in the game even with all the issues. and a next person just said they arnt buying cuz they have the issues i have. my video shows how much i have to do to kill and i still do great. and top my team, whats ur point. and dont put words in peoples mouths, i didnt say the multiplayer has to b as good as single player idiot. i was saying the multiplayers horrible, i`ll borrow the game and beat single player, trophies and what not. i have so much games here with proof of everything i say. and i said its the full multiplayer already, which is why i said im not buying this, cuz the real multiplayer unless on the last week is way better isnt even worth being on the disc
Teflon02
October 8, 2011 at 2:45 pm PDT

93, thank u someone who sees the issues. even tho i it doesnt stop me from playing, it ruins the games balance obviously, last chance to fix this is this month, im watching ND to see if they deserve to be so highly rated.