Uncharted 2: traversal and combat improvements, new screens

IGN scored an interview with Naughty Dog‘s Richard Lemarchand, the co-lead designer of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. They bagged new screenshots and new details on the game. Still no idea where Elena Fisher and Sully are though.

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IGN scored an interview with Naughty Dog‘s Richard Lemarchand, the co-lead designer of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. They bagged new screenshots and new details on the game. Still no idea where Elena Fisher and Sully are though.

Lemarchand explains that the traversal and combat systems in Uncharted 2 have been greatly improved since the first game. Climbing is much more realistic now – instead of just hopping from handhold to handhold.

We’ve added animations and technology that allow Drake to climb and explore the environment in a much more free-form and organic manner.

[…] Drake now freely clambers hand over hand on all sorts of objects like walls, ladders, signposts, monkey bars, ledges, ropes and so on. We added the ability for him to swing on free-hanging ropes across chasms, too.

They’ve also taken great care to make sure this would also play a crucial role in combat.

You’ll definitely find yourself in the middle of a firefight while running, jumping and climbing around the environment. Again, to keep things realistic, we’ve made sure that Drake can fire his gun during all of these actions. So if you’re trying to get to higher ground and an enemy is already up there shooting down at you, you can fire at him and take him out as you’re climbing your way up.

[…] Another huge new feature for us in that we’ve added technology that lets any character in the game perform all of their traversal and combat behaviors on any kind of moving object. This […] has given us the ability to easily create those big summer blockbuster moments from the movies that the Uncharted universe is so inspired by.

Whether it’s fighting on a moving vehicle as it races through the countryside, or running around inside a tower block as it starts to collapse – all of those tense, over-the-top moments can now be experienced by players in gameplay, while they’re actually playing. 

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will be released Fall of this year.

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Via IGN