Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
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| Studio | Naughty Dog | ||
| Publisher | Sony Computer Entertainment | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
PS 3: October 13, 2009 October 15, 2009 October 16, 2009 PS 4: October 7, 2015 October 9, 2015 October 9, 2015    |
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| platform | PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 | ||
| genre | Action adventure | ||
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Single player online multiplayer |
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| control | DualShock 3 (PS3), DualShock 4 (PS4) | ||
| medium | 1 Blu-ray disc | ||
| language | German English | ||
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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is an action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog for PlayStation 3 and the sequel to Uncharted: Drake's Fate . So far, the game has sold 6.67 million copies (as of December 2015) and was the fastest - selling first-party game and number 15 of the best-selling games for the PlayStation 3. In England, the game made it to number despite its late release Place 36 of the 50 best-selling games in 2009. Furthermore, Uncharted 2 has received more than 100 Game-of-the-Year awards, breaking the record of Fallout 3 in 2008, which got a total of 63. In addition, Uncharted 2 was recognized as the game with the best graphics with 45 awards and as the best action-adventure game of 2009 with 37 awards.
action
In the second part of Uncharted, the treasure hunter and adventurer Nathan Drake meets two old friends. His old friend Harry Flynn and Chloe Frazer want to break into a heavily guarded Turkish museum with his help in order to steal a valuable artifact. This should contain personal information from Marco Polo , which explains what happened to his fleet, which was lost on the high seas. Drake agrees and breaks into the museum with Flynn. In the artifact, an old oil lamp, you will find a map that provides hidden clues that Marco Polo found the Cintamani stone, which has undreamt-of powers and is said to be in the mythological Shambala . However, Drake is betrayed by Flynn and shortly thereafter arrested by the police. After three months in prison, he is ransomed by his mentor Victor Sullivan and Chloe Frazer. The three of them decide to follow Flynn to Borneo, as the map from the oil lamp indicated this as the location of the lost fleet.
In Borneo , the three companions discover that Flynn works for the mercenary and war criminal Lazarevic. Lazarevic is obsessed with the search for Shambala and the Cintamani stone. Chloe, who originally worked for Lazarevic, drops bombs in Lazarevic's warehouse to distract him. Meanwhile, Sully and Drake go in search of Marco Polo's lost team. You can find them in an old mountain temple. There they also discover a golden phurba . This should serve as a key to Shambala. Drake takes the dagger, but on leaving the mountain temple they are surprised by Flynn and can only barely escape him. Drake continues to Nepal , where Lazarevic is also located. The local population is resisting the search of the city by Lazarevic. Drake meets Chloe again and together they go in search of the temple that should show the entrance to Shambala. While searching, Chloe and Drake meet Elena Fisher, the reporter for the first part. She is on Lazarevic's trail with cameraman Jeff as she wants to expose his crimes for her station.
The four of them make their way to the temple and entrench themselves there. Chloe and Drake examine the temple more closely. Inside a statue, they find the next clue by inserting the golden dagger into a device. The resulting map shows the snow-covered mountains of Nepal , in which the entrance to Shambala is said to be. Chloe, Drake, Elena and Jeff flee the temple from Lazarevic's mercenaries, but are eventually found by Flynn and Lazarevic. Lazarevic kills Jeff, takes the card from Drake, and goes to the mountains. Chloe now accompanies Lazarevic again. Elena and Drake manage to escape. Drake arrives at the last second on a train from Lazarevic, which is heading for the mountains. There he meets Chloe, who does not want to be saved and asks Drake to get off the train. At that moment, Flynn appears and shoots Drake. Drake flees into another car, which he blows off the rest of the train. This leads to the derailment of the train. Seriously injured, he wakes up in a snowy mountain landscape, where he is found by a Sherpa a little later . The Sherpa takes him to his village, where Drake meets Elena again.
There he also made the acquaintance of the German researcher Karl Schäfer, who had led an expedition to the Himalayas 70 years earlier . Together with the Sherpa who rescued him, Drake explores a nearby cave, in which they not only find traces of climbers, but also a yeti . They then find out that the bodies that are in an ice temple in the cave were former SS people who were killed by shepherds. On the way back to the village, Drake and the Sherpa discover that it is being destroyed by Lazarevic's men. Schäfer is captured and taken away, but Drake and Elena continue to pursue Lazarevic. The two fight their way through an old monastery to free Schäfer, but only find him shortly before his death. After Schäfer dies, they continue to look for the entrance to Shambala. While searching, Drake meets some of the yetis that he has already seen in the cave. In one of the towers, Drake overhears Lazarevic, who now has the golden dagger. He threatens Flynn and orders him to hurry to find Shambala. When Lazarevic and Flynn are gone, Drake confronts Chloe, who has apparently defected to the other side. Suddenly she gives him the dagger that Lazarevic gave her earlier and asks him to finish off the two villains.
A little later Elena and Drake find the entrance to Shambala. There they are ambushed by Flynn, Lazarevic and his men. The mercenary brings Chloe with him and threatens to kill either her or Elena if Drake doesn't lead him and his crew to Shambala. Drake is forced to agree and leads Flynn through the entrance and several caves until they are surprised by the yetis, who turn out to be locals in disguise. Lazarevic's men open the gate to Shambala. However, after entering, more locals show up and kill some of the soldiers. Due to the resulting unrest, Chloe, Elena and Drake briefly escape. The three want to find the Cintamani stone before Lazarevic and destroy it, because Lazarevic wants to use the stone to become invincible and to gain world domination. The three reach a temple where they find the tree of life. The locals who killed the mercenaries used to be people who mutated from the tree of life by consuming the resin . Drake suspects that Lazarevic is up to the same thing and tries to stop him. But before he can leave, they meet Flynn again, who was left behind by his boss. Elena approaches him, but Flynn blows himself up with a grenade whose safety pin was removed by Lazarevic. Elena is seriously injured.
Drake and Chloe drag Elena out of the temple, but Drake decides to leave both women alone to stop Lazarevic. But he is late and has to watch as he eats the resin from the tree. Drake fights him and is shot at the exploding resin wounded him so bad that Lazarevic is incapacitated. He leaves the killing of Lazarevic to the locals who suddenly appear. Drake returns to Chloe and the injured Elena and can flee with both of them in time from Shambala, which collapses due to the destruction of the tree of life. They return to the village, where they bury shepherds and nurse Elena back to health. At the end of the game, Drake and Elena become a couple.
Game world
The game world can be roughly divided into territories. On the one hand the snow-covered mountains of the Himalayas , a Nepalese city, a small Tibetan village, on the other hand the jungles of Borneo and Istanbul.
Characters
- Nathan Drake is a treasure hunter and an alleged descendant of the famous British explorer Sir Francis Drake .
- Chloe Frazer is a treasure hunter and was Drake's friend. She accompanies Drake on his search for Shambala and the Cintamani Stone.
- Victor 'Sully' Sullivan is a treasure hunter and the mentor of Drake . During his time in Borneo, he and Drake go looking for clues about Shambala.
- Elena Fisher is a journalist and runs her own television show on archeology. Together with Drake she goes in search of Shambala and the Cintamani stone.
- Jeff was Elena's cameraman. In the course of the story he was first shot and later shot by Lazarevic.
- Tenzin is another of Drake's companions. Drake meets him in a Nepalese village.
- Karl Schäfer was also looking for Marco Polo's treasure, but gave up the search when he discovered what the treasure was doing. He died of a gunshot wound.
- Harry Flynn was a Drake business associate . Flynn betrayed Drake while breaking into a museum in Istanbul . In Shambala he commits suicide with the help of a grenade.
- Zoran Lazarevic is a former Serbian general. He was also looking for the Cintamani Stone, but only wanted to rule the world with it. He was Drake's primary opponent. After the final fight with Drake , he was killed by the Guardians of Shambala.
- Lieutenant Draza was Lazarevic's right-hand man. During a fight with Drake , he was shot dead by Chloe .
- Pema is Tenzin's little daughter.
Game principle and technology
Uncharted 2 one is action-adventure game from the third-person perspective where the player takes control of Nathan Drake. To support this, this is usually accompanied by an NPC . Nathan is a skilled climber, can jump exceptionally well and maneuver along narrow rocky outcrops. His armament consists of two firearms - a one-handed pistol and a two-handed weapon - and a limited supply of grenades . He can also pick up weapons lying around - these then automatically replace the weapon he is currently using - and collect additional ammunition from defeated opponents. The player can instruct Drake to take cover behind corners and low walls and shoot either aimed or blindly at his opponents. It can also fire blindly in all directions while moving. If Nathan is not discovered by his adversaries, he can try to sneak up on them and take them off with one blow, or pull them off ledges into the abyss where he is hanging. In some areas of the game the player has to solve puzzles. Nathan's diary can provide clues to the solution. In addition, a hint system can be activated in the game, which shows beginners where to find the next puzzle-relevant element. Throughout the game there are special hidden treasures that can often be found in difficult-to-reach places and can be collected by the player. These found treasures and special achievements are rewarded in the game with money that can be used to unlock additional content such as concept drawings, small films and modified objects (including weapons with infinite ammunition).
In contrast to its predecessor, Uncharted 2 has a multiplayer mode. There two teams of five people each play different modes, such as deathmatch or looting, which is similar to the capture-the-flag principle. Boosters can be used to gain advantages, such as better aiming or carrying the treasure faster. There are also cooperative missions in which three players compete against AI opponents. For the multiplayer mode, Naughty Dog offers expansions such as new cards and characters in the PlayStation Store .
Production notes
Uncharted 2 uses Naughty Dog's game engine 2.0 in an improved and optimized version of the original engine. So the environment in the game could be calculated in real time and more realistic textures and animations were possible. The engine was used together with Havok Physics . In order to display the characters as realistically as possible in their facial expressions and movements, the development team used the motion capture process. Professional actors put on specially made suits and acted out entire scenes in one go, so the natural movements of the actors could be ideally transferred to the movements of the characters in the game.
Two sequels have been released for the game: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves , Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End . The first three parts of the series were re-released as Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection for PlayStation 4 in October 2015 .
A novel on the video game series was written by Christopher Golden . It was published in German with the title Uncharted: The fourth labyrinth in February 2012 by Panini Verlag .
- Uncharted: The Fourth Labyrinth by Christopher Golden, February 2012, Panini Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8332-2326-6
Additional content
- On November 27th, 2009 Naughty Dog added a free multiplayer map to the game together with a patch.
- On January 28th, 2010 the first additional package was published which extended the multiplayer mode by seven characters from other games (inFamous, Resistance and Killzone 2).
- On February 25, 2010, the second additional package was published and expanded the game with two new maps and six characters. Furthermore, the game was expanded by a patch with twelve medals and trophies each.
- At the end of April 2010 the third additional package Siege (English for "siege") was published and expanded the game to include a co-op game, six new characters (Drake in a diving suit, Drake in a baseball shirt, Prakoso, Platzor, Glowzor, dead researcher), a new co-op game mode for two to three players, two new maps and eleven more trophies.
- For the 2010 World Cup in South Africa there were different t-shirts for the characters 'Nathan Drake' and 'Harry Flynn' (Germany, Mexico, Spain, etc.) in the multiplayer mode.
- On June 25, 2010 a patch increased the maximum of the level to 80 and added two more free evil characters, Dutch for level 70 and Blain for level 80. Furthermore, the limit of the money for each round has been increased from 50,000 to 75,000.
In the episode pack Eye of Indra , the two appearing in the episodes Rika Raja (Good, sister of Eddy Raja) and Daniel Pinkerton (Evil), who can be used as characters for the online mode.
synchronization
As with every Sony game, the dubbing company 4-Real Intermedia GmbH was hired for the German synchronization . Among the original voices of Uncharted 2 are Nolan North as Nathan Drake dubbed in German by Jens Wendland . Also known is the voice of Victor Sullivan; this is spoken by Richard Van Weyden .
reception
The game has received very high ratings in reviews from all sides. Uncharted 2 achieved 96% on the Metascore website , which adds up the ratings of several well-known test magazines according to a certain process, and thus has the third highest rating of all PlayStation 3 games. The magazines praise the good graphics and the realistic behavior of the AI. It is criticized that Uncharted 2 doesn't really bring anything new.
Ratings
Germany
- Game tips : 93%
- play³ : 93%
- 4Players : 90%
- GamePro : 92%
- Games world : 91%
- Eurogamer : 100%
- Computer Picture Games 1.45 Very good
International
Awards
| Award | Surname |
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| Game of the Year | 10th Annual Game Developers Choice Award 2009 |
| Best writing | |
| Best Technology | |
| Best Visual Arts | |
| Best audio | |
| Animation 3D | 9th Annual NAViGaTR Awards |
| Art Direction | |
| Camera direction in a game engine | |
| Direction in a Game Cinema | |
| Graphics / Technical | |
| Lightning / texturing | |
| Original music score | |
| Writing in a drama | |
| Lead Performance in a Drama (Nolan North) | |
| Outstanding Adventure Game Sequel | |
| Best Video Game Writing | Writers Guild Award |
| Game of the Year | Spike Video Game Awards 2009 |
| Best PS3 Game | |
| Best Graphics | |
| Studio of the Year nominated |
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| Best Action Adventure Game Nominated |
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| Best Original Score Nominated |
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| Best Voice Nominated |
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| Category Action | British Academy Video Games Awards |
| Original Score category | |
| Category story | |
| Use of Audio category | |
| Artistic Achievement Category Nominated |
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| Best Game category nominated |
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| Gameplay category nominated |
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| Category Multiplayer Nominated |
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| Use of Online category nominated |
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| Category GAME Award of 2009 (audience voting) nominated |
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| Outstanding Achievement in Animation | 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards |
| Outstanding Achievement in Direction | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Original Story | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition | |
| Adventure Game of the Year | |
| Action Game of the Year | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction | |
| Game of the Year | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance Nominated |
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| Outstanding Innovation in Gaming Nominated |
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| Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play Nominated |
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| Outstanding Achievement in Game Design Nominated |
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| Best of Show | Game Critics Awards 2009 |
| Best Console Game | |
| Best Action / Adventure Game | |
| Best Online Multiplayer Game Nominated |
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| Audio of the Year | 8th Annual GANG Awards |
| Music of the Year | |
| Sound Design of the Year | |
| Best Cinematic / Cut-Scene Audio | |
| Best Dialogue | |
| Best original instrument | |
| Best action game | IGN Best of 2009 Awards |
| Best Action Game (Readers Choice Award) | |
| Award for Visual Excellence | |
| Award for Visual Excellence (Readers Choice Award) | |
| Award for Excellence in Sound | |
| Award for Excellence in Sound (Readers Choice Award) | |
| Best multiplayer game | |
| PS3 Game of the Year | |
| PS3 Game of the Year (Readers Choice Award) | |
| Best story nominated |
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| Best Story (Readers Choice Award) | |
| Overall Best Action Game | |
| Overall Best Action Game (Readers Choice Award) | |
| Overall Award for Visual Excellence | |
| Overall Award for Visual Excellence (Readers Choice Award) | |
| Overall Award for Excellence in Sound | |
| Overall Award for Excellence in Sound (Readers Choice Award) | |
| Overall best story | |
| Overall Best Story (Readers Choice Award) | |
| Overall Game of the Year | |
| Overall Game of the Year (Readers Choice Award) | |
| Miss 2009 (Chloe Frazer) | GamesRadar |
| Game of the Year | Gamers Choice Awards 2010 |
| Favorite Environment Nominated |
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| Favorite Music | |
| Favorite Video Game Vixen (Chloe Frazer) | |
| Category Adrenaline Nominated |
Computec Bäm! Awards 2010 |
| Category atmosphere nominated |
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| Head category nominated |
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| Ultimate Game of the Year nominated |
28th Annual Golden Joystick Awards 2010 |
| Soundtrack of the Year nominated |
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| Action Game of the Year nominated |
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| Best Sound Editing - Computer Entertainment | Golden Reel Award 2010 |
| 67/90 | Total Awarded / Nominated |
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Web links
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=uncharted
- ↑ http://gotypicks.blogspot.com/2009/05/2009-best-selling-games-of-year.html
- ↑ Game of the Year Picks Blog: 2009 Game of the Year. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .
- ↑ http://gotypicks.blogspot.com/2009/08/2009-game-of-year-genre-awards.html
- ↑ http://www.4players.de/4players.php/spielinfonews/PlayStation3/14188/1989498/Uncharted_2_Among_Thieves.html
- ↑ http://www.4players.de/4players.php/spielinfonews/PlayStation3/14188/1997548/Uncharted_2_Among_Thieves.html
- ↑ http://www.4players.de/4players.php/spielinfonews/PlayStation3/14188/2000613/Uncharted_2_Among_Thieves.html
- ↑ Gamespot.com: Uncharted 2 DLC begins Siege April 22. Accessed June 20, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.naughtydog.com/site/post/multiplayer_level_cap_increase_live/
- ↑ Metascore from Uncharted 2 (on metacritic.com)
- ↑ Game Releases by Score: PS3 (on metacritic.com)
- ↑ Review of Uncharted 2 (spieletipps.de)
- ↑ Uncharted 2 test (play³)
- ↑ Review of Uncharted 2 (4Players.de)
- ↑ Review of Uncharted 2 (GamePro)
- ↑ Uncharted 2 test (gameswelt.de)
- ↑ Review of Uncharted 2 (eurogamer.de)
- ↑ http://www.computerbild.de/artikel/cbs-Tests-PS3-Actionspiel-Uncharted-2-Among-Thieves-4823348.html
- ↑ Review of Uncharted 2 (ign.com)
- ↑ Uncharted 2 test (gamespot.com)
- ↑ Test of Uncharted 2 (gameszone.com) ( Memento from October 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Game Developers Choice Award Winners Named; Uncharted 2 Wins Big
- ↑ Nominees and winners of the NAViGaTR Awards
- ↑ Uncharted 2 wins the Writers Guild of America Award (gamersglobal.de)
- ↑ GameRant.com: The 2009 Spike VGA Winners. Retrieved February 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Nominees and winners of the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards 2010 ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ DICE 2010: Uncharted 2 wins like everything at Interactive Achievement Awards ( Memento from January 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Winner of the Game Critics Awards
- ↑ Game Critics Awards nominees
- ↑ uk.games.ign.com/articles/107/1077527p1.html
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from December 30th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gamers Choice Awards 2010 ( Memento from October 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.bamaward.de/
- ↑ http://www.computerandvideogames.com/joystick/shortlist.php
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1349460/awards
