Uncharted 2 footage introduces Spider-Drake

Posted Jul 12th 2009 6:00PM by Griffin McElroy

We saw ol' Nate Drake do some pretty uncanny acrobatic feats in Uncharted the First, but a recent gameplay video from the sequel (posted after the jump) has led us to an unexpected realization -- dude's got super powers. In this video alone, Drake exhibits the following abilities: Wall crawling, super jumping, kung-fu grip, cold resistance and, of course, super charm.

By the looks of the stunning environments featured in this clip, we're beginning to think that the game's graphic designers are also imbued with superhuman properties. We're not sure where these artsy powers came from, but we imagine a freak Cintiq accident was involved.

Tags: naughty-dog, trailer, uncharted-2, video

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Longhorn of Myon [PSN: MariusElijah] @ Jul 12th 2009 6:08PM

Agh Cant Wait
GOTY!!!!

chrisnick @ Jul 12th 2009 7:01PM

i know....it just took the graphics crown from kz2.....

Nathan: yo sev!
Sev: sup nathan
Nathan: eff what you heard...im still king biotch.
Sev: hangs up phone, Rico kills Visari and Sev sits on steps sobbing.

Night Elve @ Jul 12th 2009 7:15PM

Yeap I can't wait too :) ... I loved the first one!

Longhorn of Myon [PSN: MariusElijah] @ Jul 12th 2009 7:20PM

Also for those who want the 1st one
https://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/OrderItemDisplay?catalogId=10551&langId=-1&storeId=10151&krypto=FUZE9vPtg2OluoP5CboQHOwyWhwjmlbPB4AqQ%2Fw5rRnGNFk%2FCj2zLjkfVOckxrOZuE4ipIAJaGFW%0Agul1IqIX5tv%2BrEPed%2Bo9lCtRpovVsu3giwb9Tm916YiA5O02B52V

$32 dont know if i should get it?

Kodros @ Jul 12th 2009 8:48PM

"i know....it just took the graphics crown from kz2..."

I wouldn't go that far.

kacex @ Jul 12th 2009 9:40PM

Get it!! get it!!

I bought it when it was $60 and i dont regret it... and i dont think i will...

RagingStormX @ Jul 12th 2009 9:54PM

Do people honestly think KZ2 and Uncharted have the best graphics on the PS3? You guys must have not played MGS4...thats, the best looking game i played on a console thus far.

Jacksons @ Jul 12th 2009 10:50PM

I'd actually suggest renting the first one. It's great, but I haven't touched it since finishing it.

Hence, multiplayer in Uncharted 2.

Kodros @ Jul 12th 2009 11:10PM

"Do people honestly think KZ2 and Uncharted have the best graphics on the PS3?"

I've only played a little bit of MSG4 so far. It's pretty but from my experience, it doesn't have the atmospheric awesomeness of KZ2.

Sly @ Jul 13th 2009 2:46AM

MGS4 has better character models and animations. it shows in the facial animations especially. but everything else looks better in killzone 2.

Araskaz @ Jul 13th 2009 4:07PM

Coming from a BIIIGGG MGS fanboy, MGS4's graphics aren't that good compared to Uncharted. The character models were nice, and at a distance everything looks amazing. But as soon as you get up close to something you can see how they really didn't care about the textures.

I love MGS4. I'm like the only member of PSU forums who stayed in the MGS forums ever since it started. But if you think MGS has the best graphics on a console so far, idk. You can think that - but I don't think so lol.

freechain @ Jul 12th 2009 6:11PM

still looks same as the first one in gameplay terms. I think the bigger your tv the better this game will be, its presentation is grand.

DeathroW @ Jul 12th 2009 6:23PM

Speaking from the MP beta, they have changed the gameplay quite a bit, better cqc moves, better aiming mechanic, better climbing, jumping etc.

MystileArmor @ Jul 12th 2009 7:36PM

Talking about Beta's, anyone up for some Joystiq 1 vs. 100?
Freakin' bored out of my mind, thought it might be fun.

Feel free to add me, my username is my GT.

gordo @ Jul 12th 2009 9:04PM

As long as he gets some pictures of that damned Spider Man.

Markez @ Jul 12th 2009 9:05PM

Joystiq 1 vs. 100?

Whatta ya mean, Mystile? Ive had friends playing 1 v 100 before while I have been playing it, and they never seem to be amongst the 4 people I get 'matched' up with.

Which is another thing I've wondered about, if the other 3 people it shows you with are seeing the same people as well?

MystileArmor @ Jul 12th 2009 11:26PM

You can party up within it before you enter the actual game. It gives you the option to invite friends.
I'm taking it that no one was interested though, seeing the massive downvote.
Oh well.

Lunastra78 (PSN: lunastra78) @ Jul 12th 2009 6:13PM

Can't see why that video needed an age verification. 0_o

PedoJokerBear (aka Deeznuts) @ Jul 12th 2009 6:19PM

man on man hand love

Cannon @ Jul 12th 2009 6:28PM

Because those graphics are way too sexy for little kids to be watching.

Averna @ Jul 12th 2009 8:03PM

Probably just due to the game's rating, although I didn't think it was rating yet

f35acepilot @ Jul 13th 2009 12:38PM

Yeah, it's because the game is unrated right now.

Moffka @ Jul 12th 2009 6:24PM

Nice part at the end. "Ugh... is that a good sign?"

TittieSprinkles @ Jul 12th 2009 6:24PM

I could do that..... but not right now

The Baron @ Jul 12th 2009 6:25PM

The cutscene they showed in GTTV was so good looking. I sat absorbing it for a good few minutes before I realised that it looked as good as a Pixar movie, running (I'm pretty sure) in real-time on a console.

itbekevin2010 @ Jul 12th 2009 7:25PM

yeah right.

The Baron @ Jul 12th 2009 7:59PM

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-dont-uncharted-2/52546

OnToGloryReturns @ Jul 12th 2009 8:24PM

It is amazing isn't it? It looks so much better than the first one and that was one of the best looking games ever. So much more detail to the eyes is what I noticed most - the way they animate and emote is just incredible.

Still a fan of the new TR, by the way. I thought Underworld was really well done - it just needs better gunplay. I would love a crossover - as nerdtastic as that sounds. Drake and Lara's personalities playing off each other would be classic, plus w/Elena and Sully in the mix would make it even better.

I simply cannot wait for this game

*cries*

TittieSprinkles @ Jul 12th 2009 6:27PM

the game itself is rated "T"....... i think...... and any video showing the game must have the proper lableing to avoid lawsiuts...... its like in ps Home if enter a gmae space it lists all the warnings and esrb rating before u enter

tmacairjordan87 @ Jul 12th 2009 6:35PM

Yeah this is probably gonna be goty 2009. The more I see the more the more I'm convinced. Naughty Dog's come a long way from their Crash Bandicoot days.

The Baron @ Jul 12th 2009 8:07PM

Crash Bandicoot 3 is my GotDecade for the 90's.

Mr Khan @ Jul 12th 2009 8:34PM

what could compete with it? There's been a lot of good stuff this year, but not a lot of outstanding stuff. Modern Warfare 2 certainly, BioShock 2 possibly (the buzz around that seems to have died), and nothing else really has the requisite hype. Scribblenauts certainly does, but this sort of thing rarely becomes seriously considered later on.

The Baron @ Jul 12th 2009 9:27PM

Scribblenauts could win people over in a Portal sort of way. Modern Warfare 2, although Infinity Ward are a fantastic developer, is more a 'jock' GotY. I'm personally holding out a lot of hope for Mafia 2, because I'm a massive fan of the original and it's the same developer, unlike BioShock 2 (which appears to just retread a lot of old ground).

And you never know, Valve might get their shit together and package HL2:Ep 3 in with L4D2 and Portal 2 before the end of the year.

Sly @ Jul 13th 2009 4:30PM

modern warfare 2 seems like the only true competitor to it for GOTY.

shadowbender @ Jul 12th 2009 6:37PM

Makes me want a PS3.

kacex @ Jul 12th 2009 9:46PM

makes me happy to own one :)

KRIS_C_123 @ Jul 13th 2009 1:53AM

Even though my ps3 is dead, im still buying this game and im going to just look at the box.

Eventually shivering and singing "this old man" growing ever more mentally unstable. I'll start thinking i am drake and set off to find treasure, I be-friend a girl named elaina, who is actually a broom, she gets into alot of trouble, we fall in love.
I then travel across the land shooting bad guys. At the end of the game, when i find the treasure, I get shot by the NYPD for killing over 70 innocent people and robbing Tiffany & Co.

DinnyHoon @ Jul 13th 2009 5:10AM

But you can look at the box in the store!

ryan @ Jul 13th 2009 11:36AM

You can't take the box to the bathroom tho...

..wait what?

Wiizer (Michael Pachter MUST DIE.. Professionally) @ Jul 12th 2009 6:42PM

I get kinda sad when I watch this... Let me explain.

I was a big Tomb Raider fan, and now I've played Naughty Dog's beta. Everything that Naughty Dog is doing right should be what Tomb Raider Underworld should have done (melee combat, online multiplayer might've been nice, the tense gameplay and great storyline that was missing in Underworld).

It's a little bittersweet to watch the changing of the guard, so to speak.

Longhorn of Myon [PSN: MariusElijah] @ Jul 12th 2009 6:46PM

Personally I think TR should stop already
Her time has come and gone now she is becoming another Sonic

InFaMoUs1- @ Jul 12th 2009 6:46PM

No Tomb Raider just sucks

InFaMoUs1- @ Jul 12th 2009 6:54PM

Whoa why the heck do people diss Sonic for still being around. The other day I was in the car with my 6 year old niece who was playing a Sonic game on the DS, she turned to me and said Sonic is her favorite character, smiled and went back to playing the same gameplay and game that I loved at her age.

Now ofcourse as older gamers we think current games featuring Sonic may not be up to par as they were before but that's also because times have changed. it's for newer generations to enjoy that crazy blue hedgehog just as much as we did as children or young teens.

Maverick Saturn (Igor) @ Jul 12th 2009 6:57PM

Its because Lara lacks personality and TR games in general have just become boring and monotonous, its the same thing over and over again, yahtzee was right, you shoot spiders in the jungle, then you go to a town level and shoot the exact same spiders all over again (spiders used as an example), you do a couple of flips here and there, shoot stuff in slo motion and after a few minutes you're bored stiff, especially when you cant think of what possible crate is needed to open the next frigging door.

-Vexx- @ Jul 12th 2009 6:59PM

The only thing TR had going for it was Lara's chest size.

tmacairjordan87 @ Jul 12th 2009 7:04PM

"Whoa why the heck do people diss Sonic for still being around"

For the same reason you dissed Tomb Raider for still being around, it sucks. But you're right, so does TR.

Wiizer (Michael Pachter MUST DIE.. Professionally) @ Jul 12th 2009 7:05PM

"Now ofcourse as older gamers we think current games featuring Sonic may not be up to par as they were before but that's also because times have changed. it's for newer generations to enjoy that crazy blue hedgehog just as much as we did as children or young teens."

Why can't this be said of Tomb Raider?

Sonic's not the only franchise to be allowed to have second and third chances.