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I'll admit it: I played a bit of the Uncharted 2 Multiplayer Beta, but once the game dropped, I was far too deep in managing reviews to actually dive into the game's multiplayer modes. To my pleasant surprise, there's still a good-sized community of Uncharted 2 players post-Modern Warfare 2, and I had no issue finding a match, even late at night. A good gaming experience leaves you with something to ponder, and that evening was no exception.
After racking up a few kills on Deathmatch, I migrated over to a round of Plunder, where I was matched with a pack of 40-tiered players. Overheard in the lobby:
"Awww, look at the baby!"
"That green badge is so cute!"
Once the teams were paired off, my partners started whining about getting the noob on their team.
"Keep up with us, rook."
"Dammit, why did we have to get paired with the noob?"
At some point, as a joke, they tossed me the treasure to load into the box. I haven't played Plunder in months and forgot the toss button, which they probably assumed as they let me get shot up and die. Teamwork (nevermind the fact that I was racking up assists to help them get the treasure from Side A to Side B). Nonetheless, we won the round, people are jerks, I moved on.
I had a completely different experience in my next round. When I loaded up Co-Op Arena for more cash, my ears were treated to the sounds of rapid-fire Spanish and one upper 40s player and one in the Level 50 tier. Rather than drop out because of the language barrier, I decided to stick around and play.
"Lo siento, no hablo mucho espanol." (I'm sorry, I don't speak much Spanish)
"Esta bien." (It's okay)
We jump into a game and start blazing through AI bots. For all I know, they could've been joking about having a silent partner, but I doubt it. I haven't taken a Spanish class in years, but some expressions are pretty universal ("Okay," "bueno," etc). Despite the fact that we couldn't convey big details, we racked up a ton of cash between all three of us, and saved each other's skin on more than one occasion. No one tossed me loot for lulz, even if I was a lower-tier player than either of my compatriots. We kicked ass, made cash, and had a good time.
Would you rather play with a group of people who speak another language but play well or deal with douchey behavior from people you understand? Has it ever happened to you?
Share below, and feel free to share your PSN ID if you want to get some Uncharted 2 multiplayer going.
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RocketJoel85
I love UC2 Multiplayer
PSN: RocketJoel85
mittens1231
yeah i hate trash talkers but its whateve.
I can back myself up in games like mw2 and uncharted 2
Psn: mittens Live: mittens1231
StuntDouble2483
I'll take the language barrier any day. It kind of reminds me of when I was working in Okinawa. There was this woman who didn't speak any english, and I didn't speak any Japanese, but we both knew a little Spanish. Needless to say we had some interesting conversations.
Raisinbman
At least in my limited experience w/ SFIV there's not much trash talk. Could be because of language barriers or lack of mics. Though people WILL send annoying/immature mails/responses to you.
I found that I got more friend requests than insults though.
Johnjohn25
My username is JohnJohn25, feel free to look me up , I'm a huge Plunder fan. I don't talk trash unless we are playing Tekken 6 and its competitive, no sense in talking junk if its just a complete dominance performance.
Tommytsunami
Its been a while since I have been on Uncharted 2 multiplayer because of school work, but Im defiantly going to be spending a good chunk of my Christmas break playing it now that finals are done! My psn is Undying5 if anyone wants to play sometime, just send me a friend request.
EKG
I get more and more tired of the juvenile behavior online. Modern Warfare 2 is so bad at the moment that I finally exploded on someone a few days ago. We were playing team deathmatch with the same 5 or so people on the opposite team. If we won, we were verbally harassed because apparently we were cheating, and in we lost we were verbally harasses because apparently we now suck. They were absolutely Vile in the things they would say.
After the 5th game, which we won, and I was specifically pointed out by one of the loudmouth members of the other team for being a "Camping blah blah blah" (I never camp) I exploded.
I didn't curse at him, or tell him what interesting things I did with his mother or anything like that. I yelled at him and loudly explained how him and his friends are making the world a worse place one sentence at a time. I went on for the 40 second intermission about how just one person can have a huge negative effect on the world, and why do they want to be that person when they can be something different. Well, after the game started, and we won, we got back to the lobby and my team was greeted with some of the loudest and disgusting language I have heard in a long, long time.
I realized then that there isn't any way to try and reason with people. If they want to choose the dark side, then I can not stop it. But I will not be like them, I treat everyone who is either a Noob or a pro with respect, and apparently I am part of a dying breed.
the_sparrow666
i don't really understand how these fetuses got their hands on mature rated games in the first place. Their parents must be just as big of d-bags as they are.
jellokatamari
I'm terrified of playing online... I've been taking baby steps for a while now, especially for shooters (at least MMORPGS you can pretty much go your own way if you want). I don't wanna play and have someone whining about me being a noob, or sucking and starts insulting me. So I'd go anyday with the group that's there to play and have fun even though I don't understand them.
jellokatamari
I'm terrified of playing online.... I'm taking very small baby steps, especially in shooters cause I don't want to get those idiots that whine constantly cause your a noob. So I'd go with the nice people who just wanna play, even though I don't understand them, and have fun.
FLP_B01
I love playing online multi but I hate those jerks with mics. . .
so I always mute everyone except my friends of course.
Uncharted 2's online multiplayer is pretty good. . .
But co-op is more fun! either the story coop or the arena.
Playstation3Player
My psn is RedSniperZeroGod. Hit me up if you want to play Uncharted 2. It is so much fun online. Better than MW2. I love the co-op not a big fan of the team deathmatch but whatever.
z26mb4027
I don't use my mic unless i am playing with people I know. Prevents me from trashing kids back when they scream at me. If I have any problems with anyone, I just mute them. That easy.
BigPoppaChunk
1st off my psn is BigPoppaChunk and 2ndly most people on mics u dont know are douches. but in my experiance as a older gamer since the 2600 old. gamers talk more and worst trash on the 360 then on the ps3 in my experiance.ps3 is like a gentile ribbing and the 360 everyone thinks thier mlg good and giant d-bags,as far as random encounters go anyways.I played halo3 once got sniped while in mid air by a 8 year he then tea bagged my corpse lolat me telling me i sucked then sent evil voice mails and a video of my suckdom. I never played halo3 again.
TangoAlphaLima
When I was playing Halo 2 online one time, some British guy told me to 'nick' ('steal' in American English) the opposing team's Warthog. So clearly the language barrier isn't limited to completely different languages, but also regional/national dialects.
petronius
I'd choose to work with people I don't understand, but play well than ignorami such as the 40-tiered that you encountered. I'm not usually on PSN, seeing as how I just bought my PS3 a few weeks ago. (YES!!!!) I don't have a mic yet myself, so when I did play (once) I wasn't bothered.
Anyone who wants to add me I'm quantumequation. I have Uncharted 2, CoD: MW2, and will get Borderlands today or tomorrow. I'm a noob, so cut me some slack...
Gizmo85
I have had many a nights dealing with jerks online. But occasionally those games, that come around to rarely these days, where you end up playing with some of the nicest guys and girls online make playing online so much more fun. I could care less what language they speak as long as they are just there, like me, to have fun and enjoy the game.
PSN ID : Softball6
river_tron
The very few times I've left the other's mics on, it's been pretty bad. First of all, the audio quality is horrendous. If people sounded clear at normal levels, it wouldn't be so bad. And even if they aren't being jerks, it's just extremely distracting anyways. Hearing little kids talk about their girlfriends or what happened in school that day, isn't my idea of a good time.
It's funny how people will give someone with a lower ranking a hard time. Last night I was constantly paired against 40's and 50's and even higher, and my team destroyed them every time (even after losing teammates). Just cause your ranking is high, doesn't necessarily mean they're better. They've just been playing longer. For the most part, it's MUTE ALL for me.
DPsx72
Call me crazy but sometimes it's fun when you get a few a5shats. You single them out and pick them off one by one while they're NOT paying attention to you. Then you rub it in and they quit... If you're gonna talk big then you better be able to back it up.
BryanHelp
I prefer to play with my mic off unless I'm with friends. But I do hate trash talk. I get it a lot since I over pump taunt ppl when I kill them and my winning % is high. lol. Co-op is fun and usually you don't need a mic for that either. I don't mind mics and stuff but I wish there was a disable mic option like the 360 on the Ps3.
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