Uncharted 2 to get multiplayer elements after all?

Uncharted in my eyes is one of the best games you can play on the PlayStation 3, if not the best game. Uncharted has you playing as treasure hunter Nathan Drake on his mission to find the lost treasure of El Dorado, once sought out by his supposed ancestor, explorer Sir Francis Drake. With the help of old friend Sully and Elena Fisher, Nathan goes exploring the lush green islands for this lost treasure. The game was released to much critical acclaim and went on to sell really well. Now that the long-wanted sequel has been announced and rumored for release in September, many thought Naughty Dog would take the same approach as they did in the original and concentrate on creating the best single-player adventure game they can with out any multiplayer. Well it seems, if this rumor is to be true, that multiplayer could very well end up being in Uncharted after all.

Destin from screwattack.com has reveled some very interesting news via Hard News, now he reveals that a source that wishes to remain anonymous has tipped them that multiplayer is in fact coming to Uncharted 2 in the form of co-op and some other kind of multiplayer element but claiming at this point that details are very vague. They did however say that there will be regular multiplayer and that the co-op element is not during the single-player missions but separate from the main story. This has apparently been leaked via the pre-E3 conference Sony held not so long ago where they showed off such titles as Uncharted 2 and Heavy Rain. Obviously the legitimacy of this source is questionable but there have been whispers among the internet crowd that multiplayer could feature in the sequel. Destin did say that we will find out new information regarding said game this coming Monday when the embargo is up.

I am on the fence on this one. I thoroughly enjoyed Uncharted as a single-player experience but at some points I did think to myself that co-op could fit this type of game. On the other hand I was pleased that Naughty Dog gave the single player their undivided attention making it the very best it could have been, so adding multiplayer to Uncharted 2 could be very risky. As long as they don’t short-change the single-player mode just to include co-op and competitive multiplayer then I am all for it.

TGR Rating: Likely