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Considering how Naughty Dog has gone on the record to say that Uncharted: Drake's Fortune was developed with a franchise in mind, this teaser trailer for Uncharted 2 shouldn't come as a huge surprise -- except for the chilly setting, of course.

Quite a change of scenery, huh? While not much about Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is revealed in the short trailer above, Game Informer has a few tidbits of info to supplement the announcement.

Excited? You should be. The full game debut will take place at the 2008 Spike TV Video Game Awards on December 14. Now go mark your calendar!


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Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 12/01/2008 17:01
OH MY GOD YES

I played the original Uncharted at a friend's house over the weekend for the first time in nearly a year, and I was reminded of why I loved it so much (and why it was my favorite PS3 exclusive of 2007). I can't wait for the sequel!
RonBurgandy2010's Avatar
RonBurgandy2010 at 12/01/2008 17:02
Stealth gameplay? I thought the industry was past this.
Corak's Avatar
Corak at 12/01/2008 17:08
Sweet. The dagger reminds me of the one from was it The Golden Child? Yup google image search is my friend.
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MrSadistic at 12/01/2008 17:09
Well at least they got the "make the main character look more edgy in the sequel" part right.
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dmgi at 12/01/2008 17:10
@RonBurgandy2010:
From what I remember playing the first one you could choose to be stealthy in a few parts of the game. Not all stealth-based games are terrible, by the way.
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Justice at 12/01/2008 17:12
Damn if it's anything like the first it shalt be awesome!
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Drack48 at 12/01/2008 17:13
Awesome, the snow parts of MGS4 were amazing and I'm sure this will be a lot like that. Uncharted is such an awesome game and in need a of a replay by me when time allows!
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RonBurgandy2010 at 12/01/2008 17:14
I don't mean stealth-based games, I mean games with stealth as an afterthought.
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PappaDukes at 12/01/2008 17:14
"oh heck yes!"

*runs frantically to set VCR to record lame video game award show*
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ParaParaKing at 12/01/2008 17:21
YES! This isn't that big of a surprise, but finally hearing and seeing something of it makes me all happy in my pants.
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ArrestedDeveloper at 12/01/2008 17:23
YES! The first game was about the only thing the PS3 had going for a good year and a half.
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TheCleaningGuy at 12/01/2008 17:24
I am so incredibly happy about this. As long as it doesn't take a PoP:WW route, I'll buy it day one.
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linuxguy at 12/01/2008 17:27
I can't wait to see how the new environments will look
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 12/01/2008 17:29
@RonBurgandy2010: Let's not go and dismiss the game already when we're just getting the first information on it. If you remember, the original game had some rudimentary stealth elements (you could sneak up behind enemies and break their necks). We'll see how things turn out in the sequel.
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Dexter345 at 12/01/2008 17:30
Meh. I'll get excited when I hear that they've done away with the boring combat and focused entirely on exploration, platforming, and puzzles.
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Ninja In Distress at 12/01/2008 17:31
Ooh, I think thats the Spear of Destiny too. I always wanted Indiana Jones to go after that.
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Dexter345 at 12/01/2008 17:33
@Samit: the problem with the stealth in Uncharted is that the AI was broken. It was nearly impossible to get through an area in any way other than simply gunning through all of the enemies. You could get maybe one stealth kill per area, and then the enemies would spot you from behind their backs a hundred yards away, and alert everybody on their hemisphere where you were.

I love stealth, and I love the Gears cover system, but both were broken and un-fun in Uncharted.
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DinnertimeNinja at 12/01/2008 17:40
MY GOD! He's found the lost dagger from that crappy Alec Baldwin movie "The Shadow!"

I thought it was lost forever!
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 12/01/2008 17:41
The question is, is there any honor among sequels?
the GAMEGOBLIN's Avatar
the GAMEGOBLIN at 12/01/2008 17:41
YES

I really loved the first one when I borrowed my friend's PS3, even moreso than MGS4 and I'm a big Metal gear fan
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SephirothX at 12/01/2008 17:49
@Dexter345
I totally disagree, i didnt think the Uncharted system was broken at all. I dunno, I dont wanna say you were simply doing it wrong because that's just a cop-out answer... but I had no problems with the game what so ever.
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Samit Sarkar at 12/01/2008 17:55
@Dexter345: How was the gunplay/cover system broken? You pressed circle to get into cover, and you could do the same crap as in Gears -- come out from cover and hop over a low barrier, switch sides of a doorway, etc.

Yeah, the stealth gameplay was definitely useless, since if you killed the first guy, everyone else would magically notice you. And it didn't help that the game made use of what I like to "magical lines," where enemies would notice you and start firing at you only after you'd crossed a particular threshold. But I have the utmost confidence in Naughty Dog that those issues will be remedied in the sequel. Otherwise, I loved Uncharted.
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EternalDeathSlayer at 12/01/2008 18:01
I'm with Samit on this one: The cover system was perfectly functional. This isn't Dude Raider, like so many like to say. This is a damn action game! It's like a summer movie, and a great one at that.

This is all I need to complete my life. Thank you God!
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Solgrim at 12/01/2008 18:10
@ RonBurgandy2010

The industry should never be done with the Stealth genre, as long as it's done right.

I still have to play the first Uncharted...
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Primo at 12/01/2008 18:14
YES!!!
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Johnny Justice at 12/01/2008 18:22
Is that a new voice actor or does he just sound different because hes brooding?
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boxmyth at 12/01/2008 18:24
This is the only reason I can think of to ever watch Spike TV.
But it's a damn fine reason.
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Affable Robot at 12/01/2008 18:59
Hmmm this has me interested for sure but I really liked the environment in the last one so this big change might not be good. However if it's anything like the last one it will surely be amazing.
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necrozen at 12/01/2008 19:06
Such great news! I still go back and play the first one every once in a while - same way I do with a movie I dig. Such great news, and I look forward to seeing the trailer. Problem is, now I have to sit through that stupid award show! Ah well.
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topgeargorilla at 12/01/2008 19:12
I cannot believe you did a "Christmas came early" headline. It's right up there is a recipe lead!

Of course, my favorite are the Christmas came early recipe leads. Those rock!
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vexed alex at 12/01/2008 19:30
YES!

I enjoyed Uncharted and I was hoping a sequel would get announced.

Hopefully they'll fix some of the combat issues (mainly dudes taking full clips of rifle ammo to the chest).
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Dexter345 at 12/01/2008 19:31
Okay, I apologize, it wasn't the cover system that was broken in Uncharted, it was just the shooting. Aiming felt too loose for my tastes, and it either took twelve bullets to the chest or one bullet to the face to kill anybody. I can't really write exactly why the combat rubbed me the wrong way, because it really is pretty identical to Gears, but for some reason, it was just completely not fun to me, and unfortunately, 80% of the game was combat.

I'll reiterate what I've said about it in the past: the graphics are beautiful, the characters are likable, exploration and platforming are very well done, and the story is decent, but they're all brought down by the incredibly boring combat, which makes up most of the game.
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mix at 12/01/2008 20:06
I can not wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just hope that upping the difficulty past normal in this one will be a little easier as I'm STILL trying to beat fucking hard mode!
Dan CiTi's Avatar
Dan CiTi at 12/01/2008 20:41
Lucky me
Joe Burling's Avatar
Joe Burling at 12/01/2008 20:55
Loved the first! Can't wait for the second!
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flay at 12/02/2008 00:19
"I'll reiterate what I've said about it in the past: the graphics are beautiful, the characters are likable, exploration and platforming are very well done, and the story is decent, but they're all brought down by the incredibly boring combat, which makes up most of the game."

well dude, if you cared to play it on a difficulty above BABY, you'd know the enemies always tried to flank you...it was hardly boring.

they didn't have these extended super difficult platforming sequences because they wanted to keep it moving along like an adventure movie.

sure the game wasn't perfect, but COME ON
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BattyAdroit at 12/02/2008 00:41
I am 100% surprised, and psyched for this!
Emrah's Avatar
Emrah at 12/02/2008 02:58
I LOVED the first one. This will be awesome, I'll be preordering.
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The Amazing Shenazin at 12/02/2008 06:13
niiiiiice, the first Uncharted is a highly underrated game, Nathan Drake is one of the most likable video game heroes in recent years

by the way, how come HD videos no longer work on gametrailers?
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GooN at 12/02/2008 09:05
I loved the first game. Yes the AI was broken in the stealth was pointless but Im a run and gunner anyways... The only problem I had with this game is that the bodies disappeared and you couldnt shoot them after they were dead. Sorry, but I like shooting lifeless bodies of people that kill me 10 times and then I finally kill them.
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Kyosji at 12/02/2008 09:10
Isn't that the dagger from "The Shadow"?
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