So if you have a code from Qore, Infamous, Fileplanet, or a press code. Go over and activate that sucker and get playing! There certainly aren't a shortage of players, so don't worry about being alone in matchmaking.
As you can see I was playing a little. I'm rank 6, which isn't a big thing I've seen all the way to rank 8. Which is pretty amazing because the Beta has been live that long. So currently and I'm guessing for the balance of the beta. There will be only one mode open and that is Matchmaking. This allows you to play in ranked matches on two maps. One is the Village a run down Tibetan type area that has some good vertical structures to snipe from and the Plaza a more urban area similar to something you might see in China or Italy. They also have some vertical structures in the Plaza but nothing I've found too useful yet. In these two maps you get the choice of two modes. Regular Team Deathmatch or a mode called Plunder. Plunder consists of two teams and each is trying to grab a large piece of plunder and throw it into their base. You can only use a pistol while your carrying it and really only the points you receive as a team are those you earn by scoring a capture on the plunder.
You do level up as you earn medals or capture plunder or kill the enemy plunder carrier. Getting from level 1-6 took me around an hour and half. But I had some terrible games and some awesome games. Everything depends on your team and their ability. People who have played before are usually better than those who have not and sometimes you can be the highest ranked player on your team and everyone else is rank 1. As you level up you get access to more boosts which are enhancements to your characters ability like more ammo or better accuracy with rifles. But they don't seem to really change too much from 1-6 which might a little bit of an issue. Some people may feel that if they don't start when everyone else does they will get whaled on by the pros. I think that could be a concern although none of the boosts I've seen so far are really game changers. They are nice to have but don't seem necessary.
Everything works incredibly well and it's REALLY HARD to believe this is a Beta and not the final product. There don't seem to be ANY balance issues and the animations are pretty incredible. The shooting itself is excellent and the ability to use scopes on 2 out of the 5 regular rifles is really awesome. I can't wait to see more maps and if there are more possible character skins for both heroes and villains(each team is put either into heroes or villains and you get to pick a skin for each).
I didn't take any pictures of gameplay as it probably would have been blurry taking it off screen. So it looks EXACTLY like the single player so don't worry no graphical shortcuts were taken to make the multiplayer silky smooth. Naughty Dog has DONE IT AGAIN! Awesome BETA!
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