Why does Uncharted 2 have to be… so lame?

Chadness - 46 days 13 hours ago

I do indeed love it when people try to put words in my mouth. It gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside.

I did say that I understood the concept that the author of the article was trying to get across, did I not? That concept plagues more games than just Uncharted 2. I can almost guarantee if he wrote the article as a general statement against any game that had such narrative issues, people wouldn't be giving it such a fuss, but oh no, don't name games specifically or the fanboys will come out of the woodwork and gobble you up for dinner in all their nerd rage!

I have a feeling half these comments come from people who didn't even read the story - they saw the title and had a hissy fit. It would be nice to get some civilized discussion here, for once, how is that hard to do?

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paul0388 - 46 days 11 hours ago

You haven't played Uncharted 2, but you approved this article??? Wow, you have fanboy written all over you, because if you did play it, you wouldn't have approved it, you would have reported it...

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Nike - 46 days 1 hour ago

@paul:

I haven't played it, but approved this story since it didn't conflict with the guidelines. And Dualshockers is hardly some "no-name blog". If you love the game so much, and truly believe it deserves the credit it gets, then you won't try to censor any negative opinions that come up about it, no matter how "Lame" they may be.

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BROOKLYN N-M-E - 46 days 1 hour ago

these guys are definitely no Hip Hop Gamer!

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Sarcasm - 46 days 1 hour ago

"While I haven’t played Uncharted 2"

There's no need for a civil discussion when that phrase alone shows how much your opinion is downright ignorant.

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mastiffchild - 45 days 18 hours ago

Exactly sarcasm. Not having played the game AND then approving this tripe means you must have an alterior motive(or are unfortunate enough to know the fool who wrote this tripe-someone who clearly hasn't played many games recently seeing as one of the very best narratives and acting performances in recent memory is "lame" to him while other games with awful or lacking stories that are also acted badly go unchallenged. Games I like like Gears(1 and 2), Halo(2 and 3),RE5, Prototype-even inFAMOUS have stories and acting well below the level of U2 and I'm not even bringing up the woeful dialogue in ODST!)and you must admit that.

If you haven't played it you're in a position of total ignorance about the subject-but you aren't about the well known fact that games aren't written by Chekov, or are you labouring under the misconception that they are written by some hidden cabal of the world's greatest living and dead writers? D'you think Shakespeare and Sallinger are holed up somewhere working their nails to the bone for Epic or EA? Do you imahine that the game about Dante's Inferno was actually written by Dante?

That you come here and defend approving through ignorance(and I can only assume through misguided hatred of a game on a system you don't favour getting some deserved praise)is laughable and makes you look a little slow if I'm honest.

"I haven't played the game but I can approve this because I know the kind of thing he's driving at", what? Then approve a piece about the normally crap state of games and their stories and not about ne of the few to buck the trend written by someone with a clear axe to grind as lumping yourselves in with his nonsense makes you twice as ignorant."I only thought it was fair for different opinions thanhe norm to be approved". Did you? Did you really? Sorry, but I don't believe that for a second. Why would anyne align themselves with a controversial opinion about a widely respected game when they haven't played it to get their own? MMm? Maybe, again, because they haven't played it because they don't have/like the PS3? Or, even sadder, because they want to upset those that did enjoy it(around 99% of those who played the game btw)?

Honestly, I've never read such a weak defense of approving such a lame, hit seeking article. Dualshockers are always ragging on the PS3 anyway and deserve nothing but scorn for their continued bias and the indelible stain of pi55 they left on gaming journalism on this occasion.

"I didn't play it but I approved this." Classic. COULDN'T.MAKE.IT.UP.

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Julie - 46 days 13 hours ago

You don't love this game you just need hits on your website:

"God… the storyline for this is f*cking s*it isn’t it?"
"Why is it so generic?"
"it has a nothing, throwaway-like story".
"It has no story. Face it. Stop bumming the glossy finish"
"I was prepared for this barrage of insults"

All are your words flamebait obvious rabid fanboy :)

PD: even N4G was warning me of your bad words while i was pasting them here sad really sad

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HDgamer - 46 days ago

I'm sorry but why in the hell is everything well almost everything completely or horribly misspelled along with kindergarten level grammar? The article is pathetic in various standards, not only from the obvious biased opinion of claiming you've loved and played the game from stating the story is lame. If this story is lame then so is gears 2, Ninja gaiden 2, halo 3, killzone 2, Mass effect and many more games. Telling us the general public would rather pay for a cliche game. Well the general public would rather pay for a 60.00 priced tag expansion especially when Bungie specifically stated it as an expansion. L4D2 which is the same game as the first, Army of two a game we all have paid for and was ripped off for. Just pathetic actually.

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Action Bastard - 45 days 23 hours ago

Welcome to every form of entertainment available. It's called...life.

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Erotic Sheep - 45 days 21 hours ago

This article is pathetic. If you really need hits on your lousy website, post some porn vids but dont scream out bs when Uncharted 2 has been praised by many reviewers of its fantastic storyline.

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Baka-akaB - 45 days 20 hours ago

This isnt about uncharted 2 , the feeling would be the same with a title i hate , or any platforme exclusive ... it's about the sheer stupidity behind the article and the people approving it :

-lame hit fishing title sure to bring people onboard "WHyyy XXXX SUX/is lame" that probably got nothing to do with the actual article .

What is wrong with people ? Then i wonder what is wrong with you !!

If toothpaste was a more touchy or popular subject, and you needed to post an article over the congress , by your silly logic you would write something like "Why the Congress hate toothpaste ?" and then in the very first line write "dont worry congress actually got nothing against toothpaste and this isnt the actual subject " ?????

How deep and pullitzer worthy indeed . And you got the gall and nerves to actually defend it .

That's no journalism , that's not editorialism , that's just desperate fishing for hits and sensasionalism . hence why you've lost quite a few of us on the title alone , regardless of the quality of the content .

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bjornbear - 45 days 17 hours ago

You wrote an article down playing a strong story.

As stories go, its quite strong for an action genre.

I read a lot of fiction novels, and watch A LOT of movies (movie buffness =D), and I'm a sucker for good stories.

When it comes to video games my standards are naturally set a little lower.

One of my favorite video game stories of all time is SoTC, even though I managed to predict a change of plot at the end of the game right at the start (it looked too trivial for an Ico Team game plot).

Why? Not because it was (undoubtedly in relation to novel stories) cliché.

But because of how it was STRUCTURED.

The main strength of a story isn't how cliché it isn't, but how its told.

U2's story is told VERY well, and I very much enjoyed the way the ending played out.

I knew how it was going to end, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a good story. It just didn't have a strong PLOT.

Next time, back up your argument a little more strongly, because the whole article itself is CLICHÉ.

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Darkstorn - 45 days 17 hours ago

@3.2-
I hate to say it, but Mass Effect's story is better than Uncharted 2's IMO. The philosophies of ancient alien races beat out a Hollywood-style action/adventure/drama any day of the week.

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DaTruth - 45 days 16 hours ago

This is from a book written 3000yrs ago that still holds true today: "There is nothing new under the sun."

Try finding a plot line that has never been used a thousand times in one of the billion+ stories ever told.

EVERYTHING IS CLICHE!!!

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jayblings - 45 days 6 hours ago

Your headline is written in such a way that people have to click through to see what it has to say. Why does Uncharted 2 have to be… so lame? Why did you put ".." in the headline? So you could get hits on your website. Just remember hits don't equal respect. You want respect how about you just make the headline "Uncharted 2 is Lame" No you wouldn't do that cause then nobody would click to see your article. Good luck making it in the industry..Your gonna need it.

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Julie - 46 days 13 hours ago

Yes call me dumb i don't really care, you are trying to play like you are not a rabid fanboy , look at this nonsense title:

"Why does Uncharted 2 have to be… so lame?"

That is called a flamebait title from an unknown site that desperately need hits, next time use a proper title , have a nice day and welcome to my ignore list Chadness alter account :)

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ginganinja - 45 days 22 hours ago

I don't think i've seen anyone try and pass it off as a literary masterpiece, but have said that 'for a videogame' it is very good - which is starting from a very low level.
Should they be criticised for having a story that's been done before or praised for doing it better and in a very entertaining way.
Personally, it one of the few games recently that i've not skipped through the cutscenes.
Sorry, but not every piece of entertainment needs some deeper meaning and try and question parts of your own life... it can be good dumb fun and be just as satisfying.

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ultimolu - 45 days 22 hours ago

...What deeper analysis? Going by your logic, all the games that came out must be generic too.

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Tachyon_Nova - 46 days 3 hours ago

Even if I don't really agree with what he's saying, it is written to a fairly high standard compared to your comment.

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kingdavid - 45 days 3 hours ago

Lol owned.

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redsquad - 46 days ago

Please, point me at an adventure game that has a storyline that you consider NOT 'lame' and I might start caring about your opinion - I'd love to see what lofty heights you set for such things. You probably thik RAIDERS OF TE LOST ARK has a 'lame' story too...

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snp - 45 days 23 hours ago

Whereas Halo, Mario Bros, Wonderboy and Call of Duty are comparable to Anna Karenina or a Hamlet?

And calling out 'Bioshock' as a narrative wonderkind (as the article does) is just nonsense imo. It's got a neat (colourful) steampunk aesthetic, with a few pseudo-intellectual pointers to philosophy that are kind of fun to the uninitiated, but is basically a pastiche as much as anything else out there.

Between this article and the article dissing Uncharted 2 on behalf a mates cancer, it's really quite hard to know what angle will be taken next. The question of why are games - broadly - lacking in the narrative versus, say, more developed media (books/films etc) would be ok, but choosing one particular title to point it out - and then using a shrill title - seems pretty insincere. Can't not expect eye rolls and retorts on the back of that.

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gapecanpie - 45 days 17 hours ago

One day I may care if you care about my opinion. But today I can honestly tell you I dare care if you care...... -_-

To you and all the rabbit fans who disagreed get a life.. Its only a game.

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DaTruth - 45 days 16 hours ago

LOL!!!

You dudes really love those rabbits!

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creeping judas - 45 days 14 hours ago

Rabbits are better then hare's, end of story!!
Call me rabbit fanboy, but I won't be insulted, since I really really like rabbits!!!

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DaTruth - 45 days 16 hours ago

Those other 5% with the good stories are games few people have ever heard of, that rarely get sequels and if they do, the sequel is in the 95% because they learned their lesson the first time.

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Jamescagney - 45 days 23 hours ago

As far as story telling in games goes UC2 was very well done. The story wasn't of Bioware quality but it was more than adequate for the type of game it is. And the more important thing is it makes you like the characters in the story, especially Nate.

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taylork37 - 45 days 20 hours ago

UC1, Bioshock

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LUCKYXS7LEVEN - 45 days 5 hours ago

oh yes he did, he took a sh!t there, he call it out , n became a socialist .
Facepalm

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electricshadow - 45 days 12 hours ago

the next poster-child as to why people should wear condoms.

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