After months of Uncharted bombardment via the same annoying commercial on TV, I figured I’d give this game a shot, at the expense of anyone’s but my own.
The first thing you notice when you pop this game in are the beautiful graphics. Awesome cinematics, impressive in-game graphics, and realistic looking environments make this game one of the best looking games out there. Also it’s worth mentioning that the water effects in Uncharted are clearly the best across all consoles. The characters also look very good and the voice acting is done impeccably.
The sound in Uncharted Drake's Fortune is definitely is one of its weakness’. The actual soundtrack the game is decent enough for your run of the mill action/adventure game, but the some of the sound effect are a real let down. I have never heard a machine gun or a shotgun fired in real life, but I imagine they don’t have the high pitched, peeping sounds like they do in Uncharted. Compared to other shooting games of the day, this one sounds very, dare I say, ‘last gen’.
And since we’re on the topic of last gen, lets move on to gameplay. If you didn’t grow tired of treasure hunting in the ‘80’s, or after National Treasure, you’re sure to after playing through this game. And if the obvious similarities weren’t prevalent enough, the gameplay is eerily similar to games such as Tomb Raider, and Gears of War. The cover system used in Uncharted seems to be a carbon copy of that in the commercially successful Gears of War. While the puzzles and direct gameplay are very alike of that in Tomb Raider.
The visuals of this game are indeed beautiful, but they are hampered by the extreme lack of openness, and very linear style of play.
The story for Uncharted Drakes Fortune I’m sure was very captivating to the younger ones, but for me, is was too much of the same old. There really isn’t much to say here, but you will find similarities to all above mentioned forms of media when it comes to the storyline. From tropical Nazi’s to island-paradise zombie like creatures, for me it seemed like the old rehashed things all over again.
If you have read any of my other reviews - which can only be summed up in one word: super-tough - then you knew this part was coming.
The longevity of this game is perhaps its greatest weakness. Over the course of 3 months, I completed this game in an estimated time of 11 or 12 hours. I will never touch it again.
Uncharted Drakes Fortune is a singleplayer only game. It seems with so much else on their plate, Naughty Dog decided on only releasing their game half finished. Uncharted brought the end of 2007 and strong hope of complete games for 2008. I do not know when, but one day developers will break the lazy habit of singleplayer only games and give us games the complete experience.
And with no achievements comes, ‘treasures’. Treasures are placed throughout the game as a sort of Easter egg in hopes of prolonging the game. They’re an added plus, but not enough to risk the late fee.
November 19 marks 15 years since the release of the Uncharted game that started it all.
I hope they don’t make another until the end of the ps5 lifecycle…. Show us a better jungle
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KeenGamer: "Which Uncharted game is the best? Uncharted is widely recognized as one of the most groundbreaking and consistently great franchises in gaming. For both long-time fans and newcomers to this action-adventure classic, here’s a ranking of the franchise’s four main games."
No Golden Abyss -_-, otherwise I agree with the order.
UC2: Best overall
UC4: Best graphics, best gameplay, best locations, best environements
UC3: Best set pieces IMO (the boat and desert fights will always be amazing)
UC1: A rough Draft of what was to come
UCGA: Basically UC1 on Vita
Great list and great article nicely writen and explained. Although for me personaly i would put Drakes Fortune above Drake’s Deception and Uncharted 4 is absolutely my favourite of the franchise and number 1 for me.
U2 is the only game playable on crushing without causing a great amount of frustration. Not to mention just how much influence it had that they redid some of U2s set pieces like the caravan twice, and armored truck chase in U4.
I'd rate it as the following.
1.) Uncharted 2
(Close to perfection of any game I've played in years. Single Player/Multiplayer/Co Op all amazing.)
2.) Uncharted 3
(On par with UC2 multiplayer/co op wise minus the kickbacks [aka killstreaks]. I really liked the Lawrence of Arabia story.)
3.) Uncharted 4
(Single player is amazing. Multiplayer was meh. Co Op had potential. Absolutely hated the health revive system it slowed down the game way too much. Always preferred the fast pace action of UC2/UC3. Made it way more fun that way. Recoil was too ridiculous that most people in lobbies would only do hip firing, using power weapons and using that OP grappling hook to melee people after dropping them. Nobody wanted to revive anyone.)
4.) Uncharted
(It's the first in the series so it's hard to judge. Though I loved the story.)
I agree here but it’s also a series you can play from front to back and truly enjoy. Story-wise, they are all great and flow so well. I wish they threw both Golden Abyss and Lost Legacy on this list. Lost Legacy is the best mechanically in my opinion. You can see it’s stepping stone framework for TLOUS2.
uncharted 2 is one of the few games that actually surpassed its pre-release hype.
I am a single player gamer...I barely ever touch a multiplayer component. The only exceptions over the years have been the Mass Effect 3 multiplayer, TLOU factions, and the Uncharted 2 multiplayer. The Uncharted 2 multiplayer saw me spend more time playing it than all my other multiplayer experiences over the years combined. That game really was a masterpiece all around.
I agree completely, those are all stellar MP experiences, coming from another SP gamer who only occasionally gives MP some time.
Come to think of it, the step between Uncharted 1 and Uncharted 2 is huge. It goes from the weakest in the series to one of the best games ever made.
I think I'm going to play all of them again soon.
is multiplayer still up for the remastered trilogy? or did it never have UC2 mp?
Nice write up. The presentation is top notch for sure. I'm not to sure why everyone says Gears created cover and shoot. I remember being able to take cover and shoot in Bond: From Russia With Love on the GameCube. It is linear but I thought the length of the game was pretty solid for an action adventure game. I don't mind playing again but that's just me ;)
word. i like your superTough reviews man, keep it goin.
ps360wii - yea man i remember that game too, best Bond game of last gen imo. there was also one Killswitch i think it was, it featured cover heavily and if anything, Gears took ideas from killswitch. I guess huge marketing campaigns really can make people believe something.
Try it on crushing mode...you won't beat it in 12 hours w/o a walkthrough.
go back and play your lagbox
this game is no less than 9.0
so f-you and your review
agree with your review. the game is absolutely gorgeous, no doubt about it. personally, i just didn't find it all that fun. i did enjoy the platforming portions, but then felt like the gun fights just held things up. it's a good game, but beyond the visuals i didn't think it was all that memorable.