PS4 Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection vs PS3 Uncharted 2 Screenshot Comparison: a Big Difference

Yesterday Sony Computer Entertainment released the first batch of screenshots of the remastered version of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves included in Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection.

It’s often hard to compare two versions of the same game, especially when the original was as good looking (for the time) as Uncharted 2. Rose-tinted glasses driven by fond memories often set in, so a good ol’ fashioned screenshot comparison is a good way to gauge just how much the game has been improved.

[LuckyChamCham]

My Eyes...*.*

[Ezz2013]

This is BS
Ps3 version doesn't look like that.

It the same thing with TLOU too...whatever site who compare them
they blur the image of the ps3 version to make it look like a big gap.

[Gazondaily]

Yeah wtf is up with the PS3 version? It did not look that blurry at all.

[TwoForce]

I agree that.

[IIFloodyII]

You'd be surprised, I recently played a bit of The Last of Us on PS3 and was blown away at had bad in looked compared to what I thought it did. But I think the reason it looks so blurry in the PS3 version is due to the motion blur, the PS4 version has removed it. It'd look much better in motion.

[LordMaim]

It's easy to say that you don't remember the PS3 version being so blurry now, but side by side the difference is night and day. Memory is a funny thing.

[NukaCola]

Well I am going to play through this again. UC2 and UC3 are going to look great, but I am insanely pumped to get what UC1 all polished up looks like.

[specialguest]

Definitely calling BS on that sites comparison. It was never that blurry. I found a site with an UC2 article posted back in 2010. Here's what the 3rd picture of Nathan zip-lining down supposed to look like:

http://www.joelipe.com/wp-c...

Original article here: http://www.joelipe.com/2010...

As you can see, it doesn't look like the blurry mess they posted. Dualshocker is such a sleezy site that would do anything to overhype things. This is their version:
http://cdn3.dualshockers.co...

[Ezz2013]

LordMaim

No my friend
it's not just my memory
since i still own my ps3 along with my brother ps4
I loaded up uncharted 2 to see it again
And i was right
The game still look amazing and those pics are indeed a BS.

[lilbrat23]

I hope they have a trade in offer cause it looks nice.

[XboxOneX]

DualShockers are one of the best websites posted to N4G and to say they would change the PS3 screenshots and make the blurry is crazy. The people behind DualShockers would NEVER risk losing all credibility to do something like that

[MadLad]

Hey look, Santa Monica.
A proper remaster.

[DialgaMarine]

I guess the problem there was that God of War 3 was 1080i on PS3, and always ran anywhere from 32 - 60 FPS throughout the game. It already looked and ran great. Besides the framerate, there really couldn't be any noticeable difference, unless they flat rebuilt the game from the ground up. I think the remaster is simply there to get people ready for God of War 4.

[MadLad]

Upping overall texture resolution and adding in some better effects would have been a simple inclusion that cost them virtually nothing, not to mention wouldn't have taken long to implement.

I guess I'm just at a point where I expect things such as that when concerning re-releasing titles.

[Zero109]

No reason Ascension shouldn't have been added. Showing the beginning and end to the series (before 4), the MP and all DLC. That would've been worth $40 not just one game with a slight visual upgrade and 60fps.

[Bytor]

The differences wont be as great on uncharted 3 you could already see a a big difference from a map redone for uncharted 3 MP.

[JackStraw]

You know that SSM didn't do the God of War 3 Remaster, right?

@SlapHappyJesus
You're right, I just didn't want people to think SSM took a lazy approach to the Remaster. If the outside team that's handling this collection can make this big of a difference between the two versions, there's no excuse imo. But then again, you never know what hurdles a development team faces, nonetheless, it's definitely not worth the $40 price point.

OT: Definitely looking forward to this collection, though. These screenshots were pretty awesome.

[MadLad]

Was unaware.
Just looked into it, and it was handled by a development team unknown at least to me.

Possibly explains the barebones port, though still doesn't justify it in my eyes.

So simply take my original post and replace "Santa Monica" with Sony themselves, I guess.

And as per your additional comment, no worries. I didn't read any negativity in your words, guy. :)

[Th3o]

Why are people saying Remaster so much? It's a collection lol

FF 7 is a remaster, Halo Anniversay is a Remaster lol

When you remaster, you add more to the original game, not just graphics and polish.

This is an HD update:)

Either way this is a Day one buy for me. I didn't like the 3rd Uncharted too much, but the visuals, the desert and the plane scene are well worth the play through.

My Gem in the collection is Uncharted 2, a master piece of a game!

I wonder if they will be preserving the coop, I doubt they will:(

[MadLad]

I think many would call what you just described a remake.

A remastering tends to ring true of an up in resolution and possibly frame rate. That's the bare necessities. Improvements in overall visual quality, effects and the like, are also very welcome.

Whatever the terminology you choose to use, I feel there's an argument to be made that what was on offer, considering God of War 3 isn't that old of a game, and considering the overall simple improvements over the original, asking almost full retail could be seen as a bit of a push.

It's all up to the consumer, however.

[Th3o]

I miss spoke with "add more to original" I mean fidelity wise.

And yes, 40$ is a lot. 20$ or 30$ would've been a little easier to swallow.

[IIFloodyII]

You're confusing a remaster with a remake. A Remaster is literally just improving the graphics (textures, lighting, particle effects etc), a resolution bump, and usually (but sadly not always) better frame rate, usually 60FPS, if it was originally capped at 30.

A remake, is them adding stuff and remaking old assets.

[donthate]

Yup!

It is a port of 3 games into a collection. At least this is a lot better value than God of War 3 port,but has no multiplayer.

@SlapHappyJesus:

"I think many would call what you just described a remake. "

No, it is not. This is a port.

"A remastering tends to ring true of an up in resolution and possibly frame rate. That's the bare necessities. Improvements in overall visual quality, effects and the like, are also very welcome."

No, a remaster means they are doing things to the game that significantly changes the look, sound or feel of the game in combination.

Uncharted Collection so far uses all the assets, and all the dev did is to move the game over to the PS4. All the assets are the same, no work has been done on the game play (not needed) and the sound is not re-recorded. No extra content added.

In short, this is a port. Otherwise, we would start calling all the PC versions a "remaster" in stead of what they really are a "port"!!!

[DERKADER]

Remake, Remaster, Definitive, Collection. They're all just designed to maximize profit with minimal cost and man power.

[raztad]

@DERKADER

I agree. However a bundle of 3 games at much higher resolution and framerate is a great way to bring new players to the franchise, and a good reason to replay the games down the line when the collection gets a nice price drop.

[deafdani]

Remaster = polishing the original game, leaving the core engine intact. (Zelda Wind Waker HD, Tomb Raider Definitive Edition, Uncharted Nathan Drake Collection).

Remake = making a game again from the ground up. (Golden Eye 007 for Wii, Conker's Bad Fur Day for Xbox, Star Fox 64).

An HD update falls under the category of remaster.

[BitbyDeath]

They already announced the collection will have gameplay changes.

[TwoForce]

It's BluePoint, not Naughty Dogs. Geez, will you ever stop your ranting, insult and mock ? Even I look your comment history, even I know you have a right to complain, but Jesus too much Sony complaining and praising too much on Microsoft. Well, I understand Microsft did everything rights, but both Sony and Microsoft have pro and cons.

[MadLad]

To be fair, this is a site normally flooded with positive press for Sony, and typically a larger emphasis on negativity towards MS.

I feel I am pretty good about giving credit where it is due, and would argue it's more the topics at hand, and less about bias on my part.

I'm actually pretty negative when it comes to Microsoft as well, but they've actually been making strides this last year or so.
In fact, if you look back, one of the last statements I've made on MS is that, just like here, I question the pricing for the re-release of Gears of War for the Xbox One. And that actually is a rather fleshed out re-release.

I mean, I don't even yet own a One. Nor a PS4, however.

With that though, I am out of bubbles. Thus that's all I can really offer in terms of defending myself here.

[TwoForce]

@SlapHappyJesus history does repeat all time.

[NeverHeavyMan]

"To be fair, this is a site normally flooded with positive press for Sony, and typically a larger emphasis on negativity towards MS."

- This just tells me that you either wren't here at the beginning of last gen or didn't care to acknowledge the climate then.

ANYWAY, on topic, these games already looked fantastic, so this extra bump in quality is icing, as we wait for Uncharted 4.

[jmtstan]

I'm only wanted to see how they enhance Uncharted 1. Although UC1 is plague with texture problem and screen tearing, it was such a great game, great storyline, Simon Templeman, the chemistry between the characters all perfect.

I hope they include motion sensor off option for UC1.

[Tzuno]

My bad i mixed the screenshots, i like the sharp graphics on ps4

[NotanotherReboot]

Looks the same to me

[ocelot07]

Looks really good. Am still a little annoyed about no multyplayer included. How ever I am wondering if the Uncharted 4 beta will last a good length. I think they should have it running all the way until Uncharted 4 is released or at least until it goes gold.

[Imalwaysright]

Uncharted 2 doesn't look like that on the PS3.

[BlackPhillip666]

Who did these comparisons I'm ashamed i clicked -_- PS3 version was awesome and a sight to behold. Just take a look back at some off the fan screenshots a while back when the game came out to see what the thing was like are replay it for yourself.

I get these remasters are a choice for people to play but why take a massive dumb on the original to make your new hardware look shiny, hell to that i got a PS4 and i don't need to do that.

http://www.gamersyde.com/ga...

Remasters serve a propose for those that haven't played the game before serve me up a game with less content then im on the fence.

[iliimaster]

the thing is they and the ps3 did such an amazing job it just looks a little less blurry to me but for the early mp beta for part 4 is the selling point to me

[NeoGamer232]

None of the shots are the same angle. Of course lighting, etch. Will look different.

Please show us the same scenes at the same camera angles.

[ShadowWolf712]

They said in the article they weren't the same angles and explained why.

[slappy508]

Oomph! What a game!

[Apex13]

I can't see the difference

[Relientk77]

Dat difference though

[JamesBroski]

Yea. There's no MP.

[Shineon]

That ps3 screenshot is not how the game looked on ps3 what kind of Tom foolery is this?

[mogwaii]

Another cash grab remaster.

[sashimi]

Sony already said its for the high % of new PS users who skipped PS3 last gen but sure herp derp cash grab.

[mogwaii]

Your agument just bolsters what i said HERP DERP!

[1nsomniac]

Are we still using the tampered released 2k "screenshots" for the PS4 remaster?

Or have they actually released real screenshots?

[Valenka]

Definitely going to call BS on this, because the PS3 version was NOT that blurry at all.

[airforcex]

Sony's waiting too long to bring out the big guns. Another remaster? All we need now is a GT6 remaster...

[CantBeStopped]

To be fair Playstation isn't the only console getting remasters, lest you forgot the Master Chief collection and the upcoming Gears remasters for xbox just to name a couple, remasters are not consoles specific, they are a symptom of this current console generation as a whole. As to their validity well that's up to everyone to decide on their own.

[joel01]

Ps3 version looked better I think..but still can't wait for the remaster ^^

[CantBeStopped]

Pretty obvious these PS3 images have been manipulated making them appear blurry to make the PS4 images look even better, not saying that the PS4 version wont be amazing but this type of scum bag game journalism needs to stop.