Gamesthirst writes: It's one of the most critically acclaimed titles of all time, some hail it as a full length blockbuster film, reviews from across the board have been overwhelmingly positive, and one magazine went as far as to break its own rule when it gave Uncharted 2: Among Thieves a 21/20. That's how great this game is. However, there was one more piece of the puzzle that needed to come in place, and it has. Sales of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves are soaring.
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Currently playing Drakes Fortune on crushing, next will be to replay Among Thieves, but I'm sure it still holds up today.
Recently re-platinumed 1-3. Uncharted 2 aged better than I even expected. I enjoyed it more now than I did a decade ago. It’s more polished than 1, tighter than 3 and Yemen in 3 was gorgeous. Shambhala out-prettied Ubar though. 60fps w higher res’ made for a damn good rerun.
Question: When you say Uncharted2 aged better than expected, are you talking about the original PS3 game or the remastered collection on PS4. I ask because I think that a remastered version of the game would look and play better than the original.
I doubt that the original ran at 60 frames, how many years old is the remastered collection anyway.
I need to replay the original trilogy along with the collection, not a fan of the collection trophy of beating levels in a set time and don't think the originals required that for platinum.
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It’s true that the remasters have upped the resolution and given it 60fps, but the base game is the same. The art design and base textures/physics/ animations are the same yet still look contemporary. More-so than UC1 which isn’t as tight, or UC3 in some cases which I found a bit clunky in close quarters.
UC2 level design was a great evolution in bringing the verticality from the jungle into rural/urban settings while maintaining smooth animation transitions. Drake still moves better than the ginger in Star Wars Jedi. Outdoor areas are better lit.
UC2 also has more action and better pacing imo, which helps when replaying a game 10 years later. Kept me engaged.
You don’t need to time trial for platinum. They stuck the speedrun trophies in a seperate extended dlc category so have no fear.
I thought the originals were good, but not great. I understand that puts me in the minority here. That said, Uncharted 4 was freaking fantastic.
Yeah I understand the hate for 4 prior to playing it I was firmly against it and felt like 3 wrapped things up already but now after playing it I think it was the best in the franchise.
Now I look back at two and I feel like I'm playing an on the rails shooter everything is so tightly scripted including the infamous train scene you simply can't make a mistake
I think Uncharted 2 is a lot like AC2. Both games took the idea and basically improved it in every single way.
Uc2, AC2,Halo2, Soul calibur 2, Killzone 2, Infamous 2 , Dishonored 2 and a few more. The only negative thing I have against uc2, and imo it annoyed me,are the blue apes, uncharted 1 handled the super natural far better.
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The entire final chapter of The Lost Legacy is the best setpiece in the series and it wasn't even mentioned.
I have been playing the demo and it is pretty good. The graphics are nice and the gameplay is fun. If I were going to say one negative thing and this is the only gripe I have had so far, is that some of the textures are kind of bland. I know it is a demo and has a little bit more time to polish, but they stick out like a sore thumb in such a beautiful game. Look at some of the stairs and various other spots and you will see some textures that just weren't finished, or were placeholder for the new ones... who knows. I like the co-op missions and the survival mode. I haven't played any objectives game mode as there just weren't enough people playing the demo or something. There were 7,797 people on last time I checked and it took a long time for the objective game match, so I backed out and played the others which loaded a lot faster.
Other than that, I am having a blast and look forward to the release of this game. It has to be good if the only thing I can rightfully point out are a few bland textures, that is saying a lot.
Also, I like the little noise that you get when you make a kill, kinda like Call of Duty 4.
in it's life time. Uncharted 3: Personal Mission (that's my title lol) will do 6.5 million in first year. Word on it!
Keep on dreaming.
unlike blind lemming bots who purchased halo ODLC without even knowing the quality of the game
those bots where probably disappointed with ODCL's looks, length, and hardness.. just like their girlfriends were with them
on first day or 5 million plus overall to cement itself to be a great game. That notion really must change because its obviously extremely stupid.
i blame x360 fans for this and they need to cut this crap out because its hurting gaming. Lets go back to last gen where game sales didn't factor in to games being considered great or not.
last gen when the PS2 was on top. PS fans didn't considered GTA3, GT3 FF10 or MGS2 to be great games because they sold 5 million plus copies each. On the opposite spectrum of sales were gems like ICO,SOTC,Okami,Fahrenheit which sold very badly but were in most PS fans top game list last gen. MY point is, games sales shoudn't be a factor in the past, now or in the future on how games are perceived as to weather they are great or not.
All these games were considered great for various things like graphics, story, gameplay, innovation, score/soundtrack,level design,lighting, level of immersion etc. None were considered great because of sales. I only started seeing this sales = great/quality crap with the release of Halo 2 last gen and it got worse this gen when x360 fans knew this is something that a few x360 games have over most PS3 games. It needs to stop because it will hurt truly great games that don't sell much. Watch groundbreaking games like Heavy Rain being dubbed a flop because it will not sell a million copies on day 1 by x360 fans. That kind of thinking needs to stop because if it becomes widespread it will discourage devs from crafting new gaming experience instead they will just bring out FPS number 234.
U2 will sell much. How much we don't know but how much it sell's should be irrevelant as to weather its a great game or not.