GEV says: Good news treasure hunters! Nathan Drake, Sony’s CEO of adventure and exploring has returned in yet another installment of the highly successful Uncharted series. Is this year’s outing a treasure hiding in the sand, or just another cheap trinket? Let’s find out together, with our review of Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception.
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception has a lot to live up to as Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is an incredible and near-perfect game.
I cant even say what the point was its easily the worst story in the series. The online was a whole lot of fun though but overall doesn't come even close to 2
Villains were all over the place in this… one second they wanted Drake dead, the next they needed him, then they want him dead again, then they coulda killed him, but poisoned his friend instead, then coulda shot him again, but had brunch with him, then needed him alive, then coulda mowed him down, but decided to kill him by fire and let him escape… Uncharted 2 was way better. 😅😅
This was actually my least favorite in the series. Didn't have that same impact that part 2 set.
Uncharted 2 is the pinnacle of the series (to me).
Granted, 4 had the best story in my opinion, but 2 was the overall best game.
A decade after its release, how does Uncharted 3 fare today? Does its story still work? Was its precursor’s legacy a bedrock or quicksand for its own aspirations?
When arguably the weakest game in the series is still awesome and more fun than most games today, you know you're onto a winner!
They had to make some weird choices as far as story went because the actor for Cutter had to bail which left a few holes in the story.
Uncharted is one of my favourite series and while the leap from 2 to 3 was not nearly as big as the leap from 1 to 2, I think it was an amazing experience none the less.
I really liked part 3 ( Among Thieves is still the best in my opinion) My only complaint was the interactions with the villains and how they were a missed opportunity, Linda MacMahon (Marlowe) was an interesting antagonist due to the history with Sully and Nate but it fails basically flat especially with her ending. And I couldn't care about Navaro 2.0.
What I did love and made me care was Cutter, in the short time he was in the game you could feel that the guy was a good treasure hunter for example when he pulled his own notebook with the clues he founds so the team can escape a room.
It was a small touch that add a lot to the character.
I have mixed feelings on the series. I still own all of them on the PS3, and the collection for PS4, but I didn't truly "love" any of the games until 4.
They're good games, but they always stumble on some element.
The first is good, but the climbing mechanics weren't exactly fine tuned with the first showing. Not to mention the spongey enemies if you played on anything past normal; but you're then faced with a fairly unchallenging game experience.
The second mostly fixed the climbing, but added in a pretty clumsy stealth mechanic.
Three was just two with a new story.
Four got it right though.
I don't remember once getting annoyed by any mechanic had in the game.
I know that everyone has a soft spot for 2, and 3 is sort of the black sheep of the series; but they did, overall, get progressively better. Which doesn't always happen.
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."
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.)
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.
dude, did you even play the game?
Review's a bit naff tbh.
"Naughty Dog brought this on themselves however, by creating such a massive game with Uncharted 2, it really left the sequel very few places to go."
The last half of UC2 was buried in snow. UC3 took you from the London underworld to a forest in France to an ocean liner to horse chases in the desert to a lost city to Syria to lil' burgs in the middle east and South America. You don't even get to the desert plane crash on the cover 'til 3/4 way through. In contrast, look at Arkham City where you can see the whole map of where you'll be the next 10 hrs almost right away. Or Portal2 where both campaigns look the same. Even Dead Space2 goes back to the Ishimura and MGS4 goes back to Shadow Moses. No backtracking here.
"Aiming is an entire issue of its own."
I platinumed it with no issue. Aiming was patched almost 2 weeks ago anyways http://www.gamesradar.com/u... . A current review should reflect this.
"the motivations of the protagonists are never made clear, nor is their ultimate plot."
Sure they are. Treasure, wealth. They say it enough times. They're fortune hunters. Bad guys are after the city for the uniquely contaminated water supply they can use as a bioweapon of sorts, sell it for $$$ or to use as leverage. What's not clear? Look...watch the ending again. Look at what Sully snags. That's been their motivation for 3 games now and a motion comic. Try to keep up.
Just another trash site trying desperately to gain some traffic. Nothing to see here. It's sad that Naughty Dog worked so hard on this game and some people just trash it to get a few more hits.
The hate parade on this game just won't die. It's funny how Skyrim Batman AC and Gears 3 don't get this kind of hate but U3 does. Could it have something to do with the console U3 is on?
@nightshade I platinumed the game before the alternate aiming patch and crushing was way easier than I thought it would be. Maybe its you and not the game.
Holy Christ - to the people claiming the site is trash because the game got a 7/10, get a clue. Differing viewpoints are fine and encouraged but to act like there is an agenda here, for a site WITHOUT ads is ludicrous.
A 7/10 isn't exactly a bad score but take a step back and reflect for a moment - This game isn't as good as about 4 other games that are out this holiday season, and not nearly as good as UC2. If you don't agree that's okay but don't rip the author and site for not sharing your viewpoint. Some people prefer chocolate, some prefer vanilla. It may just be that the author didn't enjoy this entry in the series as much as the last and the review reflects that.
Trashy site needs hits its funny how we never hear about the big flaws of arkham city that game is a 7/8 at best. But no that gets 10s all across the board for what a rushed story boring melee and broken stealth gameplay.