GameXplain.com writes, "Ever since the Uncharted series debuted in 2007, the franchise has gone on to receive numerous accolades. Back in 2009, many websites proclaimed Uncharted 2: Among Thieves as the Game of the Year. With the recent release of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception garnering similar praise, it is sure to be nominated for similar awards. With all of this praise, you may think the Uncharted series is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, videogame series of all time. Due to its lack of originality and limited scope, however, I can not say I subscribe to this notion."
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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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
It was a step back for sure. Personally, I thought even the MP was way better in U2. Solid game, glad I played it. I just think they didn't push as hard as they did with U2.
The "young Drake" portion was pretty top notch, story-wise. But yeah, everything outside of that I felt was inferior.
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. 😅😅
=D Sounds crazy. I don't remember any of that. Played it on ps3 and I remember thinking that why was this game so bashed compared to second one. I liked it.
Another thing that annoyed me about UC3 events was the agent Talbot teleporting around Turkey. It just felt off to me, and made no sense.
Also, for about one third of the game, you go on a wild goose chase to rescue Sully, who wasn't even there to be rescued, and you end up back where you started again. There was simply no pay off for all the events you go through, so it fell flat in that regard as if they couldn't figure out how to make the game longer, so they decided to side-track you to do something with no pay off, hoping you wouldn't notice due to all the incredible action set pieces they made.
Overall though, even with its flaws, I still enjoy the game.
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.
Some decent points, but overall, like music, games take inspiration from each other. It would be like saying Iron Maiden is a rip-off of Judas Priest. It's called precedent. Uncharted doesn't hide the fact that it was hugely inspired by Tomb Raider, some of the fans do. As for the gears comparison, it only makes sense to borrow from a game that redefined third person action games like RE4 influenced gears. The Uncharted series is great and all great series take inspiration from other great games.
Gears was in development around unreal tournament 2004. Or so I heard on the bombcast.
Gears has been in development for a long time. 2004/05 sounds about right. Probably even before the PS3 dev kits existed. Furthermore, you don't think the success of gears influenced the gameplay mechanics of Uncharted 1 a year out in any way? Developers are always tweaking gameplay mechanics.
As long as a game is fun, I don't care where its inspirations come from.
It kills me that people can't see the HEAVY Tomb Raider influence in this series.