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Strategy Informer: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Review

Strategy Informer writes: "Developer Naughty Dog wonderfully, and perhaps profoundly, reintroduces Nathan Drake: the lovable, cunning, unconventional and historically knowledgeable protagonist, by putting him in disarray, on a train edging off a cliff. Players are immediately thrown into a vast snow-driven environment where Drake is as confused as the player is. How did I get here? What happened? What's going on? And more importantly, what are the controls?"

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ceedubya95308d ago

WHY people are still submitting reviews for this game. Everyone here knows its a good game. I know I'm buying this game, I can't wait for it, but there is a such thing as "beating a dead horse."

Sadly, I know I'll probably get lots of disagrees for this. But who here really thinks we needed another review to show how great this game is?

solideagle15308d ago

yeah name is not good but score is good.....is it included in metacritic?? because there are alot of perfect scores meta has not added yet i dont know y??

thanks in advance

SupaPlaya5308d ago

but 9.5, which is a great score for any game, can actually hurt U2's average score lol...

I know noone should rely on this 'average', but it's funny nonetheless.

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ico925308d ago

Strategy Informer gave uncharted 2 a 9.5 just like all the other 30 websites .....im not surprised what bothers me is that here in uk we have to wait until friday so the only thing these high scores is doing is making the wait unbearable

Dutch Boogie5308d ago

Yeah friday for us Aussies too. Man i can't wait to be apart of history.

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Active Quest Episode 100: Our Favorite Games of All Time

Chris, Joseph, and Josh celebrate Active Quest’s 100th episode by discussing their favorite games of all time.

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Recharting Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Retrospective Review

Nevada Dru from Bits & Pieces revisits Uncharted 2: Among Thieves to see if this legendary game has stood the test of time.

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Abnor_Mal1453d ago

Currently playing Drakes Fortune on crushing, next will be to replay Among Thieves, but I'm sure it still holds up today.

P_Bomb1453d ago (Edited 1453d ago )

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.

Abnor_Mal1452d ago

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.

P_Bomb1452d ago (Edited 1452d ago )

@abnor_mal
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.

MadLad1453d ago

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.

Profchaos1453d ago (Edited 1453d ago )

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

Rimeskeem1453d ago

I think Uncharted 2 is a lot like AC2. Both games took the idea and basically improved it in every single way.

Movefasta19931452d ago

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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15 Best Action Set Pieces in the Uncharted Series

Cultured Vultures: What's your favourite moment from the Uncharted franchise? Here are 15 that got our blood pumping.

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Imalwaysright1488d ago

My favorite is the building collapsing on Uncharted 2.

goldwyncq1488d ago

The entire final chapter of The Lost Legacy is the best setpiece in the series and it wasn't even mentioned.