Every Naughty Dog Game Ranked From Worst to Best

BY BEN PRICE: Through the years, few game developers have been as consistently excellent in their quality of titles as Sony’s own Naughty Dog. With the release of The Last of Us Part II, this is the perfect time to rank every Playstation title released by Naughty Dog, from Crash Bandicoot to Uncharted 4.

[crazyCoconuts]

....ranked from best to bestest

[ClayRules2012]

Best Uncharted game to bestest.

Uncharted DF. Story wise, I prefer it over U3. Such a good time & entertaining story. Clunky controls, but still solid enough.

Uncharted 3 - Least favorite game in the series, from the story side of things. But still entertaining. And while I didn’t love the set pieces, they were amazing to look at.

Uncharted Lost Legacy - I loved Chloe and Nadine working together, with all the banter and jokes.

Uncharted 2. This’ll forever remain close to my heart. So special to me and one of the finest gaming story’s/experiences I’ve still yet today ever had. Incredible set pieces that paved the way for other games makers to try and mimick, yet not to come close to capturing the epic scale of what’s still on offer here all these years later.

Uncharted 4. What a final farewell and beautiful sendoff for Nathan Drake, Elena, and Sully. Loved Rafe, great boss fight at the end, more grounded personable story with nice mystical elements (which I appreciated) just couldn’t imagine it any better!

The Last of Us. The finest story I’ve ever experienced in a game. ND’s best work to date (because I’m not speaking on Part 2 at the moment, since i haven’t beaten it) so yeah...and yes, I’m aware of my risks being in the comments. Let’s be kind and not ignorant please lol.

[bouzebbal]

Jak & Daxter to me redefined some of the platforming aspects. the experience was first of all seemless there was almost no loading screen on PS2 and that was something never seen before.
My favorite ND game though is Jak 2. It had some GTA in it, some of Jak 1, good action, perfect gameplay, good dose of difficulty and no loading screen.

[TheKingKratos]

My rank would be

1.TLOU1/TLOU2

2.Uncharted 2

3.Uncharted 4

4.Uncharted 3

5.Uncharted 1

[starchild]

1. Uncharted 2
2. The Last of Us
3. Uncharted Drake's Fortune
3. Uncharted 3
4. Uncharted 4
5. The Last of Us 2

[shuvam09]

Way of the Warrior FTW!!

[nirwanda]

Bad mortal combat with great music, has no idea it was naughty dog

[darthv72]

Its so bad its good. Why the hell have they not gone back to this after all these years???

[toxic-inferno]

You're absolutely right! I opened the page and saw Jak X as the 'worst', and was initially horrified, as I love that game! Then I remembered this was only Naughty Dog games...

[ClayRules2012]

@TheKingKratos

Very nice rank ranking!!

[TheScotsman]

The list is written buy a coward scared to put TLOU2 on the list for fear of the haters lol. Why bother writing the article at all

[zackeroniii]

he knew he made this list just for the very purpose of not putting the last of us part 2 so he could cause more trouble...he knew exactly what he's doing

[ABizzel1]

It's my number 2 game of this generation so far, regardless of the divisiveness and IMO in their top 5 games if probably top 3 for me (Uncharted 2, The Last of Us Part 1, and The Last of Us Part 3 but I'm not sure of the order just year).

I don't think it's a 10/10 for me personally, because there are a few small things that I felt could have been better specifically the structure of the story and removing some sections of the gameplay to make it closer to a 16 hour (8 hours per campaign) game instead of a 20+ hour one. But there were just so many great and amazing things in this game that are so far ahead of anything else I've played this generation that I'm thoroughly excited for a Part 3 or whatever they name a sequel if it ever happens and I'm willing to wait for another 6 - 7 years to play it.

[demonseye]

well to be fair i only wanted the story to last longer. story wise this is a downgrade from last of us 1. i know they were gonna create a more daring story. i just dont like dina in the story she doesnt really add anything that makes me intrested. game wouldve been better if it was jesse and ellie going through togheter as friends love story wasnt really needed. i am fine with lev story being a trans and the cult not liking it. becuase it doesnt feel forced to much and it isnt in your face its just a part of the story.
didnt like the two story lines you are playing but thats my personal preference.
but gameplay wise its defintly a masterpiece.

[mandingo]

Because TLOU2 doesn’t make the list

[Marquinho]

Lol... nice clickbait(ish) article... they didn't dare to rank TLOU2.

[Anghellic]

should be top 3 Uc2, Tlou1, Uc3...

[Yodasfavoritesoda]

Wow I forgot about a few of those games. Solid list but they got better with time peaked with the last of us then came back to earth a bit

[TheLigX]

Flame bait piece.

[on_line_forever]

The worst : last of us 2

[starchild]

Yeah, it's my least favorite by far. Uncharted 2 is their best game in my eyes.

[DoubleYourDose]

I would rank the first Crash Bandicoot much higher. It was amazing for it's time.

[Noz]

Tlou2 takes the number 1 spot for me, it technically is the best game ive ever seen on my screen, its different to the typical "everything is good and dont worry about anything" crap, with its deep dark story it took alot of people off their fluffy strawberry smelling cloud they living on and gets people mad because they didnt expect a game to be that way and thats what i like the most, its fresh, its brutal, its for adults, and thats what most of the games today are missing! They all create disney like storys so hopefully nobody would be offended and naughty dog took the right direction and created a masterpiece in every possible way, i have never felt so much anger, i hated Abby so much, my whole playtrough with Ellie was so enjoyable because i could take revenge on almost everyone of those fuckers who killed joel and my only goal was to kill this fucking bitch Abby, hopefully in the worst and gruesome way possible, just to avenge joels death!
But then the tables turned, suddenly i saw the young abby on my screen, and i was like no, fuck you, i dont want to play her, but since you have no other choice i slowly did what they wanted, and little did i know abby grew on me, i suddenly understood what is going on, what happend, the puzzle came together piece by piece hour by hour and i stopped beeing a joel and ellie fanboy and thought to my self, what if i were in abbys position, what if i was abby what would i do and what did joel really do that i missed? it was a rollercoaster from beginning to the end, i dont fully agree with the ending but its a strong one, it left you behind with a sad feeling and you realize it wasnt worth it for anyone of them, and in the end both of them recognized what they did, and thus alltogether it is the best game FOR ME, IN MY OPINION, that ive ever played, i cant wait to see where this is going in part 3, but im quite sure we´ll never see abby again due to the hate on the internet and all the butthurt people who act like someone took all their candys away, thats really sad for me, because i think its an very interesting charakter and i would love to see a sidestory with her an lev! If naughtydog whants to go the pussy route though they just put part 3 before part 2 and revive joel and tell the story directly after part 1 and what happend between those two parts! how ever, it will be amazing like the parts before! please dont hate on my comment because you have a different opinion, im cool with your opinion but dont try to make your opinion my opinion, the question was where i would rank tlou2 and thats my honest answer, sorry if i offended you!

[mandingo]

The best game you’ve ever played. I feel bad for you.

[Noz]

you dont have to feel bad for me, people are different, people like things other people dont, people love movies other hate, people dont like the same food as others, its perfectly normal to have a different taste or opinion, but nowadays people shout at you, hate you, get mad at you if you dont have the same taste/opinion like them, especially on the internet and im sick and tired of this shit and our society for that idiotic behaviour, so im ok, dont worry about me ;)

[mandingo]

I mean if you really believe that as your opinion then great. But a lot of people are saying it just to say it and it’s nonsensical.

[demonseye]

you are being a bit closed minded my dude.
to be fair i didnt like the duell story thing but it dindnt bother me. i did dislike dina she didnt add anything to the game. as i can read from NOZ he doesnt even mention her so he probaly agrees. i liked jesse way better as a character they shouldve given him more screen time and removed dina. other than that gamplay wise its a masterpiece story i give a 6.5

[mandingo]

Gameplay wise it hasn’t really evolved at all from the first one. The shooting is still clumsy. Yea the combat is brutal but I don’t see it as a masterpiece. The story is bad don’t get me started with the ending. It’s a great looking game and the production is great but that’s about it. It’s not a 10

[Noz]

its not only about believeing, I think the difference is that i see what they wanted to tell, i dont just blindely love ellie and joel and hate everything on the game just because of that one specific desicion, i played the game twice, and im now on my third playtrough not only because i love to watch at those beautiful graphics, i also understand the story more and more, i understand the charakter design better i understand the connections between the timejumps better and like so often with movies or books it just takes a littlebit of time to see what is going on and i like to dig deeper, especially in a controversial story like this one! Sure a lot of people dont like call of duty or fortnite, a lot of people dont like pizza or coca cola, a lot of people dont like alcohol and so on, but that doesent mean that other people cant enjoy all of this? and the internet at the moment forces people to hate the last of us 2 just because they themself dont like it, and everyone who enjoyed the game the story is an idiot, has no tast, dont know what they are talking about, are fanboys, ect. du you know what i mean?

[Noz]

@demonseye no i didnt really care about dina, they had a few interesting dialogs, but youre right! In the end i really liked abby, she had the most interesting build up in the story, from absolut hate to the point i really liked to play with her! i would give a 9/10, why, because the gameplay animations could be more diverse, the ai could be better and the variety of enemys could be better, but overall i had a lot of fun and thats the only thing that matters!

[TheScotsman]

I believe him more than you mandingo, all your comments spreading hate and yet you never laid your hands on the game, watch it in its entirity on YouTube so you say, check his previous comments people, so how do you know how it plays you have no idea, how dare you comment on gameplay when you never tried it, your just another one of them fake haters who never have and never will play it cause its not on Your xbox , now scurry off and find your hole you crawled out of.

[mandingo]

@ Scotsman I loved the first game. It has nothing to do with not being on Xbox. I have a ps4. It has everything to do with simply having a bad story. The gameplay is similar to the first game. It’s good but nothing spectacular. I can watch streams and not have to play the game to know that. I’m sorry you have to justify this being a solid effort from ND story wise or gameplay wise.

[RosweeSon]

I feel bad for you trolling every article because they’ve upset you, youve not even played it go and buy the game and give it a rest. Oh wait you can just watch snippets on YouTube yeah that’s just like playing it from start to finish yourself 😑🤦🏻‍♂️ You say you feel sorry for people enjoying the game and singing it’s praises yet it’s you who needs the pity feeling the need to tell everyone how bad it is yet never having played it yourself what kind of a moron does that.

The best game they’ve ever played, yeah because they actually played it themselves didn’t get someone to play it for them on YouTube. Are you not age appropriate 🥴 sure someone will buy it for you soon little buddy.

[Bruh]

My ranking:

1. UC2: Fantastic writing, combined with steadfast pacing and some fantastic level design. One of my fav games ever

2. TLOU: An absolute gem, with one of the best endings in a video game, I don't think I've ever felt so conflicted with such an ending. Its writing and pace was great. Second only cause I enjoyed UC's general lvl design more

3. UC4: Another one of my favorite games ever, the graphics still blow me away despite the game being 4 years old. I think Henning wrote a better story in UC2, but this game's pacing and lvl design are better.

4. UC3: For some reason this game gets shat on way too much. It wasn't better than 2 but it was also a lot more ambitious in its story scale. Great writing, with much more exciting levels than UC2 personally. I think its weakness was really the ending but still fantastic

5. UC1: Oh man this game, its hard to judge it against much more technically advanced games. But this game was so much fun, I wish we could get a version with refined control cause otherwise, its story was great, it was the most authentic to the Indian jones experience and I loved it

6. TLOU P2: I think this is ND's weakest outing to date. Its still a really good game, I don't think 95/96 Meta level, as I think God of War and UC4 are MUCH better games. To me the story is the weakest and the writing is bad. But holy hell its game play and level design, is brilliant. The world feels the most immersive I've played in a game. I get the high ratings it really does feel next-gen in the technical and gameplay aspects.

**Jak and Daxter don't get rated cause they are absolute gems that a number can't justify their meaning to me haha

[demonseye]

i wouldve still place last of us higher and well the crash bandicoot saga just for child memories. tlou 2 5fth i agree with your review on it though i thibk they shouldve just let jesse have the screentime of dina and just remove dina she was a terrible character that you couldnt connect with. abby wasnt as bad as people make her out to be in my opinion. kinda hate that they are only looking at her looks that she was buffed. but i think that added value to how much commitment she gave her need to revenge her dad. becuase that all it really was.

[DrDeath]

Only issue i have with the game is abbys physique. Its unrealistic for a female without using steroids. I wish they used her flash back character model in the entire game. She actually looked like a girl in the flash backs. She is a bigger build than every man

[Bruh]

@Dr.Death

Controversial, but I'm gonna say we shouldn't have played as Ellie at all until the golf club scene and should've started the game with Abby and her dad at outbreak day or something

[Rimeskeem]

When your worst rated game is averaging a 76 and your games are averaging 88 since 1998.

[Rimeskeem]

I think the biggest reason behind the hate towards the story of TLOU2 compared to TLOU is quite simply surprise factor. TLOU was a brand new IP that redefined how you could tell a story. TLOU2 is actually very similar in the redefining story telling but since we had grown to love Joel and the main characters from TLOU the story was considered by many to be weak due to the uncommon tropes it followed in direction which you could either love or hate but since people had specific expectations it caused more controversy. TLOU had ZERO expectations within the story telling and people only knew that it was made by Naughty Dog.

[Imortus_san]

Crash Bandicoot 3 for me.

[Knushwood Butt]

Eddie Raja is an uninteresting villain??

[DrDeath]

Ya he was? He sorta sucked. Typical dumb villan

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Bestest to best

1. The Last of Us
2. The Last of Us: Part II
3. Uncharted 2
4. Uncharted 4
5. Way of the Warrior

[raptorjacob]

My favorite is the uncharted series. I couldn't get into the last of us.

[DrDeath]

Ouch. Uncharted was my #1 then the last of us took the crown. Loved it. I beat last of us over 7 times i bet on every difficulty

[starchild]

For me Uncharted 2 is still my favorite Naughty Dog game. It was special. Perfect balance of narrative, gameplay and presentation. And it wasn't pushing any stupid political agendas. It was just an amazing game that almost anybody could relate to.

I also love the first The Last of Us game. Unfortunately, I don't really like the sequel. I have multiple issues with it, but I won't get into that now.

[drunkenspy007]

can't do gaming journalism? Write an opinionated ranked list! There are games, there are players, and there's leeches who write articles like this.

[NotanotherReboot]

Precursor Legacy that low lmao

[MasterChief3624]

Every *PlayStation* Naughty Dog Game Ranked. They made a few games prior to their involvement with PlayStation!

[FreeckyCake]

Are you sure you noted all Naughty Dog games? you missed some which the mainstream doesn't even know of their existence. Such as Keef the Thief, Way of the Warrior, Rings of Power, Dream Zone.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

The nude code for Rings of Power is funny

[RgR]

Uncharted 3 and 4, specifically the 3rd one, were my least favorite but they aren't bad either.
My favorite from the list is by far The Last of Us followed by Uncharted 2.

I get my copy of TLOU2 on Saturday.

[UltimateRacer]

For me it’s TLOU2 then TLOU, Uncharted 4,2,3,1 and also I really like Uncharted Golden Abyss.

[njitram2000]

I would definitely place Uncharted Lost Legacy ahead of Uncharted 3 but it's not even on the list.

[TheHan]

The fans crack me up 😂 🤣

[airporttcmelb]

Lol... nice clickbait(ish) article