Uncharted: Drakes fortune review ( B-)

Avclub.com - "When it comes to movie-style storytelling, Uncharted is more Sahara than Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Nathan Drake is a much better murderer than a fortune hunter. The guy rarely discovers anything. Every new ruin or vault he stumbles upon is already crawling with thugs who beat him to the punch, so he simply shoots them all, snatches whatever trinkets they left behind, and follows the breadcrumbs to the scene of his next mass murder. The guy is saddled with a pair of worthless sidekicks whose sole purpose is to drive the action."

[Grassroots]

It says a B- how is that a 75%?? Sounds like an 80% to me.

[crazy25000]

was thinkin about that....this was a WEIRD review....with all the compliments and said what was positive and negative

but overall the review went towards 80% or more

[Dark_Vendetta]

I think:
A+ = 100%
A = 95%
A- = 90%
B+ = 85%
B = 80%
B- = 75%
But maby I'm wrong

[masterg]

It's true that the exploring is limited in the game.
But on the bottom line this is one of the best games (best single player) I have played in 2007.
And I have played just about every game out there.

[solideagle1]

u should check the gamerankings it lists 75% thats y i have listed it.

[solideagle1]

man its approving very fast i thought nobody will approve it but i think some fans are approving to degrade it. but i havent played it yet. i dont have even a ps3 but soon i will.
thanx

[jackdoe]

Yep, look at the approvers. PoG, Bloodmask are all looking to degrade it.

[pswi60]

they are all reeling from the (again) killed rumors of MGS4, crysis, ps3 power thread, xbox ultimate thread, every time they stir the pot they get stepped on twice as hard, this is just them clawing thier way back to attack mode.

[InMyOpinion]

This is as credible as that Mass Effect review.

Everyone knows they are both great games.

[power of Green]

Old: (13 minutes ago)
dec 31st,2007
Reported by: TANOD

[pswi60]

why criticize him for doing exactly the same thing you do?

[rofldings]

lol a review by the onion?

[mintaro]

heh 75% seemed from the review it would ed up gettin somewhere in the 80-85

[jackdoe]

B- equals a 75%? Strange. Anyway, people should know if the game, according to their own opinion, is good or not by now.

[TrooGamer]

Great game so who cares?

[Salvadore]

I dont know why Tanod is going all emo over it.

[Xbox is the BEST]

read the comments on that article?
Play Beyond

[xplosneer]

So after everyone else says the others have good AI, they suddenly don't do much? Sounds like this guy didn't like the story so knocked everything else down.

(Rubbing it into some fanboy faces): It's 90% average now at gamerankings. IS it AAA?!?!?!?!?!?

[Brian5247]

I suppose anyone can review games and have them posted to N4G, huh?

[titntin]

The site is garbage. Simply the owrst reviews I have ever read, and I've read some sh*t ones..

Same site gives a B- to Mass effect too saying 'Final judgment: A space opera with huge potential ends in a shrug.'

Any site unable to see the excellnece of either Drake or Mass Effect should be seriously ignored.

[meepmoopmeep]

it's just their way to generate hits to their site... don't give them what they want... resist reading their reviews

[SkolarVisari]

They must have hated God of War, and the Tomb Raider games.

[KidMakeshift]

I say a "B" is an appropriate score. It's definitely the best game to hit the system so far, but the gun battles are too frequent and play all too similar. Plus, I hate that Nathan kills off an entire nations worth of pirates without showing any remorse (they're completely disposable and used only as an obstacle between cut scenes). I wish there was more exploration / puzzle solving and that the platforming was a little more dynamic (it was somewhat cartoonish and simple). I'm really looking forward to the sequel. So much, in fact, that I wrote a fan fare sequel while I was bored at work.

[Adamalicious]

Got Uncharted for Christmas, beat the whole game in three (long) sessions. Couldn't put it down. Awesome game. Period.

[pswi60]

you could say that about any game...Halo, Gears, Half-Life, etc...you kill countless enemies on your way thru the game. What makes UDF great is the fact that there is alot of variety on how you get thru the landscape, whether it be climbing, running/gunning, swimming, exploring, jumping, etc...the game looks and plays great, with plot twists etc.

right now im at the part where you ride the jet-ski upstream and blow up enemies along the way with the nade launcher.

it sounds to me like whoever did the review tried to run thru the game as fast as possible, and now wants to be uber-critical cause he didnt enjoy the game (duh).

[madcow]

I agree, it does not seem to matter what game it is, unless it is on the wii, many games seem to revolve around piling up the bodies, whether it be ratchet and clank or mass effect, Uncharted is no different in that area, but you are right that it is different in the environment between those bloodbaths! You can stop and appreciate the jungle before you get ready to drop enemies like Rambo.

[HB-Sauce]

Hasn't N4G seen enough Uncharted reviews?

[madcow]

"Nathan Drake is a much better murderer than a fortune hunter", "so he simply shoots them all, snatches whatever trinkets they left behind, and follows the breadcrumbs to the scene of his next mass murder"

sounds like a AAA title to me! I played it and loved it! And even found some treasure amoung the mangled bodies I left laying around.

[osirisomeomi]

I'm really finding this game in particular gets reviewed with a strong double standard. The game's faults are ridiculous. This review complains about the character's details, when in most video games, the characters don't even HAVE details! It's like complaining that the gold in only 14kt when everything else on the market is copper.

This incompetent reviewing HAS TO STOP. Review games at an equal footing. 10's according to many reviewers are games which are not perfect but are as good as it gets at the time. This game is not perfect in many ways but is head and shoulders above almost every other game like it, and its graphics, animations and characters are THE BEST so far on a console.

I understand Sony promised reviewers the moon and the stars, and that its games weren't the moon and the stars. Stop reviewing like PS games are supposed to be better than games for other consoles, and start reviewing them like they're just great games.

[jorellpogi]

Agreed.

[4me2]

.... as it was a movie????

Shouldn't a game be reviewed from the point of technical achievements, fun factor, visuals and story --> All put together.

[Monkeynator]

I can't believe the comments about the mass murdering. Technically to murder someone you can't be justified or that would be justifiable homicide. Considering that he was stuck on the Island with them shooting at him, or he was trying to rescue someone you could argue justification. Regardless, this is a pop-action game that doesn't need to be dark and emo in respect to some undefined realism factor. There are some decent points about repetitious shoot-outs and the want for a few more puzzles, but otherwise I don't see those being so outrageous. If the game was longer and did not vary up the fighting and puzzle solving category some more then I would have a problem with it, as it is I have a another problem with the length.

The length was a problem because there was so much potential in the game that could not get presented. Just look at how simple the end was? They really should have made the hand to hand longer, more gritty and used some randomized button prompts. Perhaps let you go inside the ship to look for him, and give you a bonus weapon (grenade) if you did... Actually I'm going to replay it to make sure there isn't such bonus, but it was a bit abrupt IMO.