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The Action-Adventure Series Needs To Wait Until Next Gen To Return
Uncharted is a fantastic series that saw its peak in 2009 with the release of the ever-popular PS3 exclusive Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
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.
I say wait until its ready for the PS4. I'll take another Vita Uncharted though.
"The reception was slightly mixed, with some fans feeling the game was simply too similar to its predecessor"
I think that would belong to a COD article, also, the only reason this "journalist" says the game needs a break is because of it... " being a bit iffy on whether it continued to improve over its predecessor" ????
I agree that the series need a little of a break, but if the guys gives that reason, then the title of the article should be "the most stupid reason why Uncharted series need a break"
That's the problem with any series, Worst offender is Assassins creed - I Mean are they trying to make people sick of it?
I played the first creed and brotherhood, don't want to play it any more. Boring now.
Uncharted should wait until alittle time into PS4'S life, and also release on PS3 maybe.
Would agree in light of Tomb Raider it need to take a break, pick up a few new tricks, but then that's most of the industry. Something like Assassin's Creed especially, which is seeing titles coming out on a yearly basis before any reaction to the one prior can be gauged.
I disagree fully.I still don't see why Uncharted should take a break when no one else is.Just because the last Uncharted wasn't the best doesn't mean it needs a break.People still cry as if it was the worst game ever or something.It just needs a different approach for the next one.People keep harping on about things needing a break but a game could take a break and still come back worse then ever e.g. Duke Nukem.It has nothing to do with how frequent a game is made.Mario makes only one Mario platformer per system and I am still damn tired of it.Waiting a while doesn't guarantee that it will come back any better received.Uncharted 4 for the PS4 as a launch title could blow our minds and make us glad they didn't wait.People are always so sure if you wait a while a game will automatically get better because of that.Besides there are series out there that are more desperately need break and have had more games then Uncharted did and still use the same formula over and over again.One game that isn't able to or can't live up to it's predecessor doesn't mean a game needs a break.By that logic they shouldn't have made another DMC so soon after DMC2 tanked.And with the PS4's power it will give UC4 advantages that UC3 didn't have.