Uncharted: Drake's Fortune on PS4 is Pretty Much a Different Game

"I just played through Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Remastered, and I must say, I am pleasantly surprised by the amount of polish and gameplay critiques BluePoint Games added to the game. This isn't merely a port of the PlayStation 3 version. Let me explain what's different." -- PlayStation Enthusiast

[yuukiliu]

It definitely feels better than it did on PS3. I had a blast finishing it yesterday. Now on to Uncharted 2, haven't played that since I got the plat back in 2010.

[Pintheshadows]

I accidentally started on 2. I just wanted to show my housemate the opening as he has never played any of them. Now I am on chapter 23. Whoops.

[XabiDaChosenOne]

Lmao! Its the best one in the series so dont be to hard on yourself.

[saladthieves]

Lol...I guess there's no going back. It's still an excellent game :)

[sonarus]

Yea Unc 2 like God of war 2 best in series.

[81BX]

Lol. Uncharted is in my top 5 of all time, so i understand.

[Malphite]

I just got my Uncharted collection. Never played the games before. I'll probably try it out later today. Hope I'll like it. For the sake of staying spoiler free I haven't clicked the article. Can someone tell me if there are spoilers in there? If so I'll check it out once I've finished it.

[TFJWM]

It is spoiler free, just talks about the differences in mechanics mostly, nothing about the story.

[Angeljuice]

No spoilers were spotted.

[jaseo]

Just started playing on crushing. Finding it a challenge... brutal will be really tough I think!

[StrawberryDiesel420]

The fact that Bluepoint was able to lock the game at 60fps and vsync it as amazing. Fixing that horrific screen tearing from Uncharted Drakes Fortune while upping the res and doubling the framerate must have been tough. Much respect to Bluepoint/ND, plus the PS4 is a beast that's capable of this kind of visual fidelity and technical prowess.

[ginsunuva]

Yes the ps4 is such a beast for running an 8-year old game at a higher framerate...

[supergravity]

@420

My thoughts exactly the screen tearing was jarring back in the day a number of the early PS3 games suffered from it. Bluepoint eliminating that upping res, along with the buttery frame rate and enhanced mech make this is a very special trip down memory lane. I'm having a blast! Only wish I had more time to play. The bundle just put my Dad over the edge, looks like he's finally upgrading his PS3, lol! Speaking of that bundle talk about a HUGE Holiday value! PS4 sales are already crazy if they can communicate that value proposition to the masses its gonna go off!

[robtion]

Looks great, and I know the games are amazing and have aged well. Just shows how crazy they were all those years ago that they still pretty much hold up to games released so many years later.

[mezati99]

BluePoint should do every remaster/port ever

[DragonDDark]

Good job Bluepoint !

[brettnll]

Seriously remakable job.

[saukelover12]

i wasnt ready for the demons

[JoeReno]

I had totally forgotten about them aswell.Took me by complete suprise.

[asmith2306]

Spoilers man!!

[Palitera]

pjosephson, you are a pitiful person. From one post alone, it is pretty easy to be sure of it.
And, no doubt, you'll keep getting what you deserve in life.

asmith, don't worry, the game has much more than that, including on the reveals subject.

[kraenk12]

Pjosephson, You are despicable. Can't have many friends.

[Palitera]

It seems that luckily he has been banned. =)

[wellard]

Spoilers dude

[WelkinCole]

Relax guys. There are no demons. There is something which were secary but they are not demons.

[saukelover12]

a curse, demons samething lol

[DOMination-]

I don't want to spoil it but they were nazi zombies

[saukelover12]

Nathan call them demons

[TheLoCoRaven]

The supernatural stuff at the end of Uncharted and Tomb Raider games just annoy me. You spend all this time as a real person, fighting other real people, then theres some BS at the end. Just seems like a cop-out to me. Why not just have some grand final battle?

[cfc83]

Pleasantly suprised at the quality of uc2. It lives up to it's rep as a great game.

[Pintheshadows]

I forgot how challenging it can be. It is still excellent. And my word, the music during combat is fantastic.

[cfc83]

I never had a ps3, and after completing uc1 in 2 days, my hopes weren't high. However, the first few hours in uc2 are amongst the best in gaming. All the detail and action crammed into it is brilliant.

[Jaqen_Hghar]

A man likes 3 even better so prepare yourself!

[slappy508]

I thought I was the only one here that liked 3 the best. Really liked the puzzles and the environments

[ninsigma]

Just got off the jet ski. Loving this game all over again! It's very impressive how much they overhauled this game!

[Picnic]

I think that the jetskis are one of the most underrated aspects of the Uncharted series. The control was perhaps too responsive but I look forward to a river ride in UC4 because concept art suggests that there will be a speedboat.

Surely there also has to be a Romancing the stone style mudslide?

[ninsigma]

They're good fun if not a little frustrating at times xD
I'd like to see a return of them too with better controls.

[WelkinCole]

People always compare Uncharted to Indy or TR but to be honest I feel like Uncharted is more like romancing the stone.

[Elda]

Just past the jet skis & it was a lil frustrating..glad it was over..lol.

[StrawberryDiesel420]

Love the Flooded City, excellent sequence worth playing through a couple times.

[ninsigma]

I've done it so many times at this point I've lost count lol
Will have to go through it again on brutal mode too xD

[Lighter9]

"The girl's trapped and the power's out. I swear to God if there's zombies up ahead..!"

[MasterCornholio]

LOL

I still remember those German zombie nazis.

[deadpoolio316]

those aren't zombies or the Germans that went there...Those things have been there since Sir Drake was trying to keep the Treasure on the island, the Descendants are there to protect it

[MasterCornholio]

@dead

Sorry about that. I haven't played the game in the longest time so I don't remember every detail.

I Apologize for that.

[ault01]

In the middle of playing the game again and I don't remember the old controls. Think I read bluepoint made all 3 games the same controls right? Was there a crouch button cause if so I can't find it.

Back on topic, graphically awesome, don't remember crushing being as difficult.

[UKmilitia]

no crouch,its always something thats annoyed me with uncharted,tomb raider was same with auto stealth.
the controls are same on all 3 games yes.

[Bathyj]

This annoys me too. Every 3rd person game with even a hint of stealth , or even without, should have a crouch button.

In fact after playing Metal Gear for a month solid I think UC4 should have a prone stance as well.

[slappy508]

Playing through Drakes Fortune again was an absolute treat as is Among Thieves so far. Obviously once I've done the playthrpughs there's still much to be done , collecting all the Treasures (I mean what type of explorer would Drake be if you don't find all the treasures?) and doing the other tid bits to hopefully get the platinum., which I didn't do for the PS3 games.

[Jaqen_Hghar]

A man got all 3 plats and is going for them again! Already beat 1 on crushing which is the hardest besides Lazaravich (god he's annoying on Crushing) so it should be smooth sailing. They did add some extra "finish x level in x amount of time" trophies but hopefully those are easy on explorer difficulty

[Clown_Syndr0me]

The timer levels are a piece of cake - you do practise speed run on easy. I beat them all with at least a minute to spare.
Why do you write "A man" all the time btw?

[slappy508]

Just finished the Lazaravich battle. now that's a real man's boss fight

[fenome]

@Clown_Syndr0me

Jaqen_Hghar is a character in Game of Thrones, he talks like that.

OT:
I have to wait 'til Friday to get the collection, I can't freakin' wait to go through these games again though!!

[Jaqen_Hghar]

A man's favorite feature of the new collection is purely trophy related. You can play crushing from the START! You don't have to unlock it by beating hard first! A man was so happy when he saw that! Sure Brutal still has that stupid unlock requirement where you have to beat crushing first but a man's not going to play that as it is not required for platinum. Not sure why any company has that stupid "play though the game on the second hardest difficulty to unlock the hardest then beat the hardest to win outright" rule. Just let a man get his challenging playthrough out of the way! Then a man can play on explorer in future playthroughs and just enjoy himself knowing he beat them at their best.

[Clown_Syndr0me]

Agreed, played them all many times so glad I only have to play through each once more and a bit of clean-up for three easy platinum.
Why do you always write "A Man"?

[PoopsMcGee]

@ Clown_Syndr0me

It's a reference to the character in Game Of Thrones that is his icon who only refers to himself as "A man..." this or "A man..." that.

edit for on topic:
I can't wait to play Drake's Fortune again! Ditto for the Crushing difficulty - hazzah!

[Clown_Syndr0me]

Oh okay, at first I thought it was some sort of error in translation but then began to doubt it as the rest of your English was perfect lol. I never got past season one of GoT so wouldn't understand!

[Mike04]

Bluepoint got my hands down

[stragomccloud]

A PS4 must be a Christmas present to myself.

[Bathyj]

Interesting. I didnt really think of this as a system seller and thats what Xbox gamers have been telling me, but if you never played them before this is a fantastic purchase no gamer should really pass on.

Absolutely loving them. I'm almost through UC2 on Crushing and I have to say the game is stunning, especially in the ice and snow levels. Art direction is gorgeous and its aged very well.

Enjoy your present to yourself my friend.

[stragomccloud]

Well it's not just that. I want that, tLoU, Uncharted 4, and Horizon. Maybe a couple others. I game primarily PC and Wii U, so I have a lot of bases covered, already.

[kenwonobi]

That game was great. I'm gonna have to buy me the collection. Remastered new experience in same great game with more polished.

[esmittystud101]

This is my second Naughty Dog remake, first of course being The Last of Us: Remastered. I have to say I'm very impressed, just like I was with TLOU. It looks gorgeous. I gotta keep telling myself, "Your only on Drake's Fortune, just wait till you see Among Thieves and Drake's Deception.

This might sound dumb to most. But I'm just glad I didn't have a PS3 back then. This is my first time with this series, they popped my cherry the right way. It looks great on PS4.

[Master of Unlocking]

I'm very curious to see what the final cities at the end of each game (Uncharted 2 & 3 at least) look like. The one with those stupid crossbow-armed monsters jumping around in 2 and the one with those djinn monsters in 3. They were truly stunningly beautiful on the PS3, I can't begin to imagine what they look like on the PS4 with a 1080p display!

[kraenk12]

Spoilers man!!!

[IceKoldKilla]

I read the article and I'm happy with what he said. To be clear. There's no spoilers. They talk about mechanic improvements, mention graphic improvement and a quick mention about new trophies. No story related talk AT ALL! Read it without worries of spoilers. Not even the pictures spoil anything. Anyways, I'd like to go back and play them but without money or a job, I have to save every penny. I'm struggling to have enough for Fallout 4 AND Need for Speed. Those are my priorities. I played them all and got Platinum on the first 2 games. Never went back to 3. Time I guess. But I highly recommend the series!

[SF007]

Holy crap - I might have to make sure to pick this one up! I was on the fence before since I have all the original PS3 trilogy still. But man...

[Bathyj]

I think a lot of people will be double dipping and Im glad I did. Its like if you really like steak, and you find out the new place down the road has the best steak in the world, you're not going to say "No, I'll pass, I've had steak before."

I want that steak. Yes, Im saying Uncharted is Prime Rib. I'm hungry.

[Tru_Blu]

I'll be double dipping on this. Only thing is I'm going to wait to get it at $30-40.

[corroios]

Best gift for this christmas. 3 action packed adventure games!!!

[jokerisalive]

Picked up the console bundle for the new hardware revision which by the way kicks ass. Dead silent and DOES NOT heat up like some have been saying, at least mine hasnt - a good revision if you ask me. Bluepoint did a fantastic job imo. The level of detail and how crisp everything looks is insane. All of those pre release videos and screenshots they compared to the PS3 version were bull. This remaster oozes quality and how polished the game looks and plays is proof. I am having an absolute blast enjoying Drakes Fortune right now. This is an amazing trilogy made even better now with its remastered look on the PS4.

[KillerPwned]

I just finished this one the credits are rolling as I type this and it was a fantastic run. I will be going through it again to platinum it. Great Job done on Uncharted 1 now to see how 2 and 3 shaped up.

[LemyAtom]

Been playing Uncharted today. Definitely feels so polished now. And the water still looks lush, given the visual overhaul. Intend on spending many hours to platinum all three. Fantastic value at 40 quid.

[level 360]

Already played and re-played the game twice on the re-master version and everything is just so quick loading and seamless, audio mix is very impressive.

Same goes for Among Thieves (2) and Drake's Deception (3).

Thank You must also go to the people at BluePoint.

[Germany7]

My copy has arrived, can't wait to play it.

[skratchy]

It really is drastically different, in a good way. I can't believe how much smoother and less clunky it felt. Drake's Fortune was always my least favorite of the three, but this makes it WAY more tolerable. It literally feels like a Crash/Jax/Uncharted conglomeration.

[victorMaje]

Looking & feeling better than ever! Having an awesome time replaying every chapter. Can't wait to start again the masterpiece, UC2, & then it'll be on to UC3, oh goodie!

[SmartApps]

60fps still looks bad to me. And the 30fps locked mode that they had on TLOU Remastered wouldn't help either. It has to also has to have the motion blur added. I guess it looks and plays more like a video game now. But it is much less immersive now because of the 60fps smoothness.