Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Review - IGN

This standalone adventure succeeds on the strength of its characters and writing.

[MegamanXXX]

A 86 on metacritic so far

[Sam Fisher]

Honestly i was expecting a score around 8/10 bc honestly drake's charisma also sets the uncharted series up there, imo its hard to surpass a lovable character as this one.

[Genuine-User]

Your expectations have been exceeded by the 50+ reviews that have scored the game between 8-10.

Well unless IGN is the only outlet that counts for you.

[Sam Fisher]

No you are correct, but it just seems weird seeing an uncharted game getting a 7/10 from anywhere

[Lonnie18]

I wonder if this would have got a higher score if it was a guy main character? Is IGN bias huh?

[frostypants]

@Lonnie18, it's not the gender, it's just that these characters are less interesting. Imagine if they did a Tomb Raider game featuring...hell, I dunno...some dude named Clyde. It might still be fun but the story would miss the protagonist that made it famous. Or, a REAL example: look at "The Bourne Legacy"...easily the worst Bourne film, because no Matt Damon.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Yea the Lost Legacy overall is getting great reviews. 85 Metacritic, higher than Gears 4.

[rainslacker]

I always thought Chloe was a pretty likable character.

[Skull521]

Someone just finally gave an honest score to a naughty dog game and didn't inflate the score based on fanboyism. All their stuff is good but not great.

[GTgamer]

The Problem with this review is that they treat it like it's a NEW GAME when it's just an expansion, like seriously how can you complain about an Expansion being like the game its expanded from -__-

[Babadook7]

"A 86 on metacritic so far"

Yah. I saw that too. Guess IGN is pretty hard up for clicks these days.

[Ceaser9857361]

ya Septic ... Uncharted fans will like Lost Legacy and its doing well so far... Hope xbox games does well too so that i could say the same and congratulate :)

and too all the xbox fan boys here... may be we playstation fans are use to seeing scores above 85 or so... Something Xbox games haven't seen for quite sometime now... So i understand why some Playstation fans aint okay with below 8 score...

[PhoenixUp]

7.5 Too much awesome

[Genuine-User]

The review is barely a page long - Marty Sliva has been down on Uncharted since the 4th entry.

[Jinger]

I wasn't the biggest fan of UC4 either so if this follows the same path I'll skip it.

[rivaldoo777]

Is marty that ugly guy at beyond? Damn what a ugly taste

[theshredded]

It's time Naughty Dog completely abandons Uncharted imo. The gameplay's been the exact same since the first Uncharted and sure it's smoother in each installment but gamers are starting to get fed up with it and the lower scores here prove it. You can't make action/adventure games with the same gameplay for around 10 years unless it's a franchise that's based on pure gameplay like Mario or Gran Turismo or the differences and universe are big enough like MGS. What about adding some creative weapons not just stupid guns, adding mythical enemies, having locals for a big part of the game and not a few minutes, better stealth and well an intelligent protagonist who's not Rambo and cocky...

[Gamble20]

It sounds like you’ve never been a fan of the Uncharted franchise with some of your points. There is an obvious difference between Uncharted 1 and Uncharted 4 in the gameplay. They fleshed it out a lot more and did open up levels for a little bit more exploration within the linear format. What does “pure gameplay” even mean? Someone could argue Gran Turismo is the exact same game every year, but it’s not. It just is iterative and adds to it with each entry. Same with Uncharted. However, I do agree that Naughty Dog should pursue other franchises at this point. Which they are already doing with TLOU 2 and closing the book of Nathan Drake.

[UCForce]

This is an expansion. After this, they will focus on TLOU Part 2.

[IamTylerDurden1]

They already are working on TLoU 2.

[andrewsquall]

Its time ND abandon Uncharted after just releasing their probable last Uncharted game? No shit.

[theshredded]

Oh wow I feel stupid, well kudos to Naughty Dog for understanding when enough is enough also Fromsoftware comes to mind. And I'm not saying Uncharted 4 is bad, to me it's easily the best and a pretty good game but the formula got tiring well atleast for me.

[TankCrossing]

Sales of Uncharted 4 suggest at least a few people still enjoy the series...

[Mister_Wolf]

I have still invested more time in Uncharted than say Gears if War, if there an argument for the same formula and the same shite over and over then Gears of War is that franchise. Literally no characters in that game stand and the storyline is gobshite.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Ridiculous comment, Lost Legacy has been sitting at 85 and 86 on Metacritic out of 50+ reviews. It's rated higher than Gears 4 which also "is basically the same gameplay wise with every installment. Tbh each subsequent Uncharted game has added and refined things anyway. Look at Uncharted 4 and Uncharted 1, Uncharted 4 has large open levels and utilizes a grappling hook, driving, and more stealth options. The tone of the game has also changed and is much more serious and impactful. Honestly, expansions/DLC rarely review as high as the main game whether it's Nioh, Borderlands, The Last of Us, Dishonored ect. To be mid to high 80's Metacritic is actually quite good, especially considering this wasn't directly worked on by Neil and Bruce.

[babadivad]

I agree about ND moving on from Uncharted. Enough is enough at this point. I honestly believe that Sony kind of pressed them into making another one. I do believe I remember hearing them say they felt the series had concluded after Uncharted 3[Drake's story at least].

That being said, to say the games haven't evolved since Uncharted 1 is just ludicrous. I know i'm in the minority here but I didn't think the original Uncharted was a particularly good game. I mean, it was OK, but not stellar. Uncharted to was a vast improvement over the original in pretty much every way a game can improve. Just the jump in quality from Uncharted 1 to 2 completely invalidates your argument.

I'm interested in seeing what ND comes up with next[other than TLoU2]. They always seem to have their pulse on what gamer need.

P.S.

As much as I loved The Last of Us[Easily in my top 5 games of all time], I think they should've concluded the story with DLC of the first game. Or at least concluded the story of Joel and Ellie. The Last of Us 2 should have been an in universe story with different protagonist. There's so much meat in the world they've created, it seems kind of a waste to have the gamers only experience it through the eyes [or perspective] of Joel and Ellie.

Those are my thoughts at least. Hell, this maybe the way they are going since so little is known of the game at this point.

[rainslacker]

Game play in the UC series has been one thing that has consistently improved over the course of the series. Each game added something new, and improved on what was already there.

Being the same elsewhere would be expected for a franchised series unless it was some spin off.

[Obelisk92]

Can't wait to put my hands on it on August 23rd.
So bad Europe has to wait another week.

[extermin8or]

Usa gets it 22nd August. What are you on about?

[Good-Smurf]

Gamespot gave it 9 out of 10
IGN knows they're shit at reviewing many games and giving some controversial scores and criticisms.
7.5 score will make their clicks and view count soar.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Yet you'll rave when IGN gives a good score for something like Hell blade

[Eonjay]

Hellblade and this game both have rave reviews among the entire community.

[zivtheawesome]

when a game gets a score it deserves, yea good job. BUT when a game gets underappreciated with it's score then i will point it out.

[SegaGamer]

@zivtheawesome.

So basically, anybody that disagree's with your opinion is wrong then........great logic there.

[Jinger]

Honestly a 7.5 is what I would give UC4, so if this follows that same formula I agree with this.

[XtreemGamer]

And I would give about 5/10 for the entire Halo, gears of war and forza series. There's that.

[galmi]

I agree, ddnt really enjoy uncharted 4.

[81BX]

Seems like for the reviewer a 7.5 is warranted. Solid mechanics but pretty much same old same old. Nothing wrong with that though. It's why I love uncharted. Solid gameplay with a great story. Can't wait to jump in 7.5 is a good score.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Of course it's the same as Uc 4 it's a freaking standalone expansion to it

[81BX]

Ok so it's more of the same. No complaints from me I love uncharted but it's supposed to be uncharted moving in a new direction. I guess there wasn't enough new for the reviwer.

[rainslacker]

The same old as a game that is part of a game that released less than 2 years ago with mostly review scores of 90+ is now somehow supposed to be docked about 15 points because of that reason?

Makes sense.

[LegoIsAwesome]

So IGN give this a 7.5 while Zelda BOTW has a 10? For a game that is so empty? Really? Funny.

[Fishy Fingers]

That’s going to keep me up at night.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Didn't Evolve get a 9 as well?

[extermin8or]

Yeah it did. Now there's a joke.

[DanteVFenris666]

Zelda is a much better game than uncharted, and this is also just a dlc.

[Kribwalker]

Zelda is deserving of its great score, as seen by the countless sites that have it a great score

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

Zelda empty? Clearly you didn't play it.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Dude Zeldas world is empty hell destructoid just had a really good article about the flaws of botw

[Bruh]

Love the down votes, the PS fanboys are mad because they already know what will win GOTY

[LegoIsAwesome]

I didnt play it? Funny I played the game and was bored to death by it. What is this? Zelda : Shrine Hunter? You know what you NintendoFanboy like about BOTW? It's the fact that all zelda game up to the date is so old looking trash that when they released BOTW and saw that it's slightly witcher 3 vibe in it you guys instantly declares it's gonna be the best game of all time.

What's there to be mad if BOTW wins GOTY when it's obviously fixed?

[Vegamyster]

Based on what they showed & said, LL open world is just eye candy aside from the areas marked on the map that you're supposed to go, you can't go off the beaten path even if you looks like you can and find secrets or anything ect, that's the complete opposite of Zelda so i dunno why you're comparing them.

[RommyReigns]

Hahahaha EXPOSED!

[Imalwaysright]

Zelda has more 10/10 scores than any other game before it http://digitalspyuk.cdnds.n... but I'm not sure what does Zelda score have to do with the topic at hand.

[Eltortugagames]

Bringing up Zelda still...? It did a number on you huh? Zelda is great man. Very likely to be most outlets goty. Anyway... can't wait to pick this up Tuesday! I preordered after this review

[BeRealisticNow]

It's world isn't empty, you just have to find everything yourself. I know it's easy to get that mixed up when you're used to every game just telling you where everything on the map is

[TallonIV]

Interesting...I didn't like U4 (2 is the best easily) so doubt I'll pick this up now.

[Gamble20]

I agree Uncharted 2 was the high point in the series in terms of story (and multiplayer), but personally U4 was really close to 2. We saw a lot of different environments in both games that were beautiful to play unlike U1 and a little bit with U3 where the environments were not super varied.

[TallonIV]

I just wasn't a fan of all the cut-scenes, story, combat and at times it felt like a climbing simulator. There was literally no reason for the brother to be in the game.

[HeisenbergX]

UC2 is easily not the best because UC4 exists.

well i guess you prefer constant shooting and one liners every five minutes after mass murdering of soldiers. Unlike UC4 where they pace out everything perfectly give you great conversations with characters that make them better,room to explore more freedom and a feeling that you are in a real adventure where u marvel at the scenery and solve awesome puzzles, puzzles that are almost non-existent in UC2.

Seriously play UC2 now and then right after play UC4 .. except for some set pieces and story Among Thieves does not hold up well.

[Jinger]

UC4 was soooo boring. No reason it should have been over 8 hours. Also the set pieces were completely weak compared to UC2...

[yeahokwhatever]

1, 2, 4, 3. Though U3 in 3D was excellent, I wish the 3D would return.

[I_am_Batman]

Summer slump is over and I didn't manage to work on my backlog nearly as much as I planned. Got Hellblade and Sonic Mania this month already. Definitely going to pick this up as well. Good month.

[Jinger]

Hellblade was awesome! Not perfect in the combat, but the settings, theme, lore, and sound design are 10/10

[Relientk77]

Can't wait to play it next week

[HeisenbergX]

The reviews and metascore are exactly as I predicted them to be and that's okay.

Awesome scores for a 40 bucks game.

[Lynx0207]

WTF? Really? Cons: it's too familiar, "distinct sense of deja vu", action sequences similar to Uncharted 4.
I don't have a problem with the score - it's up to reviewer, and the review is ok imo, but how those things could be the major cons in the review of standalone dlc?
As a fan of Uncharted, familiarity is what I really want.

[OB1Biker]

sounds typical of when a reviewer is not sure how to justify some bias. not innovative and that sort of bs

[Jinger]

Well I for one thought UC4 was pretty boring because it felt just more of the same and had really long drawn out parts. Also taking out the mythical stuff was a bummer. So if this DLC follows the UC4 formula then I'm gunna pass

[UCForce]

Well, that's fine. But for me, I do love personal and grounded story like UC 4.

[supes_24]

I can't wait to get this in the mail. I purchased the Uncharted Trilogy and played through them all again and Uncharted 4 a second time while waiting for this to come out. Now I'm playing The Last of Us for the 5th time and hope to have that beat again by Tuesday. A new adventure awaits!

[cfc83]

Since when was 7.5 considered a bad score ?

[InTheZoneAC]

7.5 is a score reserved for lesser titles or your typical multiplatform game. 7.5 isn't bad, it just feels out of touch with the Uncharted franchise

[cfc83]

Maybe, although i think the guys score is legitimate due to him saying its just likeany other UC. Usually i wouldn't buy that argument, but there hasn't been a long time between this game and UC4 to dismiss his point. As it's being promoted as another game, i think it's ok to judge it as one.

[cfc83]

Maybe, although i think the guys score is legitimate due to him saying its just likeany other UC. Usually i wouldn't buy that argument, but there hasn't been a long time between this game and UC4 to dismiss his point. As it's being promoted as a new game, i think it's ok to judge it as one.

[InTheZoneAC]

if it's just like any other UC game, then what's bad about it that makes it a 7.5 instead of a 8.5 or 9.5?

I don't see anyone downgrading any other game that gets released, that stems from a very well rated series.

How does Cod even justify a 10 or 9, yet same thing every year and remains a 10 or 9. Shouldn't the game have dipped several points by now for being the same every year going by this logic?

[SegaGamer]

It's not a bad score, it's just certain fanboys are being babies about it and can't accept that people have different opinions to them.

N4G is a joke. People on here always criticise certain websites when they aren't giving a game on their preferred console at least an 8/10, but when those sites DO give high ratings for a game on their preferred console, those same people will praise the website. The hypocrisy from the fanboy's on here is laughable.

[Imalwaysright]

Since scores (high or low) became ammo to throw at fanboys that prefer other platforms.

[InTheZoneAC]

A 7.5 suggests a lot of "meh" moments or "meh" things to do. Disappointed, really

[rainslacker]

Except that wasn't why it was docked points. It was docked points because it was too much like uncharted.

[Mroc13]

I agree with the reviewer. I started feeling there was nothing new since uncharted 3

[badz149]

If that is how a game should be reviewed, a CoD game should be reviewed at 4/10 at the most and ALL SPORTS GAMES should get a 2!

[Mroc13]

Those games should get those scores. I've been gaming for too long.It's getting stale. I miss the PS2 era where there were a host of new and unique games

[DialgaMarine]

Oh IGN...

[BlackOni]

Another example of a score doing an experience injustice. This would be a non issue if there were no score. His conclusion makes it seem like his experience was more significant than just "meh, it's a game."

[nRicosS]

Lol, this is a joke, the reviewer must be joking right.
"Too familiar" haha lol, what do you expect ign.
Of course this game familiar, this is uncharted after all, it will look like uncharted, it will play like uncharted.
Dont tell me you wish this game will be football sim lol

[rainslacker]

Hope this reviewer scores the next Forza game. I'd love to see the comments.

About the only purpose I find from reviews for most exclusives nowadays is for the entertainment that comes from reading the forum reaction.

[Takwin]

I preordered the second I could. I don't need to see reviews for Naughty Dog, CDPR, or Mario/Zelda.

[Jinger]

Sounds about right where I'd put UC4, so if this follows that same formula then I agree.

[saint_seya]

So you joined 50 days ago and keep doing this kind of comments.. Not another troll for sure, yeah im sure, oh so sure..

[Jinger]

Just because I wasn't the biggest fan of UC4? I loved the first 3...

[ziggurcat]

says this: "This standalone adventure succeeds on the strength of its characters and writing."

then gives it an average score... oh IGN...

[Sweetbrandigirl]

This is what I was afraid would happen when I heard the UC4 DLC had been grown into a stand alone game. I felt the very same way this reviewer does when I watched the game play trailers. I even commented on that very thing. The game felt cut and paste to me like ND had just cut Nathan out of his computer generated world and pasted Chloe in. Maybe its just me but when you give me a new character I expect them to be well NEW and not some cheap cut and paste job of some other character.It would seem that Naughty Dog has rested on their laurels after the success of UC4. I can only hope that this cut and paste job of "The Last Legacy" is the result of the vast majority of the Naughty Dog Team being busy working on TLOU II. I certainly hope they put more effort into TLOU II then they did The Last Legacy as this is NOT the kind of dedication or level of gaming I have come to expect from Naughty Dog.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

It's a standalone expansion so of course it's going to seem like Uc 4 why the hell would it fell any different. Did the expansions to witcher 3 feel any different to the main game no hell after beating the main game and first expansion I barely was able to even finish blood and wine even through it's amazing because I was burned out

[Sweetbrandigirl]

@Dark_Knightmare2 I think you have missed my point completely. I'm not say the game play shouldn't feel like UC4 of course it should its an Uncharted game but that said Chloe shouldn't be a female version of Nathan. She's NOT Nathan so she shouldn't move like Nathan, shoot like Nathan or have the exact moves and attributes as Nathan NO she should be her own character with her own skills. I'm sure the game will be fun and I'm sure to buy it, but I do expect Naughty Dog to put in far more effort then just cutting Nathan out of a computer program and plopping in Chloe.

[tulholdren]

Another Day 1 Sony exclusive for me.

[ROWDYMANE]

what if they kiss. To be honest the female heroines might have something to do with it, but it is a Uncharted game so your going to get great graphics, voice acting and great story. That' something alot of games can't deliver on.

[Lonnie18]

I wonder if this would have got a higher score if it was a guy main character? Is IGN bias?

[Sweetbrandigirl]

I don't think the main character gender had anything to do with thier review. I found their review to be spot on as I had the very same concerns early on from seeing the game play trailers. I made commets that I was disipointed to see that Naughty Dog had taken short cuts in what seems a bit of laziness by just removing Nathan from the Computer program and plopping in Chloe. Nathan is Nathan and weve all come to known what to expect from him. That said Chloe should have her own skills and atributes not be a carbon copy of Nathan. She shoots like Nathan moves like Nathan runs, jumps ,swings, climbs like Nathan. Its like Nathan Drake has transitioned to a women because theres NO difference between Nathan and Chloe other then their gender.

[OffRoadKing]

Cant wait to play the game you're making Marty once it gets released since you clearly know how to make a game better then anyone else.

[CyberRekkr]

Why this game? That is the question from me to Naughty Dog. Who wants to play as these main characters?? I sure in the hell don't! Why not make more Nathan Drake adventures yeah you know the star of Uncharted series. Neither one of these characters are likable.

[SquareBurgers]

NOOOOO, IGN is biased for the Sega Saturn anyway. Sony poops gold!

[NotanotherReboot]

I'm gonna get it on release, but looks like ND are no long the top critically acclaimed studio anymore

[Razzer]

lol.....cuz of one review. wow

[NotanotherReboot]

No its sitting on a n 85 metacritic which is great, but Naughty Dog was known fro consistently having 90 + Metacritic games for the last decade

[Razzer]

Oh.....so you judge games and studios entirely based on "90+" scores? What a shallow point of view.

[rainslacker]

I wouldn't proclaim such a thing based on one game, and certainly not on one review. I wouldn't even cite metacritic the day that an embargo lifts because not all the scores are in.

If I go to the other reviews on this site for the game from respected sites which are giving it 9's, are you going to be in there saying how ND is still one of the top critically acclaimed studios?

Somehow, I highly doubt it, because you couldn't bring yourself to say anything positive about Sony, or it's developers.

[NotanotherReboot]

There's a lot of sites with similar scores. The unanimous critical acclaim is no longer there

[Christopher]

By your logic, the only way you stay a top critically acclaimed studio is to stop after making your one critically acclaimed game. It doesn't matter how many of your games are critically acclaimed, only if your latest is.

[opinionated]

Every review I have read so far is garbage. "More of the same". Okay... more of uncharted 2 or uncharted 4? What is the pacing? How much action?

[AstroCyborg]

if you look closely you can see the massive amount of salt in the comments

[galmi]

seems about right imo

[Razzer]

I think I'll just play the game and judge it myself. Blasphemy....I know.

[rainslacker]

Yeah, I wouldn't really need a review for this game. If it was just a DLC then likely I'd be fine with it. Considering Sony invested more into it to make it a bigger standalone DLC, it means they had faith enough in it to allocate such resources, which means it's likely to be pretty good.

My only disappointment might come from the story, or that it would only be a short Uncharted experience, but I've tempered my expectations on the length.

[jc12]

itll be a solid pick used for 20-25 bucks...

[CrimzonRazor]

Seen this coming the game is just one last cash grap on the ip, plus they have lost most of their veteran talent. They will never be the same considering the people that left.

[Razuel]

i don't trust ign with the uncharted series ever since part 3 got a 10/10.

[J-DARKnes]

Its IGN, who really takes them serious?