There's an Argument for Drake's Fortune Being the Best Uncharted Game

"While Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune may have aged a bit since its initial launch in 2007, it’s still a fantastic game even by today’s standards. Back in 2007, the PlayStation 3 was starving for a must-have exclusive and Drake’s Fortune quenched many gamer’s thirsts. Typically, Drake’s Fortune is near the bottom of many gamer’s Uncharted rankings. However, I believe, that in a handful of ways, Drake’s Fortune is still unmatched by any of its sequels." -- PlayStation Enthusiast

[UCForce]

It’s a great game for sure, but Uncharted 2 has improved everything from original game. Even Uncharted 4 is my favorite, but I cannot denied that Uncharted 2 was a big influence to all gaming industry.

[ABizzel1]

If it had the gameplay and graphics improvements then it possible could rank up there with 3. The first game was really good, but it didn't have the dialog flow and lovable of the cast that the other games built, especially 2.

[VenomUK]

In many ways I think Uncharted 2 is perfect. It takes everything from the first game and builds and expands on it in just the right way.

But also I have a deep love for Uncharted 1. I played it the Christmas it was released. There was no expectations of it. It was just this brand new game about a hero, Drake, that took us on a hell of a thrill ride. It came from nowhere and was so great and so I will always love it. I won’t criticise anyone who finds it the best!

[Brian7655492]

2 really brought Uncharted to the masses and elevated Naughty Dog to one of the best game developers out there.

[PurplePeopleEaters]

Uncharted wasn’t the best game of the series, but It is a classic experience that should be played if you game on Playstation.

[Nodoze]

It is. The others focused too much on over the top quick time situations. From a gameplay (1-3...I have not played 4 yet) I find this is the most fun and best in the series.

[Teflon02]

It's a great game but hands down it ranks last

[PS3_Noob]

Very underrated game. I absolutely loved it. Short and sweet :)

[Asuka]

For me personally i liked it. I never finish uncharted 2, or got around to the other sequels, but I am 100% sure all the sequels improved upon what made the first game memorable.

[bluefox755]

I can kinda understand what he's saying, because for me personally, I played the Uncharted games in a weird order, 3, 2, 1, then 4. I did this because UC3 came bundled with my PS3 purchase. I know that UC3 is widely regarded as one of the lesser games, but I think because it was my first experience with Uncharted, it made it more special. Even if UC2 is objectively better in many ways, and I can probably agree with that for the most part, it didn't have that spark that I experienced playing UC3, and I attribute this to UC3 being my "first time" with Uncharted. I could see how someone might have the same experience with the first game as well. I do find it weird though that he remembers the Jetski segment so fondly, as I found it incredibly frustrating, and I think many other gamers did as well, lol.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Always interesting seeing people's takes on this lol. Seems like which game you play first and how early in the gen you played it has a huge impact on which game you rank higher.

I played UC1 and 2 back to back, so well after the first one launched. I thought the 1st game was just 'okay' 'solid' 'good' game. Didn't feel special to me. But UC2 completely blew me away. UC2 is one of those games that improves on all the right things and the story, while it wasn't an award winning novel, was told in a great way.

When I played UC3 I felt that it was great game, but it just didn't have that same impact on me because it wasn't as much of leap as UC2 was from UC1 so that's why I always give the nod to UC2 because it blew me away both 2 and while if you look at 2 and 3 objectively you'll see that both are equally great games with 3 having improvements upon UC2 of course. I do feel had UC3 been the first Uncharted game I played, I'd feel exactly the same way you do right now with 3 being the best.

For those that regard UC1 highly I feel they were early adopters of the PS3 and played UC1 day one. And for that year UC1 was more than likely among the best games for that year and time and had much bigger impact on them than it did for people like us who played the game much later in the PS3 life cycle.

That's just my take on all of this.

[The_Sage]

I loved the smoke cloud that came off grenades in Drake's Fortune. I have missed it in all the Uncharted games that followed.

[Tross]

I think it's great...but like with many series, sequels have improved on it. I will say, hats off to the original for still looking great, playing great and feeling like Uncharted to this day as many series grow more and more distant from their first entries over time, sometimes making it difficult to go back and play them. Not so with Uncharted, which also includes virtually all of the series staples from day 1. But, that formula only benefits from improved visuals and set pieces, and the great stories and characters of later entries, not to mention the multiplayer that was first introduced in the sequel.

[TheUndertaker85]

IMO Golden Abyss is better than Drake's Fortune

[Knushwood Butt]

UC1 is pretty tight, both in gameplay and story.

I think UC3 is the opposite. It has a lot of padding - the entire Sully kidnapping sidestory, and also totally wastes Marlowe as she's made out to be ineffective. Ultimately Roman was a better villain.

[Jls1]

UC1 is my second fav, first goes to UC2. UC3 was the worst story didnt even make sense. Athough I thought UC4 was a walking/climbing simulator it was better than UC3.

[ocelot07]

Don't know if it's just because it was the first game in the series and it being a hit me me. It is the best Uncharted game in my opinion. When I got the Uncharted collection it was Uncharted 1 I couldn't wait to play again.

[roadkillers]

If you look back, Uncharted 1 did break a lot of ground. Best looking game I've ever seen, modern-day Tomb Raider while Laura was away, first game to implement Trophies, and best third person since Gears. Though in my opinion, PS3 received the biggest game of the generation a week prior in Modern Warfare.

[lellkay]

I still enjoy Uncharted 1, but it's absolutely my least favorite in the series (well apart from Golden Abyss)