Should Uncharted 4 Have A Darker Tone?

OnlySP: If you had to explain the Uncharted series to non-gamers, the best way to describe it is that it’s the videogame equivalent to Indiana Jones, National Treasure and Fool’s Gold combined. You’ve got a dashing hero that can’t be defeated, exotic locations to travel to and legendary treasures to uncover. Yet in terms of telling a story, much like those films, it’s all very PG-13. Sure, Uncharted is a series that suffers from the fancy-sounding term “ludonarrative dissonance” but it’s always telling a story that’s just a little bit weak in terms of delivering drama. It’s a core feature of the series to have a “light” story, so would it make sense to have the next game become “the darker one”? Let’s discuss.