Uncharted 4 review - 'Good, but no The Last of Us'

Nathan Drake has embarked on his fourth and final adventure, and the QorC gang have lots to talk about in their spoiler-free podcast.

[Kipster]

A nice way to end out the series, and one of the most 'highly polished' games I've ever played - still had some faults though, and I think that ND were cut a little bit too much slack for what is essentially another cover shooter (albeit a damn good looking one).

[ravinash]

I think one of the main issues that ND had to deal with was that this is an Uncharted game.
While they put everything they can to make it the best Uncharted game, they were still limited to the mechanics of what makes uncharted 'Uncharted'.
Now that they have finished the series, this should free them up to create something new without needing to stay true to the IP that they have already established.

[Aenea]

And thank heavens for that! Uncharted 4 grabbed me straight from the beginning and kept me playing. With The Last of Us I struggled mid-way thru to continue...

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Huh, people disagree with me, either they didn't like Uncharted 4 or they disagree with the fact *I* struggled mid-way thru to continue with TLOU :)

Look, I never said TLOU is bad, I, personally, just liked UC4 more and never once had issues to continue with it unlike I had with TLOU at one point...

[AnubisG]

I'm not the only one than. I really didn't like TLoU but I wanted to play it through because everyone was praising it like it's the second coming.

To me it was a dark, depressing, boring The Walking Dead copy game.

Uncharted on the other hand is fun and interesting adventure that does not make me feel sad and depressed constantly, in fact it makes me feel happy.

[Kirchh77]

I'm opposite. I couldn't stand Uncharted 4. Played through TLoU twice.

[Grap]

Uncharted 4 was the weakest in the series. TLoU was on another level i consider it one of the best last gen.

[Lordani66]

Yeah, TLOU was cool at the beginning, got mediocre in the middle but got epic at the end (or even 3/4th of the game). It's a mixbag to me, while U4 was awesome in it's entirety (maybe slighlty too long beginning, but nothing to worry about).

[Adrian_v01]

The story of Uncharted 4 was weak compared to prior titles. It was nothing special and kind of predictive. The number and difficulty of puzzles to solve was unsatisfying as well.

[Aenea]

But if a game is considered good is not just about the story! Otherwise we would all be playing visual novels or somesuch.

TLOU's story might have been better than UC4's but I liked the overall game more...

[Toiletsteak]

I love the Uncharted franchise but this one just wasn't that great. I still had a lot of fun with it though.

[Inzo]

Uncharted 4 is on par with TLOU if not better and I can say this without a second thought because TLOU is one of the greatest modern day games I have ever played. But the fact is that its not really fair to compare the two, even though U4 borrows some TLOUs mechanics they very very different games.

[GearSkiN]

hell nahh uncharted 4 deff not even close of how good TLOU is.

[ClayRules2012]

Uncharted 4 "in my opinion" is an incredible game. Uncharted 4 was still "Uncharted" at its core. Just as funny & lighthearted as ever. But it grew up & took a more mature spin on things, thanks to TLoU, which I appreciate.

My personal favorite Uncharted game in the series. I believe It really shows off how insanely talented the folks at Naughty Dog really are. U

Having said that, The Last of Us, for me, is something truly special. Joel & Ellie's story was so different to anything I've ever experienced before in a game. I was emotionally drained by the time I finished the game. I felt like I was really on this journey.

Both are so different in many ways. But I personally choose The Last of Us. A real Masterpiece. Uncharted 4, you aren't far behind :)

[sadsatan]

it looks beautiful, but i found it a bit boring (sorry)... too scripted imo e.g. hand holding. i would love an open world setup, especially with those pretty visuals. last of us is one of my favourite games of all time (and portal 2)

[ILostMyMind]

Only The Last of Us is The Last of Us.

[Errorist76]

The game is an amazing achievement as a game and a worthy development of the Uncharted formula which excels in almost all areas what most other games have achieved. That said TLOU is just incredible and much deeper and mature. Just THE most amazing game I ever played. It's not a bad thing to only be close behind.

[goldwyncq]

It's not quite as good as TLOU but it has a better ending IMO. U4's ending is about as close as you can get to a perfect ending.