Ranking the Uncharted Games From Worst to Best

KeenGamer: "Which Uncharted game is the best? Uncharted is widely recognized as one of the most groundbreaking and consistently great franchises in gaming. For both long-time fans and newcomers to this action-adventure classic, here’s a ranking of the franchise’s four main games."

[Kyizen]

UC 2, 4, 3 and 1. Great read and article

[ABizzel1]

No Golden Abyss -_-, otherwise I agree with the order.

UC2: Best overall
UC4: Best graphics, best gameplay, best locations, best environements
UC3: Best set pieces IMO (the boat and desert fights will always be amazing)
UC1: A rough Draft of what was to come
UCGA: Basically UC1 on Vita

[Levii_92]

Great list and great article nicely writen and explained. Although for me personaly i would put Drakes Fortune above Drake’s Deception and Uncharted 4 is absolutely my favourite of the franchise and number 1 for me.

[Inverno]

U2 is the only game playable on crushing without causing a great amount of frustration. Not to mention just how much influence it had that they redid some of U2s set pieces like the caravan twice, and armored truck chase in U4.

[DFresh]

I'd rate it as the following.

1.) Uncharted 2
(Close to perfection of any game I've played in years. Single Player/Multiplayer/Co Op all amazing.)

2.) Uncharted 3
(On par with UC2 multiplayer/co op wise minus the kickbacks [aka killstreaks]. I really liked the Lawrence of Arabia story.)

3.) Uncharted 4
(Single player is amazing. Multiplayer was meh. Co Op had potential. Absolutely hated the health revive system it slowed down the game way too much. Always preferred the fast pace action of UC2/UC3. Made it way more fun that way. Recoil was too ridiculous that most people in lobbies would only do hip firing, using power weapons and using that OP grappling hook to melee people after dropping them. Nobody wanted to revive anyone.)

4.) Uncharted
(It's the first in the series so it's hard to judge. Though I loved the story.)

[NecrumOddBoy]

I agree here but it’s also a series you can play from front to back and truly enjoy. Story-wise, they are all great and flow so well. I wish they threw both Golden Abyss and Lost Legacy on this list. Lost Legacy is the best mechanically in my opinion. You can see it’s stepping stone framework for TLOUS2.

[Michiel1989]

uncharted 2 is one of the few games that actually surpassed its pre-release hype.

[medman]

I am a single player gamer...I barely ever touch a multiplayer component. The only exceptions over the years have been the Mass Effect 3 multiplayer, TLOU factions, and the Uncharted 2 multiplayer. The Uncharted 2 multiplayer saw me spend more time playing it than all my other multiplayer experiences over the years combined. That game really was a masterpiece all around.

[brando008]

I agree completely, those are all stellar MP experiences, coming from another SP gamer who only occasionally gives MP some time.

[Gardenia]

Come to think of it, the step between Uncharted 1 and Uncharted 2 is huge. It goes from the weakest in the series to one of the best games ever made.
I think I'm going to play all of them again soon.

[Ninver]

Yeah all of a sudden I've got that Uncharted itch.

[Michiel1989]

is multiplayer still up for the remastered trilogy? or did it never have UC2 mp?

[Ninver]

@michiel1989

Not sure

[S2Killinit]

4 or 2? That is the question

[nirwanda]

4 better than 2 in my opinion, ending in 4 is perfect and has better controls, 2 is great until the end when it gets a bit silly with story, only if you judge them now though to be fair 2 is quite old now but still holds up well

[S2Killinit]

Hmmm I have to agree. But I have to say that thise snow locations (Himalayas?) in Uncharted 2 were insanely good. Especially because I was playing in Christmas time. Man, when you got close to the edge and the snow would blow into the air on the edge of the cliff. Wheww it was really something.

[stevansavic89]

4,2,3 golden abyss,1

[Applejack]

I was wondering when someone was gonna mention Golden Abyss. It’s was actually a pretty good game despite the Vita’s disappointing run.

[S2Killinit]

I gotta play that now

[cd1]

2, 4, 1, 3...haven't played the lost legacy yet.

[NecrumOddBoy]

Lost Legacy is great. Awesome story and characters. Also a cleaner experience with minimal padding than UC4. Still a meaty experience though. I also appreciated the mid-game hub area (think Seattle in TLOU2). Great puzzles too.

[TheEnigma313]

For me it's 2, 1, 4, 3, and GA; That's going from the time I first played them not now. Now I would have it 2, 4, 3, 1, GA.

[Ninver]

Uncharted 2, 1, 4, 3 that's is my order of best to worst. kend you they're all great in their own right.

[chicken_in_the_corn]

4
Lost Legacy
1
3
2

[brando008]

I have to agree with that order (2, 4, 3, 1), though I think The Lost Legacy was also a great entry. Now I'm motivated to go back to Vita, finish Golden Abyss, then play the remastered trilogy on PS4 :)