PlayTM: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Review

'Im a little embarrassed to admit that I actually only got round to playing the first Uncharted game, Drakes Fortune, a week or so ago. It'd been sat amidst my pile of shame for ages and only the imminent release of its sequel managed to propel it into my PS3. Better late than never however and after a few days and many happy hours play time not only finished it but I'd mentally installed it firmly in my top five games of the current generation. Interest now well and truly spiked for the arrival of Among Thieves I was intrigued to see how Naughty Dog could possibly improve on so complete an experience.

[zeeshan]

To me this game is 100/100 or 10/10 or 5/5 or whatever game review system you'd prefer. I think this is perfect... PERFECT!

[mintaro]

How can it be when you haven't played it.

[callahan09]

@Mintaro:

Well, we've all played the online multiplayer demo extensively, so we can formulate an opinion on that. We've also played the original Uncharted, so we know how we feel about the way Naughty Dog tells their Nathan Drake stories, and we know how the game feels and what sort of gameplay elements and mechanics to expect from a sequel. We've all read the reviews and accept that what we loved in the original has been preserved, improved, and amplified for the sequel. We've all seen the videos and we know how gorgeous it looks. And therefore, we've got a pretty damn good idea what to expect, even without having the final code in our hands yet.

[The Meerkat]

mintaro, don't be silly. This is N4G.
You don't have to play a game to know its the bestest game evar!

[nycredude]

You guys really need to just get with the program. Naughty Dogs are the class of this generation. All you have to do is watch any behind the scenes from Uncharted 1 or ANY interview (Qore) to see that the folks at ND take making their games really passionately!!!! It just oozes of the screen.

Might I add you guys should also just bite the bullet, get a Ps3, and play the first one so you don't have to always sound so butthurt. I'm almost feeling some sympathy towards you.

[zeeshan]

Because I have been playing MP for some time now and believe me, if the MP is something to go by, I can't imagine what the SP must be like! Really, this IS the GOTY. This is it, this has to be it.

[callahan09]

Really? 3 disagrees for my comment? Give me a break. Everything I said was spot on, and you know it. Those are perfectly legitimate reasons why someone could formulate an opinion about a game without having played the final version. Having played the prequel is meaninful. Having played the demo is meaningful. Having read the reviews which correlate those things to the experiences we're familiar with so we can get an idea of whether this will be worse, as good, or better than what we liked before (or for that matter if it's going to be something we won't like because we didn't like it before). It's perfectly reasonable to have an opinion about a game's quality and status before playing the final game under these circumstances. If we know we love Uncharted, if all the reports are saying this is better than that, and if we've played the Uncharted 2 demo and loved it, then yeah I think it's fair to talk about the quality of this game. I see people talking hype about Halo Reach already, and all we know about is:

1) Bungie is developing it.
2) We've played Halo 3 and we know that Reach will be like that, but with a new, better engine.

Nobody has even heard opinions about the final version yet (because it doesn't exist it), nobody has seen footage or screens of it, nobody knows how the gameplay is similar or different from Halo 3, and yet just knowing those 2 things I mentioned above are factors warranting excitement over the game for a lot of people. For what it's worth, there is far more reason to have convictions about the quality of Uncharted 2 right now considering we know infinitely more about it and a lot of us have even had hands on with it. And there are people on this very site that are just as convinced that Halo Reach will be a game of the year 2010.

[jack_burt0n]

well if 96 gets u into a personal top 4 of this gen thats being pretty harsh on this generation imo.

[Ghostsmoker]

the limited edition is a must-have for this one.

[Saaking]

GOTY

[NurseFG]

indeed GOTY

[BlackPrince 42]

Play gave the original Uncharted 100%. I would have expected another 100% for this game but I guess it was a different reviewer this time around.

I actually expected a more thorough review from Play. This is pretty humdrum and glosses over a lot of Uncharted 2's control changes and multiplayer features.

[LTC]

PLAY TM gave Uncharted 1 an 88/100
http://play.tm/story/15329

They also gave MGS4 a 80/100 and LBP 93/100
Pretty harsh reviewers.

PLAY MAGAZINE gave Uncharted 1 100/100 not yet reviewed Uncharted 2

Play U.K gave Uncharted 1 87/100 and Uncharted 2 96/100

[BlackPrince 42]

I knew about Play UK and Play but I didn't know Play Magazine was a separate entity from TM. I figured it was like what used to be with EGM and 1UP. Two different publications, one online, one print, but with one set of reviewers for both.

[MetalGearRising]

Well GOTY for ps3 owners but for me its Forza 3 Definitive Racing Game this gen thats gonna win GOTY 09 for me.

[Aquarius]

Forza 3 has a lot of glitches, so I don't think so, sorry mate :D

>[ definitive- providing an unquestionable conclusion; being the best example of something.
Referenence-Collins English Dictionary ]<

GT5 is NOT an arcade racer like Flopza.

[NecrumSlavery]

Split/Second > Flopza 3

[man0fsteel]

I'm loving the multiplayer . Imagine if you could mod this game..

[Mc187]

MGR really likes his 360.
because it is the only console his Mom will buy him, get a paper route kid so you can pay for a real console.