The stats, and awards speak for itself. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves could very well be the greatest game ever made. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves continues to win awards and get nominated world wide, almost 6 months after its release. The most recent nominations come from the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards, nominating Uncharted 2:Among Thieves for 10 awards. What other game has ever received this type of recognition in the past? None would come close to what Naughty Dog has created.
Chris, Joseph, and Josh celebrate Active Quest’s 100th episode by discussing their favorite games of all time.
Nevada Dru from Bits & Pieces revisits Uncharted 2: Among Thieves to see if this legendary game has stood the test of time.
Currently playing Drakes Fortune on crushing, next will be to replay Among Thieves, but I'm sure it still holds up today.
Recently re-platinumed 1-3. Uncharted 2 aged better than I even expected. I enjoyed it more now than I did a decade ago. It’s more polished than 1, tighter than 3 and Yemen in 3 was gorgeous. Shambhala out-prettied Ubar though. 60fps w higher res’ made for a damn good rerun.
Question: When you say Uncharted2 aged better than expected, are you talking about the original PS3 game or the remastered collection on PS4. I ask because I think that a remastered version of the game would look and play better than the original.
I doubt that the original ran at 60 frames, how many years old is the remastered collection anyway.
I need to replay the original trilogy along with the collection, not a fan of the collection trophy of beating levels in a set time and don't think the originals required that for platinum.
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It’s true that the remasters have upped the resolution and given it 60fps, but the base game is the same. The art design and base textures/physics/ animations are the same yet still look contemporary. More-so than UC1 which isn’t as tight, or UC3 in some cases which I found a bit clunky in close quarters.
UC2 level design was a great evolution in bringing the verticality from the jungle into rural/urban settings while maintaining smooth animation transitions. Drake still moves better than the ginger in Star Wars Jedi. Outdoor areas are better lit.
UC2 also has more action and better pacing imo, which helps when replaying a game 10 years later. Kept me engaged.
You don’t need to time trial for platinum. They stuck the speedrun trophies in a seperate extended dlc category so have no fear.
I thought the originals were good, but not great. I understand that puts me in the minority here. That said, Uncharted 4 was freaking fantastic.
Yeah I understand the hate for 4 prior to playing it I was firmly against it and felt like 3 wrapped things up already but now after playing it I think it was the best in the franchise.
Now I look back at two and I feel like I'm playing an on the rails shooter everything is so tightly scripted including the infamous train scene you simply can't make a mistake
I think Uncharted 2 is a lot like AC2. Both games took the idea and basically improved it in every single way.
Uc2, AC2,Halo2, Soul calibur 2, Killzone 2, Infamous 2 , Dishonored 2 and a few more. The only negative thing I have against uc2, and imo it annoyed me,are the blue apes, uncharted 1 handled the super natural far better.
Cultured Vultures: What's your favourite moment from the Uncharted franchise? Here are 15 that got our blood pumping.
The entire final chapter of The Lost Legacy is the best setpiece in the series and it wasn't even mentioned.
I don't know about all that. I'm having more fun with Onimusha 2.
This is the upteenth "greatest game ever" article and winning numerous awards like this is recognition for technical feats and developer-related achievements. It does not prove a subjective opinion such as "greatest game in existence".
Also, judging a game based on achievements like this is not fair for games of past in which these awards never existed. Please stop with this "greatest game ever" articles, it's all subjective and stuff like this ends up becoming very inflammatory. As much as I love Uncharted 2 receiving awards doesn't make it the greatest no more than review scores make GTA IV the "greatest"
Halo to me is The Greatest Game in Existence and it doesn't need any awards just take a look at the Millions who play the game which u won't find on ps3 those numbers.
Uncharted 2 May Be The Greatest Game in Existence:
My ass it is.
If it isn't the top then it is a damn close second. In order for such an article to be written some time is needed from launch and the writer allowed that to pass.
As regards Alpha-Male's comments above, those words sound strangely hollow compared to his earlier remarks that writers are entitled to their opinion. The fact is many games receive such lauded remarks but few of them approach the level of praise or fidelity found in this game.
So unless detractors of these articles are prepared to deny hypocrisy by posting similar comments in EVERY similar article then perhaps such comments are best left unposted.
I can believe this. While yes some awards never existed before for videogames, do you still make the same assesment in the case of Barry Bonds v Babe Ruth/Hank Aaron? Babe