Like Naughty Dog's previous work in the Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter franchises, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is a mixture of different gameplay styles and genres. At points, you will be exploring dark, ancient crypts, much like Tomb Raider. At other times, you'll be scaling walls and hopping from handhold to handhold, a la Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. And when the going gets tough, you'll be taking cover behind conveniently placed barriers and peaking out to squeeze off a few shots as in Gears of War.
The Good
* Great graphics and presentation
* Nice blend of gameplay
* Lots of unlockables
The Bad
* Repetitive enemies
* Combat gets old
* Trial and error boss battle
November 19 marks 15 years since the release of the Uncharted game that started it all.
I hope they don’t make another until the end of the ps5 lifecycle…. Show us a better jungle
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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."
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
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.
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.
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.)
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.
uncharted 2 is one of the few games that actually surpassed its pre-release hype.
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.
I agree completely, those are all stellar MP experiences, coming from another SP gamer who only occasionally gives MP some time.
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.
is multiplayer still up for the remastered trilogy? or did it never have UC2 mp?
i really want to pick this game up now but im broke after assassins creed and cod4
hopefully i will be able to pick it up sometime this week to play for thanksgiving break
i'm in a similar boat. I was thinking of getting mass effect first then this and cod4, but i might get this and mass effect this week, and then assassins creed and cod4 later.
I would've gotten this over Assassins creed, man. Uncharted was the best game I've ever played 30 times over and over. "ha" I can't stop playing it. The next-gen filter and the mirror mod make this game a whole different experience on your 2nd time thru.
What I advice you all to do is this.
1 - Play thrut he game normally. Don't use any rewards
2- Play thru again, only now use the next gen filter and a new costume of your choice. There are tons.
3 - Play again using mirror mode - this makes the entire game look different. Every level seems new agian.
4- Play thru with next gen filter and flip mode "not mirror mode"
Those are just 4 ways of playing thru the game. It's so awesome. Thsi game is killer.
Alright, Mirror mode actually flips everything around... Making what you know as right, left, basically. It changes the whole trajectory of the level. Everything. It's like walking into a new game, basiclly... New game, different layout.
Next-gen filters... there are 3... Sepia, black and white and next gen. The next gen filter basically makes everything look like gears of War. Only, add about 20 notches of bloom effect. It's impressive and adds a whole new flair to the game.
I thought i was reading the review for Gears of war.
Same enemies,same weapons. Once you've got them, thats kinda it.
Same fights, duck,fire,move left move right, duck,fire.
But out of gow and uncharted. Uncharted is more fun.
Its worth buying.