411Mania.com's Armando Rodriguez reviews Uncharted: Drake's Fortune on 12.04.2007. His conclusion:
"Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is not the killer game Sony needed to sell more PS3's, but it is one heck of a good game. The hype might hurt the game more than it helps since people will buy the game thinking they are getting the Halo-killer or the Mario-killer. Instead, they are getting a game that has amazing production values and solid gameplay, but not much lasting appeal. Is it worth playing? If you have a Playstation 3, yes. Or if you already had plans to buy a PS3 and want a good game, once more, the answer is yes. But this is not a game worth buying the system for."
• Graphics: 10.0
• Gameplay: 8.0
• Sound: 9.5
• Lasting Appeal: 7.5
• Fun Factor: 8.0
• Overall: 8.0 [ Very Good ]
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?
My review is the same except bump gameplay to a 9, lasting appeal to an 8.5, and fun factor to a 9. IMO.
i need to disagree with the "this is not a game worth buying the system for." Uncharted is currently the best example of a true next gen experience. it completely engrosses you into the game, it has lifelike animations, it has completely believable characters, and is basically the most polished game i've played in the last decade.
i can understand people saying, "its not sandbox gameplay, it has no multiplayer," but since when did games NEED to have multiplayer or openendedness? there's enough replay value packed in that it warrants at least 2 more playthroughs after the initial completion; once in fast forward or slow mo, and the other in the mirror mode.
this game ISN'T perfect, but it sure deserves a score higher than the 8 given here for being the closest thing to a real next-gen experience.
i stopped reading the moment he said this is not a Halo/mario killer.
LMAO. it never intended to be, dumba$$
I saw a review somewhere you could play online,but have they canceled that then or?...
Well if you cant,i will not buy this game!
picker332:
you can play word puzzle online so perhaps you should go buy that