A lot of Uncharted 2's charm comes from its script and storytelling, which is much better this time as well; the banter remains fast and furious, and the characters are even more sympathetic/intriguing. I don't want to spoil the experience for you, but I'll point out that the conversations between Nathan and Flynn, now rank as my favorite "dudes talking shop in a videogame." Rather than discuss specific plot details, all I'll say is that Uncharted 2 is a whirlwind adventure centering on Nathan's search for the mythical city of Shangri-La. Some of the things that you'll do -- in a without-context-to-remain-spoiler-free manner -- during his 11-ish hour (on Normal difficulty) journey include:
Team up with two other characters in a crazy shootout against multiple hordes of bad dudes.
Take on a mercenary toting a minigun on top of a speeding train.
Leap from a flaming speeding truck onto a non-flaming speeding truck.
Run through a besieged town while being pursued by a tank.
Shoot at a bad guy grappling with one of your buddies while sliding down a collapsing floor.
I'm not 100% certain when it happened. I think it's when I had Nathan Drake atop a building in a war-torn Nepalese city, cornered and being fired upon by a helicopter, engaged in a fist fight with the screen slowly draining of color, snapping my enemy's neck and quickly rolling into cover to reload my grenade launcher only to turn and fire upon the chopper one last time as I watched it crash and explode.
I think this is when I realized that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves was the best single-player game I have ever played!
In a list of games that defined the PlayStation 3, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves would certainly be one of the top contenders. The blockbuster sequel to 2007’s Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune not only received critical acclaim and became a massive hit for Sony’s third console when it was released 15 years ago on October 13th, 2009, but it also cemented Naughty Dog’s future as a developer of cinematic, story-driven action-adventure games as opposed to its history of colorful platformers like Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter from previous PlayStation generations. To this day, Uncharted 2 stands as one of the PS3’s best exclusives and one of the most important PlayStation games of all time.
I loved this era on multiplayer games from Sony. People used to call the modes tacked on multiplayer but they were enjoyable. I loved Factions even more. I'm Still gutted that the second one isn't coming out.
Yeah, that one game where it not only has an amazing single player but the multiplayer was also just as good.
A fresh a breath air with it's more "skill focused, less is more" multiplayer in a time during COD fever where every other game with online was trying to be like it.
Shame NaughtyDog eventually did do COD like things with Uncharted 3 and 4, they ruined what made the original so good. It become an over the top arcade fest in the end.
Ironic cause the MP was basically Halo, and Bungie helped on the technical side of things too. MP was more simple back then, I've said this before but I played U2 MP religiously. I sucked at it like you have no idea, but mah gawd did I have so much fun. Can't find an MP game that hooked me like U2s these days. Then Factions came along and while it had its problem I found new religion with it. Agh damn it why did they cancel Factions 2 bruhh.
It is for sure my favorite game in the series. It's such a blast to play. The train levels still hold up and are fun as hell as well as the entire game.
Still remember the first gameplay video ... shooting the chasing truck and then the beautiful visuals & details whilst traversing the dilapidated Nepal streets ... perfection
Too bad Sony never ported the trilogy to PC ...
I'll say, the PS3 really did sequels better than people give it credit for. Resistance 2, Uncharted 2, Motorstorm Pacific Rift, Infamous 2... all were better than their initial offerings and still hold up to this day.
During MCM Comic Con London X EGX, CGM got the chance to be part of a press group interview with the stars of the Uncharted titles, namely the legendary Nolan North, who played protagonist Nathan Drake, Emily Rose, who portrayed Elena Fisher and Richard McGonagle, who took on the role of Victor ‘Sully’ Sullivan,
Chris, Joseph, and Josh celebrate Active Quest’s 100th episode by discussing their favorite games of all time.
How can you rate the online 10/10. Given that you omitted to even mention it in your admittedly short review, I can't help but wonder if you actually played it at all.
By the way your quote about when you realized this was the best single player experience is a direct quote from adam sessler from Xplay. But I mean if u feel the same way thats cool, maybe you should quote it.