Okay, here’s the flaws of this game; the cover system is a bit fidgety in tight places, it’s not always clear what you can grab onto in some of the platforming sections and the multiplayer sometimes takes a while to get started. That’s it, that’s all the flaws of this game; just wanted to get them out the way at the start. Uncharted 2 Among Thieves is without a doubt the best game of the year, if not this generation.
The game centres on Nathan Drake, a treasure hunter akin to Indiana Jones, and his quest to find the Cintamani stone in the mythical Shangri-La. Along the way, you will meet many characters, some good some bad, but they are all extremely well written and have a lot of depth to them. The game starts with Nathan being given an offer, by an old friend, to help him find an oil lamp. Only one problem, this oil lamp is in the middle of a Turkish museum. Needless to say, things don’t go as planed and Nathan ends up in jail only to be bailed out by one of his old friends. The race is then on to find the Cintamani stone before a militia led by Lazaravich, who is a very unsavoury character indeed, finds it. The story feels like a summer blockbuster with very sharp writing and well acted cut scenes. The pace of the story is pitch perfect, so perfect in fact that you might not want to put the controller down and play through all 12 hours in one sitting. Along the way, you will visit the city streets of Nepal, an ancient lost temple inhabited by less than docile creatures and many more. The presentation of all of these places is awe-inspiring. I have never seen this level of polish and detail in any game to date. The graphics are awash with colour and vibrancy. The character models are second to none with fluid animation through-out the game.
The gameplay, again, is amazing. You will spend a lot of the game behind cover shooting at various types of enemy’s with a variety of guns. The choice of guns is reasonable from sniper rifles to dessert eagles and there are even a couple of good old WW2 guns in the mix. Grenades are very valuable as well and you should put some time into learning the age-old technique of throwing them at people’s feet. The vertical gameplay aspect makes things very interesting as you can climb almost anything in the game, hang off the edge of walls and fire from behind them. However, Uncharted 2 is a platformer at heart and you will spend a large chunk of the game jumping around snowy mountains and temples trying to solve puzzles and navigate from point A to point B. All of this wouldn’t mean anything unless the controls where very intuitive and again Naughty Dog has hit the nail on the head. The controls feel very smooth and the camera work in the game is incredible, it always has a way of showing you where to go.
Finally, there’s the multiplayer. Many games these days have a multiplayer that feels tacked on as a necessity but not Uncharted 2. There’s co-op mode where 3 players play scenarios from levels that you have visited in the single player campaign. These are outstanding as they have the same flare and heart racing action that the single player does but with all the fun of shouting at your friends when their not covering you. As well as scenario mode there’s also a survival mode which is very reminiscent of horde mode from Gears of War. Competitive multiplayer has classics such as deathmatch and capture the flag, or plunders as it’s called in Uncharted 2. In plunder you have to capture treasure and bring it back to your team base. Where this differs from other capture the flag modes is that you can throw the treasure so it adds a completely new spin on the mode. The multiplayer is incredible and it’s very different to anything you have played before, the third person view makes it like Grand Theft Auto’s multiplayer but with the added excitement of climbing buildings and hoping no one sees you as an easy target when doing so.
To conclude this game is perfection. There are a couple of flaws but there are that many positive points about this game, the flaws will seem miniscule in comparison. The best advice I can offer anyone is; if you have a ps3 buy this game and if you don’t, buy a ps3 and play this game.
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,
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" Okay, here’s the flaws of this game"
SO yeah its a 10 alright.
Good review, however, if you have pointed out flaws, it therefore can not be a 10/10 (100%). That is mathematically incorrect.
If you look at any game that has a 10 on any website it means that there aren't enough flaws to make it anything less but perfect. Every game has flaws but if those flaws are small enough the game can get a perfect 10. A good example is GTA4, both gamespot and ign gave that game a 10/10 even though there is pop in and some of the missions are repetitive. It got a 10 because those flaws are so minuscule in comparison to everything else, it was more or less perfect.
I slightly prefer MGS4 and Bioshock to Uncharted 2, but there's no doubt it's one of the best games this gen. No doubt.
Yea was the only one a could think of that's relevent to this generation as the only games that have got across the board 10 outa 10 on the main game websites that wasn't MGS4 lol. What would you have used?