Naughty Dog's Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is one of the best games yet to grace Sony's Playstation 3. Featuring stunning, detailed visuals, excellent sound, great storytelling, and plenty of action, Uncharted has all the elements a demanding gamer wants in a videogame.
First off, unlike the majority of videogames available in the current generation, Uncharted features a captivating and engaging story advanced by lifelike characters and amazing voicework. I don't want to give anything away, but the story even takes an amazing turn half way through the game that totally changes how you view and play. If you want a humorous, yet intesnse story to follow, this is the game for you.
Uncharted's visuals are phenomenal. From the lighting and textures to the character animations and water effects, Uncharted is an eye candy masterpiece. Often, in the few moments where the action has taken a break, I stoped and looked around just to take in the beauty of Naughty Dog's exceptional effort. The world Nathan Drake explores is a place of unsurpassed beauty. Move over Bioshock. A new visual king is in town and its name is Uncharted.
Sound-wise, Uncharted is again, stunning. Frankly, I have never heard voice-work as impressive in any other game. Thanks to their lifelike voices (and fluid animations), the characters seem so real I found myself genuinely caring for their wellbeing. Aside from character voices, the sound effects in Uncharted are so lifelike you will swear you are in a real place. The wind blows gently through the trees. Water rushes with the sound of ten giant shimmering chandaliers. Uncharted is an Audio treat.
Uncharted plays nicely. With a little practice I was controlling Nate like a champion, deftly jumping from one ledge to another and quickly hdiding behind cover when danger approached. The button promted hand to hand combat is not the best, but it gets the job done.
Uncharted is fun. You will enjoy playing this game and have a hard time putting it down when its time for dinner/bed/homework etc... This game is a good time and one every PS3 owner should experience.
Unfortunately, there is no online multiplayer component in Uncharted. You can post your various skill awards online, but this does not really add anything to the overall experience.
The only downside of Uncharted is that the average dedicated gamer is going to beat this title in 12-15 hours. Longevity is not really the name of the game here, but even without online multiplayer, you will still find yourself drawn to this game long after you have beaten it. A variety of difficulties and unlockable content will tempt you to experience this beautiful game again and again.
In closing, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is one of the best games, if not the best, currently offered on PS3. With a combination of great story, stunning visuals, pin-drop sharp sound, talented voicework, and amazing lighting, Uncharted should not be missed. Pick this one up and enjoy.
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?
Good review, you covered everything.. Gj. I have not purchase the game, but when the price will drop i will get it, just recently i have pre ordered Haze...
I LOVED Uncharted.... I really would like to see what Uncharted 2 looks likw with Multiplayer too .... I bet it will have it