Uncharted 2 won many awards in 2009, including the much deserved award of all awards "Game of the Year" award. But what if Uncharted 2 didn't come out in 2009? Would the 2009 Video Game of the Year Award be remembered as the toughest award to decide for? We all know that Uncharted 2 completely dominated 2009, and let's face it, every great game released in 2009 was completely over shadowed by Uncharted 2; and of course MW2 sales. This had to be the year, of the most sleeper titles thanks to those two titles. But 2009 was indeed packed with amazing GOTY contenders. In fact, 2009 would have been a crazy year without Uncharted 2. The following 2009 PS3 games have all the elements to be considered for,"Game of the Year"...
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.
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,....... Demon's souls maybe?
Uncharted 2 was THE game that stopped gaming sites from giving GOTY to modern warfare 2. I mean those games are great: KZ2(best FPS this year), InFamous, LBP are awesome games, but do you honestly believe they could have stood up to the hype and favor that was behind Modern Warfare 2? Killzone maybe but the others, IMO, never really stood a chance.
Uncharted 2 FTW!..for the record though If U2 didn't come out this year I would want Demon's Souls to win.
umm even if uncharted 2 wasn't there, there's still a ps3 exclusive that kicked ass in it's own respective genre
Once you get to the end and the story was wrapped up, I was blown away.
So I would pick Infamous if it wasnt for Uncharted 2 for Game Of The Year, especially with the fact it has No Offline/Online Multiplayer at all.
The funniest thing to me was seeing Gametrailers give PS3 game of the year to Modern warfare 2 (and if the video was anything to go by, they were handing the award to the 360 version) which they also gave best PC game of the year, 360 game of the year and overall game of the year. It was a nice enough game from what I played of it but it wouldn't be my choice even if Uncharted 2 never existed. My choice might be Assassin's creed 2, which shocks even me since I was one of the biggest haters of the first game.