I'd of thought the scores and hordes of awards would indicate that it's not.

Of course, not everyone is going to like it, but the general consensus seems to be it's one of the best franchises going, and easily one of the best new IPs introduced this generation.

These fanboys are going to say no if is (halo overrated article) ... they say yes Because is only on PS3!

Uncharted 1 and 2 are both really good games and some of the PS3's only good exclusive titles, so no they are not overrated.

It's an enjoyable ride, with tons of polish n' stuff.

Problem is, on gameplay itself, it falls kinda...short. It's not BAD, it just lacks depth.

Guess the awards and stuff show how gaming media nowadays values polish instead of originality and gameplay.

@fooltheman

Yes, for me at least, gameplay was pretty repetitive and shallow.

Honestly, it's just basic. Shallow. Lacks depth. I even wrote a Blog Post regarding the issue.

Moreover, I welcome everyone who posts before reading the article to read this opinion piece, seriously.

In all honestly, it shows my feelings towards the game exactly.

@GenoZStriker

Yes, indeed, what it does, it does it almost flawlessly.

My problem is that it just lacks ambition, depth, complexity. It's the kind of game that everyone can like and enjoy- yet it somewhat misses the point, at least in my opinion.

It's just as the article says:

"The series does what it does incredibly well - in fact nobody does linear action adventure games better than Naughty Dog. But should we be giving the world's premier game developers the impression, with our constant hyping and Drake love-ins, that the benchmark for the ultimate current-gen blockbuster is a heavily scripted shooter? That we want less depth and scale, and more quick-fix action scenes?"

Opinion: is CVG overrated?

not a little bit, this is the best franchise on ps3 ever!

I'm primarily a pc gamer...
But I bought a PS3 for this game. It's fantastic.

its best game in genre- whats overrated? its amazing in every aspect

cvg and a ps3 hate article? not suprised

No.
what a stupid article.

how about one about GTA and Halo being overrated

It is a little bit but it still is one of the greatest video game franchises.

Just when I thought that these "Uncharted is overrated" articles were dead and buried, this pops up.

LMAO!!! I Love but hurt XBOTS!!!!!

Only if you think Too Human was underrated...

In my personal opinion, its underrated amongst the masses of fanboys that refuse to play uc2.

Why do we always have these 'Is Uncharted 2 overrated?'. I can't quite fathom why we don't have similar articles on other games when they end up winning a bucket load of awards.

Is it just too hard to accept that it won a lot of awards? Obviously it will be your own personal preference whether you like the game or not, but the game did receive a very good reception. Just because you can't accept that, doesn't mean it is overrated.

Personally, I love the Uncharted series. I enjoyed Uncharted 2 and was very happy to see that it was a significant upgrade from Uncharted 1.

I enjoyed both UCs for the graphics, cinematography, storytelling and characters. In terms of gameplay, it is decent as a third person shooter, but I do not find the platformer sequences a challenge. To that extent, it is overrated, but as a total package, it delivers.

Where's the "Is Halo Overrated?" articles?

cvg and ps3 don't mix like two *icks.

Was especially where it highlighted where to jump in the platform parts, it left nothing to work out, but the second one was amazing.

I was disappointed by the single player. Mainly ticked off by the super obvious visual clues making some sections feel like autopilot. I had most my fun with the multiplayer, as your ability to climb around things and ninja some bishes was seemingly more oiled and facilitated in the multi-leveled online maps.

Then I hooked up a sub-woofer and played the campaign again at high volumes. It really was a game changer. Since its going for the cinematic experience, you really need to create a cinematic environment, and its not going for the type of movie you can watch with headphones on, its going for the one that shakes your seat and melts your face. Very superb game. However, I still think there's lots of neglected potential caused by trying to be accessible.

Is Uncharted overrated? to put it simply...no.

It is over rated, but that isn't exactly a bad thing. It just means it gets more attention, which it should get so much that they make at least 10 more of them!!!!

Uncharted 1 is underrated. Uncharted 2 is quite possibly the best game of all time.
Certainly the best game in the last 5 years.

i finished uncharted 1 10 times, uncharted 2 3 times, in MP level 74, my only 2 platinums are for uncharted

List of awards received by Uncharted 2: Among Thieves http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

highest rated HD exclusive with metacritic 96 http://www.metacritic.com/g...

3.8 million sold since september 2010. still cost 40$

sadly I have to say Uncharted is overrated. It's technical marvel, yet gameplay and story are just lacking compared to others imo. ;/

Uncharted is not overrated. One of the most amazing games I've ever played. You want to know what an overrated game is? Take a look at Mass Effect 2.

Everyone is just mad that UC2 got so many awards and GOTYs that they take turns pissing on it every chance they get. It beat out most games that year to pull ahead with high scores all around. Why can't you guys let ND polish their awards in peace? They obviously worked hard and succeeded. Look how many developers are trying to reach UC2's level of quality. @ newhumanbreed . Damn straight! Damn Star Trek wannabe of a game.

I think so, people hype the series up to be among the greatest of all time, and it just isn't. What it is, is great and awesome fun. Not amongst the greatest of all times but certainly amongst the greats. But what does it matter, opinion is opinion.

Totally agree. Uncharted 2 looks AMAZING, no doubt, and the sound effects and cinematography are top-notch for sure. However, the gameplay is very average - let's remember, we're talking about a game, not a movie.

For it's presentation, I'd for sure give it a 10/10 or even 11/10, but as far as gameplay goes, probably a 7.5/10. Yes, it has a lot of cool types of gameplay blended together, like 3rd person shooting, platforming, puzzling, etc., but it doesn't do them nearly as well as games that specialize in them, like Gears of War, Assassin's Creed, or any puzzle game that ever existed (the puzzles are terrible in Uncharted, like they're geared at 5 year olds) It's a case of "Jack of all trades, master of none", when it comes to gameplay, and that's why I feel it's overrated.

God of War III falls into this as well - pretty much perfect presentation, but super-arcade and shallow gameplay. Bayonetta is 10x the GAME that GOW3 is.

Since I'm on a roll with Sony exclusives (sorry fanboys, the truth hurts), let's toss Metal Gear Solid 4 in here, too. Probably the best case of overrated GAME this generation. Again, AWESOME story, graphics, sound, etc. But it felt like a 14 hour movie where I would touch my controller once every 45 minutes to make Snake move a few hundred feet... and then another hour cutscene. Hideo Kojimna should have just made it a movie, because as a VIDEO GAME, it's pretty awful. Seriously, the gameplay is the worst in the series by far. MGS1 was one of the best games of the PS era, and it steadily went downhill with each sequel because Kojima focused more on directing a movie and forgot about the GAME of MGS.

If you're going to do a cinematic game, do what Quantic Dream does and make an INTERACTIVE movie. Heavy Rain is probably the most underrated game this generation. But I don't even know if you can categorize it as a game, it's just crazy good interactive narrative.

I thought its was overrated but until I played it I was like damm 0_0
I need to play more so that is how I beated the game in 2 days XD Uncharted=good game, people need to play it before they judge it. Dont make the mistake I did, try it before you say anything even if it is overrated to you,some people still like it.

I was thinking about this the other day. I wouldn't say that its overrated but I would say that it isn't as good people make it out to be.

Uncharted 1 and 2 are fun entertaining games if not generic. Really that is all you can ask for in any game. You guys need to stop expecting oscar caliber storylines.

The problem is that the Ps3 fanboys hype games up way too much.

What is linear supposed to insinuate. I loved GTA but the stories could of been written by my little cousin. "Go kill this guy", "show this guy you mean business". The overall stories were pretty good, but I always preferred Metal Gear, because the characters and stories we're always more interesting and impactful, you almost never forget a metal gear character, whether it be badguy or good guy. Yet Metal Gear was a more linear game. Mass effect has branches at too many pieces of it's game. When I'm listening to dialogue and it pauses to say press X or Y with the most zombieish look on a characters face it takes me out of the game. Does that mean Mass Effect has an inaffective story... no it's just a different approach...smh.

You see when people use the word linear or scripted, I know they haven't played the series or in the least uncharted 2 through to the endings. You see what they do is go to Youtube, watch a video and say to themselves hmmm.... how can I hate something that looks so brilliant and flawless??? Uncharteds story has a pace that fits it, there are down times for conversation, downtimes, for exploration, moments with action etc. Any true uncharted fan would know this "computerandvideogames.co m" "If your FRIEND(who doesn't exist in this case) questions that" (Air Quotes) it's a pretty easy reevaluation. And the gameplay is almost miles ahead of almost anything, that's 3rd person with a gun, outside of splinter cell, Metal Gear and a few others.

So the word LINEAR has to come with an asterisk, and Overrated..., come on I mean the game feels almost perfect in direction, the characters feel real and true to life. The gameplay is realistic because no real hero is gonna run through the middle of a firefight all the time, sometimes he'll be running away, ducking and dodging, and coming away victorious in the end just feels all the more victorious.

The most over rated game is is halo!!!!!

the Mass Effect series is overrated but not Uncharted!

Can't really go too wrong.

PLUS Nathan Drake makes me want him. hardcore. I can now understand why the fellas love Lara Croft.

Scrumptious.

I think its slightly overrated.

Thats just because of all the people that act like everything about it is the best in history.

Its a wonderful game. I'm just talking about 10% of the hype is overrated. Still deserves all of those awards and fans though. Its fun.

OUTSTANDING..!!, suddenly there are soooo many strangers come to this article, came up from nowhere!, only to write shit comment on uncharted.., this is clear proof of their hatred on PS3 exclusive..

It is.
It isn't alone in that regard.Both great games,some of the best offerings this gen.

This is how i see it
Xbots Fanboy will think its Overrated
PS3 fanboys will think its a MASTERPIECE

But Who is Correct? PS3 FANBOYS because it is A MASTERPIECE! High reviews from numerous magazines don't lie =P
Spectacular Visuals, Fantastic Story telling, Great Gameplay, NOICEE puzzles

whatever people say by it means today, tommorow, or yesterday..nothing can change the 96 meta scores, goty awards, million sales that uncharted 2 has achieved

I think Uncharted was perhaps the best new ip this generation with excellent graphics and a heavenly mix from various genres.

In the sequel i think they threw countless enemies at you so you get the feeling that the game is longer than it is, still a good game though but i prefer the nr 1.

No Uncharted series is not overrated

Just a yes or no will suffice.Reposting the awards,meta,sales,Xbot, monotony every 4th comment is redundant if not a tad unsure.You like it or you do not or you find it average.No big deal.

I played UC1 and 2.

I have come to the conclusion that UC2 is a must buy and that everyone should play it.

UC1 however is NOT a MUST buy. Please don't give me hate for this. I honestly feel that UC1 is an 8 out of 10 game. The story was not that good and it was short. Therefore I think UC1 is a bit overrated when coming from Drake die hards, but in terms of it's popularity when UC1 was released it was not overrated or underrated. It got the attention it deserved.

UC2 is a must buy on the other hand. I loved everything about the game and everyone should play it including xbot fanbois and people who say "I'm not into that Indiana Jones thing." UC2 is definitely not overrated and deserves every praise it gets. I'm looking forward to UC3 first day buy for me.

best graphics
best characters by far
best traversal gameplay and cover system by far
good interesting story as close to hollywood movie as you can get.
awesome gameplay.

UNcharted is underated and slow arse gears is overated. In uncharted online i can jump and climb and crawl and roll and jump behind cover and hang from stuff and fire etc. its like the dude from Live free die hard movie who did the parqour stuff and got kicked into the grinder in that ice place by bruce willis. Gears is just stupid shooting with graphics not as good as uncharted. bad characters, garbage story, regular shoot gameplay with garbage cover system compared to uncharted. bad ai, gears is super slow in moving and aiming as if you were robo cop. Uncharted is just way better and if you cant like the game just for the amazing uncharted characters alone. Also mass effect story and gameplay doesn touch uncharted so if you want to hype that game and not uncharted then you have bad taste and are probably a fanboy.

^hate incoming in 3...2...nah j/k
I actually prefer no.1 by a slim margin if only for the locations and less hollywood pacing but the gunplay in 2 was more refined,intuitive.
Gears? why Gears.First one was fun,but much like Bio,UC,AC,one was enough.Two different games though.

halo is overrated with about 5 games, plus books, and that retarded mountain dew drink and more i would guess
Oh an that stupid halo legends movie that was shit!

I wouldn't call any great game over rated.
It's one thing if it's a crappy game being advertised like crazy and people buy it that's over rated.
If a game is fun to play don't understand why people would hate on it unless your a fanboy on another platform where you can't play that game.

Disagree whatever you want

remember guys...

YOU ARE THE CONTROLLER!!!!!

uncharted and uncharted 2 are great games but there was something about them that didnt stick with me. it was the kind of game that i enjoyed a lot all the way through but once it was done i wanted no part in replaying it as it kinda felt like a chore to go back. i got kind of tired of the duck/cover and shoot method. another thing that kind of bored me was the platforming. there is nothing wrong with it, its just that i felt i didnt really have control and i was more or less pressing x most of the time. it got repetitive in that aspect but by no means is the game overrated. it deserves any praise and awards it gets as it was a fantastic experience. with that being said i look forward to uncharted 3.

Uncharted 1 was underrated.
U2's rating is perfectly right but cause it's such a great game the third installment in the series is a little bit overhyped. Nothing wrong with it if ND can stand the pressure and build an even better game on the base of the 2nd. But overhyping a game often leads the developer to make mistakes. But I trust ND to create a new masterpiece.

In fact its underrated, it gets praise but not enough. Best franchise in existance.

Another flamebite article from those fanbots at CVG....

This game is boring, don't let the sdf tell you different. I bet half of them probably never actually played the game, they would rather spend all day on the internet defending anything sony related.

I think Uncharted is overated on N4G everywhere else it's fine. LBP is 100x better than Uncharted and many other PS3 exclusives are better as well.

I would prefer if NaughtyDog would make something more open like jak&Daxter those games were great.

If anything this article simply serves as a damn platform for a certain group of individuals to simply shit on a ps3 exclusive for it being good at what it does.

Uncharted 2 did an amazing job and naughty dog deserve the accolades that they got for making such a great title. This isn't about if uncharted is overrated, and the author knows that.

You pick a highly acclaimed exclusive, you turn it into a "is X game overrated?" spectacle, you watch the flames from both sides of the camp. You get a multitude of hits while at the same time create a typhoon of a flame fest between fanboys who think its the best because its only on their platform, and fanboys who think it isn't so hot simply because its not on THEIR platform

point blank period.

No, not at all.

The first one is certainly overrated. The second one is amazing, though.

.

if uncharted is overrated then every Nintendo 1st party game is hugely overrated period.

uncharted is unerrated

No for each one out, and I'll raise you a No for Uncharted 3 that isn't even out yet.

Underrated quite abit tbh.

It's better then gears 1&2 tbh.

I've played all and played gears on a Nice rig.(1 of course)

Gears is just the same thing over and over and actually just feels like sections strung together. Uncharted does not feel like that. Feels like your on a mission and moving through the world. Uncharted 2 does the same thing.

Animations are sweet, gunplay is sweet, combat is sweet.

I'm going to play both again, because they are so good.

It might be overrated in some people's opinion because people have different tastes.

In my own humble opinion, I think the first 2 Uncharted games are absolute masterpieces and the evolution that took place between Drake's Fortune and Among Thieves is quite astounding.

I'm sure Drake's Deception will also be a superb addition to the franchise and November cannot come soon enough.

This officially makes Uncharted a success.

Successful games get the "overrated" articles.

"Is COD overrated?"
"Is Halo overrated?"
"Is GT5 overrated?"
"Is Gears overrated?"
"Is MGS4 overrated?"

I've seen them all.

People will have their own opinion .... IMO Uncharted isnt overrated neither is it underrated its well respected ,people have their taste in games .

Of course NOT
... you are definitely in desperate need of HITS
but you cant even have my D !

UC is really the only series that deserves the credit that it does.

Uncharted is a fantastic game and anyone who says otherwise only owns a console other than the PS3.

Easy answer. Yes and no. lol Yes its overated because people talk about it like no game before it or after will ever compare. Saying its the greatest game ever. No its not overated because it deserves the praise it has received because it is a great game. Just not THEE greatest.

most of the people who think Uncharted or the Uncharted franchise is overrated are usually people who never played the game or cannot play the game because they don't have a PS3.

As for the others, it is usually because they don't read how to control the character and get frustrated. (my older brother has that problem.) Or they just don't happen to like the game for some esoteric reason. Personally, I cannot stand the way Tomb Raider looks and controls but, that doesn't mean that the game is bad.

I see Uncharted as the definitive modern action adventure, much like CoD is the definitive shooter, Rock Band is the definitive music... thing, etc.

I don't see how it could really be overrated, when other games of its ilk are basically measured against it. You can't really overrate the yardstick, unless the yardstick creator tries to remake it as something different and fails, or someone else makes something better. Neither of those things have happened, with regards to Uncharted.

Q: Is Uncharted overrated?
A: Nope

actually, the first was kinda underrated.

thats like asking if God of War or Jak& Daxter is overrated. HELL NO. foo.

No, they are not overrated, for the most part. These games are amazingly well made and polished and deserve a ton of praise. My favorite new franchise this gen. :)

It's when people make claims about their excessive originality and innovation that I think they start going too far. :P There's nothing wrong with being unoriginal, as long as the game is made well.

It's a generic third person shooter/platformer with nothing original or unique about it in any way. That's all I have to say. If you think otherwise probably already have your head shoved so far up Sony's ass you aren't going to listen to me anyway. They are not bad games but they are not even close to being as good as people think they are. People can't judge anything for themselves, they just spout what awards they won. Oh yeah? You know who else wins awards? Justin Bieber. That means nothing to me. Judge the game for yourself, don't just lie and convince yourself that it's amazing because other people do.

Yes.

Ofcourse it is.One of those games that Sony paid reviewers to promote.Finished it and it sucked ass.

let's see it's overrated because:

A.it's not on the 360, so therefor to fanboys it's overrated.

B.it's a ps3 exclusive so to fanboys it's overrated.

C.it got more awards than any 360 exclusive so to fanboy's it's overrated.

D.it's metacritic score is 96, & is higher than any 360 game so to the fanboys it's overrated.

E.all of the above.

i'm going for E., let the disagrees begin it still doesn't change what i said.

true, this game doesnt go off the map with creativity as far as gameplay goes but what it does do is takes different aspects of games and executes them SOOO well. that is what makes it great.

Speaking as a PS3 owner, you may think "oh fanboy must be bias" but here's my two cents; I skipped Uncharted 1 because I thought it looked average and not my sort of thing, BUT that was almost a huge mistake.

After about 5 months of being a PS3 owner I borrowed Uncharted 1 off my friend, let me just say that was the first game I played which had me playing every chapter in anticipation of the storyline.

When Uncharted 2 came around I just went into obsessive fanboy mode, UC2 is amazing: the production values, the visuals, the sound, the acting and the characters were all perfect, just like playing Half Life 2 for the first time, I knew it would be one of those games.

there are over 40million ps3's out there and only 10 percent of them have Uncharted in them. If you ask me....it's underrated.

Ummm hellz no its the best series this generation on the consoles IMO! The first one did not get enuff exposure but positive response made the developers create another one. UC2, although not perfect it had just the right balance of platforming story and cinamatics. The graphics are a big plus... My online gripe was the gun combat felt flimsly. I hope the 3rd one adds more volume when you kill a guy. Then again its a platformer and not a fPS

this crappy article is overrated by who is giving it credit! :p

No lol, no need to go into detail :P.

Almost any big game is overrated, only fanboys of the other side would agree that it is overrated.

But who care? If you enjoy then why does it matter?