Raz Review: "I'm tempted to give this a 10...I really am. Uncharted 2 is revolutionary in that it is the first game I've seen (yes, including MGS4) that made the difference between movie and game moot. I sat there staring at Drake dangling from the train for a full two minutes, holding my breath in suspense...and then realized the game was waiting for me to do something. It had started and I didn't even know it - I thought the movie was still going. That is how incredibly amazing the graphics and transitions are. I might go back and ride the train again, just to goggle at the amazing view; and it's easy to do because the game is divided up like a DVD chapter menu. Once you unlock a chapter, you can jump back to it anytime.
The writing is snappy, the dialogue witty and topical (Drake often has some humorous observations about your situation), the story intriguing and the characters believable. Amazing what they can do with MOCAP these days.
The actual gameplay uses the classic cover system, the puzzles are difficult enough to provide a challenge without being frustrating, and there's plenty of hidden loot to go back and search for. There's also cheats and skins and movie extras to purchase with the loot you earn in-game and online - where, I might add, you can rank up and buy mods and weapons for multiplayer matches.
MGS4 - yes, it was awesome. But you could still tell the difference because it had the concept backwards: just when you thought the game had started...oops, nope, just another cut-scene. And another. And another. Uncharted 2, on the other hand, is the game that got it right. The only reason I'm not giving it a 10 is because Naughty Dog already has plans to top this sequel - so I have to leave some room for improvement!"
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Rated: 9.5/10
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
