![]() I don’t think it would’ve been as much of a problem if there’d been some hinting along the way - some foreboding. They could’ve done more to build up the plot & mythos, rather than just being like, “Oh, by the way, the statue’s really a coffin that curses people in some nondescript, never touched upon way,” in the penultimate chapter. I think the problem goes back to the lack of fleshing out details that plagues the rest of the game. ![]() But if we continue with the Indiana Jones comparison, most of them had a supernatural element as well. I’ve heard someone people complain about the sudden addition of supernatural enemies toward the end of the game. It’s more Drake’s story than the story of the treasure, which makes sense, it just feels a bit rushed. Drake will just comment on something, prompting you to pull out his handy-dandy notebook, then follow along the only path available. There’s no finding clues or anything like that. I don’t mind a linear story, but it just felt a bit passive. It kinda takes the fun of exploration out. The usual pattern is that Drake will decipher something & conveniently find said contraption in the next room. I would’ve liked the story to have a bit more player interaction with it. It’s very easy to forget your current goal as you get strung along from one open shooting arena to another. I found the main characters likeable, & their goal interesting however… The plot as a whole felt a bit threadbare. In case it doesn’t come across, I did enjoy the story… what was there, at any rate. And in the end, the bad guy gets killed by some supernatural curse, & the story ends with a helicopter crash followed by a punch-out on a boat. He even gets a somewhat-shady sidekick & nosy female co-lead. Drake is more light-hearted to Indy’s dry straight-man act. So instead of having punch-ups beneath a moving airplane, Drake just shoots a lot of people & drives around on a jet ski. The game feels a lot like if someone made an Indiana Jones movie today with all the modern action movie tropes (Or maybe like Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? I never saw that one.). Narrative: I might’ve joked earlier about Drake being the female Lara Croft, but honestly I got more of an Indiana Jones vibe. Cover-based shooting in the name of the game, & most of the playtime is spent crouched behind a wall, picking at enemies with a variety of weaponry. Drake will encounter many gunfights, broken up by some platforming, sprinkled with a dash of simplistic puzzle-solving. Uncharted is very much an action-adventure game, leaning more toward the action end of the spectrum. Things become complicated when several rival treasure hunters show up, forcing Drake to try to outsmart the mercenaries while dragging along a reporter. In his first outing, we take control of Nathan Drake, a treasure hunter following the trail of Sir Francis Drake, hoping to discover the legendary golden city, El Dorado. Uncharted probably needs no introduction, but I will regardless. Having never played any of the Uncharted games before, I was interested to see if the games were as good as everyone says, so I put this female Lara Croft to the test. In my substantial free-time while transitioning to a new job, I finally got around to playing the remastered version of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, part of The Nathan Drake Collection, a collection of remastered version of the first three Uncharted titles. And who keeps bringing in all these explosive barrels, anyway? The natives? Shouldn’t the gunpowder be inert by now? And why do these greedy mercenaries never realize the value of the ruins they’re destroying? It may not be as immediately profitable as a giant gold statue, assuming you can find a buyer for that in the first place, but you gotta think long term books & television appearances & all that good stuff. I can’t say I’ve ever studied the field in great detail, but I’m reasonably certain it’s frowned upon to blow up ancient structures & priceless artifacts. ![]() I can’t help imagining that if I were to walk into an archeological college program with only my knowledge of the field from movies & videogames, I’d probably get expelled.
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