"SUS" is slang for suspect or suspicious.
If the narrative wasn't engaging to you than the pacing was bound to be problematic. I can't think of many AAA games that were more story dependent than Uncharted 4. Snake Eater and MGS4 had a lot of story but it was split into sections. Those games alternated between blocks of gameplay and blocks of narrative and the only time the gameplay sequences were interrupted (and they did feel like interruptions) by narrative was via codex calls. Uncharted weaves them so tightly into one another that if one side of that equation isn't resonating with you it's hard to just ignore.
I was invested in Nate's journey and curious about how they were going to wrap things up. I think they did an excellent job introducing Sam and their decision to keep his twist on the stick gave the reveal power that it wouldn't have had without it. The narrative isn't perfectit's easy to see why Nadine is a part of this spinoff because she was woefully underutilizedbut it is far from "convenient bullshit writing."
Another thing to note for my experience: I took over 1,000 photos during my first play through of Uncharted 4 (even got Neil to retweet a few of them
. I was always engaged with the world. I have never felt a stronger sense of place than I did during Uncharted 4 (VR experiences not included). Libertallia, in particular, was magnificent and left me in awe. The consistency of the art assets, the detail of the environments and the little stories tucked away inside of them was really impressive.
