Spring-Loaded
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Replaying the campaign for this and I noticed a crocodile in the beginning of Borneo. Neat.
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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |OT2|
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Coolbgdog12
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Amen. I prefer the way UC2 felt and looked overall than in UC3.
I was always satisfied shooting and getting a kill back in UC2, not so much in UC3 where kills feel as random as playing the lottery.
I just don't know who's decision was it over there at ND to change up the shooting mechanics so much. The choice feels arbitrary because I see no discernible improvements or advantages to this mechanic.
I'd take the sounds of the guns in UC3 along with the health and leg hitbox and paste back into UC2 and ND you can have my monies.
IAWTC. Keep the maps and exploit fixes, but give me my goddamn FUN back, ND. :|
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Maybe a stupid question but does this game
have a stupid plot twist like the first?
Ehhh. Not really. No zombies
End game spoilers ahead:
There are weird "guardians" though. But no supernatural undead shit
ChocolateCupcakes
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revolverjgw
Member
The weird undead horror twist in UC1 was cooler than the bullet sponge super smurfs in UC2
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
I'm afraid to highlight any of those since I just started it like 15 mins ago. 
Is it as disappointing at least?
Is it as disappointing at least?I'm afraid to highlight any of those since I just started it like 15 mins ago.
I wasn't overly disappointed in either twist. But i'd say the twist is probably better than Uncharted 1's. If you can call it a twist.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
I wasn't disappointed, I just hated the feel of the combat directly after the twist in the first which is what bothered me but it went back to normal by the end.
Raonak
Banned
I'm afraid to highlight any of those since I just started it like 15 mins ago.
Just keep in mind the series is like indiana jones. It'll always have some whacky stuff.
It's a lot less out of the blue than U1.
Loved the U1 twist, turned it into a mini survival horror game. the change of pace was welcomed, since waves and waves of cover shooting started becoming tiring.
it's especially cool when you replay the game and notice hints of the twist everywhere.
Yeah pretty much. It makes sense in context of the story and isn't some complete supernatural bullshit like in 1.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Ya, the twist was very indiana jones so that wasn't what bothered me but the combat for the waves was just very annoying and I disliked the different feel compared to the rest of the game.
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
oh you!
xKilltheMx
Member
Yeah the twist for 2 made sense but those bullet sponges were evil.
U1 twist was so much better.
U3 made me hate my life.
U1 twist was so much better.
U3 made me hate my life.
Lion Heart
Banned
I'm afraid to highlight any of those since I just started it like 15 mins ago.
Ah you lucky cock
Oh man the memories.
emerging through the tunnel and seeing the mountains was one of my favourite gaming memories. Those mountain vistas are probably the most breathtaking vistas I can think of. And to top it off, the fight after the train crashes is so goddamn good, there are a tonne of ways to approach the battle and its so tense.
Uncharted 2.
Yup. I haven't played it in a year, but there's still a decent sized community from what I've heard. You should have no trouble finding matches.
So good.
Got a PS3 a week ago, beat Uncharted 1 and have a couple chapters to go in Uncharted 2. Probably will save those for tomorrow night to play some Valkyria Chronicles tonight.
Incredible game. I do agree with some people that it seems like it peaks in the middle with Nepal city & the train sequence, but it's still very good even after its plateaued.
Incredible game. I do agree with some people that it seems like it peaks in the middle with Nepal city & the train sequence, but it's still very good even after its plateaued.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Is UC3 really that bad?
CambriaRising
Member
Its really not. U3 is very good, U2 is the superior game though.
Raonak
Banned
Definetly not. It's just that U2 was so damn good, that it was almost impossible to surpass it.
I absolutely loved U3, but it did seem rushed at parts(mainly the story).
Jack Scofield
Member
Not at all, but this is the internet, where relentless hyperbole rules the day.
speculawyer
Member
Yeah, I gotta say that train level is one of the best levels of this generation.
But the boss battle sucked. I was trying to beat it on the hardest level and soaked the guy with a zillion bullets. I didn't realize that the only want to win was to do the QTE sequence.
Rewrite
Not as deep as he thinks
IMO after you experienced UC2, UC3 will be very disappointing. Single player wasn't as good as 2's. There was only two areas in 3 that I felt were really good that compare to the good parts of UC2. All my opinion of course. I've replayed UC2 a lot of times while I replayed 3 two times and have no intentions of ever replaying it.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
So how does UC1 rank to the others than? UC2>UC3>UC1 from what you guys are saying? Or is 1 and 3 switched? UC3 is oddly enough the only one I don't own but apparently the GOTY version did come out so I'll probably pick it up when I have time now.
Edit: I really really don't get why the changed the button to reload in UC2, throwing me off so much after literally finishing UC1 at like 2am today.
Edit: I really really don't get why the changed the button to reload in UC2, throwing me off so much after literally finishing UC1 at like 2am today.
They really cut it close with the train level. It almost came to a point where ND had to cut it out entirely and as such, the boss battle in the end didn't receive any polish.
As for UC3. Yeah, better puzzles, bad pacing, horrible horrible shooter design.
Both UC1 and 2 have elements within the combat that makes me want to keep coming back. They tried to combine them both in 3 like having the more aggressive AI of 1 and the intricate arenas of 2 and somehow fucked it up completely. The AI is aggressive to the point of mental retardation, the spawn triggers are even worse than UC1, Nate's animations sometimes get in the way of player input, and the mechanics in general are more sluggish than the first two. Ugh, one of the biggest disappointments this gen.
Yeah fighting Macho Man Randy Savage (nWo) there at the end was quite a bummer.
I think somewhere there were statements made that that boss was a last-minute decision that they regretted.
(Just like that whole train bit only got together one month before launch.)
That is how I would rank it. And if I had to include Golden Abyss, I would rank it UC2>UC3>UC1>U:GA. That being said, I loved all of them. Including Uncharted 2-style multiplayer in Golden Abyss would have easily put it ahead of UC1. As it is, they have to be compared only by their campaigns, and I simply found Drake's Fortune more compelling.
I'll take UC3 over UC2 anyday but it really depends on what you want out of it at the end of the day. If you want a "game" go with UC2, if you want more of an experience, go with UC3. It is hard to compare the two honestly, at their cores they utilize drasticlly different formulas and philosphies in design.
Exactly, the story wasn't good and was only there to get you to the set pieces, even if the route it took to get you there didn't make sense.
UC3 Chapter 11 spoiler
Why does Talbot run away from Drake when Marlowe and Rameses are sitting at the table with Drake? Easy, Naughty Dog wanted a chase sequence. It didn't make sense for Talbot to run away when he could've turned around and attacked Drake and had help doing it.
Net_Wrecker
Member
It's not terrible, but I didn't like it at all. Uncharted 2 is the best in the series by far. I don't even own the others anymore.
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
of course not, all 3 are great games.
uncharted 3 is pretty good, but it feels that it was made by the b-team in the studio (and it was, most of the people that worked on uncharted 2 moved on to last of us).
game had some weird glitches at launch (like characters spawning right in front of you, clipping through walls, it felt the least polished game of the 3, and i didn't have any problems with 1 and 2), they tweaked the aiming controls that were the same after the previous 2 games, story was kind of a mess, overall the game just had too many little issues for me.
i loved the game though, you didn't play uc3 so i'm not gonna say anything, but there are a few levels/setpieces which are unbelievable.
the characters are still there, the performances are still there, the gameplay is still there, so if you enjoyed uc1 and 2 (that you're playing right now) chances are you're gonna like uc3.
tl;dr uncharted 2 is one of the best games this generation, it was gonna be hard to top that, but uc3 is a very good game.
HueyFreeman
Banned
The problem with the uncharted series is more that uncharted 2 felt like Uncharted 3 - just such a huge leap, then uncharted 3 felt like uncharted 3.5. Still excellent but more just logical progression.
Too true.
Absolutely. I pop in UC2 once in a while just to replay that section.
My favorite level is probably Desperate Times (mild spoilers to follow here). Feels like this perfect vertical slice of Uncharted. The awesome helicopter/falling building setpiece. Big combat set up at the beginning. Climbing the hotel is a nice mix of combat and traversal. Plus Elena pops up at the end. So many good chapters though.
BomberMouse
Member
Yes it is, buy a Vita and play Golden Abyss instead. U3 is a beautiful, gorgeous, stunning turd and nothing else.
Some people just have problems giving a low score to such beautiful game.
Magic Mushroom
Member
I love the UC series, but GA not so much. One of the best things about UC for me is how many of the combat encounters are little sandboxes in their own right. You can approach them in many different ways. Think the Tibetan village in 2 or the ship graveyard in 3. GA doesn't have these, it's basically a linear pop and cover shooter with some touchscreen gimmicks thrown in. 2 is the peak of the series, but 3 is a much better and varied game than GA.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Holy shit, just finished uncharted 2! This game is amazing, both
were awesome. I have to get the third one now.
elena and chloe
So, fuck me, but how the hell do you shoot with an AK-47 online? Everytime, some chump can kill me with 2-3 shots from the AK while I have to shoot at them for a good 10 seconds. I looked up some online games and it seems like some people can have their reticle focused instead of the gradual open which means sharper shooting, but even with the boosters my AK still spreads out and can't get a good shot. What the fuck am I doing?