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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is FIVE years old

Cant believe i missed this thread on the first go around. I still remember playing the multiplayer co-op beta and just marveling at the graphics. The way the co-op felt was so fun and I played hours of it.

The full game was a joy and is one of the best game ever made and it's especially the best Uncharted.
It also had this lovely below:

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UC2 Spoilers:
Elena should have been killed off. XD
Man, I hope she gets a lot more screen time in U4.
 
Somehow this was probably my least favorite of the trilogy, though I loved them all. I can understand why it is so revered though... But it has absolutely no business being above games like Metroid Prime and Resident Evil 4 as far as review averages go.
 
Somehow this was probably my least favorite of the trilogy, though I loved them all. I can understand why it is so revered though... But it has absolutely no business being above games like Metroid Prime and Resident Evil 4 as far as review averages go.

I would say it surpasses them cinematically and presentation-wise. ND has also come the closest to creating a Hollywood-like experience that avoids earning infamous quotables like "the Master of Unlocking" (although yes we do love that exists in the universe.) Story aspect is better left ignored in the RE series. It has never been a strength.

Edit: Well, "There's no such thing as a sure-fire plan" is beyond incredibly cliche'. Hope that teaser is the most extreme example, heh.
 
The Donkey Kong Country of it's generation. Impressive production value but poor gameplay. Every time you see a chest high wall and Drake pulls out a gun the gameplay takes an ugly nosedive.
 
The Donkey Kong Country of it's generation. Impressive production value but poor gameplay. Every time you see a chest high wall and Drake pulls out a gun the gameplay takes an ugly nosedive.

Actually that was my complaint with Drake's Fortune because there were far too many drawn out duck 'n' cover areas. They balanced it out more in AT. There are only a small handful of those battles (4 or 5 at the most?) and a whole lot more great holy shit moments and whatnot.

That said, I do think (and hope in UC4) that there are gameplay improvements because I do agree there is room for that. If they achieve 60fps that's a good start.
 
Edit: Well, "There's no such thing as a sure-fire plan" is beyond incredibly cliche'. Hope that teaser is the most extreme example, heh.

Eh it fits in with Uncharted's incredibly trope heavy nature. That's why Uncharted 4's plot is the 'thief pulled back in for ONE LAST MISSION' cliche. That's part of Uncharted's appeal, honestly, because it uses the tropes to achieve the feel of "playing your favorite action movie" that they are going for with it. And just because they use a lot of tropes doesn't mean they don't use them well (for the most part).
 
I have yet to play any of the Uncharted games.

Should I feel bad?

I did play TLOU though and I absolutely loved it.

Follow these steps.

1. Play UC1 for the story and getting to know the characters even if the gameplay is average.

2.Then Play one of the greatest most expertly paced single player games of all time in UC2.

3. Then forget about playing UC3.
 
I have yet to play any of the Uncharted games.

Should I feel bad?

I did play TLOU though and I absolutely loved it.

Play UC2 first, then the other ones if you want more. No reason not to start with the best right off the bat. You don't really have to play them in any particular order as their stories are independent of each other.
 
Hard to believe it's been 5 years since I last played as a genocidal maniac. Time flies when you're not killing 800 dudes over the course of about ten hours.
 
Eh it fits in with Uncharted's incredibly trope heavy nature. That's why Uncharted 4's plot is the 'thief pulled back in for ONE LAST MISSION' cliche. That's part of Uncharted's appeal, honestly, because it uses the tropes to achieve the feel of "playing your favorite action movie" that they are going for with it. And just because they use a lot of tropes doesn't mean they don't use them well (for the most part).

Yeah, I guess you can say they don't make you groan terribly hard most of the time.

And hey, ONE LAST MISSION, that's just riveting shit bro. Always.

I hope they have a trailer that goes,

YOU..... <whoosh>
WILL..... <WHOOSH>
BE.....

And I'll be like OMG what am I so fucking intensely about to be???
 
Sure, but the director and lead designer did not work on UC3, and that clearly influenced things. I see TLOU as a real evolution of some ideas in UC2, like the expansion of stealth and the inclusion of even wider, bigger, multi-leveled areas, while UC3 feels more like a side step if anything.

Ugh, I hate how this is continually brought up as if those two were the most influential hands in Uncharted 2. Straley was super important, no doubt, as Game Director. But Druckmann? Ever since Uncharted 2, Naughty Dog have had TWO lead designers on their games, Druckmann was just one of them. Not trying to downplay his job or his input, he was obviously still important, but no more so than Lemarchand (the other lead designer) and certainly not as important as Amy Hennig (creative director).

Uncharted 3 was a disappointment because it was rushed, not because of the people working on it. AAA games aren't being made by just two people and even if no one else was up to it, two people wouldn't be able to turn mediocrity to gold either.

And I disagree about TLOU being the real evolution of UC2. Some of the ideas were obviously influenced by their prior experience (other parts by their re-used assets, like the horse from UC3) but TLOU was a completely different kind of game. Uncharted is a shooter, TLOU is a survival horror game.
 
Man, I'll never forget how mind-blown I was after playing the Uncharted 2 demo which also was my first own 7th-gen gaming experience after having missed the first years of the gen almost completely (started spending less time with gaming around '06-'09).
Didn't know anything beforehand, so I had no expectations. Finally got my PS3 in '10, downloaded the demo, started playing and then: BOOM. Never seen collapsing set-pieces and crazy cinematic gameplay like this before. Loved the hell out of this game and replayed it so often when I had family or friends visiting and I wanted to play something that's easy for most to get into and fun to watch for others with its light-hearted blockbuster style - Uncharted is the perfect series for those situations :)
 
Was admittedly loads better than the UC2 Boss fight.

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Can't deal with it.

In my opinion it was a better boss fight just for the feeling of beeing hunted alone, like a cat and mouse situation that gave you agitation.

During the boss fight i was like "NOPENOPENOPE" and "OH S**T HE'S GOING TO CATCH ME!!!" all the time :lol:
 
Best in the series. Simple, but fun encounter design that does away with most of the terrible spawning from Drake's Fortune. Climbing/exploring is still almost completely
"hold forward, mash jump" junk, but the presentation does a good job of engaging you with the scene. As a whole it's very smartly designed as a set piece driven scenario-to-scenario shooter, and has some of if not Naughty Dog's best examples of heavily scripted, cinematic sequences seamlessly integrated into the act of play. The illusion is convincing, the Nepal sequence where you make your way through buildings, run from a helicopter, building collapse, helicopter fight a fantastic example. Great location diversity too, backed by art and technology teams who really know their shit. It's super pulpy and basic, but in the best ways possible.

On the downside the story is only okay, mostly at its worst towards the end, with some seriously fucking hammy dialogue. The monster shit still plays worse than the rest of the game. The lack of enemy variety wears thin during the tail end. Some encounters and their spawning outstay their welcome. And most of the boss fights aren't very fun or cleverly designed.

Also the train level is massively, hugely overrated and leaning towards the bottom tier if the chapter quality was ranked.
 
I have got this to look forward to. I only got a playstation earlier this year. I completed uncharted 1 last week, and I am looking forward to my first playthrough of uncharted 2 shortly.
 
Its been 5 years since a game made my jaw drop....

Thats kind of disappointing.

Should give some context. Was a nintendo only person untill 2009 when I was fed up by the slow pace of nintendo releases and the overall 3rd party content on the wii.

Bought a PS3 solely because I liked the controller more than the 360 and online was free. Friend reccomended uncharted 2.

Jaw dropped. Never played a game like it. Mind was blown when his clothes got wet in water. Was my first time ever being so invested in a games multiplayer.

No game has blown me away on its level since.
 
Best in the series. Simple, but fun encounter design that does away with most of the terrible spawning from Drake's Fortune. Climbing/exploring is still almost completely
"hold forward, mash jump" junk, but the presentation does a good job of engaging you with the scene. As a whole it's very smartly designed as a set piece driven scenario-to-scenario shooter, and has some of if not Naughty Dog's best examples of heavily scripted, cinematic sequences seamlessly integrated into the act of play. The illusion is convincing, the Nepal sequence where you make your way through buildings, run from a helicopter, building collapse, helicopter fight a fantastic example. Great location diversity too, backed by art and technology teams who really know their shit. It's super pulpy and basic, but in the best ways possible.

On the downside the story is only okay, mostly at its worst towards the end, with some seriously fucking hammy dialogue. The monster shit still plays worse than the rest of the game. The lack of enemy variety wears thin during the tail end. Some encounters and their spawning outstay their welcome. And most of the boss fights aren't very fun or cleverly designed.

Also the train level is massively, hugely overrated and leaning towards the bottom tier if the chapter quality was ranked.

The story and dialogues are pure pulp adventure. It is not anymore hammy than say dialogues in revered movies like Raiders of the lost ark. Train level was so freaking amazing. Easily the best level followed by the caravan level and of course the entirety of Nepal.
 
Its been 5 years since a game made my jaw drop....

Thats kind of disappointing.

Should give some context. Was a nintendo only person untill 2009 when I was fed up by the slow pace of nintendo releases and the overall 3rd party content on the wii.

Bought a PS3 solely because I liked the controller more than the 360 and online was free. Friend reccomended uncharted 2.

Jaw dropped. Never played a game like it. Mind was blown when his clothes got wet in water. Was my first time ever being so invested in a games multiplayer.

No game has blown me away on its level since.

This has sadly been my story as well.
 
The story and dialogues are pure pulp adventure. It is not anymore hammy than say dialogues in revered movies like Raiders of the lost ark. Train level was so freaking amazing. Easily the best level followed by the caravan level and of course the entirety of Nepal.

It could have been less hammy, while still being hammy. Like, I don't really need basically word for word "DRAKE...YOU HAVE TO....BEEELIEEEEVE". It borderlines on satire.

Most of it is good though.
 
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Can't deal with it.

In my opinion it was a better boss fight just for the feeling of beeing hunted alone, like a cat and mouse situation that gave you agitation.

During the boss fight i was like "NOPENOPENOPE" and "OH S**T HE'S GOING TO CATCH ME!!!" all the time :lol:

the end of Uc3 had no boss fight. period.
 
Bought the Uncharted 1 & 2 pack last Christmas when I got the Last of Us PS3 but haven't played them. How long should it take a crappy action gamer to get through them?
 
Bought the Uncharted 1 & 2 pack last Christmas when I got the Last of Us PS3 but haven't played them. How long should it take a crappy action gamer to get through them?
First just under 10 hours, second few more.

E. If you consider you as a crappy in action games, maybe you can add hour or two. Played so long ago, can't remember how long it took for me.

Good game. This game had few those very rare moments in videogames which make me say "wow".

But still, one of the most overrated games what i've ever played.
 
It's hard to believe. Uncharted 2 was a masterpiece, and was notably better than its successor.

I still have a soft spot for Drake's Fortune though. Stupid me: I bought it early at a Rogers Video outside of the Air Canada Centre, but didn't play it until late, well after it'd launched. I rented too much back then.

I actually had it in my hands before that, at Blockbuster, but the computer system wouldn't allow it to be sold.
 
Really couldn't get into UC2. It felt like a crappy interactive cutscene interrupted by poor shooting.

And I say that as someone who loves MGS4.
 
Game is uber efficace...one the few i did three time in a row (with u1)
But strength are more in everything that wrap it than the core game itself.
But is it really a problem ? i don't think so and i still love it like that.
 
Favourite Uncharted by quite a margin.

first one great framework, this one built on it perfectly. Exactly how a sequel should be done. And 3rd...ehh. I'm not a fan of speculation but I have a feeling that game didn't have the smoothest development ride and game really showed I think. Though of course it was still great.

Uncharted 2 > Uncharted 1 > Uncharted 3
 
Favourite Uncharted by quite a margin.

first one great framework, this one built on it perfectly. Exactly how a sequel should be done. And 3rd...ehh. I'm not a fan of speculation but I have a feeling that game didn't have the smoothest development ride and game really showed I think. Though of course it was still great.

Uncharted 2 > Uncharted 1 > Uncharted 3

This order applies to me as well, Uncharted 3 is the only one I haven't beaten more than once.
 
Drake's Fortune was always my favorite, but I've had a lot of fun in UC2. It remains one of the only games that I've bothered to get a platinum trophy in.
 
I love this game so much, still remember the day I got it and how awesome my first playthrough was, the only part I didn't really like was Shambhala. Unfortunately the game also reminds me of how disappointing U3 was...
 
For me it was the game that put Naughty Dog on the map as one of the top developers in the industry and earned my blind support on whatever project they work on from now on. I casually played their games on previous generations, but Uncharted 2 and TLoU are landmark achievements that deserve the praise they get.
 
I was LTTP with this game and I gotta say as fun as it can be it honestly didn't blow me away. It has some awesome moments but a lot of the times it just felt like too much and was just so incredibly predictable and the last half of the game was not really that fun at all. Too many shootouts and the puzzles weren't all that great. Overall it's an enjoyable game but I'm not sure it deserves to be placed on such a high pedestal.
 
basically the game that signified the rise of the ps3 from the ashes after that ps3 dominated the whole gen ending it with the last of us which was arguably the best game of last gen.

sick
 
UC2 was my first Platinum trophy and my favourite Uncharted game.

Also pre-patch UC2 Multiplayer was the best and most fun multiplayer game I've ever played. So sad they managed to fuck that shit up :(
 
This game was so hyped back in november 2009, it was like everyone was calling it the best next gen game ever ( at that moment). I still remember that hype, no wonder Uncharted 3 had it difficult to follow this up.
 
While uncharted 2 is the best, I'm not a fan of the series.
Too linear and I can't stand the constant chatter/jump screaming. It's the only game where I feel the characters talk too much.
 
Uncharted 2 was IN-CREDIBLE. The campaign was fun to play start to finish (maybe not the LAST part of the finish, though).

The multiplayer was the best. So addictive. It was fantastic in its simplicity.
 
Honestly, the Lazaravic fight was one of the best boss fights of last gen. For a series where boss fights clearly don't "fit" (Like Lt. Draza on the train which makes no sense at all), I thought it was pretty well done. Like, on Crushing, even on Hard, it gets my heart pumping man. I get that "oh god I can't screw up I can't screw up" feeling that isn't anywhere else in the series.
 
Honestly, the Lazaravic fight was one of the best boss fights of last gen. For a series where boss fights clearly don't "fit" (Like Lt. Draza on the train which makes no sense at all), I thought it was pretty well done. Like, on Crushing, even on Hard, it gets my heart pumping man. I get that "oh god I can't screw up I can't screw up" feeling that isn't anywhere else in the series.

For me the intensity is counterbalanced by the fact that you just run in a circle shooting big, easy to hit, glowing things. The fight is way too long, too, and never progresses or mixes up the gameplay beyond Lazaravic starting to throw like 8 grenades at once. It's just tedious.
 
GAH! I just want a Uncharted Collection for PS4! I haven't play Uncharted 2 in years and I would love to play again in 1080p and 60fps!
 
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