So, I grabbed the collection about 2 weeks ago. We put the PS4 in the bedroom, got bored of switching hdmi's and plugs in the living all the time between the ps4 and the xbox one, so I've really just been jumping in and playing a few chapters at a time when I want a bit of quiet time. Now Uncharted 1, I absolutely loved at release (I have played all the games before a butt load, for context) and for a long time considered in my mind an underrated game. I didn't like how alot of people put it below the others, but going through UC1 again was a real slog. Bluepoint did great work of course and there's some nice moments but in general, I really don't like the encounter design and philosophy in the game, lots of cheap spots and so on. Also playing the gears of war ultimate remaster lately really putting it in context for me how questionable the combat is and how combat heavy Drake's fortune is, given Gears 1 is a year OLDER and plays so much better. Replaying UC1 took the wind out of my sails over the collection a little basically.
However, I started UC2 today, and holy crap. If Drake's Fortune is an example of a game that has aged fairly poorly, Among thieves is an example of a game beyond it's time and one that has aged phenomenally. I've just sat and played from the beginning, straight through to arriving in Nepal and damn, it is just still so good today. It looks like a modern game even. It plays a lot better, the plot is fantastic, it's just brilliant to be playing this game again. I'm still early, so not too much to say, I just wanted to share my thoughts about going through the first game again and what playing the seocnd game again in that context.
So I finally just got around to playing this in an attempt to take a break from my bloated, open-world laden backlog. Revisiting something linear like the Uncharted series is a breath of fresh air, let me tell you...
But HO-LEE-SHIT!
Is this not the best remaster to grace current gen consoles? I mean, I finished Drake's Fortune and thought "Damn, that game REALLY benefitted from the visual/technical overhaul because I remember getting straight up nauseous from the screen tearing on the PS3 version..."
And then I get to Uncharted 2...
My jaw meets floor, constantly. It's like...this has to be one of the best looking games out right now, right? RIGHT!?
Maybe that's hyperbole, but I feel like it can hold it's own amongst some of the current gen titles out there.
WOW. So glad I bought this, even though I initially bought it for a friend who had never played the Uncharted series, having been on X360 for the previous gen. He played through Drake's Fortune and came to the conclusion that it was "straight trash", then barely touched Uncharted 2 before moving on to play something else.
Reclaiming this from him was the right decision.
The Uncharted games replaced HL2 as my "play through at least once a year" games, and I've probably beaten each one 4-5 times, typically on hard.
That said, does anyone think that hard--at least in UC2, the first game I'm playing in the collection--is more difficult than the ps3 version? I'm currently at the bridge section during the monastery and I'm struggling to get a few shots off before dying. I'm getting frustrated, and I don't remember feeling this way since my UC1 Crushing attempt.
Sorry for the double post but I've reached the UC3 Shipyard and I'm just not enjoying this entry anymore.
Playing them side-by-side hasnt burned me out, it's just shown me how many issues UC3 has despite still being a good game.
- Bad pacing in the first 6 chapters.
- Horrible horde mode encounters with bad feeling guns against bad looking enemies.
- Way too many button prompts.
- Way too much 'Brawling'.
- Control is taken away from the player several times in order for the game to be cinematic.
I'm towards the end of U2 now and I'm interested to see if I'll start to feel the same way about U3. I've always been a "U3 > U2 > U:GA > U1" person but my current playthrough of U2 is resonating really strongly with me and making me realize a few things about U3 that I don't like...mostly all of the locale jumping in U3. U2 does an excellent job of utilizing it's locales to the fullest and incorporating set pieces within the locales. U3 can feel like a janky lead-in to Yemen at times...especially with how much the game jumps around. I mean, the first nine chapters cross 4 countries on 3 continents. I'm not sure if I'd call it a pacing issue as much as a continuity issue. I wish they had drawn out those locales a little more and spent less time in Yemen...specifically the ship graveyard and cruise ship segments, which feel more like a technical achievement that was shoehorned into the story. Nothing in U2 feels that way.
I came into this way late, I'm a changer from 360 to PS4 so barely knew much about Uncharted away from trailers and a few reviews here and there.
I know playing them back to back isn't ideal but I don't know if I can go into Uncharted 3 after just finishing 2.
I found the ending to both games appalling. I really could do without the 'supernatural' bullshit and scary, skittish monsters that are frustrating as fuck to kill after a whole game of enjoying the encounters with soliders and militia etc.
Does Uncharted 3 have the same arc?
Uncharted 2 was stunning for the most part but seriously from Shambala on I was just so done, it felt like such a chore and an anti-climax and that bridge escape is cool but yeah. Please no more weird monsters.
Those fucking blue things.
Protip: use power weapons to kill theI came into this way late, I'm a changer from 360 to PS4 so barely knew much about Uncharted away from trailers and a few reviews here and there.
I know playing them back to back isn't ideal but I don't know if I can go into Uncharted 3 after just finishing 2.
I found the ending to both games appalling. I really could do without the 'supernatural' bullshit and scary, skittish monsters that are frustrating as fuck to kill after a whole game of enjoying the encounters with soliders and militia etc.
Does Uncharted 3 have the same arc?
Uncharted 2 was stunning for the most part but seriously from Shambala on I was just so done, it felt like such a chore and an anti-climax and that bridge escape is cool but yeah. Please no more weird monsters.
Those fucking blue things.
Got an odd one for ya; Coworker recently downloaded the game and cannot figure out how to start the other games in the bundle beyond the first. Can someone give me a quick and dirty explanation so I can pass on the advice? Thanks
So I've never played these games before and just picked up the collection. About to start game 1 on hard. Any tips? Do enemies slowly sneak and move toward you like in the last of us, or is camping out in cover pretty safe?
I hear some bosses are pretty rage enduring on hard. Any thoughts on that? I'd hate to start on hard and hit a wall and have to move down to normal.
There aren't really any bosses in the game. 1 is mostly a cover shooter but since it's about waves spawning into arenas you have to be really mindful of enemies flanking you and adjust cover accordingly. They don't sneak though. Headshots are your friend since they can eat a decent amount of body shots, especially with the assault rifles. Don't forget that you can hip fire too, as there's auto aim when you shoot while running around.
2&3 play very very differently from 1 though, and are less about hiding in cover and more about staying mobile and using traversal and melee mixed in with the gunplay. Level design has good verticality too. So don't be discouraged if you're not feeling Drake's Fortune as its pretty rough compared to the sequels.
How bad are the checkpoints? One thing I hate is that I like to go slow and careful and that can sometimes lead to me dying towards the end before a checkpoint erasing 10-15 min of work. Nothing bugs me more than feeling of wasted time in a game.
I just started this a few days ago and I'm a good ways into the first game (I just started chapter 12 or 13 I think) and uh... just how much of an improvement is Uncharted 2 over the first? Because honestly this is pretty bad so far.
I just started this a few days ago and I'm a good ways into the first game (I just started chapter 12 or 13 I think) and uh... just how much of an improvement is Uncharted 2 over the first? Because honestly this is pretty bad so far.