Comments on: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune

By: Matt Brett » I Could Almost Live Without My Xbox 360

Matt Brett » I Could Almost Live Without My Xbox 360 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:00:16 +0000

[...] older games have also been patched to include Trophies. I’m currently working my way through Uncharted again and having a lot of fun claiming my prizes. While playing Warhawk a couple nights ago, I was [...]

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:13:04 +0000

This game is almost perfect to me…

- animations (mc’s, water, plants)

- the glossy graphics (slippery rocks, plastified jungle leafs, etc., )

- the pace that picks up gradually as you uncover secrets

- the well orchestrated music that really sets the mood throughout the adventure

- True DTS 5.1 sound effects

but… I’m still wishing for a game of that caliber to succeed without the obligatory “blood and violence”… so I can introduce my daughter to gaming…

guess i’m dreaming!

By: Ashley Baxter

Ashley Baxter — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:04:44 +0000

This looks like the best game out on the Playstation 3 so far. Despite not owning a PS3, this is one of the very few games I’ve been keeping my eye. Hopefully I’ll get to play it one day. Glad you enjoyed it!

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:56:43 +0000

@Chris: It’s only really like Tomb Raider in that Drake is a tomb raider and the environments are similar. The combat system is comparable to Gears of War – having to take cover behind things, pop-up and shoot when enemies are reloading or blind-fire when you’re getting rushed. I’ve actually come to expect this sort of gameplay from shooters now, as running and gun is just plain stupid.

@Daniel: If you’re on the fence, give it a rent. You might be able to finish it before it’s time to take it back. Took me about 8 and a half hours the first time, though.

@Lorne: The jetski parts are great fun, aren’t they? At first, I didn’t realize I could control Elena as well, and died a few times trying to make it through without shooting. I also really enjoyed the jeep chase chapter. The falling trees were great!

Are you playing it on a harder difficulty for your second play-though? I’m on hard now and noticing that the only difference is that you can take less damage before dying. Which is great! I was afraid they would make the baddies harder to take down, which would have been insane.

As for UT3, I would recommend it only if…

you've played and loved the previous PC UT games
you've played and hated the console UT games
you know how old school PC FPS "work" and that sort of gameplay
you can play it without comparing to Halo 3 or Call of Duty 4 MP

By: Lorne

Lorne — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:16:10 +0000

I picked up this game a week ago and I still can’t believe how gorgeous it is. One point in particualar that impressed me was Drake and Elena going upriver on the jetski.

The hand to hand combat is also pretty sweet. The animations are context sensitive too; with an enemy being near a wall and Drake pushing them up against it and smacking the shit out of ‘em.

I’m on my second playthrough and even though the game has a slightly linear nature, it still feels fresh. The fact that there is only one loading sequence at the beginning urged me to play just “one more level” because it’s that seamless.

Now I’m looking for another PS3 game to play…

… should I take the Unreal plunge?

By: Daniel Primed

Daniel Primed — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:55:53 +0000

I have this one on my list to buy but I’m not sure if I should. I might wait until a Platnium range comes out.

By: Chris McElligott

Chris McElligott — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:32:27 +0000

I’ve never been a huge fan of Tomb Raider so I didn’t think I’d like this all that much. It did take some getting used too. Especially having to take cover behind everything. I was dieing endlessly attempting to run out and shoot everything. But you soon realise those rocks and random objects are there for a reason. Don’t think I’ll buy this one though, maybe rent it.