This is better than the first 3 Uncharted games. The Story is that after Nathan Drake retired from treasure hunting, his brother who he thought was dead returns to him, telling him that he needs to find Henry Avery's treasure to pay off a man who will kill him (Sam) if Nathan doesn't help him, this is the best story of the four, the emotion, character moments, the various locations weren't as varied as before, there are a number of "blow your mind away" moments like the last game had, but none that reach the level of amazement of the plane scene from the last game ,although this game doesn't need to, the story is more than enough to be superior than it's predecessors, and the ending, for me the best act in the whole franchise "unless Lost Legacy somehow has a better one which I doubt", don't listen to IGN, the third act isn't bloated is bested by none. The Characters are better than before, the returning characters have more backstory, and meaningful moments overall, especially Nathan and new character Sam... Elena and Sully are great as well, the minor characters we don't see much of, are also great and developed, like people who feel like there is more to them than we saw, the main villain is my favorite villain of the series, even more than Marlowe due to his backstory really pushing these new villains to become greater characters than before, and Nadine is a good threatening secondary villain as well, but I do find it hard to believe that any female "no matter how much training they could have had" could ever take on multiple men at the same time as well as Nadine did, but aside from that unbelievable moment, she is still someone who you hope you don't have to face off against. The Graphics are the best, even better than the first 3, it looks like it couldn't be better, even with perfect live action, graphics with no pixels wouldn't improve it's majesty, and has many moments beautiful to look at, especially when driving around, and sliding down slippery slopes. The Gameplay is the same as before, but with extra notes that can be found for Nathan's journal, a grapple hook to swing across ledges, slopes to slide down, and a jeep that you can drive around in certain areas, all these are fun, and never get tiring, and don't forget to play on explorer mode if you want the enemies to go down with a few torso (chest) shots. Music is also great as it has always been, with tracks that beautifully drag you into the moment, the best one for me has to be the one that plays just after Nathan and Elena drive their jeep up the biggest elevator on, at the end of chapter 18. Uncharted 4 IS the masterpiece that critics and fans have been calling it.