Good character interaction, motion capture, beautiful environment, and some fun cheats when you beat the game if you replay levels. But the base gameplay still hasn't improved since Uncharted 2, still is using the same dull time wasting environment traversal (you get the scripted handhold breaking and your character falling a little lower maybe 7 times in this game) and shape matching puzzles, movement isn't as fluid as it should be, and this was pretty short. I don't get the narrative obsession in games lately with daddy issues especially when it comes to women (apparently mommy/daddy issues with already a big part of 4 which I haven't played yet which kind of makes it even more cliche). The open world level some people loved was not mechanically interesting, it is a somewhat large space for a game like this and it's pretty but you are just driving around to complete simple puzzles or to get into a short combat encounter, the whole thing is very short if you aren't interested in going around looking for every collectible item or photo opportunity. The actual set piece moments that the series is best at are missing from the level and the ones found in the game in general aren't as interesting as other titles in the series.

Reviewed on May 22, 2021


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