Would be my favorite in the franchise but too much stuff is holding it back sadly.

Getting the good stuff out of the way and this might be my favorite to play in the series. Really enjoyed how open they made encounters with the new stealth and hook system being a ton of fun to mess around with. Also thought Nate's character was my favorite this time around as it really feels like he's grown between entries, with both Sully and Elena also having great moments throughout. This also continues with Rafe Adler being my favorite villain in the series, being a failed version of Drake and being such a jealous prick its great. Last thing I'll say is this is one of the prettiest PS4 games, with insane amounts of detail and phenomenal animation work.

Biggest issue i have with Uncharted 4 would absolutely be how poorly paced the adventure feels, with the slowest start in the series by far with way too much walking n talking that gets in the way of the gunplay. This hurts more since while I enjoyed Rafe, the other new characters don't feel as good. Sam suffers from obviously only existing in Uncharted 4 and kinda being boring, while Nadine doesn't really do much in the story and feeling like an afterthought.

As I've said before A Thief's End isn't a bad game and is one of the better Uncharted games but I definitely liked 2 more. A decent conclusion to Nathan Drakes story.

7/10

Reviewed on Mar 11, 2023


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