What kind of experience do you hope for when you pick up an action adventure game? Are you looking for an epic scale story and satisfying combat?
Perhaps you want to traverse some richly detailed environments and do a little puzzle solving along the way.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves manages to deliver on just about every single thing you would hope to get out of such an experience. I needed to sit on this one for a bit before properly writing about it because I wasn’t sure how to approach this review.
It’s not a game that necessarily redefines the genre or reinvents the wheel in anyway. But it’s sure as hell the type that keeps the wheel spinning better than ever. A lot of the problems Drake’s Fortune had were reworked. Especially in the combat. It’s a lot more fluent and opportunal (not a word?) than ever. Though it’s not quite as tight or clean as something like tlou… yet. I love that you can now throw the barrels in any direction, and being able to use grenades is awesome.
I also think the traversing was a big step up, along with the environments you go to and from. The story feels much more grandiose and the scope is a lot larger with the way they develop it. The set pieces are bigger, and better! The boss fights are pretty awesome, with the exception of the mercenary on the train, cause wtf was that.
Outside of some large difficulty spikes that could be pretty obnoxious, a final boss fight that left more to be desired, and a combat system that could use the same polish as naughty dogs later titles… Uncharted 2 kicks ass in just about every way you’d want it to.
I really hope the final entry in the series manages to blend all of the elements I love with the ones I’m hoping for. Nonetheless, I have one more to get through before then, and I’m not mad about that!
One other little thing I’d like to address is that I see the first game get flack for its supernatural elements. I’m now left very confused and don’t know what to make of that considering this game takes it a step further… which if I’m honest, I kind of liked. I never felt like either game went “too far” or anything. It’s okay to be a little silly.
Last thing is that I’m tired of folks pretending as if the first game is this awful first attempt, and that this sequel rectifies all of the series’ issues, and is like 3 steps above or something. How stupid. Don’t get me wrong- THIS IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT. But the first game still rocks… and this just enhances all of the elements I loved about that one. So it’s time to show some respect to Drake’s Fortune. Thank you for your time. Goodbye.
Perhaps you want to traverse some richly detailed environments and do a little puzzle solving along the way.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves manages to deliver on just about every single thing you would hope to get out of such an experience. I needed to sit on this one for a bit before properly writing about it because I wasn’t sure how to approach this review.
It’s not a game that necessarily redefines the genre or reinvents the wheel in anyway. But it’s sure as hell the type that keeps the wheel spinning better than ever. A lot of the problems Drake’s Fortune had were reworked. Especially in the combat. It’s a lot more fluent and opportunal (not a word?) than ever. Though it’s not quite as tight or clean as something like tlou… yet. I love that you can now throw the barrels in any direction, and being able to use grenades is awesome.
I also think the traversing was a big step up, along with the environments you go to and from. The story feels much more grandiose and the scope is a lot larger with the way they develop it. The set pieces are bigger, and better! The boss fights are pretty awesome, with the exception of the mercenary on the train, cause wtf was that.
Outside of some large difficulty spikes that could be pretty obnoxious, a final boss fight that left more to be desired, and a combat system that could use the same polish as naughty dogs later titles… Uncharted 2 kicks ass in just about every way you’d want it to.
I really hope the final entry in the series manages to blend all of the elements I love with the ones I’m hoping for. Nonetheless, I have one more to get through before then, and I’m not mad about that!
One other little thing I’d like to address is that I see the first game get flack for its supernatural elements. I’m now left very confused and don’t know what to make of that considering this game takes it a step further… which if I’m honest, I kind of liked. I never felt like either game went “too far” or anything. It’s okay to be a little silly.
Last thing is that I’m tired of folks pretending as if the first game is this awful first attempt, and that this sequel rectifies all of the series’ issues, and is like 3 steps above or something. How stupid. Don’t get me wrong- THIS IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT. But the first game still rocks… and this just enhances all of the elements I loved about that one. So it’s time to show some respect to Drake’s Fortune. Thank you for your time. Goodbye.