Wut?
To reiterate... WUT?
In Uncharted 2 Drake sleeps with Chloe in their second scene together - the scene in which we learn they actually know eachother. Was that out of pocket or forced, or were we supposed to conclude from that scene that they actually have history together? How is that different from Ellie and Dina? Or is this still about that one trailer that people got homophobic about? Whether or not you like the relationship not one kiss between Ellie and Dina (or Riley) is out of nowhere. But the fact that you describe any kiss between these two as having someone be a lesbian for no reason... Really, dude!?
Maybe I pharsed all that wrong.
Just went back to check and compare the two scenes;
In Uncharted 2, Chloe does mention they actually did have a history
"let's not forget who walked out on who, you don't get to be jealous; If it makes you feel any better, my relationship with Flynn is strickly professional".
They do end up hooking up immediately afterwards, but I guess for Nathan it sort-of re-kindled that spark with her?
As for Ellie and Dina scene, taken out of context, it actually does appear to come out of nowhere; while their dialog is pretty flirty, there is no indication that they had a chemistry together in the past, other than being friendly. I even searched through the wiki page regarding Dina; there is nothing indicating they had something. Now we know Ellie was a Lesbian, but Dina was with Jesse a few days prior to that moment, so I wouldn't have guessed that Dina was a Lesbian as well.
THAT BEING SAID, I will admit their scene does work when taking the rest of the game into consideration; This scene happens quite late into the game, serving as a flashback on how their relationship started.
So yeah, it wasn't as out-of-the-blue as I had remembered. My bad on the horrible take.
However, I still think Neil is gonna fuck up Uncharted 5 in terms of narrative.
I guess I am not the biggest fan of any horribly-written romance; I.E. pretty much any relationship-building in Dragon Age Veilguard, Sonic and the princess in Sonic '06, Jacob Taylor in ME2/3, marrying an random NPC in Skyrim, etc