Uncharted is one of the most overrated series, especially by critics. How the hell the 1st Uncharted got 8s and 9s is just beyond me, it's just simply a bad game. The shooting mechanics are horrible, the pistol and assault rifle is no different from each other. The level design is atrocious. The puzzles are laughably simple while the game also gives you the fucking solutions to them in your damn journal, what's the point of even doing them? The game doesn't have any set-pieces unless you call those horrible jet ski sequences set-pieces. You can't even use grenades because developers were still forcing six-axis on you at that time. The controls have always sucked in Uncharted as well, the same button for cover and rolling just doesn't work. None of the Uncharted games (or The Last of Us) allows you to change the camera sensitivity, which is a huge no-no for a 3rd-person shooter. Uncharted also fails horribly at giving the player any kind of decent shoulder swap ability as well. The competitive multiplayer of Uncharted 2 and 3 is unplayable because of these control issues that were never fixed.
Uncharted 2, on the other hand, is pretty much as good as you can make an Uncharted game. Uncharted 2 fixes most of what Uncharted did poorly, the gun mechanics are much much better, along with the level design. The only thing Uncharted 2 lacks is a really good villain, he's just kinda there. The set-pieces are just awesome, the best of the series, probably some of the best of this gen.
Uncharted 3 is hugely disappointing, the game takes several steps back. The story is just horrible, they force this whole Sully is "too old for this shit" stuff down your throat the whole game while doing absolutely nothing with it. The best character in the series, Elena, gets almost no screen time because everyone whined that Sully wasn't in Uncharted 2 enough so all you get is Sully, more Sully, and even more Sully. The set-pieces make no sense within the game. All those boat and pirate levels literally make no sense story-wise. The pirate's plan to get Drake to tell them where the city is was so nonsensical and stupid. The melee combat is horrible because they try to incorporate Batman's system into the game and it's done extremely poorly. The first Uncharted actually had the best melee combat (for the series) oddly enough.
In conclusion, just play Uncharted 2.
Uncharted 2, on the other hand, is pretty much as good as you can make an Uncharted game. Uncharted 2 fixes most of what Uncharted did poorly, the gun mechanics are much much better, along with the level design. The only thing Uncharted 2 lacks is a really good villain, he's just kinda there. The set-pieces are just awesome, the best of the series, probably some of the best of this gen.
Uncharted 3 is hugely disappointing, the game takes several steps back. The story is just horrible, they force this whole Sully is "too old for this shit" stuff down your throat the whole game while doing absolutely nothing with it. The best character in the series, Elena, gets almost no screen time because everyone whined that Sully wasn't in Uncharted 2 enough so all you get is Sully, more Sully, and even more Sully. The set-pieces make no sense within the game. All those boat and pirate levels literally make no sense story-wise. The pirate's plan to get Drake to tell them where the city is was so nonsensical and stupid. The melee combat is horrible because they try to incorporate Batman's system into the game and it's done extremely poorly. The first Uncharted actually had the best melee combat (for the series) oddly enough.
In conclusion, just play Uncharted 2.
