I am going to break into my brothers house and occupy his living room/ tv/ PS3 untill I finish this game, whether he likes it or not.
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Review
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Everything in the credits comes from pre-released trailers for the game.LobsterFeng said:
CardinalPiggles said:
Just a bit of hyperbole for dramatic effect, guys, no need to be so negative or so literal. But the argument could certainly be made that it would be worth picking up a PS3 to play all three Uncharteds.Andy of Comix Inc said:
I bought my PS3 earlier this year primarily for the Uncharted series; I haven't regretted that purchase yet, though the other dozen+ exclusives certainly don't hurt. I missed you, Ratchet.Susan Arendt said:
I don't consider Nathan Drake to be the deepest or most compelling game character around, but I much prefer his smarmy wisecracking to the hordes of angry or stoic, gravel-voiced, shaven-head brutes I see in so many other games. I've never understood the hatedom he gets.
'The current trend in game design is all about player agency, choices with consequence and open-ended gameplay...'
Not quite, the current trend is 'cinematic', something which Uncharted has in spades. Maybe sometimes TOO much.
Alright, I'm gonna go read the rest of the review now
Not quite, the current trend is 'cinematic', something which Uncharted has in spades. Maybe sometimes TOO much.
Alright, I'm gonna go read the rest of the review now
I see. Well then it's impressive that I managed to avoid those trailers for this long.Susan Arendt said:
You do realise what that image represents, right? Even as a joke, suggesting someone should be put down isn't really very funny, especially over what amounts to a difference of opinion.Cleril said:
So, wait. Just because someone liked a game more than you means that it's OK to call them incompetent and suggest they be euthanized? Yeah, that was a stellar move.Cleril said:The Escapist has been known for their ecstatic reviews. They hailed Dragon Age 2 as the best RPG ever.Akichi Daikashima said:
I don't think that's the only thing broken about the game - It doesn't feel like it's been through a lot of play testing.CynderBloc said:
Maybe I'm being too hard on this sequel, but I've completely lost my patience with it. Sure it's still all cinematic, but games like inFamous 2 and Batman: Arkam City have reached almost the same level of cinematic flare without losing that sense of freedom.
And I didn't mind the rigid nature of Uncharted 2 because the gameworld was terrifically designed and paced.
Awesome! The split-screen in the video looked a bit strange what with the hearts so I was unsure if the footage was taken simultaneously from different screens during LAN play. Still, great news!crotchdot said:
For me the Uncharted games are comparable to the Spider-Man movies:CynderBloc said:
- The first one was good, but you could tell they were still struggling with certain issues.
- The second one built upon what they learned from the previous title and struck an almost perfect balance.
- And the third needed to be bigger than the second so they just added stuff for the sake of stuff, completely destroying any pacing or structure.
They also added too much focus on the brawling mechanic in UC3 and from the second game on they should've realized that Drake's movements as a game character lacks the swiftness to pull that off. So where left with akward and twitchy fist fights wich look worse than the previous games because it's trying to be something it's not.
For me from the plane section onward it finally started to get pretty good. Eventhough most if not all of the shoot-outs felt very sloppy.
First of all, I'm British, so I spell realise with an "s." Secondly, don't get uppity with people for misunderstanding you when you've communicated badly.Cleril said:
Considering one of my colleagues thought you were saying exactly the same thing, I don't think the problem lies with me. Also, an apology you don't mean is, well, meaningless.Cleril said:
....What about AC? I actually can't think of a single interesting set piece in the entire series, like, at all. I mean, the combat is exactly the same no matter where you are in the game and the stealth never really works, especially in a series about choice and adaptation (hey, you know what people used to love? Losing the game as soon as an enemy sees you! That was awesome!).rayen020 said:
Well...I actually thought the brawling was pretty good. HOWEVER, I think it should have been left for melee-only sections and the Brute mini-bosses. Attempting to have a full-fledged battle with every random enemy is...very...can't think of a word for it, but I think the melee system from multiplayer should have been how melee was handled outside of brawls.Casual Shinji said:
I felt like the game started to get weaker after the plane section...the parts of the game I enjoyed most were the ship, chateau, and the plane. That was kind of it...
Although, I would agree that Uncharted 2 was more or less a perfect balance. I thoroughly enjoyed every part of that game and played through the story many, many times.
I've liked all the Uncharted games, because they feel like the closest I'll ever have to playing a really good Indiana Jones game...However, having played Uncharted 3 now, I think of it much the same way I think of the Dark Knight Trilogy. Of course, I'm needing to assume things about the Dark Knight Returns here, but from my expectations of it, it won't be a bad movie, far from it; it just won't be as good as the second. This is similar thing to the original Star Wars trilogy; Empire Strikes back was to me a better movie than Return of the Jedi, but ROTJ was still good. Thats how I feel about Uncharted 3 compared to Uncharted 2.
Eh. I'll pick it up, down the line, or whenever Gamefly decides to send it to me. Nothing was that impressive to me in either of the other Uncharteds that screamed that I should run out and buy it, it being perfectly fine, well tooled, and smooth, but having mediocre platforming, stamped out encounters, and occasionally-funny-but-mostly-smarmy dialogue just left me wanting more. The amount of visual greens and blues is fun, and so I might get them later in a big bundle, for a reasonable price, but visuals alone cannot make a game. Visuals, an overplayed story, time-tested platforming and gunplay, "witty" dialogue, and randomly inserted emotions, sure, that'll make a good game.
Oh, though it is nice to see he stuck with the blonde from the last one, if for nothing else than consistency. At least it means the big dramatic jesture at the end of the last one actually meant something. So that's fair.
Oh, though it is nice to see he stuck with the blonde from the last one, if for nothing else than consistency. At least it means the big dramatic jesture at the end of the last one actually meant something. So that's fair.
It's not an argument. It's me telling you that your comment crossed the line, and you refusing to accept any responsibility for it.Cleril said:
And again, you're trying to shift the blame onto me. Is it really so hard to hold your hands up and admit that you did something wrong?Cleril said:
Not quite. You made a comment that multiple people thought went too far, and rather than accept that you could have communicated your point more clearly and properly apologise, you've tried to fob me off with insincere gestures. That sums up this scenario.Cleril said: