I hope it reads that way and you can come away afterwards with more than just a heap of bandwagon-style praise dripping out of your ears. Therefore, this review is going to be the most balanced and fair representation of my time with the game I can commit to your screens possible. But I also knew that the hype would make some reviewers simply throw praise all over it even if they would otherwise not have done so. So when the 10 out of 10’s started rolling in from other sites and magazines, I was happy that this was probably not going to be the case. So was it fun? Totally! Would the same game repackaged 2 years later be enough? Not at all. What pulled me through the endless firefights was Drake himself, a fantastic, identifiable protagonist. Namely Drake enters an area, clears it of enemies, more enemies spawn in, rinse and repeat. It was also quite short, had a lightweight story and basically repeated the same thing over and over again. (This is coming from a massive Playstation fan as well.) The first game was fantastic, with good controls, fantastic graphics and great fun factor. People may hate me for saying that, or scream abuse to the contrary, but I stand by it. Nathan Drake, portrayed by voice actor Nolan North, really raised what was otherwise a pretty run of the mill adventure/ platforming game into something special. Yet I would argue it was only with the PS3’s launch, and ‘the little game that could’ known as Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, that we finally got a mascot that screamed exclusivity, immense production values and genuine charm. Playstation had several potential candidates, ranging from Crash Bandicoot to Solid Snake. Sega had Sonic, Nintendo had Mario, Microsoft had Master Chief. I have never strayed to other consoles (although I did dabble with the GameCube somewhat), and nowadays my Playstation 3 is a constant daily source of entertainment for me, echoing backwards through the gaming years of my PS2 and PS1 days.Įvery single successful gaming console has risen or fallen based on not only the quality of the games on offer, but the level of brand recognition afforded by first party developers. Although the PC is where I started as a gamer, it was the Playstation where I ultimately ended up, at least 90% of the time anyway. Before I review what is surely the biggest release of the month (if not the year), I must first set the scene.
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