UNCHARTED 4: A Thief's End - PS4 Exclusive

[InebriatedGnome]

I have a PS4 and some time to kill—should I play this, having never finished an Uncharted game before? I played some of Uncharted 2 years ago, but that's the extent of my experience with the series. Or should I look into getting the collection and play through that first?

 

[Jameson Rook]

I have a PS4 and some time to kill—should I play this, having never finished an Uncharted game before? I played some of Uncharted 2 years ago, but that's the extent of my experience with the series. Or should I look into getting the collection and play through that first?

No, the game heavily relies on the nostalgia of past games plus this is at it's core, more of the same. You're better off playing the Nate Collection since it's 3 games for $40.

 

[xpl0sive]

No, the game heavily relies on the nostalgia of past games plus this is at it's core, more of the same. You're better off playing the Nate Collection since it's 3 games for $40.

I agree with this 100%. I did read that some people played this without having played the others, but when I finished the game I just felt that I would not have enjoyed this anywhere near as much if I hadn't played the previous 3. The storytelling and character development is so great in these games that you feel a sense of emotional attachment to the characters by the time you reach the 4th game.

 

[CallMeTheDoctor]

Couldn't agree more. I regret playing 2 before playing 1. But altogether, I love these characters because of the other games.

Probably explains why I'm only on chapter 7 because I don't want to finish it haha.

 

[darthviper107]

I think you can skip 1, since the gameplay and story are so much more developed in the later entries. The first one does not hold up well at all, not just the graphics but everything else as well.

 

[Jameson Rook]

I think you can skip 1, since the gameplay and story are so much more developed in the later entries. The first one does not hold up well at all, not just the graphics but everything else as well.

On the contrary, I thought the first game holds up remarkably well for what it is. The story sets up Drake and the supporting cast, the music by Greg Edmonson is great and there's also something appealing about the whole game being set in one setting as apposed to the globe trotting adventures of the subsequent games. Granted, it might be the "weakest" gameplay-wise but the charm is still there. As for the graphics- I must be crazy but they look darn fine to me!

Plus you get to fight Indonesian pirates, who doesn't like that?

 

[Lucid Enigma]

I think you can skip 1, since the gameplay and story are so much more developed in the later entries. The first one does not hold up well at all, not just the graphics but everything else as well.

There is a point in 4 where it starts to feel like 1. And IMO is there to pay tribute to the first Uncharted game amongst the core characters. It was a nice way to tie everything up. I think it'd be better to just play all games in order as you start to appreciate the games that comes afterward and really invest into these characters and their story as Nathan Drake's adventure comes to an end

 

[darthviper107]

I think if you didn't play the first game when it came out, then you really won't like it. The level design is definitely something like what you would have gotten in the previous console generation--which makes sense since it's their first PS3 games. And the story is so dumb and simple (in a bad way) that it doesn't hold any weight. It's like Indiana Jones for Dummies
While the graphics were good for that year, if you compare the levels and characters to things later on, they were pretty horrendous. Not to mention, it has worse performance on the PS3 than later games that looked better.

 

[Ebeneezer Jones]

I think if you didn't play the first game when it came out, then you really won't like it. The level design is definitely something like what you would have gotten in the previous console generation--which makes sense since it's their first PS3 games. And the story is so dumb and simple (in a bad way) that it doesn't hold any weight. It's like Indiana Jones for Dummies
While the graphics were good for that year, if you compare the levels and characters to things later on, they were pretty horrendous. Not to mention, it has worse performance on the PS3 than later games that looked better.

Is the Nathan Drake collection much better. Is it remastered, or something else.

I was thinking of getting a PS4 just for this, and also the collection.

 

[Caped Baldy]

On chapter 19 now inside the cave with torch and some exploding trap things. Just when I thought the graphics couldn't impress me any more, wowza. Honestly, at times I feel Naughty Dog are just showing off with the level of detail here. Did anyone else notice Nate's fingerprints get implanted on his journal after a while?

And yes even though I haven't played the original trilogy, for some reason I still feel connected to Nathan Drake. Perhaps I would have enjoyed UC4 even more had I played them, sure. But for now, I'm loving this game.

 

[Solidus]

I think if you didn't play the first game when it came out, then you really won't like it. The level design is definitely something like what you would have gotten in the previous console generation--which makes sense since it's their first PS3 games. And the story is so dumb and simple (in a bad way) that it doesn't hold any weight. It's like Indiana Jones for Dummies
While the graphics were good for that year, if you compare the levels and characters to things later on, they were pretty horrendous. Not to mention, it has worse performance on the PS3 than later games that looked better.

Damn, that's harsh. The story IS dumb and simple, but that was the point. U1 was just a laid-back action game, that never took itself too seriously, with likeable characters and good humor. Although, there was a slight twist at the end concerning the Island, that made for some good horror sections.

I look at U1 as being just one of Drake's more noteworthy adventures. In terms of its level of importance, it might not be high in the overall story - even though the games are all loosely connected to each other. But, it's definitely worth a go, if you just want to have some fun, sit back, and experience where the series originated from. I finally replayed it yesterday on the HD Collection, and I thought that Bluepoint did a fantastic great job with the remaster. The updated graphics and sound are exceptional.

 

[Ebeneezer Jones]

Damn, that's harsh. The story IS dumb and simple, but that was the point. U1 was just a laid-back action game, that never took itself too seriously, with likeable characters and good humor. Although, there was a slight twist at the end concerning the Island, that made for some good horror sections.

I look at U1 as being just one of Drake's more noteworthy adventures. In terms of its level of importance, it might not be high in the overall story - even though the games are all loosely connected to each other. But, it's definitely worth a go, if you just want to have some fun, sit back, and experience where the series originated from. I finally replayed it yesterday on the HD Collection, and I thought that Bluepoint did a fantastic great job with the remaster. The updated graphics and sound are exceptional.

So is the Drake Collection worth getting for me then. I'll be buying a PS4 just for this really. Was getting one anyway, but waiting for the newer one.

Is there a big difference in the original and remaster.

 

[Solidus]

So is the Drake Collection worth getting for me then. I'll be buying a PS4 just for this really. Was getting one anyway, but waiting for the newer one.

Is there a big difference in the original and remaster.

I'd say it's definitely worth it. The remasters feel exceptionally fluid at 60 fps compared to the original games that were locked at 30 fps. In addition, the graphics and lighting are very much improved. I seriously can't see myself going back to the PS3 games, except to collect trophies.

But, if you're getting a PS4 just for the Nathan Drake Collection alone, you might get bored of the console pretty fast, since the games run around eight to ten hours each and there's no multiplayer in the remasters of U2 and U3.

 

[Ebeneezer Jones]

I'd say it's definitely worth it. The remasters feel exceptionally fluid at 60 fps compared to the original games that were locked at 30 fps. In addition, the graphics and lighting are very much improved. I seriously can't see myself going back to the PS3 games, except to collect trophies.

But, if you're getting a PS4 just for the Nathan Drake Collection alone, you might get bored of the console pretty fast, since the games run around eight to ten hours each and there's no multiplayer in the remasters of U2 and U3.

Thanks and sounds perfect. I don't pay multiplayer, so no worries there.

It's also Doom. It looks to flow a little better, and generally looks a little better.

 

[darthviper107]

Damn, that's harsh. The story IS dumb and simple, but that was the point. U1 was just a laid-back action game, that never took itself too seriously, with likeable characters and good humor. Although, there was a slight twist at the end concerning the Island, that made for some good horror sections.

I look at U1 as being just one of Drake's more noteworthy adventures. In terms of its level of importance, it might not be high in the overall story - even though the games are all loosely connected to each other. But, it's definitely worth a go, if you just want to have some fun, sit back, and experience where the series originated from. I finally replayed it yesterday on the HD Collection, and I thought that Bluepoint did a fantastic great job with the remaster. The updated graphics and sound are exceptional.

I don't think they intended the game to be dumb, they probably felt about it the same way they feel about Uncharted 4, but they have a lot more experience now and they have much higher expectations. That's one of the reasons I wasn't concerned when Amy Henig left, because if she's responsible for the story then she hasn't done all that great of a job.

 

[ironwez20]

Game was ok to me. To be honest some of the sections in this game would of made great a great horror video game but it missed the mark I guess. Now I kinda wanna see a Pirate island horror game of some kind.

 

[kiwiatlarge]

Damn, that's harsh. The story IS dumb and simple, but that was the point. U1 was just a laid-back action game, that never took itself too seriously, with likeable characters and good humor. Although, there was a slight twist at the end concerning the Island, that made for some good horror sections.

I look at U1 as being just one of Drake's more noteworthy adventures. In terms of its level of importance, it might not be high in the overall story - even though the games are all loosely connected to each other. But, it's definitely worth a go, if you just want to have some fun, sit back, and experience where the series originated from. I finally replayed it yesterday on the HD Collection, and I thought that Bluepoint did a fantastic great job with the remaster. The updated graphics and sound are exceptional.

The silly thing is, because it is part of a remastered collection, people compare Uncharted DF to modern games. That's not entirely fair as the game is almost ten years old. The

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Crash Bandicoot mini game in Uncharted 4 made the nostelgia theme a bit of a gag, by how dated it was and not exactly very user friendly to play by modern standards. Yet at the time it was very popular. We had made the transition from Mega Drive/Nintendo era to Playstation era, and from side-scrolling platformers to the Crash (and later Jak and Ratchet) era of platforming. How many people are going to complain in the process of trying to get the High Score requirement for the Bronze trophy.. this is just the first part of the first level, lol (I think, it's been some years since I played a Crash game).... The same nostelgia laws will apply to UDF in 5 years time, if they don't already

Visually Drake's Fortune was very good at the time. My memory of it is that it had the best PS3 exclusive, and some of the best console visuals of the time, rivaling Gears of War on Xbox. The way your clothes got wet and dried in the water, the body motion, the AI of how the pirates and mercs responded to you. People are spoilt by all these things now, but back then, this was all very new. We were used to fighting cardboard cutouts, and having protagonists who moved very limited and robotic like.

The exploration wasn't up to Tomb Raider standards, but it wasn't trying to be. It was about combining elements to make the total product fun to play. Given the choice of Tomb Raider Underworld, or Drake's Fortune, I know what I'd play every time. Shoot and Cover wasn't used that much at the time either. Killswitch I think did it on consoles in third person first, and then influenced games like Gears. Go back to older Syphon Filter or Max Payne games etc you just did your best to hide or avoid bullet fire.

It was a risky move for Naughty Dog. We might see it as a lot more casual, fun and cheeky entry into the series compared to Uncharted 4 or The Last of Us, but at the time it was a more grown up move for Naughty Dog's first PS3 venture. They'd just come from two generations of console creating mascot characters in the middle of platform games, in the form of Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter..

 

[darthviper107]

It was good for its time, but there's nothing about it that holds up. I still play some old games, because the gameplay is good or the story is good. I couldn't say anything of those things about the first Uncharted

 

[Jameson Rook]

So you're asking him to buy the Nate Collection and waste 13 bucks out of a $40 collection?

 

[xpl0sive]

I played Uncharted 1 recently on the remastered collection after not having played it for a few years, and I still think it holds up well. It's not perfect and it's a little clunky at times, but I still enjoyed it and thought it was great. BluePoint did a great job remastering it for PS4.