[PS3] Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune

I'm absolutely stoked to pick up Uncharted. Huge fan of both Naughty Dog and Insomniac (hell, even Sucker Punch of Sly Cooper fame), so I'll buy this if only to support their studio.

Uncharted's developmental progress has shown nothing but positive growth and they're really taking the time and the attention to detail to make this an incredible next-gen title, especially following the likes of Assassin's Creed, which is due in a week earlier, and Ratchet and Clank Future.

But, I don't think it'll be a system seller. The Ratchet series has done quite well, but I don't think it's ever moved systems, and when the game came out I didn't see anyone rushing to buy a PS3 to play it (though believe me, I wished they would've) and I don't suspect Uncharted will, either.

Have to wait for Metal Gear and Final Fantasy to pull that off.

Edi: Oh fu~! I just saw that trailer you posted a link to, Blue Bomber, and I think that's the best trailer yet. Loved the music, though I doubt the music'll be like that in game, sadly. I haven't gotten a chance to get on the PSN yet to download it, but I probably will tonight. Thanks for the link!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

In before porno mod.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Two weapons? You've got grenades, the Makarov, an AK and a shotgun to fool around with. And Naughty Dog's already said the demo was combat-centric; in a gmae like Uncharted, the combat could turn into one of two things -- a guy wearing short-shorts and holding two pistols stiff-armed in front of his chest wildly shooting away, or getting behind cover and firing intelligently, which the latter is obviously the better choice.

I've got no problem with a game borrowing elements from other games, hell it's all designers have nowadays (with few exceptions, anyway). But it's in the incorporation of these elements that make a game successful. If Uncharted is basically Tomb Raider's exploration and Gears of War's gunplay, fantastic.

Naughty Dog's had a good track record as far as I've seen. Jak II and Jak 3 were both great games and arguable two of the only games to use the GTA-style open-world without being complete garbage. Lookin' at you, True Crime.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

The game's release might've been moved up a bit, since GameStop now has it listed as a Nov. 15th release date. This is a good thing, because if Assassin's Creed turns out to be mediocre, I won't have to wait long for the next best thing.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I completely cracked out tonight, played it for about two and a half hours. Save data says I'm 36% done, so it's lookin like it'll be around a 10 hour game, but I know I'll have to play it again at least once more, likely twice to get all the medals, treasures, and bonuses unlocked.

Plus I'm switching back and forth between it and Assassin's Creed, so that should "extend" the playtime a little. Very awesome game so far though.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I beat the game tonight and simultaneously started a new game in Hard difficulty, and goddamn. It's hard.

But having several of the weapon awards unlocked is pimp -- basically infinite ammo for the 9mm, AK-47 and the shotgun. I may have to run through the game on normal (lol beat it on easy first) just to get all the medals I can before beating it on hard and crushing.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I'm playing through the game again on Normal now (did Easy first) so I can get some of the achievements I missed, like 20 stealth kills, 5 kills in a row using one-hit punches after softening the target up with gunfire, etc.

Apparently, you can do these one at a time, die, and repeat on the same guy for maximum efficiency.

Then, it's time to replay it on hard hopefully with infinite ammo and one-shot kills unlocked.

Quick edit:

You know, one thing that's under-appreciated in this game is the use of checkpoints. Namely --

Spoiler:

when you're at the plane crash site fairly early on. There are several waves on enemies, and the game automatically checkpoints you if you die so you're not restarting that fire fight from the beginning.

That was something this team learned from Jak 2 and Jak 3. Jak 2 was so damn hard sometimes, and if you died you were back at the beginning of the stage. Jak 3 remedied that by giving you checkpoints in the middle of a mission. Nice.

FELIPE NO