Unfortunately, the AI is dumb as ever - and an inordinate amount of bullets are required to kill enemies - this is compounded by the fact that the aiming system somehow been changed to be slightly clunky. There are a few big very-cool set piece moments, but they aren't as well thought out and executed for gameplay by comparison to UC2. The platforming is less interesting/fun overall in UC3. Substance-wise, the puzzles were lacking in both quantity and quality, which was a HUGE bummer because I rather enjoyed the puzzles in UC2. UC3's story wasn't as engaging despite all of the flashbacks with Sully, the villains weren't as fleshed out as they should have been, and the ending.was not good. I really wanted to like this game, and I thought it was going to be a lock as a contender for one of my favorite games of the year, but.well, it's not and here's my reasoning: If you're going to make a cinematic, movie-like experience, make sure your story is solid!įinished this today, overall I enjoyed Uncharted 2 a lot more.

The entire game was a lesson in dealing with his death or his absence in Drake's life! So much of the game was set pieces that the developers thought looked cool and then sloppily tried to pick back up the strings of the story later. So the point of the game was Elena? It was certainly a part of the story, but it wasn't the main one that had been building since the beginning of the game! Sully should have died. Then we have this really nice moment about Sully being basically your father (in case you missed the point earlier) and then we get Sully giving you your wedding ring back. So the dude with the magical voodoo darts has a knife fight with you.

Long story short: the old lady falls into a box of quicksand and her right hand boy-toy shouts angrily. He flails around the level shooting people and genie-monsters with a dead-sully induced rage. Drake is in the 'Atlantis of the Sands' and is tripping balls because Sully is dead. The only reason Drake is pursuing the Pirate overlord is because the guy 'oh yeah we have Sully' well alright cue 8 billion chapters of technical show piece. It would have been ok if we were dealing with any kind of issues or story lines during this non-stop barrage of pirates shooting you, but we're not. The story goes on with typical Drake banter and wit, beginning with the oh-shit-Drakes-not-dead return to present and ending with Drake getting captured by the pirates.

From here we get the sense that this story is going to be about their relationship. Then we get the flashback sequences in Columbia where the relationship with Sully is first established. The beginning starts with some fun sequences of Drake in London, running around being Drake-y.

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