168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is an excellent proof of concept - a fun Indiana Jones-style escapade that originally began life as a PS3 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Jak and Daxter game. Its sequel, Among Thi𒁃eves, is arguably one of the best games of its generation - it improves on everything the original contains and still holds up today. The fourth game, A Thief’s End, is a perfect ending to♋ the saga of Nathan Drake, delivering the same scale and thrills Among Thieves did while grounding Drake in a way that none of the other games have been able to. But today marks the ten-year anniversary of the other Uncharted game in the series - Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, and I really don’t have much to say about it.
Sandwiched between the two of the best games 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Naughty Dog🌞 has ever made, Drake’s Deception never really stood a chance. It’s the Bounty in a box of C🌳elebrations, salad at a BBQ, the Filet-O-Fish at Mcdonald’s - it has to be there, but no one’s reaching for it first. If it were released back in 2011 as a stand-alone game it would have been great - it’s a solid action-adventure game with a fun story, some great set pieces, and impressive graphics. But compared to its siblings? It doesn’t measure up.
Drake’s Deception was an unsatisfying finale when it launched originally, but Naughty Dog quickly moved on to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Last of Us and we forgot all about Nathan Drake. Wise-cracking treasure hunters were out, sad-dads were in. Historically, Naughty Dog only does one series per console - 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Crash Bandicoot on PS1 and Jak and Daxter on PS2 - so I thought Uncharted was gꦓoing to be left behind to gather dust and become a relic itself.
That would have been a sad fate for Uncharted 3, but at least it would have mattered. If the series had ended theꦺrꦓe, it would have been a bad ending, but it would have been the ending. When A Thief’s End came out, it cemented Drake’s Deception as the forgotten middle child, dooming it to relative obscurity.
I should stress again, I don’t think there’s anything particularly wrong with Uncharted 3 - apart from its ludicrously optimistic pricing in London pubs - there’s just nothing that particularly stands out either. The two things I remember from it are Sully and Drake wearing suits in London and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Drake falling out of a plane for ages over the desert. Both things are back in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the Uncharted movie, so you just know 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:that’s going to be a winner.
Compared to the train opening in Among Thieves, the burning pirate ship finale in A Thief's End, or even the way the water crept up Drake’s clothing in the original game, nothing in Drake’s Deception holds up as well.
I’m not going to look up the story or replay the game out of some sense of anniversary duty - that would be cheating. Gun to my head, if you asked me to break down Uncharted 3 beat for b🌺eat, I’d say shoot me. The first game had Nazi zombies, the second had yetis, and 🍸I’m pretty sure the third had an old British woman, maybe.
By building Uncharted 3’s story around its set pieces it was done a great disservice. I don’t know why Drake was in that plane, so🐓 I don’t really care that he fell out of it. Sure, it looked kind of cool, but everything in the Uncharted series looks amazing, so why does that matter?
It’s a shame because I love Naughty Dog and its games. The studio consistently sets the bar for Western narrative-driven games and is partially responsible for the rise of cinematic games as they stand today - 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Jak 2 had the most cinematics of any game at the time of its release. So why was Drake’s Deception 🤪made with the story playing second fiddle to the ac🐎tion?
I love seeing the potential in the first game and knowing what it became, I’d go on a night out with 2, and I’d give 4 a big ol’ cuddle. But 3? I’m busy, mate. Washing my hair that day. Oh? You ꦐdidn’t specify what day you wanted to hang out? Sorry, I&rsquꦿo;m about to lose signal, I’m going into a tunnel, or falling out of a plane or… whatever.