The 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Uncharted games have earned their reputation as one of the168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Playstation's most beloved action series. From the charming charisma of protagonist Nathan Drake to the cruel ambition of his enemies, every moment of the story feels truly cinematic. But one element that really helps with the immersive nature of Uncharted is the detailed commitment to historical researc𝐆h.
Each😼 of the main four games follows Drake as he searches for some lost treasure, from the mythic El Dorado to the pirate ci𓆉ty of Libertalia. Here are ten historical details that brought the games to life.
10 🦋 Linguistics of El Dorad🐎o
Many people are famil🍃iar with the🔥 idea of El Dorado as the Lost City of Gold. Except that while this is the popular myth known nowadays, the name actually is shortened from El Hombre Dorado: "The Golden Man."
The first Uncharted game establishes its history credentials by getting the linguistic history right, suggesting that El Dorado was actually a statue, not a city. From the very beginning, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:this series took steps to try and steep iဣtself in scholarship.
9 ꦑ Marco Polo🌠's Journey
The main plot of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is the search for the 🐓legendary land of Shambhala and the Cintamani Stone, based on diaries kept by Marco Polo while on his travels.
The details of Marco Polo's journeys are referenced, including his time traveling through the Mongol Empire and then by ship toward the end of his life. A lot of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the details of Polo's 🥂travels feel believable. Unfortunately, Vedic religious objects like the Cintamani are not handled with the same care.
8 Nazi Subma♔rine 𒅌
Early in Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Nate finds an old Nazi submarine above a waterfall in the jungles. This is a cool detail a🐠nd feels like a nod to the influence that Indiana Jones had on the games, not least because Indie fought Nazis while huntin🧸g for lost treasure.
Beyond this, it is a reminder that Nazis did try to influence the Americas and were commi🌠tted to🍬 hunting for rare ancient relics.
7 Nazis in Tibet 𓆏
There are a lot of conspiracy theories about Nazis and the occult. The extent to which occultism inspired different Nazi leaders and their decisions is hotly debated by historians, though it is clear that the mystically inclined Thule Society and writings about theosophyඣ inspired many Nazi talking points. Perhaps these were what Heinrich Himmle♈r was contemplating when he sent an expedition of SS officers to Tibet in 1938.
Drake finds the corpses of🐷 Nazis in the Himalayas near the entrance to Shambhala. This is an allusion to Himmler's expedition, as well as another nod to the Indiana Jones-inspired genre conventions.
6 Irminsul
When Drake finds the Nazis in Tibet, they have a book with them🥃, on whose cover is printed a symbol which he identifies as the Irminsul. The Irminsul was a god-pole sacred to the Saxons prior to its destruction during their wars with Charlemagne (i.e., during Charlemagne's attempted genocide of the Saxons).
The symbol used in the game is from an engraving at Externsteine, believed by many to be the site of the Irminsul. Howevꦐer, modern scholarship suggests 🔥this was likely a carving of a Christian date palm. That said, such scholarship is only a couple of decades old, so it is doubtful anyone in the 1930s would know the difference.
5 John Dee
The mystic John Dee was an occultist in the court 💞of Queen Elizabeth II. He is credited with researching, preserving, and expanding mystical teachings, including the use of the Enochian alphabet.
There are numerous references to Dee throughout Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. Given the mystic's knowledge of occult lore and in particular his connection to Solomonic and Enochian magic, he is a perfect figure to connect th🐼e ancient Middle Eastern traditions rediscovered by the Crusaders to the explorations of Sir Francis Drake.
4 Sir Fr🌠ancis Drake
Time and again, protagonist Nathan Drake insists he is the descendant of the English privateer Sir Francis Drake. While the historical pirate had no children with his wife, Nate claims he is the result of his ancestor hooking up with a woman other than his wife, something that is168澳洲幸运5开奖网: easy to imagine Nate doing too.
Old maps, Latin inscriptions, jewelry, and journals serve as the legacy that the pirate captain left ღto Nate, giving him a personal connection to the history he explores.
3 Iram o💝f the Pillars
Iram of the Pillars is the nam🍬e recorded in the Holy Quran ♈for the ancient lost civilization of Ubar. It has also been called the Atlantis of the Sands, a title given to it by the adventurer and archaeologist T. E. Lawrence (ie., Lawrence of Arabia).
The line between history and myth blurs throughout the Uncharted games, but nowhere is the juxtaposition between them treated with more respect than in the portrayal of this lost city, whose significance is explained by the character Selim before players ever lay eyes on it. The city looks t🅺ruly magical, its statues moving on their own accord in a way that only the magic of the djinn could account for. Despite this dreamlike quality, the majestic pillars of Iram look like they could ha🦩ve existed alongside the great city-states of Mesopotamia.
2 Evelyn's Pe♏rsonal Collection ಌ
While still children, Nate and his brother Sam break into the home of Evelyn Namba, an old acquaintance of their mother's. This casual burglary is done in an attempt to find their 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:mother's old journals.
In Evelyn's house, there are stockpiles of old artifacts. There is🍸 a suit of samurai armor from Sengoku Era Japan, a pair of Ming vases, and a Tutankhamun-inspired Eg♓yptian sarcophagus (as well as Etruscan and late Roman sarcophagi). Each artifact is intricately detailed and looks real enough to touch.
1 ܫ Libertalia
The plot of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is focused on the hunt for the pirate city of Libertalia. The city has never been discovered but was reportedly located on the ꦓisland of Madagascar.
While the game takes Nate to Madagascar, this is just one place he must visit to find the real location of the lost city (at least as the game presents its version of events). But when the protagonist finally does arrive, the Colonial architecture, rich grandeur, and swampy ov🌱ergrowth feel believable. It absolutely looks like what one can imagine Libertalia being.