Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Okay, i know its been out since last year; but i just picked it up recently and want to share it with you. The team over at Naughty Dog Studios (Jak and Daxter series), taking influence from games like Tomb Raider, has created an awesome adventure game.

First let me familiarize you with the story a little bit. The protagonist of the story, Nathan Drake, is the last living descendant of Sir Francis Drake who apparently had a ring with coordinates to a treasure map that lead to a location that had some thing to do with El Dorado; you know the famous lost city of gold. As you can tell, this is a treasure hunting game. As you progress through the story, there are 60 small treasures hidden throughout the game that you don;t necessarily need to find, but it'll look good if Sony ever makes the whole trophy thing work. Which I think is an elaborate fabrication. Moving on....



The gameplay is great. It seamlessly combines gunplay with savage melee combos that allow you to beat people's faces in with their own guns. When you do this they drop twice the amount of ammo that they would if you just blew their faces off with a shotgun.



One other cool thing they integrated into the game is the ability to climb across ledges and traverse various cliff faces to get from point A to point B; which gets really cool when your thousands of feet above a roaring waterall. Nate's ability to keep his cool and have a good sense of humor during ridiculous gunfights keeps the game light-heart and comical amid bullets whizzing past your head.

The graphics are astounding. Using the PS3's powerhouse processor, Uncharted runs at 60 frames per second and at 1080i resolution. Which makes that waterfall I was talking about look fantastically real. Speaking about water; when swimming in the game you come out and your clothes are still wet. I thought it was a pretty cool extra. The foliage as well looks like a page out of National Geographic. Oh, the backgrounds: amazing.

Overall, i had a great time playing this game. I'm gonna give it a 7 out of 10. Honestly there is a con to this game, which is why its not an 8.5 (like i want it to be). Towards the end of the game, there is a very annoying plot twist that pretty much made me "wtf! r u serious?!", but I'll leave it to you to find out what that is. And trust me, you'll know when you see it.

P.S.: I want Nathan Fillion to play Nathan Drake if they ever make a movie out of this thing.

Thanks for reading

-JD