If you went back in time ten years and told me that someday I'd grow to love Uncharted, I'd laugh in your face and tell you to get out of my house.
Admittedly, there's not much to talk about mechanically. The platforming feels reminiscent of those videos I've seen of the cinematic platformers of yore like Flashback and Prince of Persia and Out of This World, which I thought was pretty neat. What I found to be pretty neater, though, was that it took that genre and proceeded to take advantage of being in a 3D space with it - not only are you climbing over ledges, but oftentimes between them as well. The shooter sections did the job, though I wonder whether or not the clunkiness of the aiming was intentional.
The story and characters are where the game shines - and you'd hope so, given that that's Uncharted's M.O. - but I won't speak too much of the story to avoid spoiling it. I will say, however, that the story feels reminiscent of the Indiana Jones movies, what with the fun adventure about an ancient treasure and some bad guys who are trying to get it first. And to those of you who worry about escort missions in videogames and how easy it is for the character(s) who tag along to die, you can lay those worries to rest as in gameplay the two side characters do more than just stand there and take bullets (albeit not doing so much as to deny you yourself of any action).
I did have a couple nitpicks beyond the shooting, but I've no idea how many of them stem from me playing this on the Nathan Drake Collection on PS4. Sometimes, when you're hanging on a ledge/pole/rope, it's not immediately clear where aiming the stick will make you jump off to. One time, everything disappeared for a split second and I was unable to replicate it. And while the game offers plenty of guns throughout the journey - of which you can equip one handgun and one rifle at a time - I rarely felt incentivized to use any of the guns beyond whatever offered me the most chances to refill my ammunition.
But that doesn't take away from the fact that I enjoyed my time with Uncharted 1 and would gladly recommend it to those who play games for the story.
Admittedly, there's not much to talk about mechanically. The platforming feels reminiscent of those videos I've seen of the cinematic platformers of yore like Flashback and Prince of Persia and Out of This World, which I thought was pretty neat. What I found to be pretty neater, though, was that it took that genre and proceeded to take advantage of being in a 3D space with it - not only are you climbing over ledges, but oftentimes between them as well. The shooter sections did the job, though I wonder whether or not the clunkiness of the aiming was intentional.
The story and characters are where the game shines - and you'd hope so, given that that's Uncharted's M.O. - but I won't speak too much of the story to avoid spoiling it. I will say, however, that the story feels reminiscent of the Indiana Jones movies, what with the fun adventure about an ancient treasure and some bad guys who are trying to get it first. And to those of you who worry about escort missions in videogames and how easy it is for the character(s) who tag along to die, you can lay those worries to rest as in gameplay the two side characters do more than just stand there and take bullets (albeit not doing so much as to deny you yourself of any action).
I did have a couple nitpicks beyond the shooting, but I've no idea how many of them stem from me playing this on the Nathan Drake Collection on PS4. Sometimes, when you're hanging on a ledge/pole/rope, it's not immediately clear where aiming the stick will make you jump off to. One time, everything disappeared for a split second and I was unable to replicate it. And while the game offers plenty of guns throughout the journey - of which you can equip one handgun and one rifle at a time - I rarely felt incentivized to use any of the guns beyond whatever offered me the most chances to refill my ammunition.
But that doesn't take away from the fact that I enjoyed my time with Uncharted 1 and would gladly recommend it to those who play games for the story.