Naughty Dog hadn't quite found their footing in the narrative driven story department at this point as this was their first attempt. The game doesn't let you breathe enough, seemingly every room is a shooting gallery full of a ridiculous number of enemies who take way too many bullets to kill. The story is fine, but somewhat generic. Maybe if I played this when it was originally released I would have liked it more, but playing it after games like the last of us and the tomb raider reboots really made this game seem dated and poorly designed.