Not worth revisiting, tbh.
Story feels like a forgettable B-Movie that has aspirations of being the next Indiana Jones. Resident Evil 4 continues to be the best and most amusing B-Movie equivalent in video games, and I think that's because it is aware of what it is.
I think I knew this game wasn't gonna blow me away, the moment the game wanted me to blow up an "ancient" (?) red exploding barrel next to a big pillar which of course magically pushes it into the needed position. My "immersion" never recovered, and that was about 30 minutes in.
Gunplay is just parely passable (I had it on Hard, fyi).
The impact of the bullets on enemies is really unsatisfying and they move too much around for precise aiming to be rewarded. And don't even get me started on the jet ski passages.
Some of the scenery does give the happenings the needed gravitas and some of the set-pieces were entertaining (like the creatures and the mercs fighting each other), but nothing that will really stick with me.
As of writing I'm now 25% into Uncharted 3, and you really don't need to know the story of the first one to understand the stories or characters of the other ones. Just skip it, and get to Uncharted 2.
Story feels like a forgettable B-Movie that has aspirations of being the next Indiana Jones. Resident Evil 4 continues to be the best and most amusing B-Movie equivalent in video games, and I think that's because it is aware of what it is.
I think I knew this game wasn't gonna blow me away, the moment the game wanted me to blow up an "ancient" (?) red exploding barrel next to a big pillar which of course magically pushes it into the needed position. My "immersion" never recovered, and that was about 30 minutes in.
Gunplay is just parely passable (I had it on Hard, fyi).
The impact of the bullets on enemies is really unsatisfying and they move too much around for precise aiming to be rewarded. And don't even get me started on the jet ski passages.
Some of the scenery does give the happenings the needed gravitas and some of the set-pieces were entertaining (like the creatures and the mercs fighting each other), but nothing that will really stick with me.
As of writing I'm now 25% into Uncharted 3, and you really don't need to know the story of the first one to understand the stories or characters of the other ones. Just skip it, and get to Uncharted 2.