I can't decide if i like this more or less than the last game, both have their strengths and weaknesses.
The story in the last game is a lot better, it had a lot more character development which this game then decides to overwrite which annoyed me and just the characters overall where a lot better in the last game. The villains in this are terrible just like all the games, I genuinely kept forgetting the villains names throughout this because of how crap and forgettable they were. They try and set up some backstory between Nathan, Sully and the villains but it never feels like they have a history. I will say the opening in this game is wayyy better than the last game, the pub brawl and Nathan and Sully's origin is a lot more fun to play through than another shootout like in the last game.
The action set-pieces in this were mostly great like the last game over I despised most of the cruise ship stuff mainly down to poor gun mechanics again however the cinematic stuff when you're running through the ship is great and really fun, the famous plane sequence was very underwhelming especially when it seems to be shown as this games flagship action sequence even though it's very short and lacklustre, honestly the cruise ship stuff while not as cinematic was a much more endearing and flagship worthy action set-piece, the rest of the set-pieces were great, burning church, riding on horses against the convoy all great.
as mentioned combat is pretty not great again however the melee combat has been improved greatly and given a lot more time to shine. I would mainly use melee as i find it to be so much more enjoyable than using guns but unfortunately there are a lot of time where melee just is not an option. The gunplay is basically the same as the last game as is the traversal mechanics and none of the issue I mentioned last time have been changed so that's fun. however gunplay felt even worse in this game due to how the enemies now play, for some reason these fuckers have been given the Injustice pill which makes your body 10x more durable, it takes so many shots to be these bitches down it is so annoying and i'm sorry but no matter how much body armour you have you are not going to survive an RPG Rocket to the face let alone three. Also the game does change things up by having fun chases throughout the cities where either your being chased or your chasing someone and you're doing parkour over rooftops and shit that was really fun, hope they do more of that.
It annoyed and bored the hell out of me that the ending to this game is basically the same as the last one with you finding a lost city and stopping the bad guy and running away as the city collapses, this is three times in a row now you guys have done a lost city. stop it.
Overall this game was fine, just like the last one, there's a lot of potential here for a truly great game (at least in my eyes) but shoddy core gameplay and in this games case a pretty sloppily put together story really bring it down a lot. I've heard the 4th game is the best so I hope that it fixes a lot of the issues I currently have with the series as the only next-gen uncharted game (not counting the spin-off)
Also side note: Anyone else confused as hell about Nathan and Elena in this? like having them split up again offscreen is dumb itself but they don't even explain what happened and they both have engagement rings but Nathan lost his and walked out on here maybe? I have no idea.
Quick edit here: I didn't even mention the puzzles because there are next to none in this game and I just completely forgot about them. So yeah if you like puzzles, tough luck because you'll find barely any here.
The story in the last game is a lot better, it had a lot more character development which this game then decides to overwrite which annoyed me and just the characters overall where a lot better in the last game. The villains in this are terrible just like all the games, I genuinely kept forgetting the villains names throughout this because of how crap and forgettable they were. They try and set up some backstory between Nathan, Sully and the villains but it never feels like they have a history. I will say the opening in this game is wayyy better than the last game, the pub brawl and Nathan and Sully's origin is a lot more fun to play through than another shootout like in the last game.
The action set-pieces in this were mostly great like the last game over I despised most of the cruise ship stuff mainly down to poor gun mechanics again however the cinematic stuff when you're running through the ship is great and really fun, the famous plane sequence was very underwhelming especially when it seems to be shown as this games flagship action sequence even though it's very short and lacklustre, honestly the cruise ship stuff while not as cinematic was a much more endearing and flagship worthy action set-piece, the rest of the set-pieces were great, burning church, riding on horses against the convoy all great.
as mentioned combat is pretty not great again however the melee combat has been improved greatly and given a lot more time to shine. I would mainly use melee as i find it to be so much more enjoyable than using guns but unfortunately there are a lot of time where melee just is not an option. The gunplay is basically the same as the last game as is the traversal mechanics and none of the issue I mentioned last time have been changed so that's fun. however gunplay felt even worse in this game due to how the enemies now play, for some reason these fuckers have been given the Injustice pill which makes your body 10x more durable, it takes so many shots to be these bitches down it is so annoying and i'm sorry but no matter how much body armour you have you are not going to survive an RPG Rocket to the face let alone three. Also the game does change things up by having fun chases throughout the cities where either your being chased or your chasing someone and you're doing parkour over rooftops and shit that was really fun, hope they do more of that.
It annoyed and bored the hell out of me that the ending to this game is basically the same as the last one with you finding a lost city and stopping the bad guy and running away as the city collapses, this is three times in a row now you guys have done a lost city. stop it.
Overall this game was fine, just like the last one, there's a lot of potential here for a truly great game (at least in my eyes) but shoddy core gameplay and in this games case a pretty sloppily put together story really bring it down a lot. I've heard the 4th game is the best so I hope that it fixes a lot of the issues I currently have with the series as the only next-gen uncharted game (not counting the spin-off)
Also side note: Anyone else confused as hell about Nathan and Elena in this? like having them split up again offscreen is dumb itself but they don't even explain what happened and they both have engagement rings but Nathan lost his and walked out on here maybe? I have no idea.
Quick edit here: I didn't even mention the puzzles because there are next to none in this game and I just completely forgot about them. So yeah if you like puzzles, tough luck because you'll find barely any here.