The previous two Uncharted games brought me on a one-of-a kind adventure that I'd never experienced before. Unfortunately, this third entry in the franchise doesn't do much to separate itself from what had come before and instead relies on some aggravating gameplay choices rather than innovate the franchise.

Uncharted 2 is one of the best games of all time, not just because of its story but also because of the way it improved upon many of the issues that the first game had. It's a shame that this sequel brought back those issues like the difficulty spike, making the stealth mechanic that Among Thieves introduced, unusable due to the large number of enemies. What's worse is that if Drake dies and the game loads to a checkpoint, enemies would spawn alerted to Drake's presence, removing the possibility of stealth and in turn drastically changing the way you approach combat.

Also speaking of the use of melee attacks, I hated all of the enemy encounters that forced you to use hand-to-hand combat, as instead of being an actual combat sequence, they were all presented in QTEs, which felt more like you were watching an interactive cutscene rather than playing the game.

The game also likes to take you out of control, with the game forcing you to just walk in snail's space and the camera often zooming in for finishing moves. Now, this would have been incredible and cinematic, but it's done so often that it pretty much loses its impact. There's even an entire segment where Drake was running, but everything was played out in slow motion, making movement such a drag, and there's an entire chapter where all you do is walk. You know, they should have called this game Uncharted: Drake's Walking Simulator.

One thing I did like though was the antagonist. Well, at first anyway, Talbot was so mysterious and intriguing due to his ability to disappear out of nowhere and even take a gunshot, I thought he might be a magician and might just become my personal antagonist in the franchise, but unfortunately none of his abilities were explained and ended up being a massive plot hole.

The story was also massively disappointing, never reaching the heights of Among Thieves, with fewer stakes, character developments, some characters are even just written off out of sequences; and worst of all, there's less adrenaline-pumping action to be seen, with one of the few being there, only serving as a filler segment.

Don't even get me started with Chloe's awful-looking character model downgrade.

At the end of the day, Uncharted 3: Drake's Walking Simulator is not a bad game, it's just a terrible sequel to one of the best games of all time