Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4)

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Favourite Uncharted?

Uncharted (2007)
8
13%
Uncharted 2 (2009)
47
76%
Uncharted 3 (2011)
4
6%
Uncharted: Golden Abyss (2012)
3
5%
 
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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Uncharted 4 beta starts 4th Dec)
by KjGarly » Tue Sep 29, 2015 4:47 pm

Plus that boat dialogue with Sully :wub:

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Uncharted 4 beta starts 4th Dec)
by Fuzzy Dunlop » Tue Sep 29, 2015 4:52 pm

Tragic Magic wrote:Golden Abyss is the best one. It's still over the top but in a way that's more realistic, if that makes sense. You never feel fear for Nate in the main trilogy because he survives every absurd scenario he's put into. GA is dialled back a bit so even a simple fire has you in the edge of your seat.


GA better than 2?

I'm outta here :lol:

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Demo on PS Store)
by gamerforever » Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:42 pm

Decent, but felt like i was playing a last gen game in all honesty - i didn't feel that with the last of us, so it must be something to do with the controls. I will pick it up eventually, but not on launch!

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Demo on PS Store)
by Fargo » Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:21 pm

Enjoyed the demo. The second game looks amazing although i'd forgotten how unforgiving it can be in parts. Looking forward to the full release, I'm especially keen to play the first game again.

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Demo on PS Store)
by Kanbei » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:19 am

As I have already completed the 3 games on PS3, going to wait for this to drop in price before going in!

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Uncharted 4 beta starts 4th Dec)
by OrangeRKN » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:52 am

Venom wrote:
OrangeRakoon wrote:2 > 3 > GA > 1

This is the correct order and if you don't agree you're wrong


Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is seriously underrated and in many ways is my personal fave. The locations fit the steady progressing narrative. I like that it is just you the player (as Drake) exploring the world. U2 is of course the best overall with it's story and characters I've only played half of GA but it is understandably a restricted experience and not in the same league. It was the right call to leave it out as a collection is only as strong as its weakest link.


Don't get me wrong, 1 is still a great game. But it was U2 that elevated the series into truly must-play territory (U2, in fact, still remains my second best game of all time).

GA does everything 1 does with the benefit of borrowing ideas from 2 and 3. Sure there are a few shoehorned in gimmicks, like the climbing, but U1 suffered the same with the sixaxis. I wouldn't call it a restricted experience at all.

chalkitdown wrote:3 is a broken, bullet-sponge-enemy filled, unfinished mess of a game.


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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Demo on PS Store)
by Saint of Killers » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:55 am

Calling UC3 unfinished in the current climate of half arsed releases really is quite harsh.

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Demo on PS Store)
by Wedgie » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:05 pm

Yet Uncharted 3 is the most easier game to finish on Crushing difficulty compared to Uncharted 1/2.

Go figure.

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Uncharted 4 beta starts 4th Dec)
by Fade » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:35 pm

KjGarly wrote:
Fade wrote:Golden Abyss was absolute gash


Probably cause you were gooseberry fool at it!

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Nah it was just empty, by the numbers and filled with touch screen gimmicks.

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Demo on PS Store)
by HSH28 » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:35 pm

Was that demo a section from Uncharted 2?

I thought I liked that game, but the demo is a horrible mess of a thing.

It might just be because its a section out of the middle of the game but god it was awful, why showcase your terrible combat and horrible boss set pieces...although now I'm saying that I'm not quite sure what was good about Uncharted in the first place.

I've gone from an almost definite purchase to never wanting to play another Uncharted game again...good demo.

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Demo on PS Store)
by OrangeRKN » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:47 pm

Boss set pieces...?

I thought there was only one boss in the entire series (right at the end of U2, and it was the worst thing about the game by far).

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Demo on PS Store)
by HSH28 » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:52 pm

OrangeRakoon wrote:Boss set pieces...?

I thought there was only one boss in the entire series (right at the end of U2, and it was the worst thing about the game by far).


The helicopter fight in the demo. I also remember a tank sequence that was horrible. Not to mention the boss at the end of the first game.

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Demo on PS Store)
by Fuzzy Dunlop » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:53 pm

The helicopter fight and collapsing building?

Which for many was one of the best sections of the whole game?

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Demo on PS Store)
by Wedgie » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:54 pm

Just hugo being hugo.

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Demo on PS Store)
by HSH28 » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:56 pm

Fuzzy Dunlop wrote:The helicopter fight and collapsing building?

Which for many was one of the best sections of the whole game?


Its full of unforeseeable fail states and bad signposting.

The only good thing is that the checkpoints seem to be about every 5 seconds, but that in itself would seem to be an admission of failure on the part of the designers of that sequence.

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Demo on PS Store)
by Fuzzy Dunlop » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:58 pm

Wedgie wrote:Just hugo being hugo.


True

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Demo on PS Store)
by chalkitdown » Wed Sep 30, 2015 2:32 pm

I hated the tank section in U2. I remember dying a dozen times first time round.

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Demo on PS Store)
by Monkey Man » Wed Sep 30, 2015 5:21 pm

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Gamspot - 8

At various times throughout the Uncharted games, our protagonist carries the ring of Francis Drake on a leather band around his neck. The ring's inscription reads: "Sic Parvus Magna," or, "greatness from small beginnings."

I can't imagine a better way to encapsulate this collection. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune was a fine game in 2007, but its wrinkles are deeper now, its age more apparent.

With Uncharted 2 and 3, though, Naughty Dog transcended Drake's own small beginnings. The Nathan Drake Collection is a firsthand account of Naughty Dog's growth as a storyteller, and this collection is the best way to relive that history, and witness its transformation up close.

http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/unchart ... 0-6416259/

Videogamer - 7

Time has not been kind to Uncharted, then, but the latter two games are still enjoyable, despite their many flaws. The obvious influence of Saturday serials of the 50s (and the films which were inspired by them from the 80s) is interpreted well, dragging players through to the next big set-piece, and while he is a serial killer and mad war/conflict profiteer, Drake is also a somewhat charismatic shit-eating grin of a man, as are his friends. It's like an ultraviolent travel show, presented by three or four people who seem to be having a great time. It's just a shame the player has to slog through so much nonsense to join them.

Note: if you're just here for an appraisal of the remaster, feel free to make yourself feel better and add two points to the score.

http://www.videogamer.com/reviews/uncha ... eview.html

Gamesradar - 4 out of 5

Depending on your reasons for coming to Uncharted, you could criticize The Nathan Drake Collection for being an incomplete preservation of the PS3 trilogy - it drops the multiplayer components of Uncharted 2 and Uncharted 3 entirely, the latter game’s 3D mode is gone, and none of the behind-the-scenes videos make it over (likely to squeeze all three games onto a single disc). As a package of three single-player games, though, it still packs a cutting-edge wallop.

Playing every boisterous Uncharted back-to-back results in a pleasant sort of exhaustion, and maybe an unhealthy impulse to sidle alongside your bathtub and use it for cover. The narrative arc of Nathan Drake’s games pair with a technological arc of sorts, starting with the small beginnings of Drake’s Fortune and ending in the ‘climax’ of Uncharted 3’s stunning desert canyons and how’d-they-do-that lighting. If you value the craft of games and appreciate how they evolve, here’s your chance to see how Uncharted grew up.

http://www.gamesradar.com/uncharted-nat ... on-review/

Jimquistion - 8

Few serials have attempted to change for the better as much as Uncharted has, and it takes a collection like this to truly appreciate it. I found it edifying, to say the least, and I’m happy to have finally played through all three to completion. I’m suitably eager to get my hands on Uncharted 4 now, and in that regard, The Nathan Drake Collection has done a great job.

If you were already a fan of the series, this remastered bundle will be worth picking up. Those who are a bit more cynical, as I was, may very well find themselves surprised by the time they’ve slogged through all three of them. Pleasantly so.

“Greatness from small beginnings” is a phrase that runs throughout the Uncharted series.

Nothing typifies that phrase more than the series itself.

http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/09/ ... on-review/

EGM - 8.5

Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection is an exercise in reestablishing familiarity with one of Sony’s most recognizable faces. Almost everything new in the game is ancillary, but what makes this retrospective collection worth consideration is the the quality of design the original games brought to the table.

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/ ... on-review/

USgamer - 4.5 out of 5

The most glaring omission in the Uncharted Collection is the multiplayer modes, which don't make the cut at all. They're simply gone, so if that's a big selling point for you, you should stick with the original titles.

If you're looking to revisit the Uncharted franchise before Uncharted 4: A Thief's End drops in March 2016, this is a worthwhile purchase. This is probably the best Remastered Collection I've ever played, outdoing Bluepoint's own older work. The Uncharted games themselves are great, so having them all in a single package on PlayStation 4 is a definite winner.

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/unchart ... ps4-review

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstat ... collection

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Demo on PS Store)
by chalkitdown » Wed Sep 30, 2015 5:37 pm

Lumping all three games together as a single package, I would agree with the general scores there.

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PostRe: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) - 09/10/2015 (Demo on PS Store)
by Dual » Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:09 pm

nd while he is a serial killer and mad war/conflict profiteer, Drake is also a somewhat charismatic shit-eating grin of a man, as are his friends. It's like an ultraviolent travel show, presented by three or four people who seem to be having a great time. It's just a shame the player has to slog through so much nonsense to join them.



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