Most likely situation, I think. You don't want your readers to suspect you don't know what you're talking about, so masking their displeasure with "I've played the games so I know a thing or two" is probably common, since people can't generally disprove that you played the game, since it's opinion-based. Even if 200 other people didn't think that Uncharted 4 (or 2, in this case) was re-treading the same ground or whatever, it's not out of the realm of possibility that this particular person thought so.

I can't imagine anyone mistaking Uncharted 4 for Uncharted 2 if they've actually played the games. That said, I'm sure this debacle have gotten them a big load of hits, but I don't subscribe to the "there's no such thing as bad publicity" train of thought. This is not something people are going to forget soon.

Subtle Uncharted 2 is amazing article?

I wonder if this apology got more hits than the original article. xD

Now I'm curious if someone is actually eating crow because of this apology. xD

I'm actually crying with laughter!? How did this happen??

Agreed. I think it's pretty clear they were paid to mistake this as Uncharted 4 just to make the Nathan Drake Collection look all that more impressive. There is absolutely no what whatsoever that you could confuse a last generation Uncharted with what we've seen so far of Uncharted 4.

Well played, VG247. Well played.

#GamesJournalism

I hope this guy reviews the next Call of Duty.

"A nice step back from Advanced Warfare. The Duck AI is the best in the series, though your dog buddy isn't really helpful. The graphics don't seem too impressive, but maybe it's just me. I haven't seen a big leap since the NES anyway."

I played the 3 uncharted, and I love the series, but really I had a hard time remembering which one was the 2nd. I played it 6 years ago, the 3 games have very similar patterns (not blaming it), and it's not the last one I played. I'm not journalist and I don't pretend to be a veteran, but I can understand someone could make the mistake... also, he apologized !

no its nothing like that at all-  gaming jouranism is already known as a joke and less than ethical-  this mistake is just a crowning "achievment"   

why are you trying to redirect the obvious?

Sounds like a mistake that anyone could make when given a very short play session (probably 20 minutes) with a remaster of a game like Uncharted. I mean, there are memorable areas but then there are also formulaic sections.