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Which do you think is better?

2 201 70.28%
 
3 85 29.72%
 
Total:286
JOKA_ said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:
I respectfully disagree. I actually think 3 is the weakest of the series.

I just summed up my thoughts in another thread so I'll add them here:

Drake's Deception is a gorgeous game, but the shooting and moving mechanics are awkward, melee combat is clumsy, the final boss battle is a joke, the story seems recycled, and there are far too many sections where we as players are asked simply to press forward while some scripted segment unfolds - walking through the desert being the most egregious example. Drake's Fortune is excellent and Among Thieves is outstanding, but, to me, Drake's Deception was a misstep, narratively and mechanically. It feels like Naughty Dog focused on the negative parts of Uncharted - scripted platforming, cinematic pretensions - and moved away from the positive parts - improvisational gunplay, smooth and seamless moving and shooting mechanics.

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Veknoid_Outcast said:
I respectfully disagree. I actually think 3 is the weakest of the series.

I just summed up my thoughts in another thread so I'll add them here:

Drake's Deception is a gorgeous game, but the shooting and moving mechanics are awkward, melee combat is clumsy, the final boss battle is a joke, the story seems recycled, and there are far too many sections where we as players are asked simply to press forward while some scripted segment unfolds - walking through the desert being the most egregious example. Drake's Fortune is excellent and Among Thieves is outstanding, but, to me, Drake's Deception was a misstep, narratively and mechanically. It feels like Naughty Dog focused on the negative parts of Uncharted - scripted platforming, cinematic pretensions - and moved away from the positive parts - improvisational gunplay, smooth and seamless moving and shooting mechanics.

@bold:  Yep, that's exactly the issue I had as well.



Slade6alpha said:
4>2>3>1


It's not so much the aiming but the feedback from enemies when you shoot them. Those guys in suits sometime had absolutely no reaction from being shot. Highly unsatisfying! I want to see them hurting!



Ballas said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:
I respectfully disagree. I actually think 3 is the weakest of the series.

I just summed up my thoughts in another thread so I'll add them here:

Drake's Deception is a gorgeous game, but the shooting and moving mechanics are awkward, melee combat is clumsy, the final boss battle is a joke, the story seems recycled, and there are far too many sections where we as players are asked simply to press forward while some scripted segment unfolds - walking through the desert being the most egregious example. Drake's Fortune is excellent and Among Thieves is outstanding, but, to me, Drake's Deception was a misstep, narratively and mechanically. It feels like Naughty Dog focused on the negative parts of Uncharted - scripted platforming, cinematic pretensions - and moved away from the positive parts - improvisational gunplay, smooth and seamless moving and shooting mechanics.

The shooting and moving mechanics in Uncharted were never strong points tbh and I didn't feel 3's mechanics to be any better or worse than 2. The melee combat in Uncharted 2 is also very clumsy but unlike 3 its also visually unsatisfying, Lazaravic wasn't a terribly exciting boss fight either, the story in 2 was predictable throughout while 3 had some nice plot twists that were interesting. I agree with those scripted movement sequences and Uncharted 3 has many other glaring flaws but everything considered its better than 2 to me.

Both UC2 and UC3 had pretty bad melee mechanics but the advantage UC2 has over UC3 is that they never force you to use melee (except for one instance). UC3 shoved those crappy melee fights down my throat until I threw up.

I know I'm in the minority but I loved the Lazaravic fight, it was tense, suspenseful and a great climax to the game. The other points are a matter of preferences but to me Nepal and Shambala were far superior to that boring desert and Ubar. I did dig the capsizing ship though!

UC3 suffers a lot when it comes to pacing there are parts that drag on and on. I also liked the plot to UC2 better, Chloe was a great character and I loved what see brought to the game, she was underused in UC3.



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If not for the hour and a half of useless boat filler I'd possibly agree. Plus the unresolved plot threads, the convenience of everything involved at times just to keep the plot going, the huge ramp up in bullet sponges even compared to U2 (not as bad as 1, thankfully), and a few other issues all bring it down to me.

But it has more Sully, and that alone evens out some of the bad.



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TruckOSaurus said:
Ballas said:

The shooting and moving mechanics in Uncharted were never strong points tbh and I didn't feel 3's mechanics to be any better or worse than 2. The melee combat in Uncharted 2 is also very clumsy but unlike 3 its also visually unsatisfying, Lazaravic wasn't a terribly exciting boss fight either, the story in 2 was predictable throughout while 3 had some nice plot twists that were interesting. I agree with those scripted movement sequences and Uncharted 3 has many other glaring flaws but everything considered its better than 2 to me.

Both UC2 and UC3 had pretty bad melee mechanics but the advantage UC2 has over UC3 is that they never force you to use melee (except for one instance). UC3 shoved those crappy melee fights down my throat until I threw up.

I know I'm in the minority but I loved the Lazaravic fight, it was tense, suspenseful and a great climax to the game. The other points are a matter of preferences but to me Nepal and Shambala were far superior to that boring desert and Ubar. I did dig the capsizing ship though!

UC3 suffers a lot when it comes to pacing there are parts that drag on and on. I also liked the plot to UC2 better, Chloe was a great character and I loved what see brought to the game, she was underused in UC3.

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That's exactly it. Melee became such a focus of the game, and I've no idea why. It just wasn't fun.

I agree about the Lazarevic fight too. It was a solid end boss battle. The one in 3 was a bunch of QTEs. It just left a bad taste in my mouth.

I also agree about the plot and characters. Chloe was criminally underused in UC3, and the will-they-won't-they thing with Nate and Elena had been done TWO times before.



I will give it to U2 just for having better pacing alone plus the story in U2 IMO was better as well.

IMO
U2>U4>U3>U1

I can forgive U4 slow start for the fact that chapters takes time to complete.  Since the game gets really good at the 2nd half of the game,  that second half really last a lot and makes you forget the slow start.  I didnt feel that in U3.



It's too hard to call for me. Both were incredible



Dr.Vita said:

I agree with the op.
Uncharted 3 Singleplayer > Uncharted 2 Singleplayer
Uncharted 2 Multiplayer > Uncharted 3 Multiplayer

This.

3 just has much more interesting and varied places and it's also more thought provoking with Nate being drugged, and dealing with dehydration and desperation in the desert. 2 Makes you run through ghetto areas from chapter 5 until that train sequence which is there only to fill that flashback. Only after that the scenery catches up with the rest of the quality of the game.

The multiplayer maps  in Uncharted 2 were much better than anything that the single player could throw at you. And this is reversed with Uncharted 3's multiplayer maps.