I'd say it's pretty damn close, man. TLOU may be better but only by just a hair. 

And there's your problem right there. If you don't want your game characters to feel human, I don't know what else there is to say.

I must qualify my earlier statement by saying that I only enjoy UC4 more than TLOU cause I like Nate more and the game is more lighthearted and fun....

TLOU for instance at one point I had to take a break of a day from playing to think about what happened about half way through. TLOU is heavy material.

I am playing my 2nd playthrough on crushing while skipping all cutscenes and must say it really helps since I can get over the slower segments much quicker.

This game is the hardest one to beat on crushing though it forces you to get better. I am on chapter 11 and its a blast to play on crushing.

The supernatural elements are the worst parts of all three games. I was relieved when they went the route they did. 

And it took it in a more human route semi-independently of TLoU. I dislike TLoU for many reasons, and I was ready for U4 to be in the same mold but it's not. They added in stealth, for example, because 3 teased stealth sections but never actually implemented any, and because stealth makes complete sense for this type of game. The only thing right out of TLoU is Troy Baker, and the pushcarts that shouldn't have been in the game. But everything else is decidedly Uncharted, but more humanly so.  

Not to mention Uncharted was always a movie game, it's literally Indiana Jones. Taking away big action setpieces is decidedly anti-film. 

If it's disappointing because you don't like it, fine. But don't pin it on fabricated reasoning that's decidedly the opposite of what you're arguing lol

I only recall the E3 scene.

I disagree. I say TLoU directly influenced Uncharted 4's narrative. Naughty Dog at this is point is pidgeonholed into making "narrative-driven" games. They will put story ahead of gameplay, which is fine if the story was compelling. I wished at least that Drake had more of an arc. He ends up exactly where he started.

You're right about Uncharted being Indiana Jones, which Uncharted 4 isn't. What's the point of grounding the game?

Naughty Dog unfortunately is too big to fail now so they will be putting out same-ish games for the next few generations. 

There were three long set pieces and many smaller set pieces. Like I said, perhaps you didn't think of them as set pieces because you were playing them.

Give me some examples because nothing else is jumping out at me atm.

You would make a great journalist at washington post.