The source article lost credibility with me in just the second sentence, "vivd and charasmatic animations" [sic]. The abhorrent spelling that smacks of a fanboy's blog notwithstanding, I am of the opinion that Uncharted was a very, very good game that *just missed* the mantel of 'great' because the animations were limited and wooden. I applaud Naughty Dog's use of an art style resembling the rest of the playable bits of the game for the cut sequences (all the same art assets and so forth), and the dialog was outstanding, but that decision severely hampered what they could do with facial expressions and overall animations.
Heavenly Sword's animations (both in-game and pre-rendered) blew Uncharted out of the water, IMHO.
If I were pitching Uncharted to a friend as a recommendation to buy, I'd actually gloss over the animations, as they're hardly a selling point. The environments? Well yes, now that's a totally different story! But the animations? Um ... NO!
