Predict Uncharted 2 reviews at IGN and GS

[Kantor]

1) Lol at GameSpot being credible. GameSpot are the shittiest of shit reviewers. Their credibility is one step above Teletext GameCentral. And not a large step.

They gave Uncharted, a fantastic game, an 8/10. They also gave Assassin's Creed, a repetitive, buggy, decent game with ridiculous amounts of terrible dialogue and one of the worst combat systems in recent years a 9/10. They also gave the best Ratchet and Clank game since Up Your Arsenal a 7.5/10, which is also the score they gave to the best game on PSN (WipEout HD). The second best game on PSN (Flower) got an 8/10, while a generic shooter that was the sequel to a generic shooter, with not many improvements, lackluster graphics, and no story worth caring about (Resistance 2) a 9/10.

EDIT: To sum up what GameSpot didn't like about the first game, the combat was too hard (even on Easy, apparently, because they wouldn't call a game too difficult on anything higher, would they?), the platforming was too easy (no giant alligators or mutant death rays while you were jumping and climbing, do you believe that?), and the story was underdeveloped (I suppose we all really wanted to know the name of the girl Sully met in that bar, and Navarro's favourite brand of shampoo. Worth subtracting a good 10% for that alone).

With that rant aside, GameSpot will probably give it 9/10 (they love that score now. inFamous, Killzone 2, LBP, Resistance 2, MLB 09...). They will cite some ridiculous problem for not giving it 9.5, like bad sixaxis implementation or too much colour or something.

IGN will give it in the 9.4-9.6 range. It's quite a huge improvement over Drake's Fortune, and Uncharted loved that- they gave it PS3 game of the year ABOVE CoD4. CoD4 was also 360 game of the year, so they effectively said that Uncharted was better than ANYTHING on PS3 or 360 in 2007 (though of course they thought Super Mario Galaxy was the best overall). They won't give it a 10, that's reserved for massive franchises that haven't seen iterations in years. But I wouldn't be surprised if it won PS3 GoTY and, indeed, overall GoTY. It's a definite contender.