Unchared 2 final thoughts (before I send a review to the magazine)

[tedsteriscool]

1.) Yes, the game is imo the best looking console game ever released, second only to Crysis (which is starting to show its age.

2.) The scripted parts of the game are indeed fantastic, because they don't feel "scripted."

3.) The stealth is pretty shoddy at normal and hard, but once you play through on crushing, the AI becomes a lot smarter. Did you play through on crushing, or just up to hard? I agree and disagree on this point.

4.) Dude...it's a game! Would you rather there be 3 enemies throughout the game, or Drake die 1/10th of the way through? Of course he's able to kill hundreds of soldiers! And we know nothing about his background. He's in his 30's (?), so there is still a lot of history that can be uncovered. He's shady; we know next to nothing about him.

5.) I don't understand what you're referring to in the first sentence. Also, would you rather this game be like FF with a heavily scripted love story? I found the amount of tension between Drake, Elena, and Chloe perfect, and their situation wasn't too heavy-handed. The ending imo was superb. It made me giggle and left the game open for another iteration.

6.) How is the SP too short? Did you play through on Crushing? I think that's the difficulty it's meant to be played on. Also, this would help establish the point for you that Drake is mortal and can be killed with 1-2 bullets. Did you collect all treasures and get all trophies? I think every reviewer should at least try to 100% a game to get the most out of it. This requires at least 2 playthroughs and treasure hunting, making this game ~25 hours or more. Add in the multiplayer, and your argument makes no sense to me.

Ultimately, I can't disagree with your 9.2 (I'd give it closer to 9.7/9.8), but your reasons for giving the score are incomprehensible to me. Did you try to find something you didn't like just so you wouldn't give the game a high score? That's what it seems like.