Ok got my PC back (finally) so I can comment on this game and since I got the Platinum yesterday I think I should.
First of all the first Uncharted was a good game to me, not really worth the $60 but for $30 it's perfect little adventure(it's really overrated around here). It had a lot of problems which I won't go into here but I'm happy that most of those problems were taken out from U2.
Now UC2 the single player is incredible. Not many games can stand and live up to the commercial hype behind them but UC2 is the only one (for me) that matched that. I really can't say enough how well tuned the pacing and the action sequences in the game. Boss battles were the only disappointing thing about the game really but that's because of the limitations of the Uncharted universe I think. Nepal and the Tibet village were my favorite levels, really awesome and action packed with a lot of ways to take any situation, fight on the ground, take a vantage point on the roof, use stealth. The first game felt like a lot of arena fight where you just hide behind one cover and take down those bullet sponges but in UC2 there are a couple of options to take tackle the situation which makes it more rewarding and replayble.
For the online how ever, yeah it's the weak link of the game no doubt. My problems with the online are:
- It's third person: while it's not actually UC's fault but I've always preferred FPS online to TPSs. It's just more engaging, faster and action packed with better controls.
- About the controls, while the work perfectly %90 of the time but there are those time when you want to roll but instead he take cover or vise versa. It just totally ruin what good streak and momentum you had going on.
- The weapon pick up system: Oh hell I hate this. I really do this system would die in a fire. Weapon pick system sucks for online always have and always will be since everybody is rushing for that over powered unbalanced weapon. I just like to customize my class and choose weapons that I'm really good at to even out the playing field instead of depending on luck to get the grenade launcher first.
- The perk system: while it's broken by itself (it's pretty much the same as COD's) it become useless with the weapon pick up system since you don't know what weapons you're gonna get and therefor don't know what perks to choose.
That's pretty much is my beef with the MP. I know it seems I come on hard on it but it's still fun to play. I'm rank 25 or something I don't think I'll be playing much more of it in the future. There is no worthwhile perks or upgrades as I see it but I'll still have a match ever now and then.
I said that Uncharted: Drake's Fortune was only worth $30 for but UC2 is easily worth $60 for the single player alone it really great and it's only second to Demon's Souls for best game this gen.
*Sorry for long post
