Uncharted - Could it become one of the greatest gaming series of all time?

[Kantor]

coolbeans said:

Kantor said:
I disagree with Uncharted stopping after three iterations.

Look at R&C. EIGHT games. EIGHT! With that sort of universe, you can really move onto anything, and if you're running out of ideas, you can always say "HE WASN'T DEAD JUST ON A METEOR" and everything's fine.

Gears, yes. Alien invasions have to end, and COG was formed to protect the Earth. That can't go on very long. But Uncharted has an endless supply of mythological artifacts to choose from. Thousands of years of history from dozens of different cultures. And then there's how he actually met Eddy Raja, which Eye of Indra annoyingly didn't explain.

It's statements like this that make me wonder if you've ever played Gears or if you just truly like down-trodding anything that's not from Sony's first party (can't help but call it like I see it ).

I love Gears.

BUT, that doesn't stop the fact that it's about an alien invasion. The story of the first is connected to the story of the second, and it's one large arc, which will either finish, or fizzle out with no conclusion.

Uncharted doesn't have that problem because at any point, Drake can hang up his pistol and quit, living off his buns and the money from the stolen treasure which he somehow manages to finish in six months. Uncharted 2 had a perfectly satisfactory conclusion, but also allowed more adventures. Hell, Drake could quit, THEN find another treasure and go look for it.

When Marcus Fenix is dead, he can't very well continue his fight. If the Locust are wiped out, they can't terrorise humanity.