coolbeans said:
Kantor said:
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  ).
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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.
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There again who's to say another enemy can't be presented in the Gears storyline? Or who's to say the conclusion of defeated the Locust (for being a fan of Gears, you sure can't remember the enemy's name well) will end in the 3rd entry into the series?
Drake certainly seems to have a good connection with "last year's model", perhaps the 3rd will conclude that Drake should settle down with the only riches he needs (if you catch my drift). You see, I can draw up ideas for whether or not a series should be extened as well  .
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Could, yes, but it doesn't have to.
Alien invasions don't go on forever. Either the Locust die, or the Humans die. Inevitable. And if the Locust die and MORE aliens/whatever appear, I'm pretty sure Fenix would just kill himself.
Treasure hunting adventures can be numerous. Drake can always discover new treasures to find, for as long as Naughty Dog wants to make the series. Thousands of years of mythology from dozens of different cultures, as I said. He's only done El Dorado and Shambhala/Cintamani so far.
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