But imagine if Nate's history wasn't just "Some kid raised by nuns decides to steal a ring because he's related to Francis Drake. Kid get's taken in by Sully."
Imagine if Naughty Dog went as far as to have Kid Nathan Drake as one of Marlowe's clan. He's her little pickpocket and they treat him really bad. She slaps him and abuses him a lot--and she tells him that he'll never amount to anything. Sully gets fed up with this and takes Nate and give him a better life. Nate's skill would have been something he learned from his time with Marlowe. AND (now get this), when he was drugged later in the game, he could have turned back into a kid (which he did) but this time, he imagined Marlowe was there and he's frozen with fear. Then, Sully (who we thought was dead) re-appears and makes the bad visions go away.
Imagine if Nate still had some leftover feelings for Chloe but he saw that she now felt for Cutter. It would have made for an emotional moment if she had to choose between shooting an insane Cutter who was going to kill Nate in that fist fight.
Imagine how evil Marlowe would have seemed if we actually saw her kill Cutter--a nonestablished character that we sorta grew to love in the short time we saw him. Setting a fire and walking away was just so......cliche.
Imagine if that Djinn water had some sort of side effect. It caused increased strength or mutation or something. Yeah, THIS is a cliche but it would have been better than "It causes stronger hallucinations than the hallucination juice we already have...."
Imagine if Marlowe was smart enough to have some guys wait outside of the "Atlantis of the Sand". Did the entire organization that existed since Elizabethan times perish in that city? If they didn't, did the death of Marlowe and Talbot cripple them?
When Marlowe had Drake drugged and tied up, I totally thought that they had a reason for keeping him alive and letting him escape. Turns out, they were just totally incompetent. Imagine if there was some sort of plan to have Drake solve some problem that they couldn't solve so that he could help them get the treasure.
And imagine if there was some reason for not killing Drake and Cutter. They obviously had no reason to keep them alive and they were close enough to shoot them if they were close enough to shoot them with crazy darts. WHY keep them alive? They already had what they wanted. Hell, Marlowe and company already had access to the secret city. It just makes absolutely no sense!
Imagine if there was a reason why these super bugs were left behind to guard those clues. Who left them? Francis Drake? It should have been explained that they were guardians left by the Djinn to protect the treasure.
And why did the key item they needed to decipher Drakes riddle (or whatever--I can't remember) HAVE to be in a deer head in THAT room. (Drake: "It's GOT to be in this room!") How could Drake be so sure?
Why did Francis Drake search for the city, find something so terrifying that he went back to England (or wherever) and seal off all evidence of his trip.....but he left clues and riddles so that somebody could find what he found?
It's the little things. The parts of the story that don't make any sense. The missed opportunities for something awesome that I criticize about the game. Maybe I just wanted so much more. Believe me, I didn't pay off a pre-order (only did this with Arkham Asylum, Gears 3--which I cancelled, and Uncharted 3, this whole generation) and get the game on day 1 so that I could bash it. These are just my feelings. I can't help it.
