So I finally started playing Uncharted 3 today and played about an hour of it (maybe a little bit more), but I haven't had the chance to shoot somebody.
So the game started out with some scripted bar fight, then I'm in some museum looking for some stuff, then following a person (for a good amount of minutes), then running away, and then breaking into a building. Insert a bunch of cutscenes here and there. It's ridiculous how long it's taking for the action to kick in. At least the previous two games had gunplay in the beginning, but U3 virtually has none of that and it's boring me. The pacing is awful; there's just too much story and virtually no action.
I will admit the presentation/storytelling is impressive, but it gets in the way of the gameplay way too much (in the beginning at least). And the little gameplay there is in the beginning isn't impressing me. The melee is still bad (imo), so I didn't really enjoy the bar fight. It was cool at first when it transitioned from cutscene to gameplay, but after multiple transitions, it got pretty annoying. It just ruined the flow of the fight (imo). As for the platforming stuff, it's a "been there, done that" thing but done on a lower scale for me.
Uncharted 2's opening was way better (imo) because it introduced a lot of the elements fairly quick, had a nice amount of action and the platforming was nice due to the scale and situations. You were breaking into a large museum and climbing to safety from a wrecked train. Uncharted 3, on the other hand, has too much scripted gameplay, and the platforming scale is way smaller: it's a small museum and smaller buildings. Nothing mind-blowing, especially compared to its predecessor and other games.
Anyways, I'm getting pretty bored of the game and just hoping I can shoot someone for the hell of it. So yeah, when do I get to shoot people?
