Shinobi-san said:
Far Cry actually looks promising compared to Far Cry 2 which was boring as hell. Nothing but a benchmarking tool for my pc. Theres nothing wrong with a game focusing on cinematics, graphics, atmosphere and story. As long as they dont forsake gameplay then its algud. And based on sales, user reviews, and critic reviews id say uncharted did well in every category. |
Yes, Uncharted is an interactive movie. There's maybe one or two hours of gameplay in each Uncharted, the rest plays by itself. And the little gameplay you have in Uncharted is ridiculously weak and simple.
You can do cinematic and story in a good way. Half-Life 2 is the famous example.
Call of Duty is the game who started this awful movie trend. Even the very first Call of Duty was horribly cinematic and scripted. Call of Duty always wanted to be Jerry Bruckheimer. Then came Uncharted and next up are Far Cry 3 and the new Tomb Raider who both are blatant Uncharted rip offs with highly cinematic and controlled game segments (ironic that Tomb Raider, who up until now always was a gameplay centric old-school game series, now is forced to rip off Uncharted because this cinematic trend is so succesful).
Not everything about Call of Duty and Uncharted is bad though. They give epic presentation, stories and drama for people who like that and they're very polished and free from bugs for people who like that (I prefer my games more spontaneous and a little rough around the edges) and Uncharted's graphics are obviously in a league of its own. Naughty Dog is very talented, but they waste all that tremendous talent in making extremely dumbed down and meaningless games in my opinion and their sucess forces other series to follow.