Andrespetmonkey said:
Aldro and his gif porn is a bad example maybe, but speaking personally: Great stories, great characters, great actors/actresses and great pacing (aside from in UC3), is what makes the series amazing. The visuals compliment that, not the other way around. Is the gameplay incredibly deep and complex? No, but it's no where near as simple and effortless as some make it out to be. It works, it's solid, tight and enjoyable. Even genuinely challenging on harder difficulties. And even if all I'm essentially doing in it is climbing shit and shooting, what does it matter if I'm still enjoying the fuck out of it throughout the full 8-10 hours? |
I have to questions/opinions I want to throw at you because you're obviously a fan and although I doubt I'll reply to you I'm still curious to see your response;
Uncharted has great stories? No, they're as deep as a Mario game. You're confusing a great story with great storytelling. In every Uncharted game the story is that you're seeking a magical artefact/treasure but a bad guy/woman wants it for ultimate power so now there's a quest to reach it before they do. Finished. It doesn't help that there's no story arch across the series since they're all self contained 'stories'. And the characters are likeable but they're incredibly shallow, UC3 is the only game in the series that tried to make Drake a more interesting character especially in the young Drake section but the game just left unanswered questions and added no depth at all, he's just a generic good looking funny guy who's poorly written (e.g. In the museum in Turkey he was opposed to killing the guards then after a few minutes he was perfectly fine with throwing them off rooftops in the sea full of sharp rocks that would kill him in an unimaginably painful way?).
I'll tell you what Uncharted does well. It's cinematography, voice acting + well written dialogue, set-pieces and most importantly to its fans, great graphics. The weak story, solid but unremarkably gameplay, shallow characters, unimaginative art-style and predictability of the series is what stops them being great games and merely decent (UC1 & 3 or good UC2). I'd bet that if Uncharted was started on the PS2 and was exactly the same in every way except for the great visuals then it would have a lot less fans and praise from critics because it clearly lacks in the gameplay and story departments.
For people who wonder why I don't particulary like the Uncharted series, now you know why and you'll see that I don't think they're all that bad. I'm always fair and want to love everything I play but unfortunately not possible.
As for you RolStoppable, I'd bet that if you did buy a PS3 you'd enjoy at least a dozen games (enough to justify buying a console in my opinion). A lot of Sony's games put spectacle over substance, but there's literally something for everyone and you'd most likely find at least a few exclusives you like. Then there's all the third party games you could check out, maybe it would be worth it for you to buy a PS3 in a couple of years when the console + games are very cheap and just try out all the games that interest you, perhaps you'll enjoy enough games to justify purchasing future Playstation consoles to enjoy future iterations of those franchises. Or you could just stick with Nintendo and save yourself money, at the end of the day only your opinion and preference matters to you but if you have the money and love gaming I don't see why you can't own multiple consoles.
