Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Review Thread - MC: 93 / GR: 92.70%

[Normchacho]

Wright said:

Normchacho said:

The story is the best of the 3, the puzzles are the best of the 3, the HH combat is easily the best of the 3...

Don't get me wrong, 2 is an incredible game, but for the most part I found 3 to be an even better game.

 

The story is probably the worst part of Uncharted 3, being an incoherent affair at times, relying on too many plot devices and some plot holes on the way. The hand-to-hand combat is good, but the gunplay is, by far, subpar in comparison to U1 and U2 (which had already nailed it but they felt like changing it). And regarding puzzles, it has some good ones, but it also features some kindergarten ones (to be fair with U3, that's the case with the other games as well).

Uncharted 3 is a good game, but far from being the best one of the original trilogy.

I can agree to disagree on the story. As I found it to be more personal than the first two games and I think 2 borrows way too much from the first game story wise.

 

But the gunplay in 3 being worse than 1?  The first game is borderline unplayable on the PS3. I genuinely can't see how someone could say that 3 is anything but head and shoulders better than 1. 2 and 3 have very similar gunplay. With 4 seeing a bigger change than 3 did.

 

As far as puzzles go I just found them more consistent than in 2. In 2 I really liked most of them, but found some to be poorly laid out.

 

Like I said, I don't find 3 vastly better than 2. But I do think it's better.

 

PS. I haven't finished yet. But so far I can't disagree with his ranking.