Ballas on 18 May 2016
| Veknoid_Outcast said: I respectfully disagree. I actually think 3 is the weakest of the series. I just summed up my thoughts in another thread so I'll add them here: Drake's Deception is a gorgeous game, but the shooting and moving mechanics are awkward, melee combat is clumsy, the final boss battle is a joke, the story seems recycled, and there are far too many sections where we as players are asked simply to press forward while some scripted segment unfolds - walking through the desert being the most egregious example. Drake's Fortune is excellent and Among Thieves is outstanding, but, to me, Drake's Deception was a misstep, narratively and mechanically. It feels like Naughty Dog focused on the negative parts of Uncharted - scripted platforming, cinematic pretensions - and moved away from the positive parts - improvisational gunplay, smooth and seamless moving and shooting mechanics. |
The shooting and moving mechanics in Uncharted were never strong points tbh and I didn't feel 3's mechanics to be any better or worse than 2. The melee combat in Uncharted 2 is also very clumsy but unlike 3 its also visually unsatisfying, Lazaravic wasn't a terribly exciting boss fight either, the story in 2 was predictable throughout while 3 had some nice plot twists that were interesting. I agree with those scripted movement sequences and Uncharted 3 has many other glaring flaws but everything considered its better than 2 to me.
