Wright said:
To be fair, and while I'm not commenting on U4 as I haven't played it, Uncharted 1 story is pretty, pretty good. It introduces us to Nathan, Sullivan and Elena, it makes up the Indiana Jones plot of Drake finding El Dorado and dying to protect it from ever getting out (while you're first tricked about Drake merely being killed without achieving nothing, on which Nate feels like he's been wasting his time throughout the adventure), there's basically an out-of-nowhere villain swap that I'm pretty sure no one expected (regardless of your opinion of Navarro, that's it). It also introduced a proper supernatural event, something Uncharted 2 was capable of follow-up but the third game certainly threw away like nothing, it shows the caring side of Nathan with Elena and how friendly and amicable Sullivan really is despite the game also tricking about him betraying the duo.
Sure, the story itself ain't anything excessively complex, like, I dunno, Metal Gear Solid 4, but it certainly do wonders, and has probably the least plot holes of all the games - not counting U4, which I haven't played -. |
That's why I appreciate the first Uncharted despite loving more the stories of 2, 3 and 4. First time playing it, my biggest question was if this Sullivan character was to be trusted. I always had this sneaking suspicion that he was going to betray Drake and Elena. Maybe I'm too biased, but Uncharted 3's story, while not as masterful as 2, still works even while not following the sucessor's guide on how to make a good story. It works being its own story with its own pacing.
