Months later, what are your thoughts on Uncharted 4

[Mr Puggsly]

d21lewis said:

I never played multi player so I'm only going to speak about single player campaign.

At the time, it was the most beautiful game ever made. I felt compelled to play it nonstop until the end and savor each moment.  Now I look at it and it feels kind of hollow. I don't have any bad memories. I actually done have and emotions about Uncharted 4 at all. I guess it didn't resonate with me.

How about you? Best game ever? Beautiful but shallow? The new gold standard? Now that the hype and the newness have worn off, what are your honest thoughts. Feel free to post spoilers.

Uncharted 4 is the best looking console game thus far, the story is great, but the gameplay is just boring to me. I could get better climbing and exploration from an AC game, the gunplay isn't fun, bullet sponge enemies, endless grenades from enemies, little variety from combat, stealth is boring, and narrative driven chapters bring the game to screeching halt. Playing RotTR first made this feel lacking in combat and side content. People are impressed by some of the large open areas, but it ain't worth much if they feel empty.

There were a few wow moments, but for a ~14 hour game much of it felt like a slog. Some chapters almost felt unncessary, I must have spent numerous hours climbing through tedious caves and mountains.

I think I will revisit Uncharted 4 down the road just to find more collectables and spend more time reading notes. But in the gameplay department, I found it pretty average. I may just play it with auto aim and easy mode just to make it shorter.

If I was just taking the campaign into consideration, its arguably a 3/5 because gameplay is important to me. But I feel it has the best PvP of any Sony game, I'm impressed given how little I cared for UC2 and 3 PvP. So I'm giving it a 4/5.

It wasn't the fresh experience I was hoping for. But there are certainly things to like about this game.