I think it is superior to the other games. I loved UC2 more for the consecutive playthroughs rather than my first rodeo, just because it was so much fun to play and perfectly paced.
However, I do find playing through this one more difficult. There are far too many walk-and-look-at-stuff moments. With this direction, it made me wish they had just made another TLOU game, as the atmosphere and setting was much more tense.
I do think they added just enough to the platforming and traversing to make it not offensively simple and pointless. The action set pieces were the best of the series and of any game I've played, and the regular encounters were much more tense than the other games. Taking guys out by stealth and being strategic with cover was necessary due to the number of enemies and scale of the environment.
I think they really improved the presentation, as the cutscenes and characters feel closer to movie-quality. As a whole, the package and pacing seems to work excellent as a movie, but as a game, I wish there was more action.







