Holy crap. Did anybody actually read that 7/10 review? It may be one of the worst reviews I've read since the Mad Max Kotaku review. I don't even care that they gave it a 7. That's fine. Whatever. It's why they gave it a 7, and their review as a whole that is just awful. I'll break down why the review is bad below so that you don't have to actually give the site your traffic too.

The reviewer says the games aged badly to start ("A sumptuous remaster, but the games themselves have aged badly"). Some of the most visually stunning games of the last generation that people are still buying, playing, and loving, and apparently the series has aged badly. This is strike one.

Strike two: The incapable reviewer complains because of the lack of aim assist. They think the lack of aim assist makes the game bad. Holy hell. I don't know whether to laugh or if I should just surgically attach my palm to my face. I'm sorry that the game just isn't casual enough?

Strike three: "Drake is over-animated"...wut

Strike four: "Note: if you're just here for an appraisal of the remaster, feel free to make yourself feel better and add two points to the score." - Sure, just try to pander to everybody. That totally makes your review look good and legitimate.

Strike five: "'an inclination to love Naughty Dog's trilogy no matter what, even if Drake himself had snuck into your house and choked your dad to death before nicking your mum's pearls and calling your dog 'pal'' - damn people for liking good games! DAMN THEM ALL!

Strike six: "while he is a serial killer and mad war/conflict profiteer, Drake is also a somewhat charismatic shit-eating grin of a man, as are his friends." - why did I even read this far into the review?

Six strikes. It's out out. The fact that this kind of crap is allowed to influence the opinion of anybody is absurd.

LoL about the videogamer review, they should not be allowed to call themselves video gamers... oh well...

One of these days it will be the highest score review, not the lowest, that will have its content criticized by those looking forward to something

I'm not saying i agree with the VG review, nor that there is actually an issue with the higher scores in this instance (i've only read a couple so far), but i genuinely don't think I've ever seen the above happen for any game.

I cannot understand how people can be mad for a last-gen remaster getting a 86. That is a good score.

I don't have a problem with the scores in general, but the videogamer video review is almost insultingly bad for 3 reasons.

- he actually uses the whole ludonarative dissonance crap as an argument
- he almost argues that these games are worse for being 60fps
- and he finally just throws an almost straight up insult at the fans and the games by saying that Uncharted wouldn't be remotely as popular as it is if it wasn't for exclusivity and console wars.

Sounds about right. The first game will be a bit of a chore to play through, even though the enhancement are very much welcomed. I'm looking forward to plat this when it drops.

Okay. Maybe it's not a conspiracy. Maybe the Uncharted series has always been about having the flashiest graphics, great presentation, decent tps mechanics, and a fun story.

Maybe the graphics aren't state of the art anymore, the Uncharted style of "platforming" isn't fresh anymore, and the games are getting the score they deserve. Not a bad score by any means. Let's not get out panties in a bunch.

We used to say this all of the time last gen: games that got their high scores because of graphics aren't going to be timeless. The Uncharted series--especially the second one--were amongst the best in their time. But new tech will always make older games less impressive. In my personal opinion, GeoW Ultimate Edition hasn't aged that well. It's an 8/10 game now. It happens. For all of its value, the Nathan Drake collection is a collection of games that aren't 10/10 material right now. Uncharted 4? I'm sure that game will set the world on fire. Let's just enjoy what we got and let it prepare us for what's next.

Very nice. Will play it soon enough.

Hope it does well

thats lower than i expected, must be the lack of multiplayer... well i wasnt going to pick this up since i already played the games a long time ago, but i might buy it some years from now when its 15 bucks just for the sake of owning the best version of the games and getting UC1 (which i never owned, i just played it because a friend lend it to me).