- Bad pacing. The opening especially is very slow, but there are also other parts of the game where it suffers. A game like Uncharted shouldn't have more than one puzzle in a row. Also the entire middle section of the game is spent fighting pirates on different ships and a shipyard that turns out to not push the story forward at all. The shipyard section in particular is good, but it still feels like a visual showcase rather than anything meaningful.

- Far too much forced hand to hand combat and on each occasion it goes on for too long. I'm not sure if it was practice for The Last of Us (which was far better in this regard) but it didn't work and wasn't fun.

-Some bad signposting on chase scenes

-Enemies. Wave after wave of enemies, who seem to be able to flank you out of nowhere, and take a ridiculous amount of bullets to put down. Too many completely open areas where enemies come at you from all angles.  There is also a few times where a cutscene ends or a respawn occurs, and the game sees fit to put you back into the game, out of cover, and surrounded by enemies. Also, one enemy sees you, and even if you quickly dispatch him with melee, every other enemy on the map knows exactly where you are immediately.

- Woolly controls. Cover system isn't tight enough, aiming is too slow (about 12 seconds to look around 360) and semi-regular incidents of button presses not being carried out by the game.

- The story is very similar to the previous games, and both the second and third games end with the thing you spent the game moving towards being destroyed right after getting to it. Elena and Drake's relationship is also the same each time. They start in conflict and then the relationship progresses and they end up together, only to be apart at the start of the next game with, unless I'm forgetting something, no explanation.

-There are some glitches. There is one where you get out of cover, and Drake goes at superspeed and covers half the map in 2 seconds. It's kinda funny at the ned of battle, but otherwise is another small thing that adds to the frustration.

I know it is five years old now, and with the new game out, no-one really cares anymore. But I just finished it and wanted to vent a little. It has some great qualities, but is very frustrating.

I think it's more like a 7/10

Same way U2 got >50

Because it has "Uncharted" in the title.

I agree with some of the complains. I personally liked the game, but as far as Uncharted goes, it is the worst one of the bunch.

EDIT: I'm not sure if you OP had to play the original Uncharted 3 game or, as opposed to it, the one in Nathan Drake Collection, but let me tell you, they had to patch the gunplay because it was really bad at times. They messed up U2's gunplay for no apparent reason.

I personally believe it deserved that score and think it is on par with U2.
Uncharted 1 is a bit overrated, should have been around an 80 average, the controls and shooting/combat on that game aren't polished, especially compared to U2,U3 and LoU.

I thought it was a great game. It's not as good as UC2, but it's still a very good game.

Also, I feel like last gen scores were inflated.

Sites have only a few weeks to rate a game.

You don't want to be the first calling the emperors is naked.

I actually like Uncharted 3 but the entire series is over rated.

I think its funny Killzone 2 has a score in the 90s. The game is boring and MP died pretty fast.

Beats the heck out of me. I love Uncharted, Uncharted 2, and Uncharted 4. But 3 is a bit of a mess.

You really hit all the major points. The pacing is off, the focus on clumsy melee is tiring, enemies spawn behind you, the story is recycled, and the aiming and moving is cumbersome.

Plus the final boss battle is a joke. And I don't know who thought walking through the desert for 20 minutes would be fun for the player.

Sums it up nicely. Why do you think that is? Were expectations just lower last gen? 

I feel it's around what it got. I liked 2 better, but 92 is what I'd give it overall. The first game however... ehhh. 

Oh yeah, Killzone 2 is incredibly overrated too. Clumsy controls, unsympathetic characters, a dumb plot, generic gameplay, etc. Score inflation ran rampant last gen.