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Uncharted: Drake's Fortune first launched on November 19, 2007--13 years ago today
- Thread starter Loudninja
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So cool. I remember when it was a plucky upstart franchise. It wasn't perfect, but I really liked it, felt like Tomb Raider + Indiana Jones, and I was all about it.
The last "good" quality game ND made. Everything after this has been goty material which is crazy.
Nah, they have been A-Tier since the PS1. Crash and Jak are great games as well.
I'll never understand the hate this game gets. Yes, the sequels polished up a lot but that doesn't make it bad. Probably still my favorite entry after 2.
I hate what Bluepoint did to it in the remaster tho, putting the UC3 models.
I hate what Bluepoint did to it in the remaster tho, putting the UC3 models.
Played it for the first time earlier this year
It was fine
Paved the way for much greater things
It was fine
Paved the way for much greater things
Played this for the first time 5-6 years ago and really disliked it.
I still want to try the other games in the series someday, though.
I still want to try the other games in the series someday, though.
Such a great series. Uncharted 1 may not hold up mechanically but I still love it as the foundation for the those three main characters. Such a fun cast.
Also am I the only one who can't listen to Brother's Keeper without repeating Rafe's speech in my mind every time it I heart it start up?
Also am I the only one who can't listen to Brother's Keeper without repeating Rafe's speech in my mind every time it I heart it start up?
I still remember poring over shots of this in Game Informer when it was first unveiled formally there (after the initial trailer, at which point it didn't even have a title IIRC). This was before they modified Elena's design. I recall being particularly stoked reading about the Die Hard influences.
Simpler times!
Simpler times!
I still remember poring over shots of this in Game Informer when it was first unveiled formally there (after the initial trailer, at which point it didn't even have a title IIRC). This was before they modified Elena's design.
Simpler times!
Oh man, I had purged the memory that Elena was conceived as a brunette! I have often wondered if that was a way to hearken back to Tomb Raider. Well, in the end, we did get a biracial aussie brunette-
Yes, yes, the reality clearly reflects that. /s
I remember going to a Blockbuster with some friends. One took a game from the shelf and said "look, it's made by Naughty Dogs, they make good games", so we rented it.
Oh god I loved U1. I still like it more over 2 and 3. Such a great series.
Oh god I loved U1. I still like it more over 2 and 3. Such a great series.
I played it for the first time just a few weeks ago and... it is one of the worst games I have ever played. The level design is extremely boring, basically just one shooting gallery after another, with tiresome waves of super boring enemies. Very slow controls, even slower pacing of the shooting sections, totally worthless climbing sections without any direction and on top of that a bunch of cliché characters that couldn't possibly be more cliché.
Story and gameplay match pretty badly and I think this game also takes the crown for the single worst designed scene I have ever played: There is a climbing section near a waterfall around the middle of the game where an enemy drives in with a car at a distance. On his car is a red barrel. To continue the player needs to shoote the barrel so that the car flies at an inconceivable trajectory towards the player, forming a temporary bridge. This is the epitome of a design where the designers did not think "what would make sense mechanically here", but instead always just thought "what could be the next cool boom moment".
I think Uncharted is the worst game Naughy Dog have made until that point and I really cannot see what people see in this game.
Story and gameplay match pretty badly and I think this game also takes the crown for the single worst designed scene I have ever played: There is a climbing section near a waterfall around the middle of the game where an enemy drives in with a car at a distance. On his car is a red barrel. To continue the player needs to shoote the barrel so that the car flies at an inconceivable trajectory towards the player, forming a temporary bridge. This is the epitome of a design where the designers did not think "what would make sense mechanically here", but instead always just thought "what could be the next cool boom moment".
I think Uncharted is the worst game Naughy Dog have made until that point and I really cannot see what people see in this game.
This thread reminded me to pick up the Nathan Drake Collection. Its only $15 on Amazon too. Thank you!
It was given away to PS4 owners recently and also was on PS+ before, remembre to check whether you already have it before buying, Tay!
I love Uncharted 1 even with all the problems, its a charming game and the beginning of one my favorites franchises.
Uncharted 4 has the perfect ending, I was crying by this point.Was really cool getting this as the last shot of Uncharted 4.
Second game I bought for my PS3 after getting Killzone 2 with my console. I absolutely loved the game when I played it, and it was a complete surprise to me because I was 16 at the time and I really hadn't followed the PS3 news since I had a 360 for a few years before that, I then played Uncharted 6 months later when it released and the series became my favorite of all time, with Uncharted 2 being my favorite game ever, dethroning Zelda Ocarina. Uncharted along with Sony's other games are what switched me from 360 to PS3 by the later years of that generation.
I would like an uncharted 5... but not until next generation. And i want the character from the end of 4 to be the main protagonist.
I remember wanting a new game for my new PS3, desperately wanting Call of duty 4. But it was sold out, so I had to get uncharted because there was nothing else, and being really mad about it. Changed my mind pretty fast. Also the first big PS3 game to get a trophy patch!
Nice reminder. I wonder when the remake begging will st--
Never mind.
Never mind.
this is one of those games for which you had to be there in 2007
i liked it because it was original
i played uncharted 2 and 3, and just saw rehashes of uncharted 1
don't even know if i'll bother with the 4th
Uncharted Drake's Fortune was the first game I played after the PS2, it was magical at the time.
Today we have things like Uncharted 4, Assassin's Creed, Red Dead Redemption, The Last of Us... so it obviously looks and play bad.
Honestly? This was the game that changed Sony's 1st party output forever. The start wasn't the best, but it turned things for the best for Sony 2 years later.
Can I ask you why? This opinion is getting more popular as years pass by, but I just don't get it
i still can't believe they did uncharted 2 in two years. just wild given where we're at now as an industry
(and have the games really got twice as good since uncharted 2 given they take more than twice as long? they're better, but probably not that much better?)
i have a real soft spot for the first uncharted. i have beaten it five or six times at this point over the years.
(and have the games really got twice as good since uncharted 2 given they take more than twice as long? they're better, but probably not that much better?)
i have a real soft spot for the first uncharted. i have beaten it five or six times at this point over the years.
I do kinda like that you spent the majority of the game in 1 island, it kind give the island this huge scope, and the feel that you explore every inch of that island. from the topside jungle, to secret underground lair, to catacombs etc.
I personally do not think it is an age thing. I would most definitely have found the game design terrible in 2007 as well. Moreover, one of the two best Assassin's Creed games released only two years after Uncharted.
Played it day one. At the time, I was looking forward to playing it since it's announcement, and in the end I thought it was an excellent adventure type game. IT's sequel was one of my GOTG.