I'm not trying to piss people off here. I genuinely don't understand why Uncharted is such a loved series.
Let's talk about the gameplay first. It's mostly just bland as fuck cover shooting with 2 weapons, and regenerating health. The only exceptions I can think of are the ship graveyard in 3, and a bunch of the levels from 4, where you have to stay on the move during those bits. But otherwise, I can't think of anything that's really good about the shooting in Uncharted. If I wanted a great third-person shooter... I'd play Resident Evil 6.
And the other part of the gaming is platforming. A.k.a completely scripted moments where you just point the stick in the direction of wherever you gotta go, and mash X 90% of the time. 5% of the time, there's a rope where you can fuck around with a bit, and unsurprisingly, those are the most interesting parts of the platforming. And the other 5% is this big magnetic wall that you can stick a knife into to grab onto, and then you mash square instead.
Now the story... What about it? It all ends up being the same shit every time. It's predictable as hell. And there are no stakes at all either, because we all damn well know that the characters are gonna survive, and that only the villains die. The dialogue is also generally kinda... awkward to me. They're just constantly spouting off action film one-liners, and lame jokes. It makes up about half of the characters's dialogue. There are some good moments of relationship building, like in the beginning of Uncharted 4, but they're just so few and far between, I find it kinda hard to care.
I just don't really get why people love this series so much. For me at least, it's among the blandest games on the market.
Also, please don't just say "weLL tHaT's jUSt yOuR oPiNiOn". No shit, it's my opinion. I wasn't trying to say otherwise. To add on to that, don't say "pEoPlE jUsT LikE dIfFeReNt tHiNgS tHaN yOu". Again, fucking duh. I know that. I'm just trying to see the appeal behind this series.
EDIT:
So it seems to mostly just be a case of "Seinfeld is unfunny". Since I didn't play them at launch, I wouldn't have understand the insane degrees of hype around them.
Let's talk about the gameplay first. It's mostly just bland as fuck cover shooting with 2 weapons, and regenerating health. The only exceptions I can think of are the ship graveyard in 3, and a bunch of the levels from 4, where you have to stay on the move during those bits. But otherwise, I can't think of anything that's really good about the shooting in Uncharted. If I wanted a great third-person shooter... I'd play Resident Evil 6.
And the other part of the gaming is platforming. A.k.a completely scripted moments where you just point the stick in the direction of wherever you gotta go, and mash X 90% of the time. 5% of the time, there's a rope where you can fuck around with a bit, and unsurprisingly, those are the most interesting parts of the platforming. And the other 5% is this big magnetic wall that you can stick a knife into to grab onto, and then you mash square instead.
Now the story... What about it? It all ends up being the same shit every time. It's predictable as hell. And there are no stakes at all either, because we all damn well know that the characters are gonna survive, and that only the villains die. The dialogue is also generally kinda... awkward to me. They're just constantly spouting off action film one-liners, and lame jokes. It makes up about half of the characters's dialogue. There are some good moments of relationship building, like in the beginning of Uncharted 4, but they're just so few and far between, I find it kinda hard to care.
I just don't really get why people love this series so much. For me at least, it's among the blandest games on the market.
EDIT:
So it seems to mostly just be a case of "Seinfeld is unfunny". Since I didn't play them at launch, I wouldn't have understand the insane degrees of hype around them.
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