Uncharted

[schild]

Good god. This game is crafted by the hands of masters. If you have a PS3 and don't have Uncharted yet, you're a damn fool.

[stray]

I have a PS3, but yet I don't. I'm only a fool for lending it out. ;)

And yes, Naughty Dog are masters at their craft.... Just didn't realize they'd be much more so than Insomniac.

[schild]

Just finished it. Possibly one of the single best games I've ever played. I have no clue how long it took. Probably around 15-16 hours. The set pieces are so well-crafted, you start to wonder what dev team could possibly match it.

[voodoolily]

We played the demo, now the real adventure begins! Please let it be just like Lost in Blue, but with guns.

[voodoolily]

Oh, my bad. This was so buried that I didn't see it at first. Meld or omit the other thread as you see fit.

[Moaner]

Just finished it last night and it's definitely my pick for GOTY.  Easily one of my all time favorites too.

God damnit I hope we see more Uncharted titles.  I fucking LOVED the main characters.

[schild]

^^ the post above this one is truth.

[Yegolev]

Going to see about getting this before the weekend, solely on the opinons here.

[stray]

Still don't have my PS3 

    --- I need a "pissed off" emoticon from this series.

[schild]

Going to see about getting this before the weekend, solely on the opinons here.

Your wife will love watching it. Except for about 4-5 of the gunfights.

[Mrbloodworth]

yeah, i was playing the demo the other night. This is on my list of things to ask for x-mass.

[Phildo]

Yeah, this game is awesome.  Except for the gunfights.  I will not be buying.

[Mrbloodworth]

Yeah, this game is awesome.  Except for the gunfights.  I will not be buying.

What don't you like about the gun fights?

[Phildo]

I died a lot.  And aiming was  a pain in the ass.  Now that might just be because I'm bad at gaming, or that I didn't give it enough time.  I was also playing it with Schild breathing down my neck, telling me how great it was.

[schild]

I was also playing it with Schild breathing down my neck, telling me how great it was.

Bullshit honky, you were failing continuously at parts when I was playing CoD4 and such.

[Yegolev]

Going to see about getting this before the weekend, solely on the opinons here.

Your wife will love watching it. Except for about 4-5 of the gunfights.

She watches me grind out karma in Folklore, and it can't be that bad...?

[Signe]

I love watching Righ play just about anything for consoles on the big screen tv.  Driving games like GT are my favourite, though.  Especially stoned.

[Yegolev]

Hmmm, my wife doesn't like driving games.  Something about the engine noise, especially small turbocharged engines.  And the lack of Leon Kennedy, I think.  I might mention that I haven't played Ellen in Folklore, only Keats.  I suspect it wasn't thoroughly playtested this way.

[voodoolily]

I died a lot.  And aiming was  a pain in the ass.  Now that might just be because I'm bad at gaming, or that I didn't give it enough time. 

Amen. I only play the platformy parts then pass it off to Sauced for the shooting. It's easier for me to fight in melee range and just punch dudes than to try to aim, and I get pwnd. If it had auto-target I would not be able to put it down.

[schild]

Funny. Because there is auto-targeting. Fire from the hip. When you're within a certain amount of range, it auto-targets. If you time things right, you can rape face like it's no ones business without aiming at all.

[Phildo]

And that helps you shoot the guys hiding on cliff tops above you how, exactly?

[schild]

Oh, no, that part just requires you not sucking.

OH YEA.

ZING.

[Phildo]

Oh, no, that part just requires you not sucking.

OH YEA.

ZING.

Ladies and gentlemen, he's got jokes! 

EDIT: WHY DO YOU MAKE FUN OF ME I HAVE NO LEFT EYE GOD!

[Fabricated]

It's a fantastic game but IMO the blindfiring fucking sucks. I'm just lucky I got good at quickly aiming the hard way.

[voodoolily]

There aren't enough asplody barrels to shoot at and send the assholes flying through the air and letting me marvel at ragdoll physics.

[Yegolev]

There aren't enough asplody barrels to shoot at and send the assholes flying through the air and letting me marvel at ragdoll physics.

Orange Box?

[stray]

Yay, I got my playstation back!


I like the aiming here... Maybe not perfect, but it requires a little more hestitation and concentration than usual. That's good.

[Fabricated]

I'm at Chapter 16 now. This game is a bitch sometimes...there's been a few fights I've racked up 15+ deaths on.

Admittedly the one in the chapter "Trapped" I insisted on cheesing. I pretty much broke the game on that and ended it with 4 kills.

[stray]

ANYWAYS....


This game is neither good or great, it's fucking glorious.

[edit] Seriously, this is like the best parts of Gears of War, FarCry, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, Flashback Ico, with a little adventure quality storytelling tossed in. I wouldn't make the common comparison to Indiana Jones though... More like Romancing the Stone. Haha. But in a good way.

[Fabricated]

I'm going to be sad when it's over despite the fact I'm stuck in a very confusing area right now. I hope it sells well enough to garner a sequel with the same VAs. Nathan is kinda like a super happy-go-lucky version of Indiana Jones but he's a pretty awesome character.

The little touches are almost Kojima-esque in how Nathan mutters to himself and the enemy reactions to near misses/wounds. I think about the time I started thinking this was GOTY material was when I got done with a particularly obnoxious fight/prince of persia sequence to run smack into a absolutely huge prince of persia sequence. I actually blurted out loud, "You've got to be shitting me," and the instant I said that, Nathan exclaimed almost the exactly the same thing. This has happened like a half dozen times, including surprise waves of enemies Nick responds to with, "Where the hell is he getting all of these guys?", and when he says "Oh Nononono!" on close call grenades and collapsing ledges.

edited: Since I can't pay attention enough to actually get the main character's name right. 

[stray]

Heh, made it chapter 14 in one night. Not good! 


[edit] Wait a sec... The character's name is Nick? I didn't even catch that.

Interesting..

[schild]

His name is Nathan, guys.

And yea, it's one of the best games I've ever played. Ever.

[stray]

Chapter 18: "Whoa shit"

And yea, it's one of the best games I've ever played. Ever.

Seriously. I'm gonna have to adjust my list. Everything this game has tried to be, it's done excellently.

[Yegolev]

I sort of wish I had waited to play this now that my PS3 has decided it's going to be a bitch. Oh, the huge manatee!  I will explain the PS3 woes later.

As Stray mentioned, it's like this game is composed entirely of the good parts of FarCry, God of War, what Kojima's games are like inside his own mind, Prince of Persia, Ico, and Butcher Bay.  Probably the best game I have played in 2006 and 2007 combined.

I wouldn't be me if I couldn't complain about the problems, though.  White specks around Nate's head look like TREASURE.  I absolutely hate the grenade aiming, it's total balls.  But that's all I can complain about!

[Fabricated]

For some reason I keep wanting to say his name is Nick because that's what I keep thinking I hear ms. sidekick say every time I die.