Caduceus
Shared on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 09:22I finished Uncharted: Drake's Fortune on Saturday night.
I think all told, I got around 200 points/1000 in the scoring system. Keep in mind I was playing on "Easy" which was challenging enough for me. I could have struggled through "Normal", or ground my thumbs to a pulp on "Hard", perhaps, but I am playing to enjoy the game, not to frustrate myself endlessly.
The quality of the game was great. The visuals are stunning. You can include GREEN in a palette choice, folks! Something besides grey and brown. Amazing!
Various weapons that act very differently from another - about 15 or so weapons can be found in the game. No weapon "upgrades", so a what-you-see-is-what-you-get. Also, you can only carry 2 weapons at a time - one hand-gun and one "rifle", so no Doom 2 10 000 rounds with every single weapon.
Game play was pretty tight, various physical puzzles, nothing too challenging, though I did get stuck once and had to go look for answers.
Story line was interesting. There is definitely a different direction about 2/3 of the way through the game, that I won't spoil here, which was hinted at in cut-scenes and other clues before the "big reveal". I enjoyed the primary characters a lot, even the little in-game comments were funny and well within character.
Things I didn't like were wave after wave of enemies. That's another reason I played on easy, as it seemed to be ridiculous after a while. "Here come four more guys!"
I recommend this pop-corn action game, however there is no co-op online play, which would have been fun as Elena or Sullivan as your partner, but maybe in the sequel, which I hear is in the works.
8/10.
I think all told, I got around 200 points/1000 in the scoring system. Keep in mind I was playing on "Easy" which was challenging enough for me. I could have struggled through "Normal", or ground my thumbs to a pulp on "Hard", perhaps, but I am playing to enjoy the game, not to frustrate myself endlessly.
The quality of the game was great. The visuals are stunning. You can include GREEN in a palette choice, folks! Something besides grey and brown. Amazing!
Various weapons that act very differently from another - about 15 or so weapons can be found in the game. No weapon "upgrades", so a what-you-see-is-what-you-get. Also, you can only carry 2 weapons at a time - one hand-gun and one "rifle", so no Doom 2 10 000 rounds with every single weapon.
Game play was pretty tight, various physical puzzles, nothing too challenging, though I did get stuck once and had to go look for answers.
Story line was interesting. There is definitely a different direction about 2/3 of the way through the game, that I won't spoil here, which was hinted at in cut-scenes and other clues before the "big reveal". I enjoyed the primary characters a lot, even the little in-game comments were funny and well within character.
Things I didn't like were wave after wave of enemies. That's another reason I played on easy, as it seemed to be ridiculous after a while. "Here come four more guys!"
I recommend this pop-corn action game, however there is no co-op online play, which would have been fun as Elena or Sullivan as your partner, but maybe in the sequel, which I hear is in the works.
8/10.
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