Unchartered - Drakes Fortune

SK1979

Hey guys

Finally got around to playing this great game. However, I've noticed a strange blurring of the screen whenever I pan the camera around fast. I realise this sounds like a tv issue but I've never noticed it before. By any chance has anyone else thats played this game encountered the same issue?

TV is Panasonic PV80 in case that matters.

Cheers in advance.

S

Varik

Can't remember but i think that's meant to happen, there s a lot of video option you can unlock in that game.

callaway92

that's meant to happen - realism

one of my favourite games ever other than MGS

krudler

There is a ton of screentearing on the first Uncharted, the 2nd is pretty flawless but the first is a tearing nightmare in places.

SK1979

Thanks for the replies guys. I did seem a little strange but if its supposed to be happening thats all good. If I want to see something in the distance, I can just pan slowly!

Great game btw! (slow to the party!!).

gizmo

That's just plain 'ol motion blur SK1979, it's meant to be there.

Uncharted is an utterly fantastic game by the way, you're gona love it!

krudler

SK1979 wrote: »

Thanks for the replies guys. I did seem a little strange but if its supposed to be happening thats all good. If I want to see something in the distance, I can just pan slowly!

Great game btw! (slow to the party!!).

Wait till you get to lay the 2nd, god i wish i could wipe my memory and play that for the first time again. If you play the first, take everything that makes it grea,t but finetune and perfect it, then make the graphics even better, more humour, some spectacular setpieces, its just all kinds of awesome

Yakult

I actually thought Drakes Fortune was better than Among Theives. Dunno why but I didnt enjoy it as much.

callaway92

R_H_C_P wrote: »

I actually thought Drakes Fortune was better than Among Theives. Dunno why but I didnt enjoy it as much.

among thieves is too easy

krudler

I prefer UC2, I hated,hated,hated that bunker level in UC1, as in to the point where I was almost not going to play on any further, enjoyed the rest, but I played UC2 first, so I got a bit spoiled.

johnny_ultimate

krudler wrote: »

I prefer UC2, I hated,hated,hated that bunker level in UC1, as in to the point where I was almost not going to play on any further, enjoyed the rest, but I played UC2 first, so I got a bit spoiled.

Yeah, the

supernatural

section felt a wee bit out of place in the first. It's present in the second two with the

bullet sponge Yeti

. Gameplay wise, I'm not sure how beneficial they are, but in embracing the whole Indiana Jones / classic adventure serial style it ultimately works well I think.

I love both games, although Uncharted 2 felt that bit more epic, refined and exciting. It also has one the greatest ever game openings. Play both though - they are two games that truly are fun.

Daemos

Uncharted is, in my opinion, the best game series on PS3. Both games are completely immersive, and most importantly fun. I only ever finish games that I find truly enjoyable, and of the five I've finished (yes, I've only ever finished 5 games) two of them are the Uncharted games.

gizmo

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I love both games, although Uncharted 2 felt that bit more epic, refined and exciting. It also has one the greatest ever game openings. Play both though - they are two games that truly are fun.

As well as this, I think the best thing I can say about the Uncharted games is that they bring me back to the first time I watched the Indiana Jones movies as a kid. There's just this level of excitement that you don't find in a lot of games these days.

Personally I think one of the main reasons for this is the input of Amy Hennig, the Director of the series. Fans may remember her work on the Legacy Of Kain series, another which, for slightly different reasons, is still a standout series in video games in my mind.

Frisbee

krudler wrote: »

I prefer UC2, I hated,hated,hated that bunker level in UC1, as in to the point where I was almost not going to play on any further, enjoyed the rest, but I played UC2 first, so I got a bit spoiled.

Ha, I feel the exact same. I got to the bunker level in about a days play time and since then haven't played the game in over a month.

The supernatural twist to things just felt like such a cop out to me, was really loving the game up to then and it just seemed to be thrown in for the sake of it, completely ruined the game for me.

tman

R_H_C_P wrote: »

I actually thought Drakes Fortune was better than Among Theives. Dunno why but I didnt enjoy it as much.

Aye, I didn't even bother completing among thieves... Was quite disappointed by it considering how much I adored the original:(

nitrogen

I also think the Uncharted series is by far the best game series of aｌｌ time. I am still struggling to find a good enough game to play after finishing both.

However, the bunker chapter in Drakes Fortune is an absolute disaster. I have to agree with Krudler; I nearly stopped playing because of the genre changing into survival horror (A game genre I despise). It reminds me of the movie Sunshine, and how they ruined the ending by making it into a horror movie. Unfortunately they also bring this element into the sequel;

Those fcuking yetis

.

The ending of UC2 is also Sh!te, having ＴＯ fight a boss - another aspect of gameplay I hate

.

Hopefully they won't include these elements in the third one.

Minstrel27

nitrogen wrote: »

Hopefully they won't include these elements in the third one.

The parts you highlight also annoyed me greatly. Uncharted has been such a huge success so I don't see them changing the formula too much.

krudler

The problem was that after the train, the temples, huge firefights, battling helicopters on rooftops and all the other big setpieces,

fighting a guy with a shotgun in a swamp is a bit of a let down

same as the 1st game, which used that old "boss character has a gun that can kill you from a mile away" cliche :mad:

tailgunner

I actually thought Drake's Fortune was a bit dull up until the bunker level. Loved it after that. I had played Among Thieves first though.

krudler wrote: »

The problem was that after the train, the temples, huge firefights, battling helicopters on rooftops and all the other big setpieces,

fighting a guy with a shotgun in a swamp is a bit of a let down

same as the 1st game, which used that old "boss character has a gun that can kill you from a mile away" cliche :mad:

Completely agree.

Retr0gamer

Preferred the gameplay of Uncharted 2 but the characterisation and writing of the first game was much better.

GTR63

I have to admit I must get back to playing this.I found it tough compared to Gears of War.I play on a low difficulty setting but it was tougher & more frantic.I probably found it harder cause it was the 1st time I played with a PS3 Controller & the 1st Playstation game I played for some time.
Been enjoyed my time with my PS3 lately though.Getting Among thieves soon,a game that well recieved deserves a punt at cut price.

johnny_ultimate

Hmm I don't know, I'd say both would be pretty much level in terms of storytelling. Actually, I'd say the second inches ahead in confidence and structure - I couldn't get over how perfect the opening to Among Thieves was. It pulls you in instantly with a

literal

cliffhanger, and I couldn't wait to find out what the hell was going on. It also had the benefit of not one but two well drawn and independent love interests - which is rare in cinema let alone games. Yeah, both games are full of conveniences and absurdities to advance the plot, but that's to be expected from such high fantasy. It was fun spending times with the characters in both games for me! It is one of the few games I've played where cutscenes feel like a reward, and I never had the urge to skip because the story was so compelling.

I think the major problems the game faces is how to advance the gameplay. The standard run and gun works, and the second game especially expertly interwove it with dramatic and exciting set pieces that advance the plot. There are bits, though, that struggle and don't quite fit with the rest of the package. Namely bosses.

Like the one on the train in the second game, who just absorbs bullets with little useful feedback for the player. Or the end game bosses.

Naughty Dog have created something spectacularly close to a definitive action adventure game - like, say, Indiana Jones (1-3, not a certain Crystal Skull) in film - but some of the traditional 'gamey' tropes are the one thing that could propel it to true perfection. Sure, that's what Uncharted 3 is for

Notorious97

I got UC2 at christmas, and finished it after a couple of days of just not leaving my room it was that addictive! Then i went out and bought the first, and played that too, finished both on new years, yes i am that sad haha. Very addictive games, i havent ever player either online though as im addicted to MW2, is it good to play online?

Also any word on a third instalment?

Daemos

Notorious97 wrote: »

Also any word on a third instalment?

Not yet. Hasn't even officially been announced yet, but there will definately be one, it's only a matter of time.