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After replaying the Uncharted games, I find Naughty Dog games a little more difficult to go back to and play a second time. The first time I played them, I was pretty darn blown away. But a second playthrough is pretty different beast. I think this is because they are pretty damn slow games and have a lot of story/exposition/cutscenes. The first time you play, it's pretty exciting, but that's precisely why it's harder the next time. This goes for lots of different games, not just Uncharted. I'm sure if I went back to TLOU (which is my favorite game of all time) I might find the experience a lot less enjoyable, which is why I never go back to it (don't want to tarnish that feel good memory, ya know?). So, though this video may seem pretty critical (and it is - that's the point) I think some of it could be attributed to this feeling. Maybe not with my section on combat, but during my thoughts on the traversal and pacing. Just wanted to point that out for those who think that I now hate this game. I don't. I just think it doesn't play as well a second time through.
I played Uncharted a bit back when it was released and didn't enjoy it. I was still a teenager and loved high octane PC shooters and CS, so it wasn't really my style at the time. I got the remastered collection for PS4 in the begging of last year, having just played TLOU for the first time and then a second time right after. I had just finished the first Game as my country went in to lockdown and I was without work for a couple of months. So I continued playing through the remastered collection one after the other and got through them in only weeks. I got 4 and the spinoff and played through them both, then 4 again. I really agree with there being parts of the game you'll be rushing through to get to the good stuff, but for me that wasn't the gun fights. I loved sliding around Scotland, that part where you drive around with Sam and sully, figuring out the puzzles in Madagascar, The pirate islands before Libertaria and espescially Libertaria and the jungles. I found the gun fights satisfying, unlike especially 1 and 2, and they were great for pacing. But those slow moments. Like when your driving with Elena up to the mansions, when Sam and Nathan are going through the pirate trails, the climbing in the rain and that last part in the caverns. Those were the ones I was returning for. I really think that what you'll returning for will be different from person to person . In the end I think no matter what part your most into, they're all great.
I think naughty dog games are the closest thing to interactive movies. The story quality is often as good if not better than most movies and the gameplay is fun and smooth. Although they have yet to recreate the feeling of watching a classic movie that is enjoyed with every viewing. Video games, especially modern ones, take substantial mental effort to enter into and complete a story.
@@justsaymike3370 damn you make me feel old. I was in my sophomore year of college. I was studying for a final and going to gamestop at midnight to buy it. That was my break before I went back to studying.
@MrWereverForever pushing forward the left stick and pressing X when the game tells you to is not "challenging and engaging" The older games had much more locational and encounter variety instead of just jungle or Wasteland with the same enemies
I grew up playing Uncharted, and Uncharted 4 released exactly a month before I graduated high school. It was a good time. It felt like as a chapter of my life was ending and my childhood was finally coming to a close, Nathan Drake’s adventure was simultaneously doing the same. Now, 5 years later, Uncharted is still my favorite game franchise of all time and Uncharted 4 is one of the most unforgettable games I’ve ever played.
Same, Uncharted and Assassin's creed (mostly until AC3 with desmond's end) will always be my favorite franchise games. This year i have played AC Ezio's Collection and i felt like i was a kid again. Time flies...
My favorite scene in the game is when Nate and Elena are at the table and Nate is recounting the history that must have been. "These are - some of history's greatest pirates. And they all perished - in an instant - at this, very table.." Nolan really did a fantastic job. His love and passion for history oozes from his voice in that moment.
I absolutely love the loon Elena is giving him in that moment. The actress and the animators did an amazing job in capturing that raw emotion of the moment.
@@notanytony So good. You could see on her face, that she could hear the obsession in his voice, his passion, and how she accepted it, "its incredible." and kind of embraced it with an acknowledging smile.
Game of year is just a popularity award , people vote for their fav game , more so gamers , because if the casuals did they'd vote in fifa and cod every year . But in that year overwatch was huge.
@@yobro6053 Nah, the game awards have their own critics I'm pretty sure. That's why the player's choice awards exist. And the logic that casual gamers would vote fifa and cod doesn't make sense, because I don't think those franchises ever won a people's choice award. For example, this year's player's choice awards winner was Ghost of Tsushima, and anyone was allowed to vote.
The ending is perfect if you don't count Nadine leaving all self-righteously when she has been fighting for her own gain the entire game and how Nathan doesn't knock down Rafe with a single punch. The speech Nathan gives to his brother about the meaning of life and a scene with the daughter where Nathan tells her not to cuss are hilarious and touching
Uncharted 4 is - The game with the most GOTY awards in 2016 (total of GOTYs) - The highest rated game in 2016 - Over 16 million copies sold A masterpiece by all metrics.
Oh so awards and sales figures dictate what is and isn't a masterpiece? I suppose every fucking film the Oscars have taken is a masterpiece, and Cyberpunk sold millions of copies, i suppose that game is a masterpiece too? Very flawed logic.
@@falcononpc9845 You want me to ignore all these groundbreaking achievements and listen to your opinion? Of course you don't count these metrics because Xbox is failing miserably in them. Nothing dictates what you like but you can't dismiss these numbers unless you're a hater.
I love the last conversatiom between Nate and Sam, about the feeling of longing and emptiness you have when the adventure is over.. it really echoes the feeling I had as a player in that moment. Wonderful game that has meant a lot to me!
Yep. I wish he had been hinted at though it's pretty ridiculous to assume that Elena would want to marry someone without knowing who their relatives are first.
@@theotherbeatle707 because his brother was supposed to be dead and he didn’t want to bring up old memories and talk about him. He hadn’t talked about him in years. He felt ashamed that he left him to die, and didn’t want to bring it back up.
I understand the criticisms but I’ve played through 3 times and I love the slow pace, I just love the way the environments are crafted and the character interactions. Also extra length is great for me since I think that’s an important part for the single player genre to develop. The greatest weakness for such games is that you can pay the same price for something like the Witcher which has over 100 hours of gameplay with just one play through
why are you comparing this masterpiece to the witcher 3 witcher 3 has awful graphics,gamplay,a fucking facial animation and too long useless conversation bet characters and also the story is too long and boring like baron quests it was long and boring you could know what is going to happen since start of the game like 100 precent you are going to find ciri and then fight the wild hunt
@@messiamr3395 ....I wouldn't call Uncharted 4 a masterpiece. Being forced to lose to Nadine is nonsense. Why even make her a boss if you can't win? Shoukd have been a cut scene instead of Woke nonsense
@@messiamr3395 I’m comparing it to make my point which is that I could buy another game for the same amount of money and get more time out of it. I’m not saying one game is better than the other and that’s your opinion about TW3, me and many others like the game, it’s much more than what you boiled it down to.
Did you play the first games? I’ve got a friend who’s interested and I’m not sure if I should get them to play through the first ones. They don’t play games and I feel that since they’re outdated they might not enjoy them.
I’ve played this game 8 times and I could happily play it again. Hands down the best game I’ve ever played. This was the first game I ever played when I got my PS4 in 2017 and it holds a special place in my heart. God, what a game.
@@crit1kal_z Yeah man. I love UC1 and UC2, UC2 is the best game in the series. UC3 was okay but UC4 is boring, mediocre, overrated, forgetful story, bad characters and there's a SJW agenda.
@@BoknoyBuhisan Yeha but that's Tonald's point. It's a system that could have been so much better than it's predecessors, but instead it chose to downgrade from UC2. Does that not call for critique?
@@falcononpc9845 what do you want from a normal human from platforming? nate's is not in assassin's creed. platforming in games have come to a point where there's little to innovate unless you're a superhero. and nate is just a regular dude in his late 30s. plus, uncharted games are more on storytelling than actual games. if i want to do crazy platforming stunts i'd find something else. do you really believe uc2 has better platforming than uc4? cmon man
I replay Uncharted 4 every few years to see if it's still got a foothold as my personal favorite game of all time, and the only game that's come close to knocking it was RDR2. The action, score, and story of Uncharted 4 is what keeps it as my number 1
And to add to that i'd say Uncharted 3 has the most raw essence of the franchise since it features the best and most jaw dropping setpieces which is what the games are all about. Uncharted 1 on the other hand while still good feels pretty dated and pales in comparison to all three sequels and The Lost Legacy (i don't know how it stacks up to Golden Abyss i haven't played it).
Yeah, when Uncharted 2 came out it was fresh, the big set pieces made your jaw drop, the climbing with the breaking ledges had you on the edge of your seat. Two games later and Uncharted 4 was doing the same old stuff with a shiny coat of paint. It looked brand new and felt a decade old. Lots of reviews said so. Uncharted 2 is easily the most revered in the series.
4 is much better storywise, villain wise and even gameplay wise, they wanted to go for more of a last of us pacing which doesn’t exactly work since the game doesn’t have much to offer except to keep moving foward, while in last of us those downtime can be used to explore and upgrade your weapons
@@gillianstewart835 barely story-wise and absolutely not villain wise are you kidding me? He's a complete Punk and there's no way Nathan shouldn't knock his ass down with a single punch
@@theunexplainablecrumbs4387 oh my god, the nostalgia. That was my first uncharted ever. I'm planning on buying a charger for the vita to replay it after 7 years. Can't wait to get platinum on that game too.
15:42 I'm gonna have to disagree with you with you there. The way I see it, the game purposefully has 2 slow paced climbing sections at the beginning because they want us to get used to the new Nathan we're introduced to. An older, more relaxed Nathan who is living a slower paced life. The beginning is slower, but then picks up the pace intentionally, conceptualizing Nathan picking up the pace and getting back to the life he left behind. I do agree with you that the platforming probably could have been handled better, plus Nadine's character kind of sucked and was unnecessary.
And that same older Nate moves faster and hits harder than any before in combat lol. I connect more to him after the Madagascar chase or the train from Uncharted 2
I have to disagree with you. You play through the first climbing tutorial as kid Nate, then play through the second one as young Nate. Essentially, in the first 2-3 hours of the game the narrative jumps all over the place both in time and location, yet the gameplay stays the same, which really makes no sense thematically. That is just some shitty gameplay pacing from ND, which is the biggest issue with this game.
Uncharted 4 has the best climbing to date of any game period. It sounds like most of your negative impressions are around the climbing early calling it boring. But those parts are some of the best parts of the game. running around climbing as kid drake is a total blast. Since it's the beginning of the game the polish of the climbing mechanics are still really fresh and can easily carry the fun factor of the game on it's own.
@@HighMisticFive Zeldas climbing is fun but it quite literally is just the same lame animation going up a mountain. It doesn't change at all. Uncharted you are constantly climbing in realistic feasible ways (minus the fact that it's still a game and being able to climb as many structures as drake does at the speed drake does would ultimately result in death) Your constantly looking for handholds in different locations and for totally unique objects throughout the entire game. Many of which require you to jump to or grab hold of in different ways Plus the number of different ways to jump to the same handhold keeps things interesting. The shear number of climbing animations in the game is staggering. The main difference you can argue that makes zelda better is the stamina factor but that is far more dependent on the type of game. uncharted is a linear story driven game. Zelda is a open world go anywhere type game. I think a better way of looking at it is imagine playing Zelda and having that stamina bar but also having the actual climbing mechanics of uncharted 4. All the physics based animations, multiple ways to jump to the same areas and, unique crevasses and holds (you can't just climb up any flat rock) Plus the physics based rope and knife. That would be a killer game because the climbing is so well polished. But now take that example and consider what parts were taken from which game. Basically everything but the stamina bar comes from uncharted. Hence yes the stamina bar adds a lot of fun factor but when it comes to climbing uncharted has it beat big time. The stamina bar is just a supplemental thing, it itself is not signifier of how well done the climbing is. Also by your logic if zelda was the gold standard than shadow of the colossus would actually be the winner because it's basically zeldas climbing system done better because you can climb all directions and it's physics based.
the first part where you climb as a kid nathan was fun. but in the game they give you so much repetitive climbing it gets boring. i LOVE LOVE climbing in games and finished all Tomb Raider franchise. but in this game you keep doing the same climbing over n over n over I was like when the F is this part gonna end. especially when you go through the caves with sam
Just recently played Uncharted 4 for the first time and I never played any of the games before and it’s easily one of the best video games I have ever played.
I'm at the tail end of 3 on a marathon run of the whole series. I haven't played uncharted since 4 came out, besides some of the Vita spin off, and I find myself still absolutely loving it. I wish I could find more games that keep me as entertained as this series does.
UC4 was the first game I ever played on my first PlayStation back in 2020. As a former Xbox user, I was missing out on SO MANY masterpieces, it was impossible to go back to Xbox. UC4 turned out to be my favorite game of all time, and I quickly bought as many PS4-exclusive games as I could (including Horizon, The Last of Us, LBP3, Dreams, Ratchet and Clank, etc, UC:LL). Literally every game I played from Sony Interactive, Naughty Dog, and Media Molecule were masterpieces. I can't believe I have been missing out on an entire world for so long, it actually feels like my childhood was a waste. One year later I ended up getting my friend a PS4 Slim and first thing he played was Uncharted 4. Wise choice.
Driving a boat and a jeep sightseeing and walking? Where was the breaking into secret headquarters or jumping from skyscrapers? Have you actually seen a mission impossible movie?
@@eziospaghettiauditore8369 that scene when nathan and sully were chasing Sam nathan was hanging and jumping to another car that part gives me some movie vibes.
if you make a fun mechanic available all the time, the little moments that it does use will make it less impactful. just like if you eat cake all the time, having cake on your birthday will make no difference.
I disagree. I love Just Cause 3 and even though the game is repetitive playing around with a wingsuit is something unique to that game and it ever gets old to use
I've played Among Thieves probably more times than I remember. Played it as a child, played it as a teenager, played it as an adult. I've also played it 2 more times to achieve Platinum. Same goes for Drake's Fortune and Drake's Deception. All great games (especially Among Thieves, which has a unique place in my heart as the first true story-based game I ever played). They all were and are great games but, for me, what makes A Thief's End the best of them all, is what it achieved. Not what it achieved from a mechanics or a graphics point of view (which in of themselves are pretty remarkable for the PS4 and for 2016), but for what it achieved as an ending to such a beloved franchise. So many times studios invent beloved franchises yet they fail to understand how to end them, when to end them or they simply never want to and they choose to keep exploiting their name for profit (*cough*Assassin'sCreed*cough*). Other times, studios end their franchise at the correct time but the hype that the title has amassed builds a promise that they can't fulfill. So, for me, what Naughty Dog achieved with A Thief's End, what they proved, is that even if a game has massive anticipation around it, even if the franchise behind it has so many great titles, even if you deliver a story that most fans weren't exactly expecting, you still CAN make a game that the fans will love. You still can achieve your goals. It's easy for studios nowadays to cover their failures with the blanket called "too much hype" , "overbearing anticipation". Now we know you can succeed even with all that in mind. Naughty Dog's proved it. Great video man..
Agree with all except the pacing, I did loved the slow character interaction parts and less the over the top action. Man I'm so relieved that its not just me who thought the platforming is over tuned, boring and shallow. Played all the series in 2020 for the first time and they are a mixed bag for me: characters, their interactions and the scenery , world bilging is all awesome, than comes the absolute zero realism writing and the platforming and I want to throw out the ps4 in the window. Best for me was Lost legacy, which has proportionally less platforming, more funny character interactions between the two polar opposite personality of the protagonists, all was very good.
Im currenty on the Uncharted marathon and i've played only Among Thieves before. Im also getting all the Ps4/5 trophies. 3 Uncharted games down and started Uncharted 4 few days ago and what an amazing game it is.
Idk about you guys but Nathan Drake was the fictional personality I looked upto in every aspect growing up as a kid. This final game was pure fun and had one of the satisfying cohesive endings to a series I've experienced till date. I'm glad I was 96 born.
I don't think they should do that. Clearly, linear gameplay is what they excel at, so if they make something open world, it probably won't be that good.
So basically he said Uncharted 4 isn't that hard. But here's a challenge that is extremely hard: set it to the hardest difficulty and complete every fight in the game in stealth mode.
By coincidence I've just finished it on the PS4 Pro. Played the previous games and had a good time. This was no exception. There are times when you are stuck, literally ànd because the game doesn't allow for multiple approaches it can be a bit frustrating. This doesn't help with the immersion either. Don't get me wrong it's a good game but by the end I was glad it was over.
My GF used to HATE video games, but when Uncharted 4 first came out she kept asking me questions about it when she'd catch a few good story moments during my play. She made me restart the game so she could follow the story and watch me play, eventually taking the controller to explore and climb only giving it back when there was a gun fight. She loved it! I then asked if she wanted to play TLOU Remastered and she enjoyed that too, then she proceeded to play the Uncharted Collection solo, then heavy rain, Detroit become human, until dawn, she even platted lego batman 3! Currently playing through beyond two souls and the dark pictures anthology. She tried COD and went 1-28 but I'm glad she enjoys the story type games, you just gotta find your style of gaming! :)
I got my first videogame console the Xmas of 2011, a ps3. it came with the Uncharted 3, AND I FELL IN LOVE. Uncharted has been the videogame saga that has had the biggest impact in me. I played the second and the 1st after completing the 3rd in 2012 and waited 4 years for the 4th to come out, and Uncharted 4 has been the only videogame i have ever preordered, I completed the game in 2 days after it came out and I cried my eyes out because I knew that was gonna be the last time I saw Nate in a videogame. Well seeing this video in my suggested really made my day, Thanks Naughty Dog.
The graphic is awesome but you know what is awesome? two brother's relationship, their journey across the world, and even the criminal world have it owns charm in uncharted, Uncharted teach me that freedom is worth risking. After all, the idea of freedom itself sounds fun and makes you feel alive, especially when you discover something new along your journey. Uncharted 4 is not an open-world game but it gives me a sense of freedom that no game can compete.
People love to now hate on Naughty Dog for some of their decisions with LOU2 (personally it's my favourite game) But they then forget Neil Druckmann and the team also made this masterpiece
Neil druckmann didn't make this game himself. It was also that Bruce guy who also helped make The Last of Us 1 which is why The Last of Us 2 is a disaster because Bruce is no longer on the team
@@magicmonkey978 the first one is my favourite too, but if you think about it it is a Indiana Jones clone. 1 island, everything is happening on that island. Uncharted 2 goes to multiple places that’s why many people consider 2 the best. I think 3th is the worst
@@hengeloserickkert3754 yeah 3 is the worst I like 1 tho because it started everything and that’s what I like about it it’s just in one place to time jumps everything happens in a day I love 2 as well for its villain and the final act the opening and more
I absolutely LOVE Uncharted 4 but its definetly not the gameplay due to the slow paced walking sections thats why i prefer Uncharted 2 and 3 to 4 but the story is definetly the best one of all the Uncharted games.
@Alâ more like a political agenda than anything. The 'super powerful black female'. And you can't even touch her apparently. Nathan can't land ONE hit on her. It's just ridiculous.
Played through the story of all Uncharted games 5 times, and I've been playing UC4 multiplayer every week since the original beta dropped for it. No matter how many amazing games come out, I always come back to this game. Gonna hop on tonight.
I used to be a big fan of yours, but that overly statistical & objective analysis of the game feel incredibly disconnected. A game is so much more than mechanics..
If I may be so bold as to request a video topic... The Lego Star Wars series of video games and how it has evolved while still having the same formula and how it isn't hated as much as many yearly release franchises like Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed...
You should have discussed the multiplayer as well. Extremely underrated and it's one of the best 3rd person shooter multiplayers out there and probably the best one on the PS4.
I revisited this game last summer for the first time in a few years, it still was a great time as I had forgotten a lot of the best moments. For me, these games were always about the characters, and in that regard this game really delivered for me.
That’s why I didn’t really like tomb raider, the game plays you most of the time, this actually looks far better than tomb raider, too bad it’s not on PC.
Honestly I kinda disagree. Uncharted is good, but the climbing gets super tedious. At least it did to me. Maybe it’s because I played through all 4 of them in a short time span. But it just feels like so much of the game is padded out with climbing
@@EggEnjoyer I wish they could’ve made the climbing more fun cause it’s not fun seeing almost every climbable ledge break after seeing it for like 20 hours
@@veganmilk4325 Right that gets old too. Especially when you’re like 20 feet away from an objective and then the old rickety bridge predictably breaks and then add 10 more minutes of just climbing to the game
As a person who has played the Uncharted series ever since as a child I feel that Uncharted 4 will never get old as the combination of combat, story, and movement will always be dominant over other ND games like TLOU.
Uncharted and AC is no competition. Uncharted had all masterpieces. AC had been giving us shit and mediocre at the best games all the recent years. Even AC's best can't beat any one of the uncharted games.
I've played the series when I was younger and loved it, I wanna replay it again now. I remember finishing the school year and finally getting 4. What a fun ass time
I played this game for the first time at the very beginning of 2020. I loved it so much and I played it five times in the last year alone. The slower sections never bothered me going back and neither did the climbing sections. Maybe i just love the world enough to overlook anything that might come across as an issue but I’ve only ever had the draw to go back and play a story-focused game again and again twice in my life.
yeah I cannot play uncharted 4 without playing 2 first.... for some reason it just give 4 so much more meaning because of all the homages to the second game,
I remember when I got the Uncharted 4 Bundle Edition. Got it in September and I avoided all spoilers. The best game i have ever played and the graphics were beyond everything. 10/10 A Masterpiece I got it in 2016. A few months after the release
I find uncharted 1 a pretty bland game, the gameplay is kinda bad, and it lacks the compensation of unrelenting use of cutscenes that the sequels utilise
@Alâ of course the Level design, graphics, gameplay the whole nine yards is better it’s on a much superior console to the ps3. While the game is very gorgeous it just doesn’t have that sense of Aw and wonder the past 3 had. My biggest problem which is more of a my own opinion type of thing but I always enjoyed the 3 boss bad guys the past 3 games had and was disappointed that this one only had one though I did enjoy the boss fight a lot. I was also really dissatisfied with it not being a bit more magical. Uncharted has always had some form of mystical unnatural aspect and the 4 game didn’t have that. More of a grounded realistic approach which strangely took me out of the game. I guess my thing was I was so use to the same formula the past 3 games had and enjoyed them so much that a change wasn’t welcome this late in the series. Undoubtedly the physics and graphics are superior and make this game a joy to play but I think the past 3 had superior stories than this one did.
@@noughsubjectivity3686 that game was also made in 2006 when the ps3 was first launched so it’s kinda hard to judge a game that old by those standards but I do see what you mean
15:06 grenades have that function, funny and awkwardly enough. If you throw one while being hidden, enemies will go to the site of the explosion to investigate.
When I played Uncharted 4, not long after launch, I felt something was really off and ended up not enjoying it at all. I loved Uncharted 2 and 3, but 4 was just not fun for me. Maybe the locations, maybe the story, maybe the characters, maybe all of them, but I didn't like the game. I replayed it 3-4 yearsater and again I didn't like it.
You summed up all my thoughts perfectly. I just binged played all the uncharted games in the past week for the first and I was low key disappointed by how tame U4 was, especially coming off the heels of 2 and 3. U4 definitely needed WAY moments like the Madagascar chase scenes. Not to mention Rafe was kinda wuss compared to lazarevic and Talbet from 2 and 3, thoese guys always felt like a constant looming treat, Reaf didn't like that much of a treat in comparison.
After replaying the Uncharted games, I find Naughty Dog games a little more difficult to go back to and play a second time. The first time I played them, I was pretty darn blown away. But a second playthrough is pretty different beast. I think this is because they are pretty damn slow games and have a lot of story/exposition/cutscenes. The first time you play, it's pretty exciting, but that's precisely why it's harder the next time. This goes for lots of different games, not just Uncharted. I'm sure if I went back to TLOU (which is my favorite game of all time) I might find the experience a lot less enjoyable, which is why I never go back to it (don't want to tarnish that feel good memory, ya know?).
So, though this video may seem pretty critical (and it is - that's the point) I think some of it could be attributed to this feeling. Maybe not with my section on combat, but during my thoughts on the traversal and pacing.
Just wanted to point that out for those who think that I now hate this game. I don't. I just think it doesn't play as well a second time through.
Take a look at the LOOOOOOOOOONG MAN
I played Uncharted a bit back when it was released and didn't enjoy it. I was still a teenager and loved high octane PC shooters and CS, so it wasn't really my style at the time.
I got the remastered collection for PS4 in the begging of last year, having just played TLOU for the first time and then a second time right after. I had just finished the first Game as my country went in to lockdown and I was without work for a couple of months. So I continued playing through the remastered collection one after the other and got through them in only weeks. I got 4 and the spinoff and played through them both, then 4 again.
I really agree with there being parts of the game you'll be rushing through to get to the good stuff, but for me that wasn't the gun fights. I loved sliding around Scotland, that part where you drive around with Sam and sully, figuring out the puzzles in Madagascar, The pirate islands before Libertaria and espescially Libertaria and the jungles. I found the gun fights satisfying, unlike especially 1 and 2, and they were great for pacing. But those slow moments. Like when your driving with Elena up to the mansions, when Sam and Nathan are going through the pirate trails, the climbing in the rain and that last part in the caverns. Those were the ones I was returning for. I really think that what you'll returning for will be different from person to person . In the end I think no matter what part your most into, they're all great.
@Alâ I just replayed Jak II a couple moths ago and the shooting and melee was anything but satisfying.
I think naughty dog games are the closest thing to interactive movies. The story quality is often as good if not better than most movies and the gameplay is fun and smooth. Although they have yet to recreate the feeling of watching a classic movie that is enjoyed with every viewing. Video games, especially modern ones, take substantial mental effort to enter into and complete a story.
Very good game but replay value is questionable 🤨
Time just flew by huh? 5 years now...
Yeah I remember when I was in 6th or 7th grade and it was my first real ps4 game. I instantly fell in love with the game
@@justsaymike3370 damn you make me feel old. I was in my sophomore year of college. I was studying for a final and going to gamestop at midnight to buy it. That was my break before I went back to studying.
I remember getting it for my birthday in july 2016 and being so hyped because i had bought the PS4 for it.
I remember I was 16 and in high school when got this game. I am 21 now in college.
Can’t believe it either
The feeling when you enter libertalia is worth the whole gameplay
Disagree. If the platforming had been engaging and challenging then maybe
Agree
People always find something to complain. Uncharted 4 is a masterpiece, in EVERY aspect.
I have never agreed with a comment more than this. Truly a mind blowing feeling man, you just brought back memories
@MrWereverForever pushing forward the left stick and pressing X when the game tells you to is not "challenging and engaging"
The older games had much more locational and encounter variety instead of just jungle or Wasteland with the same enemies
5 years?! Still a masterpiece.
I give it a 9/10 personally.
The constant climbing and overall lackluster ending. 2 is still the best in the series
Nah, 6/10 at best considering really dull and monotonous gameplay.
@@KapitanPazur1 No I've played more than several times and didn't get bored
@@KapitanPazur1 If you weren't using the grapple hook during combat then you were clearly playing the game all wrong
I grew up playing Uncharted, and Uncharted 4 released exactly a month before I graduated high school. It was a good time. It felt like as a chapter of my life was ending and my childhood was finally coming to a close, Nathan Drake’s adventure was simultaneously doing the same. Now, 5 years later, Uncharted is still my favorite game franchise of all time and Uncharted 4 is one of the most unforgettable games I’ve ever played.
literally same man
Same bruh...same 😭
Same, Uncharted and Assassin's creed (mostly until AC3 with desmond's end) will always be my favorite franchise games. This year i have played AC Ezio's Collection and i felt like i was a kid again. Time flies...
The chills at the end, I just remember it so well, damn
Same here man, I always thought that the peak of my life would be May 2016, cause uncharted 4 and end of high school
My favorite scene in the game is when Nate and Elena are at the table and Nate is recounting the history that must have been. "These are - some of history's greatest pirates. And they all perished - in an instant - at this, very table.." Nolan really did a fantastic job. His love and passion for history oozes from his voice in that moment.
that entire scene is so meaningful and people completely glance over it
I absolutely love the loon Elena is giving him in that moment. The actress and the animators did an amazing job in capturing that raw emotion of the moment.
@@notanytony So good. You could see on her face, that she could hear the obsession in his voice, his passion, and how she accepted it, "its incredible." and kind of embraced it with an acknowledging smile.
@@BadassRaiden Absolutely 👍🏽
I love the silent car drive with Elena with the really fitting music. It's beautiful and sad at the same time.
This is my favorite game of all time and still can’t believe that Overwatch won over it
Game of year is just a popularity award , people vote for their fav game , more so gamers , because if the casuals did they'd vote in fifa and cod every year . But in that year overwatch was huge.
Same, THE BEST GAME I have ever played!
@@yobro6053 Nah, the game awards have their own critics I'm pretty sure. That's why the player's choice awards exist. And the logic that casual gamers would vote fifa and cod doesn't make sense, because I don't think those franchises ever won a people's choice award. For example, this year's player's choice awards winner was Ghost of Tsushima, and anyone was allowed to vote.
It's linear and most people don't touch it after completing 1 playthrough. Overwatch can be played over and over again.
@@grotewobbo So what?
That ending still gets me every time.
Its just perfect and that God damn music.
Just Goosebumps
The music is phenomenal
Agreed
I wish it didn’t end but damn I fucking love this damn game so good
and the picture of lil nate and sam makes me-
The ending is perfect if you don't count Nadine leaving all self-righteously when she has been fighting for her own gain the entire game and how Nathan doesn't knock down Rafe with a single punch.
The speech Nathan gives to his brother about the meaning of life and a scene with the daughter where Nathan tells her not to cuss are hilarious and touching
Uncharted 4 is
- The game with the most GOTY awards in 2016 (total of GOTYs)
- The highest rated game in 2016
- Over 16 million copies sold
A masterpiece by all metrics.
Oh so awards and sales figures dictate what is and isn't a masterpiece? I suppose every fucking film the Oscars have taken is a masterpiece, and Cyberpunk sold millions of copies, i suppose that game is a masterpiece too? Very flawed logic.
@@falcononpc9845 You want me to ignore all these groundbreaking achievements and listen to your opinion?
Of course you don't count these metrics because Xbox is failing miserably in them.
Nothing dictates what you like but you can't dismiss these numbers unless you're a hater.
FalconOnPC Jesus Christ who hurt you
@@Jim-lg8sf Facts hurt the likes of you, I know.
M M bro i wasn’t talking to you. I love uncharted 4.
I love the last conversatiom between Nate and Sam, about the feeling of longing and emptiness you have when the adventure is over.. it really echoes the feeling I had as a player in that moment. Wonderful game that has meant a lot to me!
Yep. I wish he had been hinted at though it's pretty ridiculous to assume that Elena would want to marry someone without knowing who their relatives are first.
@@theotherbeatle707 dad was dead, mom was out of the picture, and he never spoke about a brother. What other family would he have?
@@melosivitch why would he speak about his dad and mother and not about his brother?
@@theotherbeatle707 because his brother was supposed to be dead and he didn’t want to bring up old memories and talk about him. He hadn’t talked about him in years. He felt ashamed that he left him to die, and didn’t want to bring it back up.
@@melosivitch no its mom is dead and dad out of the picture
I understand the criticisms but I’ve played through 3 times and I love the slow pace, I just love the way the environments are crafted and the character interactions. Also extra length is great for me since I think that’s an important part for the single player genre to develop. The greatest weakness for such games is that you can pay the same price for something like the Witcher which has over 100 hours of gameplay with just one play through
All those walking sim segments should've been in cutscenes. Metal Gear Solid 3 did it better
why are you comparing this masterpiece to the witcher 3
witcher 3 has awful graphics,gamplay,a fucking facial animation
and too long useless conversation bet characters
and also the story is too long and boring
like baron quests it was long and boring
you could know what is going to happen since start of the game
like 100 precent you are going to find ciri and then fight the wild hunt
@@messiamr3395 ....I wouldn't call Uncharted 4 a masterpiece. Being forced to lose to Nadine is nonsense. Why even make her a boss if you can't win? Shoukd have been a cut scene instead of Woke nonsense
Metal Gear Solid 3, another master piece.
@@messiamr3395 I’m comparing it to make my point which is that I could buy another game for the same amount of money and get more time out of it. I’m not saying one game is better than the other and that’s your opinion about TW3, me and many others like the game, it’s much more than what you boiled it down to.
So I got a PS4 at the end of 2019 and in Jul 2020 I finally got Uncharted 4. What an absolute gem.
What screen resolution do you have
4k or 1080p?
@@dalejlolek 4k
Did you play the first games? I’ve got a friend who’s interested and I’m not sure if I should get them to play through the first ones. They don’t play games and I feel that since they’re outdated they might not enjoy them.
I hope you bought the collection before playing 4
@@NormanWasHere452 definitely play the first ones the collection is on ps4
Uncharted 4 was a masterpiece and visually stunning.
Still is.
RDR2 is mint are you mad, uncharted 4 and rdr2 are my top 2 games on last gen
@@dangunning1 huh? I'm complimenting the game.
@Imsure Dont ask me rdr2 is good tho
Agreed but I wish they kept Sam as the villian... and put Chloe in some moments. This is nates last hurrah after all
All Uncharted saga is a treasure,Sic Parvis Magna!!
Greatness from small beginnings
I’ve played this game 8 times and I could happily play it again. Hands down the best game I’ve ever played. This was the first game I ever played when I got my PS4 in 2017 and it holds a special place in my heart. God, what a game.
This game could release today and people would be blown away
dont care what anyone says, this game is a masterpiece..
But is not. It sucks
@@JohnDonovan1968 are u serious?
@@crit1kal_z Yeah man. I love UC1 and UC2, UC2 is the best game in the series. UC3 was okay but UC4 is boring, mediocre, overrated, forgetful story, bad characters and there's a SJW agenda.
@@crit1kal_z Uncharted 4 is basically *Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull* with SJW crap.
@@JohnDonovan1968 well, thats ur opinion and i respect that but i still think it was pretty good
I entirely understand why people heavily dislike the climbing sections in Uncharted but I’ve never found them to be too bad.
It has become a tradition of mine to play the Uncharted series at least once every year and I'm still not bored at doing it lol
It's been 5 YEARS ??????
This game is my whole life. It's inspires and motivates when I'm down.
Me too buddy me too
Honestly I kinda think Naughty Dog's games do :)
@@teacooper6485 exactly
That intro theme just gets me everytime in Uncharted 4. The moment when it comes and the way it is shown. Just perfect
I disagree, I enjoy UC4's climbing.
It's fun, but it's not very deep or interesting.
@@falcononpc9845 keyword there is fun. and that's all i need.
@@BoknoyBuhisan Yeha but that's Tonald's point. It's a system that could have been so much better than it's predecessors, but instead it chose to downgrade from UC2. Does that not call for critique?
FalconOnPC in what way is it fun? Considering you are barely doing anything.
@@falcononpc9845 what do you want from a normal human from platforming? nate's is not in assassin's creed. platforming in games have come to a point where there's little to innovate unless you're a superhero. and nate is just a regular dude in his late 30s. plus, uncharted games are more on storytelling than actual games. if i want to do crazy platforming stunts i'd find something else. do you really believe uc2 has better platforming than uc4? cmon man
I replay Uncharted 4 every few years to see if it's still got a foothold as my personal favorite game of all time, and the only game that's come close to knocking it was RDR2. The action, score, and story of Uncharted 4 is what keeps it as my number 1
I’d say Uncharted 2 is the most revered with 4 being a close second. The pacing on 2 is much better imo, though of course 4 is much better visually.
And to add to that i'd say Uncharted 3 has the most raw essence of the franchise since it features the best and most jaw dropping setpieces which is what the games are all about.
Uncharted 1 on the other hand while still good feels pretty dated and pales in comparison to all three sequels and The Lost Legacy (i don't know how it stacks up to Golden Abyss i haven't played it).
Yeah, when Uncharted 2 came out it was fresh, the big set pieces made your jaw drop, the climbing with the breaking ledges had you on the edge of your seat. Two games later and Uncharted 4 was doing the same old stuff with a shiny coat of paint. It looked brand new and felt a decade old. Lots of reviews said so. Uncharted 2 is easily the most revered in the series.
4 is much better storywise, villain wise and even gameplay wise, they wanted to go for more of a last of us pacing which doesn’t exactly work since the game doesn’t have much to offer except to keep moving foward, while in last of us those downtime can be used to explore and upgrade your weapons
@@gillianstewart835 barely story-wise and absolutely not villain wise are you kidding me? He's a complete Punk and there's no way Nathan shouldn't knock his ass down with a single punch
@Protection man this
This is my favorite game of all-time! It literally has EVERYTHING I'd want in a game.
The Last of Us is the best game of all time for me. Uncharted 4 is the second best game ever. Right behind the last of us
I went from never having played uncharted before, to beating and getting platinum on them all. Wish it lasted longer...
Including online achievements for 4? Waste of money
Platinum on Uncharted 1 is not easy!
I also the platinum in all of them, even the lost legacy
@@rafaelmartins6981 And Golden Abyss on the vita?
@@theunexplainablecrumbs4387 oh my god, the nostalgia. That was my first uncharted ever. I'm planning on buying a charger for the vita to replay it after 7 years. Can't wait to get platinum on that game too.
My life the elevator fight took me about 90 minutes on crushing. The only encounter stopping me ever playing on that difficulty again
On crushing, that elevator level lowers a person's morale
the most trouble i had on crushing was on the shipyard because i almost have no ammo and i had a shotgun.
@@BoknoyBuhisan I agree, I beat the whole game on crushing except all of chapter 21. Its ridiculously hard
@@BoknoyBuhisan I remember the shipyard taking ages as well now you mention it
If you watch Joseph Anderson's video that crumbling roof section is completely random as to whether or not you will die from the gunfire
15:42
I'm gonna have to disagree with you with you there. The way I see it, the game purposefully has 2 slow paced climbing sections at the beginning because they want us to get used to the new Nathan we're introduced to. An older, more relaxed Nathan who is living a slower paced life.
The beginning is slower, but then picks up the pace intentionally, conceptualizing Nathan picking up the pace and getting back to the life he left behind.
I do agree with you that the platforming probably could have been handled better, plus Nadine's character kind of sucked and was unnecessary.
And that same older Nate moves faster and hits harder than any before in combat lol.
I connect more to him after the Madagascar chase or the train from Uncharted 2
I have to disagree with you. You play through the first climbing tutorial as kid Nate, then play through the second one as young Nate. Essentially, in the first 2-3 hours of the game the narrative jumps all over the place both in time and location, yet the gameplay stays the same, which really makes no sense thematically. That is just some shitty gameplay pacing from ND, which is the biggest issue with this game.
Uncharted 4 has the best climbing to date of any game period. It sounds like most of your negative impressions are around the climbing early calling it boring. But those parts are some of the best parts of the game. running around climbing as kid drake is a total blast. Since it's the beginning of the game the polish of the climbing mechanics are still really fresh and can easily carry the fun factor of the game on it's own.
Best climbing to date of any game period? Zelda: BotW have a better climbing with more dinamism.
@@HighMisticFive Zeldas climbing is fun but it quite literally is just the same lame animation going up a mountain. It doesn't change at all.
Uncharted you are constantly climbing in realistic feasible ways (minus the fact that it's still a game and being able to climb as many structures as drake does at the speed drake does would ultimately result in death)
Your constantly looking for handholds in different locations and for totally unique objects throughout the entire game. Many of which require you to jump to or grab hold of in different ways Plus the number of different ways to jump to the same handhold keeps things interesting. The shear number of climbing animations in the game is staggering.
The main difference you can argue that makes zelda better is the stamina factor but that is far more dependent on the type of game. uncharted is a linear story driven game. Zelda is a open world go anywhere type game.
I think a better way of looking at it is imagine playing Zelda and having that stamina bar but also having the actual climbing mechanics of uncharted 4. All the physics based animations, multiple ways to jump to the same areas and, unique crevasses and holds (you can't just climb up any flat rock) Plus the physics based rope and knife. That would be a killer game because the climbing is so well polished.
But now take that example and consider what parts were taken from which game. Basically everything but the stamina bar comes from uncharted. Hence yes the stamina bar adds a lot of fun factor but when it comes to climbing uncharted has it beat big time.
The stamina bar is just a supplemental thing, it itself is not signifier of how well done the climbing is.
Also by your logic if zelda was the gold standard than shadow of the colossus would actually be the winner because it's basically zeldas climbing system done better because you can climb all directions and it's physics based.
the first part where you climb as a kid nathan was fun. but in the game they give you so much repetitive climbing it gets boring. i LOVE LOVE climbing in games and finished all Tomb Raider franchise. but in this game you keep doing the same climbing over n over n over I was like when the F is this part gonna end. especially when you go through the caves with sam
@@HighMisticFive lmfaoooo
What fucking games are you playing?
This is the best action movie that I have ever played
It has the least amount of action in the series
@@eziospaghettiauditore8369 I think 1 has
@@lennylalamba5366 no there's far more combat in 1 there's less than 9 fights in U4 I believe and only one setpiece
Just recently played Uncharted 4 for the first time and I never played any of the games before and it’s easily one of the best video games I have ever played.
I can’t believe it’s been 5 years, it feels like I only played it a year ago.
watching this video actually makes me want to reinstall the Nathan Drake collection and play it once again (along with A Thief's End as well)
This game was fantastic. Arguably one of the best I’ve ever played
The only game I instantly replayed after finishing it
The Lost Legacy is also incredible.
God this game's a masterpiece
I'm at the tail end of 3 on a marathon run of the whole series. I haven't played uncharted since 4 came out, besides some of the Vita spin off, and I find myself still absolutely loving it. I wish I could find more games that keep me as entertained as this series does.
UC4 was the first game I ever played on my first PlayStation back in 2020. As a former Xbox user, I was missing out on SO MANY masterpieces, it was impossible to go back to Xbox. UC4 turned out to be my favorite game of all time, and I quickly bought as many PS4-exclusive games as I could (including Horizon, The Last of Us, LBP3, Dreams, Ratchet and Clank, etc, UC:LL). Literally every game I played from Sony Interactive, Naughty Dog, and Media Molecule were masterpieces. I can't believe I have been missing out on an entire world for so long, it actually feels like my childhood was a waste. One year later I ended up getting my friend a PS4 Slim and first thing he played was Uncharted 4. Wise choice.
This game's gameplay is really cinematic and so much realistic got feeling of mission impossible while playing this game
Driving a boat and a jeep sightseeing and walking?
Where was the breaking into secret headquarters or jumping from skyscrapers? Have you actually seen a mission impossible movie?
@@eziospaghettiauditore8369 that scene when nathan and sully were chasing Sam nathan was hanging and jumping to another car that part gives me some movie vibes.
if you make a fun mechanic available all the time, the little moments that it does use will make it less impactful. just like if you eat cake all the time, having cake on your birthday will make no difference.
I disagree. I love Just Cause 3 and even though the game is repetitive playing around with a wingsuit is something unique to that game and it ever gets old to use
5 years and still one of my favourite games of all time. 😁
Me after finishing U4 6 times and I see 2 seconds of a U4 video: Alright, kid. One last time.
Uncharted 2, 3 & 4. I play them once every few years just to reminisce my child hood. Some of the best games ever made.
I understand your points, but it‘ll always be perfect to me
This is my favourite game ever I love this franchise and I hope that the uncharted film is good because it means so much to fans.
This is a contender for my favourite game of all time, I absolutely adore this series. Great video Tonald!
5 years later? It’s only been 4. It ain’t April yet.
May 10th, 2021
He literally said “almost” in the video
It rounds up to 5
I've played Among Thieves probably more times than I remember. Played it as a child, played it as a teenager, played it as an adult. I've also played it 2 more times to achieve Platinum. Same goes for Drake's Fortune and Drake's Deception. All great games (especially Among Thieves, which has a unique place in my heart as the first true story-based game I ever played).
They all were and are great games but, for me, what makes A Thief's End the best of them all, is what it achieved. Not what it achieved from a mechanics or a graphics point of view (which in of themselves are pretty remarkable for the PS4 and for 2016), but for what it achieved as an ending to such a beloved franchise.
So many times studios invent beloved franchises yet they fail to understand how to end them, when to end them or they simply never want to and they choose to keep exploiting their name for profit (*cough*Assassin'sCreed*cough*). Other times, studios end their franchise at the correct time but the hype that the title has amassed builds a promise that they can't fulfill.
So, for me, what Naughty Dog achieved with A Thief's End, what they proved, is that even if a game has massive anticipation around it, even if the franchise behind it has so many great titles, even if you deliver a story that most fans weren't exactly expecting,
you still CAN make a game that the fans will love. You still can achieve your goals. It's easy for studios nowadays to cover their failures with the blanket called "too much hype" , "overbearing anticipation". Now we know you can succeed even with all that in mind.
Naughty Dog's proved it.
Great video man..
Agree with all except the pacing, I did loved the slow character interaction parts and less the over the top action. Man I'm so relieved that its not just me who thought the platforming is over tuned, boring and shallow. Played all the series in 2020 for the first time and they are a mixed bag for me: characters, their interactions and the scenery , world bilging is all awesome, than comes the absolute zero realism writing and the platforming and I want to throw out the ps4 in the window. Best for me was Lost legacy, which has proportionally less platforming, more funny character interactions between the two polar opposite personality of the protagonists, all was very good.
Finally some love for Lost Legacy. I still think it's the best one
I’m currently playing the Lost Legacy and still I can’t get over how beautiful it is, not just the graphics, everything in it!
The multiplayer is amazing
Finished this game and series a few months ago. And wow!! Absolutely incredible and so much fun! They deserve so much more attention.
Im currenty on the Uncharted marathon and i've played only Among Thieves before.
Im also getting all the Ps4/5 trophies.
3 Uncharted games down and started Uncharted 4 few days ago and what an amazing game it is.
Hopefully this game gets a patch for PS5. This game would be even more amazing than it already is
60 FPS would be a godsend
Idk about you guys but Nathan Drake was the fictional personality I looked upto in every aspect growing up as a kid. This final game was pure fun and had one of the satisfying cohesive endings to a series I've experienced till date. I'm glad I was 96 born.
Crazy how pretty this game was for being a launch title
It wasn't, it came out 2 years later.
Infamous second son and killzone 4 were launch titles.
Exclusives always push the console to the limit, just look at Infamous second son and horizon zero dawn
@@MrDarkKorner Infamous wasn't a launch title either
@@Jdb63 sorry my bad, i take it was Knack
I’ve always loved the lore of the pirate captains and am saddened by how the treasure made them all turn on each other.
Naughty dog needs to make an open world game something like gta
Yes!!!
I don't think they should do that. Clearly, linear gameplay is what they excel at, so if they make something open world, it probably won't be that good.
@@justsaymike3370 agreed
Present Naughty Dog? God no.
@@falcononpc9845 The best iteration of Naughty Dog, yes.
So basically he said Uncharted 4 isn't that hard. But here's a challenge that is extremely hard: set it to the hardest difficulty and complete every fight in the game in stealth mode.
By coincidence I've just finished it on the PS4 Pro. Played the previous games and had a good time. This was no exception. There are times when you are stuck, literally ànd because the game doesn't allow for multiple approaches it can be a bit frustrating. This doesn't help with the immersion either. Don't get me wrong it's a good game but by the end I was glad it was over.
@Alâ Oh yes.. the multiple approaches such as... stealth and shoot. It's Far Cry. That doesn't mean it's bad, but you don't have to be so blind.
My GF used to HATE video games, but when Uncharted 4 first came out she kept asking me questions about it when she'd catch a few good story moments during my play. She made me restart the game so she could follow the story and watch me play, eventually taking the controller to explore and climb only giving it back when there was a gun fight. She loved it! I then asked if she wanted to play TLOU Remastered and she enjoyed that too, then she proceeded to play the Uncharted Collection solo, then heavy rain, Detroit become human, until dawn, she even platted lego batman 3! Currently playing through beyond two souls and the dark pictures anthology. She tried COD and went 1-28 but I'm glad she enjoys the story type games, you just gotta find your style of gaming! :)
The Uncharted games are great movies...
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I got my first videogame console the Xmas of 2011, a ps3. it came with the Uncharted 3, AND I FELL IN LOVE. Uncharted has been the videogame saga that has had the biggest impact in me. I played the second and the 1st after completing the 3rd in 2012 and waited 4 years for the 4th to come out, and Uncharted 4 has been the only videogame i have ever preordered, I completed the game in 2 days after it came out and I cried my eyes out because I knew that was gonna be the last time I saw Nate in a videogame. Well seeing this video in my suggested really made my day, Thanks Naughty Dog.
Remember when the Naughty dog couldn't make Nate to move. it took them a few tries.
Yep if you stand there for 30 seconds in the game you’ll unlock an achievement
The graphic is awesome but you know what is awesome? two brother's relationship, their journey across the world, and even the criminal world have it owns charm in uncharted, Uncharted teach me that freedom is worth risking. After all, the idea of freedom itself sounds fun and makes you feel alive, especially when you discover something new along your journey. Uncharted 4 is not an open-world game but it gives me a sense of freedom that no game can compete.
that's true
Still looks fresh af
Almost 5 years old this game and uncharted 3 soon to be 10 years, its crazy how time flew. Very good games
I remember when this game came out like yesterday.
People love to now hate on Naughty Dog for some of their decisions with LOU2 (personally it's my favourite game)
But they then forget Neil Druckmann and the team also made this masterpiece
Don't forget TLOU 1.
Neil druckmann didn't make this game himself. It was also that Bruce guy who also helped make The Last of Us 1 which is why The Last of Us 2 is a disaster because Bruce is no longer on the team
@@theotherbeatle707 Neil Druckmann did make it... Look behind the scenes. And TLOU 2 is better than 1
2 is still the best in the series personally.
I think the first one is the best
@@magicmonkey978 the first one is my favourite too, but if you think about it it is a Indiana Jones clone. 1 island, everything is happening on that island. Uncharted 2 goes to multiple places that’s why many people consider 2 the best. I think 3th is the worst
@@hengeloserickkert3754 yeah 3 is the worst I like 1 tho because it started everything and that’s what I like about it it’s just in one place to time jumps everything happens in a day I love 2 as well for its villain and the final act the opening and more
2nd is the best period. I wont recognize or even listen to anyone saying anything otherwise. Youre wrong and Im right period bye bye LMAO
@@hengeloserickkert3754 3rd had some really good action sequences at least
I absolutely LOVE Uncharted 4 but its definetly not the gameplay due to the slow paced walking sections thats why i prefer Uncharted 2 and 3 to 4 but the story is definetly the best one of all the Uncharted games.
The Nadine 'fight' lmao
Oh, Neil Druckmann, you're one weird individual
@Alâ more like a political agenda than anything.
The 'super powerful black female'. And you can't even touch her apparently. Nathan can't land ONE hit on her. It's just ridiculous.
@@arkanjoteixeiraBut it didn't feel so forced as the political agenda in Tlou 2. Almost every character is forced
@@DiegoTequila thats true
@@arkanjoteixeira It was done for humour, I think. Nathan goes in all cocky and then gets beat the crap out of by this beast.
@@arkanjoteixeira buhuhu cry more
Played through the story of all Uncharted games 5 times, and I've been playing UC4 multiplayer every week since the original beta dropped for it. No matter how many amazing games come out, I always come back to this game. Gonna hop on tonight.
I used to be a big fan of yours, but that overly statistical & objective analysis of the game feel incredibly disconnected. A game is so much more than mechanics..
easily of the best games of the decade, together with the witcher 3. a masterpiece!
If I may be so bold as to request a video topic...
The Lego Star Wars series of video games and how it has evolved while still having the same formula and how it isn't hated as much as many yearly release franchises like Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed...
You should have discussed the multiplayer as well. Extremely underrated and it's one of the best 3rd person shooter multiplayers out there and probably the best one on the PS4.
Wait, this isnt Raycevick
Nope. But I honestly want Raycevick to cover this game one day, once he gets his hands on a PS4 or 5
I revisited this game last summer for the first time in a few years, it still was a great time as I had forgotten a lot of the best moments. For me, these games were always about the characters, and in that regard this game really delivered for me.
That’s why I didn’t really like tomb raider, the game plays you most of the time, this actually looks far better than tomb raider, too bad it’s not on PC.
I like it as a ps4 exclusive
Honestly I kinda disagree. Uncharted is good, but the climbing gets super tedious. At least it did to me. Maybe it’s because I played through all 4 of them in a short time span. But it just feels like so much of the game is padded out with climbing
Hate the ‘detective vision’ in the Tomb Raider games. Naughty Dog knows how to make levels that flow, unlike the Tomb Raider games most of the time.
@@EggEnjoyer I wish they could’ve made the climbing more fun cause it’s not fun seeing almost every climbable ledge break after seeing it for like 20 hours
@@veganmilk4325 Right that gets old too. Especially when you’re like 20 feet away from an objective and then the old rickety bridge predictably breaks and then add 10 more minutes of just climbing to the game
I have always really liked the climbing in every uncharted.
I wonder if the plataformer problems were improved in the lost legacy
As a person who has played the Uncharted series ever since as a child I feel that Uncharted 4 will never get old as the combination of combat, story, and movement will always be dominant over other ND games like TLOU.
Hot take: Uncharted 4 is better than The Last Of us
Totally agree with you
Played the whole series for the first time last couple months. Im currently working on the lost legacy.
Awesome series.
Am i the only one who likes this series over assassins creed. @ least in climbing very few feel as smooth as uncharted
Na mate I'm sorry but ac is the most overrated game ever no joke.
Uncharted and AC is no competition. Uncharted had all masterpieces. AC had been giving us shit and mediocre at the best games all the recent years. Even AC's best can't beat any one of the uncharted games.
I like the stories & characters up to 3 but i think uncharted is an underated masterpiece
The only good assasins creed was the second one anyway so it doesnt really compare.
I've played the series when I was younger and loved it, I wanna replay it again now. I remember finishing the school year and finally getting 4. What a fun ass time
Uncharted 4 was 5 years ago? WHAT!!!!!!!?
No the game will become 5 years old in May
To this day... this is still my favourite game of all time. I play through the story at least once every year and the multiplayer a few times a month.
i adore this game, it always reawakenes my love for history and such also nates hot
I played this game for the first time at the very beginning of 2020. I loved it so much and I played it five times in the last year alone. The slower sections never bothered me going back and neither did the climbing sections. Maybe i just love the world enough to overlook anything that might come across as an issue but I’ve only ever had the draw to go back and play a story-focused game again and again twice in my life.
Physicalness should be Physicality or Tangibility. Sorry, kinda my thing. Great video, anyway!
Idk why but the rafe and nate sword fight was the highlight of the series for me. They just let you get the most satisfying ending ever. Love it.
Honestly, my favorite is definitely uncharted 2. I love it so much.
yeah I cannot play uncharted 4 without playing 2 first.... for some reason it just give 4 so much more meaning because of all the homages to the second game,
I remember when I got the Uncharted 4 Bundle Edition. Got it in September and I avoided all spoilers. The best game i have ever played and the graphics were beyond everything. 10/10 A Masterpiece
I got it in 2016. A few months after the release
Not gonna lie this was my least favorite of the whole series. Amazing game but had some flaws I cannot ignore
Agreed. It had a couple of flaws that keep it from being better then 2
I find uncharted 1 a pretty bland game, the gameplay is kinda bad, and it lacks the compensation of unrelenting use of cutscenes that the sequels utilise
Same, the tone of pulp Adventure was lost in Uncharted 4. To me... it lacked a fundamental fun factor the other games indulged in.
@Alâ of course the Level design, graphics, gameplay the whole nine yards is better it’s on a much superior console to the ps3. While the game is very gorgeous it just doesn’t have that sense of Aw and wonder the past 3 had. My biggest problem which is more of a my own opinion type of thing but I always enjoyed the 3 boss bad guys the past 3 games had and was disappointed that this one only had one though I did enjoy the boss fight a lot. I was also really dissatisfied with it not being a bit more magical. Uncharted has always had some form of mystical unnatural aspect and the 4 game didn’t have that. More of a grounded realistic approach which strangely took me out of the game. I guess my thing was I was so use to the same formula the past 3 games had and enjoyed them so much that a change wasn’t welcome this late in the series. Undoubtedly the physics and graphics are superior and make this game a joy to play but I think the past 3 had superior stories than this one did.
@@noughsubjectivity3686 that game was also made in 2006 when the ps3 was first launched so it’s kinda hard to judge a game that old by those standards but I do see what you mean
15:06 grenades have that function, funny and awkwardly enough. If you throw one while being hidden, enemies will go to the site of the explosion to investigate.
When I played Uncharted 4, not long after launch, I felt something was really off and ended up not enjoying it at all. I loved Uncharted 2 and 3, but 4 was just not fun for me. Maybe the locations, maybe the story, maybe the characters, maybe all of them, but I didn't like the game.
I replayed it 3-4 yearsater and again I didn't like it.
4 is the worst one.
You summed up all my thoughts perfectly. I just binged played all the uncharted games in the past week for the first and I was low key disappointed by how tame U4 was, especially coming off the heels of 2 and 3. U4 definitely needed WAY moments like the Madagascar chase scenes. Not to mention Rafe was kinda wuss compared to lazarevic and Talbet from 2 and 3, thoese guys always felt like a constant looming treat, Reaf didn't like that much of a treat in comparison.