This is my retrospective review of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. Definitely disappointed with this one, if you enjoyed the video, be sure to subscribe!
Interesting observations. Personally, I think U3 is probably my favorite in the series, although I enjoy them all. The set pieces and artistic creativity in the desert scenes, boat scene, plane scene, and footrace through the city are second to none. Visually it did many new things that were really creative artistically. It is a blockbuster action movie you can play with fantastic locations. Weaving real world history into well thought stories is something Hennig excels at. I suppose a persons response may depend on what parts of a game matter most to them - game play mechanics or overall story and visuals. U3 created set pieces I wanted to be in, great characters and action sequences that were worthy of the best adventure movie. I remember a friend saying “that’s the best movie I’ve ever played” which is where I think it excels. There are definitely some elements that could be improved as you point out, and you make a good observation that it may be that Druckmann helped with character consistency. Hennig and Druckman’s strengths together helped cancel each other’s weaknesses. However, all things considered, I will take Hennig’s fun adventure ride with some flaws over what Druckmann did to Last of Us 2 any day. :)
Everything you described is in Uncharted 2 tho, but executed better. Not to mention Uncharted 3 is a carbon copy of 2 beat for story beat, right down to the “convoy” chase in the desert and crumbling bridge escape at the end. That’s just lazy and uncreative.
@@jaysony8587 I guess I would disagree. There are similarities in every action movie. - they all have car chases, etc. But in U3 the desert settings were great. The story was great. The horse chase was unique. The half sunk ship escape was epic. Lastly, and especially, the plane scene with the walk through the desert were awesome. The plane escape stands out as unique among games. It was all a fun ride. The desert walk was artistically creative and unique. I guess it is all subjective, like what type of movie a person enjoys, but I remember the events of U3 better - with its Lawrence of Arabia vibe - than I did 2, although 2 was great. U3 was set in places I enjoyed seeing, and I thought did them well.
@@idahojohn3335 I’m not talking about action movies. I’m specifically talking about Uncharted 2 & 3. The game starts out with a flashback before cutting back to present day. Nate and company travel to a different country to uncover an artifact that points them in the direction of a lost city, only to have them be intercepted by the villain and get such object taken from him. They then travel to another location which eventually leads to Elena driving Nate onto some sort of transportation. The transport gets destroyed which culminates in Nate being stranded in a hazardous environment only to be rescued by a foreigner of the area. They then have a convoy chase that leads them to the location of said lost city. Nate has to fight off supernatural beings on the way through the city. The treasure they’re looking for turns out to no be a treasure at all, but something much more underwhelming. Nate’s actions eventually cause the city to crumble, in which he has to escape a collapsing bridge. Him and Elena eventually reconcile their romance again. The end. Which game did I just describe? Exactly. That’s not having “similarities”. That’s straight up plagiarism. You can’t even say that’s an opinion.
@@jaysony8587 That’s kind of the Uncharted Formula though. You can’t plagiarize yourself. It’s like saying Indiana Jones 1 and 3 are too similar. Religious relic. Quest to find it. Nazi bad guys. But that’s it’s formula. James Bond has a formula. Mission impossible has one…For my part, I enjoyed playing 3 probably the most. The way it executed its adventure was memorable and a fun ride to be on, which is what a game should be. If the criticism is that it should shake up the formula, ok. But you could argue that about 1 to 2 in some respects also. A mcguffin that appears to be one thing but is actually something else is kind of Uncharted’s thing. In any case, repeating certain formulas for me didn’t take away from the story it told, the places it took us, and the cinematic adventure it gave. I also like that they base them on real world history and legends. U3 was a legend I hadn’t heard of before.
@@idahojohn3335 Not the best choice of word but you get what I meant. It goes beyond just being similar. There’s a difference between following a template and just rehashing the same game all over again but with a different skin. The two halves feel disjointed. Not to mention the atrocious pacing. The ship yard / cruise ship were completely unnecessary and added nothing to the plot. The conveniences of Nate just magically ending up where he needed to be got ridiculous. So were Talbots inexplicable abilities to survive gun shot wounds & teleport. Its no secret Naughty Dog came up with the set pieces first and just strung them together, regardless of wether it made sense or not. All for the sake of “spectacle”. It’s just an inferior product that luckily got rectified in 4. Glad you got some enjoyment out of it, i guess.
U3 has some great moments, but its proof that story should always come first, then set pieces. Loving your videos man. Will you be making a complete retrospective on U4?
thanks dude, really appreciate that. Yeah, I've kind of been "working up to it". I have a lot to say about Uncharted 4 and want to nail down my "style" and skill set a bit more before I make that video.
I hated it when it first came out. The game felt wrong, the camera work, and color palette all felt wrong, and it was only recently that I went back to it. Now replaying it again, not bad, not the best, but not bad.
I think it’s amazing but the last 2 chapters hold it back behind 2 and 4 for me. The entire game just gets better and better and has this massive buildup but the last 2 chapters are just really weak in design
Uncharted 3 is strange one for me, I love the first few hours until the end of the Syria segment. Everything after I find tedious, especially the ship graveyard and cruise ship segments.
I think the older I got the more i started to appreciate U3. When i first played it in 2011 i wasn't a huge fan and it felt like a let down compared to U1 and especially U2. After playing every game back to back, U3 wasnt that bad or horrible of a game. Maybe misunderstood but overall still an enjoyable game. Not as horrible as i remember it when I first played it in 2011. My only complaint will be the shooting feels off in U3 than in any other Uncharted game
I just played the first three games for the first time, more or less back to back. U3 is probably my least favorite. Everything just felt off. Story felt like a re tread of U2. Enemy encounters were super frustrating and annoying due to cheap spawns getting you shot in the back constantly, not to mention the grenade spam. Some portions of the game really dragged on for me, in particular the ship graveyard and cruise ship segment. The drug sequence running through the streets almost put me to sleep. The lost in the desert section felt under baked. Melee combat was a drag.......
I just played through the original trilogy for the first time and I think 3 was my favorite. The combat in 1 and 2 is very bad, and while it's not great in 3 either, I think it's a decent improvement. The set pieces in my opinion are pretty on par with 2 as well. This is also the first game that has puzzles that actually require you to use your brain instead of just opening your notebook and seeing the solution right there. Yes the story is a mess, but it's not like 1 and 2 had deep interesting stories either. Plus, my takeaway from the first game is that these games are not meant to be taken seriously and you're kind of supposed to suspend your disbelief and just enjoy the ride.
You voiced exactly what I’ve been thinking. While I feel like the controls are more fluid than uncharted 2. At the same time I can’t stop bumping into things nonstop it’s pretty annoying
the moment i finished U3 i was sure i practically hated it. It feels just like a U2 rehash with different characters, different locations and a story, but the game itself feels and flows LITERALLY just like U2. They took every single thing in U2 and changed either the person who's in the spotlight, or the vehicle, or the location. Once again Nathan and Elena are separeted because of Nate bullshitting her, once again there's a new character that is clearly going to die, once again we'll be betrayed by someone we trust, once again we are going to take a big vehicle that once again will crash in the middle of a inhospitable place and once again we'll be found by a very unlikely random person that lives in a village conveniently nearby, once again some one we love fondly will die, Nate will go on a rampage only to then we find out they're not actually dead (at least on U2 they actually had the guts to almost kill Elena). Even the order EVERYTHING happens on U3 is practically identical to U2. I know Sully was "dead" in U1 and we found out he wasn't really dead, but the order and relevance of that to the story was WAAAAAY different compared to what happened to Elena in U2. In U1 that happened literally in the second or third chapter of the game, while in U2 Elena almost dying happend that the last chapter or almost in the last chapter. Anyways, U3 was boring, tedious and i really regret spending my money on it
I often struggle to decide which is better -- U2 or U3? While U3's storytelling and pacing isn't as good as U2, it has better improved gameplay, better mechanics, and some of the best set pieces in the series...so I'd say it is the second best in the series overall (behind U4 that is ).
I 100% agree about the observation regarding Neil/Amy's relationship in Uncharted 2's case. They bring out the best in each other and that resulted in arguably ND's best title.
@@scopecreep_ Yeah the Brendan Fraser series, but it got video games actually too! The Mummy 3 has the honor of being one of the last games ever to be produced my Sierra Adventure before it was shut down by its parent company!
I dislike #3 the most. Stuff just happening just to set up big scenes, they throw granades every 2 seconds, enemies dont react to getting shot, these enemies with 60 lb of bullet oroof vests taking multiple head shots and full clips. The story wasn't interesting.
Recently played all the games and uncharted 3 made me the most annoyed on my play through. I thought maybe cuz I was working up through difficulty uncharted 1 normal uncharted 2 on hard and 3 on crushing but after hearing you talk about how you died within seconds due to an enemy spawning behind you. It made the game super rough to play through. Been playing uncharted 4 and I’m incredibly surprised people can say this is the weakest one. 3 and 1 are not even close to 4s level. And as you mentioned the story feels like it had multiple good ideas but we’re all underbaked. Chloe’s exit from the story is easily my biggest issue.
I couldn’t agree more besides almost half the game is literally boring and it wasn’t as fun as the first two besides I don’t bother with 3 as much anymore I only play the other uncharted games along with the last of us part 1 besides 4 will always be the best uncharted game ever I love it so much it’s my favorite one
I really like Uncharted 3 and think it comes much closer to the masterpiece that is Uncharted 2 than people give it credit for. The story was obviously not quite as good but I think it makes up for a lot of its faults with its 10/10 set pieces. Also, this is a hot take but I kinda like the hand-to-hand combat. It’s not supposed to be full of depth or anything. It’s just supposed to be some eye-candy and make sure that you aren’t using a gun to take down every enemy. But I still respect your opinion and am still dropping a like. 😁
Interesting perspective. honestly it was the first game I played in the series that made me fall in love with it. But I can definitely see the criticisms and I must say I hated that fever dream fight sequence. Sure I died a million times 😂 not my favorite but it was the one that got me hooked. Think I thematically enjoyed it more than Drake’s Fortune though.
Played uncharted 1-4 for the first time last year and loved them all. I thought it was a great series. I think you take your gaming a little too serious but good video nonetheless
@@Ez-Boi231. The enemies react to being shot unlike u3 2. It doesnt have shitty blue aliens or demons that tank 1000 bullets 3. It doesnt switch from place to place every 5 minutes 4. It doesnt have a long ass walking interactive cutscene 5. Mp40
@@decriper1097 1) In U1 when the enemies do their janky little duck and dodge animations it’s more annoying than anything else. 2) U4 doesn’t have crappy blue aliens or demons. 3) U1 doesn’t switch from place to place every five minutes, but it has the opposite problem. Nearly the entire game takes place on the island with VERY little to change it up. 4) U1 has enemies around every corner and it gets tiring super quickly. A nice walking interactive cutscene could help with the U1’s pacing. 5) Nothing to say here. Using the Mp40 against the zombies is the best part of U1. 😂
Interesting observations. Personally, I think U3 is probably my favorite in the series, although I enjoy them all. The set pieces and artistic creativity in the desert scenes, boat scene, plane scene, and footrace through the city are second to none. Visually it did many new things that were really creative artistically. It is a blockbuster action movie you can play with fantastic locations. Weaving real world history into well thought stories is something Hennig excels at. I suppose a persons response may depend on what parts of a game matter most to them - game play mechanics or overall story and visuals. U3 created set pieces I wanted to be in, great characters and action sequences that were worthy of the best adventure movie. I remember a friend saying “that’s the best movie I’ve ever played” which is where I think it excels. There are definitely some elements that could be improved as you point out, and you make a good observation that it may be that Druckmann helped with character consistency. Hennig and Druckman’s strengths together helped cancel each other’s weaknesses. However, all things considered, I will take Hennig’s fun adventure ride with some flaws over what Druckmann did to Last of Us 2 any day. :)
Everything you described is in Uncharted 2 tho, but executed better. Not to mention Uncharted 3 is a carbon copy of 2 beat for story beat, right down to the “convoy” chase in the desert and crumbling bridge escape at the end. That’s just lazy and uncreative.
@@jaysony8587 I guess I would disagree. There are similarities in every action movie. - they all have car chases, etc. But in U3 the desert settings were great. The story was great. The horse chase was unique. The half sunk ship escape was epic. Lastly, and especially, the plane scene with the walk through the desert were awesome. The plane escape stands out as unique among games. It was all a fun ride. The desert walk was artistically creative and unique. I guess it is all subjective, like what type of movie a person enjoys, but I remember the events of U3 better - with its Lawrence of Arabia vibe - than I did 2, although 2 was great. U3 was set in places I enjoyed seeing, and I thought did them well.
@@idahojohn3335 I’m not talking about action movies. I’m specifically talking about Uncharted 2 & 3. The game starts out with a flashback before cutting back to present day. Nate and company travel to a different country to uncover an artifact that points them in the direction of a lost city, only to have them be intercepted by the villain and get such object taken from him. They then travel to another location which eventually leads to Elena driving Nate onto some sort of transportation. The transport gets destroyed which culminates in Nate being stranded in a hazardous environment only to be rescued by a foreigner of the area. They then have a convoy chase that leads them to the location of said lost city. Nate has to fight off supernatural beings on the way through the city. The treasure they’re looking for turns out to no be a treasure at all, but something much more underwhelming. Nate’s actions eventually cause the city to crumble, in which he has to escape a collapsing bridge. Him and Elena eventually reconcile their romance again. The end. Which game did I just describe? Exactly. That’s not having “similarities”. That’s straight up plagiarism. You can’t even say that’s an opinion.
@@jaysony8587 That’s kind of the Uncharted Formula though. You can’t plagiarize yourself. It’s like saying Indiana Jones 1 and 3 are too similar. Religious relic. Quest to find it. Nazi bad guys. But that’s it’s formula. James Bond has a formula. Mission impossible has one…For my part, I enjoyed playing 3 probably the most. The way it executed its adventure was memorable and a fun ride to be on, which is what a game should be. If the criticism is that it should shake up the formula, ok. But you could argue that about 1 to 2 in some respects also. A mcguffin that appears to be one thing but is actually something else is kind of Uncharted’s thing. In any case, repeating certain formulas for me didn’t take away from the story it told, the places it took us, and the cinematic adventure it gave. I also like that they base them on real world history and legends. U3 was a legend I hadn’t heard of before.
@@idahojohn3335 Not the best choice of word but you get what I meant. It goes beyond just being similar. There’s a difference between following a template and just rehashing the same game all over again but with a different skin. The two halves feel disjointed. Not to mention the atrocious pacing. The ship yard / cruise ship were completely unnecessary and added nothing to the plot. The conveniences of Nate just magically ending up where he needed to be got ridiculous. So were Talbots inexplicable abilities to survive gun shot wounds & teleport. Its no secret Naughty Dog came up with the set pieces first and just strung them together, regardless of wether it made sense or not. All for the sake of “spectacle”. It’s just an inferior product that luckily got rectified in 4. Glad you got some enjoyment out of it, i guess.
I didn't like uncharted 3. It was basically a great value version of uncharted 2. The multiplayer was a ton of fun though.
this.
Chapter 18 is 8 minutes of slow walking. SMH. This game is weak. They added new animations and they are unpolished. Also the AI is bad
It's just walking and it's absolutely fantastic. An incredible moment.
So you must of hated uncharted 4 no?!
U3 has some great moments, but its proof that story should always come first, then set pieces. Loving your videos man. Will you be making a complete retrospective on U4?
thanks dude, really appreciate that. Yeah, I've kind of been "working up to it". I have a lot to say about Uncharted 4 and want to nail down my "style" and skill set a bit more before I make that video.
I hated it when it first came out. The game felt wrong, the camera work, and color palette all felt wrong, and it was only recently that I went back to it. Now replaying it again, not bad, not the best, but not bad.
I think it’s amazing but the last 2 chapters hold it back behind 2 and 4 for me. The entire game just gets better and better and has this massive buildup but the last 2 chapters are just really weak in design
Uncharted 3 is strange one for me, I love the first few hours until the end of the Syria segment. Everything after I find tedious, especially the ship graveyard and cruise ship segments.
But those are the best levels and set pieces 🥴
And the plane scene
I think the older I got the more i started to appreciate U3. When i first played it in 2011 i wasn't a huge fan and it felt like a let down compared to U1 and especially U2. After playing every game back to back, U3 wasnt that bad or horrible of a game. Maybe misunderstood but overall still an enjoyable game. Not as horrible as i remember it when I first played it in 2011. My only complaint will be the shooting feels off in U3 than in any other Uncharted game
I just played the first three games for the first time, more or less back to back. U3 is probably my least favorite. Everything just felt off. Story felt like a re tread of U2. Enemy encounters were super frustrating and annoying due to cheap spawns getting you shot in the back constantly, not to mention the grenade spam. Some portions of the game really dragged on for me, in particular the ship graveyard and cruise ship segment. The drug sequence running through the streets almost put me to sleep. The lost in the desert section felt under baked. Melee combat was a drag.......
Honestly I still like the game despite it's flaws
I just played through the original trilogy for the first time and I think 3 was my favorite. The combat in 1 and 2 is very bad, and while it's not great in 3 either, I think it's a decent improvement. The set pieces in my opinion are pretty on par with 2 as well. This is also the first game that has puzzles that actually require you to use your brain instead of just opening your notebook and seeing the solution right there. Yes the story is a mess, but it's not like 1 and 2 had deep interesting stories either. Plus, my takeaway from the first game is that these games are not meant to be taken seriously and you're kind of supposed to suspend your disbelief and just enjoy the ride.
You voiced exactly what I’ve been thinking. While I feel like the controls are more fluid than uncharted 2. At the same time I can’t stop bumping into things nonstop it’s pretty annoying
The first game had the best music soundtrack in my opinion.
I just hate the shooting and bullet sponge enemies like wtf they be taking multiple head shots the end
the moment i finished U3 i was sure i practically hated it. It feels just like a U2 rehash with different characters, different locations and a story, but the game itself feels and flows LITERALLY just like U2. They took every single thing in U2 and changed either the person who's in the spotlight, or the vehicle, or the location.
Once again Nathan and Elena are separeted because of Nate bullshitting her, once again there's a new character that is clearly going to die, once again we'll be betrayed by someone we trust, once again we are going to take a big vehicle that once again will crash in the middle of a inhospitable place and once again we'll be found by a very unlikely random person that lives in a village conveniently nearby, once again some one we love fondly will die, Nate will go on a rampage only to then we find out they're not actually dead (at least on U2 they actually had the guts to almost kill Elena). Even the order EVERYTHING happens on U3 is practically identical to U2.
I know Sully was "dead" in U1 and we found out he wasn't really dead, but the order and relevance of that to the story was WAAAAAY different compared to what happened to Elena in U2. In U1 that happened literally in the second or third chapter of the game, while in U2 Elena almost dying happend that the last chapter or almost in the last chapter.
Anyways, U3 was boring, tedious and i really regret spending my money on it
I often struggle to decide which is better -- U2 or U3? While U3's storytelling and pacing isn't as good as U2, it has better improved gameplay, better mechanics, and some of the best set pieces in the series...so I'd say it is the second best in the series overall (behind U4 that is ).
I can't help but agree. I played it alongside my Dad as a kid and this game is the one with the least memories.
I 100% agree about the observation regarding Neil/Amy's relationship in Uncharted 2's case. They bring out the best in each other and that resulted in arguably ND's best title.
I’m absolutely loving your Uncharted videos! I’m so glad I found you channel! ❤
Thanks man! Really appreciate that
@@scopecreep_ do you think you’ll cover Uncharted Golden Abyss, or any of the Tomb Raider or Indiana Jones games, or maybe even The Mummy series?
@@CSReed the mummy series are movies right? I’d actually be down for golden abyss lol. Never actually played Indianan jones either
@@scopecreep_ Yeah the Brendan Fraser series, but it got video games actually too! The Mummy 3 has the honor of being one of the last games ever to be produced my Sierra Adventure before it was shut down by its parent company!
@@CSReed huhhhhh interesting! I don't honestly know if I have the consoles required for this but I suppose I should look into it...
I dislike #3 the most. Stuff just happening just to set up big scenes, they throw granades every 2 seconds, enemies dont react to getting shot, these enemies with 60 lb of bullet oroof vests taking multiple head shots and full clips. The story wasn't interesting.
i have a different opinion, i like it alot but its my opinion
@@William5000000 ok
@@William5000000 why is 4 your weakest one? And which one is your fav
@@William5000000 and two is your second most fav?
Nice video bro I just watched 2 pf yours and I like your interpretation of things, I think ill start dark souls 3 after watching your ds3 video
Recently played all the games and uncharted 3 made me the most annoyed on my play through. I thought maybe cuz I was working up through difficulty uncharted 1 normal uncharted 2 on hard and 3 on crushing but after hearing you talk about how you died within seconds due to an enemy spawning behind you. It made the game super rough to play through. Been playing uncharted 4 and I’m incredibly surprised people can say this is the weakest one. 3 and 1 are not even close to 4s level.
And as you mentioned the story feels like it had multiple good ideas but we’re all underbaked. Chloe’s exit from the story is easily my biggest issue.
So you played the game on hard and the complaint is that it's too hard?
It's probably the easiest of the first three.
I couldn’t agree more besides almost half the game is literally boring and it wasn’t as fun as the first two besides I don’t bother with 3 as much anymore I only play the other uncharted games along with the last of us part 1 besides 4 will always be the best uncharted game ever I love it so much it’s my favorite one
glad it resonated!!! thanks for watching
@@scopecreep_ your welcome pal
Just completed it. It's a fantastic game. If it weren't for Uncharted 2 I'd say it's the best game on the PS3.
What was your reaction when they made uncharted 4
I really like Uncharted 3 and think it comes much closer to the masterpiece that is Uncharted 2 than people give it credit for. The story was obviously not quite as good but I think it makes up for a lot of its faults with its 10/10 set pieces. Also, this is a hot take but I kinda like the hand-to-hand combat. It’s not supposed to be full of depth or anything. It’s just supposed to be some eye-candy and make sure that you aren’t using a gun to take down every enemy. But I still respect your opinion and am still dropping a like. 😁
Interesting perspective. honestly it was the first game I played in the series that made me fall in love with it. But I can definitely see the criticisms and I must say I hated that fever dream fight sequence. Sure I died a million times 😂 not my favorite but it was the one that got me hooked. Think I thematically enjoyed it more than Drake’s Fortune though.
Played uncharted 1-4 for the first time last year and loved them all. I thought it was a great series. I think you take your gaming a little too serious but good video nonetheless
haha the part where you kill the guy with no music playing
was that the part where sully was supposedly kidnapped? i forgot ☠️☠️
I liked uncharted 1 out of every uncharted game
That’s a very interesting opinion. Why do you enjoy that one best?
@@Ez-Boi231. The enemies react to being shot unlike u3
2. It doesnt have shitty blue aliens or demons that tank 1000 bullets
3. It doesnt switch from place to place every 5 minutes
4. It doesnt have a long ass walking interactive cutscene
5. Mp40
@@decriper1097 1) In U1 when the enemies do their janky little duck and dodge animations it’s more annoying than anything else.
2) U4 doesn’t have crappy blue aliens or demons.
3) U1 doesn’t switch from place to place every five minutes, but it has the opposite problem. Nearly the entire game takes place on the island with VERY little to change it up.
4) U1 has enemies around every corner and it gets tiring super quickly. A nice walking interactive cutscene could help with the U1’s pacing.
5) Nothing to say here. Using the Mp40 against the zombies is the best part of U1. 😂
Part 3 was a mess story wise and almost ruined the series for me. Luckily, part 4 concluded the Nathan's story masterfully.
U3>>>>>>>>>U2.
Horrible Take
Chapter 18 is 8 minutes of slow walking. SMH. This game is weak. The added new animations and they are unpolished. Also the AI is bad
Yes, but it's a fantastic chapter.