Why Uncharted 2 Is a MASTERPIECE
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is considered by many to be the holy grail of the Uncharted series. The game took what worked about the first one and improved what didn't. Uncharted 2 is a beloved game, and this video will not present a single hot take about it, as I, for one, believe it is a masterpiece and the video will explain why!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:07 The Playstation 3
06:38 Getting into Uncharted 2
08:09 Everything is Better
16:51 Action Setpieces
20:22 The Story
25:26 Final Thoughts
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Fun fact uncharted 2 was my first uncharted game , I first played the running away from the vehicle demo and my dad bought it immediately when seeing me enjoy this game
Same, that snippet was brilliant for a demo
same to the first half
My dad played the demo and got the game when he found it on sale . One of the first games I really understood what was happening and appreciated the story.
Fun fact I ate an apple.
This is just a fact
Good memories. I grew up playing video games with my dad. I graduated high school in 2009, and my parents bought me a PS3 for a graduation present. I bought both Uncharted 1 and 2 at the same time, and my dad, brother, and I laughed our way through them.
You have quite a cool family
@@arielleone4416 Can't deny it. Great parents who took good care of us.
@Nate Garland Not gonna lie,I think you learned crap in school. Since like 95% of stuff,it gets erased from our brain
@@derekmaullo2865 ...wut
@@nategarland4413 See? You're a dumba$$ . And I'm done with you
I wasn't a huge fan of this one at first but after repeat playthoughs I can definetly say this one will always be my favourite just top tier writing and most fun gameplay and it also has in my opinion the best villain in the series
Why because u sucked at the game ?
Don't forget the multiplayer! It was AMAZING! Ive never had as much fun in a PvP game. Uncharted 3 was fun too but 2 was just 👌 with the coop missions too.
I love how you detail the external events that lead into each game you're talking about. It's easy to forget all the build up and judge something based off of itself, but I like that you go the extra mile and include your judgement with the history, hence making the games you talk about even more special.
Uncharted 2 was definitely my favourite out of the ps3 bunch. I especially loved the firefight shortly after the train wreck but there's a ton of other memorable engagements in this game which I also enjoy, even on repeat playthroughs.
I love this game too. My only disappointment is that Sully wasn't in this game enough.
Uncharted 2 focous on nate and elena relationship. While uncharted 3 is totaly about nate and sully. Then elena is the one who doesnt play a big role on that game
After 14 years, it’s still my favorite game of all-time. My favorite video game series ever, the second installment was pretty much perfect. Brilliant graphics (for the time, it was the best I’d ever seen on a console), the gameplay was great, the story was really cool, and the multiplayer was exceptional. Just a fantastic experience.
One of the greatest games ever made. It was my intro to the series while in college. It was an early birthday gift I got after seeing the trailers and got it on release. After I played it, my friend borrowed it and I immediately asked for the first game. Good times. Uncharted 2 and Fallout 3 were what I spent a majority of my free time playing besides MW2. Truly a great time.
I will never forget my 1st reaction to the opening to this game just mind blowing. Up there with God of war 2 opening.
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I love the uncharted franchise it’s always been one of my faves
Bro you missed out on that multi player, shit was S tier🔥
Facts this and 3 were to good
@@schemar17 I put so many hours into that 😭 literally was what introduced me into online gaming
Man, your reviews never cease to amaze me - the history, the insights, it's great. Uncharted 2 is such a phenomenal title and sometimes we forget that. Just watching your review reminds me how amazing it was to play this game the first time - thank you for bringing back such great memories.
I played The Nathan Drake Collection on my PS4 years ago, which looked gorgeous and ran at 60 FPS, but was curious about the original versions. In December 2022 I bought a PS3 to play some exclusives I missed back in the day. I played Uncharted 1.
It was infuriating for many valid reasons, and didn't play as good as the remastered PS4 version, but I pushed on and finished it. I just started playing Uncharted 2 on the PS3 yesterday and wow, it's so improved from 1, leaps and bounds better both in gameplay and in graphics.
Uncharted 2 still looks and feels like a next-gen game to me. From the first train wreck scene it made me feel that sense of awe and amazement from my childhood when a new system came out with a good exclusive game. Really looks and feels like a game from a newer console than the PS3 for sure.
So much attention to detail in everything. I've played some PS4 games with worse graphics and less attention to detail. I haven't turned on my PS5 in months, which is crazy to me. That's shows me how good games never stop being good despite the passage of time.
So, if you don't have enough money for a PS5 or don't wanna buy it yet due to lack of really good exclusives (modern games are missing something old games had), get yourself a well taken care of PS3 on eBay for under $100 and some of the best exclusives of its time. I also have Infamous 1 and 2, Killzone 2 and 3, and God of War III.
Crazy how they're more fun to me than recent games on current consoles and PC. All graphics and music, but they're lacking fun and excitement. They're full of drawbacks and compromises. They feel more like overproduced half-billion dollar money grabs.
Have been bingeing your content my dude, excellent stuff. Absolutely love the Sonic, Jak and Daxter and this series. ✌️
Love J's Videos. Renews my interest in these older games.
I remember not being super into Drake’s Fortune. I played through the whole game just fine but I couldn’t help but feel like it didn’t meet my expectations. Even worse, I was playing The Last Of Us around the same time, which for me was a phenomenal experience, but it probably didn’t do Drake’s Fortune any favours. Despite this, my brother and I were on a mission to play through the main 4 games in the series, so we kept pushing forward.
As soon as I saw the opening cutscene, I knew my brother and I were in for an absolute joyride.
Uncharted 2 is easily my favourite of the series, followed closely by 4.
I could never express how much fun I had playing U2's multiplayer. It was so ineffably good.
Best PS3 game ever made! I'll never forget when my mother got me a PS3 for Christmas as a surprise and Uncharted 2 and a strategy guide came along with it! Uncharted 2 was so great that the hours just melt away while playing it, the penalty for Drake dying isn't severe because of the generous pacing and checkpoints, and everything from the characters, voice acting, the music, the witty banter and gameplay were so immaculate. I'll forever love this game; this game sits near the very top of one of my favorite games of all time. It's easily one of the finest games I've ever played.
Yeah! I can see why this is still considered the best in the series!
It was the best game...till TLOU came out that is. But uncharted 2 was the 1st cinematic blockbuster video game that took gaming to another level.
I think this game and 4 are the best uncharted games. And probably some of the best single player cinematic experiences. Also the online got me hooked for a year or more 😮😅 I have 500h in U4.
Uncharted 2: Among Us
Drake look a bit sussy
@@jlev1028 *I ekected mario to space he was an impostor*
I was late to the franchise. Didn’t play it until after playing last of us. Last of us really brought me back into gaming when I was really done with games. Then I found out about uncharted. Thanks to naughty dog
Finally catching up on video, been busy after watching the first Uncharted video, and was super pumped for this one. I had gotten a PS3 in order to play Metal Gear Solid 4 the year prior but nothing else was really drawing me in too much (aside from Infamous, which I recently started replay not long ago) but when the demo for Uncharted 2 dropped I figured I would give it a try despite never playing the first. I was absolutely blown away in every aspect, can even recall the day it released and almost exactly what I did that day, getting up early to take my mom to work, making an illegal turn because I wasn't familiar with the area, then hitting up the game store to play for hours. Definitely one of my favorite titles released that gen.
Uncharted 2: Drake’s Masterpiece! Getting my popcorn ready J and happy Friday!
More like Uncharted 2: Among Goats 🐐
Best Uncharted game!
I recently starting replaying the entire trilogy on ps4 for nostalgia purposes, coming out of the decent first game, the second game was like a shot of adrenaline it delivered a bunch of excitement and elaborate set pieces.
I used to turn on the game and sit on the main menu with speakers full blast. That main theme is a banger. It evokes so many memories and feelings.
you make the best reviews on youtube you need more subs
Just started to play the remaster on PS5. it looks really nice still
This game brings back so many fond memories. Such a fantastic game.
God I miss 30fps days now my monitor can’t even do it because it only goes down to 60hz. Something about 30fps is so “cinematic” compared to 60fps+ today that is so smooth it feels too real to be something I can imagine.
Uncharted 2 was my first game in the series because it came in a PS3 bundle that I got for Christmas and after replaying the game it is my personal my favorite uncharted game and I also forgot how long this game is but it is worth it
This was one of the first ever games I remember reading Game Informer and giving any game a perfect score of 10. I never played Uncharted up to that point but I started with 2 during it’s release year. It was amazing, it felt like of the most cinematic and well-written games I had played yet.
One of my favorite PS3 games of all times, along with Little Big Planet 2, MGS4, and Resistance
Metal Gear Solid 2 was one of the perfect 10 reviews on Game Informer too in 2001.. I miss those times..
That train level was phenomenal!
Shooting the helicopter boss reminded me of the gun missions in Sly 2. They felt very similar in many ways.
My favourite game ever...
I was 14 when this came out.
The story, the gameplay, the graphics and the ONLINE was so good.
This was perfection.
The nostalgia...
PS3 started slow but I’d say by the end of the generation they won. I loved the 360 but by the end it only had Halo and Gears exclusives. Bioshock and Mass Effect eventually become multiplatform but you needed a PS3 for Metal Gear Solid, Ucharted, God Of War, and The Last Of Us
This is simply one of the best games of all time
I do wonder at times if the reception of the PS3 six-axis controls would have been better received if it was implemented like the modern Gyro aim.
This and Maxpayne 3 were some of the only games I have played that made me feel like I was playing an action movie. U2 really blew me away when it came out.
I was waiting something of Sonic P-06 , right now that the Silver path is out now
I loved this game. I didnt get a ps3 til 2013 so when i bought U1 on boxing day, i bought this the day after beating 1. It must have been hell waiting 2 years.
I haven't played any "Uncharted" game, but I hear either this or 4 is the high point.
This game is my favorite video game of all time it has everything I want in a game funny relatable characters love to hate villains great action set pieces awesome soundtrack and beautiful graphics I love this game so much and I'm glad it's my favorite game of all time featuring my favorite video game series Uncharted and my favorite video game character Nathan Drake.
Peak action adventure. The Nepal level in particular is one of the best 3rd person shooter levels ever
A legendary game reviewed by a legendary UA-camr 🔥
This one was always my favorite
I got this game for Christmas alongside Batman: Arkham Asylum, both being awesome.
And I love how far gone and pure evil Lazarevic is, that he fails to tell the difference between killing in cold blood and killing only to survive
One of my favourite games all all time.
I say uncharted 2 is incredible and did a lot that what needed to be fixed in uncharted one, much more intresting levels, characters older and new ones feel more fleshed and shoot outs aren't annoying
isnt this the game with the weird Yeti fights?
@@purefoldnz3070 yeah it is though to be honest look like more his american counterpart the sasquach rather than a yeti and I can only agree is a yeti because of the biome you fight this thing
@@theenderkirby939 just felt really bizarre fighting those things. Especially as the series tried to become more grounded as it went along.
@@purefoldnz3070 well yeah the yeti is far more supernatrual things in uncharted if you ask me and I can saftley say is the weirdest boss fight in the franchise not like the weirdest bosses in gaming or something like this but surely a weird boss fight and is especially come with the design now look do yetis can be with brown fur well yes but you need to try hard so they will not look like a sasquach that putted in the wrong area and as for the face is feel like they took the skull face final boss from doom 1
@@theenderkirby939 yeah totally agree.
I first played this game in the Nathan Drake collection and can only imagine how epic it must have been playing this game when it first came out. Was better than 3 and 1 combined and is still one of the best games I ever played, even in the modern ps5 era.
Uncharted 2 was one of my very first games I have ever beaten when I was young, maybe even the very first. I have no idea how I did it, I didn’t even need a guide or something I just went with the flow
This game was my first Platinum. Love it so damn much.
Let’s go Uncharted 2!!!!
The multi-player for 2 and 3 will forever have fond memories for me
If only 2 had 3’s combat and jumping takedowns. If Cuckman hadn’t have taken over uncharted really could’ve ended much better, and probably had more games after Nate’s run as the protagonist. I like Nate but if they made like 10 games and he’s always the protagonist that could probably feel way overdone.
Tying into the mocap not being a thing yet, I remember Claudia Black (Chloe's actress) saying in an interview that when they have the scene in the bed where Chloe runs her fingers up Nate's chest, she did that naturally and they stopped the filming to have a whole conversation about adding the motion in because it wasn't planned but wondered if it was worth the extra time to add it to the scene.
I first beat this game over one weekend, many years ago.
I just discovered Nolan north play through the franchise and it's fuckin great LMAO
My first uncharted game and I was hooked, i own every single game except the 1st one. I still has not played it I just looked up the important lore from the 1st game. But 2-4 I played the hell out of them I also played the spin off with Chloe as the main character but i did not enjoy that 1 as much. But it was still a memorable game with some interesting character interactions you normally wouldn't see.
Uncharted 2 is a masterpiece. I believe this is how you do a sequel. This is the best game to ever do a Sequel Hopefully spider man 2 can be masterpiece
I actually never knew the fat model existed until about a year back when i got one in order to relive some childhood classics without having to go and play at my grandmas.
I was only a kid at the time, i was about 5 years old when we swapped our ps2 for a ps3 slim, my mom most likely bought that second hand like we do for most of our consoles at home. The fat model came out 2 years before i was born(im born 2008) so that probably plays a big part as well as that my aunt and grandma both had the slim version as well.
(Writing this before the video plays)
Ive played uncharted 2 on ps4 with the nathan drake collection. It was fun and the story was quite good, i got attached to the characters. Thats all i ask of a game as its own thing and it delivered, as a sequel it did as well
2:35 while not incorrect I feel that at least a good portion of those sales were by people looking for a cheap DVD player. While it’s TECHNICALLY the best selling game system I feel the actual honor should go to the DS since it’s only 1 million units behind and nobody was buying THAT system to watch movies
I don't understand the point of this comment. What I was saying in the video was that Playstation was synonymous with gaming in the late 90s and early 2000s because the PS1 and PS2 were the most popular consoles at the time. The Dreamcast, Xbox and Gamecube combined could not touch it. If anything, what you are saying is proving my point even more because of how many non gamers were buying PS2s. And furthermore, it can't be proven just how many people bought if for a DVD player...so therefore, why should the title of highest selling console be taken away from the highest selling console to be given to the next best one because you think it's more worthy? And back to the original point, I don't know what any of that has to do with Sony's overconfidence going into the PS3 era, where it technically was a cheap alternative to Blu-Ray and yet still struggled.
@@JsReviews I don’t know. I guess sometimes when somebody says something I feel the need to comment on it even if it has absolutely nothing to do with the point being made
Uncharted 2 multiplayer was so damn fun, I couldn’t get into 3 as much and I never tried the one in 4.
This game is awesome, story has one of the best back half’s ever imo, and the set pieces and characters are at their peak besides Uncharted 4 (the goat of the series)
You know when the ps5 remaster came out, I was hoping bluepoint would have added gyro aiming as an option. It's a highly wanted option and bluepoint usually nailed remasters and remakes. The lack of the option was a massive disappointment. Especially considering you can still get the older collection and other games on the ps4 and still play it on the ps5
I must say as a person who has been team Xbox pretty much my whole life (my dad got one for my older brothers birthday), I will say the uncharted games were one of the few games that really made me jealous that I didn’t have a PlayStation. That and the new Spider-Man games 😢
I speedrunned Uncharted 1,2,3,4 and I had a lot of fun
I love this game i do.....but boy, did the Crushing difficulty crush my soul
Even the cover art is good, the cool blue colour stands out
Anyone know the type of mic he’s using? Shopping around for a new one and I can’t really make out the name 😅
It’s a masterpiece. Just beat it again on PS5/PS4. Beaten it maybe 4 times now since 2009.
My top 5 game ever played ( fighting that yeti after being stalked scared me shit less in high school
Truly one of the greatest games of all time.
I find it funny how this review & Bricky’s review have completely different tones despite both agreeing that Uncharted 2 is a damn good game
Really shows how good reviewers can have differing but similar opinions
Man… uncharted 2 changed the fucking game. I will never forget that feeling of launching the first five minutes and climbing out of the train then the game just never lets up and hits in terms of story, action and graphics. Just god dam playing that train level and realizing this is on a fucking ps3 was mind blowing. Let alone also it had multiplayer and even co op it was one of those games from just back in the day where the devs didn’t hold back and went all out in every aspect. Like they didn’t need to include multiplayer but they did and it had a surprising amount of depth while also having interactive moments that would change the level like the tank running through the town in Tibet. They obviously take this and ramp it up to another level in uncharted 3 but dam I love this game!
7:54 just cause 2 anyone? Never realized till now how similar main characters and side characters were
Uncharted 2 was the last few games that blew my mind in terms of gameplay, graphics and story. The PS360 era was the last generation of innovation with big AAA titles. All big budget releases today just feel like an extension of that era. They look amazing and are fun but nothing groundbreaking.
Have you ever played Goldyn Abyss on the Vita?
@J's Reviews did u play the murder of sonic the hedgehog
J u said. U haven't played lost legacy and since ur doing the games in order I'm assuming u will play and review lostleacy as well
There are J's Reviews Lore Masters??? lol.
The uncharted games defined my childhood
This was my favourite game of all time for a while
Definitely my favorite in the series with 4 being a very close 2nd
Damn i really do forget how early the ps3 is. Human models look wildly uncanny lmao
12:27 What the hell is that gunfire?
The ending of the video got a bit repetitive, but overall good video!
Literally the game that made me choose ps3 over x360 back in 2010... Great memories and a true masterpiece
Ah Uncharted 2, one of my favorite games of all time
Can't decide between this and Uncharted 4.
honestly you should do a review on Arkham knight it's one of my favorite games of all time storywise other than Naruto Storm 4
Did I miss the sly cooper name drop?
In like Flynn right?
Uncharted 2 and 4 are such masterpieces
It's a great game and improves on the first in every way. However it still relies a little too much on throwing enemies at you.
Nowhere near as much as the first, but there are still moments where it gets a bit tiresome.
I've just started 3 so hoping it has a little less of that
I'd rank them like this
1.uncharted 4
2.uncharted 3
3.uncharted 2
4.uncharted 1
@@user-ms8qn5qy1p I'm not going to argue with you, but I'm pretty sure that's gonna be a controversial take!
@@damo_c probably
@user-ms8qn5qy1p Same thing happened to me. I think Uncharted 2 is the game in the series to throw you like 900 enemies to you. Literally the highest count of enemies in the series
Sony Stripped the PS3 of PS2 compatibility with the 80 gig fat PS3 before the slim was released.
A masterpiece 🔥🔥
i still think abt this game all the time. ill never forget my dad buying me the first uncharted bc my mother said mw2 would be too violent and that game looked better bc she read the back lmao. I love that she made that decision and how wrong she was lmaooooo