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[acecroft]

UNCHARTED: THE LOST LEGACY | Rafe Adler Mod

[purpleyin]

I sat down last night to play what I thought would be a final game of Uncharted 2 multiplayer before the servers shut down... but I’d misremembered when they shutdown! I had it in my head Sep 7th but it happened on the 3rd. :( Ah well, at least UC3 MP story mode is possible to play local splitscreen and it’s nice some of it is preserved. I just hope they keep up UC4 MP for a while yet because that’s still consistently one of my most enjoyed games.

I did manage to get in some good Pokemon Go yesterday on the way to/from the hospital - it’s like a special minigame to try to time hitting the pokestops just right to be in range as the bus goes past. Some aspects of the game confuse me mind you, I need to google more stuff to understand some new features as I didn’t play it for months upon months until recently when my energy levels perked up a bit. I feel at a disadvantage because I didn’t play any Pokemon growing up and I don’t know what beats what either but it’s fun anyhow if I’m not being competitive or too serious about it. Boo to the fact Wizards Unite isn’t compatible with my phone though, I was looking forward to that. I thought I’d have a recent enough phone for it but nope, guess that’s one to enjoy at some point in the future if I ever manage to get a new phone.

[micecakes]

Hey you said the new uncharted is pretty good,. Hows it fair compared to the 4th game? like story and gameplay wise? is it much different or just like a new game built using uncharted 4 (which is fine).

So yeah it’s built on the UC4 engine so controls wise it’s pretty much identical, you get the grapple hook and everything, the only real new gameplay feature is you get to lock pick some stuff, the structure is different from the other games though, it starts with a big open area like the Madagascar section in 4 where you can drive around and there’s 3 main places you need to go to and you can in any order, after you pass that it’s more linear like the other games, and it’s still got all the treasures to find and stuff, story is also pretty solid, its uncharted but not as absurdly over the top as the other games? But still good, i guess it’s worth noting I beat it in about 7 hours which is about the same length as the first game and it’s also not a full priced game, also comes with UC4s multiplayer all on the disc so that’s cool too

[lacksmotive-a]

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💀 for a character i hate and why i hate them

funny thing is, im wracking my brain trying to pinpoint characters i hate with a furious passion that aren’t like… obvious characters that are made for you to hate. so like… besides that gaggle of characters (and hank fucking loomis because we’ve been through that battlefield already), i really fuckin hate z.oran l.azarević from u.ncharted 2. i DONT like him. he sends me bad vibes every time i hear his damn voice or see his damn face. hes overbearing and a massive shithole. i see him? i see him and i feel absolutely horrible. mood drops. i listen to his voice in the uc4 multiplayer? i die on the spot. he’s absolutely fucking horrible and im glad he’s dead. and that is my tea.

[blufeniix]

Alright, this is just getting annoying now. Gonna take a break from fiddling with it and play some UC4 Multiplayer, probably stream/record some cause why not. #squad, feel free to hit me up if any of you feel like joining in!

[maxthommusic]

Uncharted: A New Legacy

 Thanks to Sony and the CoronaVirus, I've decided to replay the Uncharted series. I'm currently racing through 1-4 in quick succession. Not only is it good timing and the right price (read: free), but Uncharted is a beloved gaming IP. I enjoyed Drake and Co. immensely during their heydey and it's a little bizarre I haven't returned them at all. It probably has something to do with raging on UC3s online multiplayer literally every day for about a year, but either way, I haven't touched Uncharted since The Lost Legacy dropped in 2017. And the only other Naughty Dog property I've engaged with since then is The Last of Us Remastered, which, if I'm being perfectly honest, I did not finish. I couldn't finish it. I was bored to death. The story is dull, the world is depressing and the gameplay is mediocre most of the time. So of course after diving back into Uncharted I'm more than a little surprised that a) it still rocks and b) I kinda just want more Drake in my life. 

We all knew our introduction to Nathan  wasn't that great. Drake's Fortune didn't garner much critical praise and I don't think I even knew a single person that had played it. But when Uncharted 2 dropped, heads started to turn. And that same transition is incredibly noticeable in 2020. Since we've progressed so far with gaming in terms of fidelity, control and presentation, the evolutionary leap made from UC 1 to 2 is nothing short of jaw dropping. Playing through the first entry is a bit of a slog; the mechanics can be frustrating at times (jet skis), the graphics are pretty dated (the remaster does a nice job up-resing though) and the motivations for Drake are limited at best (why is he a treasure hunter? why are we killing so many people?). However, the characters are there and the promise of lush, international locales could prove to be very promising in the future... 

Which... spoiler alert! It is. Uncharted 2 opens up with the infamous "train" scene and proves confidently it's not quite the same studio at the helm. Witnessing that "glow-up" is fascinating and great for your historical edification. We see the combat improve, the characters grow deeper together and overall UC 2 is a smashing success. My only real complaint is that it's a bit long in the tooth. Some scenes drag on just a little bit too long and the ever typical argument that Nate is just a psychopathic mass murderer feels hard to overlook. 

But then we enter UC3 and everything starts to feel a little more familiar. We start seeing the groundwork for The Last of Us, not only in assets, but in storytelling. Nate shoots far less and there's a lot more of an "experience" at hand. However, while it bowled me over at the time, it somewhat only frustrates me now. Going from 1, to 2, then 3, I had just played some kick ass treasure-hunting "shooters" only to have the story try and get far too involved for my liking. I was constantly fighting the camera trying to investigate various corners of the map only to have it draw my attention elsewhere. Scenes of great dramatic action, while remarkable, were far too scripted, making it seem like I simply had to push the joystick in a direction and hit X when appropriate. And as I push my way through UC4, something makes itself prevalent: Uncharted is a better game than an experience.

UC3, in my mind, is still the pinnacle of what Uncharted can and should be. Marry the Third's grand scope with its narrative and fluid gameplay to the Second's gameplay-focused presentation and we'd have one of the greatest serialized franchises ever. Can you imagine playing a new, nearly bite-sized Uncharted every year? Set in a different location? This brings me to The Lost Legacy. From what I remember it's exactly what I'm describing. All the polish and sheen from 4 blended with the pulpy action of 3 tossed into a shorter (cheaper) game. Because as of right now, Uncharted 4 isn't winning me over. It's too dark, too serious. It has lost sight, completely, of what makes Uncharted so enjoyable, likable even. While a lot of the graphical impressiveness truly does provide a sense of wonder, the story doesn't feel right, the characters aren't realized the same way as I've come to love them and its obvious Naughty Dog has moved on from Drake.

Yet not long after A Thief's End (UC4), the crowning achievement for Uncharted gets released in The Lost Legacy. And more wondrous than Uncharted is the Tomb Raider franchise. Rebooting itself shortly after Nate began making waves in the gaming community, I knew it then and I stand by it now: Tomb Raider is the better game. Crystal Dynamics absolutely ace what makes this "adventure thriller" genre exciting, wrapping in some RPG elements even, giving gamers a total feast of gaming excellence. However, its story is garbage. Okay, maybe not garbage, but it's essentially throw-away (like garbage) and impacts your actions little to none. In fact, after playing through Tomb Raider, I didn't mind the lack of story, but thought to myself, "I really hope this [aspect] improves." And after playing the sequel, I thought to myself again, "Man, still not a great story. That was a kick ass game, but can I really play the third?" Sure enough, when Shadow of the Tomb Raider came out not only did the community not seem to care, when I finally got around to playing it I also couldn't find any reason to dig deep and complete it. I even texted a buddy exclaiming how incredible the gameplay / presentation is. But after only a handful of hours I gave up because I asked myself, "Why am I playing the same game for the third time?"

There's hope for Uncharted yet. The Lost Legacy was a standout release, in my eyes, and can absolutely be the future blueprint. We've seen Drake's story executed in a few different manners thus far and if you toss in what can be learned from the Tomb Raider franchise, all signs point to more of The Lost Legacy. Because not only does that game understand what Uncharted is, it also recognizes that Drake does not need to be at the center. While I don't care for Nadine at all, Chloe is a bad ass protagonist. Elena, Sully-- they would be sweet too. And if the speculation proves correctly: why not give it to Nate and Elena's daughter?

It's amazing to me how the future seems so wide open for Uncharted even when the series is so lauded and realized. But in replaying all the mainline Uncharteds, it's even more amazing to me how disappointed I am by their legacy. In revisiting Drake's story I'm realizing now how much room for improvement there is and while I originally was glad to see Sony say goodbye to Uncharted... maybe it truly does need to be revisited.

Like any good treasure hunt, sometimes you need all the right pieces of the puzzle first. And with Uncharted, if anything, we've only begun to realize Drake's legacy. 

[heyitsthatgirl]

Im hoping my house call from Comcast today has finally solved all my connectivity problems. So, gonna be hanging out in UC4 multiplayer for a bit. Fingers crossed no more getting kicked out of matches.