Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – An Honest Review
Sony's Playstation 3 console has had its ups and downs since its initial release at the close of 2006. A few solid titles helped their holiday push ...
Sony’s Playstation 3 console has had its ups and downs since its initial release at the close of 2006. A few solid titles helped their holiday push and carried them through Sony’s transition into the next-generation console war. When Sony published “Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune” from developer Naughty Dog they had their first original content classic. Since its release, fans have been clamoring for more of the brazen treasure hunter. With Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Naughty Dog has listened to their audience and responded with a resounding enthusiasm to please their fans.
The teaser trailer that circulated the internet serving as the world’s introduction to their new project finds Nathan Drake seated in a derailed train car that is dangling over the cliff’s edge in a whitewashed mountain range.
This is the jaw-dropping cinematic opening of the new game which leads directly into your first playable sequence–a gravity-defying climb through the inside of the train that is dangling over the cliff edge. The game finds many memorable moments such as this, often with amazing crane shots and impossible cinematics that rival the greatest photography of a Hollywood summer blockbuster. Along Drake’s journey to discover the ancient city of Shangri-La, you encounter some familiar faces in an all new Himalayan adventure.
The game play is similar to the original (though at times is much slower than the original and depending too much on platforming elements–reminiscent of the first Assassin’s Creed title) but the content is deeper, stronger, and more focused on detail and camera angles.
The plot too, is as riddled with twists as it is with bullet holes, including an evolving love triangle of revolving players, an ancient city that has become a tattered battlefield, and a militant madman on the hunt for world domination.
Probably the most original addition to this follow-up project is the online content of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Every shooter-based game of this console generation, especially the FPS titles, have benefited from online play.
Team death matches and base-capturing objectives are now an online shooter staple, and Naughty Dog included this with their online packaging. They have added a co-op mission option that lets you replay parts of the game in different ways with team members too, to keep it interesting and truly unlike anything else. Game progress and online stats earn you cash that you can use towards upgrades and unlockable content, another feature gamers of this generation demand.
Any fan of the classic Uncharted game will want to own this one. If you did not experience the first, you should to see if this is your type of game. Find more game reviews and information on at GameRentalCentral.
