(originally posted 2 March, 2012)
Uncharted 2 was an amazing piece of entertainment, the closest thing on a console to a Hollywood blockbuster. It seemed a dead-cert that the follow up would be an improvement, but somehow it's a lesser game. Very good, but still lesser.
It opens with a pub brawl, but it doesn't feel like a fluid combat system - more like a Dragon's Lair style good or bad cutscene depending on when you hit the button. Starting the game underwhelmed, I seemed to be overly aware of any flaws - the generic gameplay, the alarmingly loose controls.
Around the halfway mark, a lot of my concerns took a back seat as the game wheeled out some of the most epic setpieces I'd ever encountered. It's just a shame that it takes hours to get to the amazing stuff and then fizzles out again near the end.
8.0/10
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