Uncharted 2 is being hailed as the best thing since sliced bread for the PS3. That’s a lot of praise for a video game. After completing the single player campaign, there’s certainly a lot to like in Naughty Dog’s follow up to the “Halo Jesus” of the PS3 line up, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. After the jump, let’s break down the hyperbole and figure out whether or not the single player campaign lives up to the hype.
A mixed bag, after the jump.
Here’s the deal, Uncharted 2’s single player is a pretty good game. The story crackles, the action scenes are pretty spectacular, the voice work is second to none and it might be the best looking game on either console. That said, the pedestrian shooting mechanic, the “works sometime” cover mechanic, the incessant linear climbing and a few other gripes holds this game back from being the masterpiece that most claim it is.
After a “tutorial” that is much better than most that you’ll find in games these days, you’ll eventually get into the action. Here’s where the ho-hum creeps into an otherwise sparklingly good game. Bad guys are nothing more than bullet sponges, and you’ll fight the same group of enemies over and over during your 10 to 12 hour play through with little change until the very end of the game, much like the original Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. The gun play is also a bit of a disappointment, as the exact same weapons are reused in the sequel, with a few notable exceptions, giving the first two hours of the game a distinctly samey experience as the first game. Fear not though, as Naughty Dog ratchets up the intensity with several “wow” moments and some of the best set pieces ever seen in a video game. Fights on the tops of trains, a game of leap frog during a car chase and of course the showdown with the Russian Heliocopter that was shown at E3 help keep your mind off the fact that you’ll be killing the same dudes over and over and over for the next 11 hours.
The story is your basic heist story, filled with double crosses, nasty bad guys and a sprinkle of Indiana Jones. Did I say sprinkle? I meant a heaping helping of Indiana Jones. Drake is ever the rogue, cocky and arrogant, good with the ladies and a gun, who leaps head first into the story like a fullback running the power “I”. The funny thing is, along the way, Naughty Dog ends up portraying him less as a loveable “Han Solo” and more of a lucky buffoon, not a smart guy, but lucky enough to survive and eager to murder anyone that gets in his way. This last part is smartly pointed out at the end of the game, but I’m sure it will be mostly lost on gamers just looking for something to pass the time. In the end though, you root for that guy, if for no other reason that he has two hot ass pieces of tail at his beck and call to go along with a mean right hook. The story itself is about some treasure hunters looking for Shangra La, the fabled lost city in the Himalayas and its greatest treasure. It’s pretty standard stuff, but the voice acting and character animation really sell the story. The game also surprised and entertained me with in-game quips between the characters that made me chuckle more than once.
Uncharted 2 feels polished at every turn. Drake’s seldom-used notebook is filled with interesting and funny sketches and notations by Drake that would go overlooked in other games in the genre. A brief interlude in a Nepalese Village is also a highlight in Uncharted 2, as Naughty Dog went way overboard to make this feel like a living, breathing, real place, filled with children and animals that is quite a show piece, even amongst the other “action” showpieces spread throughout the game.
In between the pew pew and the cutscenes, you’ll do a lot of climbing. When I say a lot, I mean A LOT! There’s more climbing in this game than a game of slap and tickle between Vern “Mini-Me” Troyer and Chyna. At first, this is kinda fun as you scale the various locals and inner sanctums of the long past dead. After a while though, it becomes tedious after realizing how ridiculously linear it all is. There’s no exploration in the game at all. There’s A path. One path. That’s it. That’s the path you climb, that’s the path you walk and that’s where you go. It takes all the fun out being the explorer of these exotic locals, and turns your climbing sections into tedium. When your character exclaims later in the game that he hopes that he doesn’t have to climb anymore, you’ll be nodding in agreement, but alas, that is not the case.
One more gripe. On at least four occasions when I entered a cutscene fully loaded out with sweet weapons that I carefully conserved for a big boss fight, as any good gamer would, I was stripped of these weapons on the other side of the cutscene for standard fare. This even happened right before the last boss fight in the game. I was not happy. How does this happen in modern games? I acknowledge that it is a small gripe, but one that bugged me throughout the game, especially at the end…
So, why all the hyperbole? Well, the bottom line is that Uncharted 2’s single player game is a damn fine experience. The set pieces, character animation, voice acting and in game animation just draws you in. Regardless of the repetitive gun play and tedious climbing, the seamless transition from chapter to chapter will keep you coming back for more. Uncharted 2 isn’t just a good game, it’s a great game held back by pedestrian and cookie cutter “gameplay”. That said, based on the single player experience alone, this game is a must own for any gamer. It’s a graphical benchmark with a great story, memorable characters that thrills throughout, despite minor annoyances.
Uncharted 2 gets 2 out of 2 stars.
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the only real flaw to me during the single player is some of the checkpoints. Some of them are so horribly placed that i wanted to break my controller. I see what you mean when you are talking about cookie cutter gameplay and all but the visuals and story made up that for me because i always wanted to see what happened next and this game (as well as the first) actually made me care about the characters. still a great game imo, and the multiplayer is still pretty fun too.
is that 2 stars on 5?
I have no problem with the gunplay, but I agree its repetitive. But the game is not about that, its about everything else, so I still love it, and will probably play thru again, trying to get the rest of the treasures… some are really hard to find.
two out of two stars.
lono your negatives about the game seems a bit stupid sorry to seem so blunt.
“the fact that you’ll be killing the same dudes over and over and over for the next 11 hours.” Halo has the same enemies
“the gun play is also a bit of a disappointment, as the exact same weapons are reused in the sequel” same with halo.
“Bad guys are nothing more than bullet sponges” ounce more, halo is the same. These aren’t bad things. I loved the guns and the enemies are awesome in both games so it’s not excatly a bad thing that they take the amount of bullets they do. In fact get a headshot and the shotgun foe goes down in two shots same with the brutes in halo. Every game reuses something as it’s more easier to build other old code rather start fresh so naughty dog and bungie only did what everyone else does.
Seriously, what the hell does Halo have to do with this review?
Timewarp always hates on Halo in order to justify his PS3-centric opinions. Making it blatantly obvious that it is in fact HIM that has the bias here.
Because you called Uncharted: Drakes Fortune the Halo Jesus of the PS3, maybe, i dunno.
I actually really enjoy the gun play, the cover system sometimes goes a bit rubbish when you want to stick to one side of a pillar but he goes to the other side, but thats much like any cover based game, especially gears which has the same problem.
But i loved the guns in this game, especially the M32 Hammer, yum yum
Oh and of course the gatling gun 
Lono, lono, lono… the criticisms about to much climbing, I don’t agree with you at all! I’m on my 3:d play-through now and I have no problems with climbing and I don’t feel its annoying because it comes in periods and it really fits the different situation throughout the game. You say quote There’s no exploration in the game at all. end quote. There is! There is plenty of exploration in the game if you think… and the reward is often a treasure!
I don’t like the review you’ve done because you start of being so negative to a good game amazing game. I think this game deserves all the amazing reviews it has gotten and I would give it 105%. I think this could be the best game I’ve ever played… its up there with StarCraft for the PC.
Well that’s my opinion I’m of drinking some more of that Uncharted 2 fanboy juice! See you in the multiplayer if you dare…
–//CayennSG
honestly the review layout is quite confusing it goes from “RAA, I HATE THIS GAME! IT’S TERRIABLE THE ENEMIES ARE THE SAME, THE GUNS ARE THE SAME AND I HATE EVERYTHING!” to “Well it does live up to it’s name and is awesome two stars” i reckon lono has spilt persernality syndrome only one is a 360 fanboy and the other a PS3 fanboy shame we haven’t seen the latter till now LOL!
When we review games we have to look at it from all angles. Any good review will point out the good AND the bad aspects, as Lono has done here.
hahahaha
The game is great, there’s no question about it. But Lono’s right to point out there are some annoying mechanics and some serious flaws.
I’ve fallen through a level more than once because I tried jumping up to a surface I apparently wasn’t supposed to, which simultaneously speaks volumes regarding exploration of the maps.
And if ANY SINGLE PERSON even ATTEMPTS to defend a certain action level involving a tank, that person requires a new brain. That whole scene was a great idea that suffered from design issues left and right.
any person that points out mistakes made by one game when they failed to see them in another requires a new brain. ODST has tank like veichles as well. Every flaw he pointed out was made by bungie in halo yet these weren’t pointed out at the time.
The mere fact that lono defends the 360 to the grave even when people like doc note that the console is flawed amazes me and the idea of letting lono review this when it’s commen logic of where he’s loyalty lies is just stupid. Anyone else, please anyone else but lono should have reviewed this. He proberly only gave it two stars out of two to avoid a flame war.
That is such bullshit. What the F does Halo ODST have to do with this. Besides, if you’d open your ears and clean out the PS3 spunk, you’d have heard me bash ODST. So suck it.
No Halo game has ever required you to run through an entire village with a constant sense of misdirection in order to destroy a tank.
Your point is moot. Thank you for your time though.
I didn’t have any problems on the tank part. Sure I died a couple of times, but it wasn’t bad at all(at least on hard. I haven’t tried crushing yet). The only time that I died over and over was on the final boss fight. IDK what misdirection you are talking about. You follow the path down the road and stay away from the tank.
As for the amount of climbing in the game, that wasn’t very much. My final stats had me clocked in around 13h to finish with 1.5h spent climbing. I spent more time standing still than climbing.
Just PLEASE tell my you cant skid-out tanks…. like Crysis….
Seriously, I was SO glad never to be able to get into a Tank in Warhead it’s NOT funny.
Ha ha ha, REally? The REtarded 2-star REview system from the host of REspawn Radio REturns!
I give the REturn of 2 stars, 0 stars (on ANY scale)
apparently you haven’t been around in a while…
It’s how review scores should be.
0* = Stay Away
1* = It’s ok
2* = Good game
If you want more details, read the freakin’ text between the headline and bottom line.
I gotta hand it to ya lono….. you know how to bring the “comments” in…..
BTW your review blows…. xbot…. lol
People always call out xbot when they have nothing intelligent to say…
but but but…..
you don’t like, umm, xbot ahh, wait what was the question and/or reply?
*LOUD NOISES*
apparently “lol” has to be spelled out now?
For once, I think you missed the sarcasm, Lono…. Im pretty sure this guy wasn’t serious. If he was, this would have been filled with alot more FANBOY RAAAAAAAGGGGEEEE!
Umm… LOVED the climbing. Hey Tomb Raider franchise… Uncharted 2… look it up!
The only thing I can give Lono’s review is that he gave it top marks… Uncharted 2 is a “Top 3″ game for me on the PS3. We all have different tastes, but this one is up there with MGS4 in terms of “Holy crap, look what they’ve done!” in terms of what they pulled off in a game. Your “pedestrian gameplay” was my “thank god they didn’t f*ck with what I like”…
An obvious climbing is needed in these games. I wouldn’t even dare to guess how many times I fell to my death in the Tomb Raider games because there was no way to determine the right direction to jump.
Really? You LOVED the climbing? Wow. You mind as well have been slow walking down a hallway, it’s virtually the same thing in Uncharted 2. There’s only one path… ever. Just like a hallway. It was damn tedious after a while.
As for MGS 4 vs. Uncharted 2, MGS4 was way more innovative with it’s combat than anything in U2 and I rightly gave it props for that in MGS4.
I had this same complaint about Batman Arkham Asylum too, only difference was Uncharted 2 remained entertaining while Batman bored me at times… I wish I’d gotten to play Batman BEFORE Uncharted 2.
I would say that there is significantly less climbing, but I definitely see your point.
I meant lack of branching paths… very linear. I’ve always forgiven that if it was coupled with “entertainment”, which ultimately is why I play games. Uncharted 2 entertained the shit out of me… literally. I think I shit myself at one point. Fortunately, my Sumo chair is “funky brown” colored…
NOTE: This comment has been edited for extreme profanity
@LONO
F*** YOU, YOU DUMB C***! I HAVE HAD IT UP TO HER (Unedited, he’s really had it up to “her”) WITH TAKING PEOPLE’S CRAP YOU ARE A 360 FANBOY THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING, YOU POST ON 360 STUFF AND YOU DAMN SURE ONLY MADE THIS TO BADMOUTH A GOOD GAME!
The only bad remarks you make are present in halo which was my point you think-sh*t american! suck it yourself becasue from now on i don’t take crap from you and i damn sure don’t take crap from anyone you got me bettsey!! So just shut the f*** up learn some manners and talk to someone with respect or don’t talk to me at all! You had the nerve to start on shanghai but you start on me and i will tear you apart becasue after the day i have had there is no force on hell or heaven that can stop me from ranting on you, you hear me?
wow. If you translate the star system into a numeric score, he gave this game a 100. a 10. whatever.
Would you defend your country or your family with as much fire as you are defending a VIDEO GAME?
Do you think Sony would defend YOU so ferociously if people started saying ridiculous things like … Oh I dunno… “Timewarp has no life and can only feel important in the comment threads of blog articles”?
i honestly don’t care. A girl from another forum even told me to kill myself maybe i should i’m starting to think people would be better if i was dead. I’m constantly treated like a freak, a brat, a weirdo with no life but that of insulting people who choose not to agree with me when if you met me in real life you would know that is far from the truth. I’m crying. Are you happy? I’m actually crying That’s what you wanted? To reduce me to tears sarcastic gamer? Well you win. I lose it’s the norm. I was trying to be horriable but that’s always what i seem to get back don’t worry i’ll go crawl back under my rock and put myself out of my meisery for you all.
NOTE – I was NOT trying to be horriable, just a typo. And i did. I actually reported a US gamer on IGN for calling england a communist country.
Yawn. Timewarp you need to throttle back a bit on Sarcastic Gamer. Nobody here takes games as seriously as you do. There are PLENTY of communities out there for people that feel such a close, intimate bond with their Blu-Ray discs. We can even help direct you to one.
There’s no place here for this.
Dude, you know I just did a Demon’s Soul Post the other day and my review for Uncharted 2 is actually way positive. Dude, you’re kind of kind of missing the forest for the trees… CAPS CAPS CAPS CAPS@!!!!!
@krelith
i said i liked halo. How is that bashing it? The comparison was only to show that uncharted 2 can’t be bad if an equally good game had the same problems present. In fact i happen to have a 360 which dosen’t make me not a PSFag but the fact that i use every second my brother’s not on it to play Halo and red faction to death does.
Why do you keep bringing up Halo?
Yet you always seem to argue any given game AGAINST Halo. If you’ve read the opinions of the staff on this site, you’ll soon come to realise that we AGREE Halo has flaws, but is still a good overall experience.
The simple fact of the matter is, Uncharted 2 – like ANY game – has some flaws that need to be pointed out in any fair review, no matter how good the game may be.
Yeah, what’s up with the Halo referencing? The only similarity is shares with Halo in my eyes is that you kill other things with guns.
Look, it’s Timewarp the ’straw man’
you ever thought i might do that becasue i think of halo as an amazing game? I know uncharted 2 has flaws but i honestly can’t see the flaws lono is talking about. All i noticed is how the game confuses some actions with one another. I honestly haven’t done anything wrong but you can’t seem to get past this whole ignorant PS3 fanboy image you’ve obviously given me.
i referenced the game as the gameplay from both games is similar as yes one if TPS and the other FPS but the similarites are there. Though obviously like most people on this articule your too busy jabbing your knife into my back while claiming ignorance to justify what your doing
And you hit the nail on the head of why we don’t get your rage on Lono here…
He Uncharted 2… how the HELL is that bashing it?
ok, is “liked” a banned word? I swear I typed it….
the hardy boys in the mystery of the disappeaing word! I can’t count the amount of times i’ve typed a word and it’s disappeared.
That’s a really good review, but I can’t agree with everything you said. The shooting system, whilst simplistic, worked because it didn’t detract from your surroundings. To avoid enemy fire shredding you up, you had to be able to scout out different options for fighting, whether it was running to cover, shooting canisters to act as grenades, spotting ledges to hang off/flank the enemy. Plus, the AI is very intelligent, as the shotgunners will flank you and push forward, driving you back, and the RPG guys will fling rockets at you from high vantage points, so you have to be able to take in as much as possible. And while it was simplistic, it was better than most in that it did a lot with a little. I never felt like I was struggling with the aiming system. The crosshair worked great as a circle lock-on system, and it made it easier to pick out headshots. The sensitivity was bang-on, and if I had any issue with the gunfire, it was that when far away with an AK, the aiming was damn hard. But other than that, nothing was really wrong. It never felt samey, and it was only after you pointed out that the enemies were the same throughout that I realised that there was only a handful of character models. I was too busy having fun diversifying the ways I killed them to notice the similarities. It never once felt monotonous, and the whole game from start to finish was enthralling. I played it in 3 long bursts, but I would have played it in one go if I was able to. Unfortunately I couldn’t participate in Extra Life, but if I had, Uncharted 2 would have got me through half of it in one go, without any hint of boredom.
The climbing was excellent. Yes, it was a little frustrating when trying to find where you had to climb at times, and those riot shield guys can make hanging off ledges a necessity, but the climbing was never tiring for me. It was like playing Assassin’s Creed but with that big element of puzzle fun I got from the Tomb Raider climbing.
Linear paths were clear, yes, but how you got to the destination differed depending on your choices. You could stealthily kill your enemies, frag ‘em and bag ‘em, or gungho gun it, or jump then, or sneak around them and avoid them altogether. There was multiple ways around areas, and when I was killed, I tried something else every time. I never found myself trying the same thing over and over again until it worked like I did with games like COD:WAW.
I think your review was really well written, and very professional overall, and I’m glad you gave it 2 out of 2, but I can’t agree with you on all of it, and I know that what I’ve said won’t change your opinions in the slightest, but I thought I should make my thoughts be known about this game. It may not be your favourite game, and that’s absolutely fine, because you can’t make something that everyone thinks is top dollar material in every aspect, but it’s my GOTY and I can’t see MW2 changing that, and I said this to a mate, Uncharted 2 may just be my game of the decade.
Game of the Decade? Yikes. For the record, those RPG dudes were on high vantage points because that’s where they spawned. I never saw a rocket guy climb up anything.
I also never used the circle lock on.
Don’t even get me started on the overabundance of propane tanks… Just like the explosive barrels INSIDE of ancient tombs in the first game.
Well when I was playing, the dudes with the RPGs would patrol, climb up ladders, and wait up there for any sign of me. If I incapacitated them, the RPG they had and the ammo in their position to be was mine for the taking. And the propane tanks littered around the map acted as handy substitue grenades for the riot shield guys and the turret guys, who soaked up the bullets without any harm.
It’s game of the decade for me, but not for others.
What’s your game of the decade? I’m betting not everyone else will have the same thoughts as you. Top 10 games of all time? Top 10 films of all time? Best song ever made? Best Youtube video in the last 5 years? No matter what is picked, in no way will what you choose be agreed upon by everyone else. Uncharted 2’s my game of the decade, but it’s not yours, and let’s just leave it at that. =D
wall of txt hits for 987 points of damage…..
Brilliant reply that made me laugh hits for 574 points of hilarity…
Walls can’t attack
….unless Rolling Stones is in play.
I don’t have this game, nor do I have a PS3, but I always think you should wait at least a month or two before declaring something “Game of the Year.”
You should probably wait at least 2 years before calling one “Game of the Decade.”
These replies make me lose my faith in humanity. Lono wrote an article including good points and bad points that managed to confuse the crap out of people. Praise and criticism in the same article, this is impossible!!
Yeah it is. I love toast, but if I eat it too quickly, my chest hurts, and it goes cold a bit too quick. There, I just wrote something positive and negative about something I love. Simples.
It’s more to the point that, as a review, there is no expectation it will conform to any particular viewpoint. A review is an opinion from a certain point of view. To bash a review as “bad” because it is not the glowing endorsement expected is ridiculous. If you like a game, despite reviews, there is nothing wrong with that but to react in an overly hostile and comedic manner to “defend” a game by striking down an opinion, is even worse. Filtering a message because you don’t like it instead of considering what it states and balancing it with the game experience speaks to how it seems that every review is taken as a personal attack upon those playing a game.
Btw: if your body is kicking back toast, you might need to see a doctor.
FANBOY WARS PEW PEW.
This game is not perfect. No game is. But it’s chock-full of so many amazing things that it comes pretty damn close.
(my 2 cents)
if you like the PS3 yamster. Do yourself a favour and GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL FRICKEN CAN! I honestly did nothing and these guys are just horriable people. I don’t care what anyone thinks of uncharted 2, it’s awesome and near perfect and that’s all that counts but becasue of that i seem to have been branded a PS3 fanboy.
hey ps3 fanboy.
Thats because you basically lived up to the “9 out of 10 and not 9.5 out of 10″ IGN scandal.
Bad timing or bad day, you gave yourself the label….
Fanboys! People, load your nerf guns!
It’s NERF or NUTHIN! LOCK AND LOAD!!!!! *thunk* HEY! I didn’t say go yet!
Guys, remember… Uncharted 2 is no Brutal Legend…
LOL
Wait, I thought Uncharted was the new Sony RTS?
timewarp and lono, you guys need to teach me how to start a flame war like this one, SERIOUSLY you even made your article get edited by doc, BY THE CHIEF OF THE FUCKING SITE, and it is very entertaining to read
and BTW krelith i dont think that a tank level its bad, just evade the rockets and you are good, still i havent tried the single player yet, only the beta
well that’s what happens when your being insulted by people on three forums who don’t even know you. Eventually you snap. It was always going to happen though i feel terriable for being as rude as i was. I’m not normally that direct and rude as i’ve been today.
The tank level I’m referring to is in the single player campaign.
could this game be better than ms4????? and please put apart the noob things like I GOT PWN3D BY RPG GUYS IN THE R00F LOL
thank you an honest review. ive seen so many reviews, almost none say anything negative (i know you overall review was positive, but im talking about flaws. they all say something along the lines of this game is perfect etc.)
fu*k you lono……
*droozy runs to go kill himself
no need droozy i’ll kill you for you
sorry time warp….. my post was only a jab, a poke at a funny, with undertones from comments from this article. http://sarcasticgamer.com/wp/index.php/2009/10/ps3-fanboys-rage-over-ultra-low-score-for-uncharted-2.html
oddly, I don’t see any comments from “HAHAHA Oh Wow” yet….. what gives?
Wow, so much unecessary hate towards Lono, he only shared his opinions, and he even gave the game two out of two. What the hell is wrong with you people? Especially you, Timewarp… threatning to kill yourself on a website about video games is just sad. Grow the hell up.
i just said that someone told me to kill myself which to me is just sick.
Lono swings for the fences and boom. Out of the park she goes.
Very well argued, The Cod and Malwart (love the name, btw).
Thank you for the wall of text joke Droozy. LOLed here.
If I had a PS3, this sounds like a game I would definitely pick up. Thanks for the honest and unbiased review, Lono.
Timewarp, do yourself a favour and stop posting.
legand do yourself a favour and stop breathing
well. I think we can all argree that a lot of people here today said some stuff, some of which was said out of the spur of the moment so i reckon we should put this behind us espcially as by tomorrow this’ll all be one big repressed memory for me.
I didn’t mean to be horriable to anyone. NEVER. So i’m sorry that’s the way it came out.
Wait, you just tell me to stop breathing – to kill myself and now your saying “I didn’t mean to be horriable to anyone”
Good job on making yourself look like a douche.
You guys ever seen “Road Warrior”? I was thinking about watching it. I’ve never seen it, but I hear good things.
Your full of shit. Your complaints are extremely stupid and are not even a problem. First off, the climbing. There is nothing wrong with the climbing. Every climbing part is both thrilling and fun, and doesn’t get old or boring. The climbing is one of the things that makes Uncharted what it is. And there is exploration, hence there being 100 teasures for you to find. I don’t get why people always expect more than one path to get to your objective to every game. You don’t need that all the fucken time. The fact that there is only one way through the story is fine, and does not take anything from the game. Not at all. If Uncharted was open world, it would not work at all either. Second, the variation of enemies? and gun play mechanics are disappointing? The variation of enemies were fine, much better than in the first game. How diverse could they get? I mean really? And the gun mechanics were fine. What the hell could they have done to make it not “disappointing”? And why the fuck are you complaining about loosing all your “good guns” and such for the final boss battle? I wouldn’t do shit to him anyways, so it doesn’t matter. You just don’t want to admit that one of the best games out there is a PS3 exclusive, and not 360. Uncharted 2 beats any game on the 360, and by a good amount. Just shut up and stop hating the PS3 so much.
….fanboy
You do realize that Lono owns a PS3, right? This has absolutely nothing to do with the consoles, only the freakin’ game. Geez, stop being so goddamn butthurt over nothing.
Maybe someone should tell you to shut up and stop hating the 360 so much. If you think Lono did such a bad job writing this review, go write one yourself.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! u mean you DON”T agree with Lono’s opinion’s? THATS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stop bitching
Russ, you mean someone has an opinion? OMG SOMEONE DOESN”T SHARE THE SAME VIEWS WITH ME!!!!!!!!! im going to insult them and not read the rest of the article and even says its a great game. oh and before i forget
………..fanboy
russ its called an opinion. deal with it. and u can’t read, as he says he thinks its a great game! now go back and enjoy your game instead of bitching about how not everyone has the same views as you, fanboy
somewhere in a nuclear bunker far beneath the Sony headquarters, PS3 fan boys are feeling what humans call……..anger
I hate you
I consider this an invalid point. Also, it’s grammatically incorrect, as the commenter in question failed to end his/her sentence with a punctuation mark. We don’t like that kind of unruly behaviour around here. Not at all, sir/madam.
*bursts out laughing*
I honestly can’t figure out why people are getting upset about this review. Obviously, Lono mentioned some flaws he found in the game because that’s all that anyone’s pointed out about his review. But he also praised the parts about it that he really liked, so he’s being completely honest and unbiased.
I guess that the question I’m trying to get at is: Why are people complete douche bags?
Because this is the internet, the one-stop shop for douche bags and fanboys.
i’m neither well i am an attention whore with nothing better to do.
Do we get fries with that?
this game is sweet but i totally agree with lono’s points, another great game to play for my ps3, honestly, dont much care for the multiplayer yet though, mw2 will be out soon though..
It took me longer to read all of these comments than it did to finish Uncharted 2.
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I salute the Lononess!
Nice points. there are a few tiny problems. but overall, it’s such a polished game.
The seamless cutscenes really deserve a pat on the back.
Haven’t finished story mode yet, only a little past the “clockwork factory”. but it is very fun so far!
How about download content with some more weapons. And how did the tranq gun not stay in the game, and multiplayer?!
More open space in the multiplayer maps is painfully needed (i hit a wall every 1.3 seconds…)
And maybe some extra side-quests, like obstacle course stages for stealing from musuems with laser security and patrols. It can help show a little more of Drakes past with the other characters.
Well I haven’t read all of the comments and I’m probably not going to because… well WTF? but surprise surprise, I must disagree with Lono. The only thing I can understand is his issue with the climbing. I did really enjoy the climbing but considering it IS linear the is a f***ton of it. I would have preferred a slightly higher gunplay to climbing ratio. However how Lono can not enjoy the combat I cannot understand. The enemies are varied enough and the number of ways you can complete any combat section is what makes it amazing. Anyway I can’t help but feel Lono enjoyed the game more than he made it sound but is just focussing on the bad because in most reviews of U2 the focus has been on how excellent everything is. He’s just differentiating his opinion from the norm. He’s just being the grumpy Lono that we all know and sometimes love.
P.S. I may be a fanboy but that was a well constructed opinion, so don’t even start with me
I didn’t say that I didn’t enjoy the combat, it’s the gun play and same same bad guys that I had an issue with. There’s no doubt that the stealth stuff is pretty good and there’s some crazy ass firefights to be had. I’m pretty sure that I recommended the game and enjoyed it very much…
Whilst I’m not sure I agree that most of your criticisms are worthy of pointing out when balanced against the incredible overall experience of playing this game, pretty much a fair and balanced (not in the Fox news sense) review.
You did pick up on something that bothered me about playing the game though, I play games to be the hero, killing bad guys who are trying to kill you is all part of it but at one point Drake murders a museum guard by throwing him off a tall building, this pissed me off no end, I don’t want to play as a burglar who kills people.
Another niggle was Drake demanding to know what ‘frivolity’ means when someone else uses the word but he’s supposed to be educated enough to read latin and yet he doesn’t have that word in his vocabulary?
I hate when stupidity is celebrated in any media, it’s a curse of the modern age.
Small niggles aside, a remarkable achievement in gaming, naughty Dog ought to be very proud of this game.
Ha! I thought the same thing with the frivolity remark. I really thought that Naughty Dog went out of their way to portray Drake as a bit of a dumbass that was incredibly lucky, especially toward the end of the game.
more accuratly naughty dog was trying to portray drake like me.
Before I begin, I have read exactly two reviews I concider not just an opinion I disagree with, but outright bad:
1) Gamespy: Kart Racers are dead (Mario 64). Ok… sure…
2) Game Informer’s Metroid Prime Trilogy review last month: I didnt even argue against the main review.
The Second Opinion on the other hand…. let me just say his review was the equivilant of me trying to review any given FPS on either 360 or PS3, and spending the whole time ranting about how much I HATE analog sticks for this kind of game (which I do). Completely worthless and no longer about the game at at all.
Clearly Lono did alot better then either of these. If he is guilty of anything, it’s being a little nitpicky… but HELL ITS A REVIEW! THIS IS WHERE YOU DO THAT.
In short, EXCELLENT job, Lono. I give your review a 9 out of 10 score. (waits for the rage that I did not give it a 9.5) XD
All I have to say is that you can go and right fuck yourself. My review deserved a 9.5. Ever check metacritic? My review has a metascore of 9.7. Your review of my review is just a big fuck you to all the reviews of reviews of Uncharted 2.
really? 9.7? Awesome! Is it possibly to get a job reviewing reviews becasue that sound like quite possibly the most saddest job in the world. Just following reviewers around insulting them……
@Time Warp (In Comic Guy voice):
Dear Sir… you’re complete lack of knowledge in the field reviewing reviews has been shown by your sheer lack of useful review of the review of my review of Lono’s review. You get a 6 out of 10, and as the Corinians say… Salamei.
PS: thanks for the donuts… they were delicious.
I love Lono.
there are somecthings that you guys dont need to bitch about, like RPG guys in the roof and the tank scene that only adds more challenge to the game, and whats the problem with it????also for me the cover sistem RULZ, you only need to know how to use it
still i dont think that the online will become addicting for me like MGO,unless it has a not respawning mode like search and destroy in COD4 or TSNE in MGO, i loved the beta tough
I actually really liked the Tank scene. No complaints here.
FYI it does have a none respawning mode. Oh and yes the tank scene was excellent.
wow… i mean good job. This is probably THE most commented review on sarcasticgamer. This def brought traffic… nice work!
I mean… you have an opinion and that is great Lono. I read the review and it sounds like you are nitpicking… but that is ok. You make your review sound like this is a terrible game, but gave it a 2 out of 2? WTF? This game is clearly a bench mark for all future adventure game…. Like it or not, it will be. All 360 and PS3 games will not be compared to Uncharted 2.
@diortem
Your pitifull review of my reivew of lono’s review of uncharted 2 is present in everyone minds in the words of marco polo “are you happy now shambhala? I’m crying! I’m actually crying!” thus the meaning if your unhappy whine and moap intill said person gives you what you want. Marco polo stopped whinging so henceforuth didn’t get to shambhala as present in the whine=achieveable theory which states that “the longitude of the achievement is present to the greateness of the whine” LOL ^_^