9 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds of awesomeness
Uncharted 2 has gone over all my expectations. I remember I downloaded the Uncharted 1 demo way back in 2007 and hated it, so my expectations for this one were basically the same. But suddenly tons of positive reviews went up, and I had to buy it even if it was going to be a crap. I bought it this Saturday morning and started playing it around 22.00, and suddenly I noticed it was quite late, around 03.00 I thought, I watched the time and it was 06.00. I played over 8 hours without pause (which is kinda preoccupying). But anyways, I finished it this morning and I just loved it. For a normal type of dude this game can take around 12 hours during a couple of weeks I guess.
Here you have some general impressions:
The Good
- Awesome storyline: Even though it can be unrealistic, the storyline told through the cutscenes and flashbacks was very entertaining.
- Dialogues: The dialogues aren't super profound, but they were funny in various occasions and managed to make the job.
- Outstanding game-play: The mix between the boss fights, puzzles, dynamic climbing, interactive cutscenes, stealth moments, fighting and shooting is perfect. You won't get bored of having to do the same thing for a long period of time because it won't happen.
- Best graphics of 2009: This game is probably the best game in graphics of the year (or the best game of the year). The city views are amazing, the night and day scenes are formidable, the dynamic textures give the game a lot of life (like the wet clothes during the rain or the snow movement), the faces are pretty realistic, the lipsinc and expressions are great, and how not, awesome explosions and building deformations!
The Bad
- Fan noise: If you don't have a PS3 slim, this game will probably make your fan run pretty fast, making a pretty loud noise.
- Climbing: The climbing is awesome, but you may get stuck in some parts, not very often but it may happen, fortunately you have a tip system if you don't do what you are supposed to, so it isn't almost a problem.
- Freezing: The game froze one time for me at the middle of the campaign, dunno how usual this is.
- If you are reading this, you probably haven't bought the game yet or you haven't finished it yet.
- The game can, in fact, be finished.
If you have a PS3, this is a must-buy. Now I am going to figure out if it's normal to beat a game so quickly.
