Gunplay, platforming, puzzle-solving, gold, and PIRATES...
Basically, the story is that our protagonist is Nathan Drake, descendant of the famous explorer Sir Francis Drake. The game starts out with Nate finding the lost diary of Sir Francis, in which he has explained the path to reach El Dorado. And throughout the story, you try to find this treasure. Along the way, meeting many characters ranging from Pirates to British villains...
Gameplay-wise, it uses the same formula that Gears of War perfected. As soon as you get into a gunfight, you have to get behind cover, and just pop up from time to time to bust some pirates. There's no auto-aim, but the manual aim that is available is so smooth that I was actually glad that there was no Auto-Aim. The guns are what you would expect from any good shooter. A couple of semi-automatic pistols, a magnum, a couple different types of assault rifles, a sniper, and a grenade launcher.
Being an action-adventure game, it does have platforming and exploring, etc. Though, one thing that bugged me was that there wasn't much freedom while exploring. There is always a linear path and you would have to be totally retarded not to know where you're going or how to reach your destination.
Now, the best part of the game. The visuals. I was playing this on an SDTV, and I was still WOW'ed by the graphics. Everything looks so magnificent! Nate actually looks wet after he gets out of the water. The water actually ripples when swim in it. It bounces when you shoot in it.
The fire and smoke effects are equally as mind-boggling!
The small shrubs/branches of trees actually move because of the wind. And's it not one up-&-down movement. It totally depends on how strong the wind is blowing.
The visuals are so good, you'll actually feel that you're traversing through a lush jungle yourself!
The story, acting, and dialogue is really good. I mean, you'll actually care about what happens to these characters by the end of it. For me, there wasn't a line that I felt was very cheesy. The story is very fluent. The cutscenes aren't the only thing that keep the story flowing. The comic and humor in the lines keep the atmosphere from feeling tense.
Apart from the usual gun and climb, the game slows the pace down at times by making you ride jet-ski's against the current of the river while oil barrels are coming towards you and pirates are shooting at you with AK's. Or, there will be a part where your partner and hottie, Elena Fisher, will be driving a jeep and you'll be in the back shooting cars chasing after you using a turret. It's mad fun and beautiful when when pirates go down when their cars blow up... O_O
For those of you who have played the game, comments?
For those who haven't played the game, think that you might be interested?
