I submit. Dude Raider is awesome

[Don Flamenco]

  Uncharted

I'm pretty damn blown away.  Graphics, gun play, fun (albeit "automatic") platforming, and animation of the forever...I'm shocked the game didn't sell that well in the U.S. 

[Van Cruncheon]

it's kind of a shit game is why

[MCD]

Dude Raider

I'm shocked the game didn't sell that well in the U.S.

I WONDER WHY

[Crushed]

i didn't know autism was contagious

[Van Cruncheon]

rawr

[Don Flamenco]

I knew this was coming.

 .RAR

[cool breeze]

I have to finish replaying it.  I started to, but then MGS4 came out.  Then I just got caught up in Resistance.

I really hope there is an Uncharted 2 with some multiplayer.  Gears is a better game only for the multiplayer.

[Vizzys]

8 hours of fun

[AdmiralViscen]

Shoulda started this tomorrow, you're losing trophies.

[drohne]

uncharted

that it didn't sell is another sad sign of the times -- even the enlightened sfag few have got debased xbot tastes, and would rather play call of doodie or ass creed. everybody else is playing wii

edit: or buying wii, in any case. nobody actually plays wii

[Don Flamenco]

Shoulda started this tomorrow, you're losing trophies.

what the hell is the situation...one minute its "only 1 game will have trophies" next minute its "70% of all the PS3 games have trophies." 

I'm only an hour in, so hopefully I didn't miss much.  I can tell right now I'll be replaying it.

[drew]

Dude Raider?  More like Douche Raider.

L oh L

[pilonv1]

shitty shooting mechanics and waves of enemies make this shit

[cool breeze]

shitty shooting mechanics and waves of enemies make this shit

You are basically describing dozens of games with that, but not Uncharted.

Uncharted doesn't have waves of enemies, it just has very scripted scenes that make CoD seem good.  Shooting mechanics are also solid.  Aim for the head, the person dies from a headshot.  Only problem is that AK is really weak.

[Don Flamenco]

Dude Raider?  More like Douche Raider.

L oh L

Doesn't a fat woman direct the games at Naughty Dog?  I was imagining the pimply nerds making Lara Croft and fat chicks making Nate Drake.

I dunnnno why.

[Smooth Groove]

fun (albeit "automatic") platforming 

How's that fun?  That's exactly what I hated about the platforming.  I would have enjoyed Uncharted much more if it were more Dude Raider than a weird blend of Gears of War and Sahara. 

[Don Flamenco]

fun (albeit "automatic") platforming 

How's that fun?  That's exactly what I hated about the platforming.  I would have enjoyed Uncharted much more if it were more Dude Raider than a weird blend of Gears of War and Sahara. 

There's a slight amount of risk...slightly less than, say, Tomb Raider: Legend, but its there.  I wish there were large platforming set pieces where it wasn't immediately obvious where to go.   

Its fun because its eye candy and something fun to do in between gun fights.

[duckman2000]

it's kind of a shit game is why

Pffft, you've already admitted to liking it. FAIL.

That reminds me, I should get around to actually finishing this game on of these days.

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fucking trigens 

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[Mupepe]

it's kind of a shit game is why

GTFO Prole!

Uncharted

[duckman2000]

There's a nice amount of variety in environments, based purely on vegetation and lighting conditions. Very pretty game.

[Don Flamenco]

Buy Uncharted!!

[Don Flamenco]

which reminds me, you're in the jungle, but there are no animals.  wtf? 


That'd be cool if, like, you could be in a fire fight, then order a boa constrictor to wrap itself around a group of enemies and, like, squeeze them to death.   So you'd get control over the animals of the jungle.

[duckman2000]

Yeah, it has this Xbox 360 game feel of the environments being static, and dead.

[Don Flamenco]

Yeah, it has this Xbox 360 game feel of the environments being static, and dead.

every game this gen, man.  except the one, the only, MGS4.

unless you count GTA. 

[MCD]

dead rising.

[cool breeze]

dead rising.

You got it.  Dead Rising has the most lively game world out there.  It helps that you can go into any store, pick up something, and kill all the undead shoppers whenever you want.  IT HAS A FUCKING ROLLER COASTER.

[Van Cruncheon]

it's kind of a shit game is why

Pffft, you've already admitted to liking it. FAIL.

That reminds me, I should get around to actually finishing this game on of these days.

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fucking trigens 

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i am unashamed to admit that kittonwy has rendered the game unplayable for me -- even the godawful dialogue and character modeling couldn't do that

[Smooth Groove]

There's a nice amount of variety in environments, based purely on vegetation and lighting conditions. Very pretty game.

I'm surprised an art cigarillo like you think it's pretty .  The character art is terrible except for maybe Sully. 

[duckman2000]

There's a nice amount of variety in environments, based purely on vegetation and lighting conditions. Very pretty game.

I'm surprised an art cigarillo like you think it's pretty .  The character art is terrible except for maybe Sully. 

Pfft. The character designs for enemies, including bosses are basically lifted straight out of The Phantom, and thus fit the action billing perfectly. Which is what this game is; some good adventure game, a well produced piece with good game design values. It's not an incredible, groundbreaking epic, but rather a good matinée sort of affair. It's just a shame it became all hocus pocus.

I also loved the fact that the enemy animations were so over the top. Enemies crouch-jump out to take potshots at me, and the death animations were beautiful.

And the aforementioned environments... that damned dark ruin (monastery?) area is just incredible, highlighting the fuck awesome shadows. There were a few less than great environments, but on the whole, it had variety and a consistently high quality.

[MrAngryFace]

Man there's some serious Sony Dick Sucking going on in this thread. Are you people on crack? Jesus fucking christ is the lack of games that bad? Are you delerious with Gaming Thirst? Wtf, i'd rather play any of the ps2 games I own, even those awful joke purchases over dude raider.

[drohne]

i had just assumed that all of your purchases were joke purchases

[demi]

Dude Raider is indeed good

[tiesto]

Waves after waves of enemies, even on easy mode, in the demo, turned me off purchasing the game... I wanted a Tomb Raider with better controls and platforming, instead I got Gears of War against a bunch of rabid black men set in the jungle. It looks gorgeous though, and animates well, at the very least. I'd much rather play COD4 over this.

[Third]

Yeah, too many fucking pirates. I want to explore and solve puzzles.  :'(

[MoxManiac]

From what I played of the demo you spend much more time awkwardly shooting at bad guys and very little tomb raiding style gameplay.

[Smooth Groove]

From what I played of the demo you spend much more time awkwardly shooting at bad guys and very little tomb raiding style gameplay.

It's mostly a shooter.  Less than 20% of the game is composed of platforming and those few segments require almost no skill at all. 

The puzzles are even less challenging.   Drake has a book that tells him almost exactly how to solve each puzzle. 

[Don Flamenco]

It's only 8 hours long and beautiful.  You could spend that time playing a shitty ass shooter, like Turok or Stranglehold. 

[tiesto]

It's only 8 hours long and beautiful.  You could spend that time playing a shitty ass shooter, like Turok or Stranglehold. 

Or a good shooter, like COD4 and Halo 3.

[Don Flamenco]

It's only 8 hours long and beautiful.  You could spend that time playing a shitty ass shooter, like Turok or Stranglehold. 

Or a good shooter, like COD4 and Halo 3.

Halo 3 coming to a PS3 near you in 2008 confirmed.  I have a PC for CoD4....if I actually wanted to play it. 

Do all of you guys share this sentiment:

i am unashamed to admit that kittonwy has rendered the game unplayable for me -- even the godawful dialogue and character modeling couldn't do that

  Seriously?  you'd let some autistic kid run your life from across the internet?

[Jansen]

still the best ps3 game graphically by a good margin. pretty fun as well. sadly it's too short and not worth buying because of it.

[Brehvolution]

  Uncharted 

People are just jealous that the 2 best looking games this gen are on the PS3.

[cool breeze]

Crysis isn't on PS3.

[Kestastrophe]

Yeah, it has this Xbox 360 game feel of the environments being static, and dead.

It lacks the Cell and RSX to make the games better 

[Jansen]

Uncharted 

People are just jealous that the 2 best looking games this gen are on the PS3.

what's the other one? mgs4 and the wonderful artefacts it displays in a lot of cutscenes due to the upscale?

[MrSingh]

[MrAngryFace]

Poor poor PS3. Whens FF13 out again? I guess ill just play all the RPGs being released on 360 until then haw haw haw

[Eel O'Brian]

i thought it was a decent game for the most part, but i didn't like the

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zombie/whatever parts

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they made me feel like i was fighting with the controls

if there's a sequel, i'd like more adventuring/platforming, as i had a lot of fun with those parts of the game

[Brehvolution]

Only on EB can you find this level of bile.

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[Mondain]

wtf, Uncharted did end up selling well, it didn't do that good in the November NPD but it did very well in December and in the subsequent months, and that's not even adding up all the sales in PAL territories

well enough to rack up some profits and warrant a sequel

fairly good game but too short and the shooting gets repetitive

[duckman2000]

i thought it was a decent game for the most part, but i didn't like the

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zombie/whatever parts

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they made me feel like i was fighting with the controls

if there's a sequel, i'd like more adventuring/platforming, as i had a lot of fun with those parts of the game

Yeah, I really didn't like how it changed the gameplay. Variety is fine, but this was just too abrupt of a change.

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trigens

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[AdmiralViscen]

wtf, Uncharted did end up selling well, it didn't do that good in the November NPD but it did very well in December and in the subsequent months, and that's not even adding up all the sales in PAL territories

well enough to rack up some profits and warrant a sequel

fairly good game but too short and the shooting gets repetitive

PROOF

[cool breeze]

I actually didn't mind the change too much since it only lasted for a little bit before the old style of playing came back.  Plus while it was there, it wasn't a bother.  It was also made shooting without aiming a good strategy.

[duckman2000]

I actually didn't mind the change too much since it only lasted for a little bit before the old style of playing came back.  Plus while it was there, it wasn't a bother.  It was also made shooting without aiming a good strategy.

That right there was my problem with it. I kept trying to apply the combat technique I'd been trained to use throughout the game, and it didn't work. Eventually I realized that simply shooting in the general direction of the nearest threat was the way to go.

[duckman2000]

I liked the game well enough to see it through, but I have to admit - like prof, I'm not comfortable having any opinions in common with a 35 year old furry pedo GAFstar.

For me it wasn't even sunk by that, but it did get very annoying to read post after post proclaiming that this was somehow a revolution in game design, with an epic story no less. I guess it's fine to think and say that, but when it turns into a chant to repel "critics" (such as myself, really) who mostly seemed to enjoy this good action game with good action adventure qualities but failed to spot this supposedly remarkable achievement and high water mark in terms of everything, then it's just fucking obnoxious.

[cool breeze]

The crazy amounts of love the game gets are a bit overboard, but it never is too sickening like Halo or Smash Bros love is.  I mean, no one is claiming that Uncharted invented everything like Halo did.

[Don Flamenco]

I liked the game well enough to see it through, but I have to admit - like prof, I'm not comfortable having any opinions in common with a 35 year old furry pedo GAFstar.

For me it wasn't even sunk by that, but it did get very annoying to read post after post proclaiming that this was somehow a revolution in game design, with an epic story no less. I guess it's fine to think and say that, but when it turns into a chant to repel "critics" (such as myself, really) who mostly seemed to enjoy this good action game with good action adventure qualities but failed to spot this supposedly remarkable achievement and high water mark in terms of everything, then it's just fucking obnoxious.

I thought it was just given that gaf fanatics feed off each other's hype ad nauseum and should be ignored...I mean, I bet they're all talking about how amazing in game XMB is right now...despite how lame it sounds.

I guess its not given...seeing the reaction in this thread... "I like Uncharted"  "HOLY FUCK YOU MUST BE KITTONWY"

Really, the presentation is undeniable though.  it's top notch.  The game is just not gamey enough to truly be a masterpiece.