Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

[J2d]

Finished it up and started hard right away. Despite some shortcomings this was one of the years best games. Perfect lenght and variety for me and plenty of unlockables. Music was great and I liked the characters, I thought the cutscenes was stellar, much better than Heavenly Sword imo.

If there's a sequel then I hope they just fix the blur and give weapons a little more umph to them (though later weapons were pretty good in that department). Drake not really aiming were the reticule is and swimming almost above the water are some things that break the immersion.
I don't understand why you think the coversystem in Uncharted is better than Gears though Yoshi, care to explain?

[Yoshi]

It works very similarly, but Gears' is completely unrealistic. You could aim while covered, which is ridiculous. I love Gears, but multiplayer would have been even more interesting if you had to take a risk to line up a head shot, instead of being covered and just waiting for the other guy to pop up first.

[sonic6]

Yeah, the swimming on the surface only did kind of surprise me.

[J2d]

It works very similarly, but Gears' is completely unrealistic. You could aim while covered, which is ridiculous.

I can understand that, even though I have no problem with how Gears does it. I didn't like how Drake cant hug a wall and move from there, it has to be the edge (if it isn't a low wall). Gears felt a lot more fluid somehow too imo.

[MarkRyan]

Yeah, the swimming on the surface only did kind of surprise me.

I rationalized it by assuming that he has a massively large pair of balls that keep his crotch afloat.

I played the game today 'til about the 9th chapter (got on the jet ski for a second time and called it quits). Surprisingly lame platforming from Naughty Dog, though the shooting is admittedly pretty decent. Mostly because it reminds me of Gears of War, which I like quite a bit.

It's really a lot like Tomb Raider except that it trades proficiency in platforming for good shooting mechanics (whereas Tomb Raider has good platforming but shit shooting). It's got a lot of bad parts, though, which kept me laughing throughout most of the time I played. Not a bad game, but I wouldn't pay money for it and I won't be playing any more.

[Yoshi]

Translation: MarkRyan's taste still sucks.

[Brand X]

MarkRyan's impressions indicate I will love this game.

[bVork]

I give up on trying to understand MarkRyan. I simply don't understand his taste in games. It makes absolutely no sense.

On topic, I like this game. Platforming taken from my favourite 3D platformers - Prince of Persia and Tomb Raider, shooting taken from one of my favourite action games, plus Naughty Dog's usual amazing presentation skills all combine to make me want a PS3. But November has wiped out my game budget. Guess I know what I'm dropping the cash on during next year's inevitable drought.

[Schlep]

Going up the river in the jet ski while avoiding exploding barrels and being shot at with rocket launchers is controller throwing good times.

[B-Ri]

oh jees markryan, youve now lost me with those impressions, jesus christ.