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?
