Charting An Old Age

I have recently acquired a PlayStation 3 and it came bundled with a bunch of games. The system is the newest revision with the sliding, top-loading disc drive. It looks and feels cheap, but it looks nice and runs quietly.

The first bundled game I played to completion was Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. This game was released all the way back in 2007 and its age is apparent. The game has a mix of cover-based shooting, light environmental puzzles, and simple platforming. It handles this mix with competency, but never with greatness. As the game dragged on in the 7-8 hours it took to complete, I was relieved to see it end. Of course, the game had to throw in a QTE finale to disgust me before the credits rolled.

The game looks and sounds nice enough. There are some rough aspects to the graphics, but I chalk that up to age. It's educational to play a game this old (and it hasn't even been that long) to gain a perspective on how games have changed. With all the great buzz, I'm eager to play Uncharted 2 and see how Naughty Dog improves on the first game.