I have given up.

I am giving up on attempting to complete Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Having played a couple hours of Uncharted 2 last year I now understand what everyone was talking about with regards to the bullet sponge enemies. It is a shame that it has come to this since I really wanted to play through the first one before completely diving into the second but the firefights are just too damn infuriating. It is a constant struggle to get the reticle to where it needs to be and then the enemies just soak up the bullets until I am left behind cover with no ammo and multiple hostiles in the area. I have already read a plot summary of the first game so that I would not be completely in the dark when it comes to the relationships in Uncharted 2 so I don't see myself going back to Drake's Fortune anytime soon, but I will keep it in my collection just in case I decide to come back to it  at a later date.