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The structure is too similar to Drake’s Fortuneīreak into tomb (learning about El Dorado)īreak into Museum (learning about Shambala)Ĭontinuously separated from both throughout Uncharted 2 doesn’t really do a lot with any of its characters and basically gives us a retelling of U1 again, which leads me to my next point.ģ. Uncharted 4 is about “escaping your monotony” until the very end when it’s about “escaping your past.” and he helps his brother realize what he learned in U3. Uncharted 3 starts with voluntary killing and violence from Drake, but the theme of that game is “obsession.” Throughout the whole thing he’s being told he’s wrong, and at the end he realizes he was obsessed and that there’s more important things in his life. Look, Uncharted 3 and 4 have their issues, but at least you can say in both of those games Drake grows up, big time. Elena and Sully never change from their U1 counterparts, so when Uncharted 2 ends it feels like we didn’t do anything and when Uncharted 3 begins it feels like we just came out of the 1st one. It’s not just Drake either, it’s literally every character. Drake begins as the same Drake from U1 and ends being the same Drake from U1. That’s because nothing really important happens in Uncharted 2 when it comes to growth.
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Would you feel like there was a gap in the story? Nope. Let’s say Uncharted 2 never existed and it was just 1, 3, and 4. You could argue he still had sympathetic moments, like when he helped Jeff and didn’t plan on leaving him when he got shot, or when he wants to save Chloe on the train but it still doesn’t change the fact that this whole game started with that one theme: revenge. This game continues to go along with Drake’s revenge plan until Schafer grounds his purpose in morality again. This is a huge step backwards in Drake’s character progression, as not only is he killing people, he’s doing it with consent. Once Drake gets bailed out of jail, we immediately understand the theme of this game: revenge. Then we get to Uncharted 2, which disregards the morality of Drake in the first 30 mins. He doesn’t want the trouble, he just knows it might come with the territory so he comes packing.ĭrake is also a passionate Sir Francis fan, who believes in his findings and cause, so we are more inclined to helping him find El Dorado. Even though he shoots and kills so many people, were there with him because the story shows that he’s only killing in self defense, like Indiana Jones. In the first Uncharted, Drake is sort of an unlucky/lucky carefree treasure hunter. Keep in mind, I still love it, much like all of the other Uncharted games, but I feel out of all the Uncharted games, it really doesn’t bring anything to the table as far as story goes, and that’s my main problem with this game, the story: I think Among Thieves is the worst of the series. I just want to express an opinion I’ve had for a while, and it’s not a very popular one. This isn’t my way of trying to ruin a perfectly fine game for you, this also isn’t me trying to troll.