Of them all, only some of the shooting combat sequences can be truly challenging (and those can be toned down through the difficulty settings). There are perhaps a half-dozen discrete major elements to the game: climbing, shooting, running, brawling, puzzle-solving and storytelling. From the beginning of the game to its (relatively subdued) finale 10 to 12 hours later, you are clearly in the hands of bright and sophisticated people who know exactly what they want to do to you. Rosalind Ayres is delightfully sinister as the voice of the villainess Katherine Marlowe.īut the real stars of Uncharted 3 are the designers and scripters at Naughty Dog, the Sony-owned studio that made the game.

Drake’s rapport and relationship with his surrogate father figure, Victor Sullivan (played by Richard McGonagle), is the real narrative axis of the story and provides a fairly nuanced and natural emotional propulsion to the action. And if you don’t have a PS3, Uncharted 3 is the best reason to get one.ĭrake himself, voiced and motion-captured by Nolan North, owes more than a little to Han Solo’s vulnerable pride and heart of gold, but Mr. If you have a PlayStation 3 (the only system the game is available for) and don’t buy Uncharted 3, you’re doing it wrong. Instead it is a captivating, engaging, grin-inducing adventure. On its easiest settings, it is not difficult. Dangling from a cargo plane high over the Arabian desert, rushing from the collapsing ruins of a medieval French chateau, spelunking Syrian crypts, sprinting over Colombian rooftops, traversing a sinking cruise ship - in each of Uncharted 3’s most spectacular moments I almost felt my fingers leaving the controller in search of some popcorn.įrom its engaging, heartfelt script and character performances to its meticulous pacing, dramatic cinematography and lush visual production, Uncharted 3 is mass-market interactive entertainment of the highest order. No game has so gloriously melded interactivity with the visual and narrative vernacular of Hollywood. I meant, Uncharted 3 is the finest, most exciting action-adventure video game in years. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is the finest, most exciting action-adventure movie in years.

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