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Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007)

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Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

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Rated 4.5 stars
Average rating
(85%)
 
Developers: NAUGHTY DOG
Genres: PS3
Number of players: 1
Released: December 07, 2007

Uncharted: Drakes Fortune, brings players into a world ripe with realism and unexpected juxtapositions. A fallible hero akin to those depicted in pulp-adventure genre films, Nathan Drake brings a humanity and believability never seen before in video gaming, enabled entirely through PS3 technology advancements.

A 400-year-old clue in the coffin of Sir Francis Drake sets a modern-day fortune hunter on an exploration for the fabled treasure of El Dorado, leading to the discovery of a forgotten island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

The search turns deadly when Nathan Drake becomes stranded on the island and hunted by mercenaries. Outnumbered and outgunned, Drake and his companions must fight to survive as they begin to unravel the terrible secrets hidden on the Island.

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18 out of 19 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 5 stars
Simply jaw-dropping!

Brez from , 29th December, 2007

Graphically amazing as long as you've got a HD tele connected! Storyline is a cross between Indianna Jones and Romancing the Stone, and voice acting is superb. It's been a long time since I played a game that actually wanted me to keep on playing just to find out what happens next! Control is good but not excellent and this can be overlooked because saliva is dribbling out from your mouth as you gaze at the graphics!!

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16 out of 18 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 5 stars
UNCHARTED DRAKE"S FORTUNE

SLYBOY360 from from Neath, 24th November, 2007

FOR ALL UK PS3 OWNERS THERE IS A DOWNLOADABLE DEMO ON THE PLAYSTATION NETWORK...ITS AWESOME, GRAPHICS, GOOD STORYLINE, VERY MOVIE-LIKE A-KIN TO TOMB RAIDER OR INDIANA JONES WHICH FOR ME IS NO BAD THING? IT IS OUT IN THE U.S.A. NOW! I`VE ORDERED THE GAME £ 31.99 DELIVERED & AM WAITING FOR IT TO ARRIVE...THE ONLY DOWNSIDE IS...THE WAVE AFTER WAVE OF ENEMY`S TO KILL? THIS MAY BE BECAUSE ITS A DEMO? WHO KNOWS? I WILL LET YOU KNOW UPON PLAYING THE FULL GAME (update!) PLAYED & FINISHED THIS GAME IN A FEW DAYS...BUT WOW...WHAT A CRACKING FEW DAYS! FOR ALL YOU NON PS3 OWNERS? THIS IS THE REASON TO BUY ONE!!! TRUE THERE ARN`T MANY AT THE MOMENT? BUT THIS ONE CERTAINLY IS! GAMES FOR PS3 ARE NOT REGION CODED (ONLY MOVIES) SO BUY FROM AMERICA TRY- (MOVIETYME.COM)

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12 out of 12 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4 stars
Fortune favours the bold, and people who hide a lot

ChrisBarraclough from from London, 8th April, 2008

Drake's fortune is a over-the-shoulder romp that would probably be the result of a drunken nights fumbling between Resident Evil 4, Tomb Raider and Gears of War. It has the hiding and shooting mentality of Gears, where you take cover behind various pillars and walls and lean out to blow the kneecaps off a wide variety of enemies, although here you will find yourself shooting at johnny foreigners instead of slobbering Jade Goody look-alikes. And not just a hundred or so johnny foreigners, oh no. By the time you reach the end of this game, you'll have taken down pretty much the entire population of Cuba, with maybe half of Fiji thrown in for good measure. Still, the cover system works well and aiming is a cinch, meaning this part is relatively good fun (moreso if you have a deep xenophobic complex). In addition to the hiding and shooting bits, which make up the majority of the gameplay, you also have some Tomb Raider style hop-skip-and-jumping to do. These bits are fairly easy in general, apart from a few sections where your progression isn't entirely clear, leading to some rather hopeful leaps that end up with your corpse splattered across the bottom of a waterfall. Again, control is not a problem. Finally, you have some puzzley bits and some driving bits, which only occasionally crop up and aren't too intrusive. One word of advice is that when on a jetski, you can control the woman using L1 and get her to shoot at things, which I didn't work out for a good twenty minutes, leading to much cursing as I died for the ?th time by ramming into an exploding barrel. Honestly, who spends their whole day throwing these barrels into a river, just on the off-chance that someone will come driving up it and shoot them in the face? Talk about paranoid. As for the story, it is standard treasure-seeking fare with a typically English main baddie, that practically drowns in the sheer number of cliches that it vomits at you (even the dialogue is horrendous - 'You're looking awfully well for a corpse' being my favourite). And so, Drake is worthy of at least a rental, although perhaps not a purchase as it is quite short, and if you're like me, you can't be bothered to play through a game again to find every single hidden chest or coin or other length-extending devices. One-Sentence Review: Gears Of War in the jungle with Tomb-Raidery bits, but not as much jiggling. More at ChrisBarraclough dot com.

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11 out of 11 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 5 stars
A fantastic game

Shaun from West Sussex, UK, 8th December, 2007

A simply stunning game which really shows off the power of the PlayStation 3. Great graphics throughtout but the game does suffer from screen tearing a few times when played on a HDTV but these tears are very few and don't detract from what is a stunning game. The textures, lighting effects, character's faces and the backgrounds are amazing and it is one of the best, if not the best looking game I've ever seen. The sound in this game is also A+, which great action sounds, the best voice acting I've ever heard in a game, immersive ambient sounds and a soundtrack that is of movie quality. Because this game looks good, sounds good and has to an interesting and very involving story you'll find yourself playing it for long periods on end meaning the game could be finished in a few days. It's not a short game but instead one which will keep you stuck to it and make itself appear short when it really isn't. There are also a lot of bonus features which encourage repeat play throughs. Some of these are gimmicks, ie changing the way the game looks or infinite ammo but some of the rewards are 'Making of' type featurettes and are very interesting to watch. It seems the PlayStation 3 just found it's real 'must have' game and just before Christmas too. Well done Sony and Naughty Dog.

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Most recent reviews

Rated 4 stars
Newb Review - Uncharted

Joefeesh from , 15th November, 2009

Extract from www.newbreview.com: Graphics: 5/5 Quite simply the benchmark against which all PS3 games should be judged. Beautiful colours, vividly rendered with superb animation. Sound: 5/5 A superb audio track with some of the best voice acting I’ve heard in a game as well as incredibly clear incidental audio. Gameplay: 4/5 The basic gameplay is done particularly well with just a few minor gripes to detract. Longevity: 3/5 This is where the game suffers. As a single player only experience, and with 60 treasures to find in the game, once you’ve played it a couple of times, there’s not a lot to bring you back. Overall: 4/5 Absolutely one of the must buy games for the system. A few small points tarnish an otherwise magnificent game.

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Rated 4 stars
EXCELLENT RENTAL TITLE

MarcKato from , 14th November, 2009

I rented this after looking for the highest rated PS3 titles on games review sites. This game has had it praises sung very highly so I decided to check it out before renting the sequel which is supposed to be even better. I can understand why it was given such accolade as it was an early release in the PS3's history and better games gave been released since, This is a great rental title and I enjoyed every minute of it. I completed it in around 8/10 hours on Normal and decided to send it back. I could have played it more and unlocked more stuff I suppose but I want to see what Uncharted 2 is like. I highly recommend anyone have a play on this. Hopefully Uncharted 2 will come through the post soon.

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Rated 5 stars
Uncharted: Drakes Fortune

polarexpress from , 12th November, 2009

very good game got really in to it, gun-play was good can't wait to play the second 1

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Rated 5 stars
Cracking!

qotas from , 30th October, 2009

This game is amazing. The visuals are gorgeous, especially the water where alot of nice attention to detail has been paid. The storyline is very good as is the gameplay. The characters all fit into the story well and give it added depth. The game is almost perfect in fact! I do have one little niggle with it in the fact that the control system can sometimes send you to the wrong piece of cover which on the harder difficulties guarantees instant death but other than that the game is outstanding in every aspect. I definitely recommend renting it and trying it on one of the harder difficulties to get the most out of it, just can't wait to try the sequel now :)

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