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Uncharted 4 - A Thief's End
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I was in Lidl today and they are selling Uncharted 4
I've seen Supervalu selling the likes of Fifa before but Lidl selling Uncharted on it's own special little stand thing made me realize that Playstation as a brand is a real big ****ing deal again.0 -
Pendreds Fists of Fury wrote: »One of the trophies I saw online is absolutely brilliant.
It's not a story spoiler but I'll hide it anyway.Stage Fright
Just prior to City Chase, stand perfectly still for 30 seconds (stage demo fail)
Saw that today, Naughty Dog on top form
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I think this is a clear cut example of a game actually being the most technically impressive game yet made :pac: A truly stunning accomplishment in that regard, but of course assisted by the sheer quality of the motion capture and art designers too. Looks every bit the massive budget put into it, with a level of polish and sheen to do it justice. A truly beautiful piece of work, with everything from the skyboxes to the lighting capable of dropping one's jaw. Bar raised, and on an underpowered console no less!
Already much prefer it over Uncharted 3, which I found stale. Thankfully the first few hours see the directors wisely channelling some of the wisdom gained from Left Behind and focusing on characterisation and clever little storytelling vignettes to meaningfully establish motivations and context. They even craft a few setpieces largely free of the inevitable weaponry - although surprised at how few gunfights there were in the first three, four hours (and one of the ones that was there actually felt more narratively and contextually justified than most). I know there's more 'action' to come - some mindless firefights amid the joyous roller coasters - but hoping for quite a few more moments without too, although not sure how much moreCrash Bandicootthey can manage to fit in there
I have this reaction every time I play a new Naughty Dog game, but given the longish gap between games it's true every time: the quality of their storytelling is peerless. Now, don't get me wrong, this is pure, formulaic genre fodder, and while the writing is reliably sharp, witty and engaging it's not exactly original (although I'm already detecting at least some degree of self-critique of the series to date). But what it does, it does with all of the aplomb. This is a glorious marriage of technology and a studio able to use it to build a more convincing tale, both in the interactive segments and the cutscenes alike. Other studios have the resources of Naughty Dog, and only the smallest few have come close to even matching what they're doing. Their house style is continuing to be finely tuned, too, meaning there's life in it yet. Hopefully with less shooting next time, yeah?0 -
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