{"id":126078,"date":"2022-11-15T09:45:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T07:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=126078"},"modified":"2022-11-15T11:03:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T09:03:59","slug":"the-video-game-i-like-the-most-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/126078-the-video-game-i-like-the-most-3","title":{"rendered":"The video game I like the most"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Uncharted series has produced some of my favorite video games, and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is the game that I have cherished the most in my 15 years as a gamer.<\/p>\n<p>My enjoyment of these games meant that I was intrigued to see if they could be converted into a movie, but Tom Holland&#8217;s portrayal of Nathan Drake left a sour taste in my mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Not only was Holland miscast in the role, but almost every decision the filmmakers made was questionable.<\/p>\n<p>The film adaptation disappointed me so much that I have decided to explain what I loved about Naughty Dog&#8217;s 2009 smash hit.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Gameplay is simple yet fun\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I struggled to decide between Uncharted 2 and Grand Theft Auto 5 as my favourite game, but the latter lost out as its playable characters have the turning circle of a tank \u2013 and that is being generous.<\/p>\n<p>Uncharted 2, in contrast, has smooth gameplay that feels fantastic, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Slick shooting mechanics<\/li>\n<li>Intriguing puzzles<\/li>\n<li>Fascinating mixture of parkour and rock climbing<\/li>\n<li>Thrilling set pieces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although the game is now a little bit dated, the graphics were incredible at the time, adding to the insane spectacles found throughout the game&#8217;s roughly 10-hour runtime.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Strong Story and Characterisation\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>These spectacles found throughout the game make it feel like an Indiana Jones\/Tomb Raider-Esque adventure.<\/p>\n<p>Even with the unbridled cut scenes, Drake&#8217;s hunt for Marco Polo&#8217;s treasure is filled with twists and turns.<\/p>\n<p>However, the game never takes itself too seriously &#8211; something that I struggled with during Naughty Dog&#8217;s other title, the Last of Us.<\/p>\n<p>For context, the Last of Us starts with the main character&#8217;s young daughter&#8217;s violent murder, whereas Uncharted 2 has an easter egg where Drake swims in a pool and plays Marco Polo.<\/p>\n<p>Uncharted 2&#8217;s light-hearted nature makes the game accessible, as players can jump in anytime and enjoy themselves.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Uncharted_2_review.jpg\" alt=\"Uncharted 2 characters\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The game&#8217;s humour is also found in its characters &#8211; who are by far the best part of the whole game.<\/p>\n<p>Besides their unbelievable acrobatic skills, Drake and Sully feel human, as their father-son type relationship makes it clear that they care about each other.<\/p>\n<p>The female characters, Elena and Chloe, also feel like real people, which is an incredible accomplishment considering how male-dominated the video game industry was in the late 2000s &#8211; Uncharted 2 benefited from having a female writer and director in Amy Henning.<\/p>\n<p>The strong characterisation found in the game ultimately stops it from becoming a run-of-the-mill action romp.<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend readers play the game to follow these engaging characters on their adventure.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/125946-the-last-of-us-part-1-pc-version-coming-very-soon\">Read More: The Last of Us Part 1 PC version coming very soon.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naughty Dog&#8217;s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves still holds a special place in my heart. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":253,"featured_media":40212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,11681,8],"tags":[771,129,3818],"class_list":["post-126078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-playstation","category-reviews","tag-naughty-dog","tag-playstation-3","tag-uncharted-2-among-thieves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126080,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126078\/revisions\/126080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}