Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Review

Uncharted 4 A Thief's End Review | February 17, 2018
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Uncharted 4 A Thief's End is the first game in the series for the PlayStation 4. It is also a little bit a prequel to the first game Drake’s Fortune because parts of the game start when Nathan was a child. It is a third person shooter that has equal parts 3D platformer and puzzle solver. After years of snooping around and getting shoot at to find the world’s most impressive treasures Nathan Drake has finally settled down in the good life with his now wife Elena. She has also put away here investigating reporter hat as a writer and now is a writer for a blog While planning their next steps as husband and wife everthing changes when Nathan’s brother Sam returns. After years of thinking Sam was dead he finds out what happen to him and why now he has returned and in despite need of Nathan’s help.

A Thief's End has raised the bar so high for any game that is attempting to use the same style of gameplay. There is almost 8 hours of storytelling scenes. They really take the time to flush out the background of Nathan and his brother Sam dating all the way back to the childhood orphanage they were in. The character development is what we wanted even if we did not know it at the time. 8 hours is a long movie to watch but none of it feels forced. Our favorite character evolution is Elena. To see her go from a reporter who is in way over here head to a unstoppable bad ass that is getting into fire fights and running down people with a jeep to protect Nathan is one of our favorite storylines.

A Thief's End also has a huge variety in the gameplay. You can play it as a straight third person shooter. You can run in every time and just start shooting or you can slowly sneak around in take out almost everyone without being detected. There are several different guns you find along the way but you can only carry two at a time. There is an auto-aim feature that is a huge help but you can turn it off and try hitting your targets to add more of a challenge. Both options work well. Platforming is some of the best we have played. It is not always clear how to get from start to finish and there are several different ways to get from one place to another. This means exploring will help you find the hidden treasures.

Uncharted 4 A Thief's End took us a little over 20 hours to get through the first time and it has an extremely high replay value. Different challenge levels, the ability to pick and play through and chapter you want after you beat the game and trying to find all of the hidden treasures all increase the replay. There are small camera issues here and there and the camera issues get worse in the underwater levels but there is not a lot of times you need to worry about the water. Uncharted 4 is easily worth paying a new game price of $60 for and anything price under $45 it is a MUST BUY PRICE!

10 out of 10
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