The game is due out next week, seen a couple of reviews (10/10's), but this is the most informative, that I have seen so far, game looks like a contender for GOTY I'm thinking :
http://www.destructoid.com/review-uncharted-3-drake-s-deception-214385.phtml (http://www.destructoid.com/review-uncharted-3-drake-s-deception-214385.phtml)
Very impressive! Really looking forward to this one because I quite enjoyed the prior version. :-X
nice read, it certainly has me pumped more for it. I really loved Uncharted 2 but I've been hesitant to get too excited for UC3 as I didn't want my expectations too high. With so many other games out now or soon that I'm excited about, of course you can only have so much excitement.
I've seen the 9s and 10s coming but this is the first review I've really read. I'll be getting it day 1 and have already pre-ordered the 2 disc soundtrack so needless to say I'm a fan. It sounds like I won't be let down by it; so now with less than a week away I can let myself start getting psyched!
Quote from: spaceboy on October 27, 2011, 05:01:57 PM
... of course you can only have so much excitement...
The hallmark of gettin' old, space! :-()
I now see the age progression: spacekid --> spaceboy --> spaceman --> spacegeezer
:laugh:
DONE
he really earned and deserved his new title :-()
lol I am getting up there, but not quite a geezer! dang :) I sure hope when I am a geezer, I'll be online gaming with my grown spacekid, and maybe a spacegrandchild. But that's quite a ways off. My eldest is just turning 11 for cryin' out loud!!!
it's not how old you feel but what you feel like to the touch. :-()
which reminds me.
Says the elderly lady, "please tell me something nice."
To which the elderly gentleman replies, "you have skin like a peach and -- you look like.. an 18-year-old.. peach."
A man is as old as the woman he feels :)
yes spaceboy, I get a bit hesitant when I see alot of 10's and sequels usually suffer from the law of diminishing returns, but I liked that review as it seemed to have more substance to it than alot of the 10/10 reviews I have read for other games.
Quote from: Art Blade on October 27, 2011, 08:14:33 PM
it's not how old you feel but what you feel like to the touch. :-()
leather? ????
Spoiler
:-()
:laugh: :-X
Speaking of retired geezer... has anyone heard about retiredgord lately? The nursing asylum seems too quiet lately! :angel:
I saw him online not too long ago, but now that I think of it, he did not post anything.
erm... why is it that we all think of Gord when we mention the words "retired geezer" - doesn't sound too flatulen... flattering ????
lovely innuendo :-D Nothing he'd be too gaseou.. err, ostentatious about :-D
:laugh:
Anyone get the game yet? Supposed to have been released today ????
Not out here til tomorrow, getting it 10am :)
Hope you enjoy it, fiach ... and can't wait for your impressions ;)
I picked it up along with War in the North. Due to the fact I'm currently reading Two Towers I feel compelled to jump into Middle Earth and slaughter some Orcs though so UC3 will have to wait a bit. Plus since UC3 is SP and WITN is co-op it's nice to jump in online with others just getting the game. Can't wait though to read Fiach's thoughts on UC3!
Although I can wait, I'd still like to read them. :-D
I only played an hour, its a very good looking game, seems more story oriented than its predecessors, you play a mission as kid Nathan, where he meets Sully for the first time, it does add depth to the cast members, Chloe is back, thats a BIG plus :)
Melee is a bit of a button masher, no big deal with that, but they have put in a context sensitive button prompt (Triangle) for "counters", it appears on the bottom right of the screen so kinda out of your line of sight, if you dont press it fast enough, you get hit, it can be annoying when fighting more than one guy, so I tend to just keep mashing Square, as I said its no biggie, but its not as graceful/fluid as Batmans counters. Also if there is a weapon/ammo on the ground the triangle appears, so that adds to the confusion with counters too, but Square works either way :)
Some of the combat is very cinematic, if you ever played the Jason Bourne game, you will remember that sometimes you can use the environment to injure enemies, like slamming their heads into a bar counter, its so cinematic (in what I played), sometimes you dont know who is doing the cool stuff, you or a pre-rendered CGI animation, the transition is so flawless.
The game has a weird thing going on when controlling Drake, as you move forward, he's always looking around (at nothing in particular), so thinking its a hint I keep panning the camera in the direction he looks, also he is always touching things, kinda like he has a "feel" fetish, like he touches plant leaves in vases and when he passes pillars, he sort of ...erm...fondles them :-[... etc. It just looks weird, but for example, I would have expected him to touch bannisters as he navigates a stairs, but he doesnt, so the touching kinda feels like he has some kind of...erm...disorder :)
Platforming is the same as before, shooting also, so if its not broke dont fix it :).
In the end, its a better looking game with (what seems to be so far) a better story than before.
There is a MP aspect to the game, but as I dont MP, I cant comment on it, but, I did get 3 flyers free with the game, for DLC, unfortunately it doesnt say what they do (well one says a skin and a gun and extra gold or something), buggered if I know what the others are for.
I would have to redeem them to find out what they are for, which is annoying, because I could give them to someone else if they were for things that I wouldnt use.
The version I got is called Special Edition, it comes in a cardboard diary/notebook type of box, inside are a few thick cardboard pages with small pictures of different aspects of the game, plus the aforementioned DLC codes. I dont think it was any extra (53€) compared to the std version, but I never checked the other versions price. Its nice enough but not very robust, If it was extra I dont think I would have bothered, due to its bendability, there is a plastic sleeve around it offering some degree of protection, but that just makes accessing the game a bit fiddley.
Just a few random thoughts after an hours play, so take it with a (large) grain of salt :).
lol at the "feel" fetish. I think they are showing their new hand animations or something. I remember from the trailers seeing him shake his hand after punching someone. Also, reaching out to balance himself when stumbling etc. Hopefully the story and gameplay bring it like we are told it does.
So, you mention this touching obsession, you also mentioned Chloe...what does Drake do when he passes her? :o
Haha, same: I immensely enjoyed the "feel fetish" bit :laugh: :-X Nicely written first impressions, Fiach :-X
Quote from: spaceboy on November 02, 2011, 09:03:14 AM
lol at the "feel" fetish. I think they are showing their new hand animations or something. I remember from the trailers seeing him shake his hand after punching someone. Also, reaching out to balance himself when stumbling etc. Hopefully the story and gameplay bring it like we are told it does.
So, you mention this touching obsession, you also mentioned Chloe...what does Drake do when he passes her? :o
Nothing I noticed, but she only appeared for a couple of minutes and then she was left behind to do something :)
The touching isnt like a balance animation, regaining balance would be a natural kind of movement, this is just weird, eg. he walks past a vase of flowers, he will reach out and rub them. The game has an early piece in a museum and he is forever looking around and touching things, its like trying to control a drunk :)
Its not that bad, but I think they were trying to make him look natural and realistic with these impromptu movements, but the end result (for me) is the opposite, its like he has smoked some pot and as he walks past a pretty flower and stops to touch it, to see if its real :laugh:
^ That is almost exactly as if taken from a film called Death at a Funeral (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795368/). One of the guys doesn't feel so well and his fiancée decides to grab a pill box with "Valium" written across it and makes him swallow one of those. Turns out that it wasn't Valium but an extremely potent mixture of all kinds of things like LSD, mezcal, peyote and whatnot.. He starts to behave "funny" and among other things fumbles with a leaf he picked up in the garden and goes, "oh, that leaf is so greeeeeen.. my gosh, it is SO GREEEEN" and that kind of thing.. :-()
:laugh: at all!
I'll probably need to wait until Friday to get the game, and then until the weekend to actually play for a bit. Terribly busy these days, and can only do the console on weekend mornings - evenings are spent on the PC working, and taking the occasional diversion into DAO. I tend to w@&k-game-w@&k-game-w@&k-game throughout the evening. :-()
Moved on to a forest in France, its pretty stunning looking compared the Borneo jungle, razor sharp gfx, the bloom effect used to make dappled sunlight on the ground looks like snow at times though, but its very sharp and pretty. I wish there was a mini map as I like to explore areas like this, and although the map is just comprised of pretty tight, little areas, you are never quite sure if you have checked out an area, for treasure thoroughly.
Well I'm 3 hours in, so (apparently) nearing the halfway point, supposedly the game is 7/8 hours long, I do hope its longer than that, as its been great up to now, but it would be a shame that this is halfway.
I've just been in and out of a Chateau in France, I cannot overstate the graphics quality, the textures of bricks and mortar, vines and weeds growing on walls, even item clutter, like sewing machines/looms are rendered in extremely high quality, its hard to imagine the game only runs in 720.
The chateau mission was great, but it involved a couple of puzzles that (to me) ruined a great cinematic flow to the proceedings, Its hard to strike a balance with puzzles in a game, either they will be too hard or too easy, one was easy, but the second was more annoying than difficult. On saying that, the latter part of the mission is probably one of the most stand-out cinematic sections I have ever played in a game. It had lots of cliff hanger moments that would be terrible spoilers to reveal.
The voice acting is top notch too, its like the actors are performing the actions of the characters and saying their lines at the same time, so its quite immersive.
I've arrived at a castle in Syria, so there has been some cool diversity in the levels so far, London Pub, London Sewers, South American city, Forest, Ruined Chateau, none of them overstaying their welcome.
The game definately needs a second playthrough, to savour its story and action elements, when they wont be stymied by head scratching and wandering around, deciphering puzzles and will flow more redily.
The different areas of the world sound fantastic, as do the graphics. Graphics almost always make or break a game for me, for instance Fallout 3 and NV - both had kind of cheesy graphics, even though I loved the games.
Sounds like you're having a blast, Fiach :) :-X
Purchased my copy of the game a few hours ago, installed, and played up to about half-way through the chateau mission. The game play is kind of familiar, especially the climbing and jumping aspects. I really like the new hand-to-hand combat, and the graphics are spectacular considering 720p, just like Fiach said.
Now I'm back on my PC and am planning to enter DAO >:D
oh, while I was at Gamestop, I pre-ordered AC Revelations - the first game I have ever pre-ordered. ;)
:)
Quote from: PZ on November 04, 2011, 07:44:17 PM
Purchased my copy of the game a few hours ago, installed, and played up to about half-way through the chateau mission. The game play is kind of familiar, especially the climbing and jumping aspects. I really like the new hand-to-hand combat, and the graphics are spectacular considering 720p, just like Fiach said.
Now I'm back on my PC and am planning to enter DAO >:D
oh, while I was at Gamestop, I pre-ordered AC Revelations - the first game I have ever pre-ordered. ;)
Yeah the Chateau has a great finale.
The melee combat, I have mixed feelings about it, there are portions later where you will be assaulted by alot of enemies, snipers, ranged guys, armoured guys with shields, armoured guys with shotguns, (complete and utter bullet sponges), you will get behind cover and some melee fucker will come up and punch you and you wont be able to shoot him, you will have to melee with all that s#!t going on around you, its like Naughty Dog are saying
...."we have new melee combat and you are going to use it, whether you bloody like it or not!" >:D
There are some pretty cool fights later, two on a ship spring to mind, one has cargo containers that slide around to different positions due to a huge storm, making the fight pretty tactical.
There is another inside a ship in a HUGE ballroom.... btw, in this area, there is a grand piano, if you look at it from where you enter (top of the steps), the exit is on the left side. This door wont open until all enemies are dead, it will then open to unleash another batch of enemies. So, if its not open, then there are probably a couple of guys on the balcony overhead, so be careful as you cannot see them until you come out from under the balcony, I didnt see them until too late, I couldnt figure out who was killing me, so in the end, I backed out from under the balcony and kept my eyes on it to see who was there, I thought I had killed everyone.
The game is very like the others, Jump a bit, kill 100 bad guys, solve a puzzle, kill 100 bad guys, jump a bit. But on saying that, the set pieces are freaking awesome in this game, there is a great scene later, where you are in an elevator, travelling sideways underwater, in that level they really mess with your perception. There is a great sense of scale in the game
There is an underwater part, after alot of combat, you will see some bubbles coming from a grill, you need to swim quickly to the grill and open it, The reason I'm saying this is I tried to swim there a couple of times and for some reason the game wouldnt let me, so I thought the bubbles were a current, pushing me away, but apparently that was some kinda glitch (or user error maybe :)) then a hint appeared to say that I should open the vent, then I could swim to it.
I take a break from it now and again too, currently replaying Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines, a very absorbing RPG on the Half Life 2 engine, You choose a Vampire Clan and depending on the clan, you get different powers. I'm replaying as a Malkavian, they are an insane clan with a very tenuous grip on reality and some of their dialogue trees are just BONKERS! But they make sense in a weird way, sometimes their crazy insight gives you a new perspective on aspects of the game, that you wouldn't have noticed in a normal clans playthrough! Maybe something to check out at a later date, if you start to get more into RPG's mate :)
There are characteristics that I really like, and some that I don't particularly care for - puzzles for instance (nothing wrong with them, just not my thing so to speak). I too have experienced a couple of glitches - becoming stuck with nowhere to go - had to actually exit the game, restart, and then it worked fine.
What I really like about the game is the varied scenery - one minute you are on a stormy sea, and the next you've hopped on a plane and are headed to the desert. It feels like you are in a movie in which you are an actor - reminds me of "The Librarian"
I'm now in the desert in a village after the plane wreck.
I stopped playing there, will probably finish it this week, that ship section was pretty cool, the sense of scale near the end was great! :)
I have to say that desert sequence after the plain crash was the most pointless experience I have had in a game so far, maybe its to give a cinematic feel, but I just found it very boring.
I absolutely agree about the shipyard - I recall a spot where I hopped over the side of a very large ship (still in the bone yard), and the camera zoomed back far enough so I looked like an ant. The detail was impressive.
I also agree about stumbling around in the desert - the first 30 seconds was OK, but after that I was simply waiting for something to happen - I guess the developers were attempting to generate a sense of time passing very slowly as you suffer and die, and I must admit that physiology was definitely occurring in me while I was waiting.
LOL :) :-X
Although I have no idea what that game and the scene mentioned above really look like I can imagine vividly what it must have felt like :-D
I finished the game, not alot left after that desert bit, it kinda romps home from there. Took 10 hours or so for me, so not a short game by any stretch.
I have mixed feelings about it, I think I will enjoy the second playthrough alot more than the first.
The end was interesting, I guess thats the end of the Sir F Drake story arc. But it left too many plot holes,
Spoiler
Where did Chloe go, I know she didnt want to continue because of the danger, but it just seemed weird for her character to stop so abruptly?
Wtf was the whole spider thing?
Why did the baddies always try to kill Sully, they coulda just killed Drake, I thought they were keeping Nathan alive for some reason (Drake heritage proof or something), I was expecting a big reveal at the end (which in itself was kinda lame), but nothing extraordinary happened.
Why did the woman throw a tarot card at the english guy that was on the roof (remember the fire?)
Are the poison darts at the start, made from the same stuff as the water in the end game, dunno it was just weird the way they kinda hypnotised you.
Maybe I just missed cues/clues, I have the attention span of a cocker spaniel at times lol :)
I'm disappointed to learn that the game is almost done - although it has been quite a while, I feel that Uncharted 2 took me quite a bit longer to play through - may have to do that one again just to compare.
Thanks for the spoiler - just love those :-X
Quote from: Fiach on November 07, 2011, 12:55:08 PMI have the attention span of a cocker spaniel at times lol :)
LOL :laugh:
enjoying this a lot. I'm in Yemen and find myself at a ship's graveyard of sorts. I'd say it's right up there, maybe just a bit behind UC2, but altogether it's been an extremely well done experience. I love the running chase sequences!
I love that shipyard one - really well done! Glad you're liking it space ;)
Finished the game this evening, and I must say that the story (and graphics) are equal to Uncharted2. I like this iteration better though, because the fighting mechanics w@&k better for me than in U2.
Although I am not inspired to play through again at this time, I am somewhat motivated to re-experience Uncharted2. Unfortunately the completely linear games leave little to experience anew, as is offered by the open world games.
I'm not saying anything against the linear games in general, but they are not my favorite genre because I like to go through again using a different set of methods. I enjoy the linear games that I've played, but once they are over, the story is done - kind of like a good movie - you watch it once and there are no surprises the next time you watch it.
Glad you're enjoying it spaceboy :)
I know what you mean PZ, I guess thats why I tend to go for RPG's so much, even if I dont replay them, I do have a lot of freedom in how I play them.
Exactly, Fiach - the freedom on how to play rather than being forced through corridors is why I appreciate the open world games so much. There are a few linear shooters that I like, principally due to either graphics or the theme of the game. These include Band of Brothers (WWII theme), the Uncharted games (graphics and varied environment), Medal of honor (special operations).
There's a Band of Brothers game? I never knew. Roughly how old is that?
Brothers in Arms maybe? I dont remember BoB either ????
I think Fiach is right with BiA, it's that PZ likes the miniseries BoB and probably confused the title.
BoB.. is your uncle :-()
And his name is Sam :-D
:-D
The game Brothers in Arms is based on operation Market Garden - Band of Brothers. Although completely linear, it is lots of fun for anyone that likes WWII games.
I liked BoB :) And I think that's what PZ meant, the spirit is probably the same in BiA :)
Bob's you're uncle!
And Sam yours :-D
Maybe I should look at BiA, I like WW2-based shooters. For some reason I thought it was one of those look-down RTS games, something like Command & Conquer. I don't know why I thought that.
Maybe you too thought of Band of Brothers (not a FPS film...) :-D
:-D
The graphics are good, the game play also not bad - sometimes you're solo and at others you command a group of 2-4 guys depending on the mission. The varied scenery is excellent in my opinion - I recall first playing the game and remarking to myself that the lighting was really good.
That is a bad sign, remarking to oneself. Leads to talking to oneself up to lively discussions with oneself and.. your own room with nurse Ratchet hanging outside in front of it like a vulture. :-D
LOL, when I play MMO's I name my healers Ratchet after her, but people always ask me ..."where's Clank?"... They dont get it at all :)
:-()