{"id":923,"date":"2012-09-06T13:33:54","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T13:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=923"},"modified":"2012-09-06T13:33:54","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T13:33:54","slug":"my-top-100-91-uncharted-drakes-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=923","title":{"rendered":"My Top 100: #91 &#8211; Uncharted: Drake&#8217;s Fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_931\" style=\"width: 565px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Uncharted_Drakes_Fortune_NA_cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-931\" class=\" wp-image-931\" title=\"UDFps3US-PKGmech02_mb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Uncharted_Drakes_Fortune_NA_cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"646\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2007 &#8211; PlayStation 3 (Naughty Dog)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It took a while for the PlayStation 3 to really find its legs after it was released.\u00a0\u00a0Sony&#8217;s show\u00a0at E3\u00a0in 2006\u00a0was unforgettable, albeit for all the wrong reasons, and whatever games they had worth remembering were buried under all\u00a0the other terrible presentations.\u00a0 <em>Crash Bandicoot<\/em> and <em>Jak &amp; Daxter<\/em>\u00a0creators Naughty Dog had an ace up their sleeve, and though <em>Killzone\u00a02<\/em> was shaping up to be the console&#8217;s first exclusive to rock the gaming world, it was their trailer for\u00a0a so-far untitled game that really\u00a0got people buzzing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1k--82Lnm7w\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>*The\u00a0trailer above was shown somewhere between &#8220;Riiiiiiiiidge Racerrrrr!!&#8221;\u00a0 and &#8220;$599 US Dollars!&#8221;\u00a0 Interesting to see now, how much better the game actually looked by the time it was released.*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last Christmas, I had been looking to try a few\u00a0really popular games, like <em>Assassin&#8217;s Creed <\/em>and <em>Batman: Arkham Asylum<\/em>, to see what the fuss was all about.\u00a0 As part of a combo pack with a PS3 controller, I snagged <em>Uncharted: Drake&#8217;s Deception <\/em>and <em>Uncharted 2: Among Thieves<\/em>.\u00a0 I had heard that playing them was akin to playing an interactive movie, so that had me convinced I should\u00a0check\u00a0&#8217;em out.<\/p>\n<p>The game is\u00a0part <em>Tomb Raider <\/em>and\u00a0part <em>Max Payne <\/em>(minus the bullet-time), with some obvious homages to <em>Indiana Jones <\/em>thrown in for good measure.\u00a0 Nathan Drake is a likeable\u00a0everyman who seems to have amazing strength in his fingertips &#8211; most of the game has him hanging and jumping from one narrow cliff to another, with only the seemingly limitless\u00a0strength\u00a0at the end of his digits to depend on.\u00a0 As improbable as it all seems, it makes for some intense platforming, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting action has you finding cover\u00a0most of the time, since running out into the middle of a firestorm can get you all\u00a0good and dead pretty quickly.\u00a0 Any situation Nate gets himself into can usually be approached in a variety of ways, which definitely helps to keep the game from getting too monotonous.<\/p>\n<p>So, yeah;\u00a0 great cinematic presentation, great humour, fun story and intense action.\u00a0 One of the best games in the last five years, no question!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_930\" style=\"width: 856px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/drake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-930\" class=\"size-full wp-image-930\" title=\"drake\" src=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/drake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"846\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/drake.jpg 846w, http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/drake-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leaping from tiny ledge to tiny ledge&#8230; 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