Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection

Just finished Drake's Fortune. I wasn't expecting to like it as much but it definitely has pacing issues (there is basically no pacing at all), some of the fixed camera traversal sections are trial and error because it's not clear where you're supposed to be heading (due to poor perspective) and the boss fight... ugh!

Loved shooting dudes and monsters though. Now.. Among Thieves. :mrgreen:

Actually the camera always gives subtle hints about where to go, so that I rarely have to guess about where to go ...
 
Finished Among Thieves, loved it more than Drake's Fortune but the technological leap between them is not as evident anymore, in some cases Drake's Fortune has higher res texture for example. Loved both so far and i am sure the third will be even better, imo it has the best scenes/set pieces out of the trilogy even though i remember it having worse pacing than the second one.

Uncharted 2 Ending spoilers ahead (image links mostly)
Shambhala still looking ace :yep2:
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Hmm, I didn't complete DF yet, 77% or so, but started getting fed up with DF for a bit and started AT, and kinda disagree - everything, including textures but especially geometry detail and DoF is just so much better. Agree with you about the 3rd, it has fantastic set-pieces and is the only one that had sections I wanted to replay just because they are fun.

The collection is really great though, the 60fps, the improved shooting, the additional trophies and the amusing friend statistics comparisons that pop up, it's a really great package.

EDIT: the only thing that would make it perfect is multiplayer.
 
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Yeah while playing Among Thieves i had flashbacks from the time I've spent in U2 MP, some great maps in that game, i hope we'll get some for Uncharted 4!
 
Playing through Uncharted 3 currently, 60 fps + tweaked movement/aiming really transformed this game, it's easily the best out of the three when it comes to gunplay. Graphically speaking it's also one of the best looking 60 fps games this gen, in the remastered collection the jump from 2 to 3 is much bigger than 1 to 2 imo.

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finished U1 and U2 on crashing on my first playthough, started playing U3 on crushing. A few thought here,

things I like
+BP went above and beyond to upgrade U1 graphics, looks much better than the Gears 1 remake IMO, but I rather have them spend more time tweaking the gameplay and fix the collision detection instead.
+Looks like it got upgraded far less than U1, but replacing the cut scene models and upping the shadows and IQ are pretty much enough for this game, similar to the upgrades TLOU remaster got
+U3 barely have any upgrade, I think they kept everything as they were but swap about the cut scene models and improve all low precision effects like smokes, volumatric lights. Its not like this game really need much upgrade to begin with, can easily be taken as a current gen game

-Elena in U2 looks like Elena in U3, she looks weird and got some weird eye liners that I don't remember in the original U2. If they really swapped her model with U3 that is seriously retarded
-I can't believe they forgot to include the grenade/reload buttons swapping, I use L1 + R2 grenade a lot on PS3, thank to PS4OS have the ability to swap buttons, otherwise this would be very frustrating, can't play the game with L1+L2 for Aim grenade throw.
 
Digital Foundry did a face-off on Uncharted 3 and it looks like they changed three things that make a big difference imo, volumetric lights, anisotropic filtering and ambient occlusion. But the biggest difference in 3 is the aiming, which makes it much more enjoyable than i remember it being back when i first played it.
 
Digital Foundry did a face-off on Uncharted 3 and it looks like they changed three things that make a big difference imo, volumetric lights, anisotropic filtering and ambient occlusion. But the biggest difference in 3 is the aiming, which makes it much more enjoyable than i remember it being back when i first played it.

Yeah, 3 three games get the same basic upgrade as Lou remaster. Just U1 benefit the most from it with assets upgrade. U2 got less, about the same as LOU remaster.
 
looks this this remaster isn't all upgrade, some part were dumb down significantly

spoilers

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=181471239&postcount=1911

I knew it looks much worse than I remember when I was at that scene. It was one of the most striking scene in the series. Color pallet too is seriously pale in comparison to the originals.

Hmm, haven't reached that part yet. Looks like a visual bug, i am surprised this got through in the final release to be honest. They should be able to patch that out.
 
too many things missing to be a bug, looks like light shaft, bubble, are completely gone, and water wave is far less complex, shader is completely gone too or much reduced. Someone mention on gaf too that the high res painting texture in the Chateau are stuck with low res pic and it never load the HD version, that one sounds like a bug.
 
3 is definitely a good game but the story and pacing are all over the place when compared to Uncharted 2. It has the highest highs and lowest lows in the series imo. It definitely helps that gameplay is improved a lot in the collection, i am enjoying it but playing 3 right after 2 just makes me appreciate how tight 2 is when it comes to story/character development/pacing. Although, 3 has my favorite sequence in the series, the plane and the rub al khali desert, it's pretty much the one thing that i vividly remember from Uncharted 3.

Edit: Finished Uncharted 3 finally, great game during the ending few chapters.
I would rank them like this in the collection: Uncharted 2 >> Uncharted 3 > Uncharted 1.
 
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I don't know where you find the time..! I've barely touched MGS and have no current inclination to try another game yet.

I really don't... Basically, I've been playing only Uncharted, and i was trying to rush that in order to get to The Witcher 3 DLC and Bloodborne DLC after that, i am not planning on buying anything else for this year exactly because i don't have too much free time; i skipped MGS V entirely for that reason, i'm planning on playing it sometime next year :D
 
I don't know where you find the time..! I've barely touched MGS and have no current inclination to try another game yet.

I have MGS for PS4, but I just can't find the "fun factor". Started replaying UC1-3. I'm about half-way UC1 and it's amazing that even the known glitches made it into the PS4 port. For insiders... the famous "water level" in the Fortress ? Don't want to mention spoilers too much...
 
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