Uncharted is really fun, but I'm guessing it's not as cinematic as the following entries. This game focuses on the third-person shooter aspect and platforming, while the story while present seems to take a backseat to the action.
The game starts out in the ocean with Drake dragging from the depths a box which is supposedly Sir Francis Drake's coffin. But it's empty! Except for his journal. The girl with him, Elena (I've heard that name some, I'm guessing she's a major character in the series), is all excited and stuff for her TV show.
Suddenly, pirates attack! The first time that I played this part I kept dying as I couldn't figure out the controls. I'll admit it's been a while since I played a console shooter, so no matter how I inverted the controls, it did not feel right. After fooling around for a while, I finally got to what felt right, which was inverting the Y-axis for aiming. That way the camera control matched the aiming controls.
So Drake shoots up the pirates and Sully shows up in a plane as his boat explodes (was it Drake's boat or Elena's?). Drake and Elena get in the boat and head off to land. Then, as Elena waits outside, Drake and Sully run off to a location in South America searching for El Dorado. lol Elena you suck.
Drake and Sully explore the jungle and fins some ruins, which introduces platforming(Drake climbs a lot) and some basic puzzles. I like that Drake's jumping is pretty realistic, but they are still able to incorporate jumping puzzles. I also like the back and forth with Sully during the gameplay, it makes it seem more natural. Still Drake's voice sounds disembodied sometimes... it's hard to explain.
They emerge out the back side of the temple without grabbing any treasure, but then they find a German U-boat stuck on a waterfall of all places. How interesting.
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