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#20 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Playstation 4, 2016)

So, in the spirit of full disclosure, I initially had this game ranked much higher. And I still have it ranked highly. But the more that I think about it, the more I wonder how much I really liked Uncharted 4.



It's a really good game, but to me, it has been the least-memorable game in the series. Maybe it's because I played it right after replaying the other three games and I was tired, or maybe the way that I enjoy games has just changed since I first played Uncharted. But I thought it took a long time and although it had a lot of neat moments, I wasn't amazed by any of the set-piece moments or spectacles that the Uncharted series is known for.

I am still a little puzzled at how they approached the story, which largely feels like a retread of the previous game. Once again going back to Drake's childhood, and once again putting his relationship with Elena in question. Yes, the dressing around these themes has changed, but it still feels "been there, done that" in a disappointing way. To its credit though, it does wrap everything up very neatly and comes to a satisfying conclusion in the end.



I will posit that Uncharted 4 plays better than any game in the series before it. The levels are well-designed and have an open feel to them that allows for more strategy in how you approach the combat situations. The vehicle sequences feel good and are fun to control, and the amount of freedom is a nice change. Like, it all technically sounds great. But I also hardly remember any of it. Really weird.

I do remember the multiplayer very clearly though, and this is the best Uncharted multiplayer they have done yet. Although I still am a huge fan of the more "old-school" style that Uncharted 2 embraced, I had a really good time with Uncharted 4 multiplayer with friends who played it. It had enough new pieces to entertain and excite me for dozens of hours.

I know this reads like I am going very hard on it, and I am, but that's just because it is the fourth game in the series. It's not really a spoiler for me to say that there will be another Uncharted game coming up on my list, and it's because of my reverence of and love for that other game that I am a bit more critical of this one. I wish Uncharted 4 had been good enough to become my favorite game in the series, but it fails to clear that bar. Still, it's a very good game and worth playing as part of one of my favorite series of all time.

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