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#11 - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3, my GotY for 2009)


I really do wish I could bother to give this game a proper once-over, because I still consider it action-game perfection, but I dont really have a choice but to place it with its perfect sequel brethren in Mass Effect 2, because theyre both what I consider best-of-genre games. However, its been a few handfuls of years since Ive played either, and several details about both are foggy. You may have noticed that my ME2 write-up read a lot like a review, and thats no coincidence; I literally had to read a review to get ideas, but Id be doing a disservice to both of these games if I didnt at least try to do something original here.

On that note, what I can relay to you is that Nathan Drake is a perfect protagonist for this kind of game, the action sequences are second-to-none to anything else in the industry, the game plays like an absolute dream (the level design is sooo much better than UC1 and probably 3 and 4 as well), and oh yeah, it had one of the most fun multiplayer modes Ive ever played. I cant believe this game is almost old enough to make its own GameFAQs account. This was so ahead of its time, its insane.

The supporting cast is awesome, too, and I dont recall there being anything out of left field, character development-wise. Like, there were plenty of twists and double-crossing to be had in the game, but everyones motives always made sense. Except the end of the game had a major twist that drastically changed up the gameplay and uh, pretty sure no one was really feeling that one, but it is what it is.

Still, given that UC2 single-player alone is a 9.5/10 game, and the multiplayer alone is a 9.5/10 game, this would rate the highest of my list as a 19/10 overall. Good on you, Uncharted 2.

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