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#5. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3, 2009)
After I got a PS3- which the primary spark for were the Ratchet & Clank PS3 games if I recall, I was told by the world to play this game. But sure enough, I played the first one first. I thought yeah- this is a pretty decent game. Its fun. Shooting seems pretty basic, stealth is basically nonexistent, story is like a fun movie, it looks great, its presented well. It was a good game, but definitely didnt seem like something omg Wigs you must play this game. But I saw no reason to not play the second one, I liked the first pretty ok.



And so, here was Uncharted 2. And its everything the first game did but done way way way better, to a nearly perfect degree, to be exactly the kind of game its supposed to be. The set pieces in this game are absolutely incredible, the opening in the snow wasteland of the Train graveyard (from flashback to reality), climbing a gigantic Phurba dagger, going through the Nepalese temple, the truck caravan (all these games have those Caravan scenes, and theyre always a spectacle), and of course, the unparalleled train ride sequence. To this day, that part gets me every time with just how cool it is to be barreling along while doing all your usual action game stuff. Speaking of climbing, it may just at the end of the day pointing your stick in hopefully the right direction and mashing X, but man does it look cool and somehow feel good anyway. The gunplay is solid as always as in these series, the characters are fun and easy to root for and Sully is always the best... you always follow the hose (also RIP Cameraman Jeff, true MVP), the story is exciting and nice and simple but effective and to me, the other thing these games, and UC2 in particular, do best are the presentation.



This is great- how much it really feels like youre playing a movie, the way it transitions between cutscenes and action segments is flawless, the fitting dialogue while youre doing these things, the way the game is framed and filmed (Im looking at you scenes where one character is hanging over a cliff with a chasm beneath them and needs the other character to pull them up, while the camera is over the shoulder pointed straight down)-its all incredibly cinematic and works extremely well. This is no longer really a novel thing and so many games do this now, but Uncharted 2 really to me felt like the first to really stick the landing with it and set the stage for this. And man, do all these not-necessarily-built looking characters have the upper body strength to not only endlessly climb and pull themselves up on crazy structures all day, but also pull each other up cliffs, all effortlessly come on, lets see all yall workout routines. Still, that opening, when Drake is climbing the train, and the camera swoops around to show you the scope of it all. It hits man. The music is also VASTLY underappreciated. There's a lot of really nice tracks and accompanying music, and that main theme is just iconic as fuck. It always gets me in the nostalgia.



But how can I not proceed here without talking about my lifeblood of this game, the multiplayer. I lived, breathed, ate, and sweat this multiplayer- and this is what a Shooter multiplayer should be. Third person, teams of 5 v 5, mix of game modes (Deathmatch, Plunder, King of the Hill, what have you), a wide variety of great maps (Train Wreck for life), and very little in the way of extraneous shit (just 2 booster slots- usually one dedicated to faster reload speed and the other dedicated to preventing other people from cheating Fuck Situational Awareness). I hope one day ND will bring this style of mp back, but as UC4 and TLOU have evidenced, were too far drowned in all kinds of complicated stuff in our multiplayer. Not to say those arent fun, cuz they are. But this is where the true classic was. Trying to get all of the multiplayer trophies was really fun too and a great motivator to keep you playing. Goddamn 10 Protectorates though took forever.



Loved playing with all you b8ers though. Dp, Bartz, MSG, Menji, Pacific, rammtay, icon, Poka, numbers, Not Dave, Lockes, Mershi, KCF... and YOU, yes you! (Sorry if I didn't mention you)
We had a thing going for a long time, and it was great. Long live Uncharted 2.

*pumps* *pumps* *pumps* *pumps* *pumps*



Next up: A game where YOU are a character, although not one of the main characters.
(Extra note: I don't think anyone anywhere has guessed this game as appearing on my list yet).

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