PlayStation Community Reflects on Iconic Uncharted 2: Among Thieves for 15th Anniversary

Sorry, but I find this game overrated. Gameplay mechanics are nice and presentation is bombastic, but the story is total bollocks. I played it in 2022 for the first time and forgot about it after finishing. However, Uncharted 4 is so much better in EVERY aspect.

@Max_the_German I agree. This was arguably the beginning of "OMG it's like I'm playing a movie" presentation overriding games being games. The presentation was amazing at the time but the gameplay was repetitive and bland and the story started great, then went way off the rails and the ending was bizarre. The tibetan backdrop was great though.

People rave about this one but I've always felt 3 was actually a much more cohesive, and therefore, better game of the original trilogy.

Edit: But Chloe/Claudia Black really stole the whole show. But then she did it again in 3 and 4 lol 😂

Great game and back then this game was one of the reason to own a PS3.

I have very special memories with this game as it got me back into gaming. I just got my first salary. Having that amount of money at once was tempting, so I bought a PS3 because why not, you got to treat yourself, right? I liked playing on PlayStation 1 and 2 although I hadn't done so in maybe 2 years, so what could go wrong? What ended up happening was I used my PS3 primarily as a Bluray player and didn't really game on it. Some day, I saw a very brief snippet of Uncharted 2 and thought: I loved Tomb Raider back in the day, so that looks fun, pre-ordered it on Amazon and forgot about it for months. Later that year, I had knee surgery and was released home. The doctors said I need to rest the leg for another 10 days, so: Just chill and don't move unless you absolutely have to. But man was I bored. The next day my grilfriend came home with an Amazon package and I absolutely didn't know what it was since I hadn't ordered anything. Obviously, it was my Uncharted 2 copy. Although I was so done with gaming at the time, the boredom took over, so I popped it in and started playing. The game reignited my love for the art form, so it holds a very special place in my heart. Uncharted is one of my favorite franchises until today.

@NEStalgia I Think you mean Lost Legacy she wasn't in 4.

What an era! My favourite by far.
GTA IV, Uncharted games, GOW3, Killzone 2, MW1/2, BFBC2, TLOU, RDR, etc.

The era where everything had grit. The writing, the visuals, the physics, the gameplay. Everything had weight and they weren't afraid to offend.

Modern gaming is like that SpongeBob episode where he lost his personality and shape

@dschons
Love the story man

While it's one of my favorite games and turned around the PS3 generation on top of MGS4 I don't feel like I need a another remaster or remake for this.

@Derbiss Appreciated. Love me some gaming nostalgia memories myself.

I don't love that so many games have followed that formula, but, Uncharted 2 is phenomenal. Some of my favorite setpiece moments in gaming, even today. A great story, colorful cast of characters, fun combat sequences. And visually was a treat at that time. Easily was my Game of the Year pick in 2009.

@McTwist spot on man. There was something about almost every game, the physics, the story, the visuals (though not crisp), even smaller games had so much more weight and personality compared to many AAA games in the modern age. Hopefully after this graphics craze phase is over we go back to that innovation and wonder we had in the PS3/X360 generation.

I came to Uncharted late. I didn't own a PS3 and couldn't justify the expense for a handful of games I wanted to play.

I first played the original trilogy on the PS4 and they are an interesting study in video games and what makes a good one.

No doubt benefitting from that action movie aesthetic the games were pretty revolutionary at the time, really nailing that bombastic feel.

However, taken individually many of the mechanics and ideas had already been done much better elsewhere- especially playing in 2016.

But for me, what Naughty Dog is probably best at in the industry is taking fairly mundane mechanics, a story line that is well trodden and weaving them with the very best characters the industry has ever written. This is the same situation with the Last of Us too.

Anyway, happy birthday Uncharted 2, I look forward to the next episode.

This series is greatly missed. They need tocmake a new one ASAP and INCLUDE a multiplayer

@Max_the_German "I played it in 2022 for the first time"

I mean that says it all.

@dschons
yeah.. i've got a ton of stories (i.e. God Of War was my best friend while my wife and first born were sleeping.. Kratos helped me through some though nights but those are the things you would like to tell while drinking something

@TheArt Yes, without sweet nostalgia

@Max_the_German "but the story is total bollocks"

Can you tell me what exactly your problem with the story to the point you think it's 'total bollocks'?

Some dreadful takes in these comments.

@PuppetMaster This video reflects my views pretty well:
https://youtu.be/V3OzuGcRa4Q?si=bkBm9B9_a98R5TGN

Was only really a fan of sports games until I played this. Played GTA 4 around the same time too. Both stunning games for their era. Great memories

Easily one of the best opening scenes ever in gaming history.

@Max_the_German "Yes, without sweet nostalgia"

Bingo. The most passionate defenders of games that have aged like milk are people who played them when they were younger. The nights were long, the summers warm, and their favourite game with their favourite mates was on their monitor. Everything looks better through that lens (which is why Remasters aren't a bad thing if done correctly).

A review for a product from someone fresh rather than someone who has played it forever is always likely to be more objective.

@Max_the_German I agree with much of what you are saying albeit my views are a little less strong and score the games around the 7-8 mark.

I do think trying to defend the story is quite funny. I would describe it as functional, a well worn plot path to get you to the next set piece, it is formulaic to say the least.

I personally felt the three games in the Tomb Raider reboot trilogy pretty much did everything better.

My favourite game in the series one of the very few games that when I re play it I still get the thrills of the first time I played it

An absolute masterpiece as far as I'm concerned. The single player was fantastic in just about every single way and still holds up very well today.

And that multiplayer. Ohh that multiplayer was sublime! This and AC Brotherhood were all I played for like two years until Uncharted 3 came out!

This time was the peak of gaming as a whole for me. Games had awesome single players and experimented in interesting ways with multiplayer. I do miss when not every single multiplayer game had to be a big giant GaaS game. Good times.

Not sure what he means by "at that time"
Which game after it (besides other ND titles) came even close?

@Max_the_German I'm asking your opinion, not what some youtubers thinks / feel about the game. Oh well, just forget it.