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[Banjo64]

Happy birthday Uncharted 2.

A game released as Sony entered the peak of their powers, the catalyst for the PS3 dominating the Xbox 360 during the second half of the generation.

Class personified. Just check out the XMB backdrop to see the level of care from ND:



Please feel free to pay homage to this fantastic game.

 

[Trunx81]

Chloe best waifu

 

[Moses85]

And still

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Still in ND's top 3 games.

Wish we could get an AAA from Sony of this scope and quality.

 

[Puscifer]

That E3 showing was GOATED. Microsoft having nothing but ODLC was the reason I traded my shit into GameStop when they had the 50% extra trade in offer and went PS3 and 4.

I wish they'd have another game with that impact because I'm so tired of the buddy playbook

 

[ReBurn]

Old enough to learn to drive

 

[Artistic]

Still in ND's top 3 games.

Wish we could get an AAA from Sony of this scope and quality.

JAK II, TLOU, Uncharted 2.

Sounds about right.

 

[Saturn Dragon]

Best Uncharted, best ND game since the PS3 gen.
Amazing, fun, spectacular.

Ps: U3 was good too. U4 was pretty but slow. Lost Legacy was ok (should've been a Sully lead adventure though)
TLOU 1 is great but not as U2. There's another game by ND, it had pretty graphics and great combat, but it was long asf and the storyline was so stupid that I can't even remember it's name. The Something of Ours Part 2 or so.

 

[TropicanaTwista]

Awesome game. Probably NDs second best outside of TLoU. Super underrated MP too

 

[digital_ghost]

Amazing game. I remember buying my first ps3 in 2009 and falling in love with all these exclusives i never played before. I was predominantly an Xbox player until 2009.

I remember walking miles just to go to a redbox and rent uncharted 4.

It felt like i was playing great action adventure movie.

Love all the uncharted games.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Chloe best waifu

Elena is better.

The blonde girl

 

[Trunx81]

Elena is better.

The blonde girl

No

 

[Vick]

Still as amazing as ever, replayed this month right after Drake's Fortune in the Uncharted marathon sparked by Astro Bot.

Extremely fun shooter, magical story, atmosphere, music, ambience, art direction, pacing. A masterpiece still, the "cinematic" game done right.

 

[Robb]

Great series, and 2 is probably my favorite of the bunch.

 

[LectureMaster]

One of my fondest gaming memories. I plan to play through the whole series once more sometime later this year.

 

[Parazels]

One of the first games I'm going to play on PS6. I even own it, Sony gifted the remaster several years ago, I created PS account and got it!

 

[SJRB]

After all these years this is still the definitive blockbuster gaming experience. Insane production value, amazing graphics, voice acting, music. Awesome set pieces. Setting itself was incredible.

Took a nosedive at the end with the beasts and that absolutely dreadful bossfight but everything else is an amazing achievement.

Insane opening. Still gives me goosebumps.

God bless you, Naughty Gods.

 

[Markio128]

Blimey, my daughter was born 15 years ago. How the hell did I manage to play it?

 

[Radical_3d]

M-O-N-S-T-R-U-E-U-X

 

[Monkfish877]

Love the Uncharted series, Uncharted 2 was my favourite. I remember getting it back in 2009, was blown away by the graphics and the gameplay was tight and fun as well, I liked it so much I ended up platinuming it, I hope they reboot the series.

 

[IDKFA]

How time flies.

In the world of video games, uncharted 2 is one of the greatest sequels of all time. The Empire Strikes Back of video games. Masterpiece.

 

[sainraja]

Happy birthday Uncharted 2.

A game released as Sony entered the peak of their powers, the catalyst for the PS3 dominating the Xbox 360 during the second half of the generation.

Class personified. Just check out the XMB backdrop to see the level of care from ND:



Please feel free to pay homage to this fantastic game.

Yes. On an unrelated note and I just wanted to mention this, love that we would see game related image with background music for games in the PS3 UI which we also get with the PS5. I hated that they got rid of it on the PS4.

 

[Robb]

Blimey, my daughter was born 15 years ago. How the hell did I manage to play it?

 

[captainpat]

What a blast that game was from start to finish. One of the best gaming experiences I've ever had.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Uncharted 2 was amazing when it came out. Groundbreaking in its presentation with all the spectacular set pieces, that was playable instead of just watching a cut scene. The jump in quality it made from the original was nothing I'd seen in gaming before. It felt like the kind of jump that Terminator 2 made from the first movie. Everything was better and bigger, in a more bombastic way. Shit was unreal. Gonna plough through the trilogy some day soon. Haven't really played these games since they came out.

 

[ayokunaj]

It was first PS3 game and i was blown away. Kudos to all the souls that worked on this masterpiece

 

[ValiantInstance]

We got this, MW2 and AC2 within the space of a month...

 

[hinch7]

Still in ND's top 3 games.

Wish we could get an AAA from Sony of this scope and quality.

Not sure if we'd ever reach that high without Bruce Straley. My favorite ND games (UC2, UC4 and TLOU) are directed or in part by him.

Looking forward to their next project though.

 

[pauljeremiah]

I still remember being in the room for the Sony conference at E3 2009 when they showed the first gameplay demo. It was just an awesome moment.

 

[Senua]

Best Uncharted game by a distance

 

[DinoD]

Fook . I am old.

 

[DinoD]

UC2 Remake incoming.

 

[wizaga]

Not only the best uncharted game, but also the best ND game period (followed close by The last of us 1). Man the time flies

 

[Lokaum D+]

Man, i miss my 20's, this era was so good

 

[Rivdoric]

Elena is better.

The blonde girl

There are nice ...hum... videos of her on the internet.

 

[Markio128]

I appreciated Uncharted 3 a lot more when I replayed it as part of the trilogy release. The cruise liner level was nuts. The whole game was almost one crazy set piece after another. Uncharted 2 was the best all-rounder for me though, followed closely by UC4.

 

[Hrk69]

Legendary game

Happy birthday <3

 

[ZehDon]

Best game in the series by a wide margin, and best Naughty Dog game by far. I remember this game being the moment the tide turned for the PS3. Heck of a fun time.

While their production values continued to improve, Naughty Dog never managed to get back to this level. I hope we see them do something like this at least once more.

 

[Fbh]

Still my favorite ND game.
I think they really nailed the pacing in this one, there is a good balance between cutscenes, walking and talking narrative sequences, combat and big setpiece moments that they never quite replicated again IMO

Also it still looks great IMO.
I can't put my finger on exactly what it is, but there is something about the lighting and the way objects look in this game that has aged really well IMO:

Like the textures aren't great and many of the models are clearly low poly but when it all comes together the overall image still holds up.
It's that mix of realism that is stylized just enough that it still looks good (specially at a high resolution and 60fps) despite the tech itself obviously being dated
And the animation are still solid too.

 

[Evil Smurf King]

Loved the multiplayer. It's a bummer that's no way to play it again. Was hoping the'd revive it on PS4 UC Collection, but no...lazy motherf*ckers.

 

[chokotoureiki]

Happy birthday Uncharted 2

It was the game that blew me away on PS3, especially the spectacular train scene and for the first time made me proud to be a PS3 owner (I no longer have one sadly, would love to get again). Had wonderful memories playing it while serving in the Navy and stationed in VA years ago and showing it off to my shipmates and them being equally impressed by its graphics.

 

[AJUMP23]

An incredible game.

 

[Doggyred]

One of the greatest video games ever made.

Back when game developers actually put creating a great experience before everything else.