I'll admit I still have a get through the campaign, but overall I have enjoyed it none the less.
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Uncharted 4: A Thief's End |OT| You're gonna miss this ass
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I'll admit I still have a get through the campaign, but overall I have enjoyed it none the less.
I should have used the correct term of store credit.
So you've enjoyed it, but it'll be one of the few games you get a "refund" for. I'm confused.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Sooo... that speedrun trophy. Anyone done it (legitimately)? Like, I finished this game with almost 16 hours on the clock. By far the longest Uncharted. Apparently I was standing still for over 2 of those hours (does the game timer keep running when paused?), and I did explore most environments semi-thoroughly, but it seems like you'd really have to absolutely GUN IT to make it in 6 hours. I did play on Hard though, and I did die quite a bit (all that destructible cover), so I guess on the lowest difficulty it should be pretty manageable.
Or in other words the most cliche ending in the history of videogames...not to mention the kind of ending every single damn Uncharted so far had before 4...
To me they handled it perfectly, it made absolute sense for each and every character and was true to the spirit of the series.
Yup, that was a pretty bad ass moment. Here I was thinking there was no way
the Drake brothers could lose. Boy, was I wrong.
PepperedHam
Member
Indeed. I am so happy with the way they ended it and am so glad they avoided
killing any of the main characters off like so many predicted. Would have been so unlike Uncharted. I shed so many happy tears looking through the photo albums in the epilogue and teared up from relief when Nate and Sam came swimming from the pirate coves alive.
I've said it earlier in the thread earlier in the week but I couldn't have asked for a better send off. I've been rewatching my dad play through the story and I couldn't be happier with what I've experienced with Uncharted 4. I'm happy with the whole package.
Finished it.
Loved it, some really stellar stuff on display and I was pretty much hooked for the entirety of the 16.5 hours it took me to complete on Moderate.
Some minor annoyances though:
1) Wheeled boxes. Everywhere. EVERYWHERE. Why? Honestly, they're just an eye rollingly contrived mechanic after the first couple, and it keeps happening. It becomes depressingly predictable - need to get up somewhere, hmm, lets look around for the inevitable, entirely out of place wheeled box. Underground lost cave in Scotland? Wheeled box on a ledge for some reason. Ruined city in the jungle? Same wheeled box, entirely untouched by the ravages of time of nature.
Considering the care lavished on the rest of the experience, you have to assume that ND are doing this stupid wheeled box thing deliberately. Which is just really odd.
2) Collapsing ledge/bridge/outcrop/"OH CRAP". It started to get predictable in UC1 and became almost a running gag for me through UC2 and 3, so its a shame it made it into UC4 in such constant fashion. You can pretty much predict which ledges are going to crumble in 'exciting' fashion so its just gets a bit....tedious.
Don't let those quibbles take away from the rest of the game though, it was a thing of beauty (visually, in terms of narrative and mechanically) throughout. One of my favourite games I've ever played.
Loved it, some really stellar stuff on display and I was pretty much hooked for the entirety of the 16.5 hours it took me to complete on Moderate.
Some minor annoyances though:
1) Wheeled boxes. Everywhere. EVERYWHERE. Why? Honestly, they're just an eye rollingly contrived mechanic after the first couple, and it keeps happening. It becomes depressingly predictable - need to get up somewhere, hmm, lets look around for the inevitable, entirely out of place wheeled box. Underground lost cave in Scotland? Wheeled box on a ledge for some reason. Ruined city in the jungle? Same wheeled box, entirely untouched by the ravages of time of nature.
Considering the care lavished on the rest of the experience, you have to assume that ND are doing this stupid wheeled box thing deliberately. Which is just really odd.
2) Collapsing ledge/bridge/outcrop/"OH CRAP". It started to get predictable in UC1 and became almost a running gag for me through UC2 and 3, so its a shame it made it into UC4 in such constant fashion. You can pretty much predict which ledges are going to crumble in 'exciting' fashion so its just gets a bit....tedious.
Don't let those quibbles take away from the rest of the game though, it was a thing of beauty (visually, in terms of narrative and mechanically) throughout. One of my favourite games I've ever played.
Impulsor
Member
On my way to platinum.
Got rid of all the kill X, don't get caught bla bla bla trophies, just have to finish game on crushing and collect everything, as well as a couple of chapter specific trophies, such as
Yay! Almost done!
Got rid of all the kill X, don't get caught bla bla bla trophies, just have to finish game on crushing and collect everything, as well as a couple of chapter specific trophies, such as
solve the scotlan puzzle in ten moves or less and climb to the top of the tower in madagascar, knock all the cairns with the jeep
Yay! Almost done!
In all fairness to the narrative, I'm pretty sure they only show up where Avery built something. Probably centuries old cargo crates or something.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Well it saddens me to say, but this is going to be one of the few games that I start over immediately after finishing it because it's that damn good.
uncleniccius
Member
How do you shoulder switch? I've been struggling to work this out and I really feel like I need it.
X while aiming
Press X while aiming.
Kölsch Bloot
Member
Needed to process it first, but done the same with three days of space in between
The main annoyance in terms of the crates is that they all look the same. I understand that this is deliberate so that inexperienced players will be able to take the hint that crate means you have to use it somewhere, but if they added some kind of variation there, with different looking crates in size/shape it wouldnt be bad.
I didnt have that much issue with it to be honest. Same thing people were talking about with TLOU and ladders/crates.
I did that with 2 days of space on higher difficutly and am having a blast so far.
flipswitch
Member
New melee attack animation I never noticed before.
Just finished the game and I have to say I'm satisfied with the ending. I don't think there is going to be another game that will come close to pulling all the tour-de-force that was this game except TLOU2 or whatever game ND comes up with next. If UC2 put ND on the map and TLOU solidified their position amongst the top game studios, UC4 put them in the Hall of Fame. Just ugggh I can't stop gushing about this game! It's so good!
uncleniccius
Member
Doctor Bat
Member
The first stealth sequence in Marooned on Crushing took me two hours to survive.
That heavy machine gun with 50 bullets was terrible.
They're rarer and more powerful. The gold revolver downs in one hit, the gold assault rifle has a huge clip and insane rate of fire, the gold grenade launcher is a grenade launcher, ditto for the RPG, and then the flintlock is just there for fun.
Ghost Slayer
Member
So I had to go to kitchen for 30 seconds to get some drink during the cutscene before car chase sequence (E3 opening cutscene if you don't figure out) and when I went back, bam, a trophy unlocked, I was like "WTF" then I read trophy description. lmao well played ND, well played
Can you elaborate? Did I miss something? ^^
After the cutscene before the market fight, if you stay still for 30 secs or so, the trophy pops.
Its a hilarious easter egg that refers to the failure at the stage demo of that particular scene, when it was first shown in E3, where the controler wasnt paired with the console and the characters just stood there doing nothing. It was an awkward hilarious moment. They had to restart the demo to get it going
flipswitch
Member
So now you can disable those heavy armoured guys through melee.
This exact song was so goddamn hype during combat. The song really starts popping off at around the 2 minute mark.
The soundtrack is stellar.
Yeah this encounter took me a while as well. I kept on dying in the last section. The whole fight in that area would be much easier with checkpoints.
Summer Haze
Banned
I thought the track during the combat sections of Madagascar was great.
After the cutscene before the market fight, if you stay still for 30 secs or so, the trophy pops.
Its a hilarious easter egg that refers to the failure at the stage demo of that particular scene, when it was first shown in E3, where the controler wasnt paired with the console and the characters just stood there doing nothing. It was an awkward hilarious moment. They had to restart the demo to get it going
Wow, that's awesome! I'll have to look up the name of the Trophy.
http://www.lalalandrecords.com/
Just announced...HJ's score to be released/shipped today. 3000 units available.
Not on their site yet but i got an email from them 5 mins ago...
Just announced...HJ's score to be released/shipped today. 3000 units available.
Not on their site yet but i got an email from them 5 mins ago...
You have to stealth them, which first initiates pressing triangle a few times to rip the guy's helmet off. Then you can take them on like normal, which would typically involve immediately attacking before the guy recovers and just snapping his neck. I think that's how it worked.
Edit: Er, not sure why I read that as a question. I need to go to sleep.
I just finished my 2nd playthrough in 9 hours. The thing is it was a full collectables run on crushing, so yeah I'd imagine under 6 hours would be pretty doable on explorer & mainlining it.
My first playthrough was 16 hours & I used the glitch for the 70% accuracy & speedrun trophies. Because fuck doing 2 more full playthroughs just for those.
paradise_circus
Member
It also does heavy damage and the accuracy of the hipefire is great.
I loved the off-terrain vehicle moments. It gave a real great feeling driving terrain. The driving mechanics for such games are in general extremly bad, but not in uncharted 4.
The suckerpunches after blindfire while running toward enemies were extremely cool, but hard to do in harder modes though.
Overall I loved how the adventure aspects were handled.
papercan55
Member
Hello!
Can someone with the game please let me know if there are treasure descriptions or information this time(like tomb raider) or is it just pretty things to spin around?
no spoilers please !
Thanks
Can someone with the game please let me know if there are treasure descriptions or information this time(like tomb raider) or is it just pretty things to spin around?
no spoilers please !
Thanks
I was thinking about what Niel and Bruce said about the ending being divisive, having watched it I cant see why it would be, its such a good ending, and then it hit me. This is way too good of an ending for a supposed "pulp action" franchise. I guess people who were accustomed to the idea that Nate will continue adventures forever would be pissed off. All I know is I recall having that empty feeling when UC3 finished, I was like "that's it?", with UC4 I feel thoroughly satisfied with the conclusion especially epilogue. ND nailed it and should move on to TLOU2 and new IP's. It's undoubtedly the most satisfying conclusion to a franchise in recent memory.
The majority of the collectables are still pretty things to spin around but there are also optional conversations ala the last of us, a lot of written notes for your journal & sketches for your journal.
Jangowuzhere
Banned
I thought the story was going to have its moment when
the entire group is walking back to the plane. I thought that you would reach the plane and Sam would pull a dick move by sabotaging it or something. He would force you to hunt down Avery's treasure with him. In the end, you would have to square off with one another, just like how Avery fought Tew. I thought the entire pirate story was a vague allusion to an inevitable conflict between the brothers. Instead, it's just the simple GREED IS BAD crap we've seen a million times.
The conclusion to this game is pretty safe and overly predictable.I don't think the pay off is worth it, especially when the game puts such a heavy emphasis on the story this time.
Hahaha. Inmediately stopped taking the post seriously after that. The controls are the exact opposite of that. It's one of the third person games with best, most responsive and fluid controls, definitely the best for me when playing at the 60fps of the multiplayer.
I finished the game yesterday and honestly, i don't know what to think since i have very mixed feelings about UC4. I think i'll let it sink in, wait a few weeks and replay it before making a final judgement. I'm actually looking forward to replaying so there's that at least.
At this point i would rate the UC games like this: UC2 >= UC1 >>> UC4 >> UC3
At this point i would rate the UC games like this: UC2 >= UC1 >>> UC4 >> UC3
NavyPharaoh
Member
This game is a pleasure to play and behold, currently On chapter 16 or 17. It's paced similar to the other entries except it has an extra 3-4 hours in the middle (Unfortunately I've been spoiled on the chapter length). Maybe that's why I see a lot of complaints about not doing much or being tired of certain aspects of the game. An extra section might push many to the point of frustration, it's understandable. Coming into the game some people made it seem like there was less combat. I was worried coming in, but there's plenty of combat alas the fights aren't as long. I like that the fights aren't as long as previous Uncharted's sending 4 and 5 waves of enemies at you. So by that definition there's less but it doesn't bother me a bit.
One thing I did enjoy was the dialogue exchanges between Sam and Nate.
One thing I did enjoy was the dialogue exchanges between Sam and Nate.
Sam being wowed by everything and Nate having a been there, done that kind of attitude. It reflects well how we take for granted things that people who have been institutionalized haven't experienced. Like his comment about this is the 2nd biggest cistern I've seen, and Sam says, "what's the first?" It really shows Nate has done so much, what does he have to prove.
Finally. Platinum unlocked. Thought I would get it from finishing my Crushing run last night but turns out I was missing one of the hidden trophies (
).
Now back to MP.
I Accidentally All The Guns
I thought I had used all the weapons in the game. Turns out I didn't. Just needed to get one propane kill to get the trophy.
Now back to MP.
Keihart
Member
Yeah, i wish enemies woul have their acurancy afected by how you move and how far you are, that would be perfect.
Edit:
You are gonna get a refund after beating the game....sure, that seems fair.