Marty-esque
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True. You can go back into stealth but there are some encounters where you're screwed because there is less cover. You spend a long time patiently taking out enemies but then you're spotted with no way to escape.
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Uncharted 4: A Thief's End |OT| You're gonna miss this ass
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And that is why you should play ND games on easy or less.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Beat the game the other day. So good.
Had tons of fun with the stealth...always got so close to clearing everyone till someone spotted me or a dead body lol.
Throwing grenades in a stealth position is fun too lol.
Had tons of fun with the stealth...always got so close to clearing everyone till someone spotted me or a dead body lol.
Throwing grenades in a stealth position is fun too lol.
Pilgrimzero
Member
Just beat it. Loved everything
Great send off if they never make another.
Would love to see more of
except the final sword fight.
Great send off if they never make another.
Would love to see more of
Cassie even if it might step on Laras toes.
Best Uncharted confirmed.
FarFromAnyGame
Banned
Tag that spoiler!
Pilgrimzero
Member
Bah was supposed to be but the spoiler tags didn't copy over. My bad. Sorry about that.
Frag Waffles
Member
Finally beat it! No more living in fear of spoilers. It was a near flawless experience the whole way through and definitely the best uncharted game, no question. Also the ending was perfect, what a send off.
My only gripe that I can think of is the
My only gripe that I can think of is the
lack of any supernatural elements in the story. oh well maybe for the DLC
Trigonometrize.
Member
I can't be the only one not at all expecting supernatural elements, right? It seems to me that they accidentally became a series staple despite none of the games after 1 really needing them. In that game, they came at the perfect time to shake up the chore that shooting goons was beginning to become. In 2, they were there sort of to set the tone of the mysticalness of Shambala, I guess? But really they just felt like elements bleeding over from the first. In 3, they were just a cameo whimper of a thing to make it feel like crazy things were happening, even though it was just whatever (much like the rest of that game, I might add). In 4, all things considered, like the fact that the storytelling is more grounded than ever and the supernatural stuff has been on the down swing, it just seemed to make sense they'd drop it.
OriginofHysteria
Banned
Finished the game, loved it. Wish I knew though about what happened
to Nadine.
in fact in the opposite, in glad they dropped it. this one felt more grounded and real, with a real attainable treasure and story. perfect.
NullPointer
Member
And even in constant mid-air swinging motion, nailing his shots mid-swing with a high explosive against groups of enemies he was still black and white by the end there from the constant precision fire from enemies at all angles.
Enemies are too accurate for that style of play to be dependable. You get those moments, others you just ragdoll out of the sky. It can feel random and punishing for being that kind of action movie creative.
Maybe this game is built to be played on easy. Might give that a shot ;p
Same here. I feel like they have a couple plot branches open for future use in some way (Nadine, Sam/Sully tag team, Cassie/Elena/Drake).
Would love to see her story fleshed out a bit more. Great character.
Would love to see her story fleshed out a bit more. Great character.
Trigonometrize.
Member
Honestly, all of those things are more left up to your imagination or the implications of the events of the story. They're not there to be spelled out for you. That's the charm and their place in the story.
Yeah but stuff like that is virtually impossible on anything higher than normal since all the enemies have pinpoint accuracy and you die in 3 hits.
Same here, the sense of discovery was stronger in UC4. The gradual realisation of what happened was fantastic, that's one thing they lifted straight out of TLOU. Also
The barricaded courtyard and the dining room with all the skeletons blew my tiny mind. No big set piece required, they were still 'holy shit' moments for me.
I always enjoyed the single area of UC1, I liked being stranded on an island, it gave it a bit more of a survival horror feel, especially when you get to that part. That's what I liked about 2013 Tomb Raider. UC4 was a mixture of the grand adventure from 2 and 3, and the trapped feeling of 1.
Something that I can't quite fathom:
how the King's Bay car chase sequence was the most impressive in the entire game. Like I get you gotta go all guns blazing in the marketing but shit... I was so disappointed that that was spoiled. And then when you get back to the hotel I was like "oh yeah Elena's gonna be there". It ruined a powerfully emotional scene cause I knew she was gonna be there.
Trigonometrize.
Member
The meat of the scene is the exchanges between the characters given the circumstances and where they go from there, not the surprise that she shows up. Knowing that she pops in at that point does not ruin much of anything IMO.
Panamá
Unknown One
Member
Somebody calculated the ages of the main characters.
https://www.reddit.com/r/uncharted/comments/4k06qp/estimating_ages_of_characters_and_dates_spoilers/
Beware of spoilers i guess.
https://www.reddit.com/r/uncharted/comments/4k06qp/estimating_ages_of_characters_and_dates_spoilers/
Beware of spoilers i guess.
Alex
Member
Great gif and makes me feel like a fool in retrospect how I approached that encounter, haha.
Maybe not in the grand scheme of things, but it certainly ruined that moment of "Oh shit caught red-handed".
Trigonometrize.
Member
I personally wouldn't have showed it off, but it is kind of an inevitability anyway. I don't think a single person playing this game would not guess how it would turn out. It'd be lol-worthy if the game ended with Nate just going home and Elena just doing the dishes totally naive-like.
flipswitch
Member
I love this section of the game.
It was such a great sequence of events, right from the moment you leave the clocktower with Sully right up until the hotel, even with already seeing it play out at E3. I guess my issue (not even issue really, just find it interesting) is that balance of having an impressive first showing of the game, VS saving things for that first playthrough.
loaf of bread
Member
I want an endless arcade mode of car chase gameplay.
Jumping between cars is so satisfying.
Jumping between cars is so satisfying.
Starting a 2nd playthrough on Hard mode.
Gotta say, if you actually make yourself care about the treasures, the quiet parts of the game are more interesting to run/climb around in if you are like me and get paranoid, looking everywhere (and dammit, I missed THAT many? How?) It feels less like "playing through" a section, more like "hanging out" in one. Kind of like how, say, Grand Theft Auto V feels when you decide to just hang out in a place in GTAV without shooting anything. I'm liking it.
Gotta say, if you actually make yourself care about the treasures, the quiet parts of the game are more interesting to run/climb around in if you are like me and get paranoid, looking everywhere (and dammit, I missed THAT many? How?) It feels less like "playing through" a section, more like "hanging out" in one. Kind of like how, say, Grand Theft Auto V feels when you decide to just hang out in a place in GTAV without shooting anything. I'm liking it.
Just got through there myself. Really awesome use of environment for tactical movement and cover. Makes me wish they had introduced that mechanic earlier.I love this section of the game.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
holy fuck
TetraGenesis
Member
*tears of joy*
I guess the downside to playing on hard is that often you get shot down in a matter of seconds if you try to pull shit like that when there's dozens of guys shooting at you. Specifically that part of the game was a bit rough as it did not emphasize the strengths of the game (planning your attack, sneaking around and picking off guys one at a time).
Eien1no1Yami
Member
Am i the only that liked
I actually found it one of the most atmospheric boss fights I've ever played.
the final sword fight
I actually found it one of the most atmospheric boss fights I've ever played.
Yes it was kind of easy and they introduced a new mechanic which i generally don't like it when done in other games, but here to me it made sense, because the story is about pirates and it fitted perfectly as a climax for the final arc of the story.Even after finishing the game i get goosebumps when thinking about this fight, because of raving Rafe, because of the setting, because of the music they nailed everything about this fight IMO.
I think people don't like this fight because they died a couple of times (me included) without knowing what to do, but honesty Rafe does the same moves over and over again so it's just a pattern boss
I think people don't like this fight because they died a couple of times (me included) without knowing what to do, but honesty Rafe does the same moves over and over again so it's just a pattern boss
Laws00
Member
I don't think this is a spoiler because it's pretty common
Every time I hit/touch a waterfall it seems in this game or some form or part of water Drake says, "AH, FRESHING!"
Is that a reference i'm missing to something from a past game?
The only thing that comes to mind to me for this is in the 3rd game where.......
Every time I hit/touch a waterfall it seems in this game or some form or part of water Drake says, "AH, FRESHING!"
Is that a reference i'm missing to something from a past game?
The only thing that comes to mind to me for this is in the 3rd game where.......
You're dying of thirst in the desert and you fall down the well all the while looking for some water.
I loved it.
The whole build up to it, the dialogue, the music, the stakes. Everything clicked for me.
Initially
i thought it would just be a QTE event and nothing more. But then I realized that I can also attack, move around and time my slashes, instead of just parrying the enemy attacks. It felt like a real sword fight to me and I absolutely loved the mocap work done for this specific scene.
Granted higher difficulties are certainly going to ruin the excitement due to the completely unforgiving nature of it.
Trigonometrize.
Member
Yeah, as someone that played on hard I noticed this as well. Uncharted 4's best attributes don't often accommodate the harder difficulties. This is pretty much my biggest gripe with the game. I tried to swing like a madman but the game was like stop having fun.
True, its really meant to be played on normal for first playthrough. Crushing is really hard this time around, to the point that I believe it was designed with cheats in mind (thats why cheats dont disable trophies) in order to have fun playing that.
Not that it is impossible to complete the game on crushing, first go, its just that it is a pain to do so and almost all of the crazy shit you are able to do normally are simply prohibited to attempt on crushing.
Amazing.
Magic Mushroom
Member
It works, you just need to move around a lot. I love the combat on higher difficulties, expect for the final two chapters or so, when the envrionments are less sandboxy than they are in the rest of the game and basically become a scramble for power weapons.
Pretty much how I'd like to have played the game. Instead I spend most of my time hanging from ledges and popping off head-shots. Probably not what ND had in mind when designing those amazing environments.
Still managed to grab the Platinum last night though. I'd say Uncharted 4 just about makes it to the #1 spot in the series. For me UC4>=UC2>UC1>UC3.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Absolutely loved it.
Agreed. Best in the franchise as far as Im concerned.
To be fair, that's the single hardest encounter in the entire game, and on top of that he had an entire army firing at him. If he hadn't gone black and white it would have been ridiculous, unless he was playing on Explorer or something.
Magic Mushroom
Member
I think I got over 100 melee kills on my Hard playthrough, so it's definitely doable. You just need to time your actions well.
I am not sure I understand. I have finished the game in Hard and normal and I have seen equally great melee animations in both playthroughs.
In fact I would say that in normal difficulty it was even more enjoyable.