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[Nappuccino]

I'm pretty sure I'm almost done with the game, and I still don't know what I think. UC4 brings back some major UC1 vibes, which I appreciate. My main complaint is that there are so many neat mechanics to the combat, but I feel like there aren't enough combat scenarios to really get me used to them. I've never entered a comfortable flow like I did late game UC2 and 3.

I like UC4, but I think I need to replay the game to really feel comfortable with the running and gunning.

The dialog is fantastic though.

edit: and yeah, i think the box moving minigame is excessive here--never bothered me in TLoU, but every time Drake says, "It's too high to boost!" I'm like, jesus, come on. It probably is for loading assets, but that doesn't make it less tedious.

 

[Deckard Chapel]

My only complaint about the game [and it is a MINOR one, to boot] is that the character's hair doesn't blow in the wind like the gameplay trailers showed.

It's a small thing, but I notice it constantly. Nate is on a craggy peak and you hear the wind blowing and see the foliage reacting to the wind - as does his shirt and rope - but his hair doesn't move an inch.

 

[DNAbro]

After sleeping on it a bit, want to give some thoughts about the game.

Liked
-Gameplay feels great. The stealth mechanics feel great and pretty much all the levels are well designed and are fun to play in.
- Story was pretty great overall and writing was top notch as well.
- absolutely gorgeous game. Some of the set pieces are mind boggling and are the highlight of the game.

Disliked
- I became increasingly tired and aggravated over the "hey is this thing going to break when I climb/jump on it? yes, yes it will" It usually incredibly predictable when it happens and loses just about all tension after the first few times. It just feels like "hey take a longer way around" instead of "oh shit that was close". I've only played Uncharted 2 but I don't remember it happening nearly as much as in that game,
- I absolutely hated the portions where you need to try and find what the climb onto/where to go. Wasted way too much time just looking around for where to go. Maybe I'm bad at picking up visual clues, but it became annoying anytime the game drew to a crawl cause I couldn't figure out where it wanted me to go.
- The puzzle sections and slower sections make me not want to replay the game, at least at the moment. Just didn't find them that enjoyable, and don't really want to experience them again. The slower sections were good in the moment but after seeing it once, don't really want to do it again.
-While story was good, it never really fully grabbed me and made me emotionally invested. I kind of compare it to Captain America: Civil War in that sense.

 

[Nyx]

I feel dumb cause I seem to be lost in chapter 13.

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omw to that scary mountain to meet Sam, just found a dead guy with 'no quarter for thieves' written on the wall, but I cant seem to find the way forward.

This cave has exits that lead outside near a waterfall but no climbing or rope possibilities.

Also no hint appears.

Anyone?

 

[Shadax the wizard]

What the hell, I just found a firefly dogtag treasure in the caves of Scotland. It was well hidden and all. Dead guys name was Druckley 000. Anyone get The Last of Us reference?

Yeah I got it.

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I guess the name is a cross of Druckmann and Straley.

 

[aravuus]

- I became increasingly tired and aggravated over the "hey is this thing going to break when I climb/jump on it? yes, yes it will" It usually incredibly predictable when it happens and loses just about all tension after the first few times. It just feels like "hey take a longer way around" instead of "oh shit that was close". I've only played Uncharted 2 but I don't remember it happening nearly as much as in that game

I feel the same way and they did it so often that there's gotta be a reason for that. Like someone pointed that the also very frequent boosting a friend up/grabbing a friend's hand and climbing up stuff was done to hide loading/asset streaming, which is fair enough.

They were like mimics in Dark Souls 3. "Oh, a chest? Is it.. Yeah, a mimic".

"Oh, a new wall to climb? Will it... Yeah, it broke"

 

[nOoblet16]

Also, I'm excited at the prospects of a PS4Neo mode for this game with some improved shadows, less dithering and 60fps. Oh mang.

But as of right now this is the smoothest 30fps game I have ever played which almost feels like 60fps. Don't really understand how, either, because it's 30fps! lol

You'll see how it doesn't feel like 60FPS if you could actually play at 60FPS. It has good motion blur that gives it a smooth feeling but tons of games have been doing this for a while now.

The game does drops framerate quite a few times especially in the later levels, it recovers quick and is up there among the best performing games but in no way this is the smoothest 30FPS game when tittles like Farcry4/Primal/AC4 and The Order 1886 exist.

 

[Floody]

I feel dumb cause I seem to be lost in chapter 13.

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omw to that scary mountain to meet Sam, just found a dead guy with 'no quarter for thieves' written on the wall, but I cant seem to find the way forward.

This cave has exits that lead outside near a waterfall but no climbing or rope possibilities.

Also no hint appears.

Anyone?

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I think there should be a slope you slide down and jump across, and little bit past the skeleton

. I might be thinking of somewhere else though.

 

[YankeeDonB]

I think it's to hide loading screens.

That... had not occurred to me, and makes a lot of sense!

The fact that the game is essentially seamless while playing, despite the visual quality and detail is certainly impressive. Still irritating though.

 

[shiba5]

Just finished. I took more screenshots of this game than all others combined. The art direction is outstanding and I spent almost 2 hours total standing around admiring the scenery - according to the game.

 

[Nyx]

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I think there should be a slope you slide down and jump across, and little bit past the skeleton

. I might be thinking of somewhere else though.

You were right, wonder how I missed that, thanks!

 

[gundamkyoukai]

I totally agree. The jumps were insane lol. The intro has nothing on LoU, not sure why people said it was better

That said, I do love that ND does intros REALLY well. No one does it like that

I found the intro to be better cause it was more fun .
Plus story wise i knew what was going to happen in TLOU because it was so easy to see.

 

[nOoblet16]

So does the wow ness factor in the environments carry all the way through to the end?

I just got to chap 5. It feels most here have big wow moments around chapters 8-11, but not much so after that. Could be most haven't gotten farther.

It gets a bit less striking after chapter 11, I could tell you why but that would mean I would have to give a location spoiler.

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Chapter 11 to end are all set in the same island, you get grand scenery reveals from time to time but they all share the same island theme with greenery. Infact some of these places could fit right in TLoU with its run down buildings and such.

 

[fastmower]

I can't say I'm having this problem so I don't know what to tell you, and I'm extremely nitpicky about deadzones and things like that. In fact I tested it the moment I first got to aim a weapon in the game. The only things I could see causing it are controller analogue issues, or as I said before, recoil and flinch.

It's weird that a decent amount of people are having this issue while some don't notice/experience it at all. I'm having minor flashbacks to the UC3 aiming controversy.

 

[Marvel]

Just hit chapter

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11

gonna take a break. Man, ND have out-done themselves.

 

[The Lamp]

"Escaping out of the orphanage" is a cool set idea, but it really fell apart for me when young Nathan was doing epic leaps that would have certainly killed or maimed him. It just starts to get unbelievably absurd.

Maybe I'm crazy but the "epic jump" distance in general felt extended from previous games. Even in the next area as grown up Nate some of the leaps felt extra unbelievable, like beyond "unrealistically heroic" and well into "absurd super hero."

I'm sitting on my couch thinking, were they all like this, or have I just been playing too much Bloodbourne and Dark Souls recently and I've totally forgotten what the old games were like?

This is not really a serious complaint at all. I'm more just wondering if anyone was getting the same vibe.

I'll have to replay the previous games after this and see if I notice any difference.

My issue is the pathetic puppy scrape Nate makes when he's at a wall that's too high because the devs don't want you to go there, but then he makes giant leaps up unstable crags of mountains. Breaks the immersion for me. At least make the jump height consistent.

 

[Baldwin_the_First]

Oh my gawd. That fucking

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twist

at chapter 15!

 

[YankeeDonB]

It's weird that a decent amount of people are having this issue while some don't notice/experience it at all. I'm having minor flashbacks to the UC3 aiming controversy.

Not being able to estimate where my reticule is going to be when I cover pop has been an issue for me too. Can use snap-to aiming, but that's no fun. I'm not a TPS aficionado though, so I assumed my inexperience was the problem.

 

[m4st4]

Just hit Chapter

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17

, I'm guessing this is the final stretch of the game, and right on time.

Did not expect to get this emotional, combination of...

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...learning more about Drake's mother, him and Sam and Elena/Sully arriving on the island...

...wrecked me, man. This game is something special and the sum of it's parts prior to this chapter is really starting to work wonders now in a way that I did not expect.

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Wonderful inclusion of that old woman character as well. The lightning in that chapter was, again, some sort of wizardry.

God, I'm finally starting to LOVE this game instead of just really, really liking it. Let's see how it all wraps up tonight.

Oh my gawd. That fucking

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twist

at chapter 15!

Yup. Shit. Got. Real. Naughty Dog pulling the right moves.

 

[Jamiaro]

Seeing all the impressions of this game makes me want to play it.

That gif is just evil...

Anyway, loving the game so far! Like a rollercoaster of action and emotion.

 

[Bunta]

I can't say I'm having this problem so I don't know what to tell you, and I'm extremely nitpicky about deadzones and things like that. In fact I tested it the moment I first got to aim a weapon in the game. The only things I could see causing it are controller analogue issues, or as I said before, recoil and flinch.

What aiming settings are you using? I'm trying 0 aim assist and 3 sensitivity, but I'm having accuracy issues. MP is fine, though.

I'm going to try the defaults after work and see if it's any better. I could also check what the settings are in MP by default.

 

[fastmower]

Not being able to estimate where my reticule is going to be when I cover pop has been an issue for me too. Can use snap-to aiming, but that's no fun. I'm not a TPS aficionado though, so I assumed my inexperience was the problem.

I'm experienced with TPS and I definitely feel that the aiming is janky.

 

[brianjones]

My issue is the pathetic puppy scrape Nate makes when he's at a wall that's too high because the devs don't want you to go there, but then he makes giant leaps up unstable crags of mountains. Breaks the immersion for me. At least make the jump height consistent.

lol yeah or automatically sliding for any slope

reminds me of mgs5

 

[zsynqx]

Just hit Chapter

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17

, I'm guessing this is the final stretch of the game, and right on time.

Did not expect to get this emotional, combination of...

Spoiler

...learning more about Drake's mother, him and Sam and Elena/Sully arriving on the island...

...wrecked me, man. This game is something special and the sum of it's parts prior to this chapter is really starting to work wonders now in a way that I did not expect.

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Wonderful inclusion of that old woman character as well. The lightning in that chapter was, again, some sort of wizardry.

God, I'm finally starting to LOVE this game instead of just really, really liking it. Let's see how it all wraps up tonight.

.

About the

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old woman. Voiced by Merle Dandridge. (Marlene in TLOU) She was also the nun at the beginning.

 

[dragonzdogma]

how long is the game on normal?
especially if your like me and like to explore every corner of the game.
TLOU "Hard" mode felt normal to me, is U4 a walk in the park on normal mode?

Edit: I still can't believe I gave in to the hype,
especially since I didn't like the uncharted collection demo.

 

[nelsonroyale]

Just got the game and played half an hour or so...Yeah, it is super polished. Loved the first scene. Now I have to hold off playing it until the end of the month. With Witcher 3 Blood and Wine announced as well...things are going to get very good in gaming from this month onwards...

 

[shiba5]

how long is the game on normal?
especially if your like me and like to explore every corner of the game.
TLOU "Hard" mode felt normal to me, is U4 a walk in the park on normal mode?

Took me about 17 hours.

 

[dragonzdogma]

Took me about 17 hours.

you know, any game that you finish now at days is probably consider good in my book.
Not many people finish games now at days you know?

 

[Floody]

how long is the game on normal?
especially if your like me and like to explore every corner of the game.
TLOU "Hard" mode felt normal to me, is U4 a walk in the park on normal mode?

Took me around 16-17 hours on normal, though I was really taking my time. I found the enemies on normal harder than TLoU's on Survival, though there's much less combat in 4 that it's probably easier overall.

 

[DNAbro]

how long is the game on normal?
especially if your like me and like to explore every corner of the game.
TLOU "Hard" mode felt normal to me, is U4 a walk in the park on normal mode?

Edit: I still can't believe I gave in to the hype,
especially since I didn't like the uncharted collection demo.

Took me maybe 11 hours.

 

[Dawg]

Encounter select seemed like a cool thing in chapter select.

But then I found out the encounter is all you can do.

 

[dragonzdogma]

Took me around 16-17 hours on normal, though I was really taking my time. I found the enemies on normal harder than TLoU's on Survival, though there's much less combat in 4 that it's probably easier overall.

Are you done with the game campaign, or there any replay value?
I'm not interested in the multiplayer game.

 

[formasymphonic]

Just finished it. Although I know 4 is technically superior, I actually enjoyed the experience of playing through 2 and 3 more. I played all 4 Uncharteds on Hard if that matters.

Not a fan of all the slide areas. And the cover system was a bit janky (turning corners etc especially)

I'll try not to spoil anything for anyone who has yet to play but bullet sponge enemies and dodgy respawn areas seem to be a trend at ND. Last boss as usual isn't great (can't really gauge boss health or attacks as well as it maybe should be).

Graphically the game is impressive, cast performances were impeccable, the jeep handled a lot better than I thought it would and the game is really long for those who believe that the length of a game is an indicator of its value. Personally I thought it dragged on a bit longer than it needed to gameplay wise but narratively the length was fine.

On the whole, kudos to ND for a great game and a great set of Uncharted games and I look forwards to their next one.

 

[YankeeDonB]

I'm experienced with TPS and I definitely feel that the aiming is janky.

ha, well that at least makes me feel a bit better about myself =P

 

[xenorevlis]

? The last part of the intro is a different period away from UC2.

Oh, I didn't mean literally in his timeline. However, there are parallels between those three parts of the intro and where we've seen Nathan Drake in previous games

 

[Harmen]

I actually love the climbing in this game. It feels very natural and the subtle visual clues always give me a sense of direction while trying to figure out a path. It requires some thinking and planning, making it more fun.

 

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Damn, next time I just pay higher price and stick to Amazon...

 

[m4st4]

About the

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old woman. Voiced by Merle Dandridge. (Marlene in TLOU) She was also the nun at the beginning.

Oh wow, didn't know that thanks.

Just wanted to comment on the fact that they downright SPOILED me on one huge aspect of this game in that tiny booklet you get with the steelbook, terrible idea (to go through it before I finished the game and to include that sort of thing). I'm getting the original artbook anyway but come on.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

You'll see how it doesn't feel like 60FPS if you could actually play at 60FPS. It has good motion blur that gives it a smooth feeling but tons of games have been doing this for a while now.

The game does drops framerate quite a few times especially in the later levels, it recovers quick and is up there among the best performing games but in no way this is the smoothest 30FPS game when tittles like Farcry4/Primal/AC4 and The Order 1886 exist.

It is the smoothest game 30fps I have ever played.

 

[nib95]

Lol, just noticed Sam's reaction when you shine the torch in his face 8)

Yea, I got a snap of it lol.

Side note, anyone else know this could happen? Lol.

 

[Valonquar]

Finished the game right around 15 hours. Amazing ride. Now to play through a second time as a photographer...

 

[therealminime]

Finished the game right around 15 hours. Amazing ride. Now to play through a second time as a photographer...

This is exactly what I am going to do. I resisted enabling photo mode for the first playthrough as I knew I would constantly be interrupting the flow of the game to take photos.

 

[Floody]

Are you done with the game campaign, or there any replay value?
I'm not interested in the multiplayer game.

The replay value is about the same as TLoU, maybe a little less as there's a lot of just exploring.
I missed a lot of optional dialog and treasures, so I'll go back for that and a crushing playthrough, the combat encounters are all pretty open, so they'll probably be fun a couple of times through too. Once I'm done with that though, I'll probably shelf it for awhile (probably until the next ND game is close).

 

[DoomGyver]

I only had time to get to chapter 4 last night, this is going to be a great ride.

 

[Bunta]

Yea, I got a snap of it lol.



Side note, anyone else know this could happen? Lol.

Yeah, someone wrote about it during the early copy impressions thread. Nice to see it in action, though.

 

[nib95]

What aiming settings are you using? I'm trying 0 aim assist and 3 sensitivity, but I'm having accuracy issues. MP is fine, though.

I'm going to try the defaults after work and see if it's any better. I could also check what the settings are in MP by default.

I went default aim sensitivity with aim assist off. Though for this Crushing play through I quite like leaving aim assist at max sometimes just to cheat to win basically. You pretty much never square off against more than one enemy at a time, so aim assist drift (something that happens when multiple enemies might pass your reticule) is basically a non issue.

Checked the deadzone and it's basically non existent. Maybe 5% or something of the sticks, which is far less than most games have.

 

[DannyDanger]

My favorite part about this game is that you actually have to do things lol

Everything besides shooting felt like auto-pilot in previous uncharted games

there's platforming (where you actually have to time your jumps right, and there are consequences if you mess up)

Puzzles, you actually have to use your brain and journal.

You can actually do stealth, which makes the treasure hunting, heisting, feel more authentic.

The wide linear areas, you can actually explore to find the treasures, and if even tho areas funnels you, you actually have to think about which way you're going

No yellow "climb here" visual queues, you actually have to figure out where to climb, and how to reach certain ledges etc

The game doesn't insult your intelligence like the previous games, especially if you turn of hints. For me that makes this one the best in the series

Edit: oh and you actually control the vehicles

 

[Conezays]

I think I'm up to Chapter 8 or 9 and my impressions are somewhat mixed. It feels like they wanted to make another TLOU and they sort of mashed together Uncharted and TLOU with various degrees of success.

-The pacing so far is glacially slow, probably the slowest of any Naughty Dog game. I understand why they're doing it for character development and setup but there it is. It's not just the lack of action but certain gameplay segments just drag on for way too long. The

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orphanage and Italy

are two prime examples where the platforming sections are just too long for how uninvolved the platforming is. Parts in

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Scotland

have a similar issue in that I'm hoping it's over because of how dull it is.

-The character writing is pretty stellar and this is assisted by the super high quality of the animations. I think though that Rafe might be a bit too over the top but they might expand on him later.

-I'm less impressed with the graphics which are topnotch and more so by the art direction. This probably has the best art direction of any Uncharted game.

-The aiming feels off. This is a problem I've never had with any Uncharted game (even UC3) or TLOU.

Pretty much spot on with my impressions so far. I preferred Last of Us to Uncharted 3 for what its worth. Fantastic art design, voice overs, and presentation, but I've realised the actual gameplay mechanics aren't particularly interesting to me. Fairly mundane puzzle, platforming segments mixed with decent shooting sections doesn't really scream 10/10 to me but to each their own. Definitely seems like people who are fans of past entries will enjoy this. Naturally my impression may change once I'm finished. Cheers.

 

[aravuus]

I think I might give TLOU another try now after really enjoying U4. Go at it with a different mindset.

Side note, anyone else know this could happen? Lol.

Yep. Climbed on

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Elena

a couple of times and she really didn't seem to care lol. Strong girl.

 

[zsynqx]

Every time I try to load up Multiplayer, it takes me to the introduction but freezes on the screen saying press x to continue. Anyone else have this issue?