Great New Footage of Uncharted 2
Every time new video footage of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves emerges online, I become more and more impressed with the title. That is saying a lot considering I already had incredibly high expectations for the action sequel. Naughty Dog has released more clips and this time it features Drake battling it out on a train in the rainforest.
While he firefights with baddies on the locomotive, a helicopter appears and automatically makes the scene epic. Drake then has to jump from platform to platform, while it moves at a fast speed and at the same time he has to dodge missiles from the chopper. It truly is remarkable what the studio is doing with the PlayStation 3 and this title looks like it could rival a blockbuster summer film when it comes to action
There is no question, there is a lot going on the screen at once, especially when one of the platforms spins out of control and just misses Drake, however, I might be more fascinated by how Drake talks to himself. For instance, right after the train misses him, he starts to laugh uncontrollably and thanks god for tunnels. This little feature of him entertaining himself by blabbering nonsense adds a lot of character and this is something that is missing in videogames. Most games have cutscenes, but when the action is going on — there’s no dialog. Which makes the main characters quite boring when you compare it to other mediums of story-telling.



September 10th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
I know what you mean about the characterization stuff. I remember the last time I marveled at a game for the same thing – and that was for Far Cry on the original Xbox. There’s this part where more of Jack’s powers are awakening and he finds he has super speed and can jump long distances. I remember him screaming as jumped, “No fucking way!” Epic.
October 17th, 2009 at 4:30 am
The game sure looks awesome. I’ve ordered mine from Amazon hopefully it will come soon. I hope it’s bigger game than the original, which I felt was too short. I didn’t like the way you could set difficulty either.