WeView Verdict: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

I was hardly surprised when I start picking through the comments on this week’s WeView, it hardly seemed likely that Uncharted 3 was going to get ripped to shreds by the community. I mean even I’m happy to admit that whilst I didn’t think Uncharted 3 was all that brilliant, it’s hardly a bad game.

I suppose the issue I really had with it came from playing all three games in the trilogy in very quick succession, probably completing all three within a month. To me it just didn’t really feel like it built all that significantly on the first two games, and that was something that was picked up by a very significant chunk of those who took part.

“The leap between uncharted 1 & 2 was vast,” began Omac_brother, before narrowing in on specifics. “The set pieces and combat were greatly improved, the story still enthralling and the characters developed further.” A fair point, it’s hard to argue that Uncharted 2 wasn’t a huge step up on the first game. However, it’s then that he turns his attention to the third game.

[drop2]”When this same leap forward wasnt prominent between 2 & 3, the series started to feel a bit repetitive.” That pretty much nails down one of the problems with playing all of the Uncharted titles close together, there just didn’t feel like there was the same leap when moving on to the third title.

Jacko went much further than Omac_brother, seemingly really disliking the game. He called it “Easily the worst of the series,” before moving on to state that “The story was rubbish, and nothing “wowed” me like the other games.” That does perhaps seem a little harsh on the game, but I can’t help but agree with the general sentiment.

However, even many of you who felt the game didn’t quite live up to the promise of its older brothers had something positive to say about it. Unterred thought it was a lot less open than Uncharted 2 had been, but still said it was “Well worth the money for the set piece filled forward masterpiece single player that it is.” JohnnyBoy kept things a bit simpler, saying “It’s not the best in the series but you’d be daft not to get it.” Easy advice to follow.

Ultimately blackredyellow summed it all up rather nicely this week, saying “A fantastic game that will always live in the shadow of it’s bigger, more impressionable [sic] brothers.” That really does seem to sum it up nicely.

Now it’s time to turn to the community’s verdict of the game. There was a pretty good turn out this week, with twenty-four of you marking down your verdicts. A single vote went to Avoid It, whilst Rent It picked up three. However, despite peoples reservations about the game when compared to the other Uncharted titles, the winner this week is Buy It with the remaining twenty votes.

Realistically I probably agree. No, it wasn’t my favourite game in the Uncharted series, but it’s certainly worth splashing some cash on.