Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - Part 1

[TheVileOne]

I do have Regeneration but my idea for a Body Armor booster is a booster that lessens damage of gunfire, but however won't protect you from say a HEAD SHOT or explosives.

Don't think i saw Team Safe yet.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

That's because many, many PS3 exclusives actually deserve great ratings!

Yea im not arguing that, but that website clearly favors one over the other, which automatically means you can't take their articles at face value.

 

[KALEL114]

Gamespot gave it a 9/10.

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/uncharted-3-drakes-deception/review.html?tag=topslot;read;2

 

[SpideyVille]

Dammit, they're messing with its average. And did Eurogamer seriously give it an 8/10?

 

[KALEL114]

Eurogamer UK did.

Eurogamer [France] - 9/10
Eurogamer [Italy] - 10
Eurogamer [Czech] - 10
Eurogamer [Portugal] - 9/10

 

[eternalinferno]

God damn it I'm gonna be so swamped with video games, I still need to finish the splinter cell collection, dark souls and arkham city, this game coming out soon and revelations and the mgs collection also coming out in November, so many games to play!

 

[KALEL114]

I feel ya brotha. I am trying my darndest to knock out Batman:AC before this hits. November is a crazy month as well, but everything is taking a backseat once I have this game in my hands.

 

[eternalinferno]

Yea I think once I get this everything else will be on the backburner,although I won't be getting into the mp much, at least not right away, too many games to play

 

[TheVileOne]

LOL, wasn't it Eurogamer that gave Gears of War 3 like an 8/10 and one of the producers threw a fit?

Hey people are entitled to their opinion, but whatever. It is funny though when you see 10/10 and 9/10 and then one person gives it like an 8/10.

 

[KALEL114]

This game could have received 8's from everyone and I would still get it.

 

[Soapy]

8/10 is still a very good score.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

LOL, wasn't it Eurogamer that gave Gears of War 3 like an 8/10 and one of the producers threw a fit?

Hey people are entitled to their opinion, but whatever. It is funny though when you see 10/10 and 9/10 and then one person gives it like an 8/10

"Threw a fit" is kinda an exaggeration, but yeah. Although, his reasoning made a ton of sense.

1.) Single player is actually pretty good. The MW story so far has been really fun to watch unfold.

2.) It has MP that my friends will actually play...

1) I try to pay attention, and try to follow it entirely...but the storytelling is so horribly done, it's almost impossible to follow every beat without reading a breakdown online.

2) It's a good reason. I think nowadays, the single player is just an addition to fill the bullet points on the back of the box. The multiplayer is the real draw.

 

[Soapy]

When a Mostly Positive Review Becomes "Controversial"

 

[TheVileOne]

That article gave me a headache. Why does this writer feel like he has to defend another reviewer? Did poor Simon Larkin get his feelings hurt?

He published a review that people didn't agree with. There's nothing wrong with that. I'm not saying the EuroGamer reviewer isn't entitled to his opinion, but if he puts it out there that means it will get a reaction and be scrutinized.

That Giant Bomb piece is one of the most pretentious pieces of garbage I have ever read. It was hot garbage.

That being said, I think game scores especially out of 10 are a little ridiculous and people put way too much emphasis on them.

Now that being said, I do think the EuroGamer reviewer is entitled to his opinion but I found his review style to be way too flowery and over the top. The review didn't sound like an 8 out of 10 review honestly. It sounded more like a 6 or 7 rating but the reviewer was too scared to rate it lower probably at the fear of his own life. If he feels that strongly about how repetitive and "shallow" the game is, he should stand by his guns and give a rating that actually reflects how he feels and it didn't read like an 8/10.

Like in the review he points out that the game points you toward "trigger points" and where to go, how is that different than millions of other classic games as well when there is only one way to go? Just because Uncharted does it and sort of reinvents it doesn't mean this is bad and he's in denial of plenty other high rated games that also do this.

For me, part of my appeal in Uncharted is the linear style and that you are sort of playing through this classic adventure movie and it's captured that in a way I don't think any game has done before.

His basic complaint sounds like he's ticked off that there isn't enough freedom of movement and a gigantic open world or sandbox which is what sounds like really wanted. To me that's not Uncharted. Uncharted is not about open world gaming. And there is more to action games than just getting a big open world/sandbox to play around in.

Anyway, Giant Bomb gets two thumbs down from me from writing the most ridiculous WHITE KNIGHT editorial I've ever seen.

 

[SpideyVille]

I feel ya brotha. I am trying my darndest to knock out Batman:AC before this hits. November is a crazy month as well, but everything is taking a backseat once I have this game in my hands.

I think 2 weeks is more than enough time, given that you have some free time to play it. Like I had school all day tuesday and thursday, but I played some of Arkham City on Wednesday and finished it on Friday. I spent the next two days completeing everything else to the point where I'm all played out and now I'm looking for something to help me kill the next week until Uncharted comes out. I can imagine the same happening next week, and then I'll be looking for something new to get me by until Assassin's Creed in a few weeks. These kind of games aren't very long compared to something like Mass Effect and GTA, and the stories are so engaging that they go by in a breeze.

2) It's a good reason. I think nowadays, the single player is just an addition to fill the bullet points on the back of the box. The multiplayer is the real draw.

I think the storyline for Modern Warfare 3, since it is a sequel, is part of the reason why people would be intrigued. But I wouldn't be surprised if something like Black Ops didn't have a story mode and still sold high because the MP really is the bread and butter, despite how similar most FPS multiplayer games seem.

I mean, my friend and I saw Goldeneye Reloaded at NYCC, and he told me it looks just like Call of Duty. I looked and him and said, don't you mean Call of Duty looks like Goldeneye did back in the day?

 

[Havok83]

Look who's making his LBP2 debut via new costume?

Know what they MediaMolecule should do? They should create some Uncharted theme levels in that game. Id buy it​

 

[ProjectPat2280]

8/10 is still a very good score.

But not when the game deserves a 9 or 10.

This doesn't surprise me. Its Eurogamer. With every article they write they fall further into the gutter. That review was done with the SOLE intention of driving hits to the website. They were not interested in giving the game a fair review. Just about all of their editorials are like that. That place is THE joke of the gaming journalism industry. They make IGN look top notch.

 

[TheVileOne]

I think Pat makes an interesting point. EuroGamer with that review, it does come off like "controversy for the sake of controversy."

It was a different reviewer, but EuroGamer also gave Uncharted 2 a 10/10. So just weird IMHO.

I do think it would be better without a ten point scale since like how do you determine what's a 1 - 5?

 

[samsnee]

Eurogamer's review seemed legitimate. He was basically saying he wanted a more free-roaming kind of game, instead of something so linear. He felt like most of the action revolved around you just hitting triangle at the right time, and wasn't based on freedom of choice. Of course, since this is the third entry in the series, I don't know why he's just now getting to that point when it was the same for the first two games.

 

[SpideyVille]

Exactly. I saw in the Gamespot review they listed the lack of creativity in platforming as a con, when that has always been the case.

But as far as the Eurogamer review is concerned. I didn't read the whole thing, but I agree with Pat in that an 8/10 is bad considering the game has gotten near perfect reviews, and honestly that caught my eye immediately after seeing all of the review scores.

 

[VenomSpawn]

Look who's making his LBP2 debut via new costume?

I'll definitely be getting this.

 

[Soapy]

But not when the game deserves a 9 or 10.

This doesn't surprise me. Its Eurogamer. With every article they write they fall further into the gutter. That review was done with the SOLE intention of driving hits to the website. They were not interested in giving the game a fair review. Just about all of their editorials are like that. That place is THE joke of the gaming journalism industry. They make IGN look top notch.

Dude, it's one thing if you want to assign a score to a game you've never played and preordain it as perfection, but don't ****ing tell other people how they should feel about the game. 8/10 is a good score. (A score that I would probably give to Uncharted 2. Are you going to try and tell me that I'm wrong or just looking for attention or something?) If the guy wanted to troll the internet, he would have given it a much lower score.

Christ. This thread pretty much proves that the only reason most people care about reviews is just to confirm their own preconceived opinions. I expect this kind of nonsense from other forums, but I thought you guys were better than that.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

But not when the game deserves a 9 or 10.

And where is it written that a game deserves a certain score? Who decides that?

And a 10/10 is a bit much. That's saying a game is perfect and has no flaws. Those are rare and giving every game that's coming out in the next 6 weeks a 10/10 is just dumb and makes the score meaningless.

As I said a few pages ago. I decided to buy Uncharted 3 before I even finished Uncharted 2. The only thing that was going to make me change my mind was if it were universally panned.

 

[Soapy]

Eh... 10/10 isn't saying a game is perfect and has no flaws, as that's impossible. It's just a very, very high recommendation.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

To me, a 10/10 means it has no flaws. The only game I can say that about is Ocarina of Time. My only complain about it now is that it's too easy. But I suppose that comes from playing it over 5 times.