tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625171860671748699.post9086709933348055782..comments2024-01-30T18:06:40.312-08:00Comments on Up late talking games & writing? You're...: Uncharted 2 gets charted, and White Collar wrapsBrad Gallawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452185302281177580noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625171860671748699.post-32482748686627229932009-12-05T19:22:12.809-08:002009-12-05T19:22:12.809-08:00>>I'm curious (and a bit confused) about...>>I'm curious (and a bit confused) about your comments on the gunfighting aspect, especially in relation to gears. This is primarily a shooter (just like gears), and the gunfighting is the entire focus of the game. everything else you do is secondary. Do you mean to say that the shooting mechanic itself isn't as good as similar titles? I'm not enough of a connoisseur of the genre to argue that point (they all shoot the same to me).<br /><br />Hey Mr. H,<br /><br />In this particular case, I'm not sure that it’s accurate to say that the game is primarily a shooter. With Uncharted 1 that was *absolutely* true, but the developers do mix things up a bit here. it feels like more of a three-way balance between shooting, platforming and cutscenes. <br /><br />Anyway, to explain my comment, the shooting itself is technically fine. As in, the controls are smooth, I never had any difficulty making the shots I wanted to make, and so on. In that respect, there is no problem. <br /><br />My issue is that the pace and the quality of the fights themselves are just really off. There is usually twice as many enemies as I would like, and the skirmishes tend to be way too long. at the same time, they don't really get very exciting… I never got into the action, so every time I’d hit a gunfight, my eyes would roll. I definitely tried to stealth as much as humanly possible. <br /><br />By comparison, I played both Gears 1 and 2, and while I would never hold up either one as an example of a perfect game, they both show a better understanding of the pacing of a firefight, and the kind of level design that really enhances the action. In those games, the shooting was exciting enough and the levels were interesting enough to hold my attention for the duration of each. I felt that only really happened a fraction of the time in Uncharted.Brad Gallawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452185302281177580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625171860671748699.post-71073462556642523142009-12-05T19:13:27.619-08:002009-12-05T19:13:27.619-08:00>>As you may know, I didn't enjoy the fi...>>As you may know, I didn't enjoy the first one and was wondering if the plot gets any better than the typical macho/fascist treasure hunt? Is the dialogue as witty as everyone is saying? The predictable good guy/bad guy lines of Drake's Fortune were a complete turn off to me.<br /><br />Hey CKZ,<br /><br />Although I'd say the plot was better, that's not to say that it's exactly great. I mean, it does its job well enough, but out of the whole game there were really only one or two moments where I felt like it was delivering something above average. There are plenty of silly moments and parts of the story where had to roll my eyes a little bit. <br /><br />Personally, I think the amount of credit it receives for the characters and dialogue is a little overblown… I mean, it's not bad for an action game, but it's not something you're going to be coming back to for the purpose of revisiting the characters. <br /><br />If you didn't like the first game, my guess is that there's nothing here that would change your mind about the second.Brad Gallawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452185302281177580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625171860671748699.post-14681882868942852362009-12-05T18:45:06.472-08:002009-12-05T18:45:06.472-08:00I'm curious (and a bit confused) about your co...I'm curious (and a bit confused) about your comments on the gunfighting aspect, especially in relation to gears. This is primarily a shooter (just like gears), and the gunfighting is the entire focus of the game. everything else you do is secondary. Do you mean to say that the shooting mechanic itself isn't as good as similar titles? I'm not enough of a connoisseur of the genre to argue that point (they all shoot the same to me).Hargradanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625171860671748699.post-34481687924913542952009-12-05T05:38:51.234-08:002009-12-05T05:38:51.234-08:00Hey Brad,
As you may know, I didn't enjoy the...Hey Brad,<br /><br />As you may know, I didn't enjoy the first one and was wondering if the plot gets any better than the typical macho/fascist treasure hunt? Is the dialogue as witty as everyone is saying? The predictable good guy/bad guy lines of Drake's Fortune were a complete turn off to me.ckzatworknoreply@blogger.com