Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:13 am

Started on Chapter 10 and it felt like I had only played an hour and am now up to Chapter 17. My goodness is this game gorgeous and the action sequences blow me away!

Does anyone else agree that the chapters seem shorter than Drake's Fortune? Some chapters seemingly only last 10-15 minutes. I'm not complaining, and honestly I wish some chapters were shorter!

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:53 pm

I'm somewhere near the beginning - Tibet or something and I have to say this is possibly the best looking game I have ever seen. There is one part where you are clambering through those destroyed buildings and the floor of a bathroom breaks and the water comes pouring out of the wall - the detail and clarity is simply stunning.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:32 pm

Macca00 wrote:I'm somewhere near the beginning - Tibet or something and I have to say this is possibly the best looking game I have ever seen.

Wait until to reach 'Urban Warfare' on. Just amazing visuals.

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:37 pm

Wow, just mind-boggling good. Not sure I'll be all that big on the multiplayer as the couple times I tried were total chaos, but it's all just icing on an amazing single-player cake.

Spooky · Post by **Spooky** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 1:41 pm

Chapter 7...

GTHobbes · Post by **GTHobbes** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:59 pm

Spooky wrote:Chapter 7...

Like others have said, just wait. Simply amazing.

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:23 pm

I am on Chapter 18 now. I do not want this game to end. Simply incredible.

Prior to this I thought Batman Arkham Asylum was slam dunk for my action GOTY but I think Uncharted 2 has it beat. The visuals, the story, the characters, the action and the platforming are all top notch.

Spooky · Post by **Spooky** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:54 pm

Love that new commercial they were showing during the games yesterday about the guy complaining that his girlfriend keeps thinking it's a movie. Classic.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:58 pm

Macca00 wrote:I am on Chapter 18 now. I do not want this game to end. Simply incredible.

Prior to this I thought Batman Arkham Asylum was slam dunk for my action GOTY but I think Uncharted 2 has it beat. The visuals, the story, the characters, the action and the platforming are all top notch.

I'm on Chapter 18 as well, and it's unreal how each chapter seemingly gets better and better. It's definitely my GOTY hands down.

Badgun · Post by **Badgun** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:04 pm

sportdan30 wrote:
Macca00 wrote:I am on Chapter 18 now. I do not want this game to end. Simply incredible.

Prior to this I thought Batman Arkham Asylum was slam dunk for my action GOTY but I think Uncharted 2 has it beat. The visuals, the story, the characters, the action and the platforming are all top notch.
I'm on Chapter 18 as well, and it's unreal how each chapter seemingly gets better and better. It's definitely my GOTY hands down.

I beat it Friday night. I really hated for it to end...it was that good. Definitely my game of the year and probably the best game I've ever played...period. Just a fantastic ride from start to finish. I can't use enough superlatives to do this game justice.

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:27 pm

Getting the "Marco" and "Polo" rewards my top highlight so far...classic.

GTHobbes · Post by **GTHobbes** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:41 pm

sportdan30 wrote:
Macca00 wrote:I am on Chapter 18 now. I do not want this game to end. Simply incredible.

Prior to this I thought Batman Arkham Asylum was slam dunk for my action GOTY but I think Uncharted 2 has it beat. The visuals, the story, the characters, the action and the platforming are all top notch.
I'm on Chapter 18 as well, and it's unreal how each chapter seemingly gets better and better. It's definitely my GOTY hands down.

I'm somewhere in that vicinity as well. The train scenes were simply awesome.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:46 pm

I haven't advanced as far as some of you, but blasting the helicopter in chapter 7-8 was a blast. Like most of you have expressed, this is such a great story that traps you and which you don't won't to see it end. So I am taking my time.

Spooky · Post by **Spooky** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:57 pm

10spro wrote:I haven't advanced as far as some of you, but blasting the helicopter in chapter 7-8 was a blast. Like most of you have expressed, this is such a great story that traps you and which you don't won't to see it end. So I am taking my time.

I was concerned about spoiling but YES, the helicopter stuff was SO freakin' cool!

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:05 pm

I gave the old "I'm gonna just play it for an hour" last night after the Phillies game. Well, I ended up going to bed around 1am! Friggin' game is awesome.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:28 pm

Wow, am I'm glad to be done with the "Siege". That just about wore me out. Talk about non-stop action.

I believe I'm up to Chapter 22.

RallyMonkey · Post by **RallyMonkey** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:32 am

And finis! What a great great experience this thing has been. The flow of this game was easily the best of any game i've ever played and i was absolutely drawn in from Chapter One through the finish.

I have comments about the final sequence of the game, but i have no idea how to include a spoiler in here so i will wait to see what others say once most of us are finished.

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:55 am

Okay, I give in... I thought it was a bit snoozerific at first, but it is truly awesome.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:08 pm

Slumberland wrote:Okay, I give in... I thought it was a bit snoozerific at first, but it is truly awesome.

Well, I think the first few chapters didn't necessarily feel that much different than the first. But, it's not long until the story really kicks in to high gear.

I remember reading that there were quite a few more puzzles in Uncharted 2, but the number really doesn't seem drastically different than Drake's Fortune.

There are some times in this game I'm just hoping and wishing for a cut scene, because then I know I'm past a certain point. But, I will say that the game is forgiving when you die that you don't have to go all the way back to the beginning of the level and try again. It definitely takes the frustration out which is nice.

GTHobbes · Post by **GTHobbes** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:31 pm

sportdan30 wrote: There are some times in this game I'm just hoping and wishing for a cut scene, because then I know I'm past a certain point. But, I will say that the game is forgiving when you die that you don't have to go all the way back to the beginning of the level and try again. It definitely takes the frustration out which is nice.

I love the way they have it set up when you die, so that you hardly lose any ground or have to repeat many steps at all.

I finally got to a point in Chapter 17 yesterday where I had to look for an online walkthrough...and the answer was pretty obvious, it was just that I'm so used to getting stuck in these games that I had gotten into the habit of using a walkthrough as a crutch (and even then, I could have trouble advancing). Not so with this game...the level of difficulty is perfect for my skills (or lack thereof).

f***in game had me up way too late last night.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:59 pm

Same here GT. I've been getting to bed well after 11 the past week because of this game.

And you're right about some of the levels in the game. I broke down and referred to a walk through via gamefaqs last night, because I was stuck in area during Chapter 19 I believe. The only problem with this walk through is that there was too much information that I couldn't figure out where I was in the walk through manual!. In any case, I kept repeatedly getting killed, and not to give too much away, but I completely missed that there was an alley way that I was oblivious to. Yes, the game is linear but it still has enough openess that it doesn't necessarily feel that way at times.

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:41 pm

I finished the game this afternoon and I am simply in awe of this game. From start to finish it was a blast, easily my single player action GOTY and easily one of the best games I have ever played. Sony should market the sh!t out of this game because I think it's a system seller.

Nathan Drake is one my favorite videogame characters.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:29 am

Macca00 wrote:I finished the game this afternoon and I am simply in awe of this game. From start to finish it was a blast, easily my single player action GOTY and easily one of the best games I have ever played. Sony should market the sh!t out of this game because I think it's a system seller.

Nathan Drake is one my favorite videogame characters.

That's how I felt about the first one. Toys R Us is finally showing this game as in stock online so I'm hoping to hell that mine ships within the next day or two. Has anybody been playing multiplayer?

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:00 am

Scoop - I loved the first Uncharted but this game takes it to the next level.

I've tried some multiplayer (just straight deathmatch), it's fun but I doubt I'll be playing much of it after Modern Warfare 2 comes out. I haven't tried the 'horde'- type mode yet.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:50 am

I wish I could take two sick days and just play this non-stop. I'm still early in the game (just about to chapter 7) and it's already my game of the year.