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Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

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March 16, 2019
A Nice Surprise!
I'm a big fan of Uncharted and one of the things that made Uncharted such a great game was the lead character Nathan Drake! However Chloe Frazer and Nadine Ross are amazing characters that have a lot of chemistry and have great backstory's that are revealed in the game. The game is very similar to Uncharted 4, the differences are that there is more free roam , stealth weapons and a very different location to the other Uncharted games. The violence is the same as other Uncharted games and blood is shown in small amounts and for a brief moment however there is no gore. The language is moderate and never strong. The sex is at an absolute minimum and the references are barely noticeable. This game is necessary for all Uncharted fans and they should not be put off by the fact there is no Nathan Drake.
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February 2, 2019
Fun
It doesnt have much swearing only s__t and h@ll
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September 7, 2017
Fun adventure, with strong representation of women of color
All the other games in the Uncharted series are fun romps in the vein of Indiana Jones, with a mixture of humorous interaction between the main characters, a Saturday Matinee movie plot, and lots of shooting at mercenaries. Wave after wave of mercenaries that seem to come from nowhere. I've played all of them. In fact, it's the main reason I bought my Playstation. But the player controlled the main male hero character, Nathan Drake.
This installment is different: it's a spin-off involving two of the strong female characters who Nathan Drake encountered in previous installments. Chloe, a woman of mixed Indian-Australian heritage, and Nadine, a South African woman who ran a private military contractor (i.e. group of mercenaries). Although you can only control Chloe, the interaction and dialog between the two women is rather sweet, with them initially suspicious of each other, then warming, and then sharing very personal information and stories about their upbringing and motivation. This grounds the characters and maintains an emotional core to the game that is rather in conflict with the actions the character is then involved in: just like in previous installments, it involves puzzle-solving (e.g. movements of giant stone statues are triggered by navigating to levers or pulleys; a series of shapes must be placed so that the shadows projected on a wall correspond to an ancient mural; that type of thing). But it also involves gunning down wave after wave of mercenaries. There is a *lot* of shooting, although stealth takedowns (lethal and nonlethal) are encouraged, so some of the waves of mercenaries can be avoided if you're careful.
My children love the story and the puzzles. They love watching me climb up cliffs, swing from platform to platform, and the cinematic cutscenes of dialogue. But I send them out of the room when the shooting starts. But the ability to play as a strong woman of color, and to have dialogue that exceeds the Bechdel test, is refreshing. Also this installment of the series has a spectacular setting: India, and the Ghats (flood plains). There is evocation of rich Hindu mythology which is actually integral to the story, and some breathtaking recreation of temples and statues on a massive scale. At one point, I had to pause the game and show my wife: the attention to detail, the intricate carvings on a large temple of stone, as it was lit by the sun, with a pool of water reflecting the scene above. I had to take numerous in-game screenshots (and the game actually encourages you to do so). I have travelled around India and it brought back strong memories.
It's all over quite soon. But it is a world you'll want to go back to. Children from 12 upwards should really love this game and hopefully be in awe. And want to travel and have their own adventures!
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August 23, 2017
THE BEST GAME EVER
One thing is that common sense media over reacts hugely about all of the violence you don't see blood pouring out of the body it is just sudden bursts it is not that grim like GTA 5 or call of duty.If it could be rated as a small age it would be 10 plus.There a lot of over reactive perants that won't even let there kids get starwars battlefront or even ufc 2 but i think they are wrong and children should do what ever they want to do(game wise).This is a very fun game and it has a wide variety of things to do so you wouldn't have paid for a game that has 5 minutes of play time e.g. fifa 17.
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August 22, 2017
Not as great as the main series but still fantastic!
I love the Uncharted games and Chloe is one of my favorites in the series. Now this may be not as great as Nate Drake's adventures, but I feel every Uncharted fan will still have a fun time with this game. The story revolves around Chloe and Nadine working together to get the tusk of Ganesh before a man by the name of Asav gets it. The game still features the same kind of gameplay like Uncharted 4 did so people familiar with the controls of the previous games will get the basics easily. The game itself isn't as long as the others but in its defense it was initially to be dlc until they decided to make it a bit of a bigger game. It is worth the price for it though since it's $39.99. The one thing that really made this game fail was the bad guy, Asav. The other villains in the series we got to see a lot of and even got to know a lot about them personally which brought the bad guys to a personal level to where you even liked them. We don't see Asav all that much to which makes us wonder what's so big about this guy that Nadine keeps warning Chloe about..? The chemistry between Chloe and Nadine is nice but it feels like there's not much chemistry for us to like between the characters; sure they have conversations with each other while you drive them to destinations which are interesting to hear but that's pretty much it. Overall, a must play for Uncharted fans!