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financially stable · 11-20-2011, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MoulinBlu

This game was fun and easy enough to platinum on - aside from the semi-annoying and utterly ludicrous uphill jet ski ride - even I got the plat.

I'm glad I played U2 first, though. If I had played U1 first, I'm not sure I would've checked out U2 at all, which is still my favorite game (haven't loaded U3 yet but will just as soon as I have the time to obsessively devote to it, as I'm sure I will).

Drake's Fortune had a great story, characters, and script, but the gameplay wasn't nearly as polished and the graphics were a .

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little too PS2ish for me

Still, it's one of the few games I liked enough to keep - largely encouraged by my absolute affinity for its amazingly well done sequel - even after getting the platinum, just so I can play through the story again, just like rewatching a favorite movie.

maybe you need your eyes checked.

Terjyn · 11-20-2011, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by MoulinBlu

Drake's Fortune had a great story, characters, and script, but the gameplay wasn't nearly as polished and the graphics were a little too PS2ish for me.

You know, it's largely absurd when people say that any PS3 game looks like PS2 graphics, but this takes the cake. Are you playing on a 5 inch screen? That's the only way you could possibly believe that Uncharted had PS2-level graphics.

volcomsocal · 11-20-2011, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Terjyn

You know, it's largely absurd when people say that any PS3 game looks like PS2 graphics, but this takes the cake. Are you playing on a 5 inch screen? That's the only way you could possibly believe that Uncharted had PS2-level graphics.

I couldn't have said it any better. U1 looks great.

Petra_Kalbrain · 11-20-2011, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by MoulinBlu

Drake's Fortune had a great story, characters, and script, but the gameplay wasn't nearly as polished and the graphics were a little too PS2ish for me.

Say... WWWWWWWWHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT?????????????

CUE THE LYNCH MOB!

MoulinBlu · 11-21-2011, 03:55 PM

Didn't mean to offend anyone. I'll qualify my disappointment further. I game on a 92" screen, from a 1080p SXRD projector in a dedicated studio renovated and calibrated specifically for evaluating home video presentation quality for a number of movie studios. The projector hasn't been recalibrated since I retired a couple years ago, but that's only likely to impact it's greyscale tracking, as such tends to shift slightly as bulbs age or are replaced. If I were still working in the industry, it would need to be rechecked every 1000 hours or so. All other aspects of calibration (focus, white levels, black levels, etc) that don't require special equipment, I can do myself and because I have a background in art, I can get the color tracking pretty close by eye as well. Gamma on the other hand I also need equipment for.

After playing U2, the lack of detail in the graphics from U1, was rather disappointing, not that I expected it to be as amazing as U2s, being an older game, but I hoped it would have been a wee bit closer in comparison. Instead the difference looked almost as vast as going from 480p to 1080p, in terms of resolve. That's probably an overstatement, as 720p to 1080p didn't quite do the difference justice; maybe 540p to 1080i would be better. Or the difference might also be equated in terms of style, like the simple graphical style of Toy Story, compared to the more sophisticated patterning, designed to looke more real, like Final Fantasy. Though, I don't think an argument could be made that the absence of finer texturing in U1 was due to intended style as much as limitation.

Admittedly U2's graphics are about the best I've seen still today; and U1's might have been OK for its generation - I'll have to give ND the benefit of the doubt there, as I was actually at the press event Sony held to promote the title, and I know they were very proud of it at the time - but the difference in detail between the two is more than a nominal amount, it was much closer to Oblivion or Skyrim RPG graphics, which tend to have considerably less detail, supposedly due to the magnitude of the gaming environments, than games like U2, MGS4, Arkham Asylum, etc.

My only other criticism of U1 was that character controll was less refined. It wasn't as awkward or frustrating as The Force Unleashed (the first one, not the second which was much improved), but some you don't have the level of character control you have in newer games like U2 or Arkham Asylum, which was a little frustrating when trying to drive a jetski up a waterfall and some of the more challenging leaps you have to make.

Monkey · 11-21-2011, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by volcomsocal

I couldn't have said it any better. U1 looks great.

Still looks better than 99% of the games out there.

Drew664 · 11-18-2012, 01:43 PM

Picked this up several years ago on Black Friday and finally took it out of shrink wrap a few days ago, lol.

I may actually get through my game back log! Here's hoping!

Anyways, the game was great, just a little on the short side. Music, graphics, atmosphere, game play, and story were all there. I managed to collect about 41 of those treasures so I don't think I did too bad there. I would give this game an 8 out of 10, and the only strikes against it would be game length and lack of exploration. I am instantly more excited for Naughty Dogs new game now - the Last of Us.

smooththaboss · 11-19-2012, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Drew664

Picked this up several years ago on Black Friday and finally took it out of shrink wrap a few days ago, lol.

I may actually get through my game back log! Here's hoping!

Anyways, the game was great, just a little on the short side. Music, graphics, atmosphere, game play, and story were all there. I managed to collect about 41 of those treasures so I don't think I did too bad there. I would give this game an 8 out of 10, and the only strikes against it would be game length and lack of exploration. I am instantly more excited for Naughty Dogs new game now - the Last of Us.

you need to play the other two uncharted's

volcomsocal · 11-19-2012, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Drew664

Picked this up several years ago on Black Friday and finally took it out of shrink wrap a few days ago, lol.

I may actually get through my game back log! Here's hoping!

Anyways, the game was great, just a little on the short side. Music, graphics, atmosphere, game play, and story were all there. I managed to collect about 41 of those treasures so I don't think I did too bad there. I would give this game an 8 out of 10, and the only strikes against it would be game length and lack of exploration. I am instantly more excited for Naughty Dogs new game now - the Last of Us.

So now that you finished Uncharted, are you going to play Uncharted 2??

ChowSingChi · 11-19-2012, 02:52 AM

Uncharted 2 is amazing! You need to play it.

Drew664 · 11-19-2012, 05:00 AM

Uncharted 2 will be played soon and I am going to ask for U3 for Xmas, lol.

Matt S · 11-19-2012, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Drew664

Uncharted 2 will be played soon and I am going to ask for U3 for Xmas, lol.

You are gonna love UC2

11-21-2011, 03:55 PM	#1825
MoulinBlu Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2011 Blu-ray collection:1676 DVD collection:201 Blu-ray reviews: 5	Didn't mean to offend anyone. I'll qualify my disappointment further. I game on a 92" screen, from a 1080p SXRD projector in a dedicated studio renovated and calibrated specifically for evaluating home video presentation quality for a number of movie studios. The projector hasn't been recalibrated since I retired a couple years ago, but that's only likely to impact it's greyscale tracking, as such tends to shift slightly as bulbs age or are replaced. If I were still working in the industry, it would need to be rechecked every 1000 hours or so. All other aspects of calibration (focus, white levels, black levels, etc) that don't require special equipment, I can do myself and because I have a background in art, I can get the color tracking pretty close by eye as well. Gamma on the other hand I also need equipment for. After playing U2, the lack of detail in the graphics from U1, was rather disappointing, not that I expected it to be as amazing as U2s, being an older game, but I hoped it would have been a wee bit closer in comparison. Instead the difference looked almost as vast as going from 480p to 1080p, in terms of resolve. That's probably an overstatement, as 720p to 1080p didn't quite do the difference justice; maybe 540p to 1080i would be better. Or the difference might also be equated in terms of style, like the simple graphical style of Toy Story, compared to the more sophisticated patterning, designed to looke more real, like Final Fantasy. Though, I don't think an argument could be made that the absence of finer texturing in U1 was due to intended style as much as limitation. Admittedly U2's graphics are about the best I've seen still today; and U1's might have been OK for its generation - I'll have to give ND the benefit of the doubt there, as I was actually at the press event Sony held to promote the title, and I know they were very proud of it at the time - but the difference in detail between the two is more than a nominal amount, it was much closer to Oblivion or Skyrim RPG graphics, which tend to have considerably less detail, supposedly due to the magnitude of the gaming environments, than games like U2, MGS4, Arkham Asylum, etc. My only other criticism of U1 was that character controll was less refined. It wasn't as awkward or frustrating as The Force Unleashed (the first one, not the second which was much improved), but some you don't have the level of character control you have in newer games like U2 or Arkham Asylum, which was a little frustrating when trying to drive a jetski up a waterfall and some of the more challenging leaps you have to make. Last edited by MoulinBlu; 11-21-2011 at 05:37 PM.

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11-18-2012, 01:43 PM	#1827
Drew664 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:South Dakota Home Theater Gallery:28 Blu-ray collection:68	Picked this up several years ago on Black Friday and finally took it out of shrink wrap a few days ago, lol. I may actually get through my game back log! Here's hoping! Anyways, the game was great, just a little on the short side. Music, graphics, atmosphere, game play, and story were all there. I managed to collect about 41 of those treasures so I don't think I did too bad there. I would give this game an 8 out of 10, and the only strikes against it would be game length and lack of exploration. I am instantly more excited for Naughty Dogs new game now - the Last of Us.

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