![]() ![]() If anything, Naughty Dog’s expert craftsmanship makes these small flaws stick out more than they would in most games. Given how much Uncharted 3 offers the player, these are minor quibbles. If the swimming were better, this might not be a problem, but I found it downright frustrating. In this segment, you’re beset on all sides by pirates and are forced to swim for your life. Interestingly, this is not a problem in the multiplayer, where the toned-down animations allow you to move in and out of cover and shoot more accurately.Īlso of note are a couple of levels that feel somewhat poorly designed and messy - particularly a battle that takes place in a graveyard of ruined ships. Naughty Dog has added some new animations to Drake’s run, which I add an unnecessarily convoluted jumpy quality to running and gunning (this feeling was confirmed when I pulled out Uncharted 2 to test my opinion). ![]() This is mostly due to the basic character movement. However, the gunplay - never this series’ strong suit - still feels like it’s taken a small step back. Actual poetry, in fact: one scene weaves a narrated stanza of TS Eliot’s The Waste Land into your gameplay objective onscreen. You can’t have a line of poetry without some unstressed syllables, after all, and there is indeed poetry in Uncharted 3. These artfully sculpted doldrums add emotional depth and render the game’s high-flying action moments that much more transcendent. ![]() Naughty Dog understands the power of dynamic contrast. A late-game meander across sprawling sand dunes takes its precious time resolving, which allows Drake’s sense of dislocation to fully take root. Uncharted 3 builds resonance into these pauses for breath. Several key sequences in the game, including an early flashback that finds Drake poking around a Colombian museum and trailing a slow-moving target, slacken the game’s pace deliberately. As thrilling as the action segments prove, if you’re looking for Uncharted 3 to keep a nonstop dosage of adrenaline flowing into your IV drip, you may grow fidgety at times. ![]()
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