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rionaleonhart) wrote2011-12-31 02:12 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2011-12-31 02:12 pm
Something Better.
I have now finished Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception! Spoilerless thoughts:
- I find it really endearing that Nathan Drake constantly talks to himself when he's in a dangerous situation on his own.
- I love the tweaks that have been made to the hand-to-hand combat system. In the previous games, I was constantly shooting; in this one, PUNCH EVERYONE ALL THE TIME. In addition to conserving ammo and preventing the enemy you've engaged from shooting you in the face: kind of hot! (Amazing fact: you can get a trophy called 'He's Gonna Need a Sturgeon' by knocking three people out with a fish.)
- The credits felt about as long as the game itself, bloody hell. On the plus side, they were absolutely gorgeous. (I've just looked up how long the credits are. They are fourteen minutes long.)
- What a fantastic game.
Spoilerful thoughts below the cut:
I've seen people complaining that Chloe and Elena didn't have enough of a role in Uncharted 3. I like Chloe, and I love Elena, but it makes sense to me that they had relatively minor roles in the plot; from the flashback at the beginning to the 'never had a son' scene at the end, Uncharted 3 was a story about Nate and Sully.
I am extremely glad that I came to love Sully after our rocky start, because it would have been awful if I'd resented the entire emotional thread running through Uncharted 3. (I've just realised that I've learnt to love every member of the original Uncharted central cast in a different game. Drake's Fortune: Elena. Among Thieves: Nathan. Drake's Deception: Sully.)
I actually got sort-of spoiled for this game shortly after I began playing it. What happened was this: I was trying to look the young-Nate-and-Sully scenes up on YouTube, and a video entitled 'Uncharted 3 Sully Death Scene' showed up in the 'suggested videos' sidebar, and I cursed myself for being so careless. But, at the same time, I couldn't quite believe he was actually going to die. I went into massive denial mode, despite the fact that there was some pretty obvious foreshadowing (Chloe telling Nate he's risking too much in the pursuit of adventure, Elena telling him she's afraid he's going to put Sully in danger (I really like the affection between Elena and Sully; have I ever mentioned that?)) right up to the moment he was shot.
Nate's reaction :(
Having to leave Sully lying there and charge after Talbot because there's nothing else he can do :(
In the period after that, I found myself exclaiming 'I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON BUT THIS IS AMAZING.' In that scene where you're young Drake and Sully is approaching you with a gun, incidentally, what happens if you shoot him? I couldn't bring myself to and was awfully relieved to find I didn't have to in order to proceed.
When Sully eventually appeared again, in contrast to my denial about his death, I absolutely refused to believe that he'd come back. In the end, it was the fact that he was able to help me operate two-person mechanisms that made me think, okay, if he's a hallucination, he's a remarkably solid one.
If I recall correctly, Sully has now 'died' three times (once in Drake's Fortune and twice in Drake's Deception). I suspect he's distantly related to Rory Williams. Very pleased he's still with us! I do wish I hadn't been spoiled, though, even if he didn't actually die; I'm so curious about how I would have reacted to his 'death' had I had no idea it was coming.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT NATHAN/ELENA.
What happened between Among Thieves and Drake's Deception? I freaked out when I realised Elena was wearing an engagement ring. AND IN FACT IT'S ONLY IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING THAT THAT I'VE REALISED IF NATE HAD A RING AS WELL IT PROBABLY WASN'T AN ENGAGEMENT RING; THEY WERE MARRIED.
They got married.
They got married.
They got married.
I am just waving my arms and making stupid noises right now. They got married! GUYS, I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING. How did you get engaged? How did you fall out? How did this all happen offscreen?
Seriously, such stupid noises. How often does shouting 'GET MARRIED' at the screen actually work?
And when Nate is lying on Elena's lap, Elena stroking his hair, and he takes her hand and looks at the ring and just says he's sorry? My heart.
How am I still 'shipping this pairing so furiously even after it's been thoroughly made canon? This never happens! I almost always lose interest in a pairing after it becomes canonical, but I still love Nathan/Elena like mad. It is a new and rather delightful experience. Dear Naughty Dog: please make a million more Uncharted games for these two to be adorable in.
Has - has anyone written Nathan/Elena/Sully? Can't lie: I'd probably read that.
- I find it really endearing that Nathan Drake constantly talks to himself when he's in a dangerous situation on his own.
- I love the tweaks that have been made to the hand-to-hand combat system. In the previous games, I was constantly shooting; in this one, PUNCH EVERYONE ALL THE TIME. In addition to conserving ammo and preventing the enemy you've engaged from shooting you in the face: kind of hot! (Amazing fact: you can get a trophy called 'He's Gonna Need a Sturgeon' by knocking three people out with a fish.)
- The credits felt about as long as the game itself, bloody hell. On the plus side, they were absolutely gorgeous. (I've just looked up how long the credits are. They are fourteen minutes long.)
- What a fantastic game.
Spoilerful thoughts below the cut:
I've seen people complaining that Chloe and Elena didn't have enough of a role in Uncharted 3. I like Chloe, and I love Elena, but it makes sense to me that they had relatively minor roles in the plot; from the flashback at the beginning to the 'never had a son' scene at the end, Uncharted 3 was a story about Nate and Sully.
I am extremely glad that I came to love Sully after our rocky start, because it would have been awful if I'd resented the entire emotional thread running through Uncharted 3. (I've just realised that I've learnt to love every member of the original Uncharted central cast in a different game. Drake's Fortune: Elena. Among Thieves: Nathan. Drake's Deception: Sully.)
I actually got sort-of spoiled for this game shortly after I began playing it. What happened was this: I was trying to look the young-Nate-and-Sully scenes up on YouTube, and a video entitled 'Uncharted 3 Sully Death Scene' showed up in the 'suggested videos' sidebar, and I cursed myself for being so careless. But, at the same time, I couldn't quite believe he was actually going to die. I went into massive denial mode, despite the fact that there was some pretty obvious foreshadowing (Chloe telling Nate he's risking too much in the pursuit of adventure, Elena telling him she's afraid he's going to put Sully in danger (I really like the affection between Elena and Sully; have I ever mentioned that?)) right up to the moment he was shot.
Nate's reaction :(
Having to leave Sully lying there and charge after Talbot because there's nothing else he can do :(
In the period after that, I found myself exclaiming 'I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON BUT THIS IS AMAZING.' In that scene where you're young Drake and Sully is approaching you with a gun, incidentally, what happens if you shoot him? I couldn't bring myself to and was awfully relieved to find I didn't have to in order to proceed.
When Sully eventually appeared again, in contrast to my denial about his death, I absolutely refused to believe that he'd come back. In the end, it was the fact that he was able to help me operate two-person mechanisms that made me think, okay, if he's a hallucination, he's a remarkably solid one.
If I recall correctly, Sully has now 'died' three times (once in Drake's Fortune and twice in Drake's Deception). I suspect he's distantly related to Rory Williams. Very pleased he's still with us! I do wish I hadn't been spoiled, though, even if he didn't actually die; I'm so curious about how I would have reacted to his 'death' had I had no idea it was coming.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT NATHAN/ELENA.
What happened between Among Thieves and Drake's Deception? I freaked out when I realised Elena was wearing an engagement ring. AND IN FACT IT'S ONLY IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING THAT THAT I'VE REALISED IF NATE HAD A RING AS WELL IT PROBABLY WASN'T AN ENGAGEMENT RING; THEY WERE MARRIED.
They got married.
They got married.
They got married.
I am just waving my arms and making stupid noises right now. They got married! GUYS, I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING. How did you get engaged? How did you fall out? How did this all happen offscreen?
Seriously, such stupid noises. How often does shouting 'GET MARRIED' at the screen actually work?
And when Nate is lying on Elena's lap, Elena stroking his hair, and he takes her hand and looks at the ring and just says he's sorry? My heart.
How am I still 'shipping this pairing so furiously even after it's been thoroughly made canon? This never happens! I almost always lose interest in a pairing after it becomes canonical, but I still love Nathan/Elena like mad. It is a new and rather delightful experience. Dear Naughty Dog: please make a million more Uncharted games for these two to be adorable in.
Has - has anyone written Nathan/Elena/Sully? Can't lie: I'd probably read that.
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...okay I think I'm done now.
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