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Uncharted: Drake's Fortune [PlayStation 3]

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007)

Shooter, Action/Adventure

Developer	Naughty Dog
Publisher	SCEA

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Description

Taking full advantage of the power of PS3, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is developed using proprietary technology that promises to impress players with incredibly realistic characters and lifelike environments. Building on its legacy of extraordinary storytelling, Naughty Dog has created an elaborate plot that will have players guessing at every turn.

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, brings players into a world ripe with realism and unexpected juxtapositions. A fallible hero akin to those depicted in pulp-adventure genre films, Nathan Drake brings a humanity and believability never seen before in video gaming, enabled entirely through PS3 technology advancements.

A 400-year-old clue in the coffin of Sir Francis Drake sets a modern-day fortune hunter on an exploration for the fabled treasure of El Dorado, leading to the discovery of a forgotten island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The search turns deadly when Nathan Drake becomes stranded on the island and hunted by mercenaries. Outnumbered and outgunned, Drake and his companions must fight to survive as they begin to unravel the terrible secrets hidden on the Island.

Using maps and ancient artifacts, uncover clues and unravel mysteries to find a forgotten island and a treasure that was thought to have never existed

Explore exotic locations. Traverse through living jungles and spectacular 400-year-old ruins.

Drake's companions and allies play an important role in the adventure through cooperative mechanics, gun play and exploration.

Experience fast-paced gunplay: use a variety of environmental elements for cover, shoot enemies off of moving vehicles in high speed chases and more.

Use an array of hand-to-hand fighting moves to put your enemy off balance. Anything from wild haymaker punches to running drop-kicks.

Naughty Dog's advanced animation techniques allow Nathan to switch seamlessly between movements and achieve a whole new level of believability in gameplay. Nathan can reload his weapon while dodging bullets and find cover behind a wall, all in one smooth natural motion.

Characters express lifelike emotion using gesture and facial expression through the use of Naughty Dog's proprietary Wrinkle Mapping Facial Animation system.

High-definition range lighting delivers full floating point color calculations yielding an unequaled level of realism and detail.

Hyper realistic water through physics based Wave Simulation paired with cutting edge Refraction/Reflection rendering techniques.

Utilizing next generation rendering techniques such as Bump Mapping, Parallax Mapping, Blend Shaders, Global Illumination, Runtime Shadows and Real Time Shadows, Naughty Dog has created a vibrant living environment.

Reviews on Uncharted: Drake's Fortune [PlayStation 3]

Tex Visser on Uncharted: Drake's Fortune [PlayStation 3], 18-03-2009

"This game looks amazing! Some of you might agree with me that graphics aren't everything to look for in a game, but this is just stunning. If you take just a second to stand still you can hear the sounds of various animals in the woods. It's feels just like you are there. At various points in the game you will visit large landscapes. There is just so much detail, it's overwelming.

The controls work really well. I don't know if you can map you're own buttons (sorry for that), but i didn't need it. To put it in short; the game controls work really well.

In some cases regarding third person games the camera can be a little annoying. Lucky this is not the case with Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. The camera is easily to handle. Most of the time it handles itself while sometimes you're going to interfere in order to peak around corners more accurately.

All in all, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune may be an old game; it's certainly not a bad one. I bet you can pick it somewhere for only 20 bucks. The graphics are great and so are the controls. If you find it somewhere, and you haven't played it yet (shame on you!) I suggest you buy it."