Uncharted 2 has even MORE impressive graphics than the first game. I mean seriously this game will blow you away with it’s presentation. The story is MUCH more involved, the locations are much more varied (and again: beautiful!) and despite a some dull first few missions you’re pretty much hooked until the end. The characters are just as charming in this sequel with a few new names to cast and everyone is voice-acted (and motion captured) to perfection.

Unfortunately what the game improved with production, it lacks in the gameplay. The controls are even more polished to make combat, climbing and stealth much smoother (multiplayer and co-op are awesome!) but are almost exactly the same as the first game. In fact aside from a few creative level designs it honestly feels like I’m still playing the first Uncharted game. I hate to call that a complaint but despite some eye-catching moments I couldn’t help but feel a bit underwhelmed. I just can’t recommend this game to anyone unless they liked (or never played) the first Uncharted.

Despite my complaining I still like this game. It’s fun (to be fair MORE fun than the first Uncharted), funny and has great graphics and cut scenes. I just wish some more time would’ve been put into the gameplay innovation.

Rating: 4 / 5

If this is considered one of the best plot-driven shooters out this year – if not the best – I am glad I did not risk buying one of the less well-plotted games. And as I write this review, I am also keeping in mind that I have played a very small percentage of this game as yet. I hope things get better. But as for right now my expectations are rather far lower than I had when I read all the praise this game received before I bought it. Whatever redeeming qualities might be revealed later on, the first few minutes of play have been less than satisfying.
Rating: 3 / 5

The AI is a joke. You can jump right in front of a “guard” and have him not see you but hear you. However by the time he looks around you can easily be hidden. Oh, when I say “looks around” I mean he just stands there and shines a flashlight in a few spots. Finishing a room can be completely erratic from time to time and not in a good way like they’re providing variety but in a way where it seems sometimes you just get through a room based on luck. Numerous times I would play a room the same way a few times only to finally luck out when I went for a sneak attack and instead of being one that takes like two seconds it takes like a quarter of one and you can kill a second guy before he sees you.

The story is decent but it’s nothing to write home about and the telling of it is too invasive to the gaming experience in my opinion.

For all the talk about how this game was gonna push the PS3 like no other before I was completely unimpressed with the graphics. I mean they’re great, as good as anything else but it never dropped my jaw or anything.

I really wanted to like this game and it has a lot going for it but the horrendous AI and halfassed stealth gameplay really ruined this one for me. I mean it would be one thing if MGS4 didn’t exist but they’re awfully similar except for the platforming and MGS4 does everything else, story and AI especially much much better.
Rating: 2 / 5

THE PROBLEM IS I GOT A CORRUPTED COPY. I played the game 3 successive times (once from saved data) and twice from the beginning in hopes of getting past the bad code. But the processor hangs up at the same place each time (Chapter 4 – The Dig). I did a system update to make sure I had the latest PS3 operating system. I played the game on three different difficulty levels thinking that different code being executed may permit me to get past the corrupted code. The disk was untouched — spotless under close inspection — no visible signs of physical abuse. It had to be returned for refund, much to my regret.

This is my 7th or 8th PS3 game ordered from this vendor and is my first bad experience; the frustration and inconvenience plus the chance of repeating the frustration does not make it worth a try at exchange.
Rating: 1 / 5