With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I thought I would mention a few words that should be removed from describing food. These words always make food sound disgusting.
They are:
Creamy
Nugget
Loaf
Corned
For example:
Creamy catfish nuggets
Corned vegetable loaf
Fish fillet loaf nuggets
My personal favorite is creamy corned catfish nugget loaf. Doesn't that sound delicous?
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Uncharted 2 Review
Overall 9.0
Graphics – 10.0
Gameplay – 8.5
Value - $50
Trophies - Relatively easy
Pros
Excellent voice over dialogue, good story, enjoyable variety of puzzles / combat levels, top notch graphics and sound, fun combat scenes.
Cons –
Some levels are too much of the same thing, controls aren't precise, grenade indicator lacking, direction to go in combat is sometimes hard to determine.
Full Review
Uncharted is a great game and very fun to play. The graphics are very detailed and scenic. My only "complaint" is more a nit pick in that it seems like every character's eyeballs are reflective from too much water, almost like they are about to all cry. Maybe it's from the beauty of the game that moves them to tears. The snow falling all around, the hot sun, the details of simple things like rocks falling down a cliff, those things make the look and feel of the game great.
Story wise it is very engrossing. Every time I have played this game I have had a small audience watching me wanting to know what happens next. My family loves the character interaction and dialogue. Many times they have said it is like "watching a movie."
The level design is good for the most part. It is a mix between straight combat, puzzle solving / cliff climbing (similar to the first one), and straight climbing. I definitely got tired of sole climbing levels that seemed to go on and on. This is mostly due to the controls being strange at times. Frequently I would hold down a direction to jump, only to have Drake jump right off a ledge and plummet to his death in a direction I didn't press.
Combat is a blast. You have to conserve ammo and accuracy is rewarded. You can decide between a variety of weapons and styles to use. Keep in mind that often you will be forced out of your "comfort zone" because of ammo and be forced to use a weapon you wouldn't normally like to. I am okay with this as it makes for a more challenging and rewarding experience if you have to change things up a bit in order to succeed.
I did have a few gripes that the grenade indicator and damage origin seems to be off at times. Still though, these are very minor issues. Fighting is very fun.
Uncharted 2 has a Teen rating, but is more PG than PG-13. Violence isn't very graphic and language isn't more than you would hear on the radio. There is some language, but it is not very persistent.
I have not tried the multiplayer so I can not comment on it.
I have seen where you can purchase items for your next play though, such as unlimited ammo for certain guns. This is similar to Resident Evil 5's style. I have not tried these features out, but in RE5 this made playing through again and again much more enjoyable so I would assume a similar experience with Uncharted 2.
The length of the game bucks the current trend of $60 for a 3 hour game (Halo ODST). I have played several hours and I am not sure how far along I am with the story.
All in all a very enjoyable game that is relatively family friendly and engrossing to non gamers. Pass the popcorn and let them enjoy the show.
Graphics – 10.0
Gameplay – 8.5
Value - $50
Trophies - Relatively easy
Pros
Excellent voice over dialogue, good story, enjoyable variety of puzzles / combat levels, top notch graphics and sound, fun combat scenes.
Cons –
Some levels are too much of the same thing, controls aren't precise, grenade indicator lacking, direction to go in combat is sometimes hard to determine.
Full Review
Uncharted is a great game and very fun to play. The graphics are very detailed and scenic. My only "complaint" is more a nit pick in that it seems like every character's eyeballs are reflective from too much water, almost like they are about to all cry. Maybe it's from the beauty of the game that moves them to tears. The snow falling all around, the hot sun, the details of simple things like rocks falling down a cliff, those things make the look and feel of the game great.
Story wise it is very engrossing. Every time I have played this game I have had a small audience watching me wanting to know what happens next. My family loves the character interaction and dialogue. Many times they have said it is like "watching a movie."
The level design is good for the most part. It is a mix between straight combat, puzzle solving / cliff climbing (similar to the first one), and straight climbing. I definitely got tired of sole climbing levels that seemed to go on and on. This is mostly due to the controls being strange at times. Frequently I would hold down a direction to jump, only to have Drake jump right off a ledge and plummet to his death in a direction I didn't press.
Combat is a blast. You have to conserve ammo and accuracy is rewarded. You can decide between a variety of weapons and styles to use. Keep in mind that often you will be forced out of your "comfort zone" because of ammo and be forced to use a weapon you wouldn't normally like to. I am okay with this as it makes for a more challenging and rewarding experience if you have to change things up a bit in order to succeed.
I did have a few gripes that the grenade indicator and damage origin seems to be off at times. Still though, these are very minor issues. Fighting is very fun.
Uncharted 2 has a Teen rating, but is more PG than PG-13. Violence isn't very graphic and language isn't more than you would hear on the radio. There is some language, but it is not very persistent.
I have not tried the multiplayer so I can not comment on it.
I have seen where you can purchase items for your next play though, such as unlimited ammo for certain guns. This is similar to Resident Evil 5's style. I have not tried these features out, but in RE5 this made playing through again and again much more enjoyable so I would assume a similar experience with Uncharted 2.
The length of the game bucks the current trend of $60 for a 3 hour game (Halo ODST). I have played several hours and I am not sure how far along I am with the story.
All in all a very enjoyable game that is relatively family friendly and engrossing to non gamers. Pass the popcorn and let them enjoy the show.
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