The storyline plays out through cinematic cutscenes worthy of the big screen. You can still perform single-button stealth takedowns and poleaxe foes with deft counters, but there are numerous new ways to do this, from pulling the pin on an enemy's grenade, to swinging them headfirst into a wall. In addition to this, all of Drake's old moves have been refined.
You can now grab and throw enemies (useful when your back's against the wall or when there's a cliff edge nearby) and take them out by dropping down from above. This stage serves as an introduction to melee combat, and showcases how it's been built on this time around.ĭrake has at least a dozen new moves in his repertoire. Scaling train wreckage overhanging a cliff is about as good as introductory stages get, so Naughty Dog went with a relatively subtle kick-off this time around, having Drake become entangled in a good old-fashioned barroom brawl at a backstreet London pub. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception had a herculean job on its hands beating its predecessor's opening sequence. You might wonder what ground was left to tread for a series that has taken gamers all over the globe, but Naughty Dog delivers surprises by the barrelful in this epic masterpiece.
The studio had the unenviable task of topping 2009's Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, a game that pushed boundaries of PS3 hardware and set new standards for the third-person adventure. Nathan Drake has returned in what not only promises to be his greatest adventure, but also developer Naughty Dog's biggest challenge.