How The Uncharted Games and Naughty Dog Have Influenced My Gaming

I'm eagerly awaiting the ultimate chapter of Uncharted "A Thief's end" to arrive in the post, knowing full well I'm not actually going to play until sometime tonight... As my son chews on my PS4 controller while I put this together (I've stopped three times with this paragraph already to safeguard my right trigger from his ever growing collection teeth!). But this whole thing has me in a reflective mood when i realised Uncharted games have had this type of positive influence on my gaming in the previous generation, therefore have Naughty Dog making use of their astounding capability to create action adventure games that, for me, are the best you can play.

You may think that is just another PlayStation gamer gushing over a special game, but my journey with Uncharted actually started as an Xbox 360 gamer, who was simply playing happily away on the Gears of War series (that I really like and will be playing number 4 4 asap too) plus other great games when my girlfriend at the time - now mother of said control pad chewing son and his big sister - proved she was the girl of my dreams when she bought me a PS3 for my Birthday (an age I'd happily trade my next Birthday for!).

So what was the overall game I put in first? Well, I picked up Metal Gear Solid 4 and Uncharted knowing both were exclusives I'd missed being on the Xbox. Next thing I'm flipping a coin to choose my fate and Uncharted won out... I barely looked up from the screen for another few days.

surgawin blew me away with everything it did, it was the entire package of everything I enjoyed in gaming, I continued to play through all of the Uncharted games as quickly as possible and I've not looked back since.

Uncharted Territory

The initial title did so a lot of things well, even the remastered version, which we reviewed still sticks out as an excellent title. There were stunning visuals and environments that had you using platforming mechanics, executed in a manner that really makes every jump feel a real grasp for survival. Action that rivals Gears of War that I'd enjoyed so much, but on top of that; a real sense of action movie adrenaline with characters and story that made the overall game the full package for me personally.

And this was only the first game; the sequels - which I'll move onto soon - took this to the next level. But like surgawin or books, games that have great sequels start from ambitious originals that may not be perfect, however they really push the genre to the next level in what they try to do. The initial Uncharted did that for me and I'll remember it fondly.

An introduction to both Nathan Drake and Nolan North's ability as a voice actor for gaming also was included with the first game. Perhaps something we take more for granted the series days, but the voice acting of the characters in the Uncharted games is simply as important because the other components of Naughty Dog's creation. Nolan has made numerous characters awesome, one of my other favourites being the lead in Spec Ops The Line as Captain Walker, an amazing game that everyone fond of the third-person shooter should play.