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This game sets the bar for all next gen video games.

The graphics are outstanding. The voice acting is flawless. The attention to detail throughout is incredible. The game-play is very smooth ( Shooting, climbing, fighting), the driving is a little hard to adjust to at first but you adapt. The camera angles have been improved from previous games. Stealth plays a bigger part than before but is an optional approach to each encounter. The environments are larger and more diverse.

The game is the longest uncharted game and a must buy for all ps4 owners.

Even for an excellent company like Naughty Dog, they really outdone themselves. They chose an appropriate way to end the amazing adventures of Nathan Drake. The multiplayer also plays very smooth and is very fun.

If you're looking for an action packed, emotional and challenging adventure game with beautiful scenery, look no further than Uncharted 4. A thief's end.

10/10

I really take my hat off to Uncharted 4's writers, Neil Druckmann and Josh Scherr, you can clearly see they have an amazing understanding of how real people assess and reacts to emotional situations, especially when they have something to lose. Not spoiling to much of the story, but Uncharted 4 opens up with Nathan Drake having retired from the treasure hunting business and seemingly embraced the ordinary life with us now wife Elena. He now owns a house and said mortgage on the house, and for all intents and purposes he is just an average Joe now doing mostly normal salvage work. But this all changes when he learns that his brother Samuel is alive and well and in need of his help using his skills as a treasure hunter.

Between the two writers and the amazing voice talents of both voice actor Troy Baker and Nolan North. It doesn't take you long to appreciate and get attached to Samuel as Nathan's brother. He is confident and charismatic, pretty much like his little brother. But he is also clearly in awe of Nathan's skills and talent as a treasure hunter. Nathan has also done some growing up and maturing since Uncharted 3, he often acts as the voice of reason throughout the story. This is rather jolting in a series known for reckless sense of adventure, but it also clearly demonstrates a level of maturity that Nathan has gained throughout is prior adventures. And that shows a level of commitment by Neil Druckmann and Josh Scherr to the character of Nathan Drake.

But even more importantly we get to see the relationship between Nathan and Elena develop. How as a married couple they battle with their past and current events. And how the current set of events that unfold puts a strain on their relationship. The most touching scene for me in the entire game was when Nathan having just discovered an important new clue, babbles excitedly about it and basically "geek outs" while Elena listens. "That's incredible," she says, but you know from the look of love and utter heartbreak on her face that she's not talking about Nathan's story he is telling her. But rather Nathan's addiction to the thrill of the chase, and what it might mean for their own troubled relationship and marriage.

To be able to read that level of emotion from a video game characters face, rather than having them spell out their feelings through voice acting, is an extremely rare achievement in video games. Naughty Dog has always set the bar high for cinematic storytelling in video games (The Last of Us comes to mind). But the digital performances in Uncharted 4, combined with the talented actors providing the characters voices and movements set the bar for the industry standard even higher than I ever could have imagined. The same amount of perfection and polish that went into the motion capture also went into the rest of the game. I lost count the amount of times I just randomly stopped during the game to appropriate the scenery around me.

The game also sports some of the best world design I have ever seen, and I am not over exaggerating here. There's a painstaking amount of detail that went into every part of Uncharted 4, to the point where I began to worry I wasn't seeing every last bit of it so I ended up exploring every single nook and cranny while playing for fear of missing out on another amazing vista or view. And like everything else in Uncharted 4, Naughty Dog has vastly improved the combat system. Every combat situation in Uncharted 4 now has multiple solutions, you can either go in guns blazing or take the stealthy approach. There are now multiple paths (Thanks to the more expansive areas) from which you can engage your targets, which you can now tag which is an extremely handy feature.

And both the grappling hook and refined stealth system make it easier to out manoeuvre your enemies, you now have the ability to use your grappling hook in combat and sneak through tall grass. The best encounters in Uncharted 4 plays out like a chess game, with you attempting to find a route to out flank your enemies and gain the upper hand. On the harder difficulty levels you end up dying more than once, but instead of it becoming frustrating like other games it becomes more of a challenge, to see what other route or methods you can use to out-fight and out-flank your enemies.

I can consider Uncharted 4 the best Playstation 4 title and video game I have played to date and right next to The Last of Us. And when it is all said and done, Uncharted 4 delivers the fan service franchise fans will absolutely love and enjoy. And in the process giving us one of the best send-offs we could have ever asked for Nathan Drake and his crew.

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"Uncharted 4: A Thief's End" (2016) is probably the first game in which i stopped during the journey and just stood and watched the landscape more then two minutes - and i did it a many, many times during it's breathtaking ~19 hours story.

This has to be the most beautiful game i've ever played, period. Graphics are one of the kind - it is a jaw-dropping looking game - i screen it on my 2m x 2m projector - amazing stuff to say the least.

Story was superb, and this is my first game of this series that i played, but now i will definitely buy "UNCHARTED: The Nathan Drake Collection". This is one of the best polished games i've played as well - everything feels and plays smooth - it is just a joy to simply control your character.

Acting, writing, directing of the whole game as well as music and all craftsmanship was outstanding - there isn't a flaw in this game, well except maybe the pacing during last ~5 chapters, but it is not a problem. Action set pieces as terrific as it gets.

Overall, "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End" (2016) is definitely a must own and play game for all PS4 owners. It has everything to keep you glued to your screen - and find the biggest possible - it is marvelous ride.

Words cannot describe how excited I was when this game was announced. When all the constant delays went by I started to become a little worried that maybe this title was going to flop, oh how wrong I was. This game is a masterpiece on every level, game play, story, and the graphics my god the graphics are out of this world. Now back to that story aspect, I became enthralled with this story easily the best Uncharted story NaughtyDog has produced. A story like this feels like it belongs up on the big screen with us shoving popcorn in our mouth in awe. The game play is very well polished, Nate feels more flexible in his movements and what he can do (you feel like a bad ass when playing this.) Every section in which you are thrown into combat feels like a big budget Hollywood studio is directing it as you go, what with the music blasting in the background and the heavy machine gun fire you will be laying down on enemies. NaughtyDog has done it again, with The Last of Us already stamped in our minds forever they now have another section of my brain they have taken over with Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and are only further proving to us why they are the bet developers out there right now. A once in a lifetime experience awaits you with Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.

Pros:

• Great story & characters
• Tight frantic Gameplay
• No bullet sponge enemies!!

• Great Jeep exploration areas
• Companions are actually very helpful
• Amazing cinematic action movie set pieces
• Amazing graphics, voice acting, animation
• Satisfying and Concluding ending
• Great puzzles

Cons:

• Slightly bloated jungle section near end

Verdict: A near perfect game, and one of (if not) the best on the PS4 market. A must buy!!

10 /10.

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is easily one of the best video games I have ever played. I've played Uncharted 1 and 2, but never finished them, but I did finish Drake's Deception. I haven't played the multiplayer yet (but I did play it's beta) because I just started my second play-through of it on 'Crushing' difficulty (Very Hard). The ending was cute and unexpected. Naughty Dog obviously took in a lot of consideration making this masterpiece. If anyone hates it, it is probably due to the fact that they aren't PlayStation people and simply trying to attract attention. If I would choose any game to play this would be my #1 choice. I recommend this game because it is an Adventure, Puzzle, Shooter, Platformer, Comedy & Strategy. A Masterpiece! Simply a must have. 10/10.

Uncharted 4 is excellent, and to be perfectly honest, would be a great game even without its captivating narrative. The introduction of the rope to game-play, as well as some ante upping on stealth mode are wonderful additions. The game is perfectly paced. The intensity ramps up higher and higher as the story continues. Firefights are much rarer than past installments, and very unique. This game-play variety surprisingly adds a lot to the story. Nate no longer feels like an unstoppable killing machine, but more like an aging man, past his prime, simply doing his best.

Of course, without the story, Uncharted would just be...well.., it wouldn't be AS amazing. But the cinematic plot does not disappoint. It incorporates flashbacks, without using them as a crutch, and unlike past games the plot progression continues even after the cut-scenes end. Those long walks through a path, awkward climbs up rustic buildings, and in this games case, drives through the desert now host interesting conversation rather than mindless, albeit often hilarious banter.

The set-pieces in the game are equally amazing. The breathtaking landscapes sometimes prompt a few minutes of inactivity where the player just stares at Naughty Dog's meticulous attention to detail. And with the new photo mode, this is even more magnificent.

Reportedly, this is to be the last game in the Uncharted franchise. Prior to playing this game, I was disappointed. "I hope its good" I thought, resolving to spend my last few weeks with Nathan Drake and CO. as well as possible, relishing every moment. But A thieves end is different. It does something next to impossible for a gamer. It satisfies. That desire for more that the player felt after uncharted one, two, and three, is totally absent. I may never see Nathan Drake again, and I'm okay with that. From brutal brawls, to death-defying leaps; wide open mountains, to claustrophobic caves, this game is practically perfect in any away.

I have played every uncharted and I absolutely love the series, but this game is the best of the four and I will ever go as far as to say it is (in my opinion) the best game of all time. The graphics are phenomenal and the game play is perfectly paced and smooth. And the story behind the game is insane with and full of twists and emotion. The characters are as good as ever and its clear to see the time and effort that has been put into this game, from start to finish I loved this game and at no point throughout the large campaign was I even slightly board.

This is a perfect send of to what is one of the best franchises ever brought to the gaming world.

Wow, when I had discovered Amy Hennig was taken off the game...well I was worried. And even though everything we had seen was great, it still didn't scream uncharted to me, it felt like they were just trying to make another last of us, out of an existing franchise. But no, this game screams uncharted loud and clear, and that voice has never been more majestic.This game fires on every cylinder, well at least the cylinder that an uncharted game, after two, would need too, but it does so much more.

Never before have I been so emotionally invested it a game before ( after than the last of us, but I had no prior attachment to that game, and so was slightly less invested). Neil Drukkman clearly took what he could do best and bought it to this game, beautiful characterization. Never before has Drake, Elena, Sully, and anyone else in this series felt so real, and I don't just mean graphics. There are in real situations, they face real day to day decisions. Nate and Elena clearly feel out of place in there day to day lives, but they know it's just realistic to put everything else behind them. Rafe ( or however you spell his name ) has actual motivations you can understand ( ish ).

And the game play and graphics are beautiful, this being the most cinematic game I've ever played in my life, and every bit of gameplay has been improved and the addition of the grapple and vehicles was brilliant. The ending alone is worth the price, I teared up, it's so satisfying. But you need to have played the other games to feel the whole weight of its emotional punch. If you are an uncharted fan, and you have not yet picked this up...shame on you. And if you are a fan of great games, and are setting on the fence, please give uncharted a try, but please start with the first three. 10/10 flawless.

Excellent game-play, Intriguing story line and Impeccable work of animation !! Kudos to the developers !! keep up the good work....

A must have game for action/adventure games lovers. Its gonna be a game changer for Naughty Dog developers.

Animation work was so fine, that character even do the talking with their face expressions.

Excellent game-play, Intriguing story line and Impeccable work of animation !! Kudos to the developers !! keep up the good work....

A must have game for action/adventure games lovers. Its gonna be a game changer for Naughty Dog developers.

Animation work was so fine, that character even do the talking with their face expressions.

After years of playing the "Uncharted" video game series, I had a high expectation for its finale, "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End." This final edition to such an amazing game series, however, fell a great distance short of that expectation. Throughout my life, and my video game-playing career, "Uncharted" has consistently been among my favorite games to play. Unique characters, creative game play and compelling stories are a common trend within each edition, but "Uncharted 4" contains none of these traits. There are a few specific aspects that make the final edition by far the worst. Each of the first three games were made with identical combat systems, animation styles and other smaller things, such as menu layouts and fonts. With "Uncharted 4," for whatever ludicrous reason, they decided to change almost everything. Everything from aiming and shooting to even the characters themselves are drastically different. Elena Fisher, sidekick and wife of main character Nathan Drake, looks entirely different than she has in the previous games, and it's hard to see her as the same character as before. Additionally, this game was much easier to beat, which made it less entertaining to play. Previously, Drake has fought off terrifying monster like zombies and yetis, yet no such creatures take part this time around, making for a boring conclusion. For the first half of the game, it takes willpower to push yourself through the agonizingly slow chapters of the introduction, and even when you're a decent amount into the game, it doesn't get any better until the ending chapters. Despite the latter chapters providing better game play, the ending of the game seems to rush up on you, and you think, "That's it?" One huge flaw is how unrealistic almost every intense situation is. Being shot at while hanging from a cliff with one hand? No worries. Drake can use his grappling hook to latch onto a rickety pole one hundred feet away, in which he uses his supernatural upper body strength to fling himself past all of his problems. The chances of Drake surviving all that he does and finishing the game alive are unfathomably low, and it becomes comical every time he survives another blunder. The only thing that keeps this game from being a complete disgrace was its online multiplayer feature. Similar to developer Naughty Dog's last game "The Last of Us," the multiplayer kept me entertained and determined to get better. Having been a devout player of Naughty Dog's games for the majority of my life, I was significantly underwhelmed and disappointed with their latest work. I would recommend playing any other game developed by them, but this one falls short, and I can affirmatively say it was not worth buying.

It is the perfect game with amazing story with great graphics...every gamer don't miss it.

The Uncharted series reminds me of the stranger things tv show. Good but never great, OK here's a better analogy. Amazing but never perfect. A series like this has the potential to be perfect but is only held back by naughty dog sticking to the uncharted formula and never pushing the limits.

Say what you will about the story in these Uncharted games, Uncharted 1 through 4 basically has the same story, Drake and friends hunt for treasure, bad guys want same treasure, Drake finds out treasure is world threatening, Drake kills bad guy, destroys treasure, Sully, Elena and Drake live happily ever after.

Don't let take away from the fun game play elements in Uncharted 4, well some of it. Its the same basic cover base shooting since Uncharted 1 but had some cool puzzles and really does feel like an action adventure game through and through.

Overall Uncharted 4 is fantastic. There's no denying it, i'm simply explaining that this game could of been not only the best Uncharted (I personally think Uncharted 2 is the best) but be up there with the greatest games of all time. But it isn't, all because the formula was never changed. The gameplay is fun enough however so it doesn't feel repetitive.

Uncharted is an experience that should be played but don't expect the next Skyrim or Ocarina of time here.

I've been around when it comes to video games, but nearly 5 years on this is still the best game I've ever played. It does not let you leave without being emotionally impacted by the game. It really sucks you out of reality and into a world with character development as amazing as the gameplay itself. 10 out of 10.

Do not believe the negative reviews on this game. Haha people who write such stuff and don't substantiate their opinion are not credible. The folks behind Naughty Dog have always been the masters in great storytelling. And this is no exception and may be their finest work so far. My fav game is TLOU but i must say that this comes really close. Uncharted 4 has great gameplay, a compelling story and sublime voiceacting. (Best voicescting in a game) The game looks stunningly beautiful, the best looking ps4 game so far. You can notice that the writers from TLOU are behind Uncharted 4, thank god. Amy Hennig did a great job, but Uncharted 3 was a little boring. If u don't own a ps4 and you like Adventuregames this IS the moment to get one. You will not regret it.

This is an Uncharted game that feels exactly like what an Uncharted game should feel like after Naughty Dog gave us The Last Of Us.

Uncharted Ultimate Edition/10

It's pretty crazy to me how so many folks actually consider this to be their favorite of the franchise. Don't get me wrong -- I loved this game to death and found it to be an extremely satisfying ending to Nathan Drake's story, but it's not better than the masterpiece that was Uncharted 2... It just isn't. I'd say it's about on par with the original and 3.

The graphics here are stunning which is no surprise, but I think I actually prefer the look of the first three games. Yeah, call me crazy, but sometimes I think a game's graphics can look a little too good.

I didn't get a PlayStation until about 8 months ago for the first time and got Spider-Man, God Of War, Until Dawn, the remastered Uncharted collection and Uncharted 4. I didn't know what I was getting into and I played the first 3 Uncharted games and enjoyed them, they were very good games, so I had high hopes for 4. Uncharted 4 blew me away. I was expecting a good game, not one of the greatest 3rd person games ever made! Everything about this game screams polished. This is how you make a game. Voice actors, designers, directors, cinematographers, and writers should be taking notes from this game.

Good -great cinematography with an overall amazing narrative -realistic characters with some of the best video game voice acting -Jaw dropping graphics and landscapes -great action sequenses -fun gameplay Bad -the ai and the stealth sequenses arent great -some small plotholes (for example sams origin and the reason he wasnt mentioned in previous games).

I mean it's 4th game of the series and it still has the same 3 act of other games. It is really predictable, has big plot holes and you can understand through half of the game they really don't toke any risks. And if you say its the final of Nathan Drake you need to take risks. I believe they should take risks to make the story outstanding. After playing it I really appreciate Rock Star for Arthur Morgan. If you don't understand what I mean by the taking risks you should play Red Dead 2. And you will get what I mean to say.