I've seen the teaser trailer for Uncharted 4: a Thief's End. Not liking the title, it's unoriginal, but the game looks to be splendid, of course it was just a trailer, a teaer at that, but Nsughty Dog has literally grown into a superpower after dropping the Bandicoot. ( Everyone say all at once now: Crash who?) still, Natahan Drake is looking good, and the graphics are aesthetically pleasing, definitely a step up in realism, but there is only so much limitation until we are looking for something as realistic as that horrid Gamer movie with Leonidas there. (Gerard Butler)
The game is expected to sell enough copies to circle the Earth, and equal to ten blockbusters, and I'd not be surprised, because these games are way better than the garbage Hollywood throws at us in-terms of entertainment. Posturing for position atop the other great titles of 2015, I think that Uncharted 4 will have the more unique story, although three was more melodrama, and two was really just a great game, I think 4 will be overly larger than it should be, because it claims to be the end, and that makes me wonder what Naughty Dog is going to be working on in the future. I especially am excited to see a new IP, because IPs are now the darkhorse of the industry, and is slowing making games into a sequel machine, although sequels in gaming do have the ability to reinvent the series, unlike most television/film sequels, it is a dangerous path to walk as an artist. Developers will have this dilemma, because they need to make money, but I missed a time when games took big risks, because that wa the golden age of gaming. This here is the modern era of gaming, and old-timers like myself could complain until the digital chickens gang up and attack me. The fact is the gaming industry would rather leave me behind, and go after my children's hard-earned money, rather than keep me banking on playing a new IP, or worst, Resident Evil 30 until the social security checks stopped me from getting the Playstation 20 console. Then again, by then even consoles will probably be extinct.
Sorry, that was my old man rant...what was I talking about again? Dag nabbit! Oh yeah, Uncharted. Yeah, I remember that game....yeah, the fourth one. So yeah, it'll sell, does it matter if the controls are better, the graphics better, the story longer/shorter? You'll either buy it, of be the person without it that damns it for being what it is, and pretty much hate on Naughty Dog. I'd probably have more respect for you as a person, if you weren't dry humping the air for Call of Duty 888,888,888,888,888. Still, I feel your pain, I really do, and I admire that you're sick of playing the same game, and paying more each time....you do realize this is an industry, so don't buy it, or any other game until they stop raping our entertainment...you'll be fighting a lonely battle, but an honorable one. Me? I'll just sit here and sift through the games I want to play, and not throw a blessed dime at the ones I could care less to play. Games suck, especially since the concept of "game" has been taken away, which is why Portal 2 was the biggest game in the world for five seconds, and I have to say, coming back to base here; Naughty Dog at least has the respect to put some puzzles and story into their games. Although The Last of Us was lacking in that department.
So instead of the normal mouth-watering preview, I say this: Uncharted 4 will be the highest selling game in the console, because it introduced games to a larger audience. Everyone and their mother, and even their grandmother loved this game. Even people who hate games would enjoy watching it get played, and that tells you something special is there, and it wasn't necessarily innovation! It just shows you how you package something can get people obsessing about a video game, and that is something Naughty Dog has perfected like an artform.
Love this game, hate it, it is indeed still an obsession, to paraphrase that great philosopher of our time; Lady Soveriegn. I'll probably play it, because I actually like the series, because it is different compared to what I'd usually play. ( Yes, I'm one of those hardcore wackos that would go out of his way to buy Tetris for the Playstation 4, and my iPod, and my computer, and my bathroom wall. My philosophy, and the only one I truly love by is never be stuck somewhere without Tetris.)
See, I rarely get excited for a game, and this game did the opposite for me....I wasn't overly enthusiastic, because it was obvious it was coming out. I get excited for games at come out that probably had a snowball's chance in Hell of ever getting an IP, or a sequel. A good example, and I will be doing a preview of it later on down the line: Mirror's Edge was a great IP, EA created a game that was exciting, new, and focused superiorly on gameplay. Sure there was some story, but it was the backdrop. It was beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful game on the last-gen systems. The sequel thwt I've anticipated for nearly eight years will be out in just a few months, or a year if pushed back. Still, I think a game like that, which should've had one game, and nothing else, is getting a sequel. Granted, it could suck, but I feel more enthusiasm for that title than most coming out this year. Uncharted 4, I'm secretly glad it's ending, so Naughty Dog can prove to be more than a two-trick pony.
Uncharted 4 could sell itself with little-to-no press. The game is the one selling point for most people to even keep Sony in the game, especially after all the shit it went through. Granted, I stand with those who want a free multiplayer online for Playstation 4, but to harm those who choose to pay, seems a bit unfair to me who spend their hard-earned dollars to pay for a system, that is, granted, shit. Still, people will buy Windows computers that are equally shit, but that's a whole other can of "worms" isn't it?
So Uncharted....yeah, good stuff, I've enjoyed the games, but nothing beats the beginning of The Last of Us, and I would buy a remastered 7K version if it were to happen on Playstation 5 I love that game that much.
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