Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

 PlayStation 3
  • Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: Oct 13, 2009
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8.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7935 Ratings

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  1. Agentep99
    Sep 9, 2023
    7
    An all around improvement to Uncharted 1, better set pieces, more colorful and detailed, better shooting, story and pacing.
    There are some bad things I don't see a lot of people talking about though, the game is kinda glitchy (at least the Nathan Drake collection version) the end portion is kind of weak, and the final boss in the hardest difficulty is absolutely god-awful, he is so unfair    An all around improvement to Uncharted 1, better set pieces, more colorful and detailed, better shooting, story and pacing.
    There are some bad things I don't see a lot of people talking about though, the game is kinda glitchy (at least the Nathan Drake collection version) the end portion is kind of weak, and the final boss in the hardest difficulty is absolutely god-awful, he is so unfair and frustrating that it just makes you want to stop playing and just watch the final cutscene on YouTube. I only managed to beat him because I accidentally glitched into a wall where I could shoot him, but he couldn't hit me (happened twice, but I accidentally glitched back in and died the first time)
    Overall, a very good game, and a great sequel 7.5/10    … Expand
  2. majesty_x
    Jul 31, 2023
    7
    Graphics: 6/10; Storyline: 7/10; Gameplay: 7/10; Atmosphere: 6/10; Music: 7/10; Summary rating: 7/10
  3. 34m2121
    Jul 4, 2023
    7
    Benim diğer insanlar kadar sevmediğim bir oyun olsada iyi bir oyun.İnanılmaz aksiyon sahneleri var.
  4. redfoxbennaton
    Jun 15, 2023
    7
    What is the appeal? I just see a bunch of cliché stereotypes quipping for a MacGuffin. Oh and the gameplay is mediocre. All you do in this game is climb ledges then shoot with pea shooters against bullet sponges. But the graphics are nice. Enjoy that because you know that's all that secretly matters. Well at least there is much excitement to be had anyway in certain set pieces.
  5. zNeverSleep
    May 14, 2023
    7
    Huge evolution from the previous game.

    This sequence got better in almost every sense. Gameplay-wise, it just feels more responsible now - even with the slow sensitivity and aim acceleration problems. Playing this in a DualShock is still painful but pretty doable. The guns are varied and stronger, and so are the enemies, but at least it feels a little fairer now. Scenarios are not    Huge evolution from the previous game.

    This sequence got better in almost every sense. Gameplay-wise, it just feels more responsible now - even with the slow sensitivity and aim acceleration problems. Playing this in a DualShock is still painful but pretty doable. The guns are varied and stronger, and so are the enemies, but at least it feels a little fairer now. Scenarios are not repetitive as the last one and the climbing - even being "fake", is better since is more cinematic.

    The story is cool. The dialog and characters overall got even better, as the cutscenes. Level design feels challenging - in a good and bad way -, there are good sequences of action, and the train one was pretty good.

    On the other hand, this game didn't age that well for one specific element: the script. The way Uncharted 2 relies on that is kinda cringe sometimes. A good example is the boss fight on the train. I shoot the guy 100 times - I'm not even exaggerating - and threw grenades at him and he just refused to die cuz the only way to really kill him was face to face. To be clear, he was kinda unprotected, with his arms exposed. Like, how idiot do you have to be to think that gameplay section was ok?

    Another thing that I definitively don't recommend you is to play this game in the higher difficulties. Man, this game is casual in so many ways, but not in how hard can it be. Why? Cuz is unfair. The enemies don't have a good AI, but they will try to hit you behind the walls you are covered with - even if they don't actually see you. They will throw a lot of grenades and let you with critical HP in like... 1 second - when the time required to auto-heal is absolutely insane. The worst part of it is that the game forces you to play it like they want. The variety of gameplay here is minimal, and that's why this game is hard. The final boss is a great example of how Naughty Dog is bad at doing those things at that moment. It's so boring and random that oh my god.

    It was a good game afterall and I do recommend it. But yeah, there are some red flags about it.    … Expand
  6. Avey123Avey
    Mar 18, 2023
    5
    Decently fun 3rd person shooter with a handful of exciting set pieces. The gameplay is basic and serviceable, mostly supported by the quality shooting galleries and set pieces. Characters are very charming. Biggest criticisms is the tedious and drawn out climbing sequences and the plot which boils down to Drake goes to x place reads a scroll/statute/tablet/journal ect that says go to otherDecently fun 3rd person shooter with a handful of exciting set pieces. The gameplay is basic and serviceable, mostly supported by the quality shooting galleries and set pieces. Characters are very charming. Biggest criticisms is the tedious and drawn out climbing sequences and the plot which boils down to Drake goes to x place reads a scroll/statute/tablet/journal ect that says go to other place where he will once again read a scroll/statue/tablet/journal ect.… Expand
  7. HeitorCampos
    Mar 13, 2023
    7
    The gameplay is generic, but the setpieces are great and improve this game a lot. Everything is better than in the first game, but it´s nothing crazy. Good fun and the tone excuses a lot of the stupid stuff.
  8. manim_bbm
    Feb 7, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is disappointing. The puzzles are easy, the platform is terrible and the shooter is meh. To me Uncharted 2 is more of a cinematic quality show-off than a game with good gameplay.… Expand
  9. goodgriff33
    Dec 24, 2022
    7
    Answer: 75 characters is between 10 words and 19 words with spaces included in the character count. If spaces are not included in the character count, then 75 characters is between 12 words and 25 words.
  10. kjaroslaw
    Nov 15, 2022
    7
    After I finished boring first "Uncharted" second part turned out to be much better."Uncharted 2" is much more dynamic, movement of character and parkour has flow, previously Nathan Drake had unnatural and clumsy movements. Plot has unforgettable moments so far I still remember chapter with hanging train. It's my favorite part of ps3 trilogy.
  11. Xcvb
    Aug 10, 2022
    7
    التصويب فى اللعبه سيء غير ذالك اللعبه جيده إلى حد ما
  12. Bato
    May 29, 2022
    7
    Story: 7/10
    Gameplay: 6/10
    Graphics: 8/10
    Enjoyability: 7/10
    Overall: 7/10
  13. mboscht
    Feb 20, 2022
    7
    Uncharted 2: Among Thieves .
  14. Kashafatal
    Feb 6, 2022
    7
    Overall the game is enjoyable fun action with puzzles until you get to a boss... These bosses are horendously hard to figure out. For example the first boss. If you shoot into him it will do nothing, throw a granade it would do nothing, so you are forced to walk in cycles hoping he doesnt catch you, throw a granade and then punch him. The second boss is the same thing. And for somebody whoOverall the game is enjoyable fun action with puzzles until you get to a boss... These bosses are horendously hard to figure out. For example the first boss. If you shoot into him it will do nothing, throw a granade it would do nothing, so you are forced to walk in cycles hoping he doesnt catch you, throw a granade and then punch him. The second boss is the same thing. And for somebody who does not want to spoil the game its nearly impossible to figure thhem out.… Expand
  15. TresicreTatum
    Jan 11, 2022
    5
    A run and gun, cover base shooter with a pathetic story and ending and over the top cinematic cutscenes. Any one who praise this game needs a serious life check. Average game + average franchise! 5/10, good riddance.
  16. MrSkellyton
    Dec 14, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Uncharted 2: Among the Thief’s, is not a bad game. However people hold it to such a high standard that makes it seem like it’s a ‘god tier’ game. I believe the beginning of the game sets up an amazing story and gameplay. Starting drake as wounded and desperately trying to escape a wreaked train. Then presenting the previous events leading to this climax. However, once the player gets back to this moment after rend-acting the previous events, not only does the narrative ‘drag its feet’ but so does the game play. Throwing enemies that are difficult in the sense that they ‘take a lot of damage and can throw a lot of damage’, this infuriated my overall experience with this title. Which is unfortunate because the first half of the game is just magnificent but the ‘stretched out’ last half of this experience really put the game down for me due to it making me more focused on the negatives of this game than it’s amazing positives… Expand
  17. iCampoRamil
    Nov 12, 2021
    7
    Quizás es porque no me he puesto a hacer el platino, com en el 1, pero seguramente me guste más cuando lo haga.
  18. CrAzy_JoE_99
    Jul 16, 2021
    7
    The game is very good yes but it felt a bit bland at certain points and parts where extremely frustrating but it’s still a uncharted game and is a lot of fun. I would recommend the game but with a pinch of salt
  19. thegamer105
    Apr 21, 2021
    6
    The games story is phenomenal but it doesn't have anything else to compliment it. The games story is they shiniest part about this game but everything else is meh. I would give this game a perfect 10 if I was just rating the game on the story but I have to take everything else into consideration. And with that in mind this game is a 6 Due to it's controls and the fact that it has noThe games story is phenomenal but it doesn't have anything else to compliment it. The games story is they shiniest part about this game but everything else is meh. I would give this game a perfect 10 if I was just rating the game on the story but I have to take everything else into consideration. And with that in mind this game is a 6 Due to it's controls and the fact that it has no Multiplayer. This game is definitely overpraised and is not worth anything over 20 dollars.… Expand
  20. danield80
    Jan 3, 2021
    7
    This game is a legend among the PS3 exclusives. Of course, I had to try it out and find out what's the praise about. So, I've bought the game (for ps4) two years ago. At one point I almost wanted to quit but I pushed myself and beat the game. I can't say I've had a bad time playing it, nor a good time either though. I liked the protagonists but the gameplay…not that much.
    But then I got    This game is a legend among the PS3 exclusives. Of course, I had to try it out and find out what's the praise about. So, I've bought the game (for ps4) two years ago. At one point I almost wanted to quit but I pushed myself and beat the game. I can't say I've had a bad time playing it, nor a good time either though. I liked the protagonists but the gameplay…not that much.
    But then I got brainwashed by others' opinions and started to consider U2 as an excellent game. I've gotten the other 3 instalments a year later and enjoyed them except for Deception. So I thought it would be a great idea to replay Among Thieves.
    And what happened is that I bored myself to uninstalling the game after an hour and a half in.
    Nonsense and clichés just constantly emanate from the story it made me unable to continue. Everything falls off or explodes right after you escape it. Drake survives so much damage to his body like it's nothing. The antagonists are caricatures, a fake "Russian" psycho and an annoying Bri'ish succer. It's laughable.
    The gunplay is unsatisfying, the guns sound very weird. The climbing is 100 times less entertaining than it is in Prince of Persia.
    I think a lot of the fanboys got this together with their PS3s and it was their only game for a long time. A game better than no game, right? The thing I don't get is why so many people praise Amy Hennig, the writer, to heavens for her work on the story. It's a simple story with highly distinguishable good and evil, it's almost like a tale. The game takes itself very seriously, yet some characters are almost cartoonish.
    Uncharted 2 is lucky that it is polished. The fanboys are lucky they did not have to grow up with Angel of Darkness.    … Expand
  21. zSh4dow_
    Dec 8, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overall great game, BUT:
    -A lot of REALLY annoying bugs like the one on the towers where you need to go across a wooden plank. There are two snipers, if you don't kill both immediately then one of them despawns and you can't proceed. You'll be forced to restart the mission.
    -Shooting feels slow, roll and cover always goes in conflict when you try to rush a little, and in some cases you NEED to play like that, otherwise you get killed.
    -In general the game feels like it's too scripted and some areas are exaggerated as hell, like the run on the train or the fight against many armored enemies.

    Game shines in many things and it's great considering it as a game from 2009, but my experience with it was a pain in the ass most of the time.    … Expand
  22. Alentejano
    Aug 13, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It certainly has some of the best action scenes in games. The goddamn train scene is incredible and the story is a big improvement from the first game. The landscapes are incredible too. But still the villain and the "monsters" are bit off with the rest of the game.… Expand
  23. g0ose
    Jul 23, 2020
    6
    Uninteresting. More precisely, how: the video in the game are awesome, the script and action in them are at a high level, bur the gameplay ... it remained at the level of the first part. I was very bored playind it. Very long figts, for 7 - 10 minutes and i would not be so fixated on this if the duration was like the first part of 6 hours. I don't know who came up with the idea to increaseUninteresting. More precisely, how: the video in the game are awesome, the script and action in them are at a high level, bur the gameplay ... it remained at the level of the first part. I was very bored playind it. Very long figts, for 7 - 10 minutes and i would not be so fixated on this if the duration was like the first part of 6 hours. I don't know who came up with the idea to increase the duration by another 4 hours, I was really tired of playing this game. I tortured her for a week and you know how many opponents I killed - about 1400. So it turns out that the game is interesting to watch, but not to play.… Expand
  24. Colt4569
    Jul 14, 2020
    7
    Big improvement from the first game. It feels like a good action movie. Would rate higher except I died too many times just because I did something more creative than the game wanted me to. It was like playing with my mom over my shoulder. And the last boss SUCKED.
  25. p1menta
    Jul 11, 2020
    6
    Again, if my liking or disliking was the only thing saying if a game would have a sequel, Uncharted 3 would never happen. (Actually THE 2ND wouldnt happen, because the 1st one is even worst) and I already said that in the other review, but damn, even tho I am liking the 3rd a little more (still playing) and i've liked the 4th quite a lot, it's incredible we even got to a 4th game, theAgain, if my liking or disliking was the only thing saying if a game would have a sequel, Uncharted 3 would never happen. (Actually THE 2ND wouldnt happen, because the 1st one is even worst) and I already said that in the other review, but damn, even tho I am liking the 3rd a little more (still playing) and i've liked the 4th quite a lot, it's incredible we even got to a 4th game, the first two are so bad IMO.
    So many things work in a dumb way, hitboxes are terrible, animation is weird (I know this point could be biased since I'm playing it 10 tears after release), even using triangle to both to take ammo and to change weapons is a dumb thing they didnt change from the first game.
    IDK, i still think we got to a 4th game all because of the male character.
    and again, I liked the fourth one, i'ts just weird to me that the first two were accepted enough to get us all the way to the 4th    … Expand
  26. PanMrkvicka
    Jun 20, 2020
    7
    better than the first one but still the same formula same boring gameplay and cliche story but action is cool and puzzles are nice addition but theres just few and theyre too easy.
  27. Shebetun
    Apr 21, 2020
    7
    Топовое разнообразие локации, динамика, сложность стрельбы, персонажи, графика, дизайн уровней.
  28. Stig499
    Jan 9, 2020
    6
    First 1/3 part of game are awesome, there is tons of diversity situations like stealth in Turkey, civil war in Nepal, and some unexpected and interested story moments. But rest of the game are fcking endless gunfights with uncomfortable shooting.
  29. gennaroRonnega
    May 15, 2019
    6
    Not sure why this game has better score than incredible games, such as the last of us, red dead redemption, to talk of some games of the same generation. Maybe is because it was out earlier in the ps3 life cycle. This game is not a classic at all, insignificant story, gameplay did not improve much on the first game and that's just a mediocre shooter game. questionable level design. That'sNot sure why this game has better score than incredible games, such as the last of us, red dead redemption, to talk of some games of the same generation. Maybe is because it was out earlier in the ps3 life cycle. This game is not a classic at all, insignificant story, gameplay did not improve much on the first game and that's just a mediocre shooter game. questionable level design. That's an ok game that should have been rated 7 top. Really made an effort to play it till the end, and it was not worth it.… Expand
  30. Zeratex
    Feb 11, 2019
    5
    Uncharted 2 is praised by a lot of people and i dont see why!

    The game story is pretty much a rip off from Indiana Jones, but with less likable and developed characters, Nathan is great character but the other side characters..i didnt like. The game shooting mechanics are well made but they get boring and repetitive so fast, the game has no replay value and the only thing i liked was    Uncharted 2 is praised by a lot of people and i dont see why!

    The game story is pretty much a rip off from Indiana Jones, but with less likable and developed characters, Nathan is great character but the other side characters..i didnt like.
    The game shooting mechanics are well made but they get boring and repetitive so fast, the game has no replay value and the only thing i liked was the graphics and the puzzles.

    An overrated game but still playable.

    5/10    … Expand
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#1 Best PS3 Game of 2009
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Metascore
96

Universal acclaim - based on 105 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 105 out of 105
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  1. ZTGD
    100
    Spread across twenty-six chapters is a story as playful and worthwhile as the gameplay.
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  2. GamesNation
    93
    Graphically stunning, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is, first of all, an interactive adventure, one that feels like a movie and even has a storyline of a movie. Most gameplay situations have been tailored in order to stun the player with originality and identification, and the end result is absolutely amazing.
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  3. Game Revolution
    100
    Among Thieves is all about constant movement. And even movement on top of movement. It grabbed me from the beginning and didn't let go for twelve hours. Once I finished, all I could think about was playing it again. More than a defining game for the PS3, Uncharted 2 is a defining game of this console generation.
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