Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

 PlayStation 3
  • Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: Nov 1, 2011
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8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5402 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 376 out of 5402
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  1. ZangBang
    Jan 17, 2023
    4
    Attempting at a more grounded story than previous chapters, Drake's Deception gives more depth to its main cast, but the plot itself is poorly written, with weirdly repetitive, unexplained plotpoints and aimless themes. Gameplay-wise, the experience is roughly of the same quality as its predecessor: puzzles are as awful as ever, and even if action set-pieces aren't quite as many as AmongAttempting at a more grounded story than previous chapters, Drake's Deception gives more depth to its main cast, but the plot itself is poorly written, with weirdly repetitive, unexplained plotpoints and aimless themes. Gameplay-wise, the experience is roughly of the same quality as its predecessor: puzzles are as awful as ever, and even if action set-pieces aren't quite as many as Among Thieves, it makes up for it with slightly deeper hand-to-hand combat and more complex, diversified maps.… Expand
  2. Dio_2
    May 18, 2022
    0
    This **** **** is completly trash there are way too much enemies and way to much gunfighting its just not fun expecially chapter 12 to 15 and the last few chapters are just not enjoyable uncharted 2 was waaaayy better than this bull****
  3. sou1teenz
    Apr 22, 2021
    0
    Ставлю 0 балов за отсутствие автоприцела в игре. Привет из миссии где стреляют с рпг
  4. bonee
    Apr 5, 2021
    0
    Most frustrating and plain unfun game from sony I've ever played. Gun play is atrocious compared to UC2. Enemies are bulletsponges, bulletvest enemies take like 3 clips to kill on normal. Game constantly throws at you snipers and grante launchers in every shooting sequence. It's mechanic force you to take a cover yet you constantly have to move and look at your back because enemies spawnMost frustrating and plain unfun game from sony I've ever played. Gun play is atrocious compared to UC2. Enemies are bulletsponges, bulletvest enemies take like 3 clips to kill on normal. Game constantly throws at you snipers and grante launchers in every shooting sequence. It's mechanic force you to take a cover yet you constantly have to move and look at your back because enemies spawn behind you out of nowhere. Not to mention shotgun enemies somehow can one shot from 10km distance... Camera work doesn't help at all, you can't even see what you are doing when in move. Moreover f@ckin ret4rd Drake always takes cover when you want him to roll and rolls when you want him to take a cover, or starts hanging when you want him just to jump.
    There even more f@ckin climbing (push x) and ruining (hold forward) sequences that feel like interactive cut scene. Game really feels like a movie, and a **** one. Plot is beyond ret4rded and even get unnecessary filer with pirates.
    F@CC THIS GAME    … Expand
  5. Broyax
    Mar 8, 2021
    2
    Magnifique, superbe, très impressionnant et encore plus beau que les deux premiers ! un régal pour les yeux à tout instant. Un tour de force, mieux, un tour de magie de Naughty Dog, le seul à être capable de tirer quelque chose de la PS3.

    Si seulement le contenu était aussi attrayant… hélas le côté « film interactif » on en avait l’habitude avec les deux précédents, on était prévenus    Magnifique, superbe, très impressionnant et encore plus beau que les deux premiers ! un régal pour les yeux à tout instant. Un tour de force, mieux, un tour de magie de Naughty Dog, le seul à être capable de tirer quelque chose de la PS3.

    Si seulement le contenu était aussi attrayant… hélas le côté « film interactif » on en avait l’habitude avec les deux précédents, on était prévenus mais là j’avoue que j’ai du mal. Un assez long couloir scripté (pas trop long heureusement sinon j’aurai vomi) qu’on suit comme un veau dénué de toute volonté et de toute dignité.

    Il manque ici le côté rigolo (le second degré plus ou moins (in)volontaire…) d’Uncharted 1 et 2 et, clairement à court d’idées, les développeurs ont sabré l’histoire ou ce qui tient lieu d’histoire ou de pseudo-scénario. Rebondissements grotesques, dialogues insipides et stupides à se tailler les veines, c’est souvent extrêmement pathétique.

    Reste la partie « action » au maniement perfectible (pas d’aide à la visée ?), une jouabilité toute Gears of Warienne (c’est-à-dire lourde, voire lourdingue) le minimum syndical donc, rien de très excitant même si ça reste à peu près correct. Les combats à mains nues reprennent le système perfectible des Batman Arkham, pas de quoi pavoiser non plus : ça reste désagréable. Quant aux passages plateformeux, ils ne sont pas à la hauteur d’un Assassin’s Creed, loin de là.

    Bref, du « film interactif » qu’on subit, spectaculaire certainement, mais toujours de série B très bête… ça fait passer le temps quand même et ça reste plus ou moins divertissant… et les quelques énigmes mal branlées proposent d’elles-mêmes la solution au bout d’une poignée de minutes… Ouf, on peut passer au script suivant…! heureusement qu’on ne s’ennuie pas (trop) !    … Expand
  6. Dingytheman
    Feb 6, 2021
    0
    try clicking on a random user who rated this a 10 and see how he just registered on this website solely to give this steaming pile of dung a perfect score, how convenient for this crappy Sony exclusive!
    Just like the first game this is a below average cover shooter disguised as adventure game just cause it throws a few half assed puzzles here and there. It has got some cinematic appeal to    try clicking on a random user who rated this a 10 and see how he just registered on this website solely to give this steaming pile of dung a perfect score, how convenient for this crappy Sony exclusive!
    Just like the first game this is a below average cover shooter disguised as adventure game just cause it throws a few half assed puzzles here and there. It has got some cinematic appeal to it but not in the level of a Metal Gear or Mass Effect, and unless you can endure below average shooting as core gameplay for almost the entire playtime, you're probably not gonna want to finish this dull piece of crap and move on to something else. It is honestly an awful game.    … Expand
  7. Walieya
    Nov 3, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It is an awful game with stupidly strong enemies, stupid plot "twists" that repeat themselves from the first(sic!) chapter every time! Who gave this 8.4?… Expand
  8. ElPayaso
    Apr 26, 2020
    0
    Boring and uninteresting story. Gameplay is an absolute joke. Just play the first mission. The animation is incredibly janky. It's clear that the review scores are inflated by critics who are just there to suck off Naughty Dog and fanboys who don't actually believe what they say.
  9. UserReviewsLUL
    Feb 15, 2020
    3
    This game is short. Way too short and very slow. If you could run faster or non stop then you would be able to complete it in 5 hours. It doesn't last more than 10 or 11 hours if you are slow and exploring everything like me. Not worth the price. Get it cheap if you can and I would recommend Devil May Cry 5 over this. It's much better.
  10. elolugo
    Feb 10, 2020
    4
    It does not introduce nothing new to the uncharted series. Sometimes you don't know what to do and the games fails at hints
  11. phosgene
    Jan 25, 2020
    4
    Whoever though that the melee combat sequences were a good idea needs to die from cancer.
  12. andmetoo
    Jan 23, 2020
    1
    Гейм дизайн отвратительный, к концу игры вас стошнит
  13. Alexnhchong
    Nov 9, 2019
    1
    Much like my Uncharted 2 rating, I want to say I understand why some people may find this review unfair. I am playing and rating a 2011 game in 2019 and the technological landscape had undergone a seismic disruption in the time between. So this is more like my opinion on how the game is holding up 8 years after its release. And like Uncharted 2, my answer is simple: it's garbage. TheMuch like my Uncharted 2 rating, I want to say I understand why some people may find this review unfair. I am playing and rating a 2011 game in 2019 and the technological landscape had undergone a seismic disruption in the time between. So this is more like my opinion on how the game is holding up 8 years after its release. And like Uncharted 2, my answer is simple: it's garbage. The invisible walls were prominent and felt out of place, the graphics was rubbish, the shooting was one of the worst I've ever experienced and the ledges that you're meant to use for traversal stuck out like a sore thumb. The plot epitomised the notion of a "big dumb action game" and at no point throughout the experience, did I feel engaged with the game's protagonists. Having said that however, and contrary to what a lot of other have said, I actually felt that Uncharted 3 was an improvement over its two predecessors. Graphically, it was still disappointing. If anything, the technological leap from 1 to 2 was much more noticeable than the jump from 2 to 3. But the pacing was faster (the game didn't felt as dragged-out as 1 and 2) and the action involved somehow gave me a heightened sense of urgency. Nevertheless, compared to other 2019 releases, this was still a rubbish game for anyone to play. So if, for whatever reason, in 2019 or beyond, you're still contemplating whether or not you should purchase this game, my answer is "no". No you shouldn't. If, like me, you only wanted to play through Uncharted 1-3, in order to get a better grasp of background for the much acclaimed Uncharted 4, my advice would be that you save your time and money, and watch a couple of YouTube summaries instead. This was an utter waste of my time and I can say, with no shame, that I've already re-sold my physical copy of the shop where I got this from in the first place.… Expand
  14. feather7
    Mar 30, 2019
    2
    This game is mega stupid. Your enemies has unlimited ammo, unlimited granates and some enemies has immortality. You can hit them on the head (without shield, helmet, etc) and they are ok. For one adventure you kill approx 1000 people. And in hand fight you can knock down 20 enemies. You play 10 hours but 5hours is still same cutscen, same problem and jump and crawl up, up up, down down.This game is mega stupid. Your enemies has unlimited ammo, unlimited granates and some enemies has immortality. You can hit them on the head (without shield, helmet, etc) and they are ok. For one adventure you kill approx 1000 people. And in hand fight you can knock down 20 enemies. You play 10 hours but 5hours is still same cutscen, same problem and jump and crawl up, up up, down down. Booring. Game is interesting, Has good cut scenes, maybe story. But it is stupid game. You die 200x, because bug, because normal difficulty = hard. When I play it I have one wish, I want end as soon as possible.… Expand
  15. Stobek
    Dec 15, 2018
    4
    This game doesn't deserve its score. Its much worse in terms of story and characters from 2, and in terms of level design. In part two i was never bored and i was always suprised, here its more like Michael Bay movie - more explosions but empty inside.

    And it is too repetetive. To much of the same. It aged very badly.
  16. KingGamer
    May 11, 2016
    2
    Another entry into the highly overrated series. This one was the worst. towards the end the gameplay gets clumsy not to mention the story is trash. The recent tomb raider series puts these uncharted games to shame. There really isn't much freedom in these games your lead by the hand through everything. No replay value. Buy tomb Raider reboot instead now thts a real game
  17. auuus
    Jan 27, 2016
    3
    This game is frustratingly annoying.
    I'm new to console gaming, but I just played through the first two games and feel that I've learned at least a bit about aiming on a console. But not in this game, as the camera movements are either too slow or too fast, and for some reason the game is sort of expecting you to move either up-down or sideways instead of going on the diagonals. The    This game is frustratingly annoying.
    I'm new to console gaming, but I just played through the first two games and feel that I've learned at least a bit about aiming on a console. But not in this game, as the camera movements are either too slow or too fast, and for some reason the game is sort of expecting you to move either up-down or sideways instead of going on the diagonals. The aiming is clunky, to say the least.

    The AI is **** In the first two games, the enemies seemed aware of the fact that they had guns. They took cover and tried to shoot me, and only went hand to hand when I rushed them. Here, they are constantly running towards me, trying to punch me in the face, even though they are carrying pistols and rifles. This is, however, a rather good, if a bit suicidal tactic, since the controls makes it difficult to shoot anything moving. But it's unrealistic as hell.

    Naughty dog is also waaaay too obsessed with the whole "cinematic" thing. I enjoy a cinematic game as much as the next person, but they have over done it to the absurd in Uncharted 3. Almost all the time you lose control of you character as Nate stumbles around, trying to regain his footing. All. The. Time. I've spent more time watching Nate trying to regain his balance or staggering from a blow than I've spent playing the darned thing. The cinematic touch also means that the camera is constantly moving. Whenever you need to escape from something, like water or a collapsing building, the camera is constantly moving so you can't keep your character steady. Instead you have to adapt the joystick constantly throughout the entire scene, even when you're running in the same direction.

    I loved the previous Uncharted games, the controls worked, and they had a good mix between cinematics and game. But this game is too preoccupied with looking "cool" to remember that it's actually a game and needs to be playable first and foremost.

    And is it just me, or does Nate act a lot more clumsily and stupid in this game compared to the others? Seems like he gets caught or disarmed all the time now.

    Other that that, the story and the characters are at least decent, even though the two previous games were a lot better in that department as well.    … Expand
  18. Gormph
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This game is dog **** IDK about anyone else but for me its buggy as hell, half the time it barely works at all and the crap contextual actions can't decide if they worked this time or bugged out as I flip halfway over a guy with a shield become stuck in the air for a bit then fly off into space like I was hit by a grenade despite this being the way the game told you to beat them and is inThis game is dog **** IDK about anyone else but for me its buggy as hell, half the time it barely works at all and the crap contextual actions can't decide if they worked this time or bugged out as I flip halfway over a guy with a shield become stuck in the air for a bit then fly off into space like I was hit by a grenade despite this being the way the game told you to beat them and is in fact the only practical way to kill them aside from grenades, movement is clunky showing a lack of effort in the game overall and camera angles keep changing randomly for no reason, and enemies are randomly immune to bullets and explosives causing me to have to play sections over and over till the enemy could take damage, to make this worse your dodge and cover button ARE THE SAME BUTTON meaning you will try to take cover only to roll out and get shot WTF and of course random times your walking along with a guy and it’s just gone, no cut scene or loading area just gone…..in short this game was **** for me never played this series before and certainly never will again.… Expand
  19. XzRecolz
    Nov 8, 2015
    2
    The aiming controls.. Wow worst this gen by far, so stiff and inorganic. And the way the game is progressing is bad as well, almost every time you come to a new place, check it out, meet some enemies on the way, find something that makes the characters go WOW... Then someone sees you and the whole place crumbles as you escape. Painfully predictable.

    The way characters pop up at perfect    The aiming controls.. Wow worst this gen by far, so stiff and inorganic. And the way the game is progressing is bad as well, almost every time you come to a new place, check it out, meet some enemies on the way, find something that makes the characters go WOW... Then someone sees you and the whole place crumbles as you escape. Painfully predictable.

    The way characters pop up at perfect times out of nowhere all the time is cringeworthy as well. They ALWAYS find a way to come in front of you to deliver their cheesy line. This game is pretty badly written if you ask me.    … Expand
  20. ThePiePieper
    Oct 30, 2015
    1
    Talk about meh gaming, Uncharted 3 has that in spades. I don’t know what was worse, playing as baby drake or the 3D. This was a boring follow-up to a series that doesn’t know where it is going.
  21. Koog72
    Jul 31, 2015
    3
    I have just rented this on the PS4 for thirty days for £7.99 - I'm glad I didn't buy it.
    The idea behind the game is impressive and it has a good story behind it. The visuals are not too bad.
    But the gameplay.... It's absolutely laughable. Your main character stops and starts and stutters his way around the landscape and God forbid if you get into a gun battle with anyone, they are    I have just rented this on the PS4 for thirty days for £7.99 - I'm glad I didn't buy it.
    The idea behind the game is impressive and it has a good story behind it. The visuals are not too bad.
    But the gameplay.... It's absolutely laughable. Your main character stops and starts and stutters his way around the landscape and God forbid if you get into a gun battle with anyone, they are expert marksmen, meanwhile you try in vain to zero them into your sights due to the absurd control system.
    In all honesty this is just a PS3 port to the PS4, and boy does it show.    … Expand
  22. player4321
    May 27, 2015
    2
    I want to be honest in this review and say that the uncharted series has never evolved in story nor game play.

    basically you run around shoot people, solve puzzles which take less than 10 minutes to solve, climb stuff and collect useless treasures. That's it, it is repetitive it is boring and some sections of the game and some characters feel unnecessary to the plot except that the    I want to be honest in this review and say that the uncharted series has never evolved in story nor game play.

    basically you run around shoot people, solve puzzles which take less than 10 minutes to solve, climb stuff and collect useless treasures.
    That's it, it is repetitive it is boring and some sections of the game and some characters feel unnecessary to the plot except that the developers wanted to insert extra levels.
    If you are buying the game for the story then don't buy this game.

    The title says "Drake's deception" but deception is nowhere to be found in the plot.

    The story is a classical cliche, it jumps from Drake looking for a treasure to friends being in danger (this part only lasts a 2 minute cutscene), a love interest, to saving the world from bad guys trying to steal ancient treasure.

    All these segments of the story are short, messed up and dull.

    Co-op and multiplayer are quite the same formula.

    As for visual and sound, they are fine, except for some gunfire sounds and all explosions.    … Expand
  23. RHP
    Apr 5, 2015
    2
    Ugh. In prevision of Unchartered 4, I played 2 and 3 back to back. I loved 2, and hated 3. Much like everyone reviewed, the graphics are stellar and it's a pretty game, but that's about all it offered. No puzzles whatsoever, plot is lame, story is identical to UC2, too many cut scenes and WAY too many movies that offer no interest, since the story doesn't either. Fighting is way off, andUgh. In prevision of Unchartered 4, I played 2 and 3 back to back. I loved 2, and hated 3. Much like everyone reviewed, the graphics are stellar and it's a pretty game, but that's about all it offered. No puzzles whatsoever, plot is lame, story is identical to UC2, too many cut scenes and WAY too many movies that offer no interest, since the story doesn't either. Fighting is way off, and if you're not fighting a dozen people armed with RPGs or wanting to get punched in the face, you're climbing and jumping the EXACT same path over and over again. Or you're just walking around aimlessly for no reason other than pretending the game is not as short as it actually is. Essentially, Naughty Dog provided an uninspired, cheap, and lazy game for the purpose of making a buck. This game is such a terrible mockery that I won't be buying UC4 after all.… Expand
  24. csiki_92
    Jan 28, 2015
    1
    This game is the most annoying i've ever played. It is full of arenas, with overpowered enemys. Really bad game with nice graphics. Uncharted 1-2 is much better than this...
  25. Altqountry
    Jul 29, 2014
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I honestly feel like the whole 'drive' scandal is happening again (where reviewers were paid off). I am absolutely stunned that reputable reviewers actually gave this 10/10 I.e. perfect - could not be improved in any way!!!??? Seriously? There have been so many great games that have received so much criticism and this gets 10.
    Ok - why do I feel this way:
    (For the record I enjoyed uncharted 1 and absolutely loved uncharted 2 - along with infamous 2 prob my fave games on ps3)
    1) it's all gloss and no substance. If I wanted to watch a good treasure hunting movie I'd watch Indiana jones. A game should give me an experience to immerse myself in. The whole time I felt like a tourist on rails experiencing cut-scene followed by quicktime event or extremely limited action event. There's nothing wrong with storytelling but if that's the intention why not take a leaf out of telltale's book and do a 'walking dead' style adventure.

    2) enemies are unbelievably generic! All are wearing tuxedos and shades - I mean come on! How is that alone worthy of a 10. The action was so boring - not a patch on uncharted 2 or even enslaved.

    3) the balance has all gone. For some reason uncharted 2 did an excellent job of making you feel like you were involved in an adventure where you could create the action. This by contrast felt like a completely dictated experience. So dull I only finished it out of loyalty to its predecessors.

    4) graphics were fine but nothing significantly better than before. I loved uncharted 2's look anyhow.

    5) follows exactly the same plot - cursed city / race against baddies / deception etc - I mean I can let this go if the gameplay is exciting - but it just isn't.
    - to think that highly creative games like mirror's edge got critically slated while this uninspired money-making on-rails, set-piece after set-piece ultra-bland experience gets full marks. I just don't get it!

    Clearly enough people like this for my comments to be ignored - perhaps these people are the younger call-of-duty generation of gamers. I'm a little less 'blockbuster' in my taste. Also perhaps if it hadn't been given such high marks all round I'd let it go but something fishy is going on here!    … Expand
  26. MW1AA2Gs
    Mar 17, 2014
    2
    To start I would like to say that no... I didn't play this game when it first came out, I only played it last week. But if the game really aged this badly in only 3 (or really more like 2) years then this has to be a contender for worst first party game ever made. But why is it so bad well let me start with the first thing seen about the game the title (I get it don't judge a book by it'sTo start I would like to say that no... I didn't play this game when it first came out, I only played it last week. But if the game really aged this badly in only 3 (or really more like 2) years then this has to be a contender for worst first party game ever made. But why is it so bad well let me start with the first thing seen about the game the title (I get it don't judge a book by it's cover but still) Uncharted 3 Drake's Deception and as the title suggests (SPOILERS!!!) Drake gets infact, indeed, indubitably, deceived. But in all the other Uncharted games (SPOILERS!!!) Drake gets deceived then shouldn't it be more like: Uncharted Drake's Deception, Uncharted 2 Drake's Deception again, Uncharted 3 Drake you F*@#$^% idiot. But unfortunately this is the least of the game's problems because to be completely honest the best part about this game is the title screen infact I would rather just stare at the title screen for 6 1/2 hours then play this game for about just as long. But next I'll get the few good things about this thing out, the main theme is good all of the other music I can't remember but the main theme is good, the characters are generic but there not annoying or stupid... so better that then Last of Us, and also the graphics in the actual cutscenes are okey. But anything else ranges from bad to just plain garbage. I'll start with the story and... it's basically the same as the other Uncharted games, I'ld go more in depth but I don't want to have to click that contains spoilers box and I already have done quite a lot but what ever there's plenty more garbage that Naughty Dog dished out so don't worry about it. The control is just plain bad, it's infact so bad that I didn't even want to think that this game was a first party. What do I mean by this well firstly Nathan Drake who (SPOILERS!!!) is the main character of the game only jumps when he fricken feels like it, and you can't even imagine how annoying this is in a game like this when you are trying your best just to get Nathan to do a little kindergardener jump but instead he just head bangs like he's at a Nirvana concert. He also runs into invisible walls half the time when there's a cliff and the other half he just slips off like an idiot and goes plummeting to his death. Also for the fact that when your not aiming a gun the camera moves around like it's on speed, but once you aim a gun the camera then moves around like it's... well off of speed. And since the control is goins so much into the gameplay I might as well just go full in. So in terms of gameplay there are actually a lot of different kinds... of course they can't get any of them right though. First the swimming I hope you thought that Ocarina of Time was the best swimming was ever going to get because in Uncharted 3 it's worse. By this I mean that basically when you first start out in Ocarina of Time and when you first try to swim well imagine that except more stiff and a million people shooting instakill grenades at you. Then there is the climbing which just like the jumping only works when it feels like it. Some times the segments are as easy as spamming X while holding up and sometimes they just don't work and force you to exhaust every possible option until finally you get it right. But you know what the best part is? it's when you try to jump to something that seems obvious to get on but when you jump to them you go falling to your death again. Then there is of course the walk around like an idiot for 10 minutes to elongate gameplay while searching for something or just walking in a straight line. Oh but before I get to the actual combat I have to get to one of the best parts of the game... in game cutscenes. Oh my god are they hilarious because not only does the game begin to look worse while in these cutscenes but they also decide to give Nathan and (SPOILERS) Sully the ability to teleport into a completely different position durning one of these and then teleport back like nothing ever happened. Then the big one the fighting mechanics. First of all the melee combat, I will say it's not completely a cutscene but it's a button masher and a bad one at that. You can also apparently kill enemies by landing on them but it never worked for me except for the first level. The shooting as I mentioned before is very stiff and there have been times where I had to follow an enemy across the screen because the cursor moved like a slug. But of course with all of that obviously you should be assaulted by ten thousand responding enemies who can take sniper bullets to the head right. Well no but it's in the game anyway. But by far the worst part of the game is the fricken RPG's, because not only are they an instakill but they also will send Nathan into an omg something exploded remotely close to me animation if it explodes anywhere near you. And of course there are armored guys that take 200 hits to kill and can't be meleed. So in the end this game isn't worth a 10/10.… Expand
  27. Kimomarudotcom
    Jan 9, 2014
    3
    One of my least favourite games of all time. Graphics and sound absolutely shine, this is a good looking game, even by 2014 standards. But that's it. The whole game basically boils down to a pattern of explore, gunfight, and solve puzzle over and over again through 22 chapters of tedium. To be fair, the exploring is basically okay and the puzzles are just the right level of difficulty.One of my least favourite games of all time. Graphics and sound absolutely shine, this is a good looking game, even by 2014 standards. But that's it. The whole game basically boils down to a pattern of explore, gunfight, and solve puzzle over and over again through 22 chapters of tedium. To be fair, the exploring is basically okay and the puzzles are just the right level of difficulty. But the gunfights will make you regret buying a PS3. They happen at the wrong times, just as a scene's rhythm is gathering steam. Deaths in gunfights often feel cheap and the enemies are bullet sponges, sometimes needing 6 or 7 rounds to go down. I have much respect for Naughty Dog, but I'm won't spend 60 dollars on a 20 hour game with no replay value ever again. If I hadn't played this game for free via my PlayStation Plus subscription, I would have never had played it.… Expand
  28. GlobalNightmare
    Aug 18, 2013
    4
    I loved Uncharted 2. I played it through many times over all the difficulties, picked up one of my first platinum trophies and conquered the multiplayer.
    As you can imagine, I was very exited for the third installment. "How will the game begin", I thought to myself, thinking back to hanging from a train that was dangling off a cliff, slowly clawing a beaten-up Nathan Drake to the top to    I loved Uncharted 2. I played it through many times over all the difficulties, picked up one of my first platinum trophies and conquered the multiplayer.
    As you can imagine, I was very exited for the third installment. "How will the game begin", I thought to myself, thinking back to hanging from a train that was dangling off a cliff, slowly clawing a beaten-up Nathan Drake to the top to safety.
    So, how did it begin? A badly controlled punch up in a pub. Ok, that was anticlimactic. But then so was the rest of the game. If you can call it a game. Uncharted 3 felt more like one of those FMV games from the mid to late nineties. This "game" feels more like Uncharted: the movie in my opinion.
    The visuals are definitely the games strongest point, although the multiplayer visuals are very poor, but I'll get to that in a minute. Uncharted 3 tells the story of Nathan and Sully's father-son relationship; how they met, and how strong their bond is. Which was fairly interesting, but not really groundbreaking and filled with plot holes.
    Disappointed, I decided to give the multiplayer a try. I had already tried the beta and had a little experience to the new dynamic. My biggest problem had remained. The addition to a "sprint" button had changed everything.
    Before, fights were fair given everyone could move at the same speed. The shootouts were more strategic, and it was more about the placement of your character and the cover you had. Now, fights consist of blindfire rushes, and a melee attack to finish. Everybody uses this technique. It is a huge let down in my opinion as there are some great customisation options for your character and a new boost mechanic that gives the losing team a chance to catch up. You can even plug in a second controller for local play, which unfortunately downgrades the visuals. I did enjoy the horde mode though, fighting off waves of enemies made me forget that the elimination game mode had been removed on release, which infuriated me. A recent update had seen Naughty dog add this back into the playlist, but I had got rid of my copy by that point. I'd rather play Uncharted 2. It plays more like a game.
    Rental only.    … Expand
  29. nono5551212
    Aug 17, 2013
    4
    Uncharted 1 and 2 were awesome.... 2 of my favorite games.... it pains me to say this but I feel that they phoned this one in just to make money...... No sense of depth or scale
  30. humanerror
    Jan 31, 2013
    4
    The worst of the series. Beautiful visuals aren't much good when the story is so painfully stupid you can't wait for it to be over. The game obviously wants to resemble a movie. Well, it does. Unfortunately it's a really crappy movie with a weak plot, awful dialog and lackluster acting. They should have made a game instead.
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#5 Best PS3 Game of 2011
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#2 Most Discussed PS3 Game of 2011
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#2 Most Shared PS3 Game of 2011

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Metascore
92

Universal acclaim - based on 97 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 96 out of 97
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 97
  3. Negative: 0 out of 97
  1. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Mar 6, 2012
    90
    The characterisations by the actors is second to none and even though this tall-tale takes you to fantastical places and events, the script is never once unbelievable. You never feel like an outsider. If anything, you'll feel right at home, ensconced in the constant drama of this loveable cast of returning reprobates and reprehensible villains. [Dec 2011, p60]
  2. Push Square
    Feb 5, 2012
    100
    It's more than just the best entry in an outstanding series though - it epitomises the very reason many of us play video games. And that's its greatest achievement.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 20, 2012
    90
    Only a few camera troubles stopped us from giving Drake's Deception the highest rating. Uncharted 3 is without doubt the best PS3 exclusive game of this year. [Dec 2011]
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