Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection
UNCHARTED: LEGACY OF THIEVES COLLECTION brings Drake’s best adventure to PC
Uncharted, I’ve missed you. The reckless personalities, lush environments and ridiculous action set-pieces are unlike anything else we have in games, and coming back to the series with this PC port of the fourth game and its standalone expansion (The Lost Legacy) has been a pleasure. I’ve always loved Nathan Drake because he’s a morally grey hero who, with a cheeky quip and mischievous smile, can get away with almost anything.
Where Lara Croft claims she’s just an archaeologist, despite her chaotic exploits, Drake and crew are self-confessed thieves, mercenaries and rogues, with silver tongues and dark pasts. In his wake, history is destroyed one collapsing temple at a time, but in the end he always makes the right choice… and ends up no richer than when he started. They’re thrilling adventures – and Uncharted 4 is the best of all of them.
It was and still is the perfect ending to Nathan’s story. At the outset, he’s given up his life of adventure, living a normal life with love interest Elena – but the arrival of long-lost brother Sam lures him into one final mission. It’s a beautifully crafted story that’s all the more poignant for its quiet moments, including a perfect scene where Elena and Nathan play Crash Bandicoot together – amoment of peace in a game otherwise filled with firefights and close calls.
All that action has aged wonderfully well. As someone who plays a lot of FPS games, I prefer shooting and aiming with a mouse for the combat sections, which are actually more frequent than I remembered. The climbing mechanics are still lovely puzzles you solve as you work your way to a goal, finding the fun in architecture better than the recent Assassin’s Creeds, and the driving sections are still tense and exciting. Graphically, even going in with the expectation that this is a studio that excels at visuals, it’ll still take your breath away.
This is still the best action- adventure game ou t there
Six years after its original launch, this is still the best action-adventure game out there. It’s a gorgeous, first-class travel package that takes you physically and emotionally to incredible places. The beginning of each area or chapter feels like a red carpet rolling out in front of you, inviting you to experience something new each time. Take in the frozen earth of Scotland, the colourful savannah of Madagascar and the dry evening breeze of Italy. Uncharted takes you somewhere and turns it into a playground of chaos to mess around in (and probably blow
