Date played: August 8th
Platform: PS4
I played through 2 chapters of Uncharted 4. Chapter 16, "The Brothers Drake", is a flashback sequence. After falling from a cliff and being saved by Elena, Nate tells this story to his wife to help her understand the situation with his brother Sam.
As teenagers, the two boys want to break into a large, beautiful house to find some of their deceased mother's belongings, namely, her work journals. They broke into the house and started snooping around. Most of this chapter was just the boys exploring the house, talking about the trinkets they find along the way.
I thought this was a great sequence, mainly because of the amazing decor of the old house. I mean, there are hundreds of elaborate treasures stashed in this house... Masks, armor, weapons, statues, art, etc. It was really fun to look at it all. There was a bit of climbing in this chapter, as the boys find ways to bypass locked doors and such, but most of it was just exploring the house.
They eventually found their mother's journals, but were interrupted by an old woman pointing a gun at them! She even called the police... It was soon revealed that the boys' mother had been a kind of treasure hunter for this woman, who is a historian and collector. She gave the boys one of the journals their mother had left behind. This journal details the history of Sir Francis Drake and his treasure, which was the whole plot of the first game.
As the police arrive, the woman gets up to go get rid of them, when she suddenly falls dead on the floor in an instant, likely from a heart attack or something... The boys escape the police by running through the house and garden, climbing and jumping their way to safety. That's when we learn that the boys decide to change their name from Morgan to Drake, and decide to become treasure hunters.
Chapter 17, "For Better or Worse", features the triumphant return of the Nathan and Elena treasure hunting team! After a brief, but emotional discussion between the couple, they head out to save Sam from Rafe. Elena came to the area with Sully's help, who is piloting his prop plane around while the pair look for Sam.
This whole chapter was classic Uncharted, with a bit of Jeep driving. There was climbing, jumping and swinging through the jungle, big combat scenes and lots of action. The best parts were in the Jeep though. Nathan and Elena found 3 old wooden elevators that had been built by the pirates and the colonists a long time ago. Many of the puzzles involved finding ways to activate these elevators to move the Jeep to higher ground.
The pair used the vehicles winch to pull pillars and make new paths. I also drove that thing wildly through some very muddy hills and even a fucking river. In fact, the end of the chapter has Nathan and Elena jumping from the Jeep as it tumbles down a huge waterfall! I loved this whole chapter, it was really cool to see Elena play a bigger role.
After the river, they found a mass grave, which was undoubtedly filled with the corpses of the colonists who had attempted to take over New Devon from the pirates. I can't wait to see what happens next!
Platform: PS4
I played through 2 chapters of Uncharted 4. Chapter 16, "The Brothers Drake", is a flashback sequence. After falling from a cliff and being saved by Elena, Nate tells this story to his wife to help her understand the situation with his brother Sam.
As teenagers, the two boys want to break into a large, beautiful house to find some of their deceased mother's belongings, namely, her work journals. They broke into the house and started snooping around. Most of this chapter was just the boys exploring the house, talking about the trinkets they find along the way.
I thought this was a great sequence, mainly because of the amazing decor of the old house. I mean, there are hundreds of elaborate treasures stashed in this house... Masks, armor, weapons, statues, art, etc. It was really fun to look at it all. There was a bit of climbing in this chapter, as the boys find ways to bypass locked doors and such, but most of it was just exploring the house.
They eventually found their mother's journals, but were interrupted by an old woman pointing a gun at them! She even called the police... It was soon revealed that the boys' mother had been a kind of treasure hunter for this woman, who is a historian and collector. She gave the boys one of the journals their mother had left behind. This journal details the history of Sir Francis Drake and his treasure, which was the whole plot of the first game.
As the police arrive, the woman gets up to go get rid of them, when she suddenly falls dead on the floor in an instant, likely from a heart attack or something... The boys escape the police by running through the house and garden, climbing and jumping their way to safety. That's when we learn that the boys decide to change their name from Morgan to Drake, and decide to become treasure hunters.
Chapter 17, "For Better or Worse", features the triumphant return of the Nathan and Elena treasure hunting team! After a brief, but emotional discussion between the couple, they head out to save Sam from Rafe. Elena came to the area with Sully's help, who is piloting his prop plane around while the pair look for Sam.
This whole chapter was classic Uncharted, with a bit of Jeep driving. There was climbing, jumping and swinging through the jungle, big combat scenes and lots of action. The best parts were in the Jeep though. Nathan and Elena found 3 old wooden elevators that had been built by the pirates and the colonists a long time ago. Many of the puzzles involved finding ways to activate these elevators to move the Jeep to higher ground.
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| Nathan and Elena make a wonderful team |
After the river, they found a mass grave, which was undoubtedly filled with the corpses of the colonists who had attempted to take over New Devon from the pirates. I can't wait to see what happens next!
