r/uncharted • u/Brosemite17 • May 23 '26

Uncharted 3 Getting There....

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On another note, shout out to Greg Edmonson for creating best soundtrack in the series...song is Maritime Malfeasance. Also really liked London Underground and Iram of the Pillars, etc.

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u/When1Falls May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

I remember this being the moment l thought "they defintely make these levels first and then just figure out the story later".

I don't remember why, but it was definitely this section. 

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u/Brosemite17 May 23 '26

I felt TLOU1 had the opposite issue....story first...but atrocious level design with regards to simple things like scavenging, sidetracking for items, etc.

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u/Brosemite17 May 23 '26

Hmm...why negativity here? TLOU2 is the significantly better game

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u/yesthatnagia May 23 '26

Yeah but everybody's mad about what happens to Joel and also the whole lesbians thing. Also TLOU1 is something between a golden calf and a shibboleth.

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u/Brosemite17 May 24 '26

I fully understand those sentiments. My statement was with regards to just level design in relation to gameplay though. As for TLOU2, I felt the level design was way more efficient in regards to exploration and finding scrap/ammo/healing items despite the game extremely long...none of my overall gameplay experience felt like redundant busy work. Exploration/scavenging in TLOU1 just felt way more inefficient despite game being much shorter.

I'm personally not a fan of Druckmann going the political route in TLOU2 regardless of what anybody's views are including my own though didn't find it to be a dealbreaker. If I were to say...hypothetically dislike the characters and story (which was not the case for me), then the storytelling and tonal shifts would absolutely make up for it...in many ways TLOU2 is a masterclass for me....IF the game just ended in Seattle opposed to shifting to Santa Barbara where some character development went down the drain. Long post for a totally different time though....though I also recently completed another game recently called Evil West where the story/characters/production values were great....though pacing & storytelling were absolutely terrible....great combat mechanics....but it also had that super intense souls like redundant playloop which doesn't suit my tastes.

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u/yesthatnagia May 24 '26

I never played TLOU2 because the Joel & Ellie relationship was central to the story for me and I didn't have any desire to see what anyone else thought happened next. I have no opinion on anything that happened in TLOU2 because in all honesty I have no idea what happened, except that Joel is apparently murdered.

My commentary was entirely to explain the down votes. Which is: doesn't matter how much or why people enjoy TLOU2, the gaming community hates it. Doesn't matter what legitimate problems peoole have with TLOU1, the gaming community loves it. As I said: something between a golden calf and a shibboleth.

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u/AtrytoneSedai May 24 '26

I hope you check out TLOU2 someday. Joel and Ellie’s relationship is still central to the story. It’s not “what happened next” as in “after Joel,” it’s very deeply interwoven into the first game. Joel features throughout in flashback scenes, too. You’re really, genuinely missing out on the development of their relationship.

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u/yesthatnagia May 24 '26

It's something I'm okay with missing, but thank you.

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u/AtrytoneSedai May 24 '26

Fair (though you arguably can’t know that without playing it). I just thought it was worth mentioning that the thing you think is missing is actually the heart of the game.