Set three years after the events of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Nathan Drake, now retired as a fortune hunter, has settled into a normal life. His world is turned upside-down when his older brother Sam, long believed dead, suddenly appears, seeking Drake's help. Together they embark on a globe-trotting journey in pursuit of a conspiracy behind a long lost pirate colony and its fabled pirate treasure. Naughty Dog outlined the game's plot as "his greatest adventure yet and will test his physical limits, his resolve, and ultimately what he's willing to sacrifice to save the ones he loves.
Any doubts I had about this game not being up to par with the rest of the series were just destroyed. Naughty Dog never fails to deliver. This will be another universally acclaimed game for them
Where the Press Conference ended with Drake grappling onto a truck and preparing himself for an impact with scaffolding, the demo I saw kept going. Nate crashed through the wood, and continued to be dragged through the water underneath him. He climbed up the rope just in time to begun being dragged through a stretch of mud. The attention to detail as Drake got increasingly messy as tried to regain control was incredible.
After pulling out his pistol and taking out a handful of enemies flanking him on motorcycles, Drake eventually clamored his way onto the back of the truck. He hopped to various vehicles that were all partaking in the chase, eventually tossing out the driver of one and commandeering the vehicle for himself. He eventually caught up with his target, who turned out to be his brother Sam, played by Troy Baker. Though the circumstances weren’t revealed during the demo, Sam was being chased by a whole mess of guys intent on killing him all sorts of dead.
Of course, the second Drake finally caught up with his brother, a truck t-boned his vehicle. When Nate finally came to, he pinned underneath his up-turned truck. As gasoline puddled around him, small fires started to grow. Nathan had to drag himself out of the wreckage, and was about to be killed by one of his pursuers before Sam showed up and saved the day. You hopped on the back his bike and sped off, only to be chased once again by the armored vehicle from the E3 demo, which at this point was pretty much a Terminator on wheels.
The camera swung around to the front of the bike, and as Sam sped away from the truck and wove in and out of obstacles, Nate tried taking out the vehicles with his guns. The scene eventually made its way to a shipping yard, and Sam finally outwitted the Terminator by sliding the bike underneath a massive cargo container and tricking the truck into running into it head-on.
Sam and Nathan rode off into the sunset as innocent dock workers looked on in sheer horror at the carnage that befell their usually-calm job. But that wasn’t the end of the demo.
The scene shifted to later on that night, as the pair rolled into the Ikopa Motel and met up with Sully. The three surveyed a map and cypher, remarking about how they’ve finally discovered the location of Libertalia. Libertalia was a mythical pirate colony located somewhere off the coast of Madagascar, and was as supposed haven for thousands of pirates. The key here is that they stored all of their loot in one common location, which is what the thieves have their eyes on. As Sully remarked, “So where is this commie pirate sanctuary?”
Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann 2m2 minutes ago
They should’ve showed the longer Uncharted 4 demo at the press conference. The second half is… more nuts?
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Just watched the car chase...and had a huge, stupid grin on my face the entire time. Nobody else does these insane action setpieces so well, but I do hope there'll also be plenty of platforming, exploration and puzzle-solving, too.
Man, I've missed this series and this gang of characters. I have every faith that this instalment will deliver, as I've loved every other game in the series so far (yep, even 3).
Also, Elena looks good, but it's all about Nate for me. Jesus, he looks hotter than ever.
The potential greatest action-adventure third-person shooter platformer of all time is coming.
I hope this is just the beginning of great games coming to PS4.
Hopefully Uncharted 4 raises the bar so high, so the standard and quality of future PS4 games are raised to incredible heights, nothing on the new consoles has blown me away the way games like GTA V/IV, Red Dead Redemption, The Last of Us, Uncharted 2/3 and Heavy Rain did.
If anyone recommends a game on that level, let me know, because I am so eager to get into new exciting games.
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