January Talking Meme Day 5: Uncharted 4

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In retrospect, perhaps I should have chosen the 4th for the 4th Uncharted game? No matter. I picked up the Uncharted series on a whim, where I'd enjoyed the TLOU games greatly and wanted to check out Naughty Dog's other work. It's a fun series, with none of the games outstaying their welcomes of treasure-hunting adventures, character banter, and entertaining gameplay. (Okay, the gameplay in Uncharted 1 is a bit jank. I can forgive it for that.)

Uncharted 4 was a really nice capstone on the Nathan Drake story. Whatever my quibbles with the game, I much prefer this as Nate's final ending to Uncharted 3, despite finding Uncharted 3's ending wholly unobjectionable. Also, I'd forgotten this came out between the two TLOU games, so I spent a lot of time marveling at the graphics, especially the faces.

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January Talking Meme Day 6 - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Final Uncharted game! Half the length of the other ones, focused on Chloe and Nadine. They're a good pair, I'd definitely take a full length game with them, though it seems like Naughty Dog's done with the Uncharted series.

Enjoyed staying in a single location for the bulk of the game, for the first time since UC1, and I got to learn about an Indian empire I'd never heard of. It was cool recognizing the Hindu gods that are part of this adventure's background mythos. Gameplay is as fluid as ever, though as with previous installments I don't care for driving segments.

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