Exclusive treasure hunt for the PS 3

Uncharted one says that it is at the moment probably the best exclusive titles for the PS 3. This can be seen first in the order, almost 70 Euro are already an extremely exclusive price for a game that grossed just provides 8-10 hours of gameplay.

The player takes on the role of Nathan Drake, a descendant of the legendary English vice-admiral Sir Francis Drake. Together with the reporter Elena and his old Schatzsucherkumpan Sullivan You are looking for the fabled treasure of El Dorado. In the South American jungle, a hunt through forests, catacombs, temples, sunken cities and fortresses and Nathan must be a case to be always one step faster than his opponent who wants to stop him with a vengeance in mind to recover the treasure first starts.

The first few minutes really make humor as there are entertaining shooting deposits, crisp dialogues between the main characters and you are immediately inside the adventure feeling, as it is able to convey a Indiana Jones. Contributing to the really beautiful graphics engine. The jungle, the water effects, animations and movies look very colorful and detailed. With increasing playing time a but falls also the somewhat monotonous expectant gameplay striking: Only lurches its way up through (to easy) jump deposits or interacts with its environment in order to pave the way, and then the way to shoot yourself. This happens in the vein of 'Gears of War'. Those looking for no cover, has usually after a few exchanges of fire no chance. The AI ​​of the opponents is pleasantly high. They seek cover, roll away and try to encircle Nathan.

Only in the last third of the game the monotonous principle is broken by a surprising twist and 'Uncharted' wins again right to drive, even though you really challenging puzzles unfortunately missing there too. In addition, you can by finding hidden in levels treasures, or solve problems (eg 30 headshots etc.) bonuses to unlock as making-of videos, new outfits, etc., which, though meant nice, but not really increase the replayability ,

Conclusion
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'Uncharted' has undoubtedly become a really good game, even if you can complain about lack of puzzles, too little variety to simple jump deposits and especially the too short playing time. Especially the price-performance ratio will cost the game the fifth star. Nevertheless, one is presented with a witty and beautifully-designed adventure game with sympathetic main characters. An Indiana Jones sends his regards.