Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Uncharted: Can I has mouse and keyboard?

I bought Uncharted the other day after months of wanting to play it but not having a PS3. Now finally I have one so after buying Little Big Planet it was the next game on my list. As I understand it, Uncharted is a Tome Raider/Indiana Jones inspired action adventure. Having never played Tomb Raider I can't speak to that. The Indy influence is definitely there though, with Nathan Drake, a treasure hunter in search of El Dorado. I am only three chapters in so far and I like it. One thing that I have come to realise -- and perhaps I should have already know this -- I really do suck a shooters when I have to use a controller. The platforming sections of the game so far have been a lot of fun. The developer Naughty Dog really did a great job of making me feel like I could fall at any moment. But I have already come to dread the the third-person shooting sections. This is no way a reflection on the game, I am pretty sure it just a reflection on how crappy I am with using a controller to shoot things.

Another -- I guess you could say -- necessary evil, is the cut scenes. I am sure they are great, I just get easily distracted in them and miss important information. Again, I should say, I generally don't like cut scenes. And I can see Naughty Dog were going for a kind of action adventure movie vibe, hence the "necessary evil". I did start liking them more as the game progressed, so that is a definite tick in the plus column, and it is more than I can say about some other games.

Anyway, so far, so good... can I has mouse and keyboard (or maybe I should just practice?).

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