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UNCHARTED2; through the eyes of a journey(wo)man

UNCHARTED2; through the eyes of a journey(wo)man

October 2nd, 2012

You will remember how my new buddy Sarah Anderson tweeted her way through UNCHARTED; Drake’s Fortune? Well, she has now navigated her way around Shambala, and once again, her tweets make very amusing reading.

What constitutes an ‘intro’? The opening cutscene? Well that hardly seems fair; you won’t get an understanding of what is to come from that… I recommend about four hours of play if you want to be ‘introduced’ to UNCHARTED 2.

Chloe Fraser. Chloe. Chloechloechloe… She is a difficult one to read, isn’t she? She *could* be a stereotype that would undo all the hard work done by Elena Fisher. Lets hope she isn’t.

Uh huh. Just as Nate comes across as a cocky and irritating idiot at the start of UNCHARTED; Drake’s Fortune, he manages to annoy once again. He’s clearly down on his luck; he’s on his own, drinking in grotty beach bar. I guess he’ll take whatever excitement and cash he can at this point.

However, this does not excuse the breaking into a museum, Nathan. I’ve never quite forgiven him for this. Apologising to Marco Polo before smashing his lamp on the floor does not make it alright.

One of the most quoted lines from all of UNCHARTED, I’d wager. The comedy is broken a fraction by the fact that this comes in a tutorial. If you time your reach and grab right, it works perfectly. Also; look down and you will see the guard swim away. All you “Nathan Drake is a psychopath who kills without remorse or thought” types; he isn’t perfect, but neither is he evil.

Sarah; I think the ice cream is for you. We established in Drake’s Fortune; Elena Fisher can take care of herself, remember?

Nathan’s idea of a good time is very different to that of a ‘normal’ person, but that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t know how to have one! But ‘frivolity’ itself isn’t something that he really does very well; if ‘frivolity’ is “not having any serious purpose or value” then I doubt he would consider what he does in such a manner. Just see how he is in underground Yemen when grilled by another character about his reasons for continuing.

Aaannnnnd; trophy! It is a nice touch that the swimming pool looks so inviting that almost everybody will have thrown Nate in, and Naughty Dog reward us with a skit and a trophy.

“I’ve been waiting to use that…”

On the one hand it is nice that we don’t really know what happened between the two of them. It shows that they keep themselves private, and didn’t feel the need to blab about what the hell went wrong to everyone they know. On the other hand I’d love to know.

This exchange tells us a lot about both of them. That Elena considers herself “last year’s model” tells us that they were for a time serious. I am as yet undecided on who did what to whom, but I have my suspicions. Elena’s “I’ve been waiting to use that…” certainly suggests that at least for a time, she was hurt by Nathan and/or his ways.

Every man’s nightmare, eh? Stuck in the middle of a civil war with his ex and his current lay, all the while being hunted by a psychopathic war criminal. It doesn’t get any worse than that, right?

Jeff gets a raw deal in this. Bought in to make Nate jealous, then die to show just how psychopathic that war criminal is. Poor, poor Jeff.

THANK YOU! I am so pleased I am not the only one with a pathological hatred for Harry Flynn. There is so much wrong with him that a book could be filled with his wrongness. He is a coward, a cheat and a really unpleasant person. Egh.

Welcome to our world, Sarah. Sit down, and make yourself comfortable.

You can throw everything and the kitchen sink at him, and nothing will make him flinch. Along comes Chloe with a Defender .45; (the WORST GUN IN THE SERIES) and kills him in one. It’s enough to give a player an inferiority complex.

“Yeeaaaahhhh….” These two really should be together forever.

But it isn’t dirty at all! Nolan North’s son came up with the line allegedly while they were gaming together, and presumably was too young and innocent to hear it how everyone else hears it. The line conjures up the lovely image of a wet cat… but also has that extra kick to it.

Not a Chloe Fraser fan, then?

And this is another insult from Uncharted that should enter our common parlance. The dialogue and banter between Nate and Flynn is some of the best in this game. It all helps me love to hate Harry Flynn.

Now, I hate killing Nate as much as the next person, but it is damn satisfying (and frustrating) trying to kill Harry as soon as you get the opportunity. (“Daddy’s got a gun…”)

Instead you get it between Harry and Nate. But this is why I find I can like Chloe; she really isn’t my cup of tea (and she clearly isn’t Sarah’s either) but it just goes to prove that you really can’t judge either a book by it’s cover, or a person on first impressions.

And *this* is the bit to which I referred when I mentioned the lack of helpful buddies when writing up Sarah’s Drake’s Fortune adventure. Elena is pretty much the only person to pull their finger out and pull their weight. Did *I* mention that I love Elena?

Need a moment for Elena here… I couldn’t give a tiny rat’s arse about Harry. Sorry.

Works for me. I didn’t even know there were other tactics that could be employed while trying to defeat Lazarevic.

“I kept your tears in a jar…”

And in case you aren’t sure just how Sarah felt about her UNCHARTED 2; Among Thieves experience; here she spells it out;

Sarah is taking a break from UNCHARTED, although plans to complete the series in the not too distant future. However, we may not be bringing you the corresponding tweetage, as Sarah is wary of spoiling the relatively new game for her followers.

On that note, I hope you have all enjoyed her UNCHARTED journey as much as we have. Thanks, Sarah!

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