Uncharted 1 Has NOT Aged Well (But I Love It Anyway)

[@believingisyourmagic8934]

Fun fact: Nate doesn't actually get hit by every bullet. The screen going gray is his luck running out and once it's fully gray he's out of luck and actually gets shot. ND said he's a normal guy so one bullet is enough to take him out

[@purefoldnz3070]

so he's a normal guy that kills 3000 men with being hit once? lol okay.

[@sebastiankulche]

​@@purefoldnz3070I think in the series a few times its mentioned the luck Drake has.

[@purefoldnz3070]

@@sebastiankulche Drake has killed about 2925 enemies over the course of the games that's a lot missed shots hahahaha

[@sebastiankulche]

@@purefoldnz3070 Probably he has enough luck left to win the lottery ;)

[@purefoldnz3070]

@@sebastiankulche a hundred times over

[@protowave6393]

9:32 I think it was a cool explanation that the developers said Nathan Drake isn’t a bullet sponge he’s just lucky. Each time you get shot it’s a close call using your luck. But as your luck dwindles the screen goes to black and white. And we you have cover you’re recovering your luck.

[@Scorpiofrfr]

Lol I was about to explain this too

[@nicholaspeters9919]

Best way to do headcanon health in most games now that I think about it.

[@jdude9314]

21:22 Rest in peace, Gordon Hunt. He was the voice director for several Hanna Barbera cartoons from 1974-1995 and the God of War sequels before taking on Uncharted. And he was also the father of Mad About You actress, Helen Hunt.

[@ElectrikStatik900]

R.I.P. 😞

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is the reason I bought a PS3. I was facing pressure by my parents to stop playing video games. They said I was too old, even though I was only 16. But as soon as I saw the first trailer for this game I knew I had to have it.

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

@Sup Fuck no lol about 12 years now I’ve been out of the nest

[@Vikiman6667]

Bruh, with all the respect for your parents, I do think that mentality of "your too old to play video game" aged not quite well, since that we have now Mortal Kombat, as an example

[@cutieincosplay]

This is the game that should have gotten a remake/remaster instead of last of us. But honestly I'd have loved jak PS5 remakes as well 🐱

[@PrincessNine]

But it did get a remaster, it's on ps4

[@cutieincosplay]

@@PrincessNine so did last of us yet that game got a remake on PS5 while uncharted one could have benefited more if they were dead set on remaking a game

[@doctorchoicetheunchainedx7523]

@@cutieincosplay Funny enough, that was the original plan to remake Uncharted 1. But then Naughty Dog came in and switched it to The Last of Us 1.

[@cutieincosplay]

@@doctorchoicetheunchainedx7523 Really!? That is disappointing to hear 😿

[@MM-ij1jh]

Yeah i miss Jak

[@movieswithgabe]

Something about the simplicity and pure fun of the first game probably makes it the most replayable for me

[@eldritchtoilets210]

Same but for Uncharted 2 on my end ^^

[@sebastiankulche]

Yeah, i feel like its the most straightforward to play but it also has some addictive factor, especially when going to 100%, is the less tedious to do it imo.

[@Venomonomonom]

YES. 3 is much more cinematic, more so than 2. Whereas 1 is more of an arcade experience. I love that. Only wish it could have co-op and perhaps some sort of randomly generated enemy-spawning or something

[@toto_rf95]

This was the first PS3 game I played, I'll always remember seeing that U-boat for the first time. It's the little things. I have the platinum on PS3 I love it that much.

[@evilkeima]

Playing this back then as a teen was like watching "Die-Hard" for the first time.

[@jordirapper]

The cutscenes in the Uncharted series are all real-time. They did this because it would blend cutscene more with gameplay and (this was more noticeable in the next entries) any blood or effect on Nathan that you did in gameplay right before the cutscene would also appear in cutscene.

[@zacharysoares1985]

I had beaten all of the uncharted games. Multiple times And I gotta say the 1st is always gonna be my favorite.

[@gfsdfsdf6546]

I replayed the game a few years back, playing on the crushing difficulty really showcases A LOT of the problems with the level design that are incredibly notorious. Specially if you go play it's sequel back to back, where you can notice how MUCH the level design improves and is way more fair in every way.

[@paranoidgenius9164]

This one I think was terrible! Instead of having fun, I was getting frustrated & angry with it! No matter how I play, I die time & time again regardless of strategy, even on easy mode! The aiming is god awful, how you move the character is basic, you don't know what the hell the camera is doing, you line up a jump,then the camera changes, the A.I. & enemies remind me of Virtua Cop a little bit & it looks cheap! I'm a game collector, & I will keep this game, knowing I will never play THIS crap again! Truly awful!

[@Xid.]

This was a game so hard it became easy. Most of the levels forced you to get creative and abandon the cover and this causes me to accidentally learn the aim around cover glitch (you can shoot while looking at a wall and you can’t be hit and get kills you don’t go into cover you walk up to a wall and your crosshair will allow you to kill without taking damage)

[@calvinmatthews1527]

You really have to admire ND's strive to always make their games so technologically & relatedly peak to the consumer. Uncharted: DF was the beginning of what would become more than a decade of hit after hit for Naughty Dog. Also, J, you should try the Horizon series. It has a lot of what you love: satisfying combat, excellent platforming, great replay value, & likeable characters.

[@JsReviews]

I really should play those games, I own both, but haven't gotten around to them.

[@joel9104]

​@@JsReviews those are my favourite games so to see one of my favourite youtubers talk about it would be a dream come true to me, no pressure though

[@TruTrae]

Not sure about the platforming part but they are great games.

[@KaminoKatie]

@@JsReviews Make sure to play the Killzone series as well since it's made by the same studio behind the Horizon series

[@Venomonomonom]

Am I the only one who cannot enjoy any of the Horizon games? I really wish I could enjoy them. The first one is getting remastered ofc tho, so maybe I'll give that a go. Also framerates are still getting upgrades, esp now that FSR3 is coming. Better console gaming, FINALLY! Even tho I think it should be customizable display options like on PC 😢

[@HutchIsOnYT]

This is absolutely bizarre timing. Just finished getting the platinum for Uncharted 1 today.

[@DynastyZero1]

This must be a common thing because I was also a Nintendo kid who wasn't into realistic style games back in the 2000s who gave Uncharted a shot. Started with Uncharted 2 when it came out and loved the series for a few years there. Never did play 4 though unfortunately.

[@HybridAngelZero]

I actually had a pretty similar arc as you with this series. My favorite genres, RPGs and platformers, especially games with colorful visuals and cool/stylish character design, were starting to decline in popularity in the PS360 era, so I held an unfair grudge against games with more realistic graphical styles and settings... but my mom, a game enthusiast herself who also loves movies like Indiana Jones and the Brendan Fraser Mummy, really wanted to play it, so she bought for herself. Of course, if a game comes into my house, I'll at least try it, and I begrudgingly admitted that it was a lot of fun, even though I was pure butt at the shooting sections (this was probably the first game I ever played where you walk and aim independently)

[@Cooldude15104]

When I first played this game last year I knew I would love the series, the action and characters were incredible and they just kept getting better with each game.

[@retrogamer4185]

Uncharted drakes deception was the first game I Played in the franchise and loved it

[@kevingoodwin9204]

I remember having a good time playing this. I need to play the rest of the series. When you were talking this being your first game like this for the modern consols and the impact it had on you, I felt that. Gears of War was that game for me when I had gotten a 360, it was the first game that made me feel games were actually changing and becoming more. For that reason Geara of War will always be a game I go back to every few years.

[@MM-ij1jh]

At 22:26, if you look at Elena and Nathan’s swimming sour’s you’ll see the word “OTTsel”, which is a reference to Daxter who was an ottsel in the Jak games

[@thatonegeeksite5251]

Infamous was the game to get me to buy a ps3 but it came with a code for the uncharted 2 multiplayer beta. After trying that I immediately went and bought the first Uncharted and I’ve been a fan of the franchise ever since.

[@dndavidsonsnation2562]

the thing i like the most from ND studio is their game are very straightforward.. you can stop playing and pick up right where you was without having to remember the mechanic or anything. I went and play spider-man after a long pause and i forgot everything combo and stuff. ND you turn your PS on and it's pretty much all there yet interesting, challenging and fun.

[@captainseg]

I recently replayed this game and... yeah it still holds up to this day despite some funny glitches that I found and the quick time events (although it is VERY losely used here) being used for an easy game over

[@Yodagamer1]

On the ps4 version of the uncharted series blue point games actually went back and rerendered the cutscenes according to their interview with digital foundry. They actually disabled motion blur in the new version of the prerendered cutscenes because that is the default option in the new uncharted version.

[@josephsua7246]

Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy are my all time favourite out of the series so interested to hear what you think. The gameplay is so much fun and the story is also great.

[@ultimatehope549]

How did I miss this video popping up in my sub feed, didn’t find out until I was partway through your Uncharted 2 video

[@sopebarrofficial3557]

Uncharted 1 was my first 3rd person shooter, and even though it’s janky as hell (even on PS4) it’s still got a special place in my heart

[@dannykazari]

I had a similar experience as you with Uncharted. I was basically a Nintendo kid my whole life (though I did have a PS1/2), and the Nathan Drake Collection on PS4 was the first time I had ever chosen to play a shooter. I really love the series.

[@nicks4802]

So, uh… you aint a Nintendo kid… Sorry to burst your bubble…. You dont CHOOSE to play Golden Eye 64. Thats where your story fell apart…. A Nintendo kid who has never played a shooter? Did you avoid black ops on the Wii or something? You must be like 12 years old if you’ve never played golden eye before playing uncharted…

[@dannykazari]

@Nick S I'm in my twenties. I did play Goldeneye as a kid but never owned it. I never had any interest in CoD either. Uncharted was the first time I went out of my way to buy a shooter for myself, but of course I had played them before. That's all I meant by my comment.

[@markandrew287]

Uncharted is a franchise I have gotten into only recently, and I think I pretty much have had the same arc. Sure I've never been opposed to more realistic style games, it's just that they've never peaked my interest as much. But the Uncharted franchise is different: I feel genuine interest in the story and gameplay.

[@kap1618]

I admit I have some bias against series like Uncharted, God of War, and COD. They became the face of western gaming and anything that didn't follow those trends were either not backed or seemed as immature and thus ignored by the larger gaming community.

[@CalvinTennessee]

Uncharted has aged absolutely beautifully. I have no idea what you’re talking about. I played it the other night and it’s fabulous.

[@yucelonmaz2]

I recently played it, and it aged awful

[@wonderboyngubeni]

After I finished Uncharted 3 I will replay the series again before getting uncharted 4. It's a fun game, not like today's games that are obsessed with graphics, here it's just plain old school fun gaming

[@zodiacthundaga7264]

J always makes you want to play games you've never tried before, pick games you put down back up, or revisit games you haven't played it awhile. Can't wait for that Among Thieves video.

[@Robospy1]

I didn't really like Uncharted 1, but I started with the later games, but I think I probably would have liked it more if I played it at the time.

[@aurthurpendragon1015]

19:00 I still can't tell the difference between 30 and 60 FPS in most cases.

[@twistedtick]

I still love this game. It gets SOOOO much right that it’s imperfections are somewhat easy to overlook.

[@nicoloenricorimoldi7425]

I've played through the entire Uncharted series except The Lost Legacy but I've never been that big of a fan of it. The games are entertaining while you play them and are definitely impressive as translations of action films into video games but there's not too many memorable elements in either gameplay or plot for me to latch on.

[@dtsynapse]

I actually replayed it in the last couple of weeks and it absolutely has not aged well, I'll still love it forever though.

[@triledink]

Its not as good as the rest of the series, but honestly it has the hardest brutal difficulty in the series. They toned down it a bit on the rest of the series, but in the first game you never even have a chance in the first place.

[@martinmonterrosa]

I imagine that the cutscenes where rendered using the engine, just with higher settings and/or better animations. The cinematic would just contain info like model positioning and camera movements. So, when they remaster the game, they just needed to render the cutscene again, this time using the updated models and visuals.

[@jsr734]

It is a good theory. Lots of games even during the Ps2/Gamecube/Xbox era used this trick of recording in-game, high detailed models into movie files to avoid loading times.

[@lucasdellamaggiore]

I've replayed the series more times than i can count and i'm never dying to replay 1 but doing so makes the sequels feel even better. So yeah, it's an ok game, just nowhere near as good as what came after it.

[@JohnnyHikesSW]

I listened to this in the background and I was convinced for like 20 minutes that this is Mr. Enter’s gaming channel, your voices sound identical

[@stonecold5373]

the story telling and action adventure in this series is second to none. I'll forever have these games.

[@justinwilson4349]

Uncharted drake's fortune is my second favorite next to uncharted 2 and I still think this game still holds up to this game and this is just me the first time I played this game the descendants scared the hell out of me also I don't know if the PS4 version has this but in one of the mission where the descendants are chasing you down the hallway the game will freeze for some reason and if you load the game back up it will continue where you left off at

[@Endgame_01]

I think the tv commercials of the Sony executive giving advice to a dude who was playing the game but his girlfriend thought it was a show sold me on this. I bought it shortly after that and immediately got every game in the series when they were released

[@sizar9003]

3:31 yellow light of death be like “allow me to introduce myself”

[@shauncollinson4393]

This title is offensive.😂 I love these games and I recently replayed through all 4 and I couldn't be happier, I genuinely think they have aged well and they hold up well.

[@Unquestionable]

I've been meaning to revisit these games eventually. I started with 2 after playing the open beta for the multiplayer and picked up the main game since I was having so much fun, ended up loving the single player and going back to the first title. Went through the third game on release day and while not as big a jump in quality as 1 to 2 was still tons of fun. Weirdly enough I have yet to play the 4th game, if only because my gaming time is so sporadic anymore.

[@Jaexvan]

Please play the 4th, it is really good and would be well worth your time!

[@minimobilereview6570]

you absolute legend I just went back to this on ps5 and am blown away by bluepoint games work subbed

[@AngelPerez-tu1nk]

I always felt a tinge of guilt for missing out on Uncharted. It might not be as over-the-top as the insaneness of the RPGs or Sonic, but it always caught my interest somewhat.

[@hwanniggles187]

Trust me, these games gets insane

[@NullifiedBreaker]

You guys remember his Justice league reviews

[@schemar17]

Classics

[@charmyzard]

The 18:12 3D caught me by surprise. Happy to see J is still evolving (much like ND did, actually.)

[@malhawkeye6427]

Eddy was my favorite character in Uncharted 1. He was the Sylvester or Tom to Drake’s Tweety/Jerry

[@Carls493]

12:14 - That's a Crash Bandicoot death if I ever saw one.

[@joefawley9264]

I think it holds up fine

[@nathanyoung4182]

Exactly, I went from shooting a gun in the new tomb raider games and going back to Uncharted 1 on PS5 the shooting felt much better and enemies actually react to your shots.

[@misbehaven1237]

Just wanna say you are looking good, my man!

[@nolans87]

This channel needs more love, great videos

[@purefoldnz3070]

that Jet ski mission still gives me ptsd.

[@joel9104]

First! SO HYPED FOR THIS THIS IS MY SECOND FAVOURITE GAME FRANCHISE

[@nicholaspeters9919]

12:15 That’s gotta be one Hell of a punch!

[@Jojo-nq3bp]

I'm grateful this didn't come in the modern era because uncharted 1 would have been cooked funny enough uncharted was one of the games that put the ps3 back on the map for people after the rocky launch

[@zzz43344]

True

[@markholle3450]

Uncharted 1's greatest accomplishment was hooking us on the characters. I wouldn't watch when my kids played so I could enjoy how it played out later. I still remember THAT day when they started screaming, yelling, and scared. I wondered what happened...

[@ryans413]

Who remembers the killer soundtrack when your in the fortress fighting the bad guys.

[@Makman1994]

Thanks so much for doing this marathon! Can't wait for you to cover the other Uncharted games. Are you going to make a video talking about both the Uncharted 2018 fan film and the Uncharted 2022 movie?

[@jamesward5363]

Uncharted is my favorite video game franchise of all time I can play any of these games and never get tired of it and it is also the single best third-person shooter and has the best controls of any game I've ever played

[@BasilVII]

I played uncharted 1 remastered lately and it didn't feel dated at all to me tbh

[@bananabike279]

Finally giving the "mature and realistic" games a try eh? Glad to hear you liked regardless of your earlier impressions! Although Naughty Dog went in a entirely different direction, you can still sense some Jak and Daxter-isms in the first Uncharted.

[@Dead_Hitori]

Just played all 4 uncharted recently and the first one was fine for me, only thing i complained about was how bs the enemies aiming was

[@adamthebarbarian]

Hey J's Reviews, can you do a Elder Scrolls Retrospective Series or a Fallout Retrospective some day?

[@weston407]

the bullet sponge enemies make me not want to ever play it again - 2 was awesome though

[@greasy8394]

Finally a game with soul....

[@michaelcastillo619]

I’ve been play these games for a long Time and only now have I found out about the square triangle square combo

[@CrustaceanQueer]

Every now and then I feel the urge to replay the Uncharted Games. Then I pop in the first one, and after the first few levels I turn off my PS4 and don't touch this series for another 2 year or so. I 100% share the gripes mentioned in this video with the game's platforming and riddles, but I'd also say the jank is overabundant in the shooting parts. For the amount of times the game asks of you to change position, with enemies circling you or just plain spawing in from some map entrance, Nate doesn't control nimble enough. I think it's in the 3rd chapter where you get an AK-47 for the first time, and I remember that even on my very first playthrough I thought the gun was absolutely terrible, not hitting enemies and dealing little damage while chewing through ammo like crazy. This just boils all shooting segments of the game for me down to: - Try the segment - Get blindsinded by some goon coming from the left while you keep the waves on the right at bay - Die - Rinse and repeat until you have memorized all the enemy spawns That's just frustrating game design, and coupled with the boring puzzles and unbelievably straightforward climbing segments makes for a complete bland game for me

[@Alph4Falc0]

Why am I just now getting the notification for this video, I have the bell on…strange

[@kyleolsen3305]

Drakes Fortune is nice and all but have you played Uncharted 2: Electric Bug-a-loo

[@rudrakpal_]

I'm happy this man has a great setup Edit: pls play re5, 6 and the revs

[@JeremiahDaniel1995]

The title of this video pretty much sums everything up to the core 💯 I don’t mind it it’s actually once u dig deeper into the game but the beginning is pretty slow at first it’s nothing but tutorial on how to play the game… As time went on the series improved a lot more. For PS3 standards I would say it was excellent for its time A scale from 1 to 10 I give it a nice 7.5 out of 10 idk maybe an 8 but the second Uncharted blew me away lol

[@ElectrikStatik900]

You can't imagine how happy I was when I saw this video lol

[@listofromantics]

The development for Uncharted: Drake's Fortune lasted from 2004 to 2007, while ND was also concurrently building the game engine (which is unheard of now). One of the main reasons for the heavy reliance on cover shooter mechanics in Drake's Fortune is because Gears of War for the 360 dropped in 2006, which made cover shooters a BIG deal in gaming. Also, according to Amy Hennig, the golden coffin is a "plague blanket" meant to infect the invading Spaniards, only the coffin never made it beyond the colony. The mutation that creates the Descendents (that killed the colony and later the Germans) was caused by a pathogen within the coffin, not "magic," which is why Roman is infected and mutated after opening the coffin and inhaling the dust from the corpse inside it. Everyone else is spared because Roman closes the coffin and no one else breathes in the corpse dust / pathogen. Further, Novarro had a strong suspicion about the pathogen and intended to sell it as a bioweapon.

[@Sub_3690]

This is an amazing game, I love the shooter parts of it, the story, the voice acting. A truly amazing game! (Just want to let you know that you are such an amazing KZbinr and your deserve 1 million subscribers!❤❤❤

[@pricewm3]

I can’t wait for all the other games 😭✨❤️ your retrospectives fucking rock man

[@dfchang813]

My main problem is after playing Nathan Drake collection on Brutal it’s hard for me to go back to playing it on any lesser difficulty but I also hate playing it on Brutal because it’s Brutal. Lol. 😅

[@mgrowy634]

I've yet to have any frame rate problems with any game ever. It's just one of those things people pick on just for the sake of having something to complain about.

[@bassettgames8076]

I have the platinum trophy for all uncharted games. Am I sick or what?

[@matthewbolitho-jones]

I like Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

[@Gr00t]

Thats fucking insane that we are the same amount of time away from Uncharted as it was from SMW. God how game design/graphics have stagnated.

[@EddiXP]

I disagree. It holds up surprisingly well for a 16 yr old game.. but it does need a new remaster or remake that's identical

[@FredsFeedandSeed]

Speaking of 7th gen games and how they aged Burnout Paradise to me is the gold standard of early 7th gen titles. That game looks good, is entirely open world, no loading times, and runs at 60fps during gameplay.

[@codex8678]

20:28 My guess is they were already 60 FPS but because of the system they dropped to 30 FPS because the same thing to do if Sonic Gen are the codes of the mods manager

[@Skylancer727]

I didn't play Uncharted when it first came out, I actually didn't play it till I got a PS4 in 2013-2014ish. I think that kinda let me less interested in it. It just felt to me like Mass Effect without the funny and unique RPG systems. It's not bad, but not very inspiring to me. I don't know, it likely is also carried by the fact I just don't care as much for entirely story driven games with no choice of my own. Honestly if Mass Effect didn't let me change so much in the story I doubt I'd like that game much either. The satisfaction of that game is seeing the fruits of your labor or watching how it impacts the full story. What other games let me choose to let a bandit bad talk me or I can push him out a window? Or I could talk to a news reporter as they twist anything I say or just punch them in the gut? Or save an entire species or gas light them while still calling myself a hero? Plus Uncharted's combat is about what Mass Effect would have if they removed the weapon selection and biotics, but biotics was one of the biggest selling points of the game. That each playthrough could be distinct and how unique each skill was. It really just feels like coming to Uncharted after Mass Effect really took a lot of the creativity away from it. I will say the original Mass Effect is definitely a janky mess today, but 2 and 3 also came out prior to me even owning Uncharted really coloring my views of it.

[@sleepyatdawn7648]

I play it frequently, still the best gunplay and weapons feel of the original trilogy. Enemies were not bullet sponges and aiming was tight, enemies also had a greater variety of animation. Hard disagree, I don't think it feels dated.

[@tivvy2vs21]

I wish I grabbed the ps4 trilogy when it was free, I guess I forgot

[@katakanatabro2048]

Age is something I disagree with. Design is design and age does not really change that. Perceptions change.

[@jeffreymarksworld534]

I wouldn't say it didn't age well. I would say the first one just isn't really good. The other 3 hold up real well in my opinion

[@nathanhan2037]

I like this new editing format and video style was great

[@DannyBenS94]

Uncharted 1 is fine to me. It is a bit too movie like when it comes to playing it, but I don't have a bad time when playing it. It's just not a game I come back to as much as other games.

[@jean-lucclark7598]

Sic Parvis Magna J!

[@AutomaticSnake]

To me games aging will never make any sense. It's the same game. When I played it 2007 I liked it but was disappointed how short it was and no MP. Played the remaster 2020 and it's the same charming game of 2007. I liked the shooting, maybe if it had MP and online coop adventure it would of been best UC.

[@extentnearby6139]

The first game does have some flaws but it's still great and it's still so entertaining and fun to play all these years later When I got the game as a part of the free collection during covid I couldn't stop playing until I beat it all in 1 sitting

[@NullifiedBreaker]

About time

[@TLD1357]

Relatable Review

[@Nicomanism]

Naughty Dog should've remade Golden Abyss . Thats a game thats stuck on the Vita, unfortunately.