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Here are the top 5 moments we've had in Uncharted!
#5 - Nepal
In Uncharted 2, in the first third of the game, you find yourself in Nepal with Chloe. This whole section of the game is one of the best, but the helicopter scene in particular stands out, and takes you over many rooftops and through a collapsing building to escape and eventually destroy your pursuing aircraft, and is easily one of the most tense and cintematic moments in the game.
#4 - Descendants!
In the first Uncharted game, towards the last part, you enter the facility and encounter a new type of enemy, giving the gameplay a fresh tweak and making it something more in the survival horror direction. The Descendants are zombie-like creatures who will pursue you relentlessly, and adds a fresh, nice, and unexpected twist for the game. I, for one, would be all for zombie DLC for Uncharted 3, anyone else?
#3 - The Ship
Uncharted 3 has many awesome set pieces. The chase in Syria. The burning Chateau. Wandering lonely in the desert, near death, looking for anything. Catching a plane, literally. But one segment towards the middle of the game stands out, it pits you on a ship against a secondary antagonist and at first, you venture into the ship, then one thing leads to another and you're trying to escape the ship, and during the whole time the storm and waves affect your movement and aiming ability, the whole segment just rocks, and even though it was shown and we were expecting it before release, it was still really awesome.
#2 - The Burning Chateau
I've played a lot of games, but no game has captured such tensity as the burning chateau segment in Uncharted 3, it had things constantly catching fire, burning, falling, blocking your path, and making you feel like this building is collapsing around you, the narrow escape attempts, and near-death scares were amazing, and the gorgeous graphics and realistic building destruction was the icing on the cake, truly one of the tensest moments in gaming history, even though we knew the outcome.
#1 - Train Segment
Uncharted 2 features one standout moment in particular. The moving train section. Every part of this segment screams amazing, the environment moves past you as quickly as as you're moving, you make your way towards the front of the train, but there's plenty opposition between you and them, and the game runs it all flawlessly, it takes you from a lush jungle setting up to a snowy mountain with no framerate hitches and even pits you against a helicopter, truly showcasing what the PS3 can do.
The Uncharted series is notable for its cinematic moments, and if I didn't list your favorite up here, or I got the order wrong in your opinion, let me know in the comments! Thanks for reading!
Maybe it's all worth it, maybe it's not. But why should I keep going on? What's stopping me from saying fuck it all and ending it? Fear? Love? Both? I don't know. I think everyone's felt like this before. The irony is I don't feel like that right now, I'm typing a fucking letter that may or may not see the light of day, just to kill time.
Back to my original point - what keeps us moving forward? As I sit here in a well-lit room at 20 'till midnight with rock music blasting angsty lyrics describing the feelings I'm trying to convey here, I often wonder that. What keeps us moving forward, when there's nothing left? Hope? Faith? Fear of dying? Fear of an afterlife, or worse, none? I have no idea.
It's something worth contemplating though, and if you want to see it first hand just take a look at any homeless person, or a suicide forum. You'll see what I mean.
What's the will to live, when you want to die?
I may never know.
To anyone who reads this, I am truly sorry in the inconsistent updates I have been giving this blog. I apologize. But, instead of giving a lengthy apology, I fully plan to get back into the news writing mood so, thank you for bearing with me.
Here I will single-handedly report the craziest, stupidest, most insane rumors. Who knows, they might be true.
I apologize to everyone for the severe lack of posts, my computer got a horrid virus around New Years, and I've had to re-install windows, download everything all over again, and all that jazz.
Just know, I've got more stuff coming. I'll round off my Underdog Game Of The Year, quickly do a follow-up for my 2010 GOTY, and we'll get right back to the gaming reviews, news, etc
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Here at Passion For Games, I like to mix it up, so I'm going to be doing an 'Underdog Game Of The Year 2010'. Basically, this list will be made up of games that didn't sell well, that didn't get the best review scores, or otherwise didn't compete with the 'big boys' (which is a VERY subjective and opinionated term, I use it lightly because all the games I list here I think are great) but are still great games and deserve recognition as such. So, who's up? Here are the 10 contenders for UGOTY (See what I did there?)
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Call Of Duty: Black Ops is the latest, and fourth game in the series by Treyarch, the developers of 'Call Of Duty 3' and 'World At War'
Ah, Call Of Duty. Loved by many, hated by many. My stance on it is somewhat neutral. I loved Call Of Duty 4, World At War was good for one thing: zombies, didn't really like Modern Warfare 2 much, and now Black Ops is upon us. So, is Treyarch still that 'other' Call Of Duty developer? Or have they stepped up their game to full on compete with Infinity Ward
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The latest entry in the stealth action series, 'Assassin's Creed'
It's 2010, and we're seeing the third entry of the Assassin's Creed series, though it isn't titled so. Instead of being called Assassin's Creed 3 (which Ubisoft has stated they chose not to, because "when people see 3, they'll expect a new setting and a new character") it's got 'Brotherhood' at the end of it, which is fitting. It is a direct sequel to Assassin's Creed 2, which, while I didn't beat, I enjoyed playing. We still play as Ezio and Desmond, but that's by no means a bad thing. So, does Brotherhood factor in as a solid entry in the series
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Undead Nightmare is the latest (and best, so far) DLC for the hit game 'Red Dead Redemption'
Red Dead Redemption has had two great DLC's already, (Legends & Killers, and Liars & Cheats, respectively) but this marks the first time we've gotten some additions to the single player campaign AND multiplayer at the same time. When Rockstar said this was the biggest and best DLC for Red Dead, they weren't lying. Let's have a look
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The latest and last Halo from Bungie.
Reach has finally released, and it had a lot of expectations riding along with it. As Bungie's last Halo game, they wanted to go out with a bang I'm sure. So, does this final installment of the Halo series take us back before the beginning in an epic tale of "what led up to all this?" Or does it fall flat with the consistently high expectation mark? Let's find out
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