Which uncharted is better

Drake's Deception, and its prominently featured desert setting, are heavily inspired by T. Lawrence, a. Lawrence of Arabia. The third Uncharted also contains some unforgettable action sequences, such navigating the inside of a sinking cruise ship or desperately clinging to a plane as it falls out of the sky over the Arabian Desert.

The biggest strength of Uncharted 4 is the depth at which it portrays its characters. The relationship between Nathan Drake and his wife Elena Fisher a decidedly not-so-perfect couple is noticeably more nuanced than it was in previous entries. A Thief's End succeeds where its predecessor fell short in creating truly open gameplay sections. This is due in large part thanks to the introduction of driving mechanics, which allow the player to explore large swaths of land, emphasizing Drake's role as an adventurer.

The driving mechanics also help the game have some of the best action sequences in the entire Uncharted series. A Thief's End brought a truly next-gen Uncharted onto the PlayStation 4, and was widely praised for its phenomenal animations and use of motion capture.

The aforementioned relationships truly blossom because of the game's detailed facial expressions and some sequences where the player unexpectedly switches roles , which help make Uncharted 4 the most emotionally-charged entry in the series. The Lost Legacy shares the refined gameplay of its predecessor, but delivers a more streamlined package. It may be blasphemy to criticize the beautiful ending of Nathan Drake's tale, but The Lost Legacy 's story meanders much less than that of A Thief's End.

The game is a bit shorter, which makes the entire experience more concise. The large, drivable areas are also much better than those in A Thief's End.

The narrative in The Lost Legacy is a breath of fresh air after four games of Nathan Drake somehow managing to not completely alienate all of his loved ones. The budding friendship between Chloe and Nadine is an absolute joy to experience and an indication of Uncharted 's bright future if it leaves the book closed on Nathan Drake's story and decides to change the protagonist again.

Uncharted 's second installment has yet to be surpassed. Among Thieves is an absolute masterclass in blending action-adventure gameplay and narrative. The game opens with a quote from legendary explorer Marco Polo, which reads, " I did not tell half of what I saw for I knew I would not be believed A bad Uncharted game is still an excellent game, but for me Uncharted 3 just failed to capture that swashbuckling magic that defines this series.

It felt stuck, and it felt, at times, like filler. And while the Atlantis of the Sands is certainly a thing, it felt like a odd attempt to toe the "lost city" line.

Does it always have to be a lost city? Uncharted: Drake's Fortune: I debated the bottom two of this list for a while, because there are a lot of things we need to forgive about the first entry in this particular series. Naughty Dog hadn't really figured the whole thing out yet, and neither the gunplay nor the navigation were quite there yet, and the pacing was all wrong.

But it had that kernel to it that would later grow into Uncharted 2, and for all its faults, I had a better time with this game than I did with Uncharted 3.

It was fun! It was flawed, but it was fun. Fun is important, and that's why I'm giving it no. Uncharted: Golden Abyss -- Some will be surprised to see a Vita port quite so high on this list.

Uncharted: Gold Abyss was meant to be a selling point for Sony's quixotic portable, showing us a future where we all played "console-quality whatever that means " games on the go, on the toilet, or on the couch when we didn't feel like turning on the console.

We all know how that panned out, but the Vita did leave us with this one. Golden Abyss was stacked with odd vita-specific features showcasing motion controls, a light sensitive camera, the touchscreen, and more, and that whole rigamarole could get pretty tiring. But at the heart of that game was Drake's purest adventure in the entire series.

There was none of his troubled relationship with Elena, none of the broader emotional arcs that define the main series, just a good old fashioned adventure. Golden Abyss told a self-contained, satisfying story, and for that I give it number 3. The Uncharted series is a love letter to 30's pulp adventure stories, and no game captured that better than Golden Abyss.

So when it comes to ranking the best Uncharted games, just which entry takes the top spot? With the release of Uncharted 4: A Theif's End wrapping Drake's series, we thought it'd be good to look back on the series and rank the best Uncharted games to the worst.

At the time, it looked incredible close up for a handheld and carefully recreated the hallmarks of the trilogy of Uncharted games that came before it. Unfortunately, some of the cinematic flair had to be mitigated to accommodate the jump to a handheld device - the story ultimately falls flat in spite of some fantastic set pieces.

It still feels very much like Uncharted, but it was always destined to sit in its shadow given the downgrade in scope.

It sure could have done without the middling touchscreen Vita gimmicks though! Whereas the later games can get away with the dedication to realism due to higher standards and improvements in systems and graphics technology, the first looks unappealing now, even in the remaster, and as a consequence it has failed to hold up as firmly as its sequels.

A DLC expansion to Uncharted 4 that is essentially a full-blown standalone game, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy was an ambitious step away from the established formula, swapping out Nate for his old flame Chloe Frazer, a deeply compelling protagonist who is accompanied by Nadine Ross and Sam Drake from the fourth instalment - each character played wonderfully by Claudia Black, Laura Bailey and Troy Baker respectively. The Lost Legacy is a bit too contained and similar to Uncharted 4 to stand out on its own against the mainline series, despite the gorgeous visuals, engaging combat and impeccably written quiplash between Chloe and Nadine as they warm to each other over the course of the game.

The fact that those memories are so dearly etched into our grey matter some eight years later is testament to the Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception legacy. The game received almost universal acclaim upon release, and without conjecture, it totally deserved it.