Did you find Uncharted 3 disappointing/severely flawed?

@TREAL_Since:

I know gaming is diverse, but these big budget one playthrough games don't help,

the staggering amount these games are become linear and by the numbers is upsetting.....

which actually makes me not hyped for uncharted 4 now, its more or less going to be a tech demo,

I don't care for set pieces if its the only way to get through a level

It was ok but after a while i really had to force myself to go back to it, still havn't finished it.

The story felt forced, as though the writers were under a whip to produce a story, and that story was loaded with filler as a result.

@anybodykilla15: Yeah, I feel you. I enjoy games like Uncharted and Beyond, as well as games with no cutscenes like Gone Home and Dota. I think if you're looking for a legendary single player only experience with Uncharted 3, you'll probably be disappointed :P. The game was divided into 50% single player, 50% multiplayer, which seems to take away development time from creating new gameplay and story devices that intrigue single player only gamers.

If you look at gaming history, though, there are always trends. There was the contra trend, the beat 'em up trend, the platformer trend, and now the movie experience trend. The shooter trend has always been around, it's just mostly first person now. Developers succumb to an industry success pattern. That said, I really don't feel like cutscenes are taking over the industry. I truly feel there's room for all of them. Everything doesn' have to be open ended IMO.

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What I'm actually afraid of, are developers not advancing AI and physics in single player games, instead they may focus on using the extra ram for shiny graphics and explosions. There's an opportunity this gen to have AI and physics shine like never before. If what we are doing in blockbuster titles is combating enemies, then those enemies should be varied and highly intelligent. A linear game with extremely intelligent, varied enemies would be great, you wouldn't have to focus on processing more open world assets.

Another thing that I'm weary of, are combat heavy games! I can't stress this enough. There's so much potential in gaming, more than any other medium. It's an all encompassing medium. Killing should NOT be the only way to progress or succeed in a blockbuster game. But that has more to do with the desires of society, unfortunately. There are some amazing non combat games out there though, but we're talking about blockbuster titles :).

Its actually my favorite out of the three. Even though I haven't played the first one.

It was a great game. I found the online co op to be the best i have played. SP was nice but not at UC2 level. MP was casual fun like UC2.

Story wise U3 was immediately forgettable. The End was diabolical and last boss a joke. In fact I remember very little about it, but the gameplay was as solid as ever. Still managed a 92 on metacritic despite it's flaws. It is my least favourite game in the trilogy by a long way yet I still enjoy playing it.

That was the stupidest youtube video I've ever seen, and people like that person should never ever critique video games specially when you compare Half Life 2 to Uncharted 3, then saying Jak and Dexter had better writing/story than Uncharted 3? (not saying it had amazing writing), even as a Jak fan myself the story in those games was kinda meh and Jak 1 had a horrible story.

People need to keep their **** opinions to themselves and not blast the internet with their stupidity.

I thought it was totally awesome , played it in 3D on a Sony 3D HMZ which was an incredible experience .

Best last gen 3D game by far .

The pirate graveyard is where the game got fun. Everything before that was so boring with a lot of forced walking around.

UC3=UC2>UC1>UC:GA

POORLY PACED,marlow and talbot are unique personalities but aren that interesting or worth remembering. It's a massssive shadow compared to what UC2 was.That said,i LOVED the boat chapters and falling down to desert

I didnt. In fact I actually thought it was the best Uncharted game. Less shooting, more puzzles (and some clever ones contrary to the basic U1,2 puzzles).

The arabic feeling like its soundtrack, desert, etc, made it feel more like The Mummy wich was a plus for me aswell and the story, though kinda copy-pasted from U2, it was done better.

It wasnt that big of a leap from U2 but imho it was still a more improved better game overall

Now bring Uncharted 4

This, U3 was better than 2 for me

UC3 single player was a letdown.

Yep, very disappointed. It felt unfocused and unfinished with way too much emphasis on its set pieces. It kind of went overboard on them

Not only that but the characters (as bad as they normally are) were pretty crappy in U3

I find uncharted games very boring and generic they don't bring anything new to the table.

Yes I find Uncharted 3 very flawed, but it's still one of the very best games this gen. The story started off very well, but at the end of the Syria chapter it started to go down hill and make no sense what so ever. And it was also heavily downgraded compared to Uncharted 2, content wise. But the graphics, the gameplay and the set pieces were fun and kept me playing for hours.

Still looks amazing

I beated it zero times... Im gonna get called a dirty lem for this, but I didnt think Uncharted 2 was all that special. I actually enjoyed Uncharted 1 more. @Blabadon

I enjoyed UC3 but the story and pacing felt a bit off. If anything I was slightly disappointed because I expected another leap forward like ND made from UC1 to UC2. But instead they took tiny steps forward in some areas and big steps backwards in other areas.

Only two flaws:

1- I think ND showed way too much of the game in their trailers and gameplay vids, etc. But then again, thats probably my fault too for watching everything.

2. The disapperance of the character Cutter. But then we found out that it was becuz the voice actor for it had to leave to do a movie. So its not their fault, and they did their best to roll with it.

3. Not enough Cloe.

Other than that everything was great, and I love the multiplayer.

My main problem with Uncharted 2 and 3 are the final boss fights, Tthey seem so half baked compared to the rest of the game. It was still a great game i just felt it was to much about Sully and it wasn't even Elena or Chloe.

I loved the kid-Drake part. Didn't expect it AT ALL.

Nah, i didnt like it. WAY to much hand holding.

I might try to replay it in the future, it just didn't grab my attention. UC2 didnt either.

Certainly not severely flawed. Just because it wasn't quite as good as one of the best games of this generation doesn't mean it was a bad game or something Blab. The only real gameplay issue was their nonsensical change to how aiming worked, and they just patched in the option for UC2's aiming later anyways. The writing was the real weak point, the narrative didn't flow nearly as well as it did in 2, especially the incredibly out of place pirate section.

I found uncharted 3 to be quite good. I'm not one to look too deeply into the experience. But I do have my complaints. Marlow was a weak villain, the story was a bit all over the place, things aren't explained as well as two and some other minor things.

But wasn't UC3 made by naughty dogs B team? Does that hold any Implication that's why it was not as good as 2?

Regardless I still had an absolute blast with the game. It did feel like a rehash of 2 but it was still fun nonetheless.

well, UC2 already maxed out the system, all they could do was improve the formula a little. They still came up with some absolutely amazing set-pieces and gameplay situations on UC3 like the Cruise Ship on the Ship Graveyard Chapter with the crazy physics and stealth mixed with the swimming mechanic.

But UC1 suffered from massive screen tear, the game had no diversity on the environment or shooting situations. And not to mention that the level design was nearly as archaic as one of those old Star Wars games on the PS1. UC1 was ridiculously outdated in all levels, so there was lots of room for improvements unlike UC2.

There are tons of problems with the game, but I'll try to list a few.

Puzzles are clumped together rather than spread out to balance the action. You spend a lot of time in this game by yourself and when buddies tag along its not funny or interesting. The 15min walk in the desert could have been done in 5 minutes. The change to melee system results in mini boss punch outs which are comical when they should not be. In fact there are only like 3 fight areas which don't justify the change in melee system that was FINE in UC2. Stealth is undernourished. The set pieces are boring (aside from the ship). When the sandstorm moves in, you deal with eagle-eye snipers from rubble and even rocket launcher guys. This is compared UC2 which used the snowstorm to facilitate stealth. The story goes nowhere and the baddies are small players who barely show themselves in the second half. The major reveal for Nate is pushed to the background for the remainder of the game. Chloe is barely in the game and is dumped after a few missions, she featured in some of the best bits in UC2. Elena is wasted beyond belief as you push jeeps around an airport. When you get the horse and ride down the canyon, you can just hold forward and it will auto-steer you through the whole sequence.

Lots of other problems, it's not even in the same league as UC2 and nowhere near as fun or adventurous as UC1.

I kind of look at it the same way as Metal Gear Solid 4. Not the best in the series, in fact a tad bit short of the standards set by previous titles, but certainly a great game either way. Or better yet to paraphrase Sheldon Cooper, 'it's an Uncharted game. You know, it’s like pizza or particle accelerators, even the stinky one’s still pretty good.'

Uncharted 3 was my most dissapointing game of 2011. Hardly reaches the superb story telling, well rounded characters, and memorable gameplay sections of Uncharted 2.

Game was a disappointment, but at the same time it wasn't the most offensive follow up either. Wasn't even the worst Uncharted game(that one goes to the original) to be quite honest.

No but I thought the second one was better, as I preferred the story and cast of the second game!

I liked it, but some parts were crappy like the ship graveyard. The cargo plane sequence was the greatest moment from any of the uncharted games.

Uncharted gets graded according to 3 standards, as a playstation exclusive and against one of the most highly praised games of the gen (UC2 ) and as a Naughty Dog game.

It is not that the games is really that bad it's just that it gets graded on a higher standard than games by lesser developers on systems that have lesser quality titles.

If UC3 was made on xbox360 by any of the developers under MS and exactly the same game as it is on PS3, it would have been the game that finally delivered the xbox360 an AAAAE title.