why people say that Uncharted's gameplay is bad?

It's not bad. It's just average, repetitive and overall bland. Middle of the road as can be when it comes to a TPS, but at least the games look great.

In that other thread? No.

Plenty of people said they thought ND was better and nobody cared.

You said this.

So don't try playing the victim here. Instead of running off at the mouth calling everyone else a fanboy it might do you some good to have a look in the mirror..

Here we go again ... so many awards and industry triumphs ...because was a movie .. ok whatever ! Its a TPS , but not the common action one , it blends things therefore more depth in gameplay than ...shoot , run , shoot only like action TPS. I didnt say is action/adventure. Whatever ok , you dont agree fine. You hate UC for a reason , we get it already !! Its your opinion.

The peoples praise the cutscenes of Uncharted not gameplay.

Halflife praised gameplay, proper man game.

Omfg the newcomers you are spoiled as ...uck!! Ok , if you dont see adventure elements in UC and above all you LAUGHING about it .... then gtfo ! i dont know what else to say !! If you dont go with the critics , the whole industry , hunderds of awards.. fine fine and fine .. !! I get it , another hater!

Of course i said what i said !! ND is far better than EAD overall , i would had gone with EAD if there were more games in there other than ZElda. End of story !!! And all you have to counter what i said was ... UC wasnt good !! Rofl you haters ... You talking about UC while there are other games up there you sheep!! You trying to lecture me now ? Try to face the facts instead.... Try to make a new IP ( nintendo ) and do what UC and TLOU did in a single gen then we talk who is better. Are you old enough ? Do you remember what Crash Bandicoots impact was back then sheep ? Do you remember how good Jak was ? But but .. UC is not good ...the the gameplay ... so EAD is better ... Rofl you sheeps !!

To many sheeps today !! Im out !!!! I cant win vs fanboys nor haters !! I accept defeat my system warriors !! You win!

Nobody is siding with you even remotely. you know thats usually a sign that YOU are the problem right?

It is an Action Adventure Third Person shooter.... with an incredible enphasis on the TPS element. its that simple.

But, lets back up the topic abit you seem to ignore the elephant in the room that is TOMB RAIDER. a game that did everything Uncharted did but better, more variation, more adventuring, more platforming/custimization/puzzles ect ect. the only area it didn't absolutely curb stomp uncharted in... was... GRAPHICS!

Just fess up, you console games are often the biggest shallow graphic whores in the industry

@ReadingRainbow4 said:

mems_1224 the thread.

That's him in every thread.

I've only played UC2 and I agree with a lot of the criticism concerning the gunplay and platforming. Good thing I only paid $7 for the game.

@AzatiS

You guys really need to play more games then you'l see how unreliable critics are, even as a simple guide they can and occasionally are be catostrophically wrong....

You deserve better. But if forming your own oppinion sounds like too much work then I totally understand....

I've been on these forums since 2009 and the only time I bring up GOTY's and Metacritcs and Ratings and Sales is merely to mock them, I always use Skyrim and Bioshock Infinite and CoD as my go to "mocking games" its usually fun for me but sometimes empathy makes me feel bad and I try to get people play what they want not what somebody else thinks is good.

The gameplay isn't bad, but its not what carries the games.

Its clear the uncharted gamers are built around story and presentation, with gameplay an afterthought. Uncharted 3 at launch is evidence of this. Whereas other franchises attract gamers and keep them hooked through tight gameplay (Halo, Gears etc) Uncharted uses pretty cutscenes and extravagant set-pieces.

Doesn't make the games bad, but cows should stop trying to make them something they're not.

Uncharted has MUCH better gunplay than HL.

You think im looking for someone to side with me ? What is this ? Facebook ? When sheeps are here to call UC average ,crap gameplay, cinematic only experience to justify their VOTE to EAD while bypassing FACTS !! I dont need persons like that to side with me !! Rofl ... The elephant is TR /facepalm !!! Whatever , i said i accept defeat , what else you want me to say!! ...... Im out , have fun!

My friend, running round with a Call Of Duty avatar attempting to educate a hardcore pc hardcore pc gamer, gaming long, long before the young peoples played Uncharted. Movie games. Waste of time. Halflife proper game for man.

looool .... your trolling is top notch , you gently trolling me wont work ... Im my own critic .. I dont like SMG !! What does that mean , that because i dont like it i cant see games values and call it average ... Hell NO !! Its a solid platformer , it just not for me !! Period !! That makes me a good critic ... Calling something that isnt for me but on its own genre being one of the top ...average !! Well thats a bad critic BUT its an opinion i can deal with since...its your opinion and nothing more. Now i dont have anything else to say i guess. Seems you are too obsessed with UC being crappy and that wont change so... nothing more to say i guess.

@AzatiS

Before you ride your high horse, Mr. Critic... I never said Uncharted was crappy, I said its gameplay was Average, or slightly above average at best.

Yes its an oppinion... Its the right oppinion.

Lol, at least in Uncharted you can skip the cutscenes. Half Life has what are basically ingame cutscenes which you can't skip. HL ai is notoriously horrid. Uncharted has ai thats is better than Fear imo.

Oh , lets see your trollish statement now... High horse , Mr.Critic ... I said gameplay was average , hmmm ok !!!

@AzatiS:

Bro, I could read from a pile of random fortune cookies and it would still make for better arguments than what you're presenting here.

In other words, great job.

@AzatiS

Its just a game.... I ts not worth torching your reputation over....

Dont keep crying , feels .. weird !! Stop it , let it go already !! hahaha ... I dont agree with your opinion !! Your trolling is getting too obvious for a newbie around here! Im here for ages , in order to get into me you need to try waaaay harder !! lol... ill say you are about 6/10 though. Good , gently trolling in your posts to justify your claims but ... that wont work with me , sorry !

In answer to TC's question.

The people who flat-out call the gameplay "bad" tend to be fanboys who instinctively hate on any high-rated exclusive that's not on their platform. That's just how it goes on SW. Same reason why cows call Halo and Gears "lame bro shooters".

However, the more honest detractors of the series feel that for all the AAA scores it got across the board, it didn't stand out enough or played it too safe, gameplay-wise. Now granted combining a solid TPS mechanic with platforming helped a bit, but to them it wasn't quite enough to justify all the praise.

LMAO

Oh no , the mad boy is back !! Ty !! But you are better !

@AzatiS

LOL. Wow, okay....

Furious is more like it. I flipped 10 tables over just trying to type this.

Dude I'm way too toasted right now to be upset about some average TPS games lol

probably because the game kinda stayed the same over it's three installments

To be fair, there are few major AAA series that change all that much from sequel to sequel nowadays.

Loved the game, got bored with the system they have to move gameplay along though. Rinse and repeat (enemies rush in, kill them all, go through to next section, enemies comes in, platform, qte, enemies etc). How many men does the bad guy have to throw at you? and after you've killed a million, you would think he would bomb you or something. Then there's the times where you get caught and never one shotted in the head, even after you single handedly killed all his army. Funny how he never realizes how dangerous you are and to just take no chances to just kill you right there. After three games, I got bored with the stupidity.

I dont know but hey its their opinion.I think the gameplay fine.It mixes gameplay and presentation nicely.

I wouldn't say it's terrible... it's just heavily scripted and fairly short, with no real reason to pick it up again after your 8-10 hours are up. It's about as "on rails" that a game can be without actually moving you around the set pieces itself. The shooting mechanics are adequate but nothing exceptional, and I have about 50 games trying to get me to shoot my way through the entire thing already that all feel about the same.

That said, they can provide a flashy and fun evening. Maybe two! But that just isn't the kind of game I buy, let alone for $60.

Because the combat is boring chest-high-wall whack a mole mediocrity and the "platforming" is boring, braindead "hold in this direction and it all happens for you" garbage.

Vanquish, RE4, Binary Domain, RE5. All of these have much more addicting, fun, fast paced gameplay than Uncharted.

RE4, a 10 year old game is still has way better gameplay than any Uncharted game. It also doesn't suck as to replay like every Uncharted game. Granted RE4 is one of the best games ever and Uncharted isn't but yeah. That's what good gameplay looks like in a TPS.

I know but that's what it is. It's like gears of war. First game oh man this is awesome by game 3 you are like ok been there done that.

Uncharted 2 has same metacritic score as RE 4. Hows about we compare metacritics of both franchises?

Both may be tps but they are very different types of games. Some may prefer fighting enemies that arent zombies, enemies who actually take cover and shoot at you, flank and flush you with nades.

They aren't bad games. But they aren't decidedly good either.

You are stroooong!!!

Thanks, my mommy always told me the same thing...

Mom?

Just rofl .. RE4 and RE5 gameplay better than UC ... you are out of your freaking mind!! lol ... Anyways ok!!!

Did she ? Oh , nice of her !

Both have much tighter pacing and more interesting combat, having much more responsive controls, and neither one emphasizes you using a cover system. They're both far more fun to play than any Uncharted. Either way I proved you wrong by mentioning several games.

Ok !! ....

Yes, Uncharted 2 and 3 were brilliant. But the "cinematics" alone aren't enough anymore. Not with where open world games have been going (since some of those are starting to get some pretty sweet cinematic and stories as well).

It doesn't need to be 100% open world or sandbox style mission structure, but it would be nice to be able to explore or backtrack whenever you feel like it - maybe throw in some optional side quests. I believe the last Tomb Raider game had alot of this and that was on a last gen console - no excuse for Uncharted 4 to just follow the formula but with prettier graphics. That would be highly disappointing.

I never thought I'd even witness this argument... kind of figured that RE4 and 5 stomping the UC series into the ground was common knowledge.

Stop the lies, and face the truth. The game is not that impressive.

I wouldn't go as far as calling it bad, but the series itself does have some flaws.

Unlike the deluded cows on these forums, one can only understand that.

It's not terrible, but it's not good. The gunplay isn't fun, the cover shooting is repetitive, each of the games falls into a bad habit of throwing waves and waves of enemies out at you towards the end to artificially lengthen the game. The Uncharted games are at their best during setpiece action sequences, which should tell you something about the real core of the game.

Uncharted's gameplay isn't bad, but it also isn't anything special.

Puzzles are mediocre at best, platforming is pretty basic (never been a fan of how the characters seems like they are gliding around on the ground), enemies pretty much absorb bullets, and I've never liked how any of the guns feel aside from pistols.

The best thing about UC though (or just UC2) is that it has pretty good pacing, most segments of gameplay don't last for too long and transition smoothly from one to another. Not to mention the high production values and largely entertaining characters.