The Game which made me feel I made the right choice of PS3 over Xbox360. Probably the best game I've played on the PS3!
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is Naughty Dog's sequel to their third-person action/adventure Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Having played both UC1 and UC2 in 2012, I found the games looked as good as those released recently. UC1 was an amazing game on its own, with a few drawbacks. Drawbacks with UC2 has totally made right. UC1 mostly involved you running around in the jungle/forest area, something UC2 has fixed. UC2 has everything in it. From icy mountains, to dense jungles, from streets to jumping rooftops. The game is brilliant. The platforming sequences are brilliant, with UC2 again having a better feel than UC1, which was already great.
Another good aspect of the game is how the characters interact with each other. They build a story around themselves. The voice acting is brilliant, the cut scenes are great. It gives the game a Hollywood feel. Like a story in motion.
The gameplay in Uncharted is very solid, and if you played the first game then it will feel very familiar to you, but it's also easy to pick up and play for someone who didn't play the first Uncharted. There is a heavy platforming element throughout the game, whether it be climbing up the side of a dangling train, cliffs, hills, buildings, street signs; just about anything Nate can grab on to. There is also a cover system in the game which, for the most part, works very well. Although the gameplay is very solid, it isn't perfect. The cover system can occasionally be clunky in tight areas, and the guns don't pack as much punch as they feel like they should. But these complaints are so minor that they barely do anything to detract from what an amazing experience Uncharted 2 really is.
Something I mentioned before that I'd like to go into more detail is the graphics. The attention to detail in Naughty Dog's gem is astounding (for a game released in 2009). Whether it be one of the best snow effects I've ever seen in a game, or something so small and subtle, like Drake's hair moving in the wind at the top of a building in Nepal. The graphics shine throughout the game from the lush, tropical jungle settings, to a Nepalese city, to snow covered mountains, and the set pieces. Naughty Dog has done an absolutely incredible job crafting these events with meticulous detail to create some of the best scripted events in gaming (for people who have played the game, all I have to do is say "train sequence.") So Uncharted 2's single player campaign is easily one of the best in its category.
Overall, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is an extraordinary benchmark for video games in its category. The attention to detail, script, voice acting, and story telling, combined with solid gameplay, amazing graphics, make this game one of the best Action games, probably ever made. And it definitely deserves a 9.5 rating!