Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Publisher: SCEA

Developer: Naughty Dog

Category: Action

Release Dates

N Amer - 11/19/2007

Official Game Website

GameZone's Review

9.0
GZ Rating

Gameplay	9
Graphics	9
Sound	9.5
Difficulty	Medium
Concept	9
Overall	9.0

Reviewer: Eduardo Zacarias

Review Date: 11/26/2007

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is the reason you should own a PlayStation 3 and one of the most gratifying gaming experiences you’ll play on Sony’s console

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Avg. Web Rating

8.8

GameZone's Preview

Steven Hopper - 09/17/2007

Naughty Dog’s first PS3 game is looking to start an action-pack, treasure hunting franchise.

Steven Hopper - 05/17/2007

Uncharted is a 3rd person action game that draws inspiration from several sources, with some notable comparisons to Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider, and maybe a little Far Cry

Interviews

GZInterview: Fortune Telling: Naughty Dog’s Amy Hennig discusses Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
“The power of the PS3 hardware really opened up new possibilities to create a realistic world and believable human characters, so we wanted to explore that.”

News

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SCEA announced today the immediate North American availability

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Description

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is the first game in a new fast-paced action-adventure franchise developed exclusively for the PS3

Taking full advantage of the power of PS3, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is developed using proprietary technology that promises to impress players with incredibly realistic characters and lifelike environments. Building on its legacy of extraordinary storytelling, Naughty Dog has created an elaborate plot that will have players guessing at every turn.

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, brings players into a world ripe with realism and unexpected juxtapositions. A fallible hero akin to those depicted in pulp-adventure genre films, Nathan Drake brings a humanity and believability never seen before in video gaming, enabled entirely through PS3 technology advancements.

Features

Using maps and ancient artifacts, uncover clues and unravel mysteries to find a forgotten island and a treasure that was thought to have never existed
Explore exotic locations. Traverse through living jungles and spectacular 400-year-old ruins.
Drake’s companions and allies play an important role in the adventure through cooperative mechanics, gun play and exploration.
Experience fast-paced gunplay: use a variety of environmental elements for cover, shoot enemies off of moving vehicles in high speed chases and more.
Use an array of hand-to-hand fighting moves to put your enemy off balance. Anything from wild haymaker punches to running drop-kicks.
Naughty Dog's advanced animation techniques allow Nathan to switch seamlessly between movements and achieve a whole new level of believability in gameplay. Nathan can reload his weapon while dodging bullets and find cover behind a wall, all in one smooth natural motion.
Characters express lifelike emotion using gesture and facial expression through the use of Naughty Dog’s proprietary Wrinkle Mapping Facial Animation system.
High-definition range lighting delivers full floating point color calculations yielding an unequaled level of realism and detail.
Hyper realistic water through physics based Wave Simulation paired with cutting edge Refraction/Reflection rendering techniques.
Utilizing next generation rendering techniques such as Bump Mapping, Parallax Mapping, Blend Shaders, Global Illumination, Runtime Shadows and Real Time Shadows, Naughty Dog has created a vibrant living environment.