Student Life October 2019

GAMING
CO-EDITOR LOUISE DICKMAN
UNCHARTED 4
REVIEW (PS4)
BY LOUISE DICKMAN
It has been over 3 years since Uncharted
4 was released… is it still worth it?
Absolutely! If you haven’t played it yet,
it is a must, especially if you are a fan of
action-adventure games and have played
the 3 previous games (all remastered for
PS4 too!). Uncharted 4 is full of smooth
combat, sleek parkour, amazing graphics
and plenty of puzzles.
Nathan Drake returns to us for a final,
unforgettable treasure hunt. It is an
exciting and funny, yet emotional at
times, game, due to its ever fantastic
story line which is always present in
the Uncharted series. While Nathan
is trying to live a normal, retired from
treasure hunting, life with wife, Elena
Fisher, his presumed-dead brother, Sam,
finds Nathan. Sam presents him with a
proposition of returning to his old life
that he finds difficult to refuse.
As I mentioned earlier, Uncharted
4 is incredibly slick and polished.
Including the climbing, the new use
of the grappling hook to swing on
and off cliffsides and the sliding down
steep paths of gravel which is totally
unrealistic but very fun too. Naughty
Dog definitely expanded the terrain,
making the game much more explorable
compared to its predecessors. But, it’s
not anywhere near open world and
there aren’t huge benefits to exploring
everything apart from the occasional
collectible treasure or alternative route
to the next destination.
15 • GAMING • STUDENT LIFE