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Uncharted: Drake's Engine is what would come out of a love affair between Lara Croft from Tomb Raider and that muscled dude (who cares what his name is) from Gears of War. It's perhaps a bit easy to call Uncharted a combination of these two games, and it's certainly more than that, but the game doesn't make a secret of its inspirations. Thankfully, it only steals from the best, and therefor, Uncharted is one hell of a ride, although a short one.
The game receives its own face through the main character, Nate, whom at first seems a little bland, but in the following hours, through impressive voice acting, becomes your everyday guy who you really want to help out with. And he needs all the help he can get: he's on an island looking for a long lost treasure by his great grandfather, only there are others looking for it as well...
In the game, you either jump from place to place or you're hiding behind rocks while shooting down bad guys. The fact that this rarely bores means that the two gameplay styles are perfectly used next to each other. There are some niggles. For example; some platforms and vines you can climb on, others not, but you never really see the difference between them.
It's only a small problem, because most of the game you'll be enjoying yourself too much to care for such things. The game is a bit short, but I'd rather play a short but spectacular game instead of a long boring one. I'm sure you'll agree. For me Uncharted was one of the highlights of 2007 and one of the first reasons to be proud of my PlayStation 3.
9/10
