You wonвЂ™t know whatвЂ™s coming (and occasionally youвЂ™re expected to run into the camera, Sonic Adventure style) so unless youвЂ™ve managed to perfect predicting the minds of game developers or have the reactions of a ninja youвЂ™ll fall, stumble or miss your cue and then itвЂ™s a section restart made only slightly less frustrating by the fact that game doesnвЂ™t have to load anything before putting you back in the action. The first time, however, itвЂ™s a different story. Right from the off, in a level chronologically stolen from the gameвЂ™s midpoint but used as a gentle introduction to two of the gameвЂ™s control sets вЂ“ climbing and gunplay вЂ“ Drake seems to manage to get himself into one ridiculous situation after another, and on your second play through, when youвЂ™re really good at the game and know whatвЂ™s coming next Uncharted 2 does look like it does in the adverts вЂ“ the gun toting, wisecracking lovechild of Indiana Jones and Lara Croft certainly has some moves. The television commercials would have you believe that Nathan DrakeвЂ™s latest adventure is a non-stop roller-coaster ride of set piece after set piece set in stunning locations with the finest graphics ever to grace a console, and to some degree theyвЂ™re probably right.

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