Developer : Naughty Dog
Release date : November 2007
Synopsis :
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is an action-adventure video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the first game in the Uncharted series, and was released in November 2007 for PlayStation 3. The single-player story follows Nathan Drake, the supposed descendant of the explorer Sir Francis Drake, as he seeks the lost treasure of El Dorado, with the help of journalist Elena Fisher and mentor Victor Sullivan. The game’s world is navigated on foot, and players are required to use Drake’s platforming abilities to progress the story, which also features puzzle sequences, while many parts of the game involve shooting and combat gameplay. It is played through a third-person perspective. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune also contain a rewards system for completing certain objectives. The development of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune began in 2005, and saw Naughty Dog altering their approach to development, as they sought to create a humanized video game that was distinct from their other entries. It was subsequently delayed numerous times through its development, as the team regularly updated or wholly changed various aspects related to the story, coding, and the game’s design. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is notable for being one of the first video games to feature force feedback vibration, and the development team found influence for many of the game’s aesthetic elements from film, pulp magazines, and movie serials. Extensively marketed as a PlayStation exclusive, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune received generally favorable reviews from game critics upon release, with praise directed toward its visuals, characters, musical score, animation, story, and voice acting; some were critical of graphical issues, the game’s length, vehicle sections, and marked difficulty.[6] The game went on to sell one million copies after its first ten weeks of release, and helped propel Naughty Dog to the forefront as a video game developer. It was followed by a sequel titled Uncharted 2: Among Thieves in 2009, and was re-released on PlayStation 4 as part of Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection. As the game opens, treasure hunter Nathan “Nate” Drake, accompanied by reporter Elena Fisher, recovers the coffin of his self proclaimed ancestor Sir Francis Drake, which he located from coordinates inscribed on a family heirloom: a ring Nate wears around his neck. The coffin contains Sir Francis Drake’s diary, which gives the location of El Dorado. Pirates attack and destroy Nate’s boat, but Nate’s friend and mentor Victor Sullivan rescues the two. When Sully and Nate follow the diary to the indicated spot, they learn that El Dorado is a large golden idol rather than a city that the Spanish had tried to remove from the island centuries ago. After finding a U-boat, mercenaries led by criminal Gabriel Roman and his lieutenant Atoq Navarro intercept Nate and Sully. Sully is shot in the chest, but Nate manages to escape to an island where Sir Francis Drake’s diary claims the idol is located. On the way to the island, anti-aircraft fire forces Elena and Nate to bail out of the airplane and they are separated. After retrieving supplies from Sully’s destroyed plane, Nate heads toward an old Spanish fort to find Elena. Briefly captured by pirates led by old associate Eddy Raja, Elena breaks Nate free and they flee to the old customs house on the island. After finding old records showing the statue was moved further inland, they find that Sully has survived his gunshot wound.[11] Nate discovers that the idol is located near the customs house, and finds and rescues Sully, who survived being shot by Roman due to Drake’s old diary blocking the bullet. Searching through the tunnels of an old monastery, Nate overhears an argument between Roman, Navarro and Eddy, which reveals that Roman hired Eddy to capture Nate and keep the island secure, with the reward being a share of the gold of El Dorado. After Nate’s escape, Roman doubts Eddy’s ability to do his job further and ignores his superstitious claim that something cursed on the island is killing his men, leading him to dismiss Eddy and his crew.
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