The individual pieces are a feast for the eyes, yet it is how they are woven together that makes the game truly remarkable. The game is also paced excellently, giving the player enough time to soak in the lovely setting without halting the action. The first thing that I realized while playing A ThiefвЂ™s End is how visually captivating the entire game is. The gameвЂ™s progression feels like a mirror to Nathan DrakeвЂ™s journey over the past few games, showing a shocking maturity during the campaign that feels organic, never forced. In lesser games this would be a weakness вЂ“ however everything ties up masterfully in a way that doesnвЂ™t feel forced. The gameвЂ™s progression is hyper-focused in the beginning, but as Nathan loses clarity, as does the story. One of the ways that Uncharted 4 successfully provides an immersive experience is by giving you only the information that Nathan has вЂ“ no more, no less. Moment to moment, Drake shines in A ThiefвЂ™s End. When his brother Samuel вЂ“ long thought to be dead вЂ“ appears with the proposition of tracking down the treasure of the infamous Captain Avery (a mission that his life, literally, depends on), Nathan puts up the required level of resistance before caving, just a bit too easily. Nathan isnвЂ™t prepared to let go, living in a gray area between normalcy and greatness. Every word out of NathanвЂ™s mouth paints the picture of total contentment вЂ“ yet his face tells another story completely. Every character is impressively animated, with a range of facial features that allow parts of the story to be told without a single word. This is Uncharted 4вЂs greatest strength вЂ“ its restraint. The world feels as though it has shrunk, and the remarkable animations capture NathanвЂ™s struggle with this smaller world without him having to utter a single word. He is working for a salvage company, trading in the adventures of globetrotting in search of historical artifacts for recovering submerged cargo trucks from the river. Set several years after the events of Uncharted 3, Nathan Drake has settled into a normal life with his wife, Elena. Nathan Drake is still the same confident, intuitive protagonist weвЂ™ve come to know from the prior installments, yet there is a new desperation driving him, and the scars of his past have pushed to the forefront in the new, and final, chapter of his story.

Uncharted 4 review