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Morning Discussion
by Xav de Matos, Jan 28, 2011 5:00am PSTLast night I finally watched the Coen Brothers adaptation of True Grit. I was a big fan of the flick and, as I suspected it would, by the end I wanted to race home and play some more Red Dead Redemption.
It's a little sad that the wild west has fallen off as a setting for films. When Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven came out, I remember some referring to it as the last great western. Looking back at film history, there's a deluge of movies taking place in the era.
I suppose it falls into the category of American Exceptionalism--what, in story terms, separates America as a nation from others. How men from very little will often rise to the occasion and become a hero in the face of evil. That's what I'm told, at least. I'm Canadian.
What is also does is offer the modern gamer a glance at a time where survival skills, honor, and reputation were the things that defined a man.
Maybe I'm reading too much into it but the western is a fantastic place to show the rise and fall of our favorite characters.
Except that Insane Clown Posse movie "Big Money Rustlas." That doesn't work as an example of anything. Entertainment included.
Everyone who told me how amazing Uncharted 2 is compared to Uncharted 1: You are all on crack. Uncharted 2 fixes almost none of the problems from the first game. Combat is still shit with waves upon waves of enemies appearing from implausible (if not outright impossible) locations. The story has improved some, but is still pretty mediocre. The "puzzles" have actually gotten worse. Climbing is still flaky.
I think I'm getting close to the end (chapter 23 I think), but I don't know if I care enough to finish. It's a tedious slog at this point.
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The puzzles and platforming are flaky, but I see uncharted as a series of combat games not exploration games. In fact they should just take the puzzles out entirely because they're brain dead for the most part the climbing puzzle where you have to use mirrors wasn't too bad though.
If you think it's a tedious slog though it's probably best to stop, I don't know if you've gotten to the blue guys yet but if not you'll definitely hate them, and neither UC1 nor UC2 have particularly good end boss battles.
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