Nathan Drake's second adventure is now 15 years old. Naughty Dog drew attention to this with a short clip showing one of the most spectacular scenes in the action adventure.
On October 13, 2009, Naughty Dog released the sequel to “Uncharted: Drake's Fortune” – exclusively for PlayStation 3. This means that the celebrated action-adventure is now 15 years old.
Of course, the responsible development studio Naughty Dog did not miss the anniversary. On the social media platform X, those responsible posted a short clip showing one of the game's most iconic scenes.
The studio writes: “Whether your favorite moment was climbing a derailed train, fighting a helicopter in Nepal, or defending a mountain village from a tank, we hope you had a lot of fun on this adventure.”
Geoff Keighley also drew attention to the anniversary of the action hit. The Canadian presenter says: “The scale of the action scenes far exceeded anything else at the time.”
Amy Hennig, who served as lead developer, also remembered back: “It’s unbelievable that it’s been 15 years! I’m so proud of what we achieved with this game – great memories!”
Naughty Dog's current co-president Neil Druckmann posted On this occasion a photo from that time. “As if it were yesterday,” he says. In addition, the game “completely changed” the developers’ lives.
One of the best games of all time
In fact, “Uncharted 2: Among Thieves” is considered a masterpiece in video game history. Say and write 96 points received the game from the press. This puts the ambitious sequel in 19th place in the “Best games of all time“-List. The testers were particularly impressed by the excellent graphics at the time. The technical requirements would be almost too much for the PS3 said former co-president Christophe Balestra.
Nathan Drake's second adventure received over 100 “Game of the Year” awards. This broke the record set by “Fallout 3” from the previous year.
After part two, “Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception” followed in 2011 and “Uncharted 4: A Thief's End” in 2016. The latter concluded the treasure hunter's story. However, another main offshoot cannot be ruled out, as according to an older rumor a reboot could come. It was later said that Sony was supposedly thinking about it a remake of the first part after.
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