If lost civilizations hadn’t spent so much time building impossibly complex temples, then many wouldn’t be quite so lost, and that’s a fact. The hauntingly dumb-looking statues on Easter Island, for example, still stare out to the Pacific while the people who built them are long dead.
Editors Brett Elston and Chris Antista took some time last week to interview representatives from some of the biggest games Comic-Con 2009 had to offer.
Elena’s back. That’s really all you need to know. The feisty heroine had a love/hate affair with fans of the first game, but Uncharted minus Elena somehow wouldn’t be the same. She’s the undeniable Lois to Drake’s unkempt Clarke. It would be a gloomy world without these two together.
The reason Elena is back on Drake’s case is quite a clever bit of storytelling.
We've managed to get our hands on the first in-game footage of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. The PS3 exclusive isn't due out until late 2009 but this early - and super-brief - gameplay movie already looks strong.
“We want to show a darker side to Nathan Drake and find out what makes him tick in a way we didn’t get to last time out” admits Naughty Dog co-president, Evan Wells. Judging by the brief trailers already out in the ether, it seems they’re on the right track. The wise-cracking, chiseled lead from Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is seen in two new scenarios.