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Uncharted is a series of third-person shooter, action-adventure video games by Naughty Dog about the adventures of treasure hunter Nathan Drake. The series began with Uncharted: Drake's Fortune in 2007, and there has since been a sequel, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and a motion comic prequel, Uncharted: Eye of Indra.

Setting

The Uncharted games have taken place in various places around the world, from Nepal to Istanbul to South America.

Gameplay

Uncharted is a third person shooter game, with similar gameplay and cover system to that of Tomb Raider and Gears Of War, respectively.

Players in Uncharted can only carry two different weapons at any given time. Players can either obtain ammo or swap out their current weapons with any weapon dropped by a downed foe or from those scattered around the various maps.

Competitive and co-op mutliplayer was introduced in the series in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Competitive mutliplayer features up to ten players and co-op features up to three players. There are various modes, including plunder, death match, etc.

Games

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is the first game in the series, and is an action-adventure video game developed by Naughty Dog, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation 3. Combining platforming and third-person shooter elements, the game charts the journey of protagonist Nathan Drake, supposed descendant of the explorer Sir Francis Drake, as he seeks the lost treasure of El Dorado in South America, with the help of friend Victor "Sully" Sullivan and journalist Elena Fisher.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is the second game in the series, and is a PlayStation 3 action/adventure video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the sequel to the highly successful Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. It introduces the stealth mechanic, and takes Nathan Drake on a journey across Nepal and the Himalayas in a search for the lost city of Shambhala. It reunites most of the cast from the first game and introduces new characters like Chloe Frazer (a new love interest who has history with Drake), Harry Flynn (a shifty former partner of Drake's), and Zoran Lažarević, a Serbian war criminal and the game's primary antagonist.

Adaptations

Comics

On October 22, 2009 Sony Computer Entertainment America released the first of a four part series adventure called Uncharted: Eye of Indra. It is a prequel to Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. The second part was released on November 25, 2009, while the third and fourth parts released simultaneously on December 7, 2009.

Episode One

The story opens with the interrogation of Nathan Drake. His captors explain to him that he will suffer severe consequences if he does not comply. A flashback reveals Drake's captor to be a businessman named Daniel Pinkerton, who has hired Drake to track down a prized artifact known as the Eye of Indra. Drake assures Pinkerton he will find it and personally deliver it back to Pinkerton.

As Drake studies files on the amulet in a bar, a group of thugs harass him and a fight ensues, which is broken up by a Hispanic woman. The woman introduces herself as Rika,part owner of the bar. Drake suggests that Rika help him translate some of the documents in return for payment of the furniture damaged in the fight. Rika and Drake head upstairs to discuss the documents about the Eye.

They soon discover that the Eye amulet is hidden within the other two treasures of Indra, which Pinkerton has already found. Drake decides not to tell Pinkerton of this discovery, instead opting to steal it from him.

Film

Film producer Avi Arad has stated that he is working with a division of Sony to develop the film adaptation of Uncharted. In response to a question posed to Richard Lemarchand, lead game designer of Naughty Dog, on whether he would like to see a film adaptation of Uncharted, he replied "no comment.".

Since then, Columbia Pictures has confirmed that an Uncharted film is being developed. It is to be written by Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly and produced by Avi Arad, Charles Roven, and Alex Gartner.

As of June 30, 2009 it was confirmed that the Uncharted film has been in development for the last year-and-a-half.

Characters

Main Game Series

Other Media

Reception

The Uncharted series has been critically acclaimed by reviewers. The first game in the series, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune received numerous positive reviews from critics with a total of 89.64% on GameRankings and 88% on Metacritic. The second title in the series, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has been met with much higher acclaim than the first title in the series, it garnered a total score of 96.19% on GameRankings and 88% on Metacritic. The second title has also received numerous awards such as PS3 Game of the Year of 2009 from IGN as well as overall Game of the Year from the Spike Video Game Awards 2009.

References

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4. Mick Perona (December 4, 2009). "UNCHARTED: Eye of Indra Motion Comic Episodes 3 and 4 Available Today on PSN". PlayStation Blog. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
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External links

• Official site
• Official international site

• Films based on video games
• Video game franchises