Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Pros

• The sequence with the submarine at the beginning will forever be seared in my memory. It felt like a truly next-gen moment. Looked stunning when it came out.
• While I agree with most people that the sequels had big improvements over the first, Drake’s Fortune is indeed my favourite of the series. It was fun when I played it back then, and it’s still fun when I play it now.
• I played it after #2, and really enjoyed it. Probably about on par with #3 & #4, but nothing ever did top #2 for me.
• Drake's Fortune is actually a fairly well regarded and popular game so it's not like it really *needs* defending, however I see a lot of Uncharted series posts on this sub and a common sentiment in those posts and the comments under them...
• It's the only game in the series that maintains a tight, focused plot. Drake is chasing after a treasure, gets stranded on an island full of pirates and spends the remainder of the game trying to fight his way off.

Cons

• The final boss fight of the game basically negates anything good about the game whatsoever. It's *that* bad. The mutant area was also pretty terrible, like a Temu version of Left 4 Dead.
• it's still easily the worst mainline Uncharted game. On the original PS3 version the controls felt clunky and heavy. Combat was annoying and repetitive, with inconsistent cover behavior and infuriating RNG-induced inaccuracy (plus a tota...
• During the first game I was unpleasantly surprised to discover that Nathan was presented as a know-it-all playboy, without further explanations about who he really is, why he does what he does (stealing centuries-old treasures, I guess?)...