PS4 "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End": 1080P ultra-high-quality graphics make Drake's life a glorious end

May 10th is a day worthy of praise from many players. Of course, it is not the appearance of Axe F1, but the day when the latest and final work of "Uncharted", "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End", was officially announced for sale. Although Amazon, its cheating teammate, had already started to sneak the release two weeks ago, it still could not prevent the physical version of this game from selling out on the day of release.

Judging from the average score of 94 points (out of 100) released by major media on May 5, this game definitely did not disappoint players, which also accelerated my desire to personally experience this farewell work of Drake.

Is there a national version?

Long before, a document from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television regarding the cultural introduction of "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End" caused a heated discussion among domestic players: "Uncharted 4" will have a Chinese version? However, as the release date approaches, there is still no movement on the Chinese version, which has disappointed many players. Many people even think that the document of the Radio, Film and Television is even a fabrication.

However, when the game was downloaded through the redemption code provided by the official, the game cover was different from the Chinese and English version names displayed in the Hong Kong version of the PS Store. What actually appeared was "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End". Although it was still connected to the Hong Kong version server, it had to cause everyone to think, is this the Chinese version that everyone had discussed before?

Of course, we can’t just rely on the cover, but this small change can really give people a big surprise.

The simplified Chinese translation of the legendary movie's narrative is more suitable for domestic players

Speaking of adventure games, the "Tomb Raider" series has always been recognized by players as a top work. It was not until the emergence of "Uncharted" that the two games gradually formed a situation of competing against each other.

However, judging from the performance of Tomb Raider in recent years, even though the game content is rich and colorful and the storytelling is basically in place, the proportion of "tomb exploration" itself is not obvious, which has turned this type of game from an initial exploration into a brutal action game. Similarly, Uncharted has more or less encountered this problem.

But Uncharted 4 gives people a different feeling. It is obviously different from the current practice of using exquisite CG as a link between content and story narration. In Uncharted 4, Naughty Dog has added more detailed descriptions of character relationships and stories.

Actually, to be honest, it is not correct to say that you are playing "Uncharted 4". To be precise, it should be said that you are watching it. Although the previous films also incorporated film expression techniques such as flashbacks, they are still not as obvious as this one, from the initial chase, to childhood memories, and then ordinary life, and even the book drawings that recall the previous films like the beginning of the movie. In this way, Drake's last adventure is portrayed bit by bit. Even if most of the plot can be skipped, who wants to miss Drake's last glorious part?

At the same time, with the further exploitation of PS4's functions, Naughty Dog has indeed achieved an amazing angle in the picture rendering in this work. Not to mention the super standard of 1080P throughout the whole process, just the degree of aging caused by some wrinkles on Drake's face after so many years of adventures makes players feel more real. Secondly, in the landslides and heavy rains, the rendering of subtle details such as dust and raindrops is also done quite well.

As another aspect that deserves praise, simplified Chinese has been a development direction for many manufacturers in recent years. But this time, the simplified Chinese of "Uncharted 4" has given domestic players many surprises.

Presumably, many careful players will find that there are obvious differences in the translation between Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese in this game. Popular words that are only used on domestic networks also appear in the lines of Drake and others, such as "old driver" and "beep dog", etc. Although it seems that this seems to have lost the charm of the original lines, it is a creative localization development (does this also indirectly indicate the domestic version?).

There are still flaws despite many improvements

Uncharted series Uncharted, as Naughty Dog's masterpiece on PS, completely changed the way adventure games are played. However, this does not mean that the game was perfect at the beginning.

The shooting feel has always been the shortcoming of this series of games. Even Naughty Dog believes that the L2 and R2 trigger keys of the PS3 are a relatively failed design, so in the three "Uncharted" games on the PS3, the default shooting keys were designed on L1 and R1. This was a helpless compromise at the time.

But with the improvement of the PS4 controller, Uncharted has been further improved, which can be seen from the PS4 version of Uncharted: The Drake Collection. However, when it came to Uncharted 4, Naughty Dog made another decision: assisted aiming. This greatly reduced the overall difficulty of the game, and it is a rare help for players who want to pass the tough level.

As another feature of adventure games, "Uncharted 4" also has many more anthropomorphic improvements in the combat settings. There are no more unreasonable melee combat settings before, and the dodging and melee actions have been improved to be closer to the real situation.

The "surprises" in the game have been reduced compared to Uncharted 2, and the entire game process is not so ups and downs, but more direct. At the same time, such improvements can be seen everywhere in Uncharted 4, with more obvious items to pick up and mechanism judgments, making this game simpler, no longer demanding the game itself, but instead wanting players to immerse themselves in the story.

This is very different from "Tomb Raider". Of course, the simpler gameplay cannot stop Naughty Dog from wanting to make the game richer. Shadows of many games can be seen here, such as the scene of climbing to avoid enemy searches, which is very similar to the alert in "Assassin's Creed Chronicles", but the interactive mode seems insufficient.

But even this filling seems to make "Uncharted 4" a bit complicated, with too many artificial obstacles and changing system switches, which somewhat hinder the flow of the game. However, for experienced players, it doesn't really matter if they get more familiar with it.

In fact, the focus of "Uncharted 4" is not all on the single-player mode. I believe that most players who have already got the sneak peek disc have completed it within a day or two. Although the story and gameplay are unparalleled, the added branching dialogues and special modes do make people feel a little unsatisfied, it still has the common problem of being somewhat brevity of the previous works. After all, the single-player mode with 12G content is also the size of an average work.

It can be said that the addition of multiplayer games has legitimately extended the gaming time. Although it has not been experienced yet, this work should be different from the multiplayer mode system added to "Tomb Raider 9". After all, the size of 36G and the same old content do not conform to Naughty Dog's serious style.

Is this the end of Naughty Dog after Drake’s swan song?

This time, Naughty Dog did not disappoint us. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is indeed a culmination of its achievements and is well worth the wait of these months. However, after playing the game, Drake's story comes to an end. Does this also mean that players' expectations for Naughty Dog are over?

uncertain.

First of all, the information on whether "Uncharted 4" will be available in China is still rather confusing, but it cannot be said to be impossible. Previous radio and television documents and game content have shown many tendencies. This is good news for domestic players, but whether the content has been modified and harmonized is indeed a question worthy of attention.

Secondly, Naughty Dog has previously stated that Uncharted 4 will squeeze the console's capabilities to the extreme. Judging from this work, Naughty Dog has done it in terms of picture rendering. At 1080P/30FPS, except for some battle scenes that will cause frame drops, most of the game effects have reached an amazing level. At the same time, 48G of game content is enough to fully utilize the performance of the PS4. After this, will there be another remastered version like The Last of Us, and then the performance will be improved to 1080P/60FPS?

Many players are naturally looking forward to whether subsequent games can reach the level of "Uncharted 4". After all, Naughty Dog announced its plan to make "The Last of Us 2". Compared with other works, "The Last of Us" is definitely Naughty Dog's masterpiece. Although the graphics have been improved a lot after the reset, if "The Last of Us 2" is made to the level of "Uncharted 4", it will definitely be shocking.

If we say that there will be no more classics after Uncharted 4, it may be a bit of an exaggeration, after all, Naughty Dog is still coordinating new games, but judging from the performance of this game, it has indeed captured the hearts of many hardcore players. If we say that the subsequent release of The Last of Us 2, with Naughty Dog's serious attitude, may create a new classic.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.