Finished Uncharted and MGS4

D-D-DOUBLE POST!

I haven't had much time to post (and neither to game, for that matter), so my posts will now be not only less frequent, but probably less gaming-related as well. However, I managed to finish Uncharted a couple of weeks ago. And I just finished Metal Gear Solid 4 today! And I watched the series finale of Breaking Bad yesterday!

[THIS EMOTIONAL OVERLOAD IS TOO MUCH FOR ME TO HANDLE]

I'll try to make it quick.

And god damn, Uncharted is a beautiful game. I really wanted to play it before this year's Tomb Raider reboot, but unfortunately I didn't have the chance to do it. But it was not an issue at all. Yes, Tomb Raider is a pretty improved experience in terms of gameplay, and graphically speaking, it is an absolute beast. It really made my PC sweat.

But I actually think I enjoyed Uncharted more. Maybe it was the setting, or the beautiful vistas, or the whole "adventure!" mood, or the endless gunfights (which were perhaps too many of them, and the AI was pretty tough, the gunfighting was considerably harder than in TR).

So I'm not saying one is better than the other. TR is often pseudo labeled as somewhat of a "survival horror" game, and while it's not exactly that, it's close in its setting. It's dark. It reeks of hopelessness sometimes. That's the feel it wanted to give away, and it does a good job at it. And I loved the game.

I just enjoyed Uncharted more. It really IS "the adventure game the PS3 needed", back when it came out. I had a good time with it, and I'm really looking forward to play the sequel.

[POSSIBLY A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD]

Meanwhile, I took it upon myself to finally play Metal Gear Solid 4. And I finished it. And it was mind blowingly awesome. It took me the entire first act to get used to the different mechanics (coming directly from MGS2 and MGS3, I really wasn't used to this) but when I started Act 2, I got my shit straight.

I found myself with a tear in the corner of my eye in many parts of the game, be it Eva's departure, or even when Naomi says Sunny finally got her egg cooking right, as she succumbs to the nanomachines/cancer/whatever. Not many games do that. Sure, it's one hell of a cutscene fest, but then again, not many games do that. And I really admire the amount of work and dedication put into it.

I know I'm 5 years late, but only now I finally had the chance to play it. And it was one hell of an experience. It really tied all loose ends together story wise.

And the best part is, I was only half way through the game and I could already see myself replaying the entire thing right after finishing it. And I can't recall any other series that would make me do that other than Metal Gear. And at this time! Where I'm pretty much loaded with work and a massive list of games I want to play. So congrats, Mr. Kojima, you truly are a king amongst game developers.

As Stephen Totilo of Kotaku once remarked, this game is an "interactive tragedy", a "march towards defeat". And really, no other games do that. This is a unique example of excellence on every aspect.

Oh, I also finished Breaking Bad this week. And I'm not gonna talk much about it because I simply wouldn't shut up. And most of the internet hasn't shut up about it and probably won't for a long time because it is the greatest show I have ever watched on TV, period.

I'm getting this shit on Blu-Ray. I am. You watch me, bitch.