Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Game of the Year Edition

About

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Game of the Year Edition is a third-person action-adventure built on high-octane set pieces and globe-hopping treasure hunts. You play as Nathan Drake, teaming up with allies to outwit rivals and uncover ancient secrets. The campaign mixes white-knuckle platforming, strategic gunplay, and puzzle-solving as you chase a mythic artifact through Istanbul, Borneo, and beyond. Co-op and competitive multiplayer modes add replayability, letting you team up or take down opponents in map-based showdowns. The Game of the Year Edition bundles the base game with a haul of downloadable content including character skins, weapon customizations, and extra multiplayer maps. It also includes a motion comic, avatar packs, and a pinball mini-game for PSP. Originally hailed as one of the best PlayStation 3 games, it earned universal acclaim with a Metacritic score of 96 and multiple Game of the Year awards. The enhanced multiplayer features like double XP and golden weapons make it a solid pick for fans looking to maximize their adventure.

Storyline

Two years after the events of the first game, treasure hunter Nathan Drake (Nolan North) is approached by former associate Harry Flynn (Steve Valentine) and Flynn's girlfriend Chloe Frazer (Claudia Black) to help steal a Mongolian oil lamp connected to Marco Polo's doomed 1292 voyage from China. The group plans to cheat Flynn's client and take Polo's treasure for themselves. Unbeknownst to Flynn, Chloe and Nate had worked together before, and Chloe plans on blackmailing Flynn and escaping with Nate and whatever treasure they find. Nate and Flynn break into a museum in Istanbul and find the lamp, which contains a map and flammable resin that reveals Polo's fleet was shipwrecked in Borneo, and was carrying the Cintamani Stone from the fabled city of Shambhala. Flynn double-crosses Nate, leaving him to be arrested. Three months later, Chloe helps free Nate with his longtime friend Victor Sullivan (Richard McGonagle). She reveals that Flynn is working for Zoran Lazarević (Graham McTavish), a Serbian war criminal seeking the stone. In Borneo, Nate and Sully infiltrate Lazarević's camp, with Chloe as a mole. Nate discovers that the stone never left Shambhala, and locates a temple containing the bodies of Polo's crew, as well as a phurba and map detailing that its carrier will gain passage to Shambhala through a temple in Nepal. Nate and Sully escape after being cornered by Flynn and his men.