Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection

About Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection

This collection bundles three classic action-adventure titles into one package for PlayStation 4. Naughty Dog originally created these games while Bluepoint Games handled the technical overhaul for this remaster. Released in late 2015, the set includes Drake's Fortune, Among Thieves, and Drake's Deception all running at a smooth 60 frames per second with 1080p resolution. You play as treasure hunter Nathan Drake across three distinct stories involving lost cities, ancient artifacts, and high-stakes chases. The game adds a photo mode so you can snap screenshots whenever you want. It is strictly a single-player experience that brings the original trilogy up to modern standards without adding new campaigns.

Gameplay

You spend most of your time running through jungles, climbing crumbling ruins, and shooting at mercenaries with a variety of firearms. The controls feel tight as you vault over crates or hang from ledge edges while enemies fire bullets overhead. Combat mixes cover-based shooting with quick-time events that trigger during cutscenes or environmental hazards like train crashes. Between the action segments you solve light puzzles to unlock new paths or reveal hidden items in tombs. Each chapter flows directly into the next without long loading screens interrupting your momentum. The Photo Mode lets you pause the world instantly to frame a shot of the scenery or character animations. You do not need any multiplayer skills since every mission relies on your ability to navigate platforms and aim accurately under pressure.

What Players Think

Critics and players have rated this collection very highly across multiple sites. Metacritic shows a score of 86 out of 100 while IGDB lists an average of 86.3 based on 328 user ratings. The community moods lean heavily toward nostalgia with many users reporting average playtimes that exceed the original release lengths due to thorough exploration. Review snippets frequently mention the visual upgrades as a major selling point over the PS3 versions. Completion rates for the trophy list sit near 90 percent among dedicated players who hunt every achievement. Some users note that the single-player focus feels refreshing compared to modern live-service titles. The high scores reflect a general consensus that this remaster holds up well more than a decade after its initial launch.

PlayPile's Take

This package is worth buying if you have never played these games on PS3 or want a cleaner version for your current console. The price point reflects the value of getting three full campaigns with improved graphics and new trophies included in one download. You will spend around 40 hours minimum to see everything including the hidden collectibles. The lack of multiplayer modes keeps the experience focused entirely on the story and character dynamics. Do not expect deep replayability beyond finding every secret or trying different difficulty settings. Finish this collection if you want a polished entry point into one of Sony's biggest franchises without hunting for individual discs or downloads.

Storyline

Uncharted: Treasure hunter Nathan "Nate" Drake (Nolan North), accompanied by reporter Elena Fisher (Emily Rose), recovers the coffin of his self-proclaimed ancestor Sir Francis Drake, having located it from coordinates inscribed on a family heirloom: a ring Nate wears around his neck. The coffin contains Sir Francis Drake's diary, which gives the location of El Dorado. Pirates attack and destroy Nate's boat, but Nate's friend and mentor Victor "Sully" Sullivan (Richard McGonagle) rescues the two in his seaplane. Fearing Elena's reporting will attract potential rivals, Nate and Sully abandon her at a dock. Following the diary to the indicated spot, Nate and Sully discover an alcove that once held a large statue, and realize that El Dorado is not a city but rather a golden idol. They find a Nazi U-boat, which contains a page from Drake's diary showing the statue was taken to an island. However, mercenaries led by criminal Gabriel Roman (Simon Templeman) and his lieutenant Atoq Navarro (Robin Atkin Downes) intercept Nate and Sully. Sully is seemingly killed by a shot to the chest, but Nate manages to escape, encounters Elena, and flies with her to the island. On the way, anti-aircraft fire forces Elena and Nate to bail out and they are separated. After retrieving supplies from the wrecked seaplane, Nate heads toward an old fort to find Elena. Briefly captured by pirates led by old associate Eddy Raja (James Sie), Elena breaks Nate free and they flee to the island's old customs house. After finding records showing the statue was moved further inland, they find that Sully is alive and accompanying Roman and Raja. Nate and Elena find and rescue Sully who, having survived due to Drake's diary blocking the bullet, explains he was buying time for Nate by giving Roman misinformation. Uncharted 2: 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. Uncharted 3: The story begins with Nathan "Nate" Drake (Nolan North) and Victor "Sully" Sullivan (Richard McGonagle) entering a pub in London to meet with a man named Talbot (Robin Atkin Downes), who is interested in purchasing Nate's ring. During the meeting, Nate and Sully accuse Talbot of offering them counterfeit banknotes, and a fight ensues. After fighting their way past Talbot's thugs, Nate and Sully emerge in an alleyway, where they are surrounded and subdued by Charlie Cutter (Graham McTavish), Talbot's cohort. They are then approached by Talbot's client, Katherine Marlowe (Rosalind Ayres), who steals Drake's ring. Nate attempts to go after her, but Cutter guns him and Sully down, seemingly killing them. The story flashes back to 20 years earlier, where a teenage Nathan Drake (Billy Unger) explores a museum in Cartagena, Colombia, in search of Sir Francis Drake's ring, but is thrown out after guards suspect him of being a thief. Intrigued by the actions of Victor Sullivan, who he does not know at this point, Nate follows Sully to a keymaker and pickpockets him, before returning to the museum. He steals the ring, but before he can leave he is caught by Marlowe, her henchmen, and Sully, who was working for her. Nate flees with the ring, with Marlowe's agents in pursuit, but Sully rescues Nate from the agents and decides to act as a mentor to him.