Uncharted: Drake's Fortune -- Revisited.

With Batman: Arkham Asylum ending sooner than I'd have liked, I was faced with a week that needed to be filled. Instead of doing the smart thing and getting through a game from the backlog, I decided to play through Uncharted: Drake's Fortune again. There were a few reasons behind this choice. First of all, Uncharted came out in November of 2007 and I had originally gotten around to it in late January 2008. That's well before I had imported my DualShock 3 from Japan. Uncharted supported rumble before it was available. And it was strikingly weird having played it without. And this was also well before Naughty Dog had patched Uncharted with trophy support. So the achievement / trophy devil was perched on my shoulder urging me to go ahead. The other reason is the Saga of Magus' PlayStation 3. We've all been subject to Magus' journey towards PlayStation 3 ownership the last few months. He finally got one, a PS3 Slim. After exchanging his initial dud of a PS3 Slim (I told you it was a saga), he would be starting Uncharted. And of course Uncharted would be fucked by PS3 firmware 3.0 (again, a saga). With Magus playing Uncharted, and the game being a favorite of Neo's, there would be a lot of conversation regarding Uncharted. And it would be a good refresher in preparation of Uncharted 2 next month. So it was as good a time as any to replay it. I've completed Uncharted: Drake's Fortune with a platinum trophy to show for it. Essentially having played the game four times through at this point. Nothing has changed from my original late January 2008 opinion of the game. I capped off that final opinion with "It's all well done, if not very original. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is a good solid game. Nothing more, nothing less. I'm giving it a rather solid 8." And that's how I feel about it today. Now, what to do while I await the arrival of Muramasa: The Demon Blade...