Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is the third game in the action-adventure and platformer series that follows the travels of professional treasure hunter Nathan Drake and his companions.
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Story & Themes
Like Lara Croft and James Bond before him, Nathan Drake is an adventurer and an action hero. He is a descendant of explorer Francis Drake, and he has a talent for getting into trouble on the hunt for ancient treasures.
in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Drake is searching for the lost city of Ubar, which was referenced in Francis Drake's diary. Drake works with all his old allies from previous games, as well as a couple of new ones. When they find the city, deep in the Arabian desert, they discover that the city was abandoned when King Solomon captured a djinn in a brass vessel and threw the vessel in a well. The djinn tainted Ubar's water supply, and people who drink from the city's water are now affected by powerful hallucinogens. The city is destroyed in the ensuing fight, and Nate flies off into the sunset with Elena and Sullivan.
The games are very much in the spirit of Indiana Jones and other action movies, focusing around magnificent set pieces and out-there ancient artifacts. It uses lots of historical characters
Save Points
Uncharted 3 saves at checkpoints throughout the game.
Difficulty
The game's multiple difficulty settings run the gamut: On very easy mode, the game doesn't pose much of a challenge, while the unlockable crushing difficulty is a true test of patience.
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Violence The Uncharted series features shooting action as well as melee fighting, with mild blood. When the player is shot, the screen becomes edged in red. The third game is slightly more violent than the first two, but all are on par with a PG-13 action movie; in a flashback, an adult woman slaps adolescent Nathan Drake in the face.
Sex & Nudity All the games feature some innuendo in dialogue, especially between Nathan Drake and female characters.
Strong Language The game features quite a bit of swearing, but no f-bombs. Other strong language, however, is common, including some gendered slurs.
Discrimination The game's representation of women is solid, but, as mentioned in the Controversies section, it suffers from a lack of racial diversity in the main characters.
Online Community
Uncharted 3 includes an online multiplayer mode in which players can team up as Drake and his companions to complete missions. As with any multiplayer, voice and text chat could expose players to hostility.
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