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Game profile
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Nathan Drake sets out on his final big adventure in search of a pirate treasure. Cinematic staging and set pieces turn every chapter into a small action spectacle.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Action / Adventure, set in the present day. Visually it is going for realism, and the overall tone stays light and upbeat. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. Sessions of an hour or two sit at the sweet spot here.
Difficulty stays forgiving, so progress rarely depends on your reflexes. The narrative carries the whole thing, and the mechanics serve it. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It runs on 2 platforms. It sits in the budget bracket.
What stands out
- Cinematic set pieces
- Charming treasure hunt
- A worthy end to the series
This fits you if
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- you are after a proper adrenaline rush
- the writing matters more to you than the mechanics
- you want zero frustration and no difficulty wall
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
- you are watching your budget
Look elsewhere if
- you need real difficulty to stay interested
- you skip cutscenes and want to get to the gameplay
- you specifically want an open world to roam
- you want to play it side by side with someone
What it costs you in time
About 16 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 3 weeks, or 8 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 93 out of 100, which puts it above 95 percent of the 1206 games here and at rank 54 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, Action averages 83 points across the database, so this one sits 10 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 2625 collected ratings.
Released in 2016, so it has 10 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2016
- Genres
- Action, Adventure
- Playtime
- approx. 16 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Relaxed, forgiving
- Story weight
- Carries the whole game
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Present day
- Visual style
- Realistic
- Price bracket
- Budget
- Platforms
- PlayStation, PC
- Critic rating
- 93 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncharted 4: A Thief's End | 2016 | approx. 16 hrs. | 93 | Budget |
| Marvel's Spider-Man 2 | 2023 | approx. 20 hrs. | 82 | Mid price |
| Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection | 2015 | approx. 24 hrs. | 85 | Mid price |
| Uncharted: The Lost Legacy | 2017 | approx. 8 hrs. | 87 | Budget |
If you liked this, try these
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Shared: Action, Adventure, Present day
- Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection Shared: Action, Adventure, Present day, longer
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Shared: Action, Adventure, Present day, shorter
- Marvel's Spider-Man Shared: Action, Adventure, Present day
- Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Shared: Action, Adventure, Present day, shorter
- 007 First Light Shared: Action, Adventure, Present day