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Peter Loukis's avatar

This exact moment gets me too. Wet pants in uncharted, and precise interaction with deep snow in Last of Us. Just wow...

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Jamie Alston's avatar

I was fairly late to the party with playing Uncharted. It wasn't until December 2010. Even then I was like…”whoa, his pants are wet, but the shirt is still dry”!

What a time to be alive.

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Scanlines's avatar

I really enjoyed this. I enjoy reading and writing about the *experience* of gaming more than listing off mechanics and specs and you hit that kind of writing perfectly here.

I also have vivid memories of Uncharted but of watching my older brother playing it while I was still on PS2, my 7-8 year old self decided to leave towards the end after *that moment* scared the shit out of me. Great game.

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The Video Game Storyteller's avatar

I'm glad you enjoyed the piece!

Hahaha I think I know the moment you're talking about. I love how the earlier Uncharted games dabbled more in the supernatural before they progressively became more grounded. Really captured that pulp adventure vibe that Amy Hennig was going for.

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Scanlines's avatar

I'm not a big Sony guy but damn, what a great series of games. I loved the supernatural elements too and was hoping for a bit more of that in the later games. 2 and 4 were the highlights for me; it's been a few years but I remember not enjoying Uncharted 3 that much.

Amy Hennig is one of the finest talents in this industry, she also wrote the Legacy of Kain games.

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