1st Vita Micro-Review: Uncharted: Golden Abyss
More After the Jump
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| Uncharted LIVEAREA |
For those that don't know, once you start a Vita game, you are first greeted with a "LIVEAREA" like the one shown. From here you can run updates, search the web for game info, read the manual, or refresh. What's neat is that game developers can add features to this as well. As you can see, you can access the "Black market", which uses the NEAR feature; go to the studio website, or visit the Playstation Store to see what's available for the game.
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| Must google Francisco Vasquez de Coronado |
Now, I have never played any of the previous Uncharted games, so I am going into the series blind right now. I'm only about an hour or 2 in right now, so I will concetrate on what I have seen so far.
Graphics
For a launch title, I am blown away. While not as sharp as the PS3 Uncharted games, I am still amazed that we can play games this visually stunning in the palms of our hands. The game is SUPER smooth and I haven't noticed any framerate drops as of yet.
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| "You can trust me!" |
So far so good. Everything has sounded crystal clear to my ears so far.
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| "I once caught a fish THIS big!" |
Here we have a mixed bag. The physical buttons are dead on, but some of the touch controls are gimmicky. Swiping on the screen to dust off artifacts was fun for 1/10th of a second, and using the rear touchpad to climb a rope was annoying.
Other than that, it plays great.
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| What a view |
Uncharted: Golden Abyss is a great game to add to any collection. This was a last second impulse buy with Amazon's buy 2 get 1 free promotion and well, I am happy I did.
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| This screen looks MUCH better on the Vita than in this shot. |
As I am only a couple of hours in, I feel it would be unfair for me to rate this game as of yet.
I will update this review once I do rate it!
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| Texturing is quite nice. |
Bonus! Watch Sony's trailer for the game.
