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[lostacanthus]

WELP. I picked up Uncharted 3 from redbox and banged it out in a day. I started on hard which, I guess for normal people like ethe-real-ity it is super easy but OH MY GOD. I wanted to kill myself so I ended up bumping it down to normal. (And then easy. And then very easy. I JUST COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. I was tired of shooting people, I just wanted PLOT

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[ethe_real_ity]

LOL I think maybe we just have different definitions of "without much trouble." I mean, there were definitely parts where I died multiple times, but in Uncharted, that just makes me even more determined to find a way to beat it. I also have several playthroughs of the first two games under my belt. So. *shrugs* And idk, I just remember the final boss from the first game being so fucking hard, and then Lazarevic kept you on your toes, but a little less difficult, and then U3 just didn't have anything, really.

I still suck at MP, though, lol.

I still don't know how true it is that he's a descendant of Drake.
I don't think it's at all true, honestly. Actually, that was one of the things I wondered about when pondering what exactly "Drake's Deception" could mean. And wasn't there one part in U3 that blatantly pointed out that he wasn't? Though it might've been something Marlowe said, and, well, she probably isn't the most trustworthy person. XD I really like your idea that he's actually deluded himself into believing it 'cause that's just what he said to make himself feel important after the crapshoot he grew up in. And you know, even though there were quite a few things that disappointed me about U3, U3 did one thing that the other two haven't been able to do...make me feel actual feelings for Nate.

But yesssss Nate and Sully asdfasdlkfjalskdjflkdsajflkljfldkasjflksfdsalkjfsda

One of my problems with Marlowe was that she seemed to be set up as this person that Nate has a bit more of a history with, aside from that one time in the flashback.
Yes, this. Honestly, I don't even know what ND was thinking. It almost seems like they had some elaborate backstory planned but ran out of time or resources to finish it. It definitely seems more like a Part 1 as opposed to a standalone story. Except now Talbot and Marlowe are both dead, so I guess now we'll never know. :/

I think it makes perfect sense for Nate and Elena to get married. Nate is very impulsive, and Elena is drawn to that sense of adventure, so it probably just happened on a whim without them really thinking through how well it'll actually work out. And when they finally have to really settle down and face reality and the mundane...it falls apart. You should watch the below video because I think it gives a much clearer picture of their relationship and why they're together. :)

[lostacanthus]

Lol yeah, maybe. And it's been a few months since I've played, which probably had something to do with it.

Yeah, I mean, honestly I don't think it's true (that he's a descendant). It's just kind of farfetched. I guess what I'm really left wondering isn't if he is or he isn't for real, but what Nate believes to be true. Either way, it's a little heartbreaking. Especially when Young Nate and Sully were in the bar (? restaurant?) and Sully said something about Francis Drake never having any kids and Nate was like "that we know about" or whatever, that FD had kids with mistresses, etc. It's a logical enough assumption to make, especially for a kid who was into history and who was kind of a dreamer. There could be who knows how many descendants of FD out there, who's to say he isn't one? There's not enough evidence to prove him wrong, so there's this sliver of possibility. Idk, it's just kind of sad, which just makes me love him even more x) /rambling

It almost seems like they had some elaborate backstory planned but ran out of time or resources to finish it.
YES! IKR!

That video helps! I really need to go watch the walkthroughs of the first game though. Because I guess I just feel like their relationship is lacking something, and that something would probably be EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST GAME XD

[ethe_real_ity]

I could totally see that. It makes me wonder, too, how much Elena actually knows about his past. Based on her interaction with Nate in U3, I'm guessing she still doesn't fully understand what exactly drives Nate into these situations. Or maybe she does and got tired of waiting for Nate to figure it out for himself.

Another part that made me really sad was when Sully was going on about how he's not as young as he used to be and Nate immediately waves it off, like he almost thinks Sully is invincible or something and never questions that Sully will be there for him. It's like he was never able to grow out of that mindset he had as a kid. :/

I honestly don't think that the first Uncharted is really going to have any new or revelatory information about Nate/Elena; it just more or less shows how they met. But it's still fun/cute to watch. There's this one part where Nate's stuck in a jail cell, and, well, I won't give it away, but that was kind of the moment that made me love Elena so hard. They just work so well as a team in those kind of situations, and unlike the typical damsel in distress types, Elena saves Nate's butt just as much as he does hers. You could say the same stuff about Chloe, too, but I think in the first game, ND does an awesome job of establishing Elena as her own person rather than just someone who's there to develop Nate's character. She really can handle her own.