While Naughty Dog lead designer Richard Lemarchand told us that the original Uncharted used about 30 percent of the PS 3’s processing power with its Cell microprocessor and Nvidia graphics chip, this game exploits probably 90 percent of the capability. It has strong, fun game play and it exploits the graphics horsepower of the PS 3 to the fullest. Before I turned to Modern Warfare 2, I just had to finish playing Uncharted 2 because it was just too fun and immersive to put down, like a page-turning action novel. But what makes this game stand above the rest - and earned it a Metacritic aggregate review score of 96 out of 100 - is its execution. Chloe says, “I sense some history here.” And Elena deadpans, “I’m Elena, last year’s model.” The game’s best line is when Drake and his fellow thief Chloe Frazer run into Drake’s former flame, Elena.

Drake is joined by his pal Sully and two fierce fighting women who love him but don’t want to admit it and compete for his attention. The main character, Nathan Drake, is a down-on-his luck type who stumbles back into a world of thieves and mercenaries who lead him onto a journey to find Shambhala, a legendary Himalayan valley that Marco Polo supposedly discovered many centuries ago.

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