Nathan Drake – Los Havros

Some thoughts on Prince of Persia

I have waited till I completed the game in full before offering up some final thoughts on Prince of Persia, and I’m glad I did, as I can now visualise the game as a whole and in the right perspective. I think the easiest way to go about it, is to direct you to GameSpot’s review and take it from there.

I’ll agree with GameSpot in that Prince of Persia looks and sounds fantastic. In certain places, it really is spectacular- drawing you in to the universe depicted in the game. Yet my opinion differs when turning my attention to the level design. The mechanics of the level design are technically sound in that the environments are visually interesting and quite exhilarating to navigate through. Yet as I was progressing through Prince of Persia I had a nagging feeling in the back of my mind that yes, this was just a game, and it felt like one too. In many respects, it’s all down to the level design for me.

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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Revealed

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Revealed– Words cannot describe how excited I am about this. The original Uncharted was everything I loved about games: great plot, an amazing sound track, visuals to die for, and super-tight controls. In other words, the perfect package. I can’t wait to find out more about Uncharted 2!

Joe Flanigan should play Nathan Drake

This is my response to the news that Avi Arad will be producing an Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune film.

Immediately after playing Uncharted for the first time, I had always thought that Nathan Drake more or less looked like, and sounded exactly like Joe Flanigan. It looks like I’m not the only one who thinks this. Joe Flanigan is perhaps best known (in my mind anyway) for his portrayal of Lt. Colonel John Sheppard on Stargate Atlantis. I was initially going to provide side-by-side comparisons of them, but why bother? If you ‘Google’ both names, you’ll soon see the similarity. Also, if you hop on to YouTube, there might some clips of them both ‘in action’ so to speak.

Even if you’ve never played Uncharted or never watched Stargate Atlantis, then this is still relevant to you. Whilst many videogame-to-film translations haven’t gone particularly well, this one should be a fantastic film. Why? Well Uncharted happens to have a particularly strong plot with plenty of twists and turns. You could call it Tomb Raider-esque, but with way more substance. The truly crucial factor though, is that the writers don’t deviate too far from the source material. The source material is already gold.

If anyone knows what I’m on about, then please let me know what you think. I’d love to have a chat about this!