Topic: The Definitive Best Game of All Time Forum Megapoll!

The Last Of Us - 2 points
Tomb Raider - 1 point
Uncharted 2 - 2 points
Valkyria Chronicles - 4 points
Witcher 3 - 2 points
Yakuza Zero - 1 point

Isn't getting any easier, is it?

My this will be a tough decision!

@Rudy_Manchego @0ld_boy @johnnyshoulder You can actually tell this is a tough round as everyones points so far are spread between loads of games!

WE ARE OVER 1000 COMMENTS massive round of applause for everyone who has joined in so far.

I'm number 999, I was so close to winning that car

Tetris - 3
The Last Of Us - 3
Uncharted 2 - 2
Uncharted 4 - 2
Yakuza 0 - 2

@Octane haha nice one Octane. I actually have 1300 cars to sell funnily enough some of them I cant even give away.

@Quintumply yes Ste, legendary voting. Any points for Tetris and Yakuza get a Noisy seal of approval.

@themcnoisy To my shame, I hadn't played a huge amount of games in this round

Tomb Raider - 2
Uncharted 2 - 2
Witcher 3 - 2
Yakuza Zero - 3
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward - 3

Tetris - 3
Tomb Raider (2013) - 5
Zelda: A Link to the Past - 2
Zelda: Ocarina of Time -2

@melaneil Yes another vote for Yakuza! Cheers mate. Im not one to lobby but when my favourite game on PS4 is almost safe (when almost all my other picks are dead on the water) Im pretty chuffed.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - 5 points
Yakuza Zero - 4 points
Super Smash Bros. Melee - 1 point
The Last Of Us - 1
Uncharted 2 - 1 points

Super Metroid - 3
The Last Of Us - 2
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - 3
Xenoblade Chronicles X - 2
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward - 2

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - 5 points
The Last of Us - 5 points
Uncharted 2 - 1 point
Uncharted 4 - 1 point

@Gamer83 yes mate. Knew Yakuza could count on you!

@Simon_Fitzgerald good to see you voting again Si.

@RogerRoger @kidfried @crippyd Nice points for Tetris they could make a huge difference!

@Dichotomy I only played super metroid properley for the first time properley this year on snes mini. Awesome game.

The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past - 5 points
The Last Of Us - 3 points
Tetris - 2 points
Uncharted 4 - 1 point
The Witcher 3 - 1 point

Tetris got me into gaming, I had to chuck it a couple of points.
@themcnoisy good to hear you're fighting fit again, sounds like we're all going to need to be on top form for this next round...

@RogerRoger With you on Uncharted 2. Replayed the trilogy recently because my wife only got into them at U4, so she wanted to catch up. Uncharted 2 kind of left me wondering why it is regarded as being so much better than the others. Still great, like.
The fourth one is my favourite, but I started The Lost Legacy last night and if it carries on at this rate, it could be the best one...

@RogerRoger Glad to know I'm not the only one who was underwhelmed by Uncharted 2. I mean, it's still leagues better than U1 and Golden Abyss, but sections like the one where you have to lure the tank around, the section with the yeti, or the terrible final battle drag it down for me.

Uncharted 3 was much better at being a constantly moving thrill fest, with some of the best setpieces in the series. And Uncharted 4 managed to perfectly marry fantastic action gameplay to a great plot that really deconstructs Nathan Drake and explores themes that have hidden under the surface of the series the entire time.

Of course, even the worst Uncharted game is more interesting than The Last of Us, which is probably the most bored I've ever been playing a big AAA game. People talk about how moving and meaningful it is, and I have to wonder if those people have ever watched horror movies or TV series or read a piece of post-apocalyptic sci-fi in the last ten years. Absolutely the most overrated game I've ever played in my life.

@Ralizah I am with you on the last of us. It was a nicely told story but I found the videogame sections to be pretty average 💤

I too was left underwhelmed by Uncharted 2!

@Feena Naughty Dog isn't great when it comes to pure gameplay, but they're second-to-none when it comes to spectacle and "cinematic" gameplay, which is why I think the Uncharted games still manage to be pretty fun. It's easy to get caught up in the moment when you're constantly escaping from firefights, burning houses, crumbling cliffs, explosions, etc. They're like big, dumb action movies crossed with the Westernized exoticism of something like Indiana Jones.

TLoU slows down, though. It still has set-pieces, but they don't overwhelm you, so you're free to see the seams in ND's game design.

I also think that ND's writers are good at writing dialogue, but struggle to create genuinely compelling conflicts in their games.

Basically, I think Uncharted plays to their strengths, and TLoU exposes their weaknesses.