10 Perfect Video Games That Actually Lived Up To The Hype

3. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

There are some things games can just do better than film, and putting you slap-bang in the middle of any number of explosive set-pieces as the camera keeps up with everything is just one of them. Unluckily for Naughty Dog, the original Uncharted didn't take off as they'd first hoped (fans and critics thought it was a strange deviation going from an over-animated orange bandicoot to a pair of platforming heroes... to a dude in jeans), yet they knew if they could present it right, Nathan Drake could become legend. Then there was that E3 demo with the collapsing building, and the moment where Nate emerges at the last second ,unscathed, mentioning "Man... we were almost in that!" The whole world laughed, and the series' popularity went through the roof. Gaming had its very own Indiana Jones, and when it came time to see what genius scriptwriters Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley could bring to the table at retail, it surpassed even those lofty expectations through a mix of unforgettable set-pieces and more contextual, perfectly-timed dialogue.