10 Things An Xbox Player Learned Playing Uncharted For The First Time

7. It's Definitely Not An Indiana Jones Rip-Off

On the surface, Uncharted and Indiana Jones have an awful lot in common. They both feature dashing young treasure-hunters, they're both centred around supernatural historical artefacts, and they both feature some especially ambitious set-pieces. The comparisons, however, stop there.

First off, Nathan Drake and Indiana Jones are anything but similar. Jones is definitely far more intelligent than Drake is, whereas the supposed descendent of Sir Francis is more whimsical and comedic. Granted, the emphasis on weaponised historical artefacts is very clearly derivative of the Jones brand, but Uncharted is more Sci-Fi than supernatural, or at least more fantastical.

Drake's Fortune has some weird cave-dwelling creatures involved in its climax, and its immediate follow up features the undead masquerading in Yeti costumes. Again, not really things you expect to see in Spielberg's blockbuster classics.

The discrepancies are anything but minor, but I imagine they still won't be enough to halt comparisons in their tracks.

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