Uncharted 4: 20 Amazing Moments

8. The Net Trap

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Chapter 19 (Avery's Descent) sees Nate and Elena going below New Devon into Henry Avery's catacombs, where they not only have to fight off more Shoreline guards, but avoid a ton of traps, namely mummies rigged with explosives.

However, the pair miss a net trap which hoists them up into the air, all while mummies begin exploding in the distance, getting closer to them with each passing explosion.

Without a knife to cut themselves free, the pair have to swing themselves back and forth in order to reach a sword attached to one of the corpses strung up beside them. It's a terrifically tense sequence because of the superb shot arrangement (where you can see the explosions edging closer), and the fact that you're held off from grabbing the sword until the last possible moment, it repeatedly being within inches of your grasp. That is how you do suspense.

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