Uncharted 4 Reviews: 10 Spoiler-Free Reactions You Need To Know

3. They've Figured Out How To Navigate You Through Set-Pieces

"The key difference with Uncharted 4 is how it directs you with its camera and lighting, guiding you to the correct ledge or doorway or crumbling wall as you leap through explosions and plumes of smoke. Audio cues also aid you--characters shout over the din of gunfire, telling you when to fight and when to keep running. The dialogue makes sense within the moment." - Mike Mahardy, Gamespot

It's rarely talked about, as the majority of time is spent gasping in awe, but Uncharted's complex set-pieces and screen-filling 'movie moments' can occasionally be too much first time through.

A delicate balancing act, letting the player navigate through such things without dying or resorting to quick-time events has gotten the better of every other developer under the sun, so it's refreshing to note that Naughty Dog have improved even here.

Too many of us have perished right in the middle of these levels that are supposed to be so thrilling, and replaying them over and over can become incredibly tedious, if not purely because you know you're 'supposed to be' playing them far better.