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15 Things You Never Knew About Uncharted

IbizaPocholo

NeoGAFs Kent Brockman


The Uncharted franchise is about many things, but secrets and treasure might be at the top of that list. Here are 15 things you may not know about the series.

Since the first game in 2007, the Uncharted series from Naughty Dog has been packing its games with treasure hunts for Nathan Drake as well as easter eggs for the player. However, the reference to old Naughty Dog games aren’t the only secrets around the series.

In this video, we’re talking about a handful of things you may not know about the Uncharted franchise. From the original inspiration for Nathan Drake, to his greatest fear and the original story concepts for series spin-off, The Lost Legacy.

Uncharted: The Legacy of Thieves Collection released on PlayStation 5 and PC on January 28, 2022. The PS5 version features 3 modes: fidelity, which runs at 4K at 30fps. Performance, which runs at 1440p at 60fps and Performance +, which runs at 1080p at 120fps.

STAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Original inspiration for Nate
00:52 - Harrison Ford Commercial
01:46 - Uncharted movie changes
02:30 - Nate's age throughout the series
02:59 - Cassie's namesake
03:05 - Nate's real last name
03:26 - Vicky's namesake
03:46 - Daxter wetsuits
04:12 - Crash Bandicoot plane
04:22 - TLoU reference
05:00 - LittleBigPlant reference
05:12 - Nate's luck meter
05:54 - Sam's original role in UC4
06:33 - Nadine's original role in UC4
06:43 - The Lost Legacy alternatives
07:13 - Bonus: Nate's biggest fear
 

IbizaPocholo

NeoGAFs Kent Brockman


The Uncharted franchise has a comprehensive timeline that spans 6 mainline games, a comic book, a motion comic and a book, plenty of flashbacks and even a flash forward. And that’s not even counting the movie, which basically charts its own path. But Tom Holland aside, how does Uncharted all tie together?

00:00 - Opening
00:57 - Uncharted 4 - Young Drake Scenes
02:09 - Uncharted 3 - Young Drake Scenes
03:29 - Uncharted 4 - The Prison Sequence
04:15 - Uncharted The Comic
05:06 - Uncharted: Golden Abyss
06:19 - Uncharted: Eye of Indra
07:30 - Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
10:40 - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
14:59 - Uncharted: The Fourth Labyrinth
15:31 - Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
20:21 - Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
24:19 - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
25:18 - Uncharted 4 - The Epilogue
25:55 - Ending

With the Uncharted movie cherry picking the greatest hits of the entire franchise, what better time to dive back into Nathan Drake’s saga from the original Drake’s Fortune all the way through to the Lost Legacy. This is the complete Uncharted timeline fully explained.
 

IbizaPocholo

NeoGAFs Kent Brockman


Uncharted is an iconic franchise, a game that is firmly cemented to a whole family of consoles and a series that helped shape a studio’s development and storytelling, but our Dave Jewitt has never played it!
Does the game stand the test of time? Is it worth exploiting for new players? Do enemies ever run out of grenades? Dave has to answer all these questions and more.
 
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