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*Be warned the alt version with text is a mild spoiler for Uncharted 4*

I picked up the Nathan Drake Collection on a sale over the weekend, and promptly rediscovered my love for the Uncharted series as a result. I remember always playing the games when they came out, but I never revisited them once I'd finished the story. Maybe because they're so short I thought they didn't lend themselves to a lot of replay value at the time? They're big, action set piece-driven spectacles, not the type of genre that usually goes with sixty-hour playthroughs. I may have seen that as a negative at the time, but nowadays a tightly-paced blockbuster is a rare godsend. "Not EVERY game needs crafting and rpg elements!" he said while staring out the window in stained pajamas, muttering. 

But let's get to last year's model here. Elena Fisher is a fantastic character. Expertly voiced by Emily Rose (who is also the basis for Elena's appearance that I, for the record, made no effort to reproduce the facial features of here) I can't think of a less cheesy way to put this, but Elena really seems like the perfect mix of strength and heart. Often the only girl in an all-boy team, she could have easily been the classic nagging girl trope, only there to roll her eyes when the men do something dumb/awesome.  Even on the rare occasions she does get pissed at the guys, though, her logic is usually sound and you can easily see where she's coming from.

Anyway, I finished the still admittedly kind of janky original and just started the sequel, which is every bit the huge leap forward where the series really clicked that I remembered it being. Can't wait to work my way all the way up to the epilogue game again. I never did play the portable one on the PS Vita, because dear lord don't tempt me, I have too many systems I collect for as it is. Was it any good? Let me know, and if you guys have any opinions about Uncharted I'd love to hear them in the comments.