Nathan Drake dives into the Arabian desert, and big action cinema plays its score again.

The profile is solid and even, no soft spots. What surprises is what the community would give a lot to live again for the first time: rediscovery places Uncharted 3 ahead of 95% of games. Controller feel follows right behind, ahead of 89% of titles, though that number rests on very few votes, to be confirmed. Everything else, connection, desert island, fun, the soundtrack, holds in the upper half without ever slipping. No tension here, just a title that does everything well, carried by the memory of its set pieces.

Compared to third person adventure blockbusters, the modern Tomb Raider style, it holds up on spectacle and staging.

So, who is it for? For you if you love adventure as spectacle, the chases, the ruins, the thrill you wish you could discover fresh. Much less if you want intimate emotion or mechanics that reinvent themselves.