Sir Francis', Nate's, and Cutter's Journals... (Gaming)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Tuesday, May 31, 2016, 16:29 (2906 days ago) @ Cody Miller

One of the things that Uncharted does very well storytelling-wise is the way that you can learn a lot about characters by looking through their journals. As you play the game, Drake constantly writes and draws on his journal (or whoever's journal he has on hand), and it is great on multiple levels, because it refreshes you on the mission, the relationships, characters, and Drake's perspective (Drawing emotions on Sully's stern face, giving dialogue to inanimate objects, and drawing Sam surrounded by cigarette butts are a few examples). It's great, and something that audio logs and cutscenes wouldn't show. Little touches that "wouldn't be included in the movie".

And what's great is that whoever it is translating the game, they "get" it. For some reason, Naughty Dog's games are proving to be a real treat when playing them in a different language (my Crushing-difficulty play-through of Uncharted 4 is in Spanish, and Nate gives Sam a funny Spanish-context nickname that wasn't in the English version). Great stuff.