![]() ![]() Of course, it’d be a pretty boring game if you were the only one gunning for the stone, and it’s not long before one of your confidantes betrays you and goes to work for Zoran Lazarevic, a ruthless Serbian war criminal who believes the stone will give him the power to rule the world. ![]() The ultimate goal is the fabled, wish-granting Cintamani Stone. After escaping the train, just before it plunges over the precipice, Drake passes out in the snow and the story flashes back to Drake and two fellow treasure hunters’ deciding to seek out Marco Polo’s fleet of lost ships. ![]() The game opens with a badly injured Drake hanging from a train car that’s dangling over a cliff. You play as Nathan Drake, a brainy, dreamy adventurer with a perpetual five o’clock shadow and half-tucked shirt. But the same design decisions that yield some of the best dramatic pacing in video gaming also can make you feel like you’re an actor in someone else’s movie, not an empowered explorer out to uncover a lost city, best the bad guy and get the girl. Boasting a blockbuster-worthy story, solid voice acting, spectacular explosions, crazy escapes and big-time shootouts, the game does a great job at making you feel like a cross between Indiana Jones, Rambo and “Tomb Raider’s” Lara Croft. “Uncharted 2” (rated T, $60 for PlayStation 3) is the best movie I’ve ever played. Even though the commercial shows precious little gameplay, you’re unlikely to see a more accurate pitch for a video game this year. ![]()
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