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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (and Gearheads!)

Hardcore Gaming 101 · March 31, 2026

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... I'm glad you said all those things there Kat I mean I thought I would be maybe the sole defender of a game that you know is like lost to time you know like this style of game like we definitely have a fatigue of it with the modern games but in 2009 this was like highly engaging and exciting entertaining like the cinematic nature of it all like you said like that was something I was like all in on I do have a bit of a bias towards it as well too I have memories of being able to it was like the job I had at the…

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... and I can see how a lot of Naughty Dog's future games took from what they learned in uncharted 2 so it has a big spot in my heart I don't think it's quite as good as I think it is but I do think it is worth playing through if you haven't played it before. I'm glad you said all those things there Kat I mean I thought I would be maybe the sole defender of a game that you know is like lost to time you know like this style of game like we definitely have a fatigue of it with the modern games but in 2009 this was like highly engaging and exciting entertaining like the cinematic nature of it all like you said like that was something I was like all in on I do have a bit of a bias towards it as well too I have memories of being able to it was like the job I had at the time like got me like access to some Sony stuff and I got to go to their pre-e3 event at the shrine auditorium for e3 in 2009 and that's where they like unveiled like the like the building collapsing sequence and like showing off like gameplay for the first time and I was like blown away as like a how old was I in 2009 I was 22 I think at that time yeah so I was still like ...

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