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UNCHARTED 4: A THIEF’S END

PUB: SONY DEV: NAUGHTY DOG

We went into this fourth adventure with a tear welling in the corner of our eye. This was Nathan Drake’s final game. The end of an era offered some of the greatest moments of the PS4 generation: we mud-skied behind a runaway truck; evaded mercs through, around, and over a collapsing tower ending in a gut punch; and sat down for noodles and Crash Bandicoot for a Normal Life. Uncharted 4 took us on a tour of Nate’s world, asked questions of every central character, and consistently married action and narrative perfectly.

Developer Naughty Dog wasn’t content just

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