Uncharted 4: The Ultimate Nathan Bonking Simulator

The urge to craft a 3d printed Nathan bonking hammer is quite high

It's hard to pick the best piece of dialogue in this game, but my favorite has to be this one exchange between Nate and Sully during the car chase: Sully: " Nate..." Nate: "What?" Sully: "We can never come back to this city again." Nate: "Add it to the list!"

Also, let's not forget that Rafe's motivation for greatness when we meet him in Panama does not hold a candle to his motivations when we return to him thirteen years later. When he agrees to help Sam and Nathan before Sam "dies", he's a man trying to make a name for himself, sure. But by the time we revisit him in the Rossi estate, he's got so much more fire under his ass, and that's all because of one guy: Nathan Drake. During the final boss fight, the dialogue interspliced between sword slices from Rafe reveals that with every victory Nathan won, with every lost city Nathan discovered, Rafe was only getting madder and madder. While Nathan was receiving all this treasure-hunting glory, Rafe was still in Scotland, turning over rocks. So by the time Uncharted 4 is happening, Rafe is hellbent on finding Avery's treasure. With all the money and resources at his disposal, he was turning squat at the cathedral. Meanwhile, here's this guy, crybaby Drake who lost his big brother, finding El Dorado, the Chintamani Stone, and Ubar, like it's nothing. Sure, Rafe wants to make a name for himself, but he also wants to prove that his dick is just as big, if not bigger, than Nate's.

I think the reason the scene of Elena and Nathan standing in the dining room with all of the dead pirates hits so hard is because you see Nathan really fall back into the whole reason he was really doing all of his adventuring in the first place. His love of the hidden history of the world. And Elena is reminded of the reason she wound up falling for him in the first place. Her expression drops because she can’t help but be fascinated by the man in front of her just gushing over a piece of history no one has seen in centuries. And it reminds her of the reason she joined him back in the first game. It’s a touching moment that reminds them of where they started together, and works as the final piece to them repairing their relationship.

1:13:52 i just want to point out, so that you understand how fucking insane Havery was: those bones weren't always bones... let that sink in, he went full chainsaw massaquere in those caves

You forgot the best moment in Sams reintroduction; Nathan doesn't mention he's married initially. He regales Sam with the stories of all his adventures and the cool shit he's done, but doesn't mention he has a wife until the very end as an afterthought. It's such a good moment that further demonstrates where his head's at and compliments his moment with Elena so well

The old lady mansion section is one of the best moments of narrative through gameplay I've ever seen in a video game. If you look at letters and memorabilia throughout the mansion, you begin to put together the pieces of a story. A story of an explorer who fell in love, but became so engrossed with her own adventures that she let her marriage die, and didn't even bother showing up to her husband's funeral, destroying her relationship with her son. And that explorer was the old lady who owned the mansion. It's such a beautiful yet heartbreaking reward for players who are willing to explore a bit more, and a really good parallel to what Nate and Elena's relationship could become if Nate goes down that path. God I love this game.

So basically, if Sam didn't ditch Rafe, convinced him to get Nathan onboard, sat down with Elaine and explained everything/invite her into it as well... Everyone would have had a happy and fun time. God Dammit, Sam! This is why we can't have nice things!

I love the “bricky is overwhelmed and needs to play with his toys” break 1/3 the way into the video, means it’s gonna be a banger.

I’ll forever be amazed by how well they actually pulled off the "long lost brother no ones ever seen or heard of before" thing. It’s so cliche and it really shouldn’t work but it just does. Sam grew on me immediately and I cared just as much about him as all the other characters we’ve known since the first game. And yes I know that there are plotholes regarding his existence but I feel like it’s something I’m able to look past considering how he was very obviously written into the story and the developers didn’t plan for Nathan to have a brother from the start. Sams existence gets a napwiss from me

The look on Elena's face when all the dead pirate captains are found, she's almost overcome with the emotion of knowing that, yes, she does still love this man. As well as why she fell for him in the first place.

I'm a historian, life-long pirate lover, and married man. This game had me in tears of awe, joy, and sorrow too many times. It is, in my opinion, a true masterclass in the creation of good videogame dialogue. What a masterpiece.

Hour and a half bricky video was just what I needed today

The Elena and Nate dialogue in this game in my opinion is the best dialogue out of all of the games period.

Rafe's motivation as a character works well because its so similar to Nates while being the opposite to Nate's, and ties in well to the central themes of the game and how the hunt for glory can be all-consuming and destructive. Many of the other Uncharted villains come across as mustache twirling cartoons.

The “Coaches don’t play” line when referring to Sully was brilliant..

For as good as the last minute Sam/Nate relationship is, my god Elena and Nate have really gone through the most in this series. So glad they got a happy ending.

Honestly finished this video smiling for Nathan and Elena's happy ending. Lots of games have a romantic subplot but so often the feel empty, not realistic. This one showed the hard times, and hard work a real relationship needs, and the happy story you make by making that effort. Oh yeah the game seems good too.

I actually like that Nathan never told Elena about Sam, he'd be ashamed he had left him behind and feels responsible. Even if the reason is that Sam orginally didn't exist.

" he may not be married but coaches dont play!" Had me laughing hard.