But as the third installment - Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - draws closer to its Nov. The next saga for the franchise's star Nathan Drake, a treasure hunter who can overcome impossible odds yet still seem like an everyday man, would have to raise the bar of cinematic storytelling that the development team upped two years ago.
After 2009's critical masterpiece, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, was showered with countless Game of the Year awards, developer Naughty Dog knew expectations for the follow-up entry in the series would be daunting to say the least.