i think i've only pre-ordered a couple games this generation. I know it is more than this but Uncharted 4 and God of War are the only 2 I can think of right now and definitely were the last 2 games I pre-ordered. I did pre-orders a lot more in the early gen when my backlog wasn't soo deep.
anyways, i intend to pre-order TLoU2 at some point prior to release. I'll hold off for a while though. I hate how they put out additional versions later like "digital deluxe" but if you already put in your pre-order you can't really cancel or change your options. makes it not work pre-ordering until the week or so before release.
Been replaying Uncharted with my sister.
Uncharted 1 - Has so many glaring flaws, but still a good game.
Uncharted 2 - hot Jam this is good. Even just moving around feels better to me in this game than the first. Gameplay is just so much better. And dang, the visuals.
i haven't played uncharted 2 recently so see how it holds up in hindsight but if you played this games at/near release uncharted 2 was clearly the best in the franchise. it was just such a massive improvement over U1 and soo massively advanced compared to any other game released in the same timeframe.
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i assume you are playing the uncharted collection for ps4. that should mean you are not playing U1 with the god awful six-axis grenade controls the game originally released with. hot jam that was a hot mess in U1.