Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Category: PlayStation 3 Game
Console: PlayStation 3 (Download Emulator)
Developer: Naughty Dog
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Series: Uncharted
Genre: Action / Adventure
Mode: Single-player / Multiplayer
Region: Asia
Views: 8,325,878
Downloads: 7,748,578
Released: October 15, 2009
File Size: 18.3 GB
Rating: 4.9/5 (895 votes)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is a 2009 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3.
It is the second game in the Uncharted series. Set two years after Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007), the story follows Nathan Drake, Chloe Frazer and Elena Fisher as they search for the Cintamani Stone and Shambhala while battling a militia led by Serbian war criminal Zoran Lazarević.
Development for Uncharted 2 began immediately following the success of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. The development team drew inspiration from explorer Marco Polo and his expeditions through archipelagos and eastern Asia. Naughty Dog developed an updated proprietary engine for Among Thieves, which runs exclusively on the Naughty Engine 2.0 system.
Among Thieves received acclaim for its narrative, voice acting, graphics, technical achievements, and cinematic quality. It received Game of the Year accolades from numerous publications and award events, and is considered one of the most significant games for the seventh console generation and amongst the greatest video games ever made. It sold more than six million copies worldwide, and was re-released on PlayStation 4 as part of Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection. A sequel, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, was released in 2011.
Uncharted 2 is an action-adventure platform video game played from a third-person view, with the player in control of Nathan Drake. Drake is physically adept and can jump, climb, and scale narrow ledges and wall faces to get between points. Drake can be equipped with up to two firearms, one single-handed, one two-handed and a limited supply of grenades. Drake can pick up weapons, automatically replacing the existing weapon he was using, and additional ammunition from slain enemies.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves received universal acclaim, being praised as one of the best video games of all time, and earning numerous "Game of the Year" awards, including Spike's Video Game Awards. The game got 41 perfect review scores, receiving a Metacritic score of 96 out of 100, making it the most critically acclaimed game of 2009.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves received over 300 industry awards, including over 200 Game of the Year awards. At the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards, it earned a record eight award nominations, winning three, including Game of the Year. IGN, among numerous other video gaming websites and publications awarded Uncharted 2 their overall Game of the Year award. Uncharted 2 received a record fifteen nominations during the AIAS 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards it ultimately won ten of them, including Game of the Year, tying with fellow Naughty Dog game The Last of Us (2013) for the most honored game in the Academy's history.
