Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Category: PlayStation 3 Game
Console: PlayStation 3 (Download Emulator)
Developer: Naughty Dog
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Series: Uncharted
Genre: Action / Adventure
Mode: Single-player
Region: US
Views: 6,947,583
Downloads: 5,896,386
Released: November 19, 2007
File Size: 22.2 GB
Rating: 4.9/5 (593 votes)
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is a 2007 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It is the first game in the Uncharted series and follows Nathan Drake, the supposed descendant of explorer Sir Francis Drake, as he searches for the lost treasure of El Dorado with journalist Elena Fisher and mentor Victor Sullivan.
The development of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune began in 2005, and saw Naughty Dog altering their approach to development, as they sought to create a humanized video game that was distinct from their other entries, settling on an action-adventure game with platforming elements and a third-person perspective. The team regularly updated or wholly changed various aspects related to the story, coding, and the game's design which led to delays.
Extensively marketed as a PlayStation exclusive, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune received generally favorable reviews, with praise for its characters and voice acting, story, music, technical achievements, and production values, drawing similarities to blockbuster films.
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune received generally favorable reviews from game critics. Game Informer complimented the visuals and dialogue between the characters Drake and Fisher, calling them stunning and entertaining respectively. They further added that the production values appeared high, citing the level of detail and musical score. PlayStation Magazine echoed similar statements about the visuals and compared them to that of Crysis.
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune received several accolades from web review sites such as IGN, who named it their PlayStation 3 game of the year. During the 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated Uncharted in six categories: "Adventure Game of the Year", "Outstanding Character Performance", and outstanding achievement in "Animation", "Original Music Composition", "Story Development", and "Visual Engineering".
The game became one of the first batch of titles to be released as part of Europe's budget Platinum range of best selling titles and sold 1 million copies ten weeks after its release. Sony announced at E3 2009 that Uncharted: Drake's Fortune had sold over 2.6 million copies worldwide and was a hit for the PlayStation 3. It was followed by the sequel Uncharted 2: Among Thieves in October 2009, and was re-released on PlayStation 4 as part of Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection. By March 2015, the game had sold 4.8 million copies.
