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it feels a little bittersweet to be reunited with Nathan Drake for the final installment of the Uncharted series on one hand taking control of the dashing fortune hunter again is a welcome return to the franchise on the other hand we are definitely going to miss lines like this we're good everything's good uncharted for a thief's end brings nathan drake out of retirement and back on to the treasure hunting trail this time seeking the vast fortunes of a long dead pirate Nate finds himself really without much of a choice and he has to put his holster back on and re-enter the world of treasure hunters one last time we spent about 30 minutes playing through a sequence heading toward a volcano in Madagascar we took full control of a jeep which is a franchise first and used it to traverse the terrain and solve a few puzzles even though it's the fourth game in the series this old dog still got some new tricks the first thing we notice is how big the world seems compared to previous installments it's not quite open world but it's what developer Naughty Dog is calling wide linear we wanted to give the players kind of more opportunity to go off the beaten path explore find some side stories that have to do with the pirate treasure and the oldest pirate lore that we've built for this adventure or not as we wandered we found smaller treasures littered throughout the zone making exploration key if you are a completionist there are also some new combat mechanics including a grappling hook deeper stealth options and the ability to mark enemies and see how aware they are of your presence so you can take out bad guys silently or you can still leap in guns a-blazing in traditional nathan drake fashions we didn't get a larger sense of how uncharted 4 story might play out but if you're a fan of Nathan Drake you might need to get your tissues ready and I guess someone could make a prequel or could do something between the adventures but what we've been saying is the first three games have had a certain kind of story story kind of trajectory for us we're viewing them as a set up to the payoff being uncharted 4 and it'd be pretty hard to do a sequel with nathan drake after them uncharted 4 hits PlayStation 4 on may 10 2016