Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

A 400-year-old clue in the coffin of Sir Francis Drake sets a modern-day fortune hunter on an exploration for the fabled treasure of El Dorado, leading to the discovery of a forgotten island in the middle of…

90 16 November 2007 ESRB T

Adventure Platform Shooter Action Fantasy Historical Mystery

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is an adventure developed by Naughty Dog, released 16 November 2007 on PlayStation 3. The main story takes about 11.2 hrs to finish.

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What Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is an adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and released in 2007. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3 only. It runs on Naughty Dog Engine. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Treasure hunter Nathan "Nate" Drake (Nolan North), accompanied by reporter Elena Fisher (Emily Rose), recovers the coffin of his self-proclaimed ancestor Sir Francis Drake, having located it from coordinates inscribed on a family heirloom: a ring Nate wears around his neck. The coffin contains Sir Francis Drake's diary, which gives the location of El Dorado. Pirates attack and destroy Nate's boat, but Nate's friend and mentor Victor "Sully" Sullivan (Richard McGonagle) rescues the two in his seaplane. Fearing Elena's reporting will attract potential rivals, Nate and Sully abandon her at a dock. Following the diary to the indicated spot, Nate and Sully discover an alcove that once held a…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Uncharted series

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is the first of 34 entries we hold in the Uncharted series. The next entry was Uncharted 2: Among Thieves in 2009. Its critic score of 90 is 6 points above the series average of 84. The highest-rated entry is Uncharted 2: Among Thieves at 95.

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How it was received

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 26 points above the year average. Players rate it 83, 7 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 11.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 15 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune launched on 16 November 2007, within three weeks of Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and The Witcher. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, The Witcher.

Cheats and codes

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