Uncharted 3 - Drake's Deception - Game of the Year Edition (UK)
PlayStation 3
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Reviewed in 2012
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✪ Reviewed on November 29, 2023
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GOTY edition of Uncharted 3 with all multiplayer DLC. Exceptional cinematic spectacle with unforgettable sequences. Full additional content significantly extends multiplayer for a complete, generous experience.
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Category
Action Adventure4 players16+
Co-op
Description
Game of the Year edition by Naughty Dog of Uncharted 3 with all DLC. Published by Sony Computer Entertainment, released in September 2012 in Europe, Asia, the UK and North America. All content of Uncharted 3 Drake's Deception plus all multiplayer DLC Flashback Map Pack and Drake's Deception Multiplayer Pack included, over twenty-two main chapters and all additional maps unlocked, adventure gameplay mixing cover-based TPS and combat, online multiplayer mode enriched with DLC, English voice-over with Nolan North.
Uncharted 3 - Drake's Deception - Game of the Year Edition review
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Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
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Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
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Story
★★★★★
"Masterful"
Cinematic adventure of dazzling beauty, lush jungles, majestic ruins and sumptuous natural light: the game looks like a playable adventure film. The spectacular staging and the care for detail reach a technical peak. This visual direction, vast and polished, showcases Naughty Dog's talent.
Blending an adventurous orchestra and ethnic accents, the music raises Nathan Drake's journeys to the scale of a great action film. The unforgettable "Nate's Theme" and epic flights accompany every stunt with flair. This cinematic breadth, generous and exhilarating, is the whole sweep of the saga.
Haunted by an obsession inherited from his mentor, Nathan Drake hunts a lost city in the Arabian desert against a secret society. This time the tale digs into the hero's past and his filial bond with his old partner. Between breathless chases and more intimate emotion, this flamboyant entry extends Drake's legend with panache.
Gameplay
"Masterful"
This complete edition of the third installment brings together the adventure and its multiplayer content around spectacular staging and supple handling. Climbing, gunfights and grand set-pieces flow without a dull moment. Fuller than ever, it offers the richest version of a blockbuster whose flair remains intact.
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
The third entry pushes the spectacular staging even further, with memorable sequences in the heart of the desert and scenery that collapses in real time. The polished writing and relentless pace maintain a constant tension. Spectacular, generous and superbly made, an interactive blockbuster that confirms the series at the peak of action-adventure, to experience like a great film.
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Leaping from a collapsing set to a gunfight, then to a puzzle, carried by breathtaking production, endlessly renews the urge to discover the next showpiece scene. Combing the levels for treasures rewards curiosity. Its more disjointed story shows, but the virtuosity of its staging and its panache grip you to the very end.
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Massive"
This expanded version pairs Drake's hunt with its online additions, multiplying reasons to stay aboard after the credits. Heading back out for treasures, taking on the challenges and roaming the multiplayer modes stretches the stay considerably, and the package remains an ideal gateway into Naughty Dog's spectacular adventure craft.
The Game of the Year edition of Uncharted 3, gathering Naughty Dog's adventure blockbuster and its extra content, offering the most complete form of the trilogy's grand finale. Widespread in the West, it is favored by fans wanting everything on disc. Its interest lies in this bundling rather than scarcity.
Better with friends
A cinematic adventure whose multiplayer side surprises with its quality, marrying snappy competitive clashes and scripted co-op modes. The competition rewards positioning and cover play, while the co-op relives spectacular set pieces with others. The original online leans on uncertain servers, but the inventiveness of the maps and the sense of spectacle stay a real shared treat.
Is Uncharted 3 - Drake's Deception - Game of the Year Edition still worth playing in 2026?
This Game of the Year edition gathers Uncharted 3 and all its multiplayer add-on content, the most complete form of this peak of cinematic adventure. The base game remains technically stunning for the PS3, carried by spectacular staging and unforgettable sequences such as the liner and the desert. The numerous DLC considerably enrich the once-very-active online side, even if the servers have since thinned. The exemplary solo campaign amply justifies the purchase. To discover Drake's adventure in its most furnished version, this set imposes itself naturally.
