my nigga Rjcc called the Uncharted series on-rail shooters already, meanwhile this is the hand holdingest campaign you'll play all year.

but that's what makes it stupid fun.

it's fucking stupid, but it's fucking fun.

you never get lost or stuck, and on normal the firefights keep you awake without making you frustrated. really, you can run past most enemies to the next check point. and it all leads to some blockbuster explosion or chase sequence.

the ending gets all God of War with the QTE, but it goes hard and doesn't feel too out of place.

the narrative is a mess, as usual. each chapter rotates between a handful of settings and characters, all of which are connected by a jumbled montage of surveillance footage and voice over briefings. obviously, none of this qualifies as character development, so when your avatar or NPC dies heroically, it's hard to give too much of a fuck. this is about as impersonal as World War gets.

cut scenes between chapters could have given the story some weight, but it still would have been unruly constantly switching between characters and settings. also, it would have slowed the pace down and made more people skip the single player altogether.

it's an experience and worth playing, though. especially since it takes less than 6 hours to complete.