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A full history of the Uncharted franchise. From it's initial release in 2007, to the most recent rumors in 2020.
This documentary takes a deep dive into Naughty Dog's rise to fame - and picks up where my History of Crash Bandicoot left off with them - creating a brand new property independently from Universal and becoming one of Sony's most cherished first party studios.
Join me as I detail each and every game, breaking down their development history, storyline, gameplay features, visuals, and their critical reception, all backed with each game's original soundtrack.
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Even the smallest donations help me make these videos! (I record all of my own footage and need to purchase several old games for the footage)
This video in particular took me longer than any project I've ever worked on. I put a ton of passion and effort into this documentary - but even so, there are bound to be errors. Please feel free to let me know in the comments if you spot one! Also, special thanks to Syfydan for creating the awesome intro sequence for me.
Now sit back, grab a drink and enjoy the ENTIRE History of Uncharted!
#Uncharted #NaughtyDog #Documentary
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NICK DO THE RESISTANCE FRANCHISE PLEASE!!!!🥵🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Uncharted 2 the best by story and uncharted 4 by graphics
@@user-qq5hi6jq3f I only place Uncharted 4
@@darknessviking nonsense, he was good for uncharted and the last of us 1 so now he not, go to sleep clown
@@darknessviking clam down the last of us part 2 is the worst to happen to Neil druckmann
The uncharted theme song makes me feel like I am on a real adventure. Always get goosebumps hearing it.
It has a great ost
Really it makes me feel a bit old lol.
Best game ever
I play it over and over and over and over again AND NEVER GET TIRED IT!!!
You can get the hats masks glasses for free if you have ps4 online I love nate sam + sullivans story
The first Uncharted defined my childhood. The second one made me realize after the years that I shouldn't have skipped on it. The third one showed me a true, incredible, cinematic adventure. Uncharted 4 concluded everything so beautifully that it left me speechless. Love this franchise. Thank you for making this video
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Realized the same thing somewhere through the 4th game just how much the franchise meant to me. Uncharted 4 was an experience
4 was a let down for me story wise
Wait... you skipped on uncharted 2? Dude uncharted 2 is what brought uncharted to the limelight!
@@DrMateen36 Uncharted 2 was the first one I played and Uncharted 1 was the last one lol I'd say I made the right choice
No matter what ur thoughts are on the latest naughty dog game, u can't deny how amazing the studio and the devs are. They've really come far.
spiderman265555 that’s original
@@spiderman265555 Keep crying.
@@spiderman265555 ur just ignorant if you think one mediocre game makes you care less about them especially after the games theyve put out before
When you lose the staff members who's creative decisions and talent made the company who it was, you just have naughty Dog in name. Same way a clicker is the same person they were before.
newonaginnalf this doesn’t add up at all, if you are referring to Amy Henning leaving, she wasn’t the only piece of the naughty dog puzzle. The first last of us, which many claim to be their best game didn’t even have her involvement as she was on uncharted 3, so I don’t really understand how you’re claiming they’re lost? The team is still there, and in my opinion, still producing great games!
I would love another Uncharted but Drakes’s send off was perfect.
Agreed. If they do make another, I'd prefer it to be about his daughter or Sam even. Let Nate stay retired
Uncharted 4 was great but I liked Lost Legacy a lit bit more. This makes me think that another Uncharted game without Drake would make sense and I hope they will make another one
Maybe a game of sully’s early adventures
I want another Chloe and Nadine game, their chemistry was much better than I would’ve imagined
Agreed
I knew one day he was gon make this. I can't imagine the amount of work, time, energy, and research that was put into this video. Big ups!
The number of ads though!
Guillermo J Perea that’s fine he deserves the money
Great retrospective to one of my favorite franchises! Secretly wishing ND would go back to Uncharted at some point.
Love your GTA vids!
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.............. GTA is watching you, get to work !
Pls dont say franchise. That belongs to companies that spit out the same game every year. (Madden, COD, FIFA, Assassin's Creed)
honestly!!
@@reedified6514 it is a franchise tho lol just not a yearly one
I love that you included other Naughty Dog titles to show the growth within the UC franchise and how it influenced other games. Beautifully done! Also I had nooo idea that UC was made from what was going to be Jak IV. Very very interesting!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)
I was gonna like this comment but I saw it had 69 likes and didnt want to ruin it ;)
@@larryisntmynamebutyoucanca9625 Now you can. It has 81 likes.
@@larryisntmynamebutyoucanca9625 hah now it’s 96 but opposite it’s 69
Multiplayer name "ND Your Mom" totally sold this to me.
I laughed so hard at that
This was incredibly well done man, I'm actually in the middle of playing through the series again myself, not sure If I'm gonna do anything with it or if it's just for fun yet but either way I am having a blast. Uncharted is definitely one of my favorite game series of all time and you did a great job covering it. :) I'd love to see them do an Uncharted 5, heck it could even follow Nate's daughter all grown up and trying to pursue some of that crazy adventure that her parents have started telling her about or it could just follow another character like Chloe or Sam. So long as we get another entry I'm good XD
See there?...there's a lot of routes they can take especially after Lost Legacy...I really hope Neil drukmann don't screw this sequel up.
In by the way it is about time for a new uncharted 5 for the PS5.
If they make an uncharted 5 I personally would like to have a game centred on Nates daughter, if naughty dog do make a Spinoff like they tried with Chloe, they should do it with sully and Sam with there own story about what they spoke about at the end of uncharted 4
I Run through them about once a year
Totally agree..i would be hyped for a new UNCHARTED game ...not for the UNCHARTED Film tho😂
Your editing continues to be top of the line. Replayed UC3 this year. Feels like it got some undue criticism at the time, as it does feel like an extension of 2. But it's absolutely incredible, with some of ND's best pacing, story, and gameplay design.
Yeah. UC 3 being an UC 2 expansion pack really makes sense in context (same goes for Far Cry 4 to Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed: Rogue to Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Batman: Arkham Origins to Batman: Arkham City).
I don't fucking know man when I played uc3 it was set on to polar opposites of inviornment that and they went back to finding Francis drake from uc1 instead of Marco polos weird tree of life thing and i thought the plane scene was pretty fucking cool
The thing that's so great about theses games is your appreciation changes with your perspective. I hate to say this but I thought 1 was kinda boring when I played it in like 2008, but after playing 2 I went back to it and it was a completely different experience. I looked at the characters much differently and same thing after I played 3, 1 became even better due to my own relationship with the characters. They felt like old friends. I've had this a little bit with other games but not anywhere near to the extent that I felt it with in uncharted which speaks to how good their writing and character development is.
Still waiting on Unkarted, which as with previous series should have been released after 3 :(
Yo that game would probably be actually fun as hell
@RYLE SALUNGA the kart of us
I just finished my first playthrough of all 5 Games. I cant believe I waited this long to play them. I had no idea what I was missing. Truly one of a kind. I loved every minute. Uncharted 4 however, its easily one of the best gaming experiences I have ever had.
Welcome to Uncharted. Glad you enjoyed them. Steve 👍
My word, the amount of effort and affection put into this video is mind-boggling! This is such amazing work. Thank you for your content Nick!
Awesome video! Uncharted 2 was the first Uncharted game I played on my PS3, and it completely blew me away as very few games ever have. The music, the incredible graphics and locations, the fantastic story, great characters and non stop action was unlike anything I'd ever experienced in a video game. It really made you feel immersed in the story, and every chapter just got better and better. An absolute gaming masterpiece.
My man I can't imagine the work that went into this video. Such a fantastic franchise that's been an important part of my life. Great work on this vid as always dude 👍
This is the studio and series that got me hooked on to playstation, my earlier game experience was on PC.
I’ve been watching a lot of your retrospectives. So well made. Whenever I see the temples and ancient ruins in uncharted, I can’t help but feel they were strongly inspired by Crash Bandicoot’s jungles/ ruins/ temples. I love it
One of your best videos yet!
I love you for making this. Uncharted is my favorite game series everything from the music to the gameplay is perfect. Anyone who hasn't played these games definitely should!
I looove these games. They were a huge part of my childhood growing up. I always wanted to fly planes, but seeing Sully fly reinforced that feeling so bad it started to hurt. I finally got the opportunity to start flying planes, and every time I go up I think about his Grumman Goose. I bought the Nathan Drake collection and I'm having my girlfriend go through and play the series while I sit and watch. It's incredible how much of an impact video games can have on someone.
I love all your history videos! Great to start my morning off, thank you!
Oh this is a welcome surprise. Thank you for all your hard work in making these documentaries Nick!
Glad you like them!
The documentary videos are always my favourite videos that you make.. amazing work as always.
Excellent video as usual. Love your content!
I love these documentary videos. Great work as usual. 👍🏾🤙🏾
this was an amazing video big ups man the amount of effort you've put into this is amazing, i cant imagine the amount of research and editing you must have done thx man for such an amazing high quality video and making me re visit my all time favorite growing up as a child
27:00
Underrated video man, keep it up👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼
Amazing compilation. Thank you mate!!
i really love your "history of" series so much! you put a lot of great effort of searching up the information not just about the game but the development history also. seeing this uncharted episode also makes me feels like you are the one who explores the secret legacy that naughty dog* has offered for years and you are the one who uncovered it for us. i still can't believe you have low subs count but i am really glad i am subscribed to you and all the content you've created
(Welcome back everybody) I really enjoy that sentence and your videos even i don't understand of some of your words that you are saying but you are the best
* slow clap rising to a full mad applause * amazing deep dive, fantastic work my man you deserve more and more recognition for you work
What an amazing job you did with this video. It got me so hyped for what ND is working on now. Whatever it may be
Literally your videos are the best. After history of Tomb Raider I was waiting for uncharted and again, here I am 🥰
Please do a history of Witcher video. It’s gonna be really interesting with the stories about the origin of CDPR. Also CDPR is kinda relevant these days with Cyberpunk.
P.S. - CDPR is always relevant. But you know what I meant.
History of Witcher is definitely one I'm interested in looking into. Been looking for an excuse to travel across Novigrad again
@Rocky Montana its sad how people say this kind of things are either kids or havent played the game and just followed everyones opinion
Rocky Montana no, U
stabby Crabby the best answer to end and argument and also the ultimate comeback XD
You're history videos are awesome! This one and the Call of Duty ones are 2 of my favorites. Can't wait for more in the future!!
Amazing length of the video! Time to watch! :)
Dude, Great job. I really love the Uncharted series. Thanks for the video
Glad you enjoyed!
excited to watch this! my fav series
The best retrospective of one of my favourite franchises i´ve ever seen. Thumps up ;)
I really loved this, had a great documentary style to it, and got me super excited for the future of this dev
Righteous, I love this series natural blend of shooting, fighting and platform mechanics.
I recently re-played them all and the second game really was possibly the biggest jump in quality I'd ever experienced. Might be the best sequel ever
when he said gaps (43:48) it sliced my eardrum open. Great video 10/10 uncharted is one of my favorite game franchises ever
Amazing piece you, my friend craft there. I really enjoy it. Beautyfull work.
This is the most complete essay video of the series I have ever seen.
You need more flipping views mate, your content is awesome, keep up the great work i love these documentary videos (also could you do a documentary on the Yakuza series sometime? it's my favourite game series of all time)
Fantastic review! It reminded me of all the awesome movements playing these games. Thank you.
Amazing video sir. You deserve the best.
I would really love a sequel to the Lost Legacy. I felt they really fleshed out both Chloe and Nadine and gave it real potential for a sequel. Honestly one of my favorite games.
I wouldn't mind seeing something with Charlie Cutter again. Not as the lead - but at least as an important side character. And I'd be open to more prequel Uncharted stuff following Nate & Sully's early days. I'm ok with them being done with Chloe & Nadine. They both got a good story out of Lost Legacy.
I feel like there are limits with doing a prequel, with the age of the actors but I feel like any spin-offs (with Cutter, Chloe, Nadine, Sam, or even the daughter) are fair game at this point. They wrapped up the story so well in UC4 that I see nothing else for a main series run but I'm perfectly fine with cameos from the main series actors.
@Jesse Schoedel Absolutely! I could also see a 20-something Cassie teaming up w/Chloe & Nadine!
Wow you made me realize how much I love this franchise.
Great Videos ! keep up the good work
Loved this video! Such great explanations and details!!!
Good video Nick. I am waiting for an early comparisons of Ubisoft games which will be shown tomorrow.
30:24 did you add that Wilhelm scream or is it actually in the game? Loved this video, great work Nick
good video bro
I had a smile on my face for entirety of the video. Thanks for investing so much time for this quality content.
Love listening to this series in the background while I animate
You earned my sub sir! Great retrospective!!
Excellently researched and explained! Thank you very much!
The Lost Legacy was just as good as the main Drake campaign. I really enjoyed it. Uncharted 5 on PS5 is gonna bring the kicks and the asses together!
I'm pretty sure they will follow a different side character since they're done with Drake, just like when they were done with Crash they wanted to kill it off with Kart racing (and kinda failed tbh) but yea, would love to see Drake again with Elena and Sully go for one more adventure, not saying they won't but they might be the side characters in the future Uncharted games, but it is what it is! :3
How cute would it be to get a father daughter game with Nathan. I thought it would be amazing.
@@TheRedOwl or it'll continue with sam and sully
@@TriekMan I’m assuming sam and sully. Later on we might get his daughter.
This will get hate but I hope they discontinue the series I’m not hating on the series it’s just they left on a good note and I don’t want an last of us style grim uncharted 5 spin-offs? Sure I’d love a game about Sam and sully and that my opinion
One of my favourite games, hands down. Nathan, Elena and Sully will always be in my hearts, I adore them so very much. I only discovered Uncharted this year (I know, right?!) But have played through all the way to uncharted 4 on my channel and have loved every moment of this epic adventure. Wow 💖 What an amazing video, so well done 💙
These make the workday a lot more enjoyable. Thanks Nick!
Brings back so many memories from when I first played Drake's Fortune in 2007. Great video as always.
i see nick 930 has a new video.....its a "history of"......its uncharted....its a blind like !!! keep up the good work!
Amazing job Nick I can’t wait for the LEGACY OF KAIN documentary 👍
You reeeaally like Legacy of Kain. What's funny is that I read up on it a bit to learn where Amy Hennig started off. Was curious if there was any direct connection between Uncharted and Tomb Raider because of the studios.
I love your game history docs! Honestly, and sadly, I've never played Uncharted, but this really makes me want to!
Congrats for this documentary. It's amazing how many details and context you put together in your videos :D Also, Uncharted 2 is the best story for me.
Uncharted is one of the best game series if not the best. Amazing story that you always want to stay up with it. It has so much action. I want Nathan Daughter to have a sequel to uncharted 4
Just finished the franchise again and this is my recommendation
Finally another one of those thank you 🙏
You explain a story very well Keep up the good work 👍👍👍
Great video man, I just finished Last Of Us Part two but I think I’m going to play out this series again with the Nathan Drake collection . Such a great series, and this documentary you made really make me realize how luck we are to have this in our lives.
Last of Us was legendary, Last of Us 2 was woke garbage
@@Ervinabrahamian But the gameplay's brutal and fun
Huh, a video about my favorite video game series, nice! If they are indeed planning on developing a new Uncharted game, I don't think it will continue where U4 left off. I just hope they'll keep making spin-offs both with the established and new characters, because Lost Legacy was amazing. Fingers crossed!
Uncharted with Sam and sully would be awsome
@@wallacethedog719 General Kenobi!
@@1Adrix1 you are a bold one
They need to bring the uncharted 2 among thieves vibes back same with the multiplayer
@Paula Pogba Eh a cutter and Chloe could be pretty cool ngl
Great vid. Keep up the great work. And a thiefs end was the best for me.
This is an absolutely great narration to one of the most iconic game franchises. Why didn't I see your channel before?
52:44 the song is so smooth and sweet that makes me wanna cry This is the best game series. If anyone critises, I don't care. I love this game so much that it's a masterpiece. And only naughty dog no one else can master this serie
This is just a series that i wish and wish i could experience again. I recently did a playthrough a 2,3, and 4 with my girlfriend. She was completely new to the series and she said she loved it. I absolutely love this series and I cant state it enough. I don't even know why I do, but it'll always be close to heart!
Why didn't you play the first one? Too outdated for you?
@@evanpaluch6190 yeah the graphics give me migranes lol
Hi - Just found your channel and wanted to say how much I enjoyed this video. Truly exceptional work with high production value - Keep up the brilliant work. Thank you
Love your videos
The Last of Us 2 was a masterpiece. Amazing game, doesn't deserve the hate it got. Beautiful ending, even though it's sad
@M. T. D. lmao nah man. There are many who actually played it and liked it. I know that there are many haters who just followed the hate bandwagon and didn't even play it.
Great video sir you covered everything in this documentary However bend studios didn't created their own engine they used unreal engine 4 by epic games
This is better than a real documentary👍...Good job keep it up!!
Need more vids like this,keep it up! Naughty dog one of the bests!
HOW THIS HAS 56K VIEWS?!!!!, This video deserves a millon views
It happens, hopefully someday youtube will recommend it
when are we getting a history of the arkham games? I'd love to see you talk about them
Good job, nice video.
damn this makes me wanna replay the series. awesome video
My favorite Uncharted is definitely Uncharted 2 man it's just so good but all if them are great tho.
Man thats how I know I love your content. I watched a video about a video game I never liked. Damn. Except Lost Legacy was the bees knees. 10/10 would play a full game with those two ladies.
Sensational video !!!
Great work. I love the Uncharted games and all other games from Naughty Dog. They gave me so much and are still my favourite games.
I was expecting this, I knew you were gonna make this because you made tomb raider but damn this is my favorite series
Just decided to replay through the Nathan drake collection on brutal Edit: completed the first game
@JSkopezz man, I did the Iram of the Pillars sections on Easy. I was so fucking tired I just wanted to keep playing the story instead of suffering with the Djinn demons, lol.
@JSkopezz man, I did the Iram of the Pillars sections on Easy. I was so fucking tired I just wanted to keep playing the story instead of suffering with the Djinn demons, lol.
Great Episode!
nahh this video was crazy good, didn't expect it draw me in for 50 minutes
Between the Uncharted franchise, the rebooted Tomb Raider franchise and SW Fallen Order, 2007-2019 will be known as the golden age of the Action Adventure.
When the uncharted music played at the end of this video, it reminded me of the time when I finished Uncharted 4. Teary then and teary now. I hope we get to see more of Nathan Drake.
The music REALLY hits when you’ve played the whole series and grew up with it. Especially after playing uncharted 4:(
@@jxynx5962 The only game i felt crying and sad... From a treasure hunter to an a guy living a normal life with his wife and his daughter...
You are the best. I love your videos
Still going to watch, but instant thumbs up!