OMG that's Nathan Drake: He's so hot right now!

It’s been love hate relationship between most people and their PS3s this year. Only a few exclusive games, difficulty in game design, unimpressive DLC. Let’s face it. The best part about having a PS3 is telling your friends you have a huge ugly Blue-Ray player. Not that I own any Blue-Ray DVDs. So after such disappointments, was I suppose to start wetting my pants when people started lauding Drakes Fortune as one of PS3’s saving graces? Yeah just like Liar, right?

Well, shit on Mount Rushmore and call me Jefferson because this game does kicks ass. It has been one of the most fun times I’ve had playing games all year. I laughed, I almost cried, I was close to becoming seriously emotionally attached to the characters.

The story revolves around Nathan Drake. A dashingly handsome relative of the famous pirate and nobleman, Sir Francis Drake. In this Indiana Jonesesque story, you are in search of the famous El Dorado. It sounds cheesy especially when you add in the pretty reporter, Elena, and Sullie, your sneaky friend and mentor. But the incredible voice acting and real-motion capturing make for hours of great game play. And I do mean only a few hours. The game is pretty short but that could have been because I took only a few breaks to replenish the saline solution in my dry eyes from staring at the TV too long.

I do like that Nathan is not exactly your studly manly man that you normally see in games. The dialogue between the three characters is spot on and usually really funny. I did feel like they did a good job of developing the characters throughout the game and it’s probably one of the first games that actually plays like a movie with an interesting and funny storyline. It’s not perfect. The fighting can get a bit repetitive and the jumping takes a bit to get use but I love the way the duck and cover shooting and melee attacks work seamlessly together.

It's hard to talk about this game and not mention that it is visually stunning. The water looks very real and the lush backdrops really show off the PS3's power.

Hopefully this will fill the void that Tomb Raider’s sinking franchise left. I would also suggest that you watch the bonus motion capture scenes also. It was funny to see that the guy who plays Nathan is an older slightly chubby dude. He looked more the like real Drake.