Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

In Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, players take on Nathan Drake’s most exciting mission yet: finding the legendary Cintamani Stone hidden in the mythical city of Shambhala. They travel to places all over the world, from Istanbul’s dark museums to Himalayan monasteries. This Naughty Dog success combines Hollywood-style set pieces, precise third-person shooting, and acrobatic platforming into an interactive blockbuster that can’t be beat. It’s now fully playable on PC with the powerful RPCS3 emulator, which unlocks 4K graphics and smooth frame rates for an even better treasure-hunting adventure.

Gripping Storyline of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

The adventure starts in the middle of things with a bloody Nathan “Nate” Drake hanging on to a train that has gone off the rails and is about to fall into a snowy abyss. Flashbacks explain the chaos: Nate steals a Mongolian oil lamp from an Istanbul museum at the request of his ex-partner Harry Flynn and flame Chloe Frazer. This leads him to a map of Marco Polo’s lost fleet wrecked in Borneo, which was carrying the wish-granting Cintamani Stone from Shambhala. Flynn betrays Nate, putting him in jail. Chloe and mentor Sully bail him out, and they sneak into Lazarević’s camp in Borneo, where they find out that the stone never left Shambhala thanks to a Phurba dagger clue that leads to Nepal.

In war-torn Kathmandu, Nate and Chloe avoid Lazarević’s mercenaries and team up with journalist Elena Fisher as they set ambushes and raid temples to find Himalayan paths. Epic jeep chases stop trains in avalanches, yeti-haunted caves show Nazi horrors, and village sieges test friendships. The resin-powered guardians and tree of immortality in Shambhala reach their peak. Betrayals force heart-wrenching decisions as Lazarević drinks sap to become a god, but Nate’s cleverness brings fiery doom, creating redemption in the midst of crumbling myths.

Revolutionary Gameplay Mechanics of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Uncharted 2 improves third-person action by adding smooth free-climbing on dangerous ledges, ropes, and ruins. It also combines momentum-based traversal, like blind leaps, wall-runs, and swims, into seamless set pieces like hotel ascents under fire or train-top shootouts. Combat changes with contextual cover-shooting, dual-wielding pistols or rifles taken from enemies, grenades for groups, and stealth takedowns through crouch-sneaks or ledge pulls. It also rewards aggressive chains of melee finishers and rolls in environments that can be destroyed.

Puzzles need journal clues for lever pulls, light redirection, and constellation alignments. There are also 100 treasures that can be used to unlock things like infinite ammo. In multiplayer, you can play with up to 10 people in competitive modes like Deathmatch, Plunder treasure grabs, and Elimination no-respawn brawls. You can also play with friends in co-op Arena survival waves or Gold Rush heists, where you can boost heroes, revive them, and switch characters for fast-paced teamwork.

Immersive Playing Experience on RPCS3

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves runs great on RPCS3, reaching a locked 60FPS at 4K with the Vulkan renderer, Resolution Scale Threshold set to 160x160, Write Color Buffers, Multithreaded RSX, and patches like Disable SPU Post-processing for bloom-free upscaling and stability. This means you can get rid of the PS3’s jank and enjoy sharp shadows, async textures, and crash-free epics on modern rigs.