ncharted 4: A Thief's End is an action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective, with platforming elements. Players traverse several environments, moving through locations including towns, buildings and wilderness to advance through the game's story. Players use firearms, melee combat, and stealth to combat against hostile enemies. For most of the game, players control Nathan Drake—a treasure hunter who is physically adept and is able to jump, sprint, climb, swim, scale narrow ledges and walls, swing with a rope, use a grappling hook and perform other acrobatic actions.[1] Players also drive vehicles during some gameplay segments.[2]
Gameplay in Uncharted 4 emphasizes the ability to defeat hostile enemies by using stealth tactics, including hiding in tall grass and sneaking undetected, as well as the use of the grappling hook to quickly traverse environments. (0:20)
In combat, players can use long-ranged weapons, such as rifles and shotguns, and short-barreled guns such as pistols and revolvers; handheld explosives such as grenades and dynamite are also available.[3] The game's melee combat system was also reworked to avoid the presence of quick time events.[4] The grappling hook allows players to leap over gaps, often giving them a tactical advantage in combat.[5] Though players can attack enemies directly, they have the option to use stealth tactics to attack undetected or sneak by them.[6] While the game is linear, environments feature multiple paths for players to explore;[7] maps are significantly larger than earlier entries in the series.[8][a]
The game features an artificial intelligence system in which hostile enemies react to any combat situation they are placed in; they respond to players' actions, coordinate tactics, and cooperate with each other.[4] Players' companions are also controlled by the artificial intelligence.[10] The game introduces a dialogue tree, allowing players to decide the outcome of some conversations, though it does not affect the story's progression.[11] Extra visual filters and modes, such as a zero-gravity mode, bullet time gameplay, and a cel-shaded art style, can be unlocked by using points players collected in the main game.[12]
Multiplayer[edit]
The game's online multiplayer allows up to ten players to engage in competitive gameplay in recreations of multiple single-player settings. Players control different characters from the series, and are tasked to defeat their opponents.[13] The game features five multiplayer game types: Command, in which players capture sites to attain points; Ranked and Team Deathmatch, which are deathmatch game types where players kill their opponents; Plunder, a capture the flag game mode in which players seek the idol; and Trials, where players cooperate to defeat non-player characters.[14] Treasures can be found in all maps, which can be used to purchase items and weapons.[15] Multiplayer features "Mysticals"—supernatural power-ups that boost players' ability; for example, the "Wrath of El Dorado" damages all opponents standing next to it, while the "Cintamani Stone" can heal both players and their teammates. Companions, known as Sidekicks, can be summoned to assisted players, and have different functions: Hunters immobilize their closest opponent for an easier kill, Saviors provide medical support and ammunition to players, Snipers defend locations with a sniper rifle, and Brutes attack enemies using a heavy machine gun.[16][17] A cooperative survival mode, released in December 2016, features three players fighting against waves of enemies that continually increase in difficulty.
