10th May 2024
Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve been playing over the past few days. This week, we celebrate one of the best characters in the Uncharted series, and perhaps in games; we live out our Star Wars fantasies; and we try a new Metroidvania in a well regarded series.
What have you been playing?
If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What We’ve Been Playing, here’s our archive.
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, PS5
I reckon Chloe Frazer from the Uncharted series is one of the most well-developed characters in video games. I was thinking about this again over the weekend, when I restarted and subsequently finished The Lost Legacy.
When Chloe was first introduced in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, she was an almost callous ‘survivor’ sort. She was meant to be seen as a darker counterpart to series hero Nathan Drake, and someone you could never be fully sure you trusted. However, between Uncharted 2 and Lost Legacy, she grew both professionally and personally, resulting in, in my opinion, one of the greatest character arcs today. Chloe went from being an often egocentric and unreliable ally in Among Thieves, to a fully fledged – if still flawed – heroine by the series’ conclusion.