Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Nathan Drake has always claimed to be descended from the famed explorer Sir Francis Drake, so when a clue turns up that leads to a forgotten island in the middle of the Pacific Island, the modern day adventurer sets out to find a fortune. Along with his friends Elana Fisher and Victor Sullivan, he soon finds himself confronted by modern-day pirates and trapped in the lush, tropical jungles in a fight for survival. Take on humans and other enemies in hand-to-hand combat or using firearms and grenades.

You can fire blindly from behind cover or shoot over and around it for effect but be sure to take advantage of it. Enemies are smart and resilient foes who will attempt to flank you. Action includes fighting from vehicles with the opportunity to switch between characters as one drives and the other shoots. Instead of a health meter, the screen desaturates in color as you take damage – restoring after you've taken a breather. In addition, Nathan will have to solve environmental puzzles, climb walls, leap chasms and swing on vines on his way to recovering hidden treasure as well as unlocking hidden secrets 400 years old.

The environments truly come to life ranging from the moving shadows as the sun filters through the jungle canopy to the rusted hulk of a German sub. Similarly, the graphics are top-notch with clothing actually getting wet during rain storms or after swimming in the lagoon. The characters are fluidly animated using motion-capture and the dialog and voice acting is superb to provide a truly cinematic experience that is completely immersive. The spot-on AI of Elana and Victor mean that they are non-player characters who truly help out. Four levels of difficulty, 60 hidden treasures and 47 unlockable achievements provide hours of gameplay with the achievements providing in-game advantages. You'll swear that it's the jungle heat that you're feeling.