I actually kind of liked the desert part. They hadn't really done anything like that in the series before and it kind of forced you to identify with the aloneness, instead of having you just watch him walk for 20 seconds in a cutscene like in Tibet in UC2. The ambience was cheapened a little by the ability to still…

Haha, smart kids! I saw the plane crash as kind of like the train crash because you knew it was coming but part of the fun was seeing how it was going to happen.

I really liked the game, but I agree that a lot of story elements felt tired. The heroes find the temple, they find the secret clue to the treasure, then the villains come and steal it/destroy the whole thing. That wouldn't have been as bad if they didn't make it so similar to Uncharted 2 in as many ways. Entering the…