Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection Now Available on PS4

Written by Brandon Hofer on October 09, 2015

News: Naughty Dog’s popular PS3 trilogy is now available on PS4 with new features, new controller layouts, new trophies and more.

Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection is now available on PS4. This brings together the trilogy that was on PS3 with Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. Purchasing this collection will also get you access to Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Multiplayer Beta when that takes place in 2016. Keep in mind that PlayStation Plus will be required to participate in the beta.

Some of the nice features for this collection include the following:

Faster Frame Rate

All three games are pushed towards being locked at 60 FPS where possible.

Controller Layout

They remapped buttons to ensure players did not have to switch between different control schemes with each game. They also tweaked some of the controller layout decisions based on player’s familiarity with The Last of Us Remastered.

Uncharted Drake’s Fortune Grenade Gameplay

Naughty Dog has brought the grenade gameplay in Drake’s Fortune in line with the other two games. Players no longer need to equip a grenade to throw one and can also throw grenades in various ways while hanging or while in cover.

Trophy Tuning and Additions

There are over 3,500 new trophy points and three new platinum trophies.

Three New Gameplay Modes

Explorer - an “as easy as possible” mode to let new players enjoy exploring as they follow along with the narrative.

Brutal - a new “as hard as possible” mode called Brutal, an intense challenge, but not a torturous experience.

Speed Run

- You can practice with Chapter Select and set best times for each chapter or play continuous runs from a New Game to set your best overall scores.

Enhanced Visuals

Visual improvements include enhancements to lighting and shadows, materials, shaders, and visual effects. The models and textures are improved and we’ve added ambient occlusion and motion blur where such rendering features weren’t originally supported.

There has been more added to the collection but those are some of the biggest things. Take a look at the trailer below and tell us what you think. Will you pick up this collection?