Uncharted 4 A Thief’s End is a shining example of creativity and innovation, it is one of the best adventure games, if not the best, where Naughty Dog has taken the game to a new level of immersion and excitement, delivering an unforgettable story, gameplay, and characters, with a thrilling journey that has few rivals in either the gaming industry or cinema. Now let’s take a look at its story.
Several years before the events of the first game Uncharted Drake’s Fortune, Nate and Sam are searching for the treasure of Avery. Along with their friend Rafe, the Drake brothers sneak into a Panamanian prison to reach the former cell of Avery’s comrade, where Nate discovers a hollow statue of Saint Dismas. When the prison warden who helped them demands a share of the treasure, Rafe recklessly kills him, leading to a heated escape. Nate and Rafe manage to escape, but the guards open fire on Sam and he is presumed dead.
Fifteen years later, after the events of the previous game, Nate has retired in New Orleans with Elena but misses the excitement of his old life. Sam visits him, having survived the gunshot wounds and spent the time between the two incidents in prison, and explains that he escaped with drug dealer Hector Alcazar, who demanded Sam to find Avery’s treasure or die.
Nate agrees to help Sam, lying to Elena about this mission and telling her that he accepted a rescue job, to embark on his journey with Sully, and steal a replica statue of Dismas from an illegal auction in Italy, leading them into conflict with Nadine and her boss, Rafe, who is still searching for Avery’s treasure. The map inside the statue leads Nate and Sam to Saint Dismas Cathedral in the Scottish Highlands, where they discover a hidden temple and a map highlighting King’s Bay in Madagascar.
In King’s Bay, Nate and Sully learn that Avery, Thomas Tew, and ten other pirate leaders collected their treasures, and Nate finds a map to Libertalia, a fictional pirate city. The group returns to their hotel to search for Elena. Elena is upset by Nate’s deception and Sam’s unexplained appearance, which Nate never mentioned, and she leaves, prompting Nate to send Sully after her.
Sam and Sully work together to get a new job while Nate and Elena return home. Elena explains that Sam stole some gold and gave it to her. They realize they need adventure in their lives, so Elena buys the salvage company Nate used to work for, appoints him as the owner, and plans to revive her old exploration program. Years later, Nate and Elena have become successful archeological salvagers, and in the final chapter of the game, after their teenage daughter Cassie (Caitlin Dever) discovers traces of their adventures, Nate decides to tell her their story.
